Chapter 75 ·Invitation

The wealthy businessman in Chongqing was shocked when he saw that he was not ambiguous about the sword in his hands. Not only did he look at Li Yi with admiration, he settled down with the Li family and even started a business with Li Yi.

Li Yi's reputation spread like this.

It is precisely because of this that Mr. Jiang brought the Li family into the Chamber of Commerce. Although Li Yi had a bad temper, he got along very well with Jiang Yaozong. The two often called each other brothers. Jiang Yaozong did not go behind his back on anything he said.

He told him about the Jiang family's plans to set foot in Shanghai, and promised him that once he succeeds, he will find a way to bring the Li family there too.

Li Yi believed his words very much and kept this matter in mind, so when he received the news that the Ma family was going to entertain important guests, he paid attention to it.

The group of idle gangs who work under Li Yi usually not only help Li Yi eliminate dissidents, but also help collect some information. They hang out in gambling houses, opium dens, and brothels all year round, mixing dragons and snakes.

They all have it, and they are the most suitable for gathering information. A person named Xiao Yizi under Li Yi is the most clever. He is highly regarded by Li Yi at a young age. Many things that he does not trust others to do will be left to him alone. This Xiao Yizi

Yizi is reliable and has never let Li Yi down.

Xiao Yizi knew that Li Yi was particularly sensitive to matters in Shanghai during those days, so he quickly found Li Yi as soon as he got the news.

Li Yi was drinking with a businessman at the time. When Xiao Yizi peeked in from the door, he knew that something important was going on. Otherwise, Xiao Yizi's cleverness would definitely not come to interrupt Li Yi at this time.

With an excuse to walk out, Xiao Yizi hurriedly reported everything he learned to Li Yi, "I heard that the Ma family will entertain guests in the next few days. They are looking for a buyer these days, and they also need to find some good cooks."

The cook is making a lot of noise."

The Ma family is a family of serious scholars. Such families are generally pedantic and incompetent but arrogant. They live by relying on the shadow of a few talented people born in their ancestors. However, in recent years, there has been turmoil, and scholars are the least popular in troubled times.

, every one of the Ma family could not lift their shoulders or lift their hands. If it had not been for a deputy chief in the family who was serving in Nanjing, they might have been reduced to being worse than ordinary people by now.

But even so, the Ma family still feels that they are superior to others, especially Mr. Ma, who is famous for his reputation. He rarely goes out on weekdays and has high standards and looks down on people who are not as good as him in education. Others have posted a message to invite him, and he

He often excused himself from studying and did not attend. As time went by, people in Hangzhou said that the Ma family was stupid and did not even understand the most basic exchange of favors.

Mr. Ma was holding his breath in his heart. He always wanted his two sons to pursue official careers. To this end, he often sent people to give gifts to the relatives in Nanjing, hoping that he would give him a hand for the sake of being from the same clan.

It is certainly not an ordinary person for a relative to become a superior. He accepted the gift with a smile, but nothing happened. Mr. Ma sent people to ask twice, but he was rebuffed. The servant did not dare to speak directly about Nanjing.

How arrogant a fellow tribesman was, so he could only tactfully remind Mr. Ma that Nanjing is now the seat of the government, and the eyes of the whole country are fixed there, and no needle can be inserted in personnel placement, so it is best to make other plans.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that the deputy commander in Nanjing said it well, but he was doing the job of pouring water and answering the phone. He didn't dare to breathe when he saw the high-ranking officer above him, and he nodded and bowed in an unusually polite manner. He only did this when facing himself.

With a cold face, he showed a condescending and proud look. All the gifts sent by the Ma family were used by him to improve his own career. How could he care about the two young masters of the Ma family? What's more, considering his situation in Nanjing

, it is difficult to protect oneself, let alone support others. It is not like a character who can speak in front of senior officials.

Mr. Ma was so angry that he became seriously ill and began to think of other ways.

The eldest son of the Ma family was named Ma Zhong, and the younger son was named Ma Gong. Ma Zhong studied in Shanghai a few years ago. Because of his gentle personality, he made several friends, among whom was Zeng Shaoquan's nephew Guan Bozhou, who is now known as Zeng Shaoquan.

