Qian Wubing remained silent and looked at him coldly.
No wonder he was so angry. Sihailou was a small business in Nanjing, and its profits were extremely impressive. Now it has arrived in this place where the wealth of the world gathers. There is a sign of the Royal Merchants hanging there, and there are guards in brocade to protect and manage it, and there are various merchants in the middle.
They all cheered, it could be said that the time was right, the place was right, and the people were right. Such a business that made a lot of money every day had been run into such a miserable state by Rong Shusheng and his gang. There was no reason for him not to get angry.
In the morning, I talked with Zhang Cai about the happiness I got from the upcoming fleet and the sea trade business that I had planned a long time ago. At this moment, there is not even a little bit left. If Rong Shusheng in front of me doesn't say that he is ugly, he will
They are all ready to be tortured. Looking at the deceptive look of the steward just now, you can see how they usually behave. Could it be that all the businessmen who came to visit were scared away by such a person? If not, then
He had to think about whether Rong Shusheng and others were trying to enrich their own pockets, eating the top and the bottom, leaving him in the middle to be a veritable victim.
"I heard that your Excellency went to the northwest to suppress the rebellion. Your Excellency must have just returned to the capital!" Rong Shusheng came over and lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid you don't know yet. Mr. Liu, who is the Supervisor of Ceremonies, gave birth to me yesterday."
The people from Xichang took him away, and his mansion was also sealed. It seems that this towering tree is going to fall!"
Qian Wubing remained silent, but he wanted to see what Rong Shusheng could come up with.
Seeing that Qian Wubing had no reaction, Rong Shusheng paused slightly and continued: "Since yesterday, the capital seems peaceful, but in fact there is an undercurrent. The officials and gentry who had close contacts with Eunuch Liu in the past are now in every household.
All of them have been invited back by people from the West Factory, and now Eunuch Liu’s name has become a taboo for those who are well-informed, and no one wants to be associated with this name!”
"What does that have to do with the business in our building? If the merchants don't do business, are they sitting on nothing?" Qian Wubing snorted!
"It does matter, it does matter a lot!" Rong Shu said anxiously: "Your Excellency, you still remember that Eunuch Liu personally unveiled the plaque for us on the day our Sihai Tower opened. Over the years, whose business has been so prestigious, is it worth it?
Eunuch Liu has made such a trip in person, and now there are rumors everywhere that our Sihai Building itself is Eunuch Liu’s property, and as for the imperial merchants, it is just a way for Liu Jin to make money under another name!"
"That's nonsense!" Qian Wubing said angrily. When did Sihai Tower become Liu Jin's property? He took every precaution to prevent any relationship with Liu Jin, but he ignored this.
It seems that it was not his own idea to unveil the Sihai Tower. It seemed that Zhu Houzhao gave an explanation and he reluctantly gave himself this face.
"I know this is nonsense. Your Excellency is running this Sihai Tower to make money for the emperor. It is a real palace property, but those ignorant businessmen don't know. As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, this rumor says
When people are old, there will naturally be more people who believe it. As rumors spread, no one wants to get involved with Eunuch Liu now. Everyone is afraid of being labeled as an 'eunuch'. At this time, it is naturally better to do less than to do more. Even if
Compared with losing a few days of business and losing some money, compared with having your home confiscated by the government, it is still acceptable!"
Rong Shusheng said with a bitter face that this news was only found out this morning by asking a few businessmen he was very familiar with. Otherwise, he would not have known that Sihailou was being talked about so badly outside.
"Sir, you have to think of something!" He looked at Qian Wubing pitifully with an old face: "Just like what the lord said, if you can't pay the income of several thousand taels in the building every day, the lord may not be unlucky, unlucky The only ones who can do it are those of us from the Chamber of Commerce who work hard to take care of this place for you!"
"So that's it!" Qian Wubing waved his hands a little irritably: "Let me think about it first, you first communicate with the managers in the building, and the news gets out as soon as possible. Our Sihai Building, and that Liu Jin, that's It doesn't matter a penny. When he was so powerful, we didn't enjoy any of his conveniences. If he falls, it shouldn't affect us!"
"Yes!" Rong Shusheng did not dare to delay: "Do you have any other instructions, sir?"
"When someone comes to me later, just take him to the third floor and take him to the third floor. I'll sit here. By the way, this matter is over. If there are merchants in our building who are engaged in sea trade in the south, you can find some for me. , when I see them, if they want big businessmen with a net worth of tens of thousands, don’t look for them!"
Rong Shusheng withdrew with a somewhat embarrassed look. Grisha blinked her eyes, thoughtfully.
