Three days later, the mirror shop opened next to the royal ticket number, but only silver mirrors were sold in the first place. The lenses were all made into telescopes and equipped with the armies that were about to go out.

Although there is only one goods, the business of the mirror shop is very hot, and in just half a day, the large and small silver mirrors in the mirror shop are sold out.

The opening of the mirror store did not advertise in red and hanging colors on the street like the new wine listing of major restaurants, but there was a small advertisement in the newspaper two days ago, and it was not directly promoted in the mirror store. Instead, the imperial court announced that the crown prince had invented a telescope, which allowed people to see things in the distance, which was not only a military weapon, but also opened up a source of wealth for the imperial court. I mentioned silver mirrors, glasses, magnifying glasses, and the soon-to-be-opened mirror shop.

Although the city tabloids have long begun to sell advertisements, the Di Bao, as an official newspaper of the imperial court, has always refused to advertise, even though the royal ticket number has set a precedent.

If the mirror store sells something that was not invented by the prince, even if the mirror store is a government-run business, the newspaper will never mention a word.

The Jinjuan who was in charge of the Di Bao was close to the prince, not only because of Chao Yong's prestige, but because the last time Chao Yong attacked the Liao State, he asked the Di Bao to publicize the War of Resistance.

reciprocated the favor, and the people in the theater were naturally willing to serve the prince's affairs.

As soon as the newspaper came out, Wang Jing, who was in charge of the mirror store, immediately hung up the plaque of the mirror shop in the storefront of the household department, although the store was still decorated, but the plaque of the mirror store was hung, and the people in the city soon knew that this was the place to sell the new things invented by the prince.

A few days after Hou Jian's flight, the people were most curious about the new things invented by Chao Yong, especially the telescope described in the newspaper. The wealthy families have prepared money to buy one back to make heirlooms, and although ordinary people feel that they can't afford to buy the immortal things invented by the prince, they also want to have a sneak peek.

On the day the plaque was hung up, there were people waiting outside. There are those waiting to snap up, and there are those who want to get a sneak peek.

Kaifeng Mansion heard that there were people gathered on the royal street, and hurriedly sent public servants to check, and heard that it was a person who was ready to rush to buy the goods of the mirror store, and Kaifeng Mansion was relieved. In order to prevent these people from causing congestion on the royal street, Kaifeng Mansion could only send a few public servants to maintain order in front of the mirror.

Many people were hovering at the door, so that the guards of the royal ticket number next door were much stronger.

In order to open the business before the prince set out on the expedition and prove his ability, Wang Jing did not bother to decorate the mirror shop. It's just that people dismantle all the furnishings in the house. Then put on a bright mirror and announce the opening. Even only the samples displayed in the house are framed, and the mirrors sold in the store are all naked mirrors.

The day before the opening, Wang Jing asked people to hang two snow-white silver mirrors on the doorposts of the mirror shop, and announced that only silver mirrors would be sold five days before the opening. After that, glasses, magnifying glasses, and telescopes will be sold, and the price of silver mirrors will also be posted.

The smallest silver mirror is two inches, and the price is consistent. As the size increases, the price doubles and rises, with 10 pieces the size of a palm and 50 pieces the size of a foot.

Fifty guan can buy ten acres of good farmland or two good horses from Ningxia Road. After the Western Xia was wiped out, the price of horses in the Central Plains was lowered. There are also some good horses that can be seen in the horse market from time to time, instead of the usual horses.

As soon as the silver mirror was hung up, many people in the city made a special trip to see the sacred object invented by the prince.

Many people were shocked when they saw themselves in the bright mirror for the first time, thinking that it was the "demon mirror" in the sky. If you look at it, you will snatch people's souls into the mirror, otherwise how can it be so clear.

Under the explanation of the guys in the mirror shop, the people knew that this was just something invented by the prince to replace the bronze mirror. The people dispelled their fear of the silver mirror, and after the fear. The high price was ignored by them.

Large households are ready to buy both large and small, and large ones can be placed at home. The small ones can be carried around and check their clothes and makeup.

What ordinary people think of is a palm-sized mirror, and such a large mirror can barely be placed at home as a dressing mirror. The shy ones are also ready to buy the smallest silver mirror, so that they can invite the sacred object invented by the prince home. Although it is a little smaller, it is much easier to use than a bronze mirror.

