They originally saw that Chen Tao's store had a crystal clear façade and unheard of large glass windows, and at a glance they knew that it was a place to sell top high-end luxury goods, so they were inevitably a little nervous, thinking that it was one more competitor. However, after a few rounds of opening, I was relieved - although the glasses are not cheap, they have no conflict with the gold and silver jewelry they sell, and the two sides are not rivals.

However, there are a few flexible shopkeepers who think that the decoration style of this newly opened shop of the southern Yankees is quite good, and it is worth learning from. That's why some people go to ask how to sell large pieces of glass...... It's just that when I saw that Chen Tao's shop was always deserted, and it was no problem to set up a bird trap cage in front of the door, as a peer, I could understand his feelings, so I consciously didn't touch people's heads. I plan to talk about it after a while, and wait for this old man to accept his fate, maybe he can sell the whole shop at a low price at that time, which is much more cost-effective than buying some glass pieces in a scattered manner.

These people have a good hand in calculation, so they naturally pay more attention to the various movements of this shop...... After some time, I saw that the whole of the newly opened shop was covered with a white cloth curtain, and there were workers going in and out of it, and there was a sound of beating from time to time. The shopkeepers were veterans and knew it was time to renovate – something that was common in their business world. Bad business is often blamed on feng shui, and the way to adjust feng shui is naturally to change the shop. However, in recent years, the pavement has been in a similar form, even if it has been adjusted, it is nothing more than a repaint, changing the direction and orientation of the counter...... Wait, huā doesn't cost much.

But this southern Yankee is very big to make a big fuss, the town only heard the ping pong sound inside during the day, and a few times even saw someone take out the broken glass and bury it, only to see those shopkeepers eyelids jumping, the heart said that this southern red guy is really rich and dares to toss, it seems that the previous failure did not affect him at all, look at this posture of continuing to throw money into it, it is even more than the last time.

They guessed correctly - the first decoration plan was made by Chen Tao himself, and the second time it was from Zhu Lì's style. If you want to talk about the courage to throw money, the former is definitely much more atmospheric than the former, and the ideas are much more avant-garde...... After more than half a month of adjustment, Chen Tao's "Mingguang Hall" opened again. However, this time he did not beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers, but quietly entered the village, and those who shot were not ...... Silently reopened again.

However, the reopening of the business community caused a far greater shock in the surrounding neighborhoods and even in the entire business community of the capital than the first time. The change in the style of the store is partly due to the fact that if the storefront that Chen Tao made was about the taste of the 20th century, then it will directly become the 21st century after the transformation according to Zhu Lì's idea. For example, the original window was just a larger window, but now the entire large glass wall falls directly onto the green lawn - Zhu lì is directly using the replacement parts of the "Crystal Palace" on Hainan Island.

But what amazed and even fascinated them was the variety of goods displayed in the store, no longer the original inexplicable double or monocle, but many glassware that were also glass, but could be understood and used by everyone. There are colored and colorless transparent ones, and they are arranged in a staggered manner on the booth in the window, which is really dazzling.

In addition to transparent and translucent glassware, there are many large and small glass silver mirrors of various shapes hanging in the windows, ranging from large enough dressing mirrors that can reflect the whole body, to small egg-shaped makeup mirrors that can be embedded in dressing boxes...... There is a wide variety and everything you need. attracted countless big girls and little daughters-in-law to stand in front of the window and make a gesture, refusing to leave.

During the day, these glassware reflect the sun's rays from various angles, and they are already brilliant and beautiful. At night, the hall is even more impressive: the lamps in the hall are lit one by one, and the whole hall is illuminated in a magnificent and beautiful light. Because this large exhibition hall is a whole glass wall to the outside, it is transparent inside and out, so that the beautiful scenery inside and outside can be seen unobstructed.

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In a city in the 17th century, where ordinary people were not allowed to travel at night, and only three days of the Lantern Festival could hold a lantern festival throughout the year, which could cause the whole city to go crazy, and even the royal family had to temporarily lift the curfew...... The sensational effect caused by it is indescribable - even if it is the capital of the Ming Empire!

The first day after the silent reopening of "Mingguangtang" was fine, because not many people knew about it, but that night, when the lights in the exhibition hall were lit, even if there was a rule of no-night, it still attracted many people - in the last days, the laws of the Ming Empire were no longer effective. And the first audience was none other than the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Jinyi Guards who were in charge of night patrols.

These enforcers are human beings themselves, and they are fascinated by the sight of this strange beauty. At first, a few night patrol soldiers passed by and saw the bright lights here, thinking that it was on fire, and hurriedly brought buckets and sandbags to come over to put out the fire, but when they arrived at the door, they were stunned.