The younger brother of Guan Boyuan, who is now the mayor of Shanghai. Zeng Shaoquan was not the acting prime minister at that time, Guan Boyuan was also serving in the army, and someone else took the mayor's position. In Ma Zhong's eyes, Guan Bozhou was just a wealthy man with a superior family background.

He was just a young man, but he was good at reading. Not long after we got along, he caught up with the craze of studying abroad and went to study abroad.

Of course Ma Zhong also wants to go, but the Ma family is very conservative at heart. Both Mr. Ma and Mrs. Ma disagree, so Ma Zhong's dream of studying abroad can only be abandoned.

After Guan Bozhou returned from studying abroad, his brother Guan Boyuan had already become the mayor of Shanghai at a young age with the support of his uncle Zeng Shaoquan. For a time, the housekeeper's family was full of people, and many people came to make connections. The housekeeper naturally

He didn't take them seriously, and just used charlatanism to talk things over.

Ma Zhong returned to Hangzhou after graduating in Shanghai, and has been waiting for news from Nanjing ever since. As a result, he is getting older every year and has no job. His mother first booked a job for her.

Marriage. He just got married in the spring of this year. His wife is a good match for him, and she also comes from a scholarly family. My father-in-law is good at hand-painting and is very famous in the cultural circle.

Ever since Mr. Ma found out that his son had this relationship with the younger brother of the mayor of Shanghai, he couldn't sleep at night. He tried every means to get his son to contact his old classmates to see if he could help establish a relationship and arrange for him to work in Shanghai.

Ma Zhong felt that this was tantamount to fantasy, "Bozhou and I only got along when we were studying, and we got closer than others. We have lost contact since he went abroad, and now I eagerly asked him to establish a relationship.

How can I say it? I heard that he has been staying at home since he returned to China. If work is really so easy to arrange, wouldn’t the housekeeper have made clear arrangements for him earlier? "

Mr. Ma was speechless after being contradicted by his son.

However, Mrs. Ma felt that her son was losing his mind in studying. She tried to persuade her, "Judging from the current situation, Shanghai is the money bag of the whole country. Zeng Shaoquan arranged for his nephew to be the mayor of Shanghai.

It’s self-evident. Don’t you want to keep this money bag in your own hands? Do you think Guan Bozhou stayed at home after returning to China because he had poor work arrangements? His uncle is the acting prime minister, and now he only covers his head with one hand.

As a man of heaven, what do you want that you cannot give? I think the housekeeper wants to do something bigger, and he is picking and choosing and doesn’t know where to arrange it, so it hasn’t been decided yet.”

Both Ma Zhong and Mr. Ma thought her words made sense. But Ma Zhong still couldn't bear to beg his old classmate. He returned to the room distressed, and his newlywed wife persuaded him in a low voice, "I know what you are thinking, but it's just

It’s an old relationship from school. It’s been so long. Who knows if the housekeeper still remembers who you are? It’s a direct request on someone’s face. If they don’t remember you, wouldn’t it be a joke if it gets spread?”

Seeing that she understood him, Ma Zhong nodded quickly.

The newlywed wife continued, "But this relationship is closer than others. I think you should write a letter to test Mr. Guan first. If he cares about the old relationship, it won't be too late for you to ask for your help when the time comes.

He has forgotten you a long time ago, so we have completely given up this idea."

Ma Zhong thought for a while, then sighed and said, "What should I say in the letter?"

"He must have missed the scenery of his hometown after staying abroad for so long. You might as well invite him to Hangzhou as a guest. If he doesn't want to, it doesn't matter. Anyway, you got what you want. It would be better if he is willing to come. You can say a lot of things in person

, can be said more appropriately." After the newlywed wife finished speaking, the more Ma Zhong thought about it, the more it made sense, and he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the Guan Gongguan in Shanghai.

After a few days, there was still no reply. Ma Zhong was greatly disappointed and felt that this time it would probably be a dead end and there would be no hope.
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