At the Chamber of Commerce.
A wealthy businessman said, “President Min, Wei Cheng has become an official merchant, so we can no longer touch him, right?”
The head of the Cao family first analyzed the situation, “My father mentioned the man named Wei Cheng to me before, but I didn’t expect that the relationship between Wei Cheng and the young master of Tai Fu Lou was not what it seemed. It wasn’t that Wei Cheng relied on Tai Fu Lou as the backer to gain a firm foothold in Nanshan County. It’s Wei Cheng who has the means to cooperate with Tai Fu Lou’s young master. Wei Cheng is from the countryside, without any background, and his official and business status should be related to that young master Yun.”
Patriarch Cui didn’t care about this, he almost had no more meat in his mouth, “It’s useless to say anything now, that Wei Cheng official merchant, how can we calculate the formula of the workshop under his name, and we might even offend the court.”
With no way to get any benefits, Patriarch Cui was lacking in interest and unwilling to reconcile. Thinking of the formula of Baizhen Lou’s products, if the formula were in his hands, his businesses would become even more profitable.
The wealthy Lin family’s head smiled and said, “Actually, Wei Cheng has no relationship or quarrel with my Lin family. I originally thought that it would be good to get a share of the pie but now that I can’t get a share of the pie, I have no problem.”
Wei Cheng and Young Master Yun’s family in Tai Fu Lou are in a cooperative relationship. He once wanted to find out the origin of the Yun family through the official background of his father-in-law so he knew who exactly was behind Young Master “Yun”. He will not foolishly offend the Yin Family’s mansion.
Patriarch Cao said, “Patriarch Lin, since you had something to gain, you hurried up and planned with us so you could get a share of the pie but you plan to stay out of the matter once you learned of the risks. You truly know how to plan carefully.”
Facing Patriarch Cao’s sarcasm, Patriarch Lin only laughed, “I’m overwhelmed by your words, truly overwhelmed!”
Patriarch Cui felt bored, and said, “President Min, is this the end of the matter? If it’s okay, I’ll leave first.”
Everyone else looked at Patriarch Min, waiting for him to make a decision.
The owner of the Min family is a serious middle-aged man. He was not smiling as he sat in the position of the owner of the Chamber of Commerce, he pondered for a moment and said, “Wei Cheng is an official merchant, so we can’t plan boldly against him, but we can choose to cooperate. Is it possible to take a piece of the North-South Supply Line, we can divide up the medium and high-grade supply in his hands, which is also beneficial to us.”
Patriarch Lin laughed, “This is a good way. The Wei Family’s Workshop’s high-grade goods are very popular in Fucheng. If there are any goods to get, my Lin family shops will have them sold in several other counties. If there are high-level goods, I will definitely be able to make big money.”
Another wealthy businessman said, “Regarding the North-South Supply Line, the medium and high-grade supply of goods must meet certain conditions before we can cooperate. The medium-grade supply of goods has restrictions on wholesale, and the high-grade supply of goods must be exchanged for resources. I am afraid that if you want to get this high-grade supply of goods, you have to pay a corresponding price.”
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The several patriarchs were silent, and other merchants in the Chamber of Commerce waited for President Min to speak, expecting him to have a solution.
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There are a lot of people in the Chamber of Commerce, so they don’t believe that Wei Cheng can’t be dealt with with their combined powers.
No more spies were discovered trying to inquire about their methods and fewer merchants have come trying to ask about it as well, so things have become relatively relaxed for them.
It was rare for them to sit and drink tea and chat with each other.
Zhou Yuan smiled and said, “Last time I said I would invite Nian-ger to the grocery store, and I finally have time to invite him to play.”
“Speaking of this matter.” Wei Cheng asked, “Lei-zi, when will you go to the Ren Mansion to propose marriage?”
Wei Lei felt a little embarrassed when he was asked, but when he thought of Ren Nianluo, he showed a rare smile, “I don’t have time to spare, the master of the Ren family should be returning to their mansion soon, I have to ask Nian-ger before I find a matchmaker to propose marriage to Ren’s mansion.”
Zhou Yuan said happily, “If you and Nian-ger had married earlier, we would be able to get together and chat often.”
Wei Cheng smiled and said, “Then Lei-zi, while you’re not busy, you’d better go to the Ren family to propose marriage as soon as possible, and get the marriage done.”
Wei Lei also wanted to finalize the marriage as soon as possible. His brothers were all married. He found a ger he liked and wanted to marry him as soon as possible so that he wouldn’t be unable to see each other for such a long time.
Wei Lei also wanted to find someone to go to Ren’s mansion to inquire whether Master Ren had returned to the mansion, but before he started to inquire, the maid serving the Ren Family’s Third Concubine handed him a letter.
This letter was immediately placed in front of Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan.
The three looked horrified when they read it.