The flow of people watching the silver mirror has caused the traffic on the royal street to start to jam, and if it weren't for the people in the back who are constantly crowding, I'm afraid the people in front of the mirror will not get out of the way.

Kaifeng Mansion sent people to dredge the flow of people several times, and Shi Wenbin ordered the eighty percent of the public people in Kaifeng Mansion to go to the Royal Street early tomorrow morning to maintain order, so as not to kill or injure the people when they trample on it, or block the Royal Street.

It is not uncommon for people to suffer casualties, and there are casualties from time to time in places where a large number of people gather, such as Goolan and tiles, and dozens of deaths and injuries are enough to make the whole Kaifeng Mansion be held accountable. Moreover, the civil and military officials all took the royal road to the court, even if there were no casualties, the royal road was blocked, resulting in officials not being able to go to the court, and the Kaifeng Mansion was inevitably held accountable.

I have to say that Shi Wenbin was cautious, but the flow of people on the royal street was almost out of control on the second day.

On both sides of the mirror shop, there was a public servant standing every other zhang to maintain order, and more than 100 zhang were discharged, but the person who came to buy the silver mirror with a money bag was unable to see the end at a glance.

Where there are public people, all the people who buy silver mirrors are constrained in a square in front of the mirror line, and a zhang away is left for passers-by to pass, but there is no public road section, but there is no public road, but there is no order at all, many people in order to seize the opportunity, do not care where is the range of a zhang, are crowded on the royal street.

Just like in modern times, where there are railings, you can barely line up. Once the line is out of the range of the railing, the place without the railing must be crowded, and a line may become five or ten columns. It was as if a long snake had suddenly swallowed an elephant into its belly, and its belly swelled dramatically.

Shaoyin of Kaifeng Mansion, who was personally in charge, saw that the royal road was blocked, and hurriedly asked the soldiers of the military patrol shop and the Wanghuo Tower to help maintain order.

The city of Tokyo has a large population and crowded houses, so in order to prevent the fire from spreading, many people are stationed in the city to fight fires. Every 300 steps there is a military patrol shop, five soldiers, and in the high place with bricks to build the fire tower, there are 100 people stationed in the house, the military patrol shop and the fire tower have fire extinguishing equipment, once the fire is found, it will immediately send troops to extinguish the fire to prevent the fire from expanding.

The soldiers of the military patrol shop and the Wanghuo Tower also undertook some other official duties, and they did not dare to slack off when they heard that the royal street was blocked. Send someone to help maintain order immediately.

It took hundreds of soldiers to restrain all the people who came to Jingxing to buy within one zhang and restore the traffic on Yujie.

The imperial history of the early court saw the appearance of the royal street, so he impeached the mirror line on the court to destroy the majesty of the imperial road, and Yin Shi Wenbin of Kaifeng Mansion abused the officials of Kaifeng Mansion and the soldiers of the military patrol shop and the Wanghuo Tower.

The royal road leads from Xuande Gate to the South Xunmen Gate of the outer city, but the scenery on the royal road is not exactly the same. From Xuande Gate to Zhou Bridge is the northern section, Zhou Bridge to Longjin Bridge is the middle section, and Longjin Bridge to Nanxunmen is the southern section.

The northern section is closest to the Imperial Palace, where Chinese military officials gather from all over the city. Basically, you will enter the palace from the northern section. There are not many officials who go to court every day, but there are not a few officials who bring their entourage. The prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty alone could bring seventy or eighty retinues, and these retinues were all raised at the expense of the imperial court. As the official position decreases, so does the retinue. But all of them add up, and it's a huge number.

And these people basically don't have time to have breakfast at home. Seeing this business opportunity, the vendors began to sell breakfast at the northern section of Royal Street, and gradually formed a morning market.

However, this morning market was only before dawn, providing food and drink for the officials and retinue of the previous court, and once it was dawn, they withdrew.

Until Wang Anshi changed the law and set up a city to change the company. The imperial court directly intervened in the sale of goods, and the city Yi Division also used its authority to build dozens of shops on the east side of the royal street, and sent officials to supervise the sale of fruits and share the profits. The northern section of Royal Street has become a real commercial street.

