The camel shopkeeper of the Yuelai Inn in Linshui City left, but the door of the Yuelai Inn was still open.

It's just that sitting behind the counter is no longer the bad old man who holds a cigarette gun all day, but has become the handsome young man from that year ago.

Lao Lin of the Lao Lin Wine Shop also left, and the Lao Lin Wine Shop was still open.

It is still sold as low-priced loose liquor.

For Waterfront City, the departure of the two did not attract much attention from the neighborhood.

There is only one person and some things that people in the teahouses and restaurants on the streets and alleys are talking about-

This person is naturally the regent Li Chen'an!

And some things......

For example, on August 30, the 25th year of Zhaohua, the regent Li Chen'an hosted a banquet at Shiweixuan!

Among them is Zou Huanzhang, the old head of the Zou family.

This is not surprising.

Because the regent wants to rebuild the Guangling Water Division, it naturally needs the Zou family to work for him.

But strangely enough, the regent feasted many merchants and craftsmen!

"You say...... The regent invited Chen Dingmao, the head of the Yingzhou Chen family, to a banquet, after all, the Yingzhou Chen family once had a reputation for loyalty and righteousness. ”

In a tea house, under the autumn sun, a richly dressed young man held a tea bowl in one hand and knocked on the table with the other, he looked at the other three, and said with doubts in his eyes:

"But in the list of the regent's banquet that day, there was Xie Tongju, a tea merchant from Linshui City!"

"It's not that we look down on Xie Tongju!"

"The Xie family's tea shop is really nothing in Linshui City, but he can sit at the same table with the regent......

The young man laughed at himself and shook his head, "There is green smoke on the ancestral grave of the Xie family, with this honor, I think the Xie family's business will definitely be prosperous in the future!" ”

He looked at a middle-aged man sitting on the left, and said again: "Uncle Dong, you have to be careful, the Xie family's tea comes from the Chen family in Yingzhou, if you become an imperial merchant because of this...... You're no longer an opponent! ”

"The Xie family tea shop is in the name of an imperial businessman, I think, I am afraid that the tea market in our entire Jiangnan Province will undergo earth-shaking changes!"

The middle-aged man named Uncle Dong smiled bitterly, "Who would have expected this?" ”

"The Xie family is stained with the light of the Chen family in Yingzhou, and it seems that my Dong family has to make some changes."

Sitting on the top was an old man with gray hair.

At this moment, the old man smiled slightly, bowed his head and took a sip of the teacup, and then said slowly:

"Dong An, it's not just your Dong family that has to make some changes, I'm afraid all the businessmen in our Ning Kingdom need to make some changes."

Dong An was stunned, looked at the old man, and said extremely humbly:

"Please also ask Su Gong to teach!"

This old man is Su Mingtang, the head of the Su family in Jiangnan Province!

He arrived at Linshui City yesterday, and after all, he was a step late, and the regent Li Chen'an had already left on the fourth day of the ninth month.

Five days had passed, but the words about the regent in Waterfront City continued.

Even the merchants who traveled from the south to the north deliberately stopped in Linshui City, and made a special trip to find a friend in Linshui City to inquire in detail about the words and deeds of the regent in Linshui City-

This is important!

This represents the direction of Ningguo's commercial policy in the future!

Such a direction will determine the future initiatives of all businessmen.

Is it to expand or shrink?

Which industry does the regent care more about?

Do you want to change the family business?

Or the layout is more extensive, such as going to Beimo Road or Lingdong Road to open up new markets and so on.

Su Mingtang came to Shuicheng in the hope of meeting with the regent, but he didn't expect that the delay on the way would be a day late.

It's a pity.

But Su Mingtang was not depressed.

Because his granddaughter Su Meng has left quickly-

The regent did not go by water.

Of course, Su Mingtang didn't know that the reason why the regent didn't take the waterway was because Xiao Baozi was seasick.

He thought that the speed of the waterway boat was slower, and the regent was in a hurry to return to Kyoto, so he still took the official road, and Su Meng would be able to catch up quickly.

