"Oh, it's so magnificent, the city is bigger than the six yamen in the capital, and it's even more magnificent!" Wang Tiqian praised from the bottom of his heart.

Indeed, in order to build a city, each family has made a lot of money, using the best materials and inviting the best craftsmen. As for the drawings of the yamen, it was finalized by Zhang Ke by employing 200 calligraphy and painting masters, referring to the garden yamen in the south of the Yangtze River, learning from others' strengths, highlighting the functions and characteristics of the city's shipping division.

As soon as I walked in, the pillars of golden silk nanmu exude a faint yellow halo, carved beams and paintings, flowers, birds, insects and fish, all of which are beautiful. Walking around, it is like a garden museum. Being able to work here is worth it even if you don't need to be paid! The charm of the fun alone is enough to make people dizzy, relaxed, and carried away all day long!

The officials and businessmen who walked in were all amazed, but as for those Westerners, they were completely stupid. They walked not through an ordinary cloister, but on the road leading to the temple of God, with landscape paintings hanging on pillars, celadon vases on the ground, silk and satin wrapped around tree trunks, and exquisite Suzhou embroidery......

Everything made them salivate, and the ground was full of halas.

Westerners are not subtle, and they are not afraid of embarrassment, shouting and screaming along the way, jumping up and down, and even some people lie on the ground and kiss porcelain, making the attendants cry and laugh.

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"Princess, as the saying goes, people need clothes, and Buddhas need gold. It's not that my Buddha likes gold and silver, but the people like gold and silver! ”

Wang Tiqian looked at the ugly appearance of Westerners, and suddenly felt concerned, stretched out his thumb, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, these Western buns are full of silver in their pockets, if they are not tamed, how can they take out silver!" ”

The two of them talked and laughed, and when they arrived at the main hall, they sat on the Taishi chair of the red sandalwood, and a maid hurriedly served the bright tea soup that had just been picked. The intoxicating smell, Wang Tiqian smelled it, and immediately sighed: "Sure enough, it's good tea, good tea!" In comparison, the palace is much inferior, and our family is really blessed to be able to go to Jiangnan. ”

Fang Chongwen, who was sitting under Zhang Ke, suddenly smiled and said, "Princess, is there anything in the palace?" The best things in the world must be enshrined in the saint, and you are a big celebrity in the palace. What haven't you seen? ”

"Hehe, that's a layman's word!"

Wang Tiqian sighed and said with a smile: "There are big rules in the palace, everyone knows it." As far as tea is concerned, there are no less than dozens of tribute teas in various places, and there is naturally no shortage of good things. However, if you pick up the best one and give it to the Lord Banzai, the master is used to drinking it, and suddenly there is none. Someone will be unlucky, the light one will be spanked, and the heavy one will lose his head! has been serving the emperor for a long time, and the big guys all understand a reason. You can't give the emperor the best, and you can't give him the best. The master is still like this, and those of our family who are in the celebrant can't deceive the king. After all, yes. If you want to enjoy happiness, you must go out, whether it is a prison guard. Or weaving and lifting, you can enjoy happiness, and when you return to the palace, you have to pick up your tail! ”

After saying this reason, the big guy was suddenly embarrassed, thinking that the emperor was pitiful enough, the name is the Ninety-Five, the son of heaven. But if his men really want to deceive him, he doesn't want to know anything.

Others only thought that Wang Tiqian was casually speaking, but Zhang Ke heard a hint of extraneous sound.

Obviously, Wang Tiqian was sent south, firstly, to supervise the weaving bureau and collect taxes, which implicitly meant to check and balance supervision and prevent the city from falling into the hands of Zhang Ke.

But Wang Tiqian is not a fool, he has seen Zhang Ke's methods, and if he wants to fight with Zhang Ke, he will be pinched to death at any time, which is worse than a bedbug.

At this time, he talked about deceiving the emperor, and said that only by letting it go out can he enjoy happiness, and it is obviously to wait for the price to sell!

Thinking of this, Zhang Ke smiled slightly, took out a document from his sleeve, and sent it to Wang Tiqian.

"Father-in-law, this is half of the dry shares of Jiangnan Bank, even if it is a little greeting gift, in addition, the prince can also appoint a person as a director of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce."

Wang Tiqian has not never seen the world, and he has never frowned in front of him about many major military affairs. But in the face of this paperwork, he completely stopped eating, and his fingers kept shaking.

Jiangnan Bank's original share capital exceeded 10 million taels, and it has recently been acquired on a large scale, plus it has a privileged tax-filing power. The silver earned every year is at least tens of millions of taels, half of which is converted into dry shares, and converted into profits, which is 500,000 taels per year! How many officials are greedy for a lifetime, there may not be so many!

As for the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, it is even more remarkable, different from the previous business associations linked by the region, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce clearly wrote in the founding purpose of safeguarding the interests of businessmen and promoting the development of industry and commerce. To put it simply, this is an alliance of merchants with clear political demands.

In the past, merchants could only rely on the bureaucrats and rely on the gentry to help them speak, but with the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, the merchants were completely independent and launched a strong charge against the rank of Shinong industry and commerce.

