"Dad, I made another deal today!" A cheerful young man held up a stack of banknotes and trotted towards an old man about fifty years old.
"Shaoyun, how much did you earn this time?" The old man was hunched over and leaning on a cane. His trembling appearance looked like a gust of wind could blow him down.
"Dad, I made five hundred taels from this one transaction!" The young man shook the banknote in his hand with a proud look on his face.
"Excellent! He is worthy of being my son. He will definitely be able to carry forward the family business in the future." The old man praised.
"Dad! Just now, I saw my eldest brother chatting and laughing with Shopkeeper Li of Shouyuantang. It's really hypocritical." The young man suddenly complained in front of the old man.
"Shaoyun, what do you mean by this?" After hearing the young man's words, the old man scolded seriously: "Didn't your father teach you to respect your elder brother?"
"Dad, it's not that the child doesn't respect the elder brother." The young man was scolded by the old man and felt very aggrieved: "The elder brother said a lot of bad things about Shopkeeper Li behind his back a few days ago, but today his face has changed. What is it if it's not hypocrisy?"
"Shaoyun! You are very talented in business, but after all, you have little experience!" The old man looked at the young man in front of him and sighed softly: "In business, there are differences and win-win situations. It is normal for your elder brother's attitude towards a person to change. ! Although my father wants to pass on the position of head of the family to you, this so-called hypocrisy is also a hurdle that you must overcome!"
"Otherwise, even if you become the head of the family, you won't last long." Lu Qin sneered across from him. For some reason, his father Lu Xian's teachings during his lifetime were clearly displayed in Lu Shaoyun's mind.
"Don't be so proud!" Lu Shaoyun suddenly became energetic, pointed at Lu Qin on the main seat and shouted: "It's time to return the position of the head of the Lu family." This sonorous and powerful shout actually shook everyone in the stone room. Everyone's eyes were focused on him. At this time, Lu Shaoyun seemed to have strengthened his confidence and showed a confident smile.
"Exceptor, Shaoyun's expression looks completely different from before." Zhao Fei, who has been dealing with Lu Shaoyun for many years, could see his change at a glance.
"That's what makes it interesting. After all, he's my younger brother. How can he be a waste?" Lu Qin showed a satisfied look.
"Master Lu, Master Lu!" Qiu Dahai could only shout softly when he saw that Lu Shaoyun was silent.
"Dahai, don't be in a hurry to make a deal yet!" Lu Shaoyun said slowly: "As for He Zhong, let me deal with him."
"I understand!" Qiu Dahai nodded: "But this He Zhong needs to be taught a lesson, he is so bad."
"He Zhong! I was so confused just now that I failed to listen to your advice!" Lu Shaoyun deceived Qiu Dahai, but turned around and asked He Zhong to accompany him.
"Master Lu, you are serious!" Seeing Lu Shaoyun lowering his body, He Zhong quickly showed a look of remorse: "This matter is a humble consideration. I just wanted not to destroy the price of food, but I didn't expect that Tian Jiu and the others got an advantage. .”
"It doesn't matter!" After Lu Qin's ridicule, Lu Shaoyun regained his composure: "After all, there are still three rounds. If everyone works together, there is still a great chance of winning."
"I wonder what Mr. Lu wants to do?" He Zhong asked tentatively.
"Businessmen, of course, want to pursue profits." Lu Shaoyun smiled slightly: "Dry food is in short supply now, so naturally it can no longer be sold for two taels of silver a bag!"
"What do you mean by Mr. Lu?" He Zhong blinked, very curious about what Lu Shaoyun wanted to say.
"At least three taels of silver per bag." Lu Shaoyun patted He Zhong on the shoulder.
"Three ounces per bag is indeed good, but the key is who to sell it to!" He Zhong knew in his heart that Lu Shaoyun came to get close to him purely for the sake of the dry food in his hands: "Presumably Mr. Lu is not interested in the dry food in the hands of a humble official."
"Hey!" Lu Shaoyun sighed deliberately and said with a grimace: "How could I not be interested? I really don't have the capital. After all, if you don't get first place, you will lose your life!"
"Of course the guy at the bottom can't do it either. He is now a competitor in the humble position." He Zhong followed Lu Shaoyun's words and analyzed: "The only ones who can buy dry food for the humble job are Tian Jiu and Qiu Dahai."
"But Tianjiu is currently ranked first, and there are still two bags of dry food left. Now he can be considered secure in Diaoyutai!" Lu Shaoyun shook his head.
"It seems that Mr. Lu already has the answer in his mind!" He Zhong glanced at Qiu Dahai, who was gearing up, from the corner of his eye: "But will that guy Qiu Dahai obey obediently?"
"I have something good in my hands that can force him to submit." Lu Shaoyun sneered and walked towards Tong Bo uncharacteristically.
"I wonder if Mr. Lu has come here to teach me anything?" Tong Bo also felt the change in Lu Shaoyun and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
"I wonder if you are interested in the transaction?" Lu Shaoyun said calmly, as if the person in front of him was just a stranger he had met for the first time, and he had never interacted with him before.
"Young Master Lu, do you want to get the dry food in my hands?" Tong Bo asked, pointing to his dry food bag.
"Yes!" Lu Shaoyun did not deny it.
"How many bags do you want?" Tong Bo nodded.
"I'm not greedy, I just want one bag!" Lu Shaoyun replied.
"Young Master Lu should know that the price of silver for this dry food is not cheap..." Before Tong Bo could speak, he was interrupted by Lu Shaoyun: "You misunderstood, I have no intention of using the silver."
"Oh, it seems that Mr. Lu has something better?" A trace of surprise flashed across Tong Bo's face, and it returned to normal in an instant.