But in the Xuanhe period. Commercial activities were again closed to the northern section of Royal Street. All the shops in the city were also stopped, so that the northern section of the royal street became a mere traffic road again, and there was only a hawker activity during the morning market. The morning market could not be stopped, and the emperor could not let the civil and military officials go to court hungry.

Compared to the northern section of the Royal Street. The middle section of the Royal Street is much more prosperous. As soon as you cross the state bridge, you will be lined with shops and homes on both sides. For example, Chejia Charcoal Shop on East Street, Zhangjia Hotel, Flower Buns in Wanglou Cave, Li Jiaxiang Shop, Granny Cao's Meatloaf Shop and Li Sifen Tea. On West Street, there are Lujia steamed buns, as well as various soup shops, tea distributions, hotels, and incense medicine shops. The middle section of the Royal Street can be said to be a complete commercial street.

The royal street in the southern section is a government office and a residential area.

When Chao Yong opened the royal ticket number, he thought that he wanted to open the ticket number to the most core area of the city, and the northern section of the royal street had a vacant shop in the city, so he set the royal ticket number on the royal street near the palace.

After Jiang Jing, the god operator of the household department, looked at the sample of the mirror store, he felt that the mirror store could open up another big source of wealth for the imperial court, so he set the location of the mirror store next to the royal ticket number.

The Royal Ticket Number and the Mirror Store are the only two merchants on the northern section of the Royal Street, and they attract a lot of people to stop on the Royal Road, and some officials who come and go in and out of the Royal Street every day feel harassed by the people. It's just that there was only one royal ticket number before, and no one dared to point fingers. Now that another ticket number has popped up, they are naturally going to impeach the household.

However, Shi Wenbin was also a thoughtful person, and did not send all the public officials to the imperial road, and there were enough public servants in the yamen to deal with other official affairs. And it is impossible for him not to maintain the order of the royal street, and as for the mirror line, it was set up by the household department by the emperor's will.

Chao Gai was naturally not prepared to withdraw this will, and the impeached imperial history could only retreat in a huff.

After a string of firecrackers, the mirror store opened, and in order to prevent the mirrors in the store from being smashed, the mirror store could only let a small number of customers inside.

When the people in the back were still slowly moving forward, the rich people in front had already begun to sweep the goods.

Large mirrors can be embedded in the dresser, and small ones can be made into cases like samples in the store and carried around.

Traditionally, money is not enough for them to eat a meal, and their family is full of wives and concubines, and the more these things, the better. If there is any leftover, go to the Qinglou and give it to those prostitutes, and you can also laugh at the Pomeranians.

The absence of frames is not a problem, they can find a craftsman to make it themselves, and it can be better than the patterns sampled in the store.

The most expensive mirror in the store is a mirror of the same height as a person, a full 1,000 yuan, the price of 200 acres of good fields, after the store was snapped up, there are late large households who paid a deposit to pre-order.

No frames, just mirrors.

After half a day's work, the store was empty again, and the samples were bought at a high price.

The guy in the store has already said that there will be a new product tomorrow, but the rich man with deep pockets is impatient and would rather increase the price than buy the sample.

The people who entered the store were only half of the people in line, and they could only retreat unwillingly when they heard that the store was out of stock, but it strengthened their determination to buy silver mirrors.

After Chao Yong finished Taixue's lecture, he also had free time.

After breakfast. So he led people to the royal street, and when he arrived, he saw the congestion of the mirror line, so he turned to the royal ticket number.

There are only two floors in the storefront, and in order to avoid crowding and breaking the mirrors, they all pay for the goods in the front and pick up the goods in the back.

Ren Jinnu watched the mirrors being carefully held out from the back window on the third floor of the royal ticket number, and said with red eyes: "The business of this mirror shop seems to be more prosperous than the ticket number, how did the prince hand over the mirror shop to the household department." ”

Chao Yong slapped Ren Jinnu on the buttocks. said: "You still want to get all the money in the world to the palace." ”

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Ren Jinnu snorted, her eyes had some spring, and she said coquettishly: "It's all your inventions, and the money you make should naturally be yours." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "The imperial palace has a ticket number, and it is inexhaustible, and the imperial court's finances are tight. I gave the mirror to the household department, which can be regarded as sharing the worries of my father. ”

