Chapter 118: The Hall of Fragrant Fragrance
When Li Yu's convoy marched to the north of Dongshi, most of the crowd entering the city from Chunming Gate headed towards Dongshi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Ling'er looked at the crowd that gradually disappeared at the gate of Dongshi Fangmen in the carriage, hugged Li Yu's arm and said coquettishly: "Jun Xun, we haven't been back for a year, how about going to Dongshi?" Maybe you'll find something good? ”
Mei'er also looked at Li Yu expectantly, Xin'er was dignified and generous, and she didn't entangle Li Yu like Ling'er.
However, Li Yu read the same thoughts as Ling'er and Mei'er from her slightly excited eyes, and Xing'er, who likes to dance with knives and guns, didn't say anything, looking drowsy.
Hey, it seems that from ancient times to the present, women love to go shopping!
Li Yu waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go to Dongshi to Taotao, if there are any good things!" ”
Xin'er, Ling'er, and Mei'er happily followed Li Yu out of the carriage and went straight to the gate of Dongshi, leaving only Xing'er who was sleeping in the car.
Li Yu greeted Yang Shiyan, who was sitting in the carriage behind him, enthusiastically leaned up and took Yang Shiyan's little hand, and the left sister Shiyan shouted and another sister Shiyan, and smiled at Yang Shiyan with a cold face, glanced at Li Yu with charming eyes, and happily followed Li Yu towards Dongshi.
Just as he was about to go in, Li Yu turned around and saw the nine pairs of little ladies in the three carriages behind him with their heads sticking out of the window and looking at them. waved their hands and ordered them to get out of the carriage and follow them around the East Market.
The little ladies were all excited, and quickly ran down from the carriage as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and followed behind the four daughters of Xin'er in a conscious and orderly manner, knowing that they could not come to the side of King Yan to compete for favor with the four daughters of Xin'er and the little lady who heard that the noble name was Yang Shiyan.
In view of the fact that there are too many people in front of the two gates in the north of the East Market, and they don't want to take a detour to the other three doors to enter the East Market, at this time noon is the time when Chang'an enters the east and west cities with the most people, and the other three sides are estimated to be no better.
Li Yu snapped his fingers, and a group of guards with knives quickly ran to Li Yu's eyes from the back to listen to the instructions.
Li Yu snorted lightly: "Open the way!" ”
"No!"
The guards with knives, who were dressed in Xuanjia and were tall and arrogant, immediately pushed forward to push away the crowded crowd and made a way for Li Yu to force himself in front.
"Who doesn't open your eyes, doesn't you see a lot of people? What is squeezing? ”
The people who were picked up by the guards on both sides scolded and turned back, and when they saw the guards' murderous faces, their hearts chuckled, their open mouths were tightly closed, and they consciously squeezed to the side.
Li Yu's personal guards are all soldiers who have seen blood in battle, and they have a fierce look that is rare for ordinary people.
Seeing this, the others in front of them consciously made way for them, and Li Yu was satisfied with leading a group of blind and showy little ladies to enter the East City under the escort of elite soldiers.
After Li Yu left, the crowd in front of and behind the door began to talk.
"Who is this? Such a big show? ”
"Look at those Xiao Yan who are guarding in the center, it must be Xiao Xiao Xiao of the Prime Minister of the court."
"Definitely not." Someone immediately objected.
"Those guards are wearing armor, have you ever seen a group of guards wearing armor when Xiao Yang went out with a group of guards? These guards are clearly sergeants, and judging by their complexions, they are still soldiers who have fought old battles on the frontier. The princes in Chang'an City didn't do this. ”
"In this way, this person's grade is very good!" A crowd exclaimed.
As one of the two major trade centers in Chang'an City, Dongshi sells luxury goods such as curiosities and treasures from all over the world because most of the people living in the surrounding area are royal relatives and powerful people in the court. Although the prosperity is not as good as the West Market, which is known as the Gold Market, if you want to find rare and precious items in Chang'an, you have to come to the East Market.
Even in today's world, there may be more and rarer than those found in Chang'an East City.
Dongshi covers an area of 1380 acres, there are two vertical and two horizontal 4 main roads, into a nine-palace pattern, the Dongshi is divided into nine districts, and the alleys are divided into Nuogan community within the region.
The shops that produce and sell similar goods are arranged in rows according to the street frontage to which they belong.
There are 220 lines of goods and wealth in the city, mansions are set up on all sides, and curiosities are accumulated in all directions......
Given that the East Market is so there, and there are so many trading houses selling goods, it is impossible for Li Yu to take the little ladies around one by one.
