Hearing that the two brothers of Wangcai were going to take themselves to the most important place in the port, and it was also a must-go place for everyone who came to the port, Zhou Zhong was also very curious, so he asked them to lead the way, and then the three of them went east, and soon came to a very prosperous place in the port.

This is already the easternmost point of the port controlled by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and further east is the port area controlled by other chambers of commerce, and at the junction of this port, it forms a very prosperous area.

Compared with other places in the port, the area in front of Zhou Chong is not only more prosperous, but also the restaurants and inns on both sides of the street are obviously more classy, and even the fireworks women sitting by the windows on a few green buildings are more beautiful than those in other places, as for the pedestrians on the street, most of them are also brightly dressed, obviously, this must be the prime location of the entire port.

Wangcai and Fugui took Zhou Zhong through several restaurants and inns, and soon came to the center of this area, but what surprised Zhou Zhong was that in the core of this prime location, it turned out to be a very flat open space, to be exact, it should be a square, and what was even more surprising was that in the center of the square, a three-story teahouse stood quietly there.

Zhou re-looked at the teahouse in the center of the square, turned his head and looked at the restaurant inn on the edge of the square, and found that the closest building to the teahouse was also twenty zhang away, and the surrounding buildings were surrounded by a circle with the teahouse as the center, as if the stars were holding the moon.

"This ...... What is this teahouse for, and why is it so...... So special? Zhou Chong really can't think of what words to use to describe the teahouse in front of him, from the architectural environment, this teahouse is very domineering, there are no other buildings around the dozens of zhang, but no matter how domineering, it is also a teahouse, the tall flag in front of the gate has a big "tea" word written on it, although the door face is very large, but the decoration is very ordinary, it looks nothing more than an ordinary teahouse that occupies a relatively large area.

"Hehe, the young master doesn't know, this Beigang teahouse is not an ordinary teahouse, but if you explain it, it can't be explained clearly in a sentence or two, let's go in and take a look, and then the young master will naturally understand!" Fugui said at this time, the two brothers look about the same, the common point is that they are ugly, and there is not much difference in personality, the only difference between the two of them can be distinguished, that is, Fugui is darker than Wangcai.

After hearing this, Zhou Chong looked at the teahouse again, and found some places that were different from ordinary teahouses, only to see that there were several guards standing in front of the gate of this teahouse called Beigang, and these guards looked familiar to him, and they should be from his own chamber of commerce. In addition, there is an endless stream of guests in the teahouse, and most of the people who come in and out are extraordinary, and they are dressed luxuriously.

Seeing that there were guards from the Chamber of Commerce standing guard in this teahouse, and there were so many people coming in and out, Zhou Chong couldn't help but be curious, and walked forward with prosperity and wealth, wanting to go inside to see what was going on, and the members of the Chamber of Commerce guarding the door quickly recognized him, and he was also shocked at the time, and just wanted to salute Zhou Chong, but he waved his hand to stop him.

After entering the teahouse with the flow of people, Zhou Zhong saw that the hall of the teahouse was very vast, with hundreds of tables placed in it, almost every table was full of people, or drinking tea or talking looked no different from an ordinary teahouse.

Zhou Zhong didn't pay attention at first, but when he entered the hall, he saw that there was a table in the corner and no one was occupied, so he walked over and sat down. But before he could call his man for tea, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties at the table next to him with a steady bearing turned to him and said, "This little brother is polite, dare to ask you what you want to buy?" I have cotton cloth from Songjiang and silk from Suhu here, all of which are of the highest quality, I wonder if you are interested? ”

"Acquisition of goods?" Zhou Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a strange face, "I don't want to buy any goods?" ”

"Don't want to receive it?" After hearing this, the middle-aged man looked Zhou Zhong up and down a few times with a strange gaze, and then suddenly smiled, "Little brother said that you laughed, if you didn't come here to buy goods, would it be difficult for you to come to drink tea?" ”

"Isn't this a teahouse, why can't I come here for tea?" Zhou Chong was even more strange when he heard this, and he couldn't understand what this middle-aged man who took the initiative to talk to was talking about?

However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, the middle-aged man looked at him with an alien eye, as if he had seen something very strange, but the middle-aged man soon realized that this was a very rude move, so he showed a smirk and arched his hand: "It turns out that the little brother is here to drink tea, misunderstanding and misunderstanding!" ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he immediately turned around and stopped paying attention to Zhou Chong, which made Zhou Chong a little inexplicable, and he turned his head and just wanted to ask about Wangcai and Fugui, but found that these two guys were covering their mouths and snickering.

