371, showroom trade
It was already past midnight, and the moon platform of the Tang family was still full of corner lights.
The old man and the women had already returned to their respective yards to rest. But this did not affect the lively atmosphere of the pillow platform at this time. Tang Laowu was there, and there was a lot of lively place.
Even the second master of Tang praised his fifth brother: "This batch of Korean ginseng is a masterpiece, and the fifth brother's plan is a clever idea." But he did not forget to praise his third brother, "The third brother's batch of glassware also made an indelible contribution!"
When talking about this, the fifth master Tang Qisheng hurriedly picked up his tea bowl and wanted to toast the third brother. Tang Qifan, who was sitting aside playing chess, hurriedly waved his hand: "It's free, this is the 32nd cup of tea, not counting the 38 glasses of wine toasted in front..."
Tang Qisheng smiled with a big tongue, and he drank the tea with his head up. He drank too much wine today. His mind was always in a state of excitement. He grabbed the second master Tang in front of him and said, "Second brother, do you think we are returning home this time?"
"Forget it! Forget it!" Mr. Tang Er squeezed out a smile and was ready to listen to Lao Wu's Caijing this time and said it almost twenty times tonight.
"Let's start with that batch of glassware. The good guys calmed down the entire imperial court of Goryeo! Now their Goryeo Emperor is drinking with our Dayuanlong's glass bowl! Watching the moon while drinking! Glazed bowls hold wine, and mooncakes on the glass plate!" Tang Qisheng was so excited that his mouth flew everywhere.
Tang Lichen, who was sitting aside, couldn't help but interrupt: "Galleon Kingdom also celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"We'll pass too! They will learn whatever we live!" Tang Qisheng smiled and stood up and walked towards the railing, saying generously to the world: "We use glassware, and they will also use glassware! Next, I will add a batch of makeup and satin from my third brother! Now we have a full sleeve jacket, so they will wear the sleeve jacket! It's just right to use our Dayuanlong's makeup and satin to cut it!"
Tang Lichen listened carefully to Uncle Wu's words, and heard some clues and wanted to interrupt them, but was interrupted by Master Tang Er. Mr. Tang Er pulled Tang Lichen aside and spoke, leaving only Tang Qisheng to mutter excitedly to the Moon God in the sky.
"How has our juren been so warm in his book recently?" Mr. Tang Er asked his eldest nephew with a smile.
Tang Lichen replied respectfully: "I'm sorry that my second uncle is concerned about it, but unfortunately my nephew has limited talent. Although he has read a lot of books recently, he has not made any progress."
"If you don't understand, you can ask your third uncle. He was the top scorer in the exam back then." Mr. Tang Er looked at Tang Qifan who was playing chess with the fourth brother.
"My nephew also asked my third uncle for advice, but my third uncle was very talented. It took me more than two months to figure out the points mentioned casually at that time." Tang Lichen was quite helpless when he mentioned these things.
"It's true to ask more questions," Mr. Tang smiled and said, "I met my in-laws last time at the Rose Banquet. I praised you, my son-in-law."
Tang Lichen smiled embarrassedly and vaguely understood what the second uncle was about to say. Although he was a trivial person, he did not like these twists and turns. The second uncle had just said so much, probably just to inquire about the Jin family's affairs. So Lichen said directly: "The last time my nephew visited my father-in-law, I heard him say in person that the Jin family only sold ginseng from his own property, and those wild ginseng were all collected by the Jin family and asked them to pick them in the mountains."
After hearing this, Mr. Tang smiled: "My nephew is smart and has a bright future."
Tang Lichen smiled. It was not that he was smart, but that he was asked about this matter by his fourth uncle at the dinner table. The fourth uncle was much more direct than the second uncle. He asked: The price of Korean ginseng has risen evilly. What do their ginseng Jin family think about this? Is it still time to buy it now?
Tang Lichen looked at his four uncles, they were really four brothers with very different personalities.
At this time, the fourth master Tang Qiyuan stared at the chess game that he was forced into a dead corner and scratched his temples unconsciously: "There are many poppy fields, and now the top is not allowed to plant them anymore. What should I do if the third brother plans to use those fields? It is difficult for the poppy fields to grow other crops..."
"Don't let my mother-in-law's mother's, I bought those lands and it's mine. I'll admit it." Tang Qifan blocked the other party's only way out.
"I heard that the third brother is planning to build a house on those fields?" Tang Qiyuan no longer watched this game of chess, but picked up the Pu'er tea on the side and blew it. "There is no place in front of the village and the store behind the village, and there is no scenery to see. I am afraid that no one will buy a big house. The location of the inn is not good. What should I do?"
Tang Qifan also picked up a cup of Pu'er tea. Seeing that his fourth brother was thinking about him, he felt a little moved: "I plan to build some houses to make silk fabrics exhibition halls."
"It's quite popular recently. Many people have set up exhibition halls in the garden and put the goods in their shops in them. Whenever a business friend comes, they will invite them to visit the hall." Tang Qiyuan has also seen the exhibition hall. It is said that Wei Ziyuan from Handanzhou was the first to set up a precedent, and later people followed suit. "That land has hundreds of acres. How can the third brother place so many goods? Could it be a warehouse?"
"Only building an exhibition hall is not just about displaying your own things, but other businesses can also rent a hall for exhibition." Tang Qifan didn't mind saying his thoughts.
Tang Qiyuan was stunned, but still felt that this method was not feasible.
Tang Qifan didn't say much anymore. He thought it was not feasible before. After all, each family has its own garden and can build its own exhibition hall. Although it is more comprehensive and intuitive to place goods with everyone, it is easy to expose their own shortcomings. Besides, it is also very troublesome to ask customers to travel to the large exhibition hall.