Li Yu entered through the north gate and went straight south towards the middle area of the nine districts of Dongshi, where the Xinxiang Hall was the most worthwhile place in Dongshi.
"Fragrance Palace!" The nine pairs of young ladies who followed behind Li Yu were shocked by the spectacular building in front of them.
Xinxiang Palace, this unprecedented hall in the entire Tang Dynasty two years ago, is definitely not as majestic and luxurious as the three major halls in Daming Palace, but in terms of floor area, it is definitely the first in the world. And it's not the only one, there is also an identical fragrant temple in the West Market.
In other prefectures and counties with developed commerce and trade in the Tang Dynasty, there is a small Xinxiang Hall built according to the local population.
This is Li Yu's proud work, the power of the Yanwang Mansion in the east and west cities to occupy sixty percent of the area of the city center, covering an area of 98 acres and facing the Nanheng Street and built the Xinxiang Palace. Not a large hall, to be exact, but a complex of tall buildings connected together.
The whole building of Xinxiang Hall is a square, with a five-storey high-rise building in the center, and the height of the surrounding buildings decreases in turn, and the outermost building has only one floor.
This is the Tang Dynasty version of the luxury shopping mall designed by Li Yu, which is unparalleled in the world. The Xinxiang Hall in the east and west cities of Chang'an is even more unique.
Xinxiangdian mainly provides shops to merchants, high-end catering, accommodation and other high-standard services to guests, and sells goods produced by Yanwangfu.
If a merchant wants to rent a shop in the Xinxiang Palace, he must have enough credibility and financial resources to do so, and the goods he sells must be inspected by the Xinxiang Palace before they can be sold.
Li Yu's positioning of Xinxiangdian is to provide high-quality goods to the people, mainly luxury goods, supplemented by people's daily necessities of goods as a comprehensive shopping mall.
In order to attract merchants to live in the Xinxiang Palace, the Xinxiang Palace promised to provide all the commercial houses in the palace with services such as tax payment and assistance in government and business disputes, so as to avoid merchants being harassed by unscrupulous officials.
Behind the Xinxiang Palace is the Yanwang Mansion, and the officials dare not go against the Yanwang Mansion at all. As soon as this move came out, many merchants in the eastern and western cities came to Xinxiangdian to ask for rent, so that after the initial opening, in less than five days, the Xinxiangdian, which had 100 shops, was sold out.
After the opening of the Xinxiang Palace, Li Yu directly entered the Xinxiang Palace like the three industries of Fengmuchun, which had previously opened in the city, the green mountains and green waters that sold the tea and liquor fried in Yanwangfu, and the Fengmuchun that sold modern furniture. The Mingyue Xuan Hotel, which was originally only opened in Lifang, also opened a branch in the Xinxiang Palace, occupying the main building of the center.
Other industries of Yanwangfu such as Xiaoyaodrunk, green mountains and green waters, and Fengmuchun are opened around the main building of Xinxiangdian, forming the layout of Yanwangfu's industry in the center, and other merchant industries rented in the surrounding area.
"Jun Xun, let's live in Mingyue Xuan tonight! The slave family hasn't lived in Mingyue Xuan's fifth floor in the Xinxiang Palace! Ling'er blinked her big eyes and looked at Li Yu pleadingly.
Li Yu almost agreed casually, but tomorrow morning he will definitely go to the morning court to pay homage to his father and queen mother, and it is not a matter to live in Dongshi. The East Market is not open in the morning, and most of the people who will live in the East City Mingyue Xuan are wealthy merchants who rent shops in the Xinxiang Hall and some wealthy scholars and literati who can get up again after three poles in the morning, and they will be leisurely until noon, and the city door will be opened.
Li Yunuo stayed here, although he could order the Ping Zhun Department to open the door for him in the morning, but as soon as he came back, he would do something that violated the laws and regulations of the imperial court, and he would inevitably be like a royal history wearing a magnifying glass all day long, which would make his father and mother unhappy.
Li Yu replied regretfully: "No! ”
Ling'er pouted her cherry mouth dissatisfiedly and ignored Li Yu.
"Let's go, accompany you to visit the East Market, this lunch hasn't come before you can go back to the palace to eat, let's go to Mingyue Xuan to have a good meal." Li Yu commanded with a smile.
Xing'er, who woke up in the carriage and rushed over, twitched the corners of her mouth and shouted: "Get drunk, Jun, Mingyuexuan's main business is to live in a hotel, it's just the best to eat and get drunk, and you can also watch the Hu Nu's Hu Xuan dance and pole dance in the Western Regions......"