Lu Dafang and Lord Yu were very concerned about the friendship between landlords, and almost all the people with strong reputation and qualifications in Jiangling Prefecture City were invited.

As the imperial envoy this time, Ouyang Bian, the chief censor of the Censorate, the son of Ouyang Xiu, the second-year top scholar of Jiayou, the former governor of the central bank, and the actual controlling shareholder of Xihucheng Company, the largest shareholder of the Agricultural Bank of China, was the target of hospitality at this time, so Ouyang Bian became the focus of the audience.

In this case, brothel singing girls will never be absent. As the saying goes, there will be no banquet without prostitutes.

After a few years, Ouyang Bian has grown into a handsome young man. Among the group of gray-bearded uncles and old men, he looks even more handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, which attracts the singers and dancers to look at each other.

Even if Ouyang Bian now ignores his own abilities, he is one of the top young men in the Song Dynasty.

The son of the family of the top minister from Bianjing is very capable, so how can he not attract their attention? The key is that he is Ouyang Mingyue!

In today's Song Dynasty, who doesn't know Ouyang Mingyue?

What's more, it's a singing girl in brothels. If she doesn't know Ouyang Bian, she will be laughed at when she says it.

The singers and dancers looked at Ouyang Bian with bright eyes, but the girls around Ouyang Bian made them unable to ignore them.

She was a gorgeous woman. Although she was plain and dressed in a simple manner, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque and her figure were graceful. Her ability and freedom were impressive, and what was even more amazing was that the officials respected her very much.

The singers were surprised.

A singer asked the guests who were accompanying him quietly: "Who is the woman next to Mr. Ouyang? Why are she so arrogant?"

The guest glanced at the singer and smiled and said, "You guys, don't be dissatisfied. Since you know Ouyang Mingyue, you should know Lu Caiwei."

"Ah! She is Lu Caiwei! As expected, the moon is beautiful, no wonder Ouyang Mingyue wrote her on the famous works of all ages.

However, she was so lucky. In the brothel, the beautiful and talented woman was just lucky."

The singer affirmed Lu Caiwei's appearance, but she was quite jealous and showed that Lu Caiwei was because she had a great fortune.

The guest smiled and shook his head: "Then you think it's a bad idea. You didn't notice. Are the other officials respectful to Miss Lu?"

The singer nodded: "Is it because of Mr. Ouyang?"

The guest said: "Mr. Ouyang's wife is the eldest daughter of Mr. Fu Bi. Although she has not been married yet, no one can take this position away.

Miss Lu can only be a concubine, but if Miss Lu is just a concubine, how can you make the officials of the prefecture so respectful?"

The singer nodded. She still understood this principle. A concubine is a concubine and would not receive more respect because of the people she serves. Even if there is one, it would be worthy of face.

And the respect Lu Caiwei received is obviously not.

"Then... what's the special thing about Lu Caiwei?"

The singer asked.

The guest smiled and said, "That's because Miss Lu is one of the most powerful businessmen in the Song Dynasty today."

The singer said in surprise: "Businessman? Can businessmen appear at such banquets and become guests of honor?"

"Only businessmen are not able to do so, but Miss Lu's company, Oh, you may not know this, but Agricultural Bank of China, that is the money house under West Lake City. In other words, that is what Miss Lu is controlling."

"What!" The singer covered her mouth in shock.

In addition to the central bank, there is also an Agricultural Bank of China on Jinghu North Road.

The central bank has built official roads and arranged service areas, while the Agricultural Bank of China is just as its name suggests that large tracts of acquisition of barren or flooded land are said to be about developing agriculture. Of course, this is a joke in Jiangling Prefecture.

On this side of Jinghu North Road, once it rains, low-lying places will inevitably be flooded, and there is no way to plant them. Only some higher terrain can be cultivated.

Most of the land purchased by the Agricultural Bank is low-lying. Even some poor farmers are unwilling to touch the land because they will be unable to recover the cost after a little rain. No matter how you look at it, they will be unprofitable.

But that's why those places are very cheap.

However, no matter how cheap it is, when a blockbuster film is acquired, the funds involved are still huge.

This can be explained clearly why these officials are willing to deal with a businessman so kindly.

Of course, there is another reason behind it, that is, Lu Caiwei is Ouyang Bian's white glove, which is something that everyone can guess.

Some people are even speculating that Ouyang Xiu or Fu Bi are actually the real backstage behind Lu Caiwei, and Ouyang Bian is just a cover.

But this not only does not affect Lu Caiwei's status, but even makes her status higher!

Hey, what about the white gloves of the political affairs!

The guest showed off with a proud smile: "It's normal for you to not know. I only found out after I went to Bianjing. My cousin happened to be one of the shareholders of West Lake City.

That time at the Xihu City Annual Meeting, I tried a lot of effort to get in.

Now, the one over there, who was following Mr. Ouyang carefully holding the wine pot and pouring wine for Mr. Ouyang at any time. Although he looked cautious, that was Jiang Rucheng, the boss of West Lake City Engineering Company…”

Seeing the singer's somewhat blinded look, he explained: "It's normal for you not to know. After all, you are not from the circle. Let me tell you this. Xihucheng Company has three major industries: one is Xihucheng next to Bianjing, the second is the Agricultural Bank controlled by Lu Caiwei, and the third is the Xihucheng Engineering Company controlled by Jiang Rucheng."

The singers' eyes were shiny, not for Jiang Rucheng, but for Ouyang Bian, because Jiang Rucheng controlled such an important industry but was almost flattering to Ouyang Bian. This shows how powerful Ouyang Bian is from some aspects.

The guest's words attracted the attention of several people in a small area around him. Other guests asked curiously: "Who are the people next to him?"

The guest smiled and said, "You don't recognize it?"

The guest who asked the question was a little ashamed: "I am from Jinghu South Road and just came to work hard, so Lord Lu called me over."

The guest nodded in understanding: "No wonder, those young people are from the Banking Regulatory Commission. Do you know?"

The guest who asked the question nodded: "I heard a little bit, and I heard that the one who besieged the tea farmers yesterday was the Banking Regulatory Commissioner."

The guest nodded and said, "Those young people are from the Banking Regulatory Commission. The heroic and powerful one is the descendant of the Zhong family. His name is Zhongyi, and he actually controls the Banking Regulatory Commission.

The calm and steady person is named Wang Shao, a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou, and an old age of Ouyang Bian.

The other young people also have great origins, including Zhe family, Zhong family, and Di family.

They belong to the General Staff Office of the Banking Regulatory Commission. As for the old one, the one who was not the Banking Regulatory Commission, his name was Yu Mou.

The West Lake City, among the three major industries I just mentioned, is in his actual control. He also controls Chengyuan, East-West Burning, Ice Room and other industries..."

"Wait, the ice room and the east-west burning are also from West Lake City?"

The guest who asked the question said in surprise.

The guest said in surprise: "That's right, but... have the ice room and the firewood in the ice room have developed to Jinghu South Road in the past two years?"
Chapter completed!