"Brother Ye!"

"Brother Bao!"

With a sound, the door of the private room was pushed open and a person appeared in front of Ye Rongbai.

The person who came here was Bao Honghui. In addition to his past habits, Ye Rongbai was also invited by Bao Honghui when he came to Cao's old store today.

Bao Honghui and Ye Rongbo are family friends, and after meeting, they sat down at the table without being polite. Ye Rongbo picked up the tea on the table and poured a cup of Bao Honghui, and then invited him to have a meal together.

"I don't know how to eat this, Brother Ye please do it yourself." Looking at the dishes on the table, Bao Honghui waved his hand and smiled.

Putting down the chopsticks, Ye Rongbai sighed and asked, "Is Uncle Bao so good now?"

"It's pretty good. In the future, I'll be calm when I spend my old age and grandchildren in my hometown." Bao Honghui said calmly. Seeing that Ye Rongbo seemed to want to ask something, he waved his hand and said, "That thing has passed. My second brother is a self-defeating person and cannot blame others. Besides, the emperor has already been a blessing from the law. It's not a bad thing for my Bao family to experience this matter. It's much better than an out-of-control situation."

Nodding silently, Bao Honghui's words were correct. This incident could be said to be a blessing in disgrace for the Bao family, and it also sounded a wake-up call for each family. Moreover, although Zhu Yicheng caused great losses to the Bao family in this case and severely punished the Yan family, his master was famous and he could not blame others. Speaking of the court's final judgment, all the merchants who were concerned about the case were relieved, and the Ming Dynasty did not use this matter to attack merchants, which was even more good for the business community.

"Brother Bao came to Shanghai, Brother Yu should have held a banquet..."

"No need to be so troublesome. I think it's very good here." Bao Honghui smiled and said, "Besides, I'm just passing by in Shanghai. I'll be boarding the ship later. I'll have been asking Brother Ye to come here for many days. I'll just talk to you when I meet you."

"Tell me?" Ye Rongbai smiled and shook his head: "Does Brother Bao have something to discuss with me? You and I have a family friend, why do you have to do this between brothers? It doesn't matter if you have something to say."

Hearing this, Bao Honghui laughed and said frankly: "I knew I could not hide it from Brother Ye. In fact, this matter is not big or small. Brother Ye has been in charge of Shanghai for many years, and now the prosperity of Shanghai is the result of Brother Ye. I really admire him. Compared to Shanghai, I am far from Hong Kong."

Ye Rongbai shook his head and said, "This is not my own merit. Without the support of the Emperor and the court, I, Ye Rongbai, cannot build this Shanghai city even if I have great ability. Since Brother Bao mentioned this, would he say...?"

Bao Honghui nodded and said, "Sometimes ago, the Emperor and the United Kingdom cooperation, Brother Ye should have heard of it?" Seeing that Ye Rongbo said he had heard of it, Bao Honghui continued, "Meng Emperor and I are still responsible for Hong Kong's trade. However, over the past year, although Hong Kong has a slight prosperity in my hands, it is still a huge gap compared to Shanghai. Now, our Ming Dynasty and the British East India Company are about to launch a comprehensive trade cooperation. In addition to the original Macau, Hong Kong will become the main trading port in the south like Shanghai. This matter is important, so please help from Brother Ye."

"So that's it..." Ye Rongbai understood that the trade cooperation between the Ming Dynasty and the United Kingdom was of course very clear about Ye Rongbai as the king of Shanghai, but Ye Rongbai had his own considerations about this matter.

After all, Shanghai now has a vague tendency to be the first trading city of the Ming Dynasty. Ye Rongbo has long had plans for the cooperation of the East India Company. He even plans to take this opportunity to further expand Shanghai's influence.

But he didn't expect that Bao Honghui would find himself directly because of this matter, and he also asked himself to help. To be honest, Ye Rongbai didn't want to help this in his heart. You have to know that the trade cake is so big, and it's not the same thing as the two of them.

Nowadays, Shanghai is Ye Rongbo's foundation, just as Hong Kong is Bao Honghui's foundation. Then again, Bao Honghui claimed that Hong Kong is not as good as Shanghai. On the surface, it seems that this is the case, but Ye Rongbo knew Bao Honghui's investment and development speed in Hong Kong.

It can be said that Hong Kong's development is not worse than Shanghai at the time. Now there is a faint shadow of the South's No. 1 trading city. Once this continues, Hong Kong will inevitably compete fiercely with Shanghai, which is a result that Ye Rongbo does not want to see.

But the problem is that whether it is Shanghai or Hong Kong, Ye Rongbai and Bao Honghui are both Zhu Yicheng's pawns. Zhu Yicheng not only built Shanghai, but also handed over the work of building Hong Kong to the Bao family. This is not only a preparation for both, but also allows these two companies to compete with each other and avoid the dominance of one.

"Since it was the emperor's order, Brother Yu must help each other. However, Hong Kong is already located in the South China Sea, and cooperation with Britain is inherently convenient for maritime trade. Moreover, the Bao family's fleet is spread all over the South China Sea. Brother Yu is just icing on the cake even if he is willing."

