288 At this time, Chen Jie also withdrew his right hand, and then clasped his fists to admit his mistake.
At the same time, he quietly practiced the Yangchun Jue, and the frost on his right arm melted little by little. Nan Batian took a look, said nothing, and sat back in his seat.
Chen Jie also sat down at this time. Nan Batian looked at Qin Ying and said, "Go back."
"yes."
Qin Ying sat back directly.
Nan Batian said: "Go on, Qin Ying, why has the income of your Eagle Hall been declining in the past six months? Can you do it? If not, I will choose another leader!"
"Boss, we are innocent. The income of the three streets of our Eagle Hall has been decreasing in the past six months. It's all because of the White Tiger Hall!"
Qin Ying pointed at Chen Jie again, and Chen Jie narrowed his eyes and said, "You haven't fought enough?"
Nan Batian cleared his throat and said, "Qin Ying, put your hands down. If you have something to say, let's talk about it. What's going on?"
Qin Ying sat down aggrieved after hearing this and said, "Boss, the White Tiger Hall won't give our Xiongying Hall a chance to survive. You know that we in Xiongying Hall have always relied on casinos, brothels, and loans to survive."
Nan Batian didn't say anything after hearing this. Qin Ying continued, "Among these, borrowing is the most important. However, in order to squeeze us out, the White Tiger Hall actually gave us a low-price loan. They paid out 10 times and got back 11 times. Listen, Gang Leader, is there such a low interest rate in the world? They are maliciously squeezing our Eagle Hall."
"Now all the people in our Xiongying Hall have gone to Baihu Hall to borrow money. We can't even lend out a penny. If we can't lend out money, the casinos and brothels will be affected. They won't let us survive!"
"Boss, you have to take care of this matter. If you don't, our Xiongying Hall will fight with his White Tiger Hall to the death. If the White Tiger Hall won't let our Xiongying Hall survive, then they won't be able to survive either!"
Qin Ying stood up excitedly again.
Nan Batian turned to look at Chen Jie at this time. Chen Jie said calmly: "Boss, Qin Ying's talk is completely nonsense. The money that my White Tiger Hall should pay to the headquarters has not been reduced by a cent."
"Besides, I didn't do business in Hall Master Qin's territory. I was doing business in my own territory. How could it hinder Hall Master Qin's Eagle Hall? Gang leader, please make the decision and clear my name."
Chen Jie replied calmly.
"You are talking nonsense. You are lending money at a low price to squeeze our Eagle Hall. Your behavior is targeting me. Gang leader, you make the decision for me."
"Haha, I can charge whatever interest I want when I lend money in my territory. Is it your business?"
"Chen Jiusi, don't go too far. If you give me a low interest rate loan, all my people will come to you to borrow money. Who will I lend my money to?"
"Hey, Qin Ying, what do you mean by that? It's my fault that your people came to me to borrow money. If you feel unhappy, you should also borrow money according to the rule of 10 out of 10 and 11 back."
"Chen Jiusi, you are going too far. If I had the salt fields in Nanhu and the refined salt business to support me, I would also return eleven out of ten. You are just bullying me!"
Chen Jie laughed and said, "Boss, do you understand? Hall Master Qin thinks that the Nanhu Salt Field is profitable, and he is jealous. In this case, you should apply to Lord Darughachi to give him the Nanhu Salt Field, and then Lord Darughachi's share will be given to you as well!"
Qin Ying was so angry after hearing this that he slammed the table and said, "Boss, did you hear that? I can tolerate him not taking me seriously because he relies on the protection of Lord Darughachi, but Boss, he even…"
"Shut up!"
Qin Ying was so angry that he spoke without thinking.
Nan Batian didn't want to intensify the conflict at this time, especially to turn the conflict into one between him and Darughachi, so he couldn't let Qin Ying speak all the words.
Qin Ying also reacted and realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and remained silent.
Nan Batian glared at him and said, "Well, what Qin Ying said just now was indeed inappropriate. According to the gang rules, Qin Ying, you are indeed not qualified to ask Jiu Si not to allow low-price loans in his territory."
"Boss!"
Qin Ying was very anxious after hearing this, but Nan Batian did not give him a chance to interrupt. He looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, this matter does need to be discussed. We in the Fishermen's Gang are all brothers in distress, and the Eagle Hall also has hundreds of brothers to support. I should not care about what you do in your territory, but you have indeed affected the survival of the Eagle Hall."
"How about this, you give me a favor, and I don't care how you lend money in your territory in the future, but you need to screen the people who borrow money, and you are not allowed to lend money to people in the Eagle Hall's territory, how about that?"
