Wu Cheng and Liu Hai came out of the silk hall and followed the guy towards the rows of teahouses where they came, and there were hundreds of teahouses in this row, and the scale could be described as grand. Because of this, this tea room seems a little cramped, barely enough for four people to sit.

In addition to a small screen, four stools and a table, there is not even a window sill, but there are a few small cases against the table, and there are pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and abacus and other things on the case.

Wu Cheng and Liu Hai sat down, and the guy stood on the side, and said with a smile: "Two guest officers, this is the elegant room." ”

To tell the truth, if such a private seat was just a simple tea shop, it would be impossible for Wu Cheng and Liu Hai to come to such a place with their net worth, but what they saw and heard told them that this tea room must not be simple.

Wu Cheng smiled: "What's the mystery of this elegant room? ”

The guy smiled and said: "The guests who come to our treasure building generally go to the hall to sit first, such as the silk hall, the tea hall, and the ceramic hall. ”

Guy's words, Wu Cheng and Liu Hai both understand that the so-called speculation is actually the intention of the two to have business dealings, after all, the hall is a little noisy, if they see that the other party is sincere, they will naturally invite Ya to discuss some details of the transaction.

In this way, whether the so-called private room is comfortable and empty is actually secondary, as long as the business is quiet enough, if the door of this private room is closed, it is like a secret room, where they can speak freely, but it is in line with their cautious mind.

Wu Cheng asked again: "Do you have to charge extra money for entering this elegant room?" ”

The guy smiled slightly and said, "Five taels of silver for an hour, it's not expensive." ”

Five taels of silver to sit in this airtight room for an hour, isn't that expensive? So what else is expensive in this world? Even if you stay in the incense pavilion in the fireworks alley, it may not exceed five taels of silver, this treasure building is really everywhere to ask for money, and it is extremely expensive.

But then again, this business may come and go at any time for hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, and five taels of silver is really nothing to these merchants.

Morning ...... only It's still a little worthless, Wu Cheng is even pondering, if it is shipped here later, it is better to negotiate it in the silk hall, and the five taels of silver can be saved, after all, although it is quiet here, it is still a little unworthy.

The man seemed to see his thoughts, and said, "But the guest officer thinks it's not worth it?" ”

Liu Hai stroked the table and said with a smile: "Your treasure building, even if it is worth ten taels of silver at the entrance, it doesn't matter if you sit in that hall with a pot of tea, ten taels or twenty taels, but this elegant room seems to be a little redundant." ”

The guy smiled slightly, as if he was ready to answer, and said with a smile: "Actually, there is a special service in this private room." ”

Wu Wei asked, "You say." ”

The guy said: "As long as the guest palace enters the elegant room, our treasure building will be accompanied by a special scholar to serve here." ”

Wu Cheng smiled: "What's the use of this scholar?" ”

The man said: "These scholars are specially trained, familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and are personally taught by some old officials in the yamen. ”

“……”

At this moment, Wu Cheng and Liu Hai couldn't help but gasp again, of course they understood what they meant by the man's words. Usually, when everyone does business, especially when signing a contract, they are mostly cautious, for fear that because of the difference of one word, they will be deceived by others, and the final result will be no return.

It's just that businessmen are not omnipotent after all, they want to go to the goods, to ship and buy goods, to inquire about the market in various places, but also to communicate with people, even if they are shrewd, they may not be able to do a hundred secrets, if at this time there is a scholar who is familiar with the law on the side, or even the contract is directly handed over to him to draft, this is equivalent to giving them these businessmen a reassurance.

Five taels of silver for a peace of mind, it's worth it!

The man smiled and continued: "Because these scholars are familiar with the law, our host calls them lawyers, and with these lawyers, you can also give your guest officials a little more protection." However, the lawyer is only afraid that it will be a month before he comes, after all, there are a lot of things to learn, and our owner has invited some old officials from the Shuntian Mansion and the Criminal Department to teach them, and now they have been studying for five months, and they can be out of the school in another month. ”

Wu Cheng nodded and said, "If I come here next time to ship, I must come to this elegant room, let the lawyers help keep an eye on it here, and be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, naturally I can't take it lightly." ”

Liu Hai also nodded, deeply sympathetic to Wu Cheng's words, having done business for so many years, I often hear that some businessmen are deceived in the contract, sometimes it is obviously a word difference, but it is from someone who tattoos a thousand taels of silver to you to a thousand taels of silver that you pour to someone else.

The guy smiled slightly, and took the two out of the tea room, and led them along the path to a courtyard, which only allows a small door to pass through, which is one with the treasure building, but it is quite independent, but after the small door, the depressing, crowded pattern suddenly changed, and there is a plaque hanging on the small door, called "Bamboo Forest Yaxu".

If it is said that the treasure building of Fangcai looks mediocre, even a little cheesy, but since entering here, the scenery is different, the flowers and jungles are located, the small bridge is in place, the flowing water is comprehensive, and the pavilions and mandarins are hidden in the flowers and trees, which is very much the taste of the Jiangnan Courtyard.

Along the path, through the attic Champs, these attics are named, or silk bamboo pavilion, or falling flower courtyard, find an attic into it, the furnishings are all magnificent, exquisite food carpet spread on the ground, all of a sudden this cold winter swept away, and with a trace of warmth. The screens, tables and chairs all have a different smell, which is a little more magnificent than the decoration of the most famous Yunxiao Pavilion in the fireworks alley.