Ren Jinnu heard that the emperor didn't dare to be disrespectful, and nodded: "What the prince said is that the world is royal anyway." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "The world is not from the Chao family, but this court belongs to the Chao family, and the world is still from the world." The things of the common people cannot be touched by the royal family. Only the officials of the imperial court were appointed by my Chao family. One day if the court doesn't do well, they will have to rise up again and change the court. ”

Ren Jinnu said with a smile: "Da Liang is so generous to the people, the people will definitely not have different intentions." ”

Chao Yong nodded, "At least not for a few generations." But it's hard to say later. In the past, agricultural taxes were collected, but now they are exempted from agricultural taxes, and the people feel that Daliang is the best dynasty. But in a few hundred years, they will take it for granted that they should be exempt from agricultural taxes. Perhaps at that time, it will be considered that the imperial court's monopoly on salt and wine is tyranny. People's hearts are always changing, but we can't control things that far. And the times must always progress, not only to look at China, but also to look at other countries. If the people of other countries live better, then you are lagging behind, and you cannot say that you are already making progress compared to before. It's not your progress, it's the progress of the entire era. ”

Ren Jinnu wondered: "Will there be people in the country who live better than our country?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Maybe not now, but not necessarily in the future." ”

Ren Jinnu felt that the prince's words were a little strange, and thought that what the prince said was a heavenly opportunity. The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, so she didn't ask about it, but said, "Prince, how much money do you say Jingxing can make today?" ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "I don't know, but how much money they make can't be compared with the ticket number." The business of the ticket number is a long stream, and of course this water is not fine. The business of the mirror store was only booming for a while, and then it was dull. When people who can afford to buy large mirrors have large mirrors in their homes, they will have to sell small mirrors. Even if every household buys their small mirror, that market will be tens of millions of dollars. After the ticket number is bigger, it can earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and there is no comparison at all. ”

Ren Jinnu shook his head and said: "The prince should not underestimate the rich people in the world, and the money that Jingxing makes from the rich is definitely more than that of ordinary people." According to the population of the Song Dynasty, there were more than 20 million households in the whole world, and each household bought the smallest mirror, which was also 20 million yuan. This is calculated according to the poor people, and the money spent by large households must be several times that of the common people. In this way, the business of the mirror store will definitely exceed 100 million. ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "It can't be counted like this, even if it can really be sold for 100 million, it will be a long time." ”

Ren Jinnu snuggled into Chao Yong's arms, drew circles on Chao Yong's chest with his fingers, and said in a flattering voice: "The prince really has a bit of a skill to turn stone into gold, and he can make so much money by making any industry." ”

Chao Yong looked at Ren Jinnu with a flattering face, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, it's spring again?" ”

Ren Jinnu slapped Chao Yong on the chest and said angrily: "What kind of spring, the slave family just wants a child." You're about to go on a journey, and you don't know when you'll be back. If there is no movement, others still think that the slave family will not be born. The people with this ticket number have heard our voices several times, and there are so many concubines in the palace who are pregnant, but I have not moved. If there is no movement in this belly, the people below should rebel. ”

Chao Yong smiled disappreliantly: "How come, you are my concubine, who dares to rebel?" ”

Ren Jinnu shook his head and said: "After all, a woman can only rely on when she has a child, and it is impossible for the prince to let me be in charge of the ticket number all the time." Only with children can the status of the slave family be guaranteed, and the people below will not dare to be presumptuous. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "You think about it too much, but in order to reassure you, I have to work hard a few more times." ”

With that, he picked up Ren Jinnu and put him on the desk to start a fight.

After a long time, the rain dissipated.

Ren Jinnu slumped on the desk, rested for a while before getting up, and said hatefully: "If there is no movement this time, the slave family will have to find an imperial doctor." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "This matter is not urgent, it must be the right time to conceive." ”

Ren Jinnu immediately said urgently: "When will the prince tell the slave family?" ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't understood, I just know some." But I know that when I sow diligently, there will always be a time for harvest. Hahaha. ”

When the two of them got dressed and went to the back window to look, the backyard of the mirror store next to them was empty, but there were a few more carriages in the backyard of the ticket number, and they were moving money down bag by bag, and the carriage and the guy were the people of the mirror store.