What is this? Do you think there is too much lamp oil at home to burn and play? The shiny and transparent glass is also recognized, but the price of this thing is far more expensive than the glaze, even if the rich and noble get this thing, they are also treasured and hidden in the inner house, and the little more popular recently is the small piece used to inlay the window lattice, but I have never heard of such a large piece to build the wall...... The outside is made of glass, and the inside has to be paved with gold bricks!

If it was in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the son of cloth, advocated frugality, hated other people's extravagance and waste the most, and paid attention to rank, merchants did not wear silk, which family dared to be so coquettish, they would have been exiled long ago, and all the property would be confiscated and enjoyed by his emperor, just like Shen Wansan's fate.

But now, after all, the era is different, the national strength is weakened, and even the authority of the government is greatly affected - a few stunned young people wanted to go up to slam the door and reprimand at first, but they were immediately pulled by the older seniors: people just lit a few more lamps, or the lamps in their own houses, what reason do you use to care? People who can play such a big game must have an extremely powerful force behind it, let's not provoke it, or honestly watch the lanterns - this is much better than the Lantern Festival.

So the night stopped patrolling, and the street couldn't help it, and a group of people just stood on the street and watched the excitement. It's not enough to just watch it yourself, but I went back to bring my wife and children to watch it together, and the neighbors around me will inevitably come to join in the fun when they hear the news...... In this way, it was spread ten, ten by hundred, and it didn't take long for this street to be crowded, bustling like a temple fair.

The next day was even worse, as large crowds of spectators crowded from all directions, blocking the entire street. It is also thanks to the Xuanwu Gate as the gate of the army's expedition, the surrounding roads extend in all directions, and there are large open areas such as the elephant training place, so that the passage out of the city will not be blocked together. Rao still attracted the attention of the upper echelons -- all dynasties and dynasties have always been very taboo about such large-scale gatherings of people, and even if some officials advocate dispersing the crowd, find out the source of the incident, and investigate and deal with it again!

"It's just a businessman, and if you dare to be so ostentatious, you must be severely punished!"

"Their strange and obscene things will also be confiscated!"

After the people below inquired clearly, the source of the matter was because the Qiongzhou shorthair had made new things, several middle- and low-level officials with a full face shouted like this. The salaries of Ming officials are low, and they usually have to find something to do to blackmail, but now this God-given opportunity is not willing to let it go lightly?

However, at this time, the importance of the so-called "background" becomes apparent: from beginning to end, it is the few low-level officials who jump fiercely, while the higher-ranking officials on the scene are tightly shut and silent. According to the concept of this era, Hainan Island is the end of the world from Beijing, but in the past two years, there has been more news from Hainan than from Nanzhili. Not to mention that there is also a Shandong base, which is close to the capital, and they organized a large-scale construction and crackdown on bandits on the Shandong Peninsula some time ago, which deterred more than just displaced people and bandits......

Ordinary people may only hear some rumors, but the more high-ranking officials in the imperial court, the more they know about the situation of Qiong's navy. In particular, Jin Yiwei, the number one spy agency of the Ming Dynasty, has had the most contact with the Qiong Navy in recent years, and has the best understanding of the ability of the group of short-haired people on Hainan Island. In fact, until now, the heads and brains of Jinyiwei still can't figure it out: why do those short-haired people want to recruit An?

The boss had scruples, and the people below naturally didn't dare to mess around, and in the end, the motion to find trouble with this shop couldn't be resolved, and some people from the Jinyi Guard's yamen were sent over to help maintain order.

And Chen Tao's side, after the initial hectic, gradually got used to it: Isn't it just that there are too many people? Isn't it just crowded? Anyone who has experienced the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, who is afraid of too many people? It's nothing more than a long queue!

-- For a long time after that, the long queue at Xuanwumen became a major attraction in the capital, and when the residents of Beijing received relatives and friends from other places, they often introduced the "Mingguang Hall" to them as a very important sight, and they should visit it anyway.

And when those out-of-town guests hear about this view, they are often reminded: don't forget to bring a small bench, you will have to wait in line for a long time! And what you can see in the queue for half a day is also very limited - until now, people who have no identity can not enter the hall at all, and ordinary people can only look outside through the fence. But even so, there is still an endless stream of people queuing, and the nearby tea stalls, dim sum shops and other businesses have also done a good job, and even driven the business of the entire Xuanwumen area. In these days, the pace of life is generally not fast, and many people would rather wait in a long line for half a day or even a day to see the legendary large glass wall.

――This is really the opening ceremony.