In the middle of Donghai County, the original Liu Mansion and the current Lu Mansion, the partition in the middle of the living room was demolished and turned into a large hall.

At this time, in the hall, dozens of merchants sat below, all of them on long stools, sitting in rows.

Lu Ning sat at the front, facing these businessmen.

He sat his two girlfriends on the left and right, oh, and his two beautiful concubines, like a press conference in later generations.

This mansion, now there are only a few servants guarding it, Lu Ning pondered, this mansion will be slowly transformed into a variety of conference venues, anyway, this Liu Zhicai's old mansion, I always feel that it is unlucky to live, not to mention, the public mansion yamen is expanding, and the back house will build a big palace, if you look at the scenery, it is the Minghu Manor on the outskirts of the city, this old mansion is vacant, and it is useless.

"It's quiet!" Standing in the four corners are the four evil slaves of the Lu family, Lu Ping, Lu Ba, Lu Gui, and Lu Qing.

When Lu Ning changed his name, he thought of Dong Ping, Xue Ba, Li Gui, and Lou Qing among the eight heroes of Kaifeng Mansion, and named them like this, but the surnames were all with the master's family, and the situation was similar for the rest of the nine Taibao.

The following merchants from all walks of life have almost brought together the best shopkeepers of various commercial banks in Donghai County.

Many of them are shopkeepers, and the proprietors are actually the Lu family.

The title of "shopkeeper" created by Lu Ning is now popular in the East China Sea.

Originally, these owners operated warehouses, lines, shops, and stores, and they had well-known names since then.

Is it the shopkeeper who is in charge of the counter? This title is also full of nobility and respect for them, and the shopkeepers of the Lu family are very grateful to the proprietor for giving them the new title.

However, these treasurers do not know why the lord of the kingdom has gathered so many of them here.

But who would dare to disobey the decree of the lord of the country?

Even, Lord Yang Zhaoyang, the assassin of Haizhou, also came to Donghai Gong, well, according to Donghai Gong, it is called "platform".

Yang Zhao sat at the back of the merchants, of course, his seat was extremely comfortable, someone was serving tea, and he looked at this scene curiously with small eyes.

"I have an errand to choose one of you who is competent and help me do it." As Lu Ning spoke, he clicked on the brocade box on the table in front of him, "Help me take these two things to Yangzhou, the eastern capital, and sell them!" ”

The shopkeepers were a little listless.

The new proprietor, the first subordinate of the lord of the country, heard that he is a very powerful person, and a member of the army in Lianzhou went against the lord of the country, and it seems that he collapsed in a few days.

Wang Miao, another big tyrant in this county, was confiscated from his house.

That is, the two richest families in the county, whose property has now become the private property of the lord of the state.

But when it comes to what to sell, what belongings do the Liu family and Wang Miao have, these shopkeepers are clear, what kind of blood jade bracelet is in the sky, dozens of dollars and hundreds of dollars, and they are going to be sold in Yangzhou for a long time?

Why bother? Even if you sell a few more, it can't cover the time and hardship of the round-trip journey.

Although the Holy Lord seems to have rewarded the lord of the kingdom with some treasures, how can those treasures be taken out and sold? Don't want to live anymore?

At this time, Lu Ning opened the brocade box, took out something from it, and held it in the palm of his hand, and all the shopkeepers exclaimed, but saw that what Lu Ning was holding was a brilliant golden pill.

"This is the Jinyang Pill refined by the third generation of Wei Tianshi."

Lu Ning's words made all the businessmen in an uproar, now in Haizhou Baiyun Temple, is the fifth generation of Wei Tianshi, and the previous generations of Wei Tianshi, with the third generation of the longest lifespan, legend has it that he lived for two or three hundred years, and then turned into an immortal.

Today's living immortal Fuyao son Chen Shu Immortal Chang is said to be the enlightenment of the third generation of Wei Tianshi.

If it was a golden pill refined by the third generation of Wei Tianshi, then it was really invaluable.

Look at this elixir Pinze, it's really not ordinary.

"So, I'm going to hold an auction in Yangzhou and auction this Jinyang Dan."

Bidding? The shopkeepers looked at each other and didn't understand what it meant.

"Your Majesty!" There is a businessman who raised his hand, it is an elegant middle-aged man, Wang Jin, the shopkeeper of the Lu family rice store in the city.

