Chapter 597: The Beginning of the Sixth Year of the Chaotic Zhenguan (I)
"No, I mean the best supply to the army, the general ones are sold within the territory of Datang, and the worst ones are sold outside the borders of Datang. No ads on mobile phones m. The most data-saving. Li Chengqian interrupted Cheng Chuliang's explanation, and Zhengse said: "Your Chamber of Commerce is called Datang Trade, and I will find someone for you when I go back, and I will be attached to the Ministry of Civil Affairs." ”
"Cheng, you are the prince, you have the final say, but what about the price? Can't let us sell it casually, right? "Cheng Chuliang's temperament is the same as his old man, but his shrewdness seems to be a little worse.
"I've already told the old men about the price, you can find out when you go back and ask, and then you can see how you need to operate here, and you don't need to inform me of everything." Regarding the problem of 'Erlao Cheng', Li Chengqian did not explain too much.
Rather fight with people who understand, and don't talk to foolish people, this is Li Chengqian's purpose, 'Big Old Cheng' and 'Second Old Cheng' are not good objects to communicate with, so Li Chengqian gave up the idea of continuing to talk, and let the old men have a headache.
A few days later, two shops were opened in the east and west cities of Chang'an, and the four big characters written by Li Er in Datang Trade were rubbed on the plaque, and even Lao Li's private seal was not spared.
The sound of "crackling" special firecrackers, the open space in front of the two shops seems to be covered with a red carpet, and a series of activities such as lion dance and rowing almost copy the lively atmosphere of the opening to the sky.
Countless people gathered around, watching the lively scene in front of the shop, whispering about the background of the shop.
Merchant A: Wang, what's that thing that rings? How can there be such a loud voice, and where can it be obtained?
Merchant B: Second Sun, don't think about it, you can't buy that thing at all, and no one knows what it is.
Merchant C: Leave that alone, don't you see the plaque on it? It can be mentioned in the handwriting of His Majesty the Emperor, can the background of the merchant who can get this thing be average? It's not surprising to get something special.
Merchant B: The question is, what does this shop sell? You can't even see it just by looking at the sign.
Merchant A: What do you want to do so much, you can go in and see if you want to see it later.
Similar conversations rang out outside the two shops, all curious about what was being sold.
Finally, the sound of firecrackers stopped, and when the shopkeeper came out to say hello, he found that he couldn't get out at all, and the whole person was squeezed back into the store by the crowd.
"Don't, don't squeeze, don't squeeze, step on someone!" The poor shopkeeper lay on the ground, trampled by several big feet, and let out a groan of pain.
"What is this, what is this? Looks like I've never seen it before. Passerby A looked at the felt hanging on the wall on one side and said
"Such a thick thing, is this cloth? Why is it so thick? Passerby B found the tweed on the counter.
Passerby C: "Fabric, are you dazzled?" This thing is almost thicker than the soles of shoes, how can it be fabric. ”
"Where's the shopkeeper? Just ask the shopkeeper and you'll know. A voice suddenly reminded.
"Yes, I seemed to see the shopkeeper just now, why did he disappear after such a while?"
"The tweed material on the counter can be used to make clothes, which is anti-congestion and ambiguous in winter; The walls are hung with felt, which can be used to lay the floor, make beds, and of course make shoes. Amid the noise, a young boy walked down from the second floor of the East Market shop, his folding fan swaying softly, followed by a beautiful maid and a young guard with narrow eyes.
"Uh, Master Gaoming, you, why are you here? Could it be that this is your ......" The shopkeeper of the Yingbin Building asked with a stammering face that trembled for a long time.
"This is opened by a friend of a certain family, and I came here today to cheer up, you look at yours, don't pay attention to me. But can you let some of them open and let the shopkeeper of this shop get up, otherwise he will be trampled to death by you in a while. The young man did not come down directly, but stood in the middle of the stairs, and after saying hello to the shopkeeper of the welcome building, he pointed to the location of the gate with the folding fan in his hand.
"I went there, it turns out that there is another person here, I said why is it a little taller than usual today." Passerby N jumped down from the shopkeeper, patted his chest and said, I don't know if this product is out of jealousy or really didn't pay attention, but he has been standing on the shopkeeper's body and has not gone down, no wonder everyone has not been able to find the shopkeeper just now.
The guy who had just been squeezed aside in the store also found the trace of the shopkeeper at this time, and pushed aside the crowd to help the shopkeeper who was about to be trampled to death, and checked it up and down to see if there were any fractures or anything, and finally determined that there were no major problems except for some more footprints on his clothes.
After another half a day, the shopkeeper finally came back to his senses, was helped by the guy, came to the position leading to the stairs on the second floor, went up two steps, first gave a salute to Li Chengqian, and then turned around to look at the people in the store: "Little old man Han Chao, Tian is the shopkeeper of the store, thank you for your support!" ”
"Shopkeeper Han, what are you selling here? How much does it cost? Can you tell us about it? A voice rang out in the shop.
Although Li Chengqian said the general situation of the things in the store just now, it was unclear and noisy, and many people did not hear it clearly.
"Tell them, I'll go up first." Li Chengqian was behind the shopkeeper, gently knocked on his shoulder with a folding fan, and then turned around and walked upstairs.
There is actually a lot of space on the second floor of the shop, and Li Chengqian and a group of gentlemen have been chatting on it just now, because the downstairs is too noisy to interrupt their chat.
One by one, they have always only bullied others in Anchang, but now that they have opened a store, there are people making a fuss below, almost all of them are indignant, and they want to go out to teach these people a lesson.
Although Li Chengqian has no experience of opening a store in person in his previous life and in this life, he also knows that harmony makes money, where is he willing to let these gentlemen run out to exert power, so he can only appease them, personally go out to see what the situation is outside, and plan to pull them out and beat him up if someone really makes trouble.
In short, the first day of the store was a lively day, the east market is like this, and the west market is not much better, because firecrackers are the first time to appear, everyone is curious about what the store sells at the same time, but also want to know what the thing that will explode is and where to buy it.
It was from this day that felt, woolen materials, and pure wool carpets began to become popular in the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, with the passage of time, Xue Yantuo in Mobei, the Western Regions outside Yumen Pass, and Goguryeo in Liaodong...... The shadow of felt also began to appear, and at the same time, pure wool carpets also began to be accepted by the nobles of various countries, but this is all an afterthought, not the most important issue at the moment.
Because of Wang Xuance's letter and a war report, Li Chengqian had to turn his attention to the Western Regions again.