Chapter 498: Investigate the shops in Xifu
On the two stone pillars, one is engraved with Tianya, and the other is engraved with the market, which together are the four big characters of Tianya Market.
Although the stone pillar has been weathered and a little dilapidated, the four words on the stone pillar still look full, and the four big characters are beautiful, reflecting an impeccable and outstanding momentum.
At this time, Cheng Xiuming introduced: "These two pillars stood here when the Shocking Weapon City was built, and it has a history of three hundred and sixty years, and you can also see from the stone pillar that it has been for some years, in fact, with the means of the twenty-six families of the Shocking Weapon City and the Xifu, it is completely possible to repair or renovate the stone pillar, and the reason why it has not been done is ......."
After a pause, Cheng Xiuming pointed to the four big characters and said: "The reason why they don't do it is not because they are troublesome, nor because they can't do it, but because they want to reflect their forging skills, do you see the four big characters of the lifelike 'Tianya Market'? ”
"The purpose of this is to show the world that even if the stone pillars have been corrupted by the wind and frost in the past hundreds of thousands of years, their forging skills are still impeccable and superb. Therefore, the appearance of the characters and the stone pillars formed such a strong contrast, which was intentional on their part. ”
"I see! ”
After listening to Cheng Xiuming's introduction, Tang Yi nodded and laughed, feeling very interesting.
And the four inner house disciples who followed behind Tang Yi were also taught, and nodded their heads, feeling that they had gained a little more knowledge.
After listening to the historical origin and meaning of this stone pillar, Tang Yi and his party walked slowly again and entered the Tianya Market.
At this time, Tang Yi suddenly found that the storefronts in the market were very different from the storefronts outside the market, the storefronts here were several times larger than the storefronts outside, and they were beautifully decorated, and each storefront was at least two to three floors.
The most important thing is that the names of these stores also look very unified, such as 'Tianya Zhaojia Armor Shop', 'Tianya Wangjia Armor Shop', 'Tianya Xujia Jewelry Shop' and so on.
Basically, the names start with the end of the world.
As if seeing Tang Yi's doubts, Cheng Xiuming on the side seemed to be a jack of all trades, and once again relieved Tang Yi and said: "Your Excellency, do you think that the shops in the market are not as big as the outside? In fact, this is the case, the shops in this Tianya Market are all the shops operated by the twenty-six families in Shocking Weapon City and our Xifu, some small merchants or foreign merchants can't enter, they are not qualified to operate shops in Tianya Market, so the shops here are bigger than the outside, more luxurious than the outside, and the equipment in the store is also much more advanced than the outside. ”
"The reason why the name of the store here has to add a prefix to Tianya is also because it is necessary to distinguish it from those shops outside, after all, there are many shops outside what Zhao family stores and what Wang family stores, it is difficult to tell which one is which, which makes it difficult for others to distinguish. ”
"But when it comes to the Tianya Zhao family's shop, everyone knows that this is the store in the Tianya Market, and it is the shop belonging to the Zhao family of the twenty-six refining families in the Amazing Weapon City, and the shops outside the Tianya Market are not allowed to add the word Tianya! The Tianya store is the twenty-six shops in the refining world in the Tianya Market, and the ordinary shops are the shops operated by foreign merchants or some small merchants. ”
"I see!"
After listening to Cheng Xiuming's explanation, Tang Yi nodded and understood.
I have to say, this method of naming is really good.
Not only can it allow others to distinguish the shops, but it can also raise the level of the shops in Tianya Market, and at the same time improve the status and reputation of the twenty-six refining family shops.
In this way, Tianya Market will be more famous and more popular.
It's a very clever way to do business.
It's no wonder that Surprise City has become an economic city.
"So our store in Xifu is also here?" Tang Yi suddenly asked.
"Yes, Your Excellency. Cheng Xiuming nodded.
"Okay, since you came here to hide your identity, don't call me an envoy, call me Gongzi in the future, it's also convenient. Tang Yi commanded.
"Yes, ...... Son. Cheng Xiuming arched his hand.
"And you too. Tang Yi turned his head and said to the four inner house disciples behind him.
"Yes, Childe!" the four Inner Mansion disciples also responded in unison.
"Okay, Cheng Xiuming will tell me about the situation of this Xifu store. Tang Yi turned around again and commanded Cheng Xiuming.
"Okay, Childe. ”
Cheng Xiuming nodded, and said respectfully: "In addition to sending a strong man at the level of the Battle Sect to guard here, Xifu also sent a lot of Inner Mansion disciples to come out to run shops, and many of these Inner Mansion disciples are from the Outer Mansion Gen Palace, who specialize in cultivating the Dao of Instruments, and their qualifications are acceptable, but they are old and have no possibility of advancement, so Xifu arranged them here, specializing in forging and running shops." “
"We have a total of five stores in Tianya Market, two dealing in weapons, two dealing in armor, and one dealing in jewelry, these five stores are also one of the important sources of our Xifu in addition to taxes, and the daily profit has reached an astonishing number, although the past two years have not been as good as before, but it is still an astonishing number. ”
"Oh, profits have declined in the past two years?" Hearing this, Tang Yi said curiously.
"Yes, although I don't know very well, but the profits of our shops in Xifu Tianya Market have indeed dropped a lot in the past two years. Cheng Xiuming nodded.
"Do you know what the reason is?" Tang Yi asked again.
"The disciple is not very clear, I heard that the envoy of the Inner Mansion has sent someone to investigate, but there is no result, anyway, the passenger flow is much less, and some valuable utensils cannot be sold at all, especially those above the ground level, no one cares about them at all. Cheng Xiuming thought about it and replied.
"Is the passenger flow decreasing, can't high-end weapons and equipment be sold?" Tang Yi pondered slightly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to mind, but when he turned his head, he couldn't remember it, and shook his head, he just felt that he was thinking too much.
"Let's go, let's go and see the shops in Xifu, remember to call me Gongzi, don't wear it when the time comes." Tang Yi said.
"Yes, Childe!"
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