It was Lu Ning who raised his hand before speaking, although Wang Jin felt a little awkward, but don't say that they are just big guys under the lord in front of him, even if they are really rich businessmen, in front of the lord of the country, they are as humble as ants, aren't they?

"You say." Lu Ning gestured.

"What the lord of the country said, is it like the singing clothes of the Buddhist temple, and the one with the highest price will get it?" Wang Jin asked cautiously.

Lu Ning was stunned, he couldn't imagine that the pioneers of this world auction were those monks who were supposed to be six pure monks, and it was ironic to think about it.

"Selling goods like singing clothes, the little ones have thought about whether they can be used in the shops." Wang Jin pondered and said, "However, I don't know how to use it, the lord of the country took out the treasures, and the small ones suddenly opened, yes, this method should be used on the treasures, so that it can make a lot of profits!" ”

Lu Ning glanced at him approvingly, and said with a smile: "Probably meaning, almost, that is, we will take out the treasure to be auctioned, convene the big merchants, let them bid, and the one with the highest price will win, of course, we will hype and publicize it in the early stage, so that those big merchants, everyone knows that we have this treasure, and we can also do some appropriate guidance......"

"For example, if we bid in Yangzhou, then spend money to hire people to spread rumors, saying that the eastern capital is left behind and likes this elixir!"

All the businessmen flashed in their brains, and they were almost frightened to burst.

Yangzhou is the most prosperous city in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it can even be said to be the most prosperous city in the world, and it is the largest commercial port in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Spread rumors to the head of the Eastern Capital?

This, it's also too scary.

Yang Zhao was also dumbfounded and couldn't make a sound.

Lu Ning ignored it, and continued: "Normal publicity is even more necessary, a month in advance, in Yangzhou City, the wine shop and the business house, give them some money, let the wine shop hang up the banner to promote this elixir, and in the store, put the silk book leaflet for publicity, in short, the whole Yangzhou City will be a sensation, and everyone knows about the auction!" ”

"Of course, it is also necessary to get through the joints with the officials there in advance, after all, it is not our land, the big businessman who helps the emperor's brother to do business, to make friends, hold an auction in the mansion opened by the big businessman, and promise to give him a commission for the silver money obtained from the auction, one or two percent, depending on how greedy the other party is."

"Also, our elixir must also have official certification, please ask a Taoist master of Haizhou Baiyun Temple to follow him to be a witness, give more money, and you can always invite a disciple under Wei Tianshi, right? After all, this elixir is genuine! Those Taoist priests, there are many ...... who are greedy for money."

Lu Ning remembered what he said.

All the merchants, including Yang Tingshi, were sweating for a while, and this lord of the East China Sea spoke too much, too recklessly......

However, except for some of the words of the lord of the country that were too scary, these businessmen were surprised at the beginning, but later, everyone was contemplating and thinking, this kind of way of doing business, they had never heard of it, and they had never thought of it.

Lu Ning smiled again: "I'm going to invest in advance and use about 100 yuan to publicize, which of you is confident that you can do this well?" ”

Originally, the businessmen were itchy and scratchy when they heard it, and they were eager to try it one by one, but when they heard Lu Ning talk about it, the so-called pre-investment will cost 100 yuan, and they will be timid immediately, such a big deal, the thing has not been sold yet, so throw it out for 100 yuan first? It's too exaggerated, a hundred yuan, dozens of farmers, and the annual expenses are only that.

Lu Ning smiled again, put the elixir into the brocade box, and when he took it out, there was another thing in his palm, "The elixir is just an appetizer, but it's enough to shhh, this thing is the main dish, and it is the main dish that I am going to make our East Harbor customers come like a cloud." ”

Donghai Port, in fact, is not a port, a simple one or two docks, but a natural harbor next to the East China Sea Mountain, to Yangzhou merchants of Silla and the Japanese merchant ships, sometimes here to dock and replenish, in addition, is some foreign salt merchants to the north and south to transport salt, do not take the canal to take the sea route, will start from here.

Pointing to the things in his hand, Lu Ning said: "This is a transformed Sinan, let's call it Navigation Sinan!" ”

The merchants have long been there, the elixir? Or is it just an appetizer? So what's the main course?

But in Lu Ning's hand, it was a wooden disc with a small needle in the hollow, and on the wooden plate, there were scales and marks of southeast, south, and northwest.

