The layout and shape of Chang'an City are similar to those of "Zhou Li and Examination of Work": "The craftsman camps the country, the square is nine miles, and there are three gates next to it." There are nine warps and nine latitudes in the country, and nine tracks are painted by warp. Left ancestor right society, facing the back of the city, the city of a husband. "Pretty much the same.

The famous "Nine Cities of Chang'an" is in the northwest corner of the city, separated by Hengmen Street, and is divided into three cities in the east and six cities in the west. The East Market is a place where merchants gather, while the West Market is densely populated with various handicraft workshops.

Due to the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce in the early Han Dynasty, commercial operations were not a free economy, and there were strict restrictions on time and place.

First of all, the market was centralized, and a tall wall was built around it, and there was a gatekeeper in charge, so that it was easy to manage and made the market safe and orderly.

Second, a strict system of regular trade and night curfews was implemented. The gates of the two cities also implement the system of opening and closing with the city gates, street gates and fang gates of Chang'an City in the morning and evening, prohibiting pedestrians from going on the street, and opening the door at dawn before they can go on the street.

The nine cities of Chang'an were not only the center of economic activity in Chang'an City, but also the center of industry, commerce and trade in the Han Empire. Merchants gather here, there are many shops, there are a variety of goods, and the trade is extremely prosperous.

As the most important market in Chang'an City and even in the country, the nine cities of Chang'an carry out closed centralized trading, that is, a number of similar commodities are gathered together and composed of 'shop' (or equivalent 'line' or 'shop'). The trading area is also concentrated in a relatively closed place with walls on all sides and a market gate.

In the grocery store in Dongshi, Tian Fengzheng, the housekeeper of Tiansheng's house, nodded and accompanied the prince's concubine Zhang Qian to inspect the "building materials market" that had just been built.

Zhang Qian looked at the various shops selling pots and pans around him, and asked suspiciously: "Why did Steward Tian choose this grocery store to run a building materials market?" ”

"Back to Mr. Zhang, the tiles belong to the category of masonry workshops, and they should have been built in the West Market. However, our tiles were fired outside the city, and they were only shipped here to be sold, so they came to the East Market. In addition, there are all kinds of lighting, water pipes, traps, flush toilets, and more than 100 kinds of utensils in the Zhan Mansion.

Although there are nearly 100 kinds of trades in Dongjiadong City, the villain does not know which category this building materials market should belong to. Therefore, he also proposed to the master whether it was possible to separate various utensils into various trades and sell them, but he was reprimanded by the master, saying that it was to create a scale effect and a cluster effect.

The villain really didn't understand what it meant, but he thought that the main family was afraid that he wanted to gather all these utensils in one place according to the method of eating, drinking, and playing in the heavens, so he chose to buy a place in this grocery store. Lord Zhang is not satisfied? ”

Steward Tian replied with a nervous face, Zhang Qian is the prince's confidant, he is not satisfied, that is, the prince is not satisfied, so can the old man Tian Sheng be satisfied?

This building materials market was specially built by Tian Sheng and asked Tian Steward to be responsible for the construction, and he didn't send anyone to ask about it halfway. The purpose is obvious, that is, to see if he can take charge on his own, and if he does it well, he will be given greater rights in the future. Liu Che is training Tian Sheng to engage in business for him, and of course Tian Sheng must also train his subordinates. Now the stall is getting bigger and bigger, and it is always done by himself, which can exhaust people to death. The housekeeper has watched Tian Sheng grow up since he was a child, so he naturally understands his thoughts. Thinking that in just a few months when he was in charge of the heavens, the benefits he received were worth all the savings of the first half of his life, and if he could take charge of more business, wouldn't it be ......

Therefore, Steward Tian really cares about the evaluation of himself by the teenage boy in front of him, heaven or hell, I am afraid that it will be hanging in his mouth.

did not disappoint him, Zhang Qian gave a high evaluation after inspecting the entire building materials market. Even to Zhang Qian's surprise, some of the housekeeper's thoughts coincided with the explanation given to him by His Royal Highness the Prince.

The butler did not simply put all kinds of utensils on the counter to sell, but set up small semi-open compartments with only three walls in the hall. Imitate the design of the box in the heavenly room, and install all kinds of utensils one by one, so that merchants can clearly know what the utensils are used for and how to place them indoors.

