After a lapse of two weeks, Qin Leyin came to the Chaofeng Pavilion again.

Today's invitation is in the name of dinner. The last twilight of the sunset caresses the Xuanzhu County by the sea, the light falls on the bustling outer city, and the shadows remain in the quiet and tidy inner city.

Standing in the shadows, Qin Leyin's red hair was even more colorful and charming.

He looked into the distance, and the Xuanzhu County in his field of vision was divided into two parts by nature.

One on top and one on bottom.

One is dark, one is bright.

One extends outward and one contracts inward.

Many ordinary sights, on unusual days, will be seen differently by those in the midst of change.

"God's will." He chuckled lightly, "It's hard to beat."

The servant at the door respectfully led Qin Yueyin to the VIP compartment inside. Just like last time, it was filled with familiar old faces, either the chairman of the chamber of commerce who had been ups and downs for many years, or the young handsome man who scolded Fang Qiu.

It's just different from the last time they were full of self-confidence, "Zhan Jing Mo Ting", Qin Leyin walked in, no one said hello to him, everyone was thinking and drinking.

In their eyes, there is confusion, sadness, confusion, and overwhelm.

Although they were dressed in brocade and satin, they drank good wine, and ate delicious food. They were in a luxurious restaurant, and they were surrounded by obedient and obedient waitresses.

but they look,

Just like the pariahs they despised, no difference.

Qin Leyin sat down with her face unchanged, refused the waitress' request, glanced at the empty chair, and asked, "It's all this time, why don't you please listen to me?"

"Please." Luo Zhen said with a suffocated drink: "It's just that they didn't send anyone here. Now that everyone is full, let the others go out."

"Why?" Quan Xin, who was having fun with the waitress, was dissatisfied: "What else is there to talk about now? It's better for everyone to eat and play, wait for Xiang Xuehai to relax, and I'll invite you tonight!"

"Quanxin!" Luo Zhen slapped the table and got angry.

"The money you go to Hongyuhai will be counted on my head, okay?" Quanxin is not wrong at all, shaking his head and sneering: "What's wrong? Without Jing Zhengwei, without listening to the second, you thought it was your turn. Be the boss? How old are you, and you want to use me?"

"Quan Xin!" Luo Zhen laughed in anger, he and Quan Xin were friends from childhood to adulthood, and Quan Xin always followed his lead, but now Quan Xin actually humiliated him on the spot, he stood up and clenched his fists: "You Are you taking medicine and ruining your brain, or are you just thinking about it? Son of a bitch, do you want to die?"

"Haha, you're in a hurry, you're in a hurry, you're in a hurry." Quan Xin hugged the maid and laughed: "Who doesn't know that your Luo family is the dog of the noble family, and now Jing Zhengwei wants to unify the silver blood, you can't do it. Their wallets are gone."

"Master Wang Hai wants to give him a daughter, will the other nobles still use your Luo family? Yes, it's your Luo family!"

Luo Zhen's face turned pale.

Because what Quanxin said is true.

Among the five major chambers of commerce, if the industry is described in terms of technical content, then the Luo family's industry is the least technical. It is either a store, a transit business, or a downstream assembly factory. , can do well.

The Luo family's confidence comes from the support of the nobles and the county governor. Unlike other chambers of commerce that first monopolize technology, and then let the county governor maintain their monopoly, the Luo family first took out the chicken feather arrows of the county governor and forcibly monopolized the industry without technical content, so they could have no pressure. Get huge profits.

For example, shoes.

Yes, shoes, a consumable with little value, were monopolized by the Luo family in Xuanzhu County. Ordinary people make straw sandals by themselves, the Luo family doesn't care, but if you dare to open a store to sell shoes, just wait for the patrol guard to extort and blackmail the store.

The Luo family divides shoes into many grades. The most high-end and highest-looking ones are naturally the ones that provide the superiors, but they will not let go of the few coppers that are paid to the inferiors. Even the cheapest shoes are extremely uncomfortable for ordinary people. The price, but they are smart, they will create public opinion of the shoe discrimination chain.

'Luo's shoes are comfortable, durable, a century-old history, a cultural symbol', 'Only by wearing shoes can you be worthy of yourself', 'Silver-blooded nobles love to wear this style of shoes' and so on.

This kind of public opinion is still very popular in Xuanzhu County. People who wear shoes do have a sense of superiority to those who are barefoot. Many young people buy shoes for themselves as their first salary, and are even willing to buy more expensive shoes - others Wear the lowest grade, you wear the same style as the silver-blooded nobles, and you will hold your head high when you carry bricks.

But in the final analysis, the profits of the Luo family all lie in his 'forced monopoly'.

Even if other chambers of commerce have peer competition, they can be forcibly crushed by their size; but the Luo family can't. Once a peer enters the market, their "good money" profits will be squeezed to zero by the pariah's "bad money" commodities.

Therefore, the Luo family is very dependent on the nobles of the county governor. Once there is no support from above, the Luo family will be finished in an instant.