His son-in-law, Wang Zhenghaoxuan, is the regent's right-hand man, and his son Su Yi'an is still a servant of Ningguo's subordinate province.

With these two layers of relationship, his Jiangnan Su family has no worries as long as they do business well.

Next, the Prince Regent will hold a special bidding meeting for shipping operations in Kyoto...... Tomorrow I will go to Kyoto with Chen Dingmao, and I think I will be able to meet the regent.

Last night, he had already drunk a wine with Chen Dingmao, the head of the Chen family in Yingzhou, and he was naturally very clear about the regent's banquet that day.

"Ladies and gentlemen,"

Su Mingtang put down the teacup, sat up straight, and said with an extremely serious old face:

"The regent has two tables of people feasting at Zhiweixuan, with a total of twenty-six people!"

"There are not only family owners like Chen Dingmao in Yingzhou, but also small merchants like Xie Tongju."

"There are even those craftsmen that you don't usually look down on...... The old man was not referring to a big shipwright like Zou, but a papermaker who made paper, a kiln head who fired a kiln, a blacksmith who made iron, and so on. ”

"The regent toasted them all in Zhiweixuan, saying that these craftsmen are the treasures of the Ning Kingdom! Be...... It is the key force to promote the development of Ningguo! ”

"When the regent left Linshui City, he took with him more than 300 craftsmen."

Of course, the regent also encouraged the merchants, saying...... The economic base determines the superstructure, and I hope that all businessmen must remember the two most important things while pursuing profits! ”

When Su Mingtang said this, not only the other three people at the same table widened their eyes, but many of the surrounding tea guests also gathered around at this moment, pricking up their ears one by one, looking at Su Mingtang intently, wanting to know what the regent of Zhiweixuan's banquet said.

Su Mingtang stroked his long beard, looked at the sunset in the sky, and said with great emotion:

"The Lord Regent is far-sighted!"

He said...... In the future, the stage of our Ningguo businessmen will be bigger! ”

"Now the Ning State has already traded with the Wu State, and in the near future, the Ning State will also trade with the Yue State, and even with those wild countries will have commercial contacts."

"On such a stage, goods from other countries will also enter Ningguo!"

"Then the merchants of our Ning Kingdom must take precautions...... First of all, we must pay attention to the improvement of productivity......"

Su Mingtang glanced at everyone and said:

"The so-called productivity is the capacity of the workshop to produce, that is, the amount of goods produced."

"It's not just about the number of people, but also about the speed of the machinery in the workshop."

"To put it simply, it is to pay attention to craftsmen and improve machinery."

"The regent said that science and technology are the primary productive forces......"

You can understand this to mean that more advanced machinery can determine higher production and better quality goods...... That's what it means. ”

The second point that the Lord Regent warned the merchants was the consolidation of industries...... This is more complicated, in short, it is to make the cost of procurement lower, the price of sales, it depends on whose goods are more scarce. ”

"The regent said that the market has its own choice, survival of the fittest, and in the next ten years, many businessmen will rise, and many businessmen will be eliminated by the market."

"So, the merchants of our Ning Kingdom have ushered in the best and fairest opportunity, who can have the last laugh......

Su Mingtang smiled slightly, got up, and sighed for three breaths before saying the last sentence:

"It's time for us businessmen to change our minds, otherwise we will sing on the big stage of the future...... But you're not all of you! ”

Su Mingtang turned around and left.

The entire tea plantation was still silent.

The vast majority of these people were businessmen, and at this moment, Su Mingtang's words were still echoing in their ears, making them feel a sense of urgency in their hearts when they reminisced.

Times seem to be really changing.

But what will it become?

So what will the big stage look like in the future?

No one can imagine, just feel some anticipation and some dread.

For thousands of years in the world, how many glorious families have been wiped out in the long river of history.

How many little-known families have quietly risen to become giants.

This is the situation.

Shun Zhechang.

Death to the rebels!