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Li You said: "No need to be polite, sit down." ”

"Your Highness." Jia Jinxian is a person who has seen the world, doing business in Chang'an, dealing with all kinds of people, and various officials have also seen a lot, so his demeanor is respectful but not formal.

Li You briefly understood Jia Jinxian's situation and said: "Shopkeeper Jia, I heard that you started from scratch, starting from a grocery store, and in more than ten years, you have achieved such a big family business, it's not simple." ”

Jia Jinxian's parents died when he was a child, he grew up eating 100 family meals, and when he was thirteen years old, he worked as a handyman in a grocery store, and later became a son-in-law by the shopkeeper.

After the death of the old shopkeeper, he changed his career to deal with grain, and became bigger step by step, with today's scale, he became the leading grain merchant in Chang'an City, with branches in Luoyang and Yangzhou and other places.

Not only that, but he studied hard, and from an illiterate man who couldn't read a few big words, he became a scribe with a lot of exports.

Jia Jinxian said: "Your Highness, you are a business wizard, and your invention of bread, cakes, alkaline noodles, brick tea, white sugar and sorbet and other novel products is incredible, and the grass people are admired. ”

Li You smiled and said: "Okay, shopkeeper Jia, let's not praise each other, I came to you today to discuss important matters." ”

"Your Highness, please command." Jia Jinxian said.

Li You said: "The world of Datang has been further stabilized, and it will enter a period of peaceful development in the future, and the status of commerce will be further improved."

I have received the favor of my father and set up a commercial office in the name of the research institute, which is the beginning of raising the status of business. In the future, I will vigorously support business.

With the increase in the role of commerce in social and economic life, the status of businessmen will also be further improved. ”

Although Jia Jinxian had heard similar news from Zhou Qian before coming to the Qi Palace, he was still very excited when he heard Li You say it with his own ears.

Shinong industry and commerce, this is the order of the social status of the ancients, the status of merchants for thousands of years has been very low, it can be said to be a lowly status.

Agrarian provincial capitals are less productive, and people are accustomed to a self-sufficient lifestyle. In the era of social scarcity, people believed that merchants could live a relatively prosperous life without engaging in production and opportunistically, and they had great opinions about them.

In particular, the behavior of some unmerchants who hoarded and took advantage of wars and disasters to make the country rich was hated by rulers and ordinary people.

The rulers had always had a repressive attitude towards commercial practices, and as a result, the social status of merchants was very low.

In the Tang Dynasty, merchants were only allowed to wear black and white clothes, the eaves of the roofs of their houses were not allowed to exceed one foot, they were not allowed to ride horses in the bazaar, their children were not allowed to be officials, and they were not allowed to participate in the large rituals of the imperial court.

It is common for businessmen to be exploited by officials at all levels on weekdays, and when they clash with other classes, when the government adjudicates, they are equally responsible, and the punishment of merchants is greater than that of other people.

In short, a businessman is not of any political status.

Of course, those businessmen who colluded with officials and businessmen could live a better life by bribing some officials with money, but their political status could not be improved.

Li You's approach opened a skylight for the merchants.

Li You said: "Shopkeeper Jia, I came to you today, not only to ask you to donate to the school, but to suggest that you set up a chamber of commerce."

On the one hand, it is convenient for the imperial court to manage commerce, and on the other hand, it enhances the ability of merchants to protect themselves. ”

Then, Li You told him about the organizational form and role of the Chamber of Commerce.

Jia Jinxian was very excited and said, "Your Highness, the grass people must do what you instruct." ”

Li You said: "Very good, you are bold to do it." I'll support you, if I can't, there will be my father behind me. ”

Jia Jinxian saw that Li You had finished explaining the matter, and felt that he should leave, so he got up and said, "Your Highness, the grass people have been disturbed for a long time, so I will leave first." ”

Li You smiled: "I'm not busy, let's eat together tonight and try the craftsmanship of my house." ”

Jia Jinxian was flattered and hurriedly excused himself. Li You smiled and said: "You are going to eat this meal, this is for those people in the government, understand?" ”

Jia Jinxian understood that he was able to enjoy food in the palace, and he was a guest in the palace, which showed His Royal Highness King Qi's attitude towards himself, and also showed His Royal Highness King Qi's attitude towards the future Chamber of Commerce.

At dinner, Li You and Jia Jinxian further discussed the organization of the chamber of commerce and the reform of the commercial tax system.

Orphanage.

After the eldest grandson Ming and the others finished their homework, Xiaoqing said to them, "Thank you for your help. However, from this day on, you do not have to come again, so as not to delay your studies. ”

The eldest grandson Ming had to work hard to get into the orphanage, and he didn't understand what was going on, so he asked, "What's the matter, we are voluntary, and we use our spare time, so we won't delay our studies." ”

Other students also said they were not affected.

However, Xiao Qingxin said: "If you are not affected, my Xiao Niangzi will be affected." No matter what they said, Xiaoqing resolutely rejected them.

It turned out that the eldest grandson Ming encouraged some classmates to come to the orphanage to help students, and he came to the orphanage under a pseudonym, wanting to find an opportunity to get close to Xiao Wanyu.

At the beginning, Xiao Wanyu didn't know his true identity, but when she saw their sincerity, she agreed to them.

Since Xiao Qian talked to her that day, Xiao Wanyu knew that the person who came to the orphanage to help students was the eldest grandson. So, she instructed Xiaoqing to refuse the students.

The eldest grandson didn't know what the problem was. He didn't know Li You, and when he saw Li You and others dressed in green clothes, he couldn't imagine that Xiao Wanyu would have anything to do with him.

He looked bad, so he had to obediently return to the country's prison.

However, this unexpected episode was a plus for Xiao Wanyu, at least it increased her status in Li You's heart.

After all, it's the good stuff that someone grabs.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Liangyi Palace.

Fang Xuanling and Gao Jingming reported their work to Li Shimin, Li Shimin expressed satisfaction, and said: "I don't know how Li You talked to those two old stubborns? ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister really admires His Royal Highness King Qi, you must not have imagined that Kong Yingda actually applied to the court and informed him when discussing the matter of running a school."

"Haha, is there such a thing?" Li Shimin said with great interest.

Fang Xuanling said: "Interesting things are still to come. This morning, Xiao Qian actually went to the Qi Palace. ”

"Really? Now I also admire my son a little, and I don't know how he did it? Li Shimin sighed.

This morning, Li You went out of the gate of the palace and was about to go to work at the research institute, when he saw a message from the Xiao Mansion, saying that Xiao Servant asked to see him.

Li Youxin said: "This little lady of the Xiao family is really powerful, and she moved that old stubborn so quickly." So, he waited in the house for Xiao Qian to come to the door.

Soon, Xiao Wanyu accompanied the old man over.