This morning is not over, there are more than 40 carriages crowded parked under the door of Xujiazhuang, even the road out of the village is blocked, from the outside this carriage seems to be no different from ordinary carriages, but as long as the curtain of the carriage is opened, you can find that there is a hole in it, a piece of luxurious ornaments, the Western Regions imported Shitian jade, the Western Turks bought animal skins, are not good things that ordinary people can enjoy.

"May I ask Steward Liu, when will Lord Xu come back? It's been an hour, and we're all a little impatient. The reception hall in Xujiazhuang was full of people, who were brightly dressed and had a lot of accessories, but the patterns on their clothes were extremely rough, and they were actually a group of merchants.

"Oh, the county lord has a lot of opportunities, where can you see it when you say it, today is just in time for the big court meeting, the county lord is going to the court, you can ask for a lunch at any time if you don't want to wait." Liu Qi's tone was a little dissatisfied, and he made a gesture of sending off guests.

"Oh, don't be angry, Steward Liu, let's just ask, now it is a great honor for Xu Junye to invite us businessmen to come to the village, where will I dislike waiting for a long time." The man who spoke was a lean middle-aged man, pleading guilty to Liu Qi with a smile on his face.

"Hmph." Liu Qi's head was tilted very high, and there seemed to be a burst of pride in his nostrils, "That is, the county lord feels that the merchants of Chang'an need a position, a standardized organization, and this is why he found you, you don't underestimate our county lord, when he was in Youzhou, the county lord fed tens of thousands of people in Youzhou with a glass industry, and this time I invited you to come with great fanfare, but it was the blessing of your ancestors." ”

There was a chubby businessman not far from Liu Qi. The earlobes are almost down to the shoulders. There is quite a kind of style of Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms. However, the body size was too bloated, which ruined the image of Junlang, and I saw him flattering to Liu Qi: "What Steward Liu said is, we businessmen make a lot of money now, but there is no place to spend it, you look at this clothes, good silk." One foot of cloth is enough for those peasant families to live for a year, but if you look at it, you can only show off these crude patterns, which makes us feel uncomfortable. ”

Seeing the fat businessman, Liu Qi's attitude suddenly eased, looked at the fat businessman carefully, and asked with some enthusiasm: "Look at this plump body with earlobes to the shoulders, it must be one of the top cinnabar households in Luoyang City, Chen Yuanwai, right?" ”

"Oops, false praise. It's just that there are a few cinnabar mines at home, and they earn tens of thousands of yuan a year. "The fat merchant said so. But the pride in his tone could be heard by anyone.

"Chen Yuanwai is too humble, the county lord specially instructed, you came all the way from Luoyang, and when you choose a house, you can take a look at the house by the lake first."

Liu Qi said this, which made the fat businessman named Chen Yuanwai happy, and his chubby face seemed to be able to squeeze out a flower, "Oh, how embarrassing is that, as long as we can be neighbors with several world-famous officials in the DPRK and China, we can live wherever we live." The fat merchant thought for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Steward Liu, Lord Xu said in the invitation that he would invite several officials from the court to live in the newly built Qinglongfang, is this true?" ”

As soon as the fat merchant asked, the merchants in the hall immediately lowered their voices, and pricked up their ears to listen to Liu Qi's answer, they were all here for this today.

I saw Liu Qi's head, and the corners of his mouth showed a chuckle: "What? Do you question what my lord said? ”

"Oh, don't dare, where do we dare to criticize the words of the county master, it's just curious, curious~" The fat merchant smiled awkwardly, but next to him was a bunch of people who helped him out of the siege, and echoed casually.

Liu Qi's face began to change to admiration, and the all-powerful image of the county lord became three points taller in his heart, and he said in a relaxed tone: "My county lord, a gentleman has always said that it is difficult to chase a horse, since I said it in the invitation, then you put ten thousand hearts, this will definitely not lie to you." ”

As soon as Liu Qi's words fell, a voice sounded outside the gate, "It's rare for my Liu Qi to praise the marquis of this county so much, fortunately he has fulfilled his mission, this time the house of Qinglongfang has been issued to the officials of the court, if you move in, you must be able to be neighbors with the prime minister of the dynasty in two days." ”

The door was pushed open, Xu Yang entered the house in court clothes, and the lady next to him hurriedly helped him take off his coat and hang it on the hanger on the side, and then a servant brought up the civilian clothes and coats on the house to help Xu Yang put them on.

"You've all been waiting for a long time, this county marquis has encountered something on the road and delayed, so you didn't wait, right?" Xu Yang was full of confidence, and he walked to the owner's seat and sat down, and said politely.

"Where is the county master, we can be the guests of our first village in the Tang Dynasty, we businessmen are very honored, where will it take a long time, the county master is also joking." The lean-looking man was the first to speak, and after that, he laughed twice.

This made Liu Qi speechless for a while, he was the most impatient just now, but now he was polite as if he was nothing, Liu Qi remembered that Xu Yang had told him that Shang Jia was the second thickest person in the world after the officials of the DPRK and China, Liu Qi thought about it now, I really don't know how thick-skinned those officials that his county lord met every day.

Xu Yang carefully looked at the people in the hall, and there were a total of forty-six people, no more, no less, just right.

"Ahem." Xu Yang cleared his throat and said with some pointers: "It seems that everyone has arrived, so the marquis of this county is going to say a few words here." ”

Everyone was glaring, leaning their necks to hear what the marquis had to say.

"You come from different places, Luoyang, Chang'an, Nanshan, your industries are different, some open restaurants, some develop minerals, and some go to the Western Regions to buy and sell, but you all have one thing in common." Xu Yang paused, "You come from all walks of life, but you have all grown step by step from ordinary small traders to today's point, and you all have a common name, that is, businessmen." ”

"As we all know, the status of the peasants, businessmen, and merchants in the past dynasties was extremely low, and they exchanged ideas and ran around, which was not convenient for the ruler's rule and did not produce food, so they were always discriminated against by the emperor and criticized by the peasants."

Xu Yang said these words, the atmosphere in the hall was already silent, and many businessmen's heads began to sweat, and these 'reactionary remarks' said by Xu Yang made them even feel that the Hou Ye in front of them was going to rebel.

"But." Xu Yang's words changed, "No one sees the benefits and effects brought by the merchants, people only see their fine clothes and food, and live a luxurious life, but they can't see their hard work of running around and reselling, people just see that they earn a lot of money, but they can't see the risks they take in buying and selling." ”

Xu Yang's words can be said to have touched the hearts of these businessmen, and many people's eyes are constantly flickering.

"Merchants are needed in this era." Xu Yang stretched out a finger, "Only businessmen can drive the sustainable development of the economy, and only businessmen can provide a steady stream of wealth for Datang, so that the market economy can be fully developed." ”

Although they couldn't understand what Xu Yang said later, these businessmen all showed excited expressions, and they were vaguely looking forward to doing something earth-shattering under the leadership of Xu Yang.

"But now in Datang, businessmen don't get the respect they deserve, so businessmen need to unite to form their own organizations, manage the merchants of Datang in a unified manner, twist a thin thread of their own into a hemp rope, and kick those black-hearted businessmen who destroy the reputation of businessmen out of the queue of businessmen."

"You are all representatives of all walks of life, and have made great achievements in their own business, and now I formally invite you to join the Tang Dynasty Merchants Federation created by me, and I will arrange for you to live in a house near the central government in Qinglongfang, and in the future, Qinglongfang will also become the position of businessmen and become the center of world finance."

Xu Yang's tone was extremely shocking, and the merchants in the entire hall all clenched their hands excitedly, it seemed that their time was really coming...... (To be continued......)