As soon as it was established, it was sought after by all parties, and the twenty-five director places made countless people snatch their heads, and people's heads became dogs' heads.

If you do business in Jiangnan in the name of a director, you will definitely be unstoppable. Zhang Ke gave a place, and Wang Tiqian was equivalent to one more hen laying golden eggs.

"Grandpa Guo, thank you for your great kindness, from now on, we will be a family, as long as our family can help, we will never frown!"

Zhang Ke nodded with satisfaction, and the more happy everyone was to talk. If Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian, who were far away in the capital, knew that Wang Tiqian, whom they had high hopes for, had rebelled as soon as they arrived in Jiangnan, they would definitely vomit blood and die!

After sitting for a while, Zhang Ke took the big guy outside.

Deng Wentong explained with a smile: "The city is the place where customs duties are collected, and the other is the Celestial Empire Auction House on the left, which is responsible for registering and displaying goods and negotiating transactions. On the right is Gangnam Bank, where transactions and transfers and tax deductions are all carried out in the bank, saving you the trouble of holding a large amount of cash. ”

"Well, Governor Deng is delicate and cleverly designed, admire and admire!" Wang Tiqian said with a smile.

Deng Wentong hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, let's go to the auction house first, there are goods from all over the world." ”

"Okay, I'm about to see it."

Everyone walked out of the city, turned to the left, and came to a huge building complex ten times the size of the city. It is divided into large and small, dozens of exhibition halls, some according to the geographical division of two capitals and thirteen provinces, which display the specialties of each province. There are also special porcelain halls, tea halls, silk halls and so on. The most special thing is that there are five exhibition halls reserved for Western recognition.

All merchants who come to trade first go through the registration of the city, and then enter the Celestial Empire Auction House to exhibit and trade. After negotiating the intention, go to the city office, explain the transaction content, and fill out the tax list. Take these and then go to Jiangnan Bank, pay taxes, and finally take the bank documents to pick up the goods, and after confirming that they are correct, you can sail to the sea and transport them overseas.

Similarly, items that are shipped from the West must be registered first, then displayed for sale, and withdrawn from the bank for cash.

The entire transaction process is supervised.

For example, when a merchant of the Ming Dynasty came to register, he had to hand it over to the city to roughly estimate the quality of the goods and ensure the quality of the goods. After the transaction, if there is a difference in delivery, the city will also intervene.

In addition, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has also arranged special personnel to help shop around and provide the latest price information in various places.

In the past, what Western merchants were most afraid of was buying fakes, because of private transactions, mistakes were mistakes, and there was no way to recover them. In addition, with the whole ship's cash trading, even a good person will be bad when he sees it, and the risk is too great.

Now that there is the City Division, everything has been solved.

As soon as the silver brought from overseas is landed, it can be deposited in Gangnam Bank to ensure absolute safety. If you want to buy something, go directly to the Celestial Empire Auction House.

You can write down the product you want and the approximate price on the notice board in the lobby, and if someone thinks it is appropriate, they will come and make a deal.

You can also find tooth people and ask them to help connect them with high-quality and inexpensive goods.

If you don't have a clear goal, you can browse the various exhibition halls and pick and choose what you like. If you are afraid of trouble, you can entrust all the qiē to the Chamber of Commerce, as long as you pay some fees immediately.

It is a great blessing for overseas merchants, who are like fish in water and go crazy with joy when they arrive at the city.

Two turbaned merchants had just come out of the silk hall, their faces wrinkled and smiling. Suddenly, they saw two rows of young women dressed in various satin clothes at the entrance of the exhibition hall.

In his teens, less than twenty years old, tall, delicate and lovely. In particular, the face is white and ruddy, and it can be broken by blowing. Dressed in a beautiful and elegant costume, standing there, like a fairy in the world.

These businessmen are also local wealthy and wealthy, and there are many women around them, but they have to admit that the oriental women in front of them are definitely the most special and heartwarming group.

Look at that nose, that eye, and the complexion of milk, which is even more elegant and noble than the princess of their country.

"Much, much, money!"

A bearded merchant asked in a stiff language.

The attendant was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, are you asking about silk?" Please come in! ”

"No!" He shouted furiously: "I, I want her, them, how much?" ”

The guy said as he stretched out his furry paws and grabbed at the girl. These girls were specially hired to show the silk. Being watched by a group of people has made them jump around with confidence. As a result, there were such shameless guys, they were ashamed and angry, and they glared angrily.

"Hahaha, I like it, 10,000 taels, no, 100,000 taels, 100,000 taels, as many as you want. I'm going to sell them to Damascus, and both kings and rich men will be fascinated by them!" ”

As he spoke, the bearded man lunged forward like a big bear, and his two paws grabbed at the nearest woman.

At this moment, suddenly the bearded man felt his neck tighten, and then someone exerted force, and his body fell out. The bearded man screamed in pain, looked up suddenly, and saw a young man in a purple python, standing in the middle of a group of people, standing out from the crowd and majestic.

"I, I have money, women, I want to buy women!"

"You remember, Daming sells silk and porcelain, but he doesn't sell women! If you dare to be rude and offend the people of the Celestial Empire again, this lord will be killed! (To be continued......)