Some people say that things in the world are about seriousness; others say that in this world, there is nothing that cannot be done with money. In fact, whether it is seriousness or money, if you have to do something well, if you have less
Even if you gain power, it's still not that smooth.
Having money does not necessarily mean you have power, but with power, it is not difficult for you to have money. When money and power are combined, the power they unleash far exceeds these two things.
any level that can be achieved.
Businessmen have money, and if they want to make more money, they must rely on and obey the powerful. And if you want to rely on the powerful, what is more stable and reassuring than relying on the imperial power?
The small Sihai Guild Hall only costs tens of thousands of silver. Some people are willing to pay for this money. Take Rong Shubo for example. If possible, he would rather allow the Rong family to bear the cost of building the Guild Hall on their own. Unfortunately,
The thing is, even if he is willing to give it all, others will not agree.
Being able to establish a relationship with the palace and run the royal industry, the benefits brought by this name alone are not only tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. It is conceivable that with this amount of money as a foundation, how many people will be appointed by the internal officials and supervisors?
In this way, the cloth, utensils and other offerings produced by his family will always have a little more chance of winning than other competitors.
And as long as there is the name of Huangshang, even if he doesn't charge a penny for the things he offers to Ouchi, his products will be popular in the market. Even if the price is several percent higher than the market price, the supply will still exceed the demand.
But for something that is used by both the Emperor and the Empress, do you dare to say that it shouldn’t be expensive?
Unfortunately, he wanted it, and of course others wanted it even more. The business representatives from various guilds who could be found by Qian Wubing were all the best businessmen in their respective regions, and they were all old foxes who had been in the business world for decades.
Let's stop playing petty tricks with each other.
Everyone wanted to donate more money, so after discussing with Qian Wubing, Wang Shaojian had to limit the contribution of merchants, dividing it into seventy-three chief envoys from the north, six to the south, and each chief envoy's area.
The number of guild halls is limited to 5,000 taels of silver. As for the large guild halls, and there are smaller guild halls and so on, it is up to them to negotiate among themselves.
For example, in the Guangdong Guild Hall, the internal officials and supervisors only receive five thousand taels of silver. As for whether your Guangdong Guild Hall will pay for the five thousand taels as a family, or whether your Guangdong Guild Hall, its Zhaoqing Guild Hall, and the Guangzhou Guild Hall will share it, that is your business.
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The scale of these guild halls in Beijing is larger than that in Nanjing, with more people, and they are also much more detailed. As the center of the world, there are naturally many people from all over the country who are officials in Beijing. In comparison, in Beijing
Compared with other guild halls in Nanjing, the guild halls in Beijing are stronger and have a more solid background. If there are not many fellow villagers in Beijing who are officials, these guild halls, large and small, will be embarrassed to hang out their own signs.
This is one of the points. Of course, the more important point is that once the Sihai Guild Hall is listed, the flow of information will be almost as important to these businessmen as the flow of money in their pockets. It is difficult for them to not care about it.
Businessmen have a keen sense of smell, not to mention where there are ready-made examples of the Nanjing Sihai Guild Hall. This matter of communicating business routes and exchanging information is simply too attractive to businessmen, especially in Beijing.
The Sihai Guild Hall has a royal background and is supervised by the Jinyiwei. Just thinking about the Jinyiwei's Tiqi all over the world, the businessmen can't even think about it enthusiastically. Sometimes, the fluctuation of a price may be a problem for those big businessmen.
With this channel for the entry and exit of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is almost guaranteed to win.
Qian Wubing told Zhu Houzhao that the Sihai Guild Hall could be opened within a month. In fact, his statement was a bit conservative. Under the stimulation of power and money, in less than half a month, the buildings of the Sihai Guild Hall were already in shape.
Okay, although except for the main building, the other buildings look a bit sloppy, but it is refreshing enough to be able to create such a pattern in such a short period of time.
"Other buildings can be repaired slowly, but we have to do a good job of showing off the appearance first, that is, not to put up a sign yet, so that these guys who look at us eagerly every day can have a place to have tea and chat.
It can also make them feel more at ease, so that they won’t bother the family every day!” Wang Pang, Shaojian Wang, said.
When he said this, Qian Wubing was raising his head and squinting his eyes, looking at this somewhat towering high-rise building in the sunlight. On the cornices of the fourth floor, there were still a few craftsmen vaguely drawing, and the sunlight was shining from behind them.
Coming over, it seemed as if their bodies were plated with a layer of gold.
"How much money will be spent on this building alone!!" Qian Wubing was a little surprised. Wang Shaojian raised the Sihai Building to the fourth floor in one breath. He did not expect that looking at the entire capital, except for the buildings in the inner courtyard
, this tall wooden building in the outer city must be the only one of its kind!
The fourth floor is not high. In terms of floors, this Sihai Building is not unique. But if it is also large, it is hard to say.
Qian Wubing made a visual inspection and found that the hall on this floor alone was a hundred feet in diameter. In other words, no matter which direction the building was viewed from, it was at least ten feet long. It was still late in the afternoon.
A little more, the sun shines in through the door, and it can't extend any further if it's less than three feet.
In other words, except for some places around the hall where you can occasionally enjoy the sunlight coming from the doors and windows, most places in this hall are definitely not exposed to sunlight.
"The things that come out of our internal officials must not lose their royal style!" Wang Shaojian was also a little proud, "Especially there is no need to save the money for them, so the Za family will naturally let it go! If there is more time, it is two more
Layer, it’s not that difficult!”
"Oh!" Qian Wubing lowered his head, thinking about what this building would look like if it were two floors higher, and couldn't help but be fascinated.
"This building will probably last two or three days. Once the painters finish the work and deodorize it, it will be ready for use. We are currently working on the remaining market rooms and other things. If nothing happens, it will be completed by the end of this month.
Mr. Qian can then consider opening the business!"
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang!" Qian Wubing looked at the eunuch who seemed to have some stains on his clothes, and thanked him sincerely. He didn't expect that this eunuch Wang was actually a hard worker. If he hadn't dispatched craftsmen, materials, and kept supervising, these things would not have happened.
, I'm afraid that it really can't be done in this intermittent period of time.
Of course, these days, Mr. Wang has probably received a lot of the filial piety from businessmen. In the past, people had no way to contact him, but now that they have this way, it would be stupid not to get in touch with him. However, money
Wu Bing doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with it. No official is greedy, right? A truly non-corrupt official is the saint mentioned in the book. That kind of person can only be worshiped as a statue of a god. How can he still be a living person?
, serious officials who get money to do things are much more lovable than officials who get money to do nothing.