In the exquisite and luxurious compartments, the housekeeper also ingeniously placed simple furniture such as tables and chairs, so that the merchants could rest in it, and Zhang Qian even saw a few merchants eating pastries and drinking juice inside.

Looking at these designs that were much more thoughtful than the matters ordered by the prince, Zhang Qian had to sincerely paraphrase a sentence that the prince often said, and praised Steward Tian: "You are a talent!" ”

Seeing that Steward Tian didn't understand, Zhang Qian patted him on the shoulder and continued, "Good job!" By the way, I heard that your son is ten years old. A few days ago, the official heard that the prince was going to let Uncle Tian Guo run a private school, and Mr. Zhan Shifu would send him to teach. It is best for Steward Tian to send him to study more, whether he is an official or a businessman in the future, it will be beneficial. ”

Zhang Qian understands very well how much the prince attaches importance to the so-called "business talents", and Steward Tian's performance will definitely enter the eyes of the prince, and he will have a lot to do in the future. Therefore, Zhang Qian mentioned the news he heard to him first, and sold it without spending money, and it is his consistent principle to make good connections. (Zhang Qian in history is also a typical case of good people having good rewards.) ）

Steward Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him. One is Zhang Qian's approval of the building materials market; One is more for his son to have a good way out, as a civilian, he has no hope for his son to become an official. At that time, I could have some relationship with the prince, and in the future, I could continue to do some trading behind Uncle Guo's fart/shares, which must be promising.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, compared to being recognized and benefited, the good way out of their son's future can make Steward Tian's heart bloom, and he almost screamed out with joy. I thought in my heart that I would go back and let my son learn more rules first, and then he would enter a private school, if he didn't study well, he would have to break his legs.

That night, Liu Che listened to Zhang Qian's return, and was also very happy that Tian Sheng's subordinates could have such talents, and instructed Zhang Qian: "Let him manage the building materials market in the future, and then let Uncle Guo put those low-end furniture in the building materials market to sell." As for the 'IKEA City' in Beique Jiadi, it will only sell the highest-end furniture after completion. ”

Tian Sheng was also so busy during this time that his heels did not touch the ground, the reason why he did not ask about the building materials market, in addition to wanting to investigate the ability of Tian Steward, more importantly, because the "IKEA City" was about to be completed, and the number of high-end furniture was far from reaching the expected amount.

"Uncle Tian Guo, the prince has already rented a carpenter's workshop from Shaofu, plus the carpenters in Zhan Shifu, it is the ultimate to be able to provide a hundred sets in a month."

Prince Zhan Shi said helplessly to Tian Sheng, he had tried his best, but he really couldn't meet Tian Sheng's demand for 300 sets in a month.

Tian Sheng looked at the beautifully decorated but empty compartments in the home city, and suggested without tears: "Since these furniture can't avoid being imitated, why not build a few more carpenter workshops in the West Market?" ”

Prince Zhan Shi shook his head and said: "Your Royal Highness has people put the so-called 'trademark' on the IKEA furniture, and will also present a booklet with the furniture to prove that they are buying genuine products, but they are not worried about the nobles buying fakes." The prince also asked IKEA furniture to pay strict attention to quality, strive to have no flaws, and not smash high-end brands. ”

Then he seemed to think of something, and said: "It's good that Uncle Guo wants to open a carpenter's workshop, didn't the prince order that low-end furniture be sold in the building materials market?" In order to ** Zhonghe Shaofu will no longer make low-end furniture, and Uncle Guo can open some workshops to do it. Just remember not to use the banner of IKEA, so as not to downgrade IKEA. ”

Tian Sheng nodded when he heard this, but then smiled bitterly: TMD, the matter of high-end furniture has not been solved, and there is a lot of trouble! The construction company will open tomorrow, and it will be too busy.

Tian Sheng shook his dizzy head, and decided to go back to Lao Tian's house first in the evening and ask the old lady for two more old housekeepers. It's not that he didn't want to hire someone outside, but after all, the old man in the family is reliable. Now that he has moved out by himself, there is indeed one less housekeeper. But as long as there are powerful and powerful people with some background, there are too few more than a dozen housekeepers in the family.

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