Chapter 361 Hostage?
"I have a reluctance to ask for you, little boy," Kong Yan suddenly asked before Ye Tao and others ended the secret conversation with Kong Yan, preparing to let the Kong family members who were waiting anxiously outside enter the living room.
"Oh?" Ye Tao asked with great interest: "Please speak."
"The eldest son's eldest son Kong Fan, the eldest grandson of the young man, should be considered talented. Unfortunately, he is not interested in business, he is not interested in studying, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and essays. He has traveled more places and has a broad relationship with friends. Maybe he can help the boss. I wonder if the boss is willing to support this boy?"
"Chen Kai"'s current identity and the words he revealed when he was talking to Kong Yan just now were enough to let Kong Yan understand that the resources he could mobilize, the manpower and material resources he could use, and the various situations he could understand were so rich. If he sent someone by his side, Kong Yan must not be so naive that he could learn about "Chen Kai" through this Kong Fan. On the contrary, this is to send a hostage, a hostage that is important enough for Kong Yan to be by "Chen Kai", so that they can restrain Xingsifang.
"Kong Fan?" Ye Tao smiled and said, "I should have seen him in the teahouse, and I have been with his many friends. Well, this guy is quite interesting. Go back and ask him to come to the teahouse to find me. Don't let anyone else know about this."
Kong Fan is indeed like Kong Yan said, and articles and business are not successful. If you want to describe it, you can call this person an adventurer, explorer, traveler, etc. Xiling is full of mountains. While cutting the plains and basins into pieces, it also makes Xiling have many blind spots that are rarely visited, many strange and places to be discovered, and many rare animals and plants are still on the edge of people's sight. Every time Kong Fan goes out, he can find some fun people, things and things. Although he is not a child of aristocratic families, he is like a fish in the circle of playboys in Anqing with his extensive experience and great eloquence. Many ladies with poor wealth are even more secretly acquainted with Kong Fan. This person is indeed a very interesting guy.
"You guys can save it." Kong Yan quickly responded: "The boss's big business is something I dare not joke about."
After Ye Tao and the others left, Kong Yan immediately summoned the children of the Kong family and the servants who served in the villas in the suburbs, and told them that today's affairs should not be spread. The children of the Kong family knew about it when they became adults that the Kong family was established by Chen Jia, the prime minister of the former dynasty, to prepare for the great cause of restoration of the country. However, the servants in the family were not so tight. After all, the Kong family was not a big family with a degree of strict rules. Soon after, "Lu Zhen" visited Kong Yan and had a close relationship with Kong Yan for two hours, and it spread in a small circle.
In the past, everyone thought that Lu Zhen was just a relatively well-known businessman, and had a little intention to revitalize his family business, but his close encounter with Kong Yan can now greatly enhance the people around him's perception of Lu Zhen. As the helm of Xingsifang, Kong Yan, whether it is financial or influence, at least the situation he shows is countless times stronger than Lu Zhen. But since Lu Zhen can be accepted by Kong Yan, everyone will obviously have a higher view of Xingsifang.
However, this kind of high and low look is nothing important for Ye Tao and Yuanyuan Garden's business. On the one hand, most repeat customers are in places like teahouses. Once the attendance rate is more than 70%, the clerks will no longer work hard to attract customers, but will try every means to entertain current customers. Keeping the store comfortable and quiet is much more popular than sitting full. After all, Yuanyuan Garden is targeting a relatively high market group, with people with a little money coming, and the average single-person consumption is still relatively high. On the other hand, it is also because as Ye Tao continues to advance what is being arranged in Xiling, Ye Tao and his subordinates may have to run away at any time. They are really planning to take action against Nanshan.
As for the special camp, they have slowly dug the underground passage into the soil about one foot away from the permanent storage. With a little more force, they can touch the inner wall of the permanent storage. But at this time, they are increasingly afraid to act rashly. Not only does they not speed up the progress, but they are more restrained. The speed of your excavation is reduced to a point where you can hardly cause any sound. Naturally, they can still speed up a little during the day, after all, the noisy street market itself is the best cover. Now, the biscuits in Guanshengyuan have begun to fully enter the day and night rush stage. Although they do not do business outside Anqing, there are always people who buy it in batches. Without affecting retail, the soldiers of the special camp were happy to turn a blind eye. Although the shops imitating Guanshengyuan quickly emerged, the business was completely inferior to the "employees" of Guanshengyuan who were not in business at all.