"Don't you want this thing very much? How about exchanging it for it?" Lu Shaoyun placed a scroll in front of Tong Bo.
"Young Master Lu, do you think I would risk my own life for the sake of beauty?" Tong Bo opened the scroll, looked at it, and asked coldly.
"This girl is indeed beautiful, but beauty is not her most valuable thing." Lu Shaoyun smiled evilly.
"Oh?" Tong Bo seemed to be very interested and asked: "What is the most valuable thing about this girl?"
"Lu Qingli, the most beloved daughter of Lu Xingyun, the master of Ziyan Pavilion." Lu Shaoyun already knew the identity of the woman hanging in the air since he first saw her.
"So what?" Tong Bo looked disdainful: "Then Lu Xingyun is no longer the master of Ziyan Pavilion, and this girl doesn't seem to be that valuable anymore."
"Is this wrong?" Lu Shaoyun smiled: "The master of Ziyan Pavilion is nothing special, but Lu Xingyun has made a lot of money in this position for so many years!"
"What do you mean?" Tong Bo's eyes lit up when he heard the money.
"If this girl Lu Qingli belongs to you, I'm afraid that Lu Xingyun won't pay a lot of money to redeem her in the future!" Lu Shaoyun tempted Tong Bo with his words.
"That's true!" Tong Bo nodded, but changed the topic: "In that case, why don't you keep it for yourself, but exchange it for food?"
"Because I don't want to use up the dry food in my hand." Lu Shaoyun paused and continued: "And you have a lot of food left in your hand."
"Shaoyun's bargaining chip may not be able to impress His Excellency Mouyin!" Zhao Fei shook his head.
"What do you think?" Lu Qin asked.
"Because Sir Mouyin only has twelve taels of silver left in his hand. He needs to sell the dry food at a higher silver price to make a comeback. How can he waste precious dry food in exchange for other items."
"But this guy has a fatal weakness, which is his extreme greed for money!" Lu Qin looked at the two people who were negotiating and said slowly: "I'm afraid..."
"I can trade the contract for a bag of dry food, but Mr. Lu also needs to give up the right to trade money and food with other people this round." Tong Bo responded after thinking for a moment.
"No way, I actually agreed!" Zhao Fei felt it was unbelievable that Tong Bo agreed to a deal that most people would not agree to.
"As expected of Xiangyun, he saw through Shaoyun's intentions at a glance!" Lu Qin praised him. m
"What do you mean, Yuanwai?" Zhao Fei asked softly.
"If Shaoyun gets a bag of dry food but has no money to spend, his ranking will rise to second place. As long as he sells the traded dry food for three taels of silver, he will have twenty-five taels of silver and rise to the third place. First, it will be very difficult to surpass him in the future." Lu Qin explained.
"Even so, it is very unwise to exchange dry food for contract scrolls!" Zhao Fei said.
"That's not necessarily true. Don't forget that Xiangyun's money and grain trading rights are still there. The key lies with that person." Lu Qin pointed at Qiu Dahai.
"That person seems to be very hostile to me. It's hard to handle!" After the transaction between the two was notarized, Tong Bo looked at Qiu Dahai and murmured to himself.
"The rest is up to you." Lu Shaoyun smiled and patted He Zhong on the shoulder, but he was secretly depressed about losing this round of money and grain trading rights.
"Brother Zhong, hehe!" After the transaction between Tong and Lu was completed, Qiu Dahai was squeezed into third place and immediately became frightened and got close to He Zhong.
"Say what you have to say!" He Zhong, who had taken the initiative, suddenly felt confident, which was completely different from the previous round of trading with Qiu Dahai.
"Brother Zhong, do you think you can sell me a bag of dry food?" Qiu Dahai said with a smile, because if he couldn't buy dry food this round, he would only have one bag of dry food left in the next round, and he was almost on the verge of death.
"What's wrong with just a bag of dry food!" He Zhong said with a smile, "But it all depends on how much silver you can afford."
"Brother Zhong, please make a price!" Qiu Dahai gritted his teeth and said.
"We are good brothers, so we can't ask for too much silver." He Zhong said lightly: "Just five taels per bag."
"What, so much?" Qiu Dahai knew that He Zhong's asking price would not be low, but he did not expect it to be so high.
"Damn it!" Lu Shaoyun couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart after hearing this: "This He Zhong is so ambitious, he actually wants to be in front of me."
"Brother Zhong, can it be cheaper?" Qiu Dahai's face turned pale and he could only plead in a low voice: "The last round only cost two taels of silver per bag."
"Not much! Look here, besides me, who else can sell you dry food?" He Zhong was confident and continued to mock: "If you don't buy it, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the game."
"I, I..." Qiu Dahai turned his head and looked at Lu Shaoyun for help.
"There is nothing I can do." Lu Shaoyun understood what Qiu Dahai meant, but he could only shake his head helplessly: "This young man's trading rights can no longer be used."
"God is really helping me. I didn't expect that the thing I was worried about just now was resolved by that guy." He Zhong was calculating the situation on the field and secretly secretly rejoicing.
"Brother Zhong Zhong, this, this is too unethical." Tian Jiu, who was still a little dizzy, suddenly spoke for Qiu Dahai.
"This is very authentic. After all, if Dahai doesn't get dry food, it will end early." He Zhong smiled and mocked: "How about you sell a bag of dry food to Dahai?"
"Don't, don't think that I'm afraid of death. After all, Brother Dahai has been kind to me!" Tian Jiu was not afraid of He Zhong at all. He pulled Qiu Dahai's clothes: "Brother Dahai, let's have a few words alone. "
