This place is not only a house, but the layout is different from the house. The high archway, the courtyard walls are towering, the buildings inside are compact, the area is large, and the area is less comfortable, but there is a lot of architectural space.
At this time, several large carts appeared at the gate of the Road Administration Bureau under the guard. The cart was stationed outside, but did not continue moving forward easily. At this time, the curtain of the cart in the front opened, revealing Jiajing's deep gaze, the yellow outside was
Jin quickly trotted up, bent down and waited for instructions.
Jiajing asked slowly, "Ask, what are so many merchants doing there?"
Huang Jinhe nodded and went up to ask. He came back soon to report: "It is said that the road government office is too small, so he opened a public housing in Ruyifang there to issue a certificate of commendation."
Jiajing couldn't help but smile bitterly, and immediately understood what he was going to do. It turned out to be a way to attract tourists. He continued to ask: "What's the name in Ruyifang?"
Huang Jin shook his head and said, "I didn't find out, I just wanted to come in and find out."
Jiajing said, "The two empress dowagers sneak in through the back door, don't be disturbed. I get out of the car and go and take a look through the front door."
Huang Jin knew it and immediately arranged with the guards behind him. Jiajing had already gotten out of the carriage. More than a dozen powerful guards of Kong Wu shook each other and immediately occupied various directions casually like a fan. Jiajing took a handle.
The fan came out and wanted to shake it. After all, he was wearing a brocade Confucian robe today. In order to prevent the cold, he was wearing a cashmere jacket. He put a fan on it and suddenly felt that
In this weather, the fan was not suitable, so I closed the fan and played with the fan bone with my thumb and index finger.
Jiajing looked around the nearby streets, looked at the crowds rushing towards Ruyifang, and said to Huang Jinnu who was rushing toward: "Let's go, go in and take a look."
With the surge of many merchants, the two and a group of guards who were accompanying or secretly protecting the flanks followed the crowd. After finally reaching the gate of Ruyifang, they saw the huge archway with dragons and phoenixes writing two lines of couplets on the left.
It says: "Welcome guests from all directions" and says: "Go to the world to wealth".
After reading this couplet, Jiajing couldn't help but frown, it was vulgar, too vulgar.
Jiajing's level of knowledge was not very high. After all, he was just a prince of a vassal king. According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the prince of a vassal king was different from the prince, so he did not require much knowledge. He had read some of the Four Books and Five Classics in a brief manner, and could roughly write them.
That's it.
But the problem is that in Jiajing's eyes, this couplet still feels vulgar, which shows that this Ruyifang does not want to play with any elegant things.
Jiajing followed the crowd without saying a word, but he didn't hear anyone talking about the couplet in his ears. He couldn't help but feel relieved. It was clearly a couplet aimed at merchants. What should I do so elegantly? I'll give merchants a good idea.
That’s it, do you still need to bring out the Four Books and Five Classics?
After entering the big archway, there are several meters wide ritual gates, and there are two Pixiu on the left and right. Pixiu attracts wealth, and it is appropriate to appear here.
After passing the Yimen Gate, the front suddenly became clear. On the left was an inconspicuous courtyard with a sign hanging on it, calling the Issuing Courtyard. When the merchants saw it, they naturally walked there. Who knew that there was a lieutenant here, and in their hands
He held one wooden sign after another and shouted, "Don't have to line up for those who come in, come here to get the license plate."
The merchants went to get the license plate with skepticism, and Jiajing joined in the fun and took one in his hand. The license plate had the words Yin and Mao written on it. Then, there was another sign hanging on the gate of the yard, and the son was hanging on it.
Ding'.
No one is a fool, so he knows that most of the merchants who come in to receive the award certificate are Zi Ding’s license plate. After all, it seems that it is still early, and it is not my turn to not have an hour.
With the license plate in hand, everyone felt a little relieved. I thought it was a number to work, so there was no need to crowd here. After all, although the place is relatively empty, there are many people. The people in front of me did not call the number to enter.
If you don't go, the people behind you are still rushing inside. When you get the number, you feel that it's still early and hesitate. However, someone said, "If you get the number, you might as well go there to rest and have tea, don't block the road here.
.Don’t worry, as long as you go there to have a tea, you will have a friend going there to call the number every few days, and it will never delay everyone’s affairs.”
After hearing this, everyone felt it made sense. Instead of standing here stupidly in the cold wind, it would be better to sit there and rest.
So the crowds striking again, heading towards the huge building on the right.
This building has two floors, covering an area of six or seven acres. It is obvious that it was rebuilt, but the six or seven acres of buildings are still amazing. Although it was built quickly, it is not exquisite, but everyone is just here.