"Haha, Brother Ye is a bad word. Shanghai has many factories, many merchants, and more geographically connected to the north and south. It can be said that Shanghai is unique. Compared to Brother Ye, what is my small Hong Kong worth? Moreover, this matter is more related to my Ming Dynasty's external strategy. Then I asked my brother for help."

Ye Rongbai thoughtfully and took a sip of tea and said, "This is natural, let me think about it carefully. You and my brother, since you have spoken out, you and I will naturally help you. Whether in Shanghai or Hong Kong, you and I are doing things for the Ming Dynasty."

"Then I will use tea instead of wine first, thank you brother."

“Where….”

The two of them smiled on their faces, picked up the tea and clinked the cups and drank it all. Then they chatted casually from all over the world, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Not long after, Bao Honghui stood up and said goodbye. Ye Rongbai personally took him downstairs and turned around until Bao Honghui's sedan left the front street.

When he returned to the elegant room, Ye Rongbo's face was as if he was bathing in the spring breeze? Instead, he was a little angry. With Ye Rongbo and Bao Honghui's status and shrewdness, the scene just now appeared peaceful, but in fact they were just tempted in secret.

Bao Honghui did this not only deliberately posed a problem for Ye Rongbo, but also used this method to tell Ye Rongbo that the Bao family still possessed a certain amount of weight in Zhu Yicheng's mind.

Bao Honghui is not a fool. The Bao family was punished for the incident before. Now it is not only Ningbo merchants, but also other merchants. Bao Honghui deliberately went to Shanghai and said this to himself. It is obvious that he wanted to use this method to let the people of the world know that Bao Honghui is still the original Bao Honghui, and the Bao family is also the original Bao family.

Didn’t Bao Honghui say the emperor, the court, the Ming Dynasty and the like just now? Ye Rongbai knew the abacus in his belly. Bao Honghui tried to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, he used this matter to make his Hong Kong dominate, and on the other hand, he wanted to prove that no matter how Ye Rongbai helped him, he could achieve his goal.

"Hmph! It's so scheming!" Ye Rongbai was secretly angry and picked up the teapot on the table. When he touched the tea, the tea was already cold. He immediately shouted to the outside. The people guarding outside hurried in. Ye Rongbai scolded the person who came over and asked him to change the teapot.

Just when Ye Rongbai was furious, Bao Honghui had arrived at the pier and boarded the merchant ship that he had been waiting for.

"Young Master..." Old Xia, who was waiting, came up immediately.

"Let me get the boat." Bao Honghui said.

"Yes!" Lao Xia turned around and drank a few words at the sailors. The merchant ship began to pull back the springboard, then slowly left the dock. After a while, with the wind, the ship quickly passed the Bund. As the speed of the ship accelerated, the colorful Shanghai gradually faded away...

"Young Master, the deck is full of wind and waves, you'd better get out of the cabin."

When Lao Xia saw Bao Honghui still standing on the deck looking at the stern of the boat, he whispered.

Bao Honghui sighed: "Old Xia, I have been a villain today. I guess Ye Rongbai is scolding me now."

"Young Master, it's not right for Young Master Ye. I'll keep acquainted with the two families for generations, let alone you have had many years of friendship with Young Master Ye..."

"You don't know some things." Bao Honghui shook his head. Lao Xia was his confidant and the most reliable old man in the Bao family: "Actually, I didn't want to do this at first, but I had to do it. It's just that. Even if my Bao family owes him Ye Rongbai a favor, I will pay him back slowly in the future."

Seeing Bao Honghui's expression, Lao Xia couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The Bao family was so dangerous before. If Bao Honghui had not come back in time and made a decision in a timely and resolute manner, perhaps the Bao family is now like the Yan family, which is divided into pieces.

Bao Honghui has always been confident and free and easy. But now Bao Honghui has become much deeper than before. Lao Xia only hopes that the impact of that incident has passed earlier. Now Bao Honghui is already the head of the Bao family, and all the future of the Bao family is on Bao Honghui's shoulders.

Seeing that Lao Xia looked a little bleak, Bao Honghui patted his shoulder and said, "You don't need to think too much, I will deal with everything. As the saying goes, this is a blessing for the loss of his wife. Although the previous incident was unfavorable to my Bao family, it was not all bad."

"Young Master is talking very much." Lao Xia nodded.

"By the way, I'll go to Hong Kong with me this time, and Ningbo has everything arranged?"

"Young Master, everything has been arranged, but Master, do you really want to..." Lao Xia asked hesitantly.

Bao Honghui sighed again: "It's a matter of time to split up. After this time, he handed over the hometown of Ningbo to his third brother. When Hong Kong slowly gets up, the main family will move directly to the south in a few years. From now on, even if there is anything else, at least one south and one north, no matter whether the main branch supports each other, it will always be good and avoid some trouble."
Chapter completed!