Seeing this, Zhou Chong immediately understood that Wangcai and the two of them must know the reason, and immediately glared at him: "What are you laughing at, hurry up and tell me what this teahouse is for, why did this person ask me if I wanted the goods as soon as he came up?" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Fugui and Wangcai immediately didn't dare to laugh anymore, only to see Wangcai step forward and secretly point to a table next to him and say to Zhou Chong: "Young master, what do you think is the difference on that table?" ”

After hearing this, Zhou Zhong looked at Wangcai's fingers, and found that there were three people sitting on the table, looking dressed up should be businessmen, the three of them chatted and drank tea, and listened carefully to the content of their chats, which was nothing more than some business matters, and it didn't seem to be any different.

"What's the difference, isn't it just a businessman from Mikami?" Zhou Zhong looked at it for a long time and didn't see anything special, and looked puzzled about Wangcaidao.

"Young Master, take a closer look, the key is what is different on the table?" At this time, Fugui also opened his mouth to point.

"On the table?" Zhou Zhong looked over there again when he heard this, but this time he really saw the difference.

It is said that there should be nothing on the tea table in the teahouse except for teacups and pastries, but the table is different, I saw that in front of the person sitting in the middle of the three people, in addition to the teacup and the plate containing the pastries, there is also a small plate with a unique shape, and some crystal white sugar is placed on the plate.

If it is in Europe and other places, there is nothing strange about putting sugar on the tea table, after all, they can't taste the bitter and then sweet characteristics of tea, so they like to put sugar in the tea, but this is Daming, and looking at the other party's clothing is also a Ming businessman, it is impossible to have the habit of drinking tea and putting sugar, so it is really strange to have a plate of white sugar in front of the other party.

Noticing the strange plate of sugar on the table, Zhou Zhong listened carefully to the conversation of the three people, and soon found that the three of them were talking about a sugar business, and the two people who did not put sugar in front of them were planning to sell a batch of sugar in their hands to the person who put sugar in front of them, and now the two people were proposing the benefits they were willing to give up, and the person in the middle was considering it.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong seemed to understand something, but he had a lot of doubts, but before he could speak, Wangcai next to him finally explained: "Young master, our Beigang teahouse is actually for merchants to negotiate business, you must have also seen that the businessman sitting in the middle is here to collect sugar, according to the unwritten rules of the teahouse, he put a plate of sugar in front of him, so that when someone happens to have sugar to sell, they will sit down and negotiate with him, if several businessmen want to make a move, Then everyone sits together and discusses, whoever pays the lowest price, whose goods are good, will buy whom. ”

"I see!" Zhou Zhong nodded after hearing this, and at the same time looked at the table in the teahouse, and found that on almost every table, there were people who placed goods that needed to be purchased, such as porcelain, silk, cotton cloth, etc., and there were also many people who did not sit and drink tea, but walked around the teahouse, seemingly looking for people who wanted to buy their goods.

However, Zhou Chong quickly thought of a question, and immediately asked: "No, I didn't say that I wanted to buy the goods when I sat down just now, and there were no goods to be purchased in front of me, but the middle-aged man asked me what goods I wanted to buy as soon as he came up, which is obviously not normal?" ”

"Hehe, the young master doesn't know, there is an unwritten rule in the Beigang Teahouse, that is, when there is an empty table in the teahouse, only the person who buys the goods will be the first to sit down, and then put out the samples of the goods to be purchased, and wait for the seller to come up and talk. After the seller enters the teahouse and takes a turn, if he can find a buyer, he will naturally sit down to negotiate, but if he does not find a buyer, he cannot sit on a table and drink tea by himself, but he must leave the information about the goods he wants to sell in the teahouse, so that the teahouse can help him pay attention. Fugui also opened his mouth to explain at this time.

This next week, I finally understood, it turned out that I sat down in this one, although I didn't put anything to buy, but according to the default rules of the teahouse, I was already a person who bought goods, no wonder the middle-aged man would come up and ask him what he wanted to buy.

Knowing the rules in the Beigang Teahouse, Zhou Zhong also felt very interesting, and then he asked Wangcai and Fugui for more information about the teahouse, and according to them, there are three places like the Beigang Teahouse, and there are three in the entire Shuangyu Port, including one each in the West Port, the South Port, and the North Port, and the Beigang Tea House is the largest, and the daily cargo transaction volume is also the largest.

Zhou Zhong also saw that the Beigang Tea House is actually a commodity trading center, and most of the goods transported from the port are traded here, and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in charge here takes a cut of it, and the larger the transaction volume, the greater the profit of the Chamber of Commerce.

It's just that Zhou Zhong also found that the trading methods here in the Beigang Tea House are too primitive, relying on those businessmen to find business opportunities by themselves, but the tea house does not take the initiative to participate in the transaction, this efficiency is actually very low, it seems that he should think of a way to change the original trading methods of the tea house!