Chapter Seventy-Five: Tenglong Chamber of Commerce
The Tenglong Chamber of Commerce was the first chamber of commerce in the Song Kingdom, and the money and land controlled by it accounted for forty percent of the entire Song Kingdom. You must know that the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce formed by pure businessmen, and there is no shadow of half a family in it. Among the many families and the huge number of people, the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce can occupy forty percent of the wealth of the Song Kingdom, which shows the depth of its heritage.
Zhao Kuangyin said that there was a period of overstretched days at the beginning of the king, when the entire Zhao family's money was lost, and there was no big hole in the military salary to fill it, not to mention the money to build official roads and palaces in various places in the next year.
Zhao Kuangyin knew that these two sums of money must be paid out no matter what. The royal palace symbolizes the power of the emperor, which can be a little simpler, but it must not be without. The official road is the top priority! Before the Song State pacified the bandits in the past two years, the bandits in the Song State were also as rampant as the Chu State, if there was no official road, merchants in various places would not dare to trade with each other at all, and the economic development speed of the Song State would be greatly slowed down.
The families who rebelled against Chu with Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning maintained a consistent attitude in this situation, and there was no fatal way to ask for money. It is impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to just turn the tables and force the people under him to pay the money. In desperation, he set his sights on the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce.
The Tenglong Chamber of Commerce has a history of hundreds of years, and after its heritage, Zhao Kuangyin has already seen it when he was still the head of the Zhao family. In this situation, only the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce has the strength to solve the problem.
Zhao Kuangyin knows the importance of the people's will, so it is natural to do all this on the basis of righteousness.
The Suneater was then formed, and its first mission began. Yang Yanzhao took the first batch of members of the Sun Eclipse to check all the accounts of all the members of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce in the past two years in half a month. The result surprised Zhao Kuangyin, he originally thought that there was no businessman and no traitor, and since he was a businessman, he would definitely have secrets hidden in the dark.
Yang Yanzhao's answer to Zhao Kuangyin was completely clean, and Zhao Kuangyin had two answers in his heart, either the members of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce did things seamlessly, so that the eclipse could not be investigated. Another is that the members of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce are really trading according to the law, so the eclipse can't find the slightest evidence of guilt.
Long Yun, the previous president of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce, also noticed Song Ting's actions and took the initiative to have a conversation with Zhao Kuangyin.
After three hours of negotiation and negotiation, the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce finally decided to invest 20 million taels of silver to help Song Ting free of charge. In exchange for this, the Song Court was allowed to reduce taxes for ten years, and vigorously helped support the development of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce.
After receiving the support of this large amount of money, Zhao Kuangyin spent every penny to be useful, and in a few years, the Song Kingdom entered a stage of rapid development.
The promise made by the two parties before, Zhao Kuangyin did not break the contract after achieving the goal, and has been letting Li Guozhong, the secretary of the household department, and Chairman Long Yun cooperate all these years. It is also for this reason that the two have formed a deep friendship.
Long Yun is over fifty years old, and he has long been unable to do everything well for the affairs of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce, and he has also thought about handing over the position of the chief in recent years. But there is no great talent in the lineage of the Long family.
Even though Long Yun wanted to pass on the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce to the people of the Long family, he didn't want to destroy this Chamber of Commerce in his hands.
Because Li Guozhong is busy with affairs, Li Xiaoyun often cooperates with the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce on behalf of his father. His business talents have been recognized by most of the members of the Longyun and Tenglong Chamber of Commerce.
The year before last, Long Yun and Li Guozhong talked about this matter, and finally let Li Xiaoyun marry Long Yun's daughter Long Qinbi, who was seven years older than him, as his wife, and then inherited Long Yun's Tenglong Chamber of Commerce.
The wedding of Li Long's two families is quite controversial in Bianjing City, Long Qinbi's daughter is already twenty-eight, and the reason for marrying out is more important than being rude and willful, which is the least favorite point of ancient men. And her final destination is Li Xiaoyun, a famous young talent in Bianjing,
Whether it is the common people or the powerful, they all scoff at the wedding of Li Xiaoyun and Long Qinbi in private.
However, it only took two years for Li Xiaoyun to fully demonstrate his business talent, not only to keep Tenglong's business in order, but also to open up the trade routes between Chu and Liao. It makes many businessmen in Bianjing City in awe of it. His performance completely silenced those who had been talking in private before.