And now, it is the summer when the Luo family is in danger.

The nobles and powerful officials have already turned to Jing Zhengwei in an all-round way. They don't have any pressure. As long as they can continue to be officials, they will be able to exploit them sooner or later.

They naturally wouldn't cherish white gloves like the Luo family. Although the Luo family is obedient and easy to use, after all, it is only a glove, not a family heirloom. If the lord wants to use it to warm his hands, he will give it to him.

Everyone knew this, and looked at Luo Zhen with a hint of pity in his eyes.

Although the others couldn't escape, it was obvious that Luo Zhen would be the one who would die the fastest, and it could even be said that he would die.

Workers need to be "irreplaceable" to escape the fate of being abandoned when they are old, and the same is true for chambers of commerce.

The Luo family seems to be looking for rich people to take care of them by kneeling and licking when they were young. On weekdays, they relied on a dozen buildings to collect rent. Now the rich people are bankrupt, and the Luo family and the dozen buildings are packaged and sold to Jing Zhengwei. , The Luo family has no temper at all.

Luo Zhen just stood there, staring straight at Quan Xin. Quan Xin, who was hollowed out by the wine color, quickly persuaded, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, leave some energy to go to Xiangxuehai tonight."

The waitresses left the room in a hurry as if they had been granted amnesty. They can talk about secrets like this inside the Silver Blood Club, but they can't listen. If they continue to stay, their lives will be left there.

Luo Zhen took a deep breath, his face returned to calm, he sat down, looked around, and asked, "The poet isn't here yet?"

Someone said: "Originally, they were selling their properties and preparing to leave Dongyang. Now Xuanzhu County is like this. They paid a lot of money to Lin Haijun, and they finally got permission to leave."

Everyone can't help but feel pity for the poet - other chambers of commerce have real industries anyway, and the money in it doesn't need to be drawn for military expenses, but the poet has sold almost all the real industries these days, and the liquidity is too much.

Poets get 40% of the money, and 40% of their homes are really stolen. Well, a top 20-level chamber of commerce, just because of the losses in the Skyline District, and the continuous **, directly lost more than half of the family property.

Luo Zhen just asked casually, and quickly entered the topic: "Does anyone know the reaction of the listener?"

Lan Jianbo said: "Ting's family is under martial law, but they seem to be preparing to sell the goods ordered by Heyang Army to the warlords over there, and they have already shipped a ship over there."

Someone said in surprise: "How dare they sell Heyang Army's goods?"

Soon someone sneered: "Heyang Army is disabled now, and I don't know that there is still Heyang Army. Do you still keep it as a charity for Heyang Army?"

Tingjia's most famous product is naturally guns.

When He Yangjun was there, 90% of the output of Tingjia Gunsmith Factory was sold to Heyangjun at cost price, and even often lost money, and the remaining 10% was naturally the source of Tingjia's fortune.

And the reason why Tingjia sold it to Heyangjun so cheaply is not because of their deep love for this land, but because Heyangjun pointed at them with guns. Do they still dare to sell it expensive?

Now that the Heyang Army has been crippled, the Governor Ge Shiwen is gone, and the Wolf Prison dock may be fighting infighting.

On the other hand, Tingjia is now the most likely to become a warlord, and they have guns and people. If it wasn't for Jing Zhengwei's involvement with Lin Haijun, Dongyang District would have been named Ting by now.

"Tingjia is no longer with us."

"Yeah, Jing Zhengwei can't help them."

"If you listen to Jing Heliu... fortunately, I heard that I have a grudge with Jing Zhengwei..."

"What kind of grievances are there? Tinggu and Tingwanzhi are called big hatreds. Didn't Tinggu pretend that nothing happened? He even gave him his concubine..."

"True or false, do you know?"

"Two days ago, I saw Ting Wanzhi having **** with a woman at the pier. I practiced Feihua tactics, and I recognized that woman as Tinggu's concubine."

Quan Xin asked seriously, "Is it beautiful?"

The respondent gave a thumbs up: "Xiangxue Haitou card level."

Even if it is a topic about life and death~lightnovelpub.net~ once you talk about the content of color, it is still crooked with a thunderous momentum.

But Qin Leyin can understand them.

When faced with intractable problems, normal people will choose to avoid them, like a student doing one minute of homework and playing with a mobile phone for half an hour, like an author writing a thousand words and playing games for three hours... This is a defense mechanism, because everyone Not a rational person, unable to make optimal decisions.

The best decision for a primary school student who scored 10 points in the test is to go home and take off his pants and wait for the beating, rather than adding a 0 with a red pen to the end of the score, but there are always primary school students who hope that this can deceive their parents and escape a beating.

When faced with unprecedented challenges, most people are no different from elementary school students. They may know the best decision in their hearts, but they can't make up their minds, perhaps hoping for a miracle in reality.

At this time, we need a leader, a guiding light, and someone who can make everyone feel better.

So Qin Leyin knocked on the table to let the gossip people focus on themselves.

"Let's surrender."