"I have no choice. I originally wanted to bring you here to open your eyes, but I didn't expect it to be like this today. In the past, this place was very lively. Our Ming Dynasty has famous businessmen in the capital. You can basically see them here. They trade in a day. Come down, it’s not uncommon to make a few transactions worth hundreds of thousands or even millions!”
Qian Wubing looked at Grisha who was looking around and said apologetically.
"This is the emperor's property. You help him run it. Is that the servant who took care of these things for you?" Grisha vaguely understood something from the words of the two of them.
"You can say that!" Qian Wubing nodded.
Grisha quickly calculated in her mind how much a year's profit of 1.5 million taels should be converted into dinars for her empire. She had seen the silver circulating in the Ming Dynasty, and its quality was comparable to dinars. I was much better. The calculation results made her a little stunned. Just one year's income from this place was enough for her father to fight a medium-sized war of conquest in extreme luxury.
"How many industries like this do your Majesty have?" she asked with some surprise.
"There should be quite a few. I don't know much about the internal officials who specialize in these matters!" Qian Wubing said vaguely. He really doesn't know the conscience of heaven and earth. He is not a eunuch of the internal officials. , who is so free to bother counting the royal property?
Grisha's eyes were a little straightened. From what she heard, the emperor had such a large-scale industry, and even the emperor's trusted confidant Wu Bing didn't know how much money he had. What a rich empire this was. Rao is her concept of the power and wealth of this empire, which is constantly refreshed every day, but never once has it been refreshed so thoroughly as today.
"Hey, hey!" Qian Wubing waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Why are you so dazed? Isn't it possible? Do you still want to become an imperial merchant?"
"What is an imperial merchant?"
"Huangshang is someone who specializes in doing business with our Majesty!" Qian Wubing rarely saw this proud little girl like this, and was a little surprised: "Don't even think about it, those gadgets of your Li people, I
But after seeing it, there’s nothing you can learn from it!”
Grisha puffed up her breasts, which were much plumper than Zhu Yunniang's, and took a deep breath: "Yes, I want to be an imperial merchant. I simply made a mistake. No matter what market I went to or what business I saw, I didn't do anything.
It’s not necessary, I just need to do business with His Majesty the Emperor...er, or his agent - you!"
Qian Wubing looked downstairs, and it seemed that Qian Ning hadn't come yet. He had nothing to do anyway, so he could just chat with this girl to pass the time!
"Okay, even if you are an imperial merchant and you want me to discuss business, let me ask you, what kind of business do you have to discuss? Do you want to buy something or sell something?" He asked casually.
"Silk, porcelain, tea, spices, gold and silverware, works of art, etc., if weapons are available, I want them too!" Grisha replied without thinking, these Eastern things are very popular in Europe.
They are used directly as currency. She is willing to take any amount of these things as long as they can be shipped back.
"Wow, you are very ambitious!" Qian Wubing said with a smile: "These things are not good things, they are just weapons, and they are not negotiable. Those soldiers of your Li people have done pretty well in training, and they are just equipment.
The swords and armors are a bit poor. After seeing the good things of our Ming Dynasty, it is human nature to want to replace the old rags. However, I have a question, what are you going to use to pay the bill? You want to be an imperial merchant?
Children can play house with just a few copper coins. If we do this kind of business once, wouldn't it be too shabby if we don't get tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
Qian Wubing was still joking, but Grisha didn't think he was making fun of her. She frowned and took a serious inventory of what the Roman Empire could offer. After a moment of hesitation, she said:
"I can pay with perfume, glass, gems, caviar, olive oil, etc. If this is not enough, slaves and mercenaries can also be traded. In what country should beautiful women and brave warriors be traded?
They can all be used as payment currencies!”
The more Qian Wubing listened, the more uncomfortable he became: "Wait a minute, don't you want to package up all your tribe and sell it to me? Even if you do, it's too late now. Your tribe is now a subject of the imperial court. Even if I agree
The imperial court will not agree!"
"Caviar, olive oil, do your tribe have such things?" Qian Wubing sneered again: "I remember your tribe came back from the north. The sea is in the south. You did it because you thought I was in a bad mood.
Are you making me happy?"
"There is also a sea to the north of the Ming Dynasty. If you have never seen the sea, it is because you have not gone far enough!" Grisha replied sternly.
"Not far enough?" Qian Wubing smiled. If he were another Ming Dynasty official, he might have been intimidated by this girl. However, when he met Qian Wubing, this girl couldn't pretend to be Columbus. He was
Even if future generations are not geography masters, they still know basically the outline of the world, let alone the world-famous Silk Road.
"Is it the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea? Don't tell me you came from the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, that would be a bit scary!"