The guy invited the two to sit down, and said with a smile: "This is an entertainment place, if the guest palace is a business, you can come here to play together, listen to music, play leaf cards, drink tea, wine banquet and all the facilities are available, if you want to call a few girls to accompany you, you can also give an order, and a loft here wants to wrap up a night, it will cost about five hundred taels of silver." ”

Wu Cheng and Liu Hai couldn't help but hear it staggeringly, five hundred taels, with their net worth, it is impossible to afford it, but then again, if those wealthy families have negotiated a huge amount of business at one time, it is interesting to come here to play, five hundred taels of silver may be astronomical for small and medium-sized businessmen like Wu Cheng and Liu Hai, but it is nothing to some big businessmen.

What's more, what kind of place is the Treasure Tower? With so many businessmen coming in and out here, if you can bring your business partners to play here, this face is definitely enough.

Sometimes doing business is really about pomp. Wu Cheng even thought in his heart that if one day, he had reached the point where he had a lot of money, and it would be good to invite a few business partners to come here to play occasionally.

Liu Hai couldn't help laughing and said: "This place, but Brother Wu and I can't afford to spend it, it seems that in the future, we can only go to the silk hall and the elegant room to sit idle." ”

The guy shook his head and said: "The two guest palaces are wrong, today is the first day of the opening of the Treasure Building, so you only need to pay ten taels of silver to enter and exit, but in the future, this rule will have to be changed." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Bangs couldn't help but ask.

The man said, "If you want to enter the Treasure Building, you have to have a member." ”

"And what do you have?" Since entering the Treasure Tower, everything here has subverted Wu Cheng's impression, and he now knows that there is such a place in the world that is so good for doing business, with his eyesight, how can he not know that in the future, as long as the goods are trafficked to this Jingshi, he only needs to sit here for half a day, and he can get rid of the goods? And the price will definitely not be lower than in the past, after all, it was too troublesome to find a merchant who harvested silk in the past, and it may not be possible to find one with such an intention in a few days, but now that he has entered here, there will be dozens and hundreds of merchants who have collected silk in the silk hall in time, and when it comes to talking about money, it will naturally be much calmer.

The guy said: "This member is divided into three kinds, our treasure building has eyes and ears all over the world, and the businessman who wants to apply for membership first reports his own net worth, such as a mansion somewhere, a shop somewhere, or a workshop, after receiving the application, the treasure building will naturally go down to the merchant's hometown, let the guy there verify, if the net worth is more than 5,000 taels of silver, you can issue a membership card, and then you can enter the treasure building, if the net worth is more than 10,000 taels, you can issue a member silver medal, but if the net worth is more than 30,000 taels of silver, It's a gold medal.

Whether it is an ordinary membership card, or a silver medal, a gold medal, the monthly payment of membership dues are different, the ordinary membership card is only ten taels of silver per month, the silver medal is twenty taels, the gold medal is paid fifty taels per month, after applying for a membership card, you have to pay the membership fee on time, if you do not pay the month, you will be called to take back the membership card, revoke the membership. "Ten taels of silver a month, it's not much, at least for Liu Hai, after paying the membership fee every month, you can often come here to sit, although the tea here is expensive, but maybe you can find some business opportunities.

However, for foreign businessmen like Wu Cheng, it is a bit of a loss, after all, you can only come to Beijing two or three times a year, but you have to pay twelve months of dues, but then again, if you can ship as soon as possible, then you can save a lot of warehousing expenses and time, and you can make one or two more trips to Beijing in the future, after all, sometimes you have to stay in Beijing for a month or two, if the shipment is fast, you can return to your hometown after a few days of living in the land, and then transport some goods, and the profits here are enough to offset the membership fees of one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

It's just that Jubaolou has a member, but Wu Wei was confused, and couldn't help asking: "This member is a little cumbersome, somehow do you want to do this?" ”

The guy replied: "The guest officer doesn't know, the people who can get members and enter the treasure building are all people with thin family resources, think about it, if you talk about business with members here, sign contracts, and trade, is it a lot more reassuring?" And we also have a debt collection service, the people who have done the membership are people who know the roots, and the place of origin and family business are also recorded in the book, if you dare to defraud here, the treasure building will come forward to seek justice for you. ”

Wu Cheng suddenly realized, at this time, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, what is the most important thing for them merchants? Safe!

You must know that doing business in this era is really risky, especially in the capital, scammers are everywhere, and the member of Jubaolou means that the person who can come in and talk to them about business must be a person with thin family resources, Wu Cheng can guess the strength of the other party according to the membership level of the other party, whether it is a big businessman or a small and medium-sized businessman, it is all clear at a glance, in this way, will you worry about being deceived by those splashes and oilmen on the street?

In fact, at the foot of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of liars can be described as a variety of tricks, they have calculated the minds of foreign merchants who are eager to ship, and most of them will simply target them, these foreign merchants, once deceived, they are often bloodless, I don't know how many people jumped off the canal for this.

But having a membership is completely different, scammers often have no net worth, playing the trick of a white wolf with empty gloves, and those who can enter the treasure building are serious businessmen who are willing to do business, and doing business here is reassuring.

Wu Cheng couldn't help but say: "Jubaolou can still stand up for us people?" ”

The guy smiled, and couldn't help but say proudly: "This is natural, since everyone has entered the Jubao Building, if they are blackmailed, it is naturally the responsibility of the Jubao Building to come forward to help, and the two guest palaces know who the owners of our Jubao Building are?" ”

Wu Chengdao: "Dare to ask who it is?" ”

The guy said: "One is Jinyi Wei Baihu Liu Chengfeng, who is this Liu Baihu, I guess the two of you have also heard of it, right?" ”

After all, Wu Cheng was a foreigner, and when he heard that it was a hundred households, he was a little disappointed. However, Liu Hai's eyes lit up, and he said: "I know, although this Liu Baihu is only a six-rank military attaché, he has to respect him for three points even in the Jinyi Guard, and he is in the limelight in this Beijing Division, even if he sees him in Dongchang, he is pinching his nose and walking around the road!" (To be continued)