Nan Batian looked at Chen Jie. Chen Jie had an embarrassment on his face, but he actually didn't care.
Loans are small amounts of money, so Chen Jie doesn't really care about this amount of money, especially for a small place like the Eagle Hall. However, even if he doesn't care, he still has to act like he is reluctant to part with it.
They will only feel happy if they cut their own flesh. Damn human nature.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie's face showed displeasure.
Qin Ying looked at Nan Batian. Nan Batian was not in a hurry. He gently tapped the table with his index finger, making a tapping sound.
After a while, Chen Jie said with a pained face: "Forget it, we still have to give face to the gang leader. Xiaohu, remember, go back and tell Zhou Chu that we will not lend money to Xiongyingtang in the future."
"yes."
Xiaohu responded, and Nan Batian immediately laughed: "Hahaha, Jiusi is still very considerate. Qin Ying, thank Jiusi."
"I thank him?"
Nan Batian said: "Thank you."
"Thank you."
Qin Ying clasped his fists, but Chen Jie ignored him and took a sip of tea. Chen Jie knew that Nan Batian would definitely not come to a meeting with him just for such a small matter, there must be something else going on.
Sure enough, Nan Batian spoke up and said, "Ahem... Okay, that's it for the Eagle Hall. I called you all here today because there is another important matter."
Nan Batian took out an account book from the table beside him and said, "Everyone, take a look."
After saying that, he threw it directly to Chen Jie. Chen Jie took it and looked at it. He saw that what was recorded on it was actually the iron ore business of the fishing gang.
Chen Jie looked at Nan Batian in confusion and said, "Boss, I don't want to do this iron ore business anymore."
Nan Batian said: "Let's talk after we finish reading it."
Chen Jie immediately looked through the account book and saw that the fishing gang's iron ore sales were actually decreasing month by month, especially in the past six months, the quantity had dropped sharply.
You know, salt and iron are the pillar industries of the fishing gang.
If any of these two industries has problems, the fishing gang will face financial problems.
The sales volume of iron ore is decreasing day by day, so we can't take it lightly.
Chen Jie read it once and then handed it to Tang Ziyue. Tang Ziyue flipped through it and said, "Boss, why is the iron ore business declining so drastically? I remember that our iron ore seemed to be refined into pig iron and then sold to the north to be used as weapons by the northern government troops to suppress bandits."
"The Red Turbans are causing so much trouble in the North right now, and it's time to consume a lot of weapons. Why is the price of pig iron decreasing?"
Tang Ziyue flipped through the account book curiously, and took it to Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, take a look too."
Chen Jie looked at Tang Ziyue, there was something wrong with this boy, and immediately said: "Yeah, this is unreasonable?"
Chen Jie knew a little about the Red Turban Army in the North. That was a large-scale uprising launched by followers of the Zoroastrianism, which swept across more than a dozen states in the North and involved more than 100,000 people. The daily consumption of weapons was enormous, so during the war in the North, ironware in the South was selling at a very fast rate.
Therefore, there has been a crazy shipment of iron ore in Mianshui County recently.
Nan Batian said: "Well, it is true. The uprising in the north has swept through more than a dozen prefectures. The court sent the White Deer Army to suppress it. The pig iron in our Mianshui County is mainly purchased by Lord Tutu Wanhu. But recently I found that Lord Tutu Wanhu's purchases are getting less and less. If this continues, our iron ore business will be over!"
After hearing this, Tang Ziyue frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. The demand is not less, but the purchase volume is less. There must be something wrong here. Could it be that they have other sources of supply?"
After hearing this, Nan Batian said: "Yes, after my investigation, I found the problem!"
"What?"
After hearing this, Qin Ying looked at Nan Batian and asked. Nan Batian thought for a moment and said, "The problem lies with Old Weird Liu from the Cao Gang!"
"Old Monster Liu!"
After hearing this, everyone looked at Nan Batian, who said, "After investigation, my people found that Tutu Wanhu's monthly purchase volume has not decreased, but now all purchases have been given to Old Monster Liu, so we can't get any orders!"
"this!"
Everyone paused after hearing this, and Nan Batian continued, "We can't go on like this. Our fishing gang can't lose this big order. And I heard from people that this old weirdo Liu did whatever it took to get the order. Not only did he give Tutuwanhu's purchasing envoy a large amount of money, he also gave the envoy two beautiful girls. The envoy was already bewitched and gave the order to old weirdo Liu!"