Qian Wubing remained silent and looked at him coldly.
No wonder he was so angry. Sihailou was a small business in Nanjing, and its profits were extremely impressive. Now it has arrived in this place where the wealth of the world gathers. There is a sign of the Royal Merchants hanging there, and there are guards in brocade to protect and manage it, and there are various merchants in the middle.
They all cheered, it could be said that the time was right, the place was right, and the people were right. Such a business that made a lot of money every day had been run into such a miserable state by Rong Shusheng and his gang. There was no reason for him not to get angry.
In the morning, I talked with Zhang Cai about the happiness I got from the upcoming fleet and the sea trade business that I had planned a long time ago. At this moment, there is not even a little bit left. If Rong Shusheng in front of me doesn't say that he is ugly, he will
They are all ready to be tortured. Looking at the deceptive look of the steward just now, you can see how they usually behave. Could it be that all the businessmen who came to visit were scared away by such a person? If not, then
He had to think about whether Rong Shusheng and others were trying to enrich their own pockets, eating the top and the bottom, leaving him in the middle to be a veritable victim.
"I heard that your Excellency went to the northwest to suppress the rebellion. Your Excellency must have just returned to the capital!" Rong Shusheng came over and lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid you don't know yet. Mr. Liu, who is the Supervisor of Ceremonies, gave birth to me yesterday."
The people from Xichang took him away, and his mansion was also sealed. It seems that this towering tree is going to fall!"
Qian Wubing remained silent, but he wanted to see what Rong Shusheng could come up with.
Seeing that Qian Wubing had no reaction, Rong Shusheng paused slightly and continued: "Since yesterday, the capital seems peaceful, but in fact there is an undercurrent. The officials and gentry who had close contacts with Eunuch Liu in the past are now in every household.
All of them have been invited back by people from the West Factory, and now Eunuch Liu’s name has become a taboo for those who are well-informed, and no one wants to be associated with this name!”
"What does that have to do with the business in our building? If the merchants don't do business, are they sitting on nothing?" Qian Wubing snorted!
"It does matter, it does matter a lot!" Rong Shu said anxiously: "Your Excellency, you still remember that Eunuch Liu personally unveiled the plaque for us on the day our Sihai Tower opened. Over the years, whose business has been so prestigious, is it worth it?
Eunuch Liu has made such a trip in person, and now there are rumors everywhere that our Sihai Building itself is Eunuch Liu’s property, and as for the imperial merchants, it is just a way for Liu Jin to make money under another name!"
"That's nonsense!" Qian Wubing said angrily. When did Sihai Tower become Liu Jin's property? He took every precaution to prevent any relationship with Liu Jin, but he ignored this.
It seems that it was not his own idea to unveil the Sihai Tower. It seemed that Zhu Houzhao gave an explanation and he reluctantly gave himself this face.
"I know this is nonsense. Your Excellency is running this Sihai Tower to make money for the emperor. It is a real palace property, but those ignorant businessmen don't know. As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, this rumor says
When people are old, there will naturally be more people who believe it. As rumors spread, no one wants to get involved with Eunuch Liu now. Everyone is afraid of being labeled as an 'eunuch'. At this time, it is naturally better to do less than to do more. Even if
Compared with losing a few days of business and losing some money, compared with having your home confiscated by the government, it is still acceptable!"
Rong Shusheng said with a bitter face that this news was only found out this morning by asking a few businessmen he was very familiar with. Otherwise, he would not have known that Sihailou was being talked about so badly outside.
"Sir, you have to think of something!" He looked at Qian Wubing pitifully with an old face: "Just like what the lord said, if you can't pay the income of several thousand taels in the building every day, the lord may not be unlucky, unlucky The only ones who can do it are those of us from the Chamber of Commerce who work hard to take care of this place for you!"
"So that's it!" Qian Wubing waved his hands a little irritably: "Let me think about it first, you first communicate with the managers in the building, and the news gets out as soon as possible. Our Sihai Building, and that Liu Jin, that's It doesn't matter a penny. When he was so powerful, we didn't enjoy any of his conveniences. If he falls, it shouldn't affect us!"
"Yes!" Rong Shusheng did not dare to delay: "Do you have any other instructions, sir?"
"When someone comes to me later, just take him to the third floor and take him to the third floor. I'll sit here. By the way, this matter is over. If there are merchants in our building who are engaged in sea trade in the south, you can find some for me. , when I see them, if they want big businessmen with a net worth of tens of thousands, don’t look for them!"
Rong Shusheng withdrew with a somewhat embarrassed look. Grisha blinked her eyes, thoughtfully.