The third concubine ordered the servant girl to hand over the news that Master Ren has returned to the mansion, and he will marry Ren Nianluo to Fucheng when he returns to the mansion. The businessman in Fucheng will continue to sign a cooperation contract with the Ren family on one condition, that is, to marry a member of the Ren Family to a family member of his, who was the son of the merchant’s younger brother, and Master Ren agreed.
In the Ren family, there was only Ren Nianluo, a concubine’s son, and Madam Ren’s daughter before they got married. It must be Ren Nianluo who married.
No matter how the Third Aunt begged, Madam Ren also helped to intercede but all members of the Ren family were determined to let Ren Nianluo go over in exchange for cooperating with that merchant.
There was a marriage proposal coming next month, and the third aunt sent a message to Wei Lei to find a way to see if he could ask the boss of Baizhen Lou for help.
The Third Aunt didn’t know the situation of the merchant’s family in Fucheng, she was wholeheartedly thinking about her ger, she would rather her ger marry Wei Lei than someone she did not know the character of, so she sent a message, hoping that Wei Lei could find a solution.
Wei Lei is very anxious, but he can’t be impulsive.
Zhou Yuan was worried for the two of them, how could such a thing happen, the two of them have a good relationship. He understood that feeling, if Nian-ger was forced to marry in Fucheng, Nian-ger would definitely be in despair.
Zhou Yuan looked at Wei Cheng eagerly, “Husband, what should we do? Is there any way to stop the marriage?”
Wei Lei also looked at Wei Cheng with a hopeful expression.
Wei Cheng stretched out his hand to comfort his wife, “Don’t worry, your husband will take care of it.” He will definitely help his good brother’s marriage, and his wife regards Ren Nianluo as a friend, he doesn’t want to see his wife sad, so he comforted him, then Wei Cheng said to Wei Lei, “The manager is in the imperial city, first go to Tai Fu Lou to find shopkeeper Fu, there is a Tai Fu Lou branch in Fucheng, ask them to help inquire about the news, first understand the details of the wealthy businessman in the Fucheng, then we can have a way to further communicate with him.”
Wei Lei had his mission, so he went to do it immediately and went to the shopkeeper Fu himself.
Zhou Yuan was still very worried, Wei Cheng put him in his arms, “It’s gonna be okay, with your husband here, things won’t get worse, no matter how bad it gets, Lei-zi and Ren Nianluo will escape the arranged marriage at worst.”
Zhou Yuan took Wei Cheng’s words seriously and immediately disagreed, “Escape from marriage is definitely not acceptable. If Nian-ger and Wei Lei escaped the arranged marriage then the Third Aunt would not be able to gain a foothold in the Ren Mansion. Nian-ger would not be rest assured of Third Aunt’s life, and would not agree to escape the arranged marriage.”
Wei Cheng scratched his wife’s nose, and said helplessly, “I was just kidding, Master Ren wants to marry Ren Nianluo off to the Fucheng for profit. With your husband’s ability, if such interest can move people’s hearts, we will definitely solve it.”
With the guarantee from his husband, Zhou Yuan felt at ease. In his heart, he trusted Wei Cheng 100%.
Wei Cheng looked at the drowsy wife who was leaning against his arms, and coaxed his back to sleep in the house.
“Okay, but you come accompany me.” Zhou Yuan’s voice was soft and coquettish, how could Wei Cheng refuse, and immediately picked up his wife and went back to the room.
The news from Fucheng hadn’t come back, and Wei Lei could only wait no matter how anxious he was, Ren Nianluo was trapped in the mansion by Master Ren and couldn’t go out, the two of them secretly exchanged news through letters.
The third aunt was able to help her ger deliver the news and Madam Ren turned a blind eye to it. Regarding Ren Nianluo’s marriage, it was out of her control, but she had a good relationship with the third aunt recently. Ren Nianluo has a good relationship with her as well, and she hopes that Ren Nianluo will marry someone she likes.
Master Ren doesn’t stay at home every day, so he naturally didn’t find that the Third Aunt was helping her ger deliver the news.
Ren Nianluo began to feel anxious, and when Wei Lei sent back the news, he obediently waited at home, not so afraid anymore, afraid that he would really be separated from Wei Lei, afraid that his father would let him marry a stranger, afraid…
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce sent a message to Wei Cheng.
Wei Cheng received an invitation from the Chamber of Commerce and they invited him to attend a party held by the Chamber of Commerce.
The time was afternoon two days later.
Wei Cheng must go to the Chamber of Commerce since he received their invitation.
He knew the reasons for the Chamber of Commerce inviting him over- one was because of his status as an official merchant, and the other was one he knew to be a bad one, the banquet was a thinly veiled threat, and the people who sent it had no good intentions.
Wei Cheng sneered.
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