But Xiaoxiao's thoughts made him suddenly enlightened: what is important is that the word "gathering" is the so-called "no gathering everywhere". You are not afraid of exposing your shortcomings. You can only make progress by knowing your own shortcomings. Why do you need to set up a market in the world? It is because various stalls can gather together, so buyers gather together, pick and choose, shop and buy things. If you buy things, you have to compare them. If you are afraid of comparing, don't sell them.
The same is true for exhibition halls. It can be fully mobile. The exhibition halls. The merchants can rent booths to hold exhibitions here, without being limited to silk fabric exhibitions.
All porcelain merchants can hold a porcelain exhibition when they get together. All wooden merchants can hold a wooden utensil exhibition when they get together. All tea merchants can hold a fragrant tea exhibition when they get together! Not only exhibitions in Kyoto, but even merchants from all over the world can hold a national exhibition!
Kyoto is the heart of the Yuanlong Dynasty, this is the right place; now revitalizes business and encourages trade, this is the time; then all merchants and buyers gather together, that is the harmony of people!
The word industrial chain was still thought of by Xiaoxiao.
Take the silk fabric industry as an example. From raising silkworms to growing cotton to ready-to-wear, this forms a huge industrial chain. Cotton thread, raw silk, cooked silk, dyeing, weaving, brocade... Even wood manufacturers who make looms and handicrafts manufacturers who make loom components can put their products on display.
At that time, silk thread merchants will become customers of dye merchants, silk satin merchants will become customers of silk thread merchants, and clothing merchants will become customers of silk satin merchants. Everyone will have the same identity as buyer and seller. In this huge exhibition market, you can not only sell your own products, but also buy the materials you need, so why not!
Buying and selling are integrated, and this is the real trade.
What I have to do is to provide everyone with such a venue, and conduct concentrated exhibitions of different commodities according to the season. In addition to earning huge rent, you can also grasp the latest information in various commodity fields and drive the commercial development of that barren area.
The so-called exhibition building actually builds a huge trading empire. Whenever Qifan thinks of this, he can't hide his excitement and makes him feel more moved and smiled. This child is even more prominent than himself in this regard.
"I stocked up a batch of good medicinal materials a while ago, but I got Korean ginseng." Qi Yuan took the initiative to talk about his business, and there was a hint of regret in his tone.
"It's not a long-term business to make a fortune by taking advantage of the situation."
I wish to listen to my third brother's words and feel it is reasonable.
"Do you want to stabilize your fourth brother?" Qifan looked at the younger brother who was speculating everywhere in front of him. The most stable industry in the fourth house is actually Sicun calligraphy and painting run by the fourth brother and sister.
"Of course I can't find it." Qi Yuan sat down to talk to someone about his future for the first time. He remembered the business that his father mentioned when he was young, but he didn't want to do it. In the end, he regretted it now that his father is old. What he cared about in the past two years is the harvest in the farm, and he is almost too lazy to ask about his sons' business.
"Just just mentioned building an inn. I wonder if I am interested in the inn business?" Qifan asked.
"Inn?" Qi Yuan had never done real production, and always felt that money was too slow.
“Yes, big inn.”
"How old is it?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly.
Qifan reported a relatively conservative data based on the number of stalls in the exhibition hall he set up: "At least 500 guests can be checked in at the same time, and there should be at least half a year of peak season in the year."
Five hundred guests? Qipeng was attracted by this number: "Is it related to this matter when listening to Lihuan and his third brother discussing the Yuanlong Business Daily at the dinner table today?"
"Something is related." Qifan nodded. His idea about running a business newspaper was also reminded by Xiaoxiao's painting magazine. If there is a newspaper that records the business situation of the Yuanlong Dynasty, it would be a great thing that benefits the country and businessmen. For private reasons, you can also publish notifications of each exhibition in the business newspaper, so that you can better call merchants from all over the world to participate in the exhibition.
"Who will run the business newspaper?" Qi Yuan couldn't imagine what the business newspaper had to do with the inn.
"The Kyoto Chamber of Commerce is very happy to undertake this matter. Now I have donated a sum of money. Maybe the Chamber of Commerce will raise funds in the future." Qifan looked at his confused brother and reminded him again: "The inn can be built around my exhibition hall, which is full of cheap wasteland. Lihuan has bought a piece of land to prepare for the construction of a restaurant."
Qi Yuan was still hesitant, but now he heard that Tang Lihuan was about to build a restaurant, so he even recognized the business opportunity: "Okay, then I'll build an inn too."
"Please ask a few elderly people who have experience in operating inns." Qifan reminded.
"Yes!" Qi Yuan was about to talk further about building an inn with his third brother, but saw a girl coming over in a hurry, as if she had something to say to Qifan.
Seeing this, Qifan got up and walked with the girl to a place to hide from others: "Are you Xiaoxiao next to you?"
"I, Xiao Di'er, send a message to the master on the order of the girl." Xiao Di'er said as she handed a small note to Qifan.
"Where is Xiaoxiao now?" Qifan didn't look at the note and asked about his daughter's whereabouts first.
"The girl and the other girls went to Muxi Mountain." Xiao Dier replied, "Now Tuanxi is following the girl."
It takes a night to walk on the moon. Qifan knew that Xiaoxiao was safe, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he opened the note and saw a few words written on it: brocades related to the moon, nine different colors, nine scenes in autumn, nine totems related to birthdays, and a large number of brocades and dresses.
Qifan seemed to understand, so he asked Xiao Dier: "Are you by Xiaoxiao's side?"
"I have been there all the time." Xiao Dier replied.
"First go back to Zhuli Pavilion, and then slowly tell what you see and hear."
Chapter completed!