"I have no choice. I originally wanted to bring you here to open your eyes, but I didn't expect it to be like this today. In the past, this place was very lively. Our Ming Dynasty has famous businessmen in the capital. You can basically see them here. They trade in a day. Come down, it’s not uncommon to make a few transactions worth hundreds of thousands or even millions!”
Qian Wubing looked at Grisha who was looking around and said apologetically.
"This is the emperor's property. You help him run it. Is that the servant who took care of these things for you?" Grisha vaguely understood something from the words of the two of them.
"You can say that!" Qian Wubing nodded.
Grisha quickly calculated in her mind how much a year's profit of 1.5 million taels should be converted into dinars for her empire. She had seen the silver circulating in the Ming Dynasty, and its quality was comparable to dinars. I was much better. The calculation results made her a little stunned. Just one year's income from this place was enough for her father to fight a medium-sized war of conquest in extreme luxury.
"How many industries like this do your Majesty have?" she asked with some surprise.
"There should be quite a few. I don't know much about the internal officials who specialize in these matters!" Qian Wubing said vaguely. He really doesn't know the conscience of heaven and earth. He is not a eunuch of the internal officials. , who is so free to bother counting the royal property?
Grisha's eyes were a little straightened. From what she heard, the emperor had such a large-scale industry, and even the emperor's trusted confidant Wu Bing didn't know how much money he had. What a rich empire this was. Rao is her concept of the power and wealth of this empire, which is constantly refreshed every day, but never once has it been refreshed so thoroughly as today.
"Hey, hey!" Qian Wubing waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Why are you so dazed? Isn't it possible? Do you still want to become an imperial merchant?"
"What is an imperial merchant?"
"Huangshang is someone who specializes in doing business with our Majesty!" Qian Wubing rarely saw this proud little girl like this, and was a little surprised: "Don't even think about it, those gadgets of your Li people, I
But after seeing it, there’s nothing you can learn from it!”
Grisha puffed up her breasts, which were much plumper than Zhu Yunniang's, and took a deep breath: "Yes, I want to be an imperial merchant. I simply made a mistake. No matter what market I went to or what business I saw, I didn't do anything.
It’s not necessary, I just need to do business with His Majesty the Emperor...er, or his agent - you!"
Qian Wubing looked downstairs, and it seemed that Qian Ning hadn't come yet. He had nothing to do anyway, so he could just chat with this girl to pass the time!
"Okay, even if you are an imperial merchant and you want me to discuss business, let me ask you, what kind of business do you have to discuss? Do you want to buy something or sell something?" He asked casually.
"Silk, porcelain, tea, spices, gold and silverware, works of art, etc., if weapons are available, I want them too!" Grisha replied without thinking, these Eastern things are very popular in Europe.
They are used directly as currency. She is willing to take any amount of these things as long as they can be shipped back.
"Wow, you are very ambitious!" Qian Wubing said with a smile: "These things are not good things, they are just weapons, and they are not negotiable. Those soldiers of your Li people have done pretty well in training, and they are just equipment.
The swords and armors are a bit poor. After seeing the good things of our Ming Dynasty, it is human nature to want to replace the old rags. However, I have a question, what are you going to use to pay the bill? You want to be an imperial merchant?
Children can play house with just a few copper coins. If we do this kind of business once, wouldn't it be too shabby if we don't get tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
Qian Wubing was still joking, but Grisha didn't think he was making fun of her. She frowned and took a serious inventory of what the Roman Empire could offer. After a moment of hesitation, she said:
"I can pay with perfume, glass, gems, caviar, olive oil, etc. If this is not enough, slaves and mercenaries can also be traded. In what country should beautiful women and brave warriors be traded?
They can all be used as payment currencies!”
The more Qian Wubing listened, the more uncomfortable he became: "Wait a minute, don't you want to package up all your tribe and sell it to me? Even if you do, it's too late now. Your tribe is now a subject of the imperial court. Even if I agree
The imperial court will not agree!"
"Caviar, olive oil, do your tribe have such things?" Qian Wubing sneered again: "I remember your tribe came back from the north. The sea is in the south. You did it because you thought I was in a bad mood.
Are you making me happy?"
"There is also a sea to the north of the Ming Dynasty. If you have never seen the sea, it is because you have not gone far enough!" Grisha replied sternly.
"Not far enough?" Qian Wubing smiled. If he were another Ming Dynasty official, he might have been intimidated by this girl. However, when he met Qian Wubing, this girl couldn't pretend to be Columbus. He was
Even if future generations are not geography masters, they still know basically the outline of the world, let alone the world-famous Silk Road.
"Is it the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea? Don't tell me you came from the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, that would be a bit scary!"