The sedan chair was parked steadily in front of Taibai Building, and the servant shouted outside. Fan Yuqi, who was closing his eyes and resting, opened his eyes and got out of the sedan chair with his clothes intact.

As soon as he got off the sedan chair, Fan Yuqin frowned slightly. In the past, Taibai Building was filled with guests, but today, Taibai Building may have been consigned by the imperial envoy, and there were soldiers guarding them all around. Although these soldiers were only guarding the left and right sides of Taibai Building and did not block the restaurant gate, they looked very conspicuous.

However, Fan Yuqin thought about it and it was just right. After all, now it is different from the past. The Ming army has raised 200,000 troops to attack Shanxi, and the entire Shanxi has entered war. As the capital, Taiyuan is naturally more careful, especially in today's occasions, not only the imperial envoy Geng Xiang is coming, but even the general Ortai will be present. Naturally, they must be more cautious for their safety.

"Mr. Jie Xiu, you are here." As soon as Fan Yuqi walked into Taibai Building, he saw a man in his forties greeting him. He naturally knew this person, and he was a relative of his children and his family, so he naturally had a lot of friendship.

This is a great master of the Shanxi merchants. Chang Dachun, the current leader of the Chang family, started doing business in Shanxi since the Hongzhi year of the Ming Dynasty. It has been more than 200 years since then. Although the Chang family is not one of the eight royal merchants, it is also considered a famous merchant family in the local area.

The Chang family’s ancestor Chang Wei, yes! Chang Wei, who everyone knows, has gradually made a fortune since he started doing business in Shanxi, and has saved millions of property by relying on his business Youdao. Now it has been passed down to Chang Dachun’s generation, with Chang Dachun’s talent in business, it was a pity that the world’s turmoil changed suddenly. The Chang family not only did not go further, but has retreated a lot in recent years.

In fact, it is not only the Chang family, but most of the merchants in Shanxi are like this. Except for a few who felt that the Qing Dynasty was unreliable and went south to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the remaining merchants who remained were not satisfied in recent years.

Not to mention the Chang family, Fan Yuqin has had a hard time, but he has a strong foundation and some other business roads can make up for the losses, so he still firmly sits at the top of the eight imperial merchants.

"Brother Chang, you came so early!" Seeing Chang Dachun, Fan Yuqi immediately smiled and bowed, "I haven't seen you for more than a month, how are you happy with Brother Chang?"

"Okay, Mr. Jie Xiu looks good." Chang Dachun smiled and replied with a greeting, then looked around and grabbed Fan Yuqi's sleeve and pulled him aside.

"I'm waiting for you here for a while, you're here too late." Chang Dachun said in a low voice when he arrived aside.

"Did I come late? Isn't it half an hour before the banquet? What's the matter with me?" Fan Yuqin said in confusion.

"The others have arrived, you are the latest one." Chang Dachun pointed upstairs.

Fan Yuqin suddenly laughed and shook his head and said, "That's a big blame for you coming too early, let alone Geng Xiang and E Shuai have to come again in a while. Why are you here so early?"

"I said, Mr. Jie Xiu, don't put on airs in front of your brothers." Seeing Fan Yuqi's appearance, Chang Dachun immediately complained. He came to Taibai Building early and waited for Fan Yuqi below for nearly half an hour, and had been waiting for him for a long time. Now, Fan Yuqi still looked calm and slow, which made Chang Dachun even more anxious.

"Brother Chang is not sitting on top and drinking tea and chatting, so he ran downstairs to block me. Could it be that there is something to ask?" Fan Yuqin asked with a smile when guessing the reason why Chang Dachun was waiting for him.

Chang Dachun nodded immediately and lowered his voice a little further: "Jie Xiu, what happened to Geng Xiang and E Shuai, this time, I think you will know about it long ago?"

"This..." Fan Yuqian thought for a while and nodded slightly.

"Is it because of money and food again?" Chang Dachun continued to ask.

Fan Yuqin nodded again.

Chang Dachun immediately looked embarrassed and said to Fan Yuqian: "Jiexiu, you naturally know what the situation of my Chang family is. Although the Chang family has been operating for a hundred years, its industry cannot be compared with your royal merchants. Moreover, the war has been fought over the years, and the trade routes in the south are really difficult to do, let alone the north."

Speaking of this, Chang Dachun sighed and shook his head and said, "The last time I served the court, my Chang family gritted their teeth and took out this number." He stretched out his hand and gestured in front of Fan Yuqi, and then said, "Although I, Chang Dachun, is a merchant, I also know the principle of being loyal to the court. Although this number is nothing compared to Jie Xiu, the Chang family's financial resources have damaged some vitality. I originally planned to get better in the court and make money slowly in business, but how long has it been, and I have to wait to pay for the money again. Jie Xiu! You say this..."

Before he could finish his words, Fan Yuqi raised his hand to stop him and continued to say, with a grim expression: "Brother Chang, according to your opinion, I don't plan to pay today?"

"Of course not, of course not!" Chang Dachun shook his head quickly, but his expression still showed a bitter expression: "We are the subjects of the Qing Dynasty. If the court is in trouble, we still need to do what we can. We can't stand it if we continue like this! Jie Xiu, what I mean is that can't pay less? I can't compare to the major royal merchants here. This company has a weak foundation and can't stand the tossing."

"Do less? Brother Chang, how much do you plan to pay?" Fan Yuqi looked at him coldly and asked.

Chang Dachun first stretched out a finger, then thought about it and stretched out the second finger: "Twenty thousand taels, no matter how much it is, I really can't take it out."

"Twenty thousand taels?" Fan Yuqian was inexplicably angry. Chang Dachun said before was right. His Chang family was indeed not as rich as the imperial merchants, but the 20,000 taels were too small. As a relative of his children, how could he not know the Chang family's family's background?

Not to mention 20,000 taels, Chang Dachun could also take out 200,000 taels. Today, he was waiting for him to say something to him again and clearly didn't intend to pay more money, and wanted him to persuade him in front of Geng'er and Ortai.

Thinking of this, Fan Yuqi was very angry, and he suddenly swallowed the words back, then looked at Chang Dachun who was nervous and asked, "Brother Chang, I'm afraid you are more than the one who plans like you today?"
Chapter completed!