These things were simply heard by Ying Xuan from Wang Yuxin during the meal, and after knowing Li Xiaoyun's heart, Ying Xuan nodded slightly, put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the oil stains on the corners of his mouth and went out.
It has been more than half a month since he came to Bianjing, and Yingxuan has already understood the location of the big and small forces in Bianjing, and the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce is naturally the first to bear the brunt. Soon, Ying Xuan came to the door of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce.
After the report, the chamber of commerce took Ying Xuan to Li Xiaoyun's courtyard.
At this time, Li Xiaoyun was sitting on the stone chair outside the house, sipping tea calmly, and when he saw Ying Xuan walking in, he stood up and greeted him quite magnificently.
"Win Childe! It's better to come early than to come at a good time! I just got two catties of Beihai's best autumn tea here, come and try it! ”
Hearing this, Ying Xuan smiled faintly and replied, "Yesterday I drank all night, just drink a cup of tea to wake up!" ”
After speaking, Ying Xuan and Li Xiaoyun were not polite, and sat down opposite each other.
Li Xiaoyun lifted the delicate teapot, slowly poured a cup of tea for Ying Xuan, and said with a smile, "Yesterday, the Drunken Immortal Building opened, I'm afraid I made a lot of money." ”
With the power of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce, if you really want to know that the collection of accounts in the Drunken Immortal Building is as easy as a finger, Ying Xuan will not pretend to be mysterious, and smile calmly, "Yesterday, I came down in total, and I probably earned more than two thousand taels of gold." ”
Li Xiaoyun's face remained unchanged after hearing this number, but his eyes kept looking at Ying Xuan, and he was curious why the dignified Prince of Qin Guo would run a restaurant, and on the first day of opening, he could have such results.
Ying Xuan also had an indifferent look after saying his performance, as if everything was expected, which made Li Xiaoyun's evaluation of Ying Xuan a point higher in his heart.
The two looked at each other, and after drinking a cup of each other, Li Xiaoyun asked with a smile, "What does Gongzi Ying think of this tea?" ”
Although this tea is cool and delicious to drink, the sweet and bitter lingers between the lips and teeth. But whether it is in the past or present life, Ying Xuan does not have a deep study of the tea ceremony, and he does not dare to appear in the commentary, so he said, "I grew up on the island since I was a child, and I have no research on the tea ceremony, I hope you will forgive me!" ”
Li Xiaoyun smiled and nodded, feeling a good impression of Ying Xuan's honesty in his heart. If Ying Xuan really doesn't understand the tea ceremony, and there are decent comments, Li Xiaoyun will be disdainful in his heart.
Ying Xuan said straight to the point: "Chairman Li should know the purpose of coming this time. ”
"Yesterday, Gongzi Ying has already explained that Xiaoyun dare not forget. The merchants have just been notified to discuss the joining of the club tonight. Li Xiaoyun replied.
"And what if they don't agree?" Ying Xuan frowned and asked.
Li Xiaoyun shook his head and said, "Then it can only mean that Gongzi Ying has no chance with my Tenglong Chamber of Commerce." ”
In the face of Li Xiaoyun's such a firm and decisive answer, Ying Xuan finally knew why the former Sun Eclipse had not found out half a cent of the black history of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce for half a month.
This chamber of commerce is similar to the modern people's election, and whoever is the president is appointed and dismissed only after the consent of all merchants. Merchants know each other best, which excludes some profiteers. Over time, the members of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce have always been businessmen who do serious and legal business.
Such an advanced business model is the fundamental reason why Tenglong Chamber of Commerce has stood for a hundred years without falling!
Ying Xuan was a little worried in his heart, the Drunken Immortal Building had just started to open for a day, and he didn't have any qualifications at all, and it was basically impossible to pass the nod of these people.
With such a big market as Chu State, Ying Xuan has no ability to enter it alone, and it is not difficult to make wine successfully enter the wine market, and he only needs to spend some money to buy off the bandits and some officials. But when Ying Xuan's wine sells well in Chu State, these people will definitely sit on the ground and take a bite of Ying Xuan.
Ying Xuan does not have half of the power in the Chu State, so he can only rely on the channels opened up by the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce for many years to develop. And every year, as long as you hand over one-twentieth of the profits obtained in the Chu State, this is a very good deal!