Qin Ying slammed the table and said, "No, we can't give all the benefits to Old Monster Liu. If the gang leader can't do it, we can also give him money and women."
Nan Batian said: "No, this method will not work if used again. Besides, if we add money, Old Monster Liu can also add money. If we continue like this, we won't make much money!"
After hearing this, Qin Ying asked, "Then, Gang Leader, what do you mean?"
Nan Batian said, "Either don't do it, or do it to the extreme. I got the information that they will have an ironware transaction at the ferry crossing of Xiantao Town at the beginning of the Yin hour tomorrow. My idea is to find a way to intercept this batch of goods and make Old Monster Liu lose his trust in Tutu Wanhu. Only in this way can we cut off the source of the trouble and completely cut off the iron ore business of the Cao Gang, so that we can obtain the trading rights of this iron ore."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and thought that their gang leader was quite sinister, being able to do such a thing, he was really amazing.
Thinking of this, Nan Batian asked: "What do you think?"
After hearing this, Tang Ziyue said, "This is a brilliant move. As long as the Cao Gang breaks their promise, they will no longer be eligible to provide ironware to Tutu Wanhu. We will then be able to obtain the trading rights, and our wealth will increase greatly in the future."
Nan Batian heard this and said, "Mr. Tang is right."
Qin Ying said: "Hahaha, good, I've been displeased with those bastards from the Cao Gang for a long time, so I'll take this opportunity to teach them a lesson!"
Nan Batian looked at Liu Yishou who had been silent and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Liu?"
Liu Yishou coughed lightly and said, "Boss, if you are sick, I am good at treating you. As for this kind of fighting and killing, I don't understand it. You young people should make the decision."
Nan Batian looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, what do you think?"
Chen Jie was silent for a moment after hearing this. In fact, if one stands in the position of Nan Batian and others, there is really nothing wrong with this plan. Thinking about it, Chen Jie said: "The gang leader is indeed a genius. He can come up with such a brilliant plan. Awesome, awesome."
After hearing this, Nan Batian laughed and said, "Jiu Si, you are too kind. This world will belong to you young people sooner or later."
After that, Nan Batian looked at everyone and said, "But there is still a problem. Who should we send to intercept this batch of goods tomorrow morning?"
After hearing this, Nan Batian glanced at several people.
Qin Ying stood up and said, "I'll go!"
Nan Batian frowned, and Tang Ziyue beside him smiled and said, "Haha, Hall Master Qin is courageous, but Hall Master Qin is rash in his actions. Such a big thing requires a steady person."
After hearing this, Qin Ying glanced at Tang Ziyue.
What does this guy mean?
However, Qin Ying's recklessness was often just an act for Nan Batian to see; he was not really stupid. Tang Ziyue must have had a purpose for saying this at this time.
Thinking of this, Qin Ying said to Tang Ziyue: "What do you mean, Mr. Tang? A steady person, who is steady? Is Chen Jiusi steady?"
After hearing this, Tang Ziyue said, "Master Qin, that's not what I meant, but you are right. Master Chen is indeed a steady person. It's just that Master Chen has a good relationship with Old Weird Liu. Doing this is unfair to a friend!"
"Haha? He has a good relationship with Old Monster Liu. Let's make it clear. He is Chen Jiusi from the Fishing Gang, not Chen Jiusi from the Cao Gang. He is turning his elbow outward, right?"
Qin Ying looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, recently I've heard the gang members calling you the loyal and brave Chen Wuye. Is our Chen Wuye a traitor?"
After hearing this, Chen Jie's expression became very calm.
He seemed to smell a conspiracy, and this intuition became more and more sharp.
"Ahem, Hall Master Qin, don't talk nonsense. Jiusi is the Hall Master of the White Tiger Hall of our Fishermen's Gang. How can you be siding with outsiders? If you continue to talk nonsense, don't blame me for holding you accountable."
Nan Batian said in a deep voice, and then looked at Chen Jie and said, "In fact, Jiu Si is indeed a very good candidate, but Jiu Si's relationship with Old Monster Liu makes me afraid that he won't be able to do it."
"In addition, this is what I think about this matter. We can send Qin Ying, but we need to send a mature and steady person to assist Qin Ying. In this way, Old Monster Liu and his men are trading at the ferry crossing of Xiantao Village, so let the Xiantao Village fish pen be in charge, and Wu Zhong can help Qin Ying do this together."
Um!
At this time, Chen Jie suddenly looked at Nan Batian. Nan Batian had a smile on his face, as if he knew that Chen Jie would have such a reaction.
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