I took a break and had no time to drink tea, but I couldn't care about so many people. Everyone went in, and Jiajing followed closely behind and saw that the hall was full of guests.
Merchants are all people who are lucky enough to meet each other. Once they sit down, they will inevitably find someone to chat with them. So everyone has had tea and pastries together. Naturally, there are still many low-key discussions. What is the price of silk has risen recently?
Because of the heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River for several days.
There are many small halls next to this hall, each hall has signs, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou Hall, Yunnan and Guizhou Hall, or Guangdong and Guangxi Hall.
Some merchants sat directly in the hall, while others looked for tranquility and went straight to the small hall. Jiajing's eyes fell on the Lianghu Hall and walked in by a stranger. The layout of this small hall was naturally much smaller.
There were more than a dozen teahouses, but there were already five or six tables. The merchants were chatting at this time, but Jiajing was very familiar with the accents they spoke. Several of them were talking in Jiajing's ears.
It felt like it was a long time ago. When he went in, several people immediately looked at him. One of the chubby merchants stood up with a smile, bowed to him, and said with a smile: "I wonder where are the people in my station, what business is they doing?"
Seeing that everyone was chatting enthusiastically, Jiajing knew that these merchants were the best at making connections with others. Everyone sat together to drink tea, and they were both business people. In addition, most of them were in the same hometown, so everyone sat here and they had a natural kind of
He smiled slightly, and winked at the guards who were about to follow in, and turned them away, and said in a long-lost accent: "My surname is Huang, and my name is Jing. Anlu people are just doing some small business.
, not worth mentioning.”
His eyes were deep, although young, he was walking on a dragon and a tiger. The chubby merchant's eyes lit up. He quickly pulled him to sit near him, and then said, "Anlu Mansion? That's the place of dragons, a good place.
Ah, I traveled to and from there several times. There are many mountains there, but there are outstanding people and beautiful places. I am a person from Xiangyang, and I do tea business..."
Jiajing felt curious and said, "Xiangyang, is the governor of Xiangyang surnamed Zhou? This governor of Zhou seems to have outstanding political achievements in Xiangyang."
Everyone couldn't help but sneer, and some looked at Jiajing with a little curiosity, and became the merchant in Xiangyang next to Jiajing, saying, "The political achievements are for the court to see. He built the river of the Han River, which was indeed Zhuoran.
The renovation of this palace is extremely magnificent, with more than a hundred academic buildings, and the education is indeed outstanding. But there are many people who are greedy from it. We are now in the capital, so it is okay to say a few words like this. Xiangyang Palace usually
The levy is often 20% higher than that of other prefectures in Hubei. He is so remarkable that it is just a pain for us."
Everyone participated in the discussion and the conversation was just around the corner. After half a stick of incense, a friend came and said, "I have called Ziyou. The distinguished guests who are about to call must make a correct comparison in advance."
A merchant who got the Zihai number could not help but stand up and said, "It's time to arrive. Please sit down. I'll come here and get the commendation certificate first. If I can't come today, we'll come here to drink at this time tomorrow.
Tea, everyone is a fellow villager in the countryside, and it is rare to meet villagers here. Taking advantage of the time in Beijing, everyone can gather more and take care of each other in the future."
The rest of the people agreed, and a few more people came in and were still chatting enthusiastically.
Jiajing suddenly understood that the place where tea drinks is just a tea shop on the surface, but it is a special supplier for merchants. If merchants want to make money, popularity is very important. Everyone can get close to each other through various relationships, and it will be the same for business in the future.
convenient.
No wonder the person who left just now had to offer to come again tomorrow. He seemed to have seized the business opportunity, and not coming would be a waste.
Besides, most of the people here have similar identities and backgrounds, and they also have common languages. If there are scholars here, someone mentioned that the Zhou magistrate of Xiangyang, it might be said that the Zhou magistrate's education will be greatly promoted. Every type of person will see it.
The angles of the problem are different. The so-called Tao is different and does not plan for each other, but here are all "comrades".
Jiajing couldn't help but nod. So many people drink tea here, and they are all rich merchants. The price of tea must be more expensive than outside. It is indeed a good business. He thought in his heart that just eating tea can be a day.
I'm afraid that there will be nearly 100 taels of silver in the surplus, but then again, the money is indeed earning a lot, but the problem is that more than 300 days a year, at most 30,000 taels of silver. Annual income of 30,000 is absolutely
It's a big business, but Xu Qian still owes me more than 30,000 taels of silver. He worked hard for a year but only paid back the debt. If there were no other means, his business might not be easy to do.
Jiajing couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but he also hoped that Xu Qian would have other means. Although the teahouse was novel, it was nothing.
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