For a while, everyone was a little inexplicable, although this Sinan had changed, but what happened?

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "This, this Sinan, can be used on a sea boat?!" ”

Lu Ning looked at it, and it was Wang Jinwang's shopkeeper who exclaimed.

Lu Ning smiled slightly: "Yes, the Sinan who publicized my transformation is similar to the Jinyang Dan technique, but after the auction of Sinan, you can tell those merchants that the navigation Sinan has local products, but it is sold in the East Sea Port, and each merchant ship is limited to one copy." ”

To create those small magnet needles in the navigation division, Lu Ning used some effort, and in a short period of time, he was not afraid of being pirated, I believe that no one can figure out the key in a short time and have the accuracy of his own control power.

And as long as there is a buffer of a few years, then the momentum of the East Sea Port has become a success, even if it is more than ten or decades later, it will not be a bad thing for the navigation of Sinan to slowly spread to the world.

Hearing that it is the sea ship Sinan, all the businessmen immediately rose in their hearts, the meaning of this Sinan, as long as it is a businessman, no one does not know, especially the people in this county, it is originally the sea, the navigation trade, the businessmen have more or less some understanding, it is because of the understanding, to understand, this Sinan, will bring epoch-making significance.

"Your Majesty, in this way, the port of the East China Sea can really live, I'm afraid that I will come like a cloud!" Wang Jin clapped his hands violently, and his train of thought was in front of the businessmen again, which perfectly matched Lu Ning's intentions.

Lu Ning smiled, Donghai Port could have been used as an excellent port for trade with Japan and South Korea.

On the contrary, Yangzhou, as the port of rivers, will decline sooner or later.

Moreover, attracting Japanese and Korean merchants is not Lu Ning's ultimate goal, the largest business group to attract is, of course, the big food merchants, that is, those Arab and Persian merchants.

However, on the Maritime Silk Road, most of the Arabs now trade in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, or even the Beihai region of Guangzhou.

The Southern Tang Dynasty had no access to the sea in Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

The land of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, which nominally belonged to the Southern Tang Dynasty, was actually in a state of self-reliance.

But the Southern Tang Dynasty also has its own advantages, occupying the richest place in the world, and Arab merchants like to trade silk, tea, lamps, porcelain, etc., the excellent production area of the Southern Tang occupies most of it.

It's just that the Arabs are accustomed to trading in the south, and there are very few merchants in Yangzhou and other places, and because they have not seized the entrance to the sea in Fujian, they have occupied a lot of rich land, and the Tang lord is also pessimistic about the sea trade, so that the sea trade in the South Tang has been in a state of stagnation.

And by relying on the compass, it is sure that it can attract Arab merchants to come here, and if they have enough goods for their needs, then it is not impossible for this eastern seaport to become a large port for foreign trade.

And one of these shopkeepers can quickly understand his own ideas.

Glancing at Wang Jin with a smile, Lu Ning nodded and said: "I already have a plan, the auction will be handed over to Wang Jin Wang Shopkeeper, Wang Shopkeeper, you stay, some details, let's discuss and discuss, I will send some people to follow you and listen to you, but all affairs are led by you." ”

The rest of the businessmen, some looked at Wang Jin with envy and hatred, but more of them were relieved, after all, this business seemed to be too big, beyond their psychological limits, and they didn't have the courage to take it at all.

However, no matter what they think of Wang Jin, these businessmen are secretly in a cold sweat in their hearts, this new proprietor, the lord of the country, is really extraordinary, what kind of brains is this, fortunately he is not a businessman, or the owner of himself and others, otherwise, can anyone else do business?

Lu Ning turned his head, looked at Gan and You Wuniang who were sitting left and right, and said with a smile: "Do you have any experience?" ”

Bringing these two girlfriends here, Lu Ning just hopes that the business will be handed over to them to host behind the scenes in the future, and he doesn't want to waste his energy on how to make money.

The preparation in the early stage is the Gan family who has been instructed in many things, but I always feel that You Xiaowu'er should be more talented in business, right?

Seeing that Gan and You Wuniang were hesitant, Lu Ning just smiled: "Go back and write a homework of a few hundred words by yourself, and write your views on this transaction at will." ”

Gan and You Wuniang gently shook their heads together.

The two charming girlfriends are so obedient, Lu Ning smiled, and his heart was a little floating, alas, it's a pity, who will tell such a thing?