Chapter 257: Selling Glass
On the 28th of this month, there was a treasure appreciation meeting in the Dongcheng of Nanjing Prefecture, and the people of the whole Nanjing City knew about it.
The publicity of the treasure appreciation meeting is unprecedentedly huge, in addition to the people who deliver leaflets at various intersections, leaflets are pasted on the streets and alleys and the doors of every house. This is Li Guo's idea, Li Guo's meaning is to carry out saturated propaganda like the original time and space, to achieve the purpose of everyone to know and discuss, to maximize product publicity, is a kind of active publicity.
Moreover, it is said that on the day of the treasure appreciation, the famous geisha of Nanjing Prefecture were invited to the Huizi shop. In addition to the somersault style, there is also Gu Hengbo, who can sing Kunqu Opera, and even Liu Ruyi, who has not been seen for a long time, suddenly appeared, saying that he wanted to make a small life.
But the propaganda is very strong, but it does not let everyone in. Because the Hui brand shop said on the leaflet, but anyone who looks at the treasure must pay money, not much, twenty taels of silver.
Twenty taels of silver is not much? You must know that the livelihood of a small family is only twenty or thirty taels of silver a year, mother, what kind of treasure do you get? So expensive!
The entire Nanjing Mansion is boiling, and those who have no money to see the treasure are naturally indignant, and those who have the money to appreciate the treasure are very disdainful. In fact, what Li Guo wants: 3w. is this effect, twenty taels of silver is just a threshold, and those who can take out twenty taels of silver to see the treasure are rich masters, and such people have purchasing power.
Zhang Wancai in the east of the city and Zhao Dahu in the south of the city met, and the two also talked about it.
"I've heard about the treasure appreciation of the Hui Zi shop?" Zhang Wancai asked.
"I heard, do you know what treasures there are?" Zhao Dahu asked rhetorically.
Zhang Wancai shook his head, "I don't know!" ”
"What treasures can the Hui Zi Shop have? They are also just ordinary merchants who carry goods from south to north. There will be no treasures. Zhao Dahu said.
"You mean not going?" Zhang Wancai looked at Zhao Dahu.
Zhao Dahu's eyes rolled, "Don't go!" ”
"Okay, if you don't go, I won't go." Zhang Wancai said.
However, early in the morning of the 28th. Zhang Wancai and Zhao Dahu met at the door of the Hui shop.
"Why are you here?" Both men asked each other with staring eyes.
Both laughed at the same time.
"I thought about it, I still have to take a look, if the Huizi shop dares to deceive people, I will never let him go!" Zhang Wancai waved his fist.
"That's what I mean, too."
The two of them walked into the courtyard of the shop.
At this time, people gathered inside and outside the shop. The people outside are all good deeds who do not have enough money, and the people inside are all high-ranking officials and nobles.
The thoughts of the people inside are the same as those of Zhang Wancai and Zhao Dahu, and they want to see what treasures they have. And if the baby doesn't like them, they're going to make a fuss.
However, there was already a person sitting at the top of the lobby of the Huizi shop, it was Xiang Zhong, the great eunuch who was left behind in Nanjing. This was the biggest official in Nanjing at that time. At that time, although Nanjing also had three hospitals and six departments. But the only thing that really has some power is the Ministry of War, and the rest of the officials are idle and have little effect. And the Nanjing garrison, which was served by eunuchs, was the biggest official in charge of Nanjing and surrounding affairs.
The great eunuch Xiang Zhong is now the biggest official, and when Li Guo was demoted to Guangxi before. Li Guo and Xiang Zhong have similar tempers. Moreover, Li Guo has a good relationship with Cao Huachun and the eunuchs of the original three sides, so Xiang Zhong is also good to Li Guo.
In addition, Li Guo once spent a lot of money to buy firearms, which really made Xiang Zhong make a lot of money, and Xiang Zhong and Li Guo are naturally like one person.
Xiang Zhong came here to help Li Guo support the scene and sit in town. To tell the truth, these eunuchs are much stronger than those civil servants in the court, but they are very direct and sincere. If you want to be greedy, you can be greedy, and never pretend. Not like those civil officials. put on a sanctimonious appearance, and put away the money is also twisted.
Therefore, when Li Guo took out 5,000 taels of silver to invite Xiang Zhong to come to the town, Xiang Zhong patted his chest and said very righteously, "It's okay, with me, no one dares to make trouble!" ”
So, no one really dares to make trouble.
After listening to the babbling Kunqu opera, everyone was a little impatient. What about treasure? The crowd began to hurry.
At this time, Liang Yongdong came forward. Li Guo did not come out, although some people knew that Li Guo had a close relationship with the Hui shop, but they did not know that Li Guo was actually the owner of the Hui brand. Xiang Zhong knew something, but he would never say it. Because Li Guo has promised that he will give Xiang Zhong some dry shares in the future.
"Please enjoy the treasure!" Liang Yongdong shouted.
"Treasure?" "Where?" Everyone talked about it, but they really didn't see it.
Liang Yongdong pointed, "Please look at the window!" ”
Window? The crowd forgot about the past.
"Oops, what is this?" Everyone talked about it more happily, and many people even touched it.
Liang Yongdong introduced, "This is called glass, which is refined from the crystal jade of the South China Sea Dragon Palace!" This thing is pure and full of treasure. Because it's a thing of Ryugu, I'm not afraid of water, and I got some by chance, so please come and see it. ”
Because people at that time were superstitious, although everyone vaguely knew that Liang Yongdong was likely to be nonsense, they were also skeptical. Because I have never seen such a thing as glass, this thing is installed in the window, and if nothing else, the room is bright. It is refreshing to look at the heart and feel bright.
"Is this really a thing of the Dragon Palace?" The rich Zhang Wancai asked.
"Of course." Liang Yongdong picked up a basin of prepared water and threw it at the window. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, the glass was unharmed.
Liang Yongdong said proudly, "The Dragon Palace has been called the Crystal Palace since ancient times, it is built of crystal, and living in the Crystal Palace can block evil qi and prolong life!" The crystal of the Dragon Palace is this thing, called glass crystal, also called glass crystal jade. ”
Everyone couldn't stop nodding, this glass crystal jade looks really good, I believe the price must not be cheap.
Liang Yongdong explained that today, the main thing is to invite everyone to come and admire, because these glass crystals and jades are going to be sent to the capital for sale.
"Aren't you going to buy this thing in Nanjing?" Zhang Wancai asked.
Liang Yongdong shook his head, "I helped others manage this goods, and the owner of the goods just asked me to buy it for him in the capital." ”
"Is this glass crystal expensive?" Zhang Wancai asked again.
"It's not expensive, you can buy twenty taels of silver for one foot square, and if the house is filled with glass, it will be enough for about one thousand taels of silver." Liang Yongdong replied.
"Then what else to buy in the capital! Just buy it here. In the eyes of Zhang Wancai, a wealthy family who takes advantage of everything, this price is certainly not expensive.
"It's just that you have to pay more money to transport it to the capital, but it's not cost-effective." Zhao Dahu had some ideas.
"Yes, I don't care if you go to the capital to buy it, replace the windows in my house first!" Xiang Zhong, the chief eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, also saw it for the first time, and he liked it very much, this thing was much stronger than paper-paste window paper. Xiang Zhong threw a thousand taels of silver.
"Put it in my home too! This is silver. ”
"And mine!"
"But this." Liang Yongdong's face was embarrassed.
"What, that, and me!"
The crowd grabbed it. (To be continued......)