As the wedding date of the prince of the Tang Dynasty is approaching, the Turkic tribes and Tiele tribes from the north and south of the desert in Chang'an City, the barbarian assassins from Lingnan and Jiannan, the envoys sent by the nine kings of Zhaowu in the Western Regions, and the envoys of Tubo and Silla have gathered here.

Along with the envoys from various countries, there were more Hu merchants, who came to Datang with their dreams of making a fortune, came to Chang'an, and settled in the West Market, each showing their magical powers to sell the goods brought by their caravans at a high price, and then buying Datang goods at a low price that could be sold at a high price in the West.

The prince's wedding, came to watch the ceremony to congratulate not only the foreign envoys and the accompanying Hu Shang, but also the local officials of the Tang Dynasty, such as the Protectorate and the Governor's Mansion, either returned to Chang'an in person or sent envoys to bring generous gifts, and the kings who held local official positions in various towns also returned to Chang'an in person.

In just over a month, many outsiders poured into Chang'an, either rich or powerful, which undoubtedly brought great contributions to the commercial prosperity of Chang'an City. Rental and inn prices in Chang'an City alone have risen by three percentage points in a short period of time.

Luxury hotels such as Li Yu's Mingyue Xuan, which began to be well-known on both sides of the Yellow River (Li Yu officially proposed the hotel concept, the first hotel in the world) have become the preferred accommodation for wealthy people who come to Beijing.

After seeing the luxurious, rich, comfortable and intimate guest rooms of Mingyue Xuan, many envoys from various countries who had money to spare money gave up the post house prepared for them by the Imperial Court Rites Department and spent a lot of money to stay in Mingyue Xuan.

Mingyue Xuan Hotel not only provides high-quality accommodation, but also provides singing and dancing, delicious wine and food, and carriage and horse transportation. Of course, these services come at an additional cost, and the prices are more than 10% more expensive than the outside. In Li Yu's opinion, people who can live in Mingyuexuan's guest room are naturally not short of this little money.

Of course, there will be no shortage of special (harmonious) special services, which are not illegal in the Tang Dynasty, of course, this kind of special waiters are all bought by Li Yu from Hu Shang to pick up the remaining Hu girls, and their posture and talent are also considered to be good. (If it was a Han girl, Li Yu would have packed them up and sent them to Anton to match with unmarried soldiers and immigration officers, how could they do such an evil thing of forcing good people to become prostitutes?) As for the price, it's more cheating, and calling a waiter with the lowest charge is comparable to the asking price of the Zhongqu lady in the north of Pingkang Fang, Chang'an City.

You must know that the middle song in the north of Pingkangfang is inhabited by courtesans with good appearance and skills, while the south song is inhabited by famous prostitutes, and only in the north is lived by courtesans and prostitutes with inferior talents and skills.

To put it bluntly, the special waiter in Mingyue Xuan is a well-packaged prostitute, and the asking price is actually the price of the Zhongqu courtesan in the north of Pingkangfang, and it is also full of pit people who do not negotiate.

Of course, this is mainly used to pit those outsiders who don't understand the market, if it's a Han who stays, people won't call this kind of service at all. If there is a demand, I will also go to the middle or southern song of the three songs of Pingkangfang, and spend a lot of money to smile, but it is also possible that the money is spent, but the guests who enter the curtain can't do it, so it is more sad.

Mingyue Xuan's various services to take out the money in the customer's pocket are naturally borrowed from the east wind of the prince's wedding.

The two Mingyuexuan hotels in Chang'an City created 20,000 yuan of income for Li Yu in one day, and after Li Yu got the report of the two shopkeepers, the whole person was very happy.

"There are still ten days left for the eldest brother to get married, plus the profits made in the previous ten days and other commercial houses, when the eldest brother's marriage is over, when the foreign envoys and officials from all over the country leave Beijing, won't they be able to make a profit of more than one million?"

Well, Li Yu's military spending, immigration fees and other expenses for the coming year have been earned in less than two months, and there is still a lot of surplus.

Li Yu is considering using the extra money to secretly expand his army on overseas islands.

In order to have a clear understanding of the rare business opportunities in Chang'an City and the profits of the commercial banks, Li Yu ordered the shopkeepers of the commercial banks in Chang'an City to list the profits of the past ten days as a statement and report it to the palace the next day.

On the third day, the branch shopkeepers of various commercial banks under Li Yu's command in Chang'an City, such as Xiaoyaodrunk, Xinxiangdian, Xuanji Commercial Bank, Baihuage, Dongzhu Commercial Bank, and Royal Weekly, came to Yanwangfu with nearly ten reports of the store's income and expenditure.

Xin'er, Mei'er and the maids of the secretariat worked for two days to review the reports of each commercial bank, and after being correct, they were summarized into a general table and handed it to Li Yu.

Li Yu didn't know if he didn't see it, and he was startled when he saw it. The actual profit exceeded expectations early, and the actual profit of the commercial banks in Chang'an City reached 550,000 yuan within 10 days.

Because of the long distance and inconvenient transportation, the envoys of Zhufanbang, Hu Shang, and officials from various localities entered Beijing as early as 10 days ago, and there were still hundreds of thousands of profits that had not yet been counted.

After looking at the detailed reports of various commercial houses, Li Yu found that the most sold product was actually the liquor produced by the distillery, and the sales volume in just ten days even exceeded the annual output of the distillery two years ago.

Xin'er approached and glanced at the report of the Chang'an branch of Qingshan Lushui Commercial Bank, which deals in liquor and tea in Li Yu's hand, and the sales of liquor on it were more than ten times that of tea.

"Chang'an City has a branch in the east and west cities, but the daily sales of alcohol are as high as more than 20,000. I heard that many Hu merchants, Fanbang envoys, Turkic, Tiele, Xi, Khitan and other leaders in the city are buying and hoarding liquor. Jun Xun, should we limit purchases? ”

"What is the limit, such a good business opportunity is, of course, to take the opportunity to increase prices."

Li Yu said with a wicked smile.

"Your Highness, Tiberius, the head of the Wanquan Trading House, asks for a meeting."

"Xuan."

Tiberius came, and Xin'er smiled: "At the beginning of last year, when Jun Jun returned to Beijing, he saw Tiberius, but he wanted him to earn 800,000 yuan last year, and this guy only earned a total of 300,000 yuan this year, I don't know how Jun punished him?" ”

"The goal of 800,000 yuan was set for him just to motivate him to work hard to make money for me, not really to him to accomplish it. In the Western Regions, when the war in the Western Regions was frequent, the trade route was opened for a short time, and he was able to make a profit of more than 100,000 yuan more than last year, which shows that he is really attentive, and he can blame him without pain. If I hurt the old boy's heart too much and pick the mule to run back to Rome, then I will have to be blinded, and there are many things to do with this old boy. ”

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Tiberius was a little apprehensive, he thought that King Yan would not return to Chang'an this year, but he didn't want to be the prince of the dynasty and he came back, and he happened to be in Chang'an, so he had to come to report on next year's work.

Failing to complete King Yan's annual task of 800,000 guan, Tiberius was really afraid that King Yan would dismiss him and kick him out, then he would be a tragedy.

Since the head of Wanquan Commercial Bank operated the Northwest Trade Road, Tiberius in order to obtain huge profits (Li Yu gave him a share), relying on the big backer behind him is the favored King Yan, and used a lot of improper means to fight rivals on the trade route, and he has long been notorious on the Silk Road, and I don't know how many Hu merchants who have been in his hands want to kill him.