Now, the soldiers of the special forces camp are not afraid to dig the last little depth and move the entire standing warehouse away, but they need to wait for a good opportunity to not only emptie it, but also not leave any tricks. They have to organize the transfer and store a large amount of silver. This kind of thing is not very simple, but they quickly received strong support from the Intelligence Bureau. Ye Tao has told Cao Pojun and others privately that as long as the standing warehouse can be obtained, there is no need to worry about the official matters. Naturally, Sun Boping will handle it clearly with skillful methods, which can add a little more authority to Sun Boping. And Guanshengyuan, if it is not missed, it will naturally not be missed.
The fact that the horse can continue to exist is still a good base. On the one hand, it can continue to make money, and on the other hand, it is also a very stable foothold in Anqing. The small retail of Guanshengyuan is too developed, and the flow of people provides unlimited possibilities for transmitting intelligence and forwarding. The Intelligence Bureau now wants to continue to take over this place and operate after the special camp is evacuated. Of course, Ye Tao also agreed. This can be considered as selling Nie Rui a face. Such a profitable place can almost bear the full expenses of the entire three unconnected intelligence pipelines in Anqing by Guanshengyuan.
The Intelligence Bureau has prepared quite a lot of manpower and a lot of places for Guansheng Garden, and is preparing to store the silver scattered, some of which can only be used for a few hours. During the day, they are replenishing wine and food, and preparing brothels for nighttime business; houses waiting to be demolished; new yards that are decorated or old yards that are resting, etc., and there are endless ways. Some are controlled by the Intelligence Bureau personnel, while others need to take a little risk and cannot let irrelevant people present access to the things they store. However, in general, the Intelligence Bureau's organizational work this time is excellent.
As for the time the soldiers of the special camp were waiting, it was almost here. Now, the awkward Emperor Daomingzong will organize a huge Dharma Assembly in Nanshi, and a large number of gifts and food will be distributed at that time, which will probably attract a lot of people to watch the ceremony. Nanshi will be full of traffic at that time. The location of the Dharma Assembly is still a little far from the Nanshi Tax Office where the standing warehouse is located. It will still be very noisy at that time, but it will not be crowded so hard to move.
Get up, this should be the best opportunity. The Dharma Assembly held in Nanshi was to commemorate the so-called birth of Hunyuan Jun, but the Hunyuan Palace, the headquarter of Daomingzong, was destroyed, and it is still under intense reconstruction. It is not enough for two or three years to build it. Daomingzong does not have the powerful construction ability of the Ye Family Workshop, nor does it have the construction technology that can use steel and cement to replace wood as the price of pillars. The preparation materials alone are enough for them to work for several years.
While the special camp and the intelligence bureau were actively cooperating, Ye Tao also fell in love with the Dharma Assembly that Daomingzong was finally helpless in Nanshi. At that time, many core figures of Daomingzong would attend. Although Ye Tao did not want to kill people on such an occasion, it might be trapped in a few people, but trying every means to make the Dharma Assembly look ugly, can be done. In addition, the person in charge of the Nanshan Tour who was originally dealing with, a few people came to Anqing to attend the Dharma Assembly and supported the current embarrassing Daomingzong. Ye Tao was wondering if he could be with these people.
He used his brain to feel a little threat when he came to Nanshan. When Kong Yan spoke, Ye Tao was not prepared to really knock down Nanshan. In fact, this is not something that can see the results in a short period of time, but in the long run, this hand must be moved. It is not only to shock the merchants who have turned to Daomingzong, but also to express his opinion to those merchants who are waiting and watching, but also to Ye Tao's ultimate goal of gradually revealing his identity. After all, he is not here to travel. He must disclose the identity of "Chen Kai" and let himself fall into some controllable "trouble".
"Are you ready?" Ye Tao asked, "Don't really make things bigger. There are so many messy things in Nanshi. If the matter is too big and the special camp cannot be connected, the losses will be huge."
Facing Cao Pojun who came to contact the work, Ye Tao rolled his eyes and was a little afraid. Cao Pojun was not so unreliable when he was in charge of the internal security guards, and he was quite steady in his work. However, since he came to Xiling to be responsible for the field work in full, he has become more and more courageous and diligent.
Chapter completed!