C1715 The God of Fortune (2/2)
The God of Fortune and his men were all gathered at the pier right now, staring at Sea Breeze for more than two hours, not even bothering to work anymore. The one waiting for them was not Xiao Letian who still had his victorious army, if that was the case, he would probably be called out to welcome them.
They were welcoming the leader of the Chinese business, old shopkeeper Fan Lian!
Amongst the Chinese people, there was only one person who could be honored as the old shopkeeper and that was the Prime Minister's father-in-law, Fan Lian.
The three main companies in the Chinese financial system, the first was the Letian Firm, the second was the Letian Bank, and the third was the Chinese Central Bank. They were all created by the old man himself and his subordinates were spread throughout the entire Chinese business circle.
The old shopkeeper had already left the Ryukyu since the new year. It was not because he was willing to leave at the most difficult time, but because his big brother, Fan Ru, was already unable to make it back home, accompanying his big brother on the last leg of his life. He had agreed to big brother's unreasonable request, and then he sent the losses.
But now that old shopkeeper had dealt with the matters of the nation, he could no longer stay here. When he found out that the Bravehearts had achieved complete victory, he pushed aside all thoughts of leaving the Tanggu and headed straight for Ryukyu from the capital.
The war was over, and the soldiers could take a break. But the busiest part of the business was coming, and how to divide the spoils after the war was more difficult than fighting.
The so-called aquaculture special auction license was actually just a fake act. All the qualified merchants had to gather together and communicate with each other in secret. The splitting up had already begun.
Time passed minute by minute, old shopkeeper's passenger ship still did not arrive, people were sweating all over their heads, Keeper Niu and Boss Mi had drank two large jars of cold tea, the toilet had run five or six rounds, it looked like the rich and powerful families had too much kidney.
”It's here!” old shopkeeper's passenger ship, Fan Li! ”I saw Fan Li's banner …” Immediately after, there was someone waving a signal flag at the lighthouse, Floor 1 was immediately thrown into chaos, these huge merchants with tens of millions of properties all obediently stood there, like a primary school student, in two rows to the left and right, silently waiting for Fan Lian's arrival.
The Western Merchant Shipping and the foreign merchants on the docks were also affected by the atmosphere and could not help but stand up straight. Not far away, there were many stewards commanding the workers to hang a hundred thousand firecrackers. The drums, gongs, and lions dancing teams were also prepared.
Ten minutes later, the figure of a scissor boat appeared on the sea. The pure white sail of the boat circled around the wind as it flew towards the tyrant, and not only were there two Chinese warships following it, the three ships that pierced through the sea became bigger and bigger in everyone's line of sight.
”old shopkeeper is about to disembark, everything is ready … Martial law, maintain order! ”
At 12 noon, the brand-new Fan Li slowly docked on the dock. When old shopkeeper's figure was revealed on the pedals, a hundred over firecrackers were set ablaze under an order from the dock. The firecrackers roared and the smoke from the gunpowder rolled over.
The gongs and drums started to bang and bang. The lion dancing team used all of their skills to meet them head on.
”Welcome, old shopkeeper …” All the merchants on the pier shouted in unison as they bowed respectfully. Even the fat Keeper Niu, who was more than two hundred kilograms, had clenched his teeth and bent his waist to ninety degrees. He was so tired that he was sweating.
”Humph!” No one would have thought that old shopkeeper would not even have a sliver of courtesy and directly snorted coldly, ”Are you all full? ”After the war, there are so many things for you to do. If you don't work in the morning, you can come here and waste your time!”
”Do your job well. It's better than anything else for me to cut back on my hard work!”