area51novel Chapter 339: Fighting against the mountain!
Chapter 339: Fighting against the mountain!
Chapter 339: Fighting against the mountain!
When Xu Miaoqing heard this, her excited eyes lit up.
No matter hundreds of years ago or hundreds of years later, women have no resistance to shopping malls.
Seeing his fiancée rarely showing a childlike smile, Zhu Gui felt very happy, and dragged her to pick and choose in the store, packing a lot of good things.
In fact, the things here are only relatively delicate, and compared with the royal things of the palace, they are still a lot worse.
But the two of them were not shopping, but came to experience the fun of shopping.
Zhu Gui accompanied Xu Miaoqing to the entire second floor. Seeing that Xu Miaoqing was also a little tired, he immediately took her to the lounge beside her to rest.
"Miaoqing, I've found a good man for the best man."
Xu Miaoqing was not surprised when she heard the words, but responded lightly.
"Is it Zhu Ying or Zhu Zhi?"
Zhu Gui said proudly.
"neither!"
"I found the emperor's grandson, and the emperor's grandson said that no matter how busy he is, he will go to participate!"
"what?"
When Xu Miaoqing heard this, a surprised expression finally appeared on his face, which made Zhu Gui very addicted to watching, he had never seen Xu Miaoqing react like this before.
However, this is also what he is most proud of.
After all, there are only a handful of people in the world who can control the emperor's grandson, and Zhu Gui is just one of them!
Xu Miaoqing was really flattered, originally she wanted to hold the wedding in a low-key manner.Now it is heard that the emperor's grandson will not only participate, but will act as the man's best man, so the whole wedding must be raised to a higher level.
"no!"
"If the grandson of the emperor acts as the best man, then what we have prepared now is not enough!"
"And our palace has to be redecorated..."
Xu Miaoqing thought that she couldn't sit still here anymore, she pulled Zhu Gui out of the shop, and went home to start working.
After Xu Miaoqing left, another wave of guests came to the second floor.
Concubine Guo Hui led Lao Zhu's harem group and came to support Zhu Yunxi in person.
Lao Zhu's harem group is also very obsessed with shopping, and bought a lot of flashy things on the second floor.
While Concubine Guo Hui and others were enjoying shopping in the mall, there were two people, one old and one young, standing on the bell tower opposite the Drum Tower.
"Dasun, is this what kind of supply and marketing cooperative you fiddled with?"
"Yes!"
"Grandson told you, this is a good thing, and it will affect Daming for hundreds of years in the future!"
Hearing Dasun's bragging, Lao Zhu smiled noncommittally.
He thinks about the problem from a different angle than Zhu Yunxie, and he is more worried that this move will cause criticism from all over the world.
Zhu Yunxi opened a bookstore before, which can still be said to be an elegant thing.
Now that you have a grocery store, wouldn't it be said that you are competing with the people for profit?
This reputation is not good, even Lao Zhu avoids it.
However, Lao Zhu is very interested in another function of the supply and marketing cooperative, which is to buy surplus materials from the people so that the people can have more money in their hands.
As long as Zhu Yunxi can handle this matter well, in his opinion, it is a great achievement.
Lao Zhu looked at the turbulent crowd below, and asked thoughtfully.
"How many stores do you plan to open in the capital?"
"Grandpa Huihuang, grandson is expected to end up opening four or five houses in the capital."
"Grandson's main business is the rural market. In the city, there are only a few symbolic openings. It is enough to train the shop assistants."
Old Zhu nodded emphatically when he heard the words.
"it is good!"
"You can go ahead and do it boldly. If something goes wrong, Grandpa Huang will take care of you!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard what Lao Zhu said, he was immediately grateful.
"Thank you, Grandpa Huang!"
Old Zhu smiled wryly upon hearing this.
"Stop fooling around with us, we owe you a rebellious grandson in our previous life!"
Zhu Yunxi smirked when he heard the words, his smile was full of gratitude.
The biggest obstacle for him to do this is the court.
According to the words of his three masters, some officials must have written that he was competing with the people for profit.
If Grandpa Huang believed them, then the supply and marketing cooperative would definitely not be able to continue.
Now that Grandpa Huang had given him a guarantee, Zhu Yunxi was finally able to relax and do his own thing.
Below the bell tower, several censors were also watching the crowd.
Their thinking angles are different from those of the old emperor, they only feel that the emperor's grandson's move is out of court dignity.
Since ancient times, whose grandson opened a grocery store?
This is not just a matter of competing with the people for profit, but for making money without even giving up face!
"My dear friends, how should we write this impeachment memorial?"
When the censors heard what their colleague Zhang Bin said, they all shook their heads sadly.
"It's difficult!"
"The grandson of the emperor is deeply favored by His Majesty. If we rashly write a letter, we will inevitably be punished by His Majesty!"
Seeing how timid they were, Zhang Bin said heartbrokenly.
"Everyone!"
"We are court officials, and it is our bounden duty to rectify the king's gains and losses. How can we keep silent because we are afraid of being punished?"
A few people were a little embarrassed by Zhang Bin's words, so they said boldly.
"Brother Zhang, what should we say about this matter?"
Zhang Bin thought for a while.
"If we directly impeach the emperor's grandson, it will definitely cause His Majesty the emperor's displeasure."
"But the grandson of the emperor made such a big mistake, and he didn't even let the people's petty profits go unnoticed. The officials around him must not be able to escape responsibility!"
"There is also the gentleman who is in charge of supervising the emperor's grandson, and he is also responsible for this matter!"
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.
Right!
To impeach the emperor's grandson, the old emperor will definitely go crazy.
However, it will be fine to impeach the officials of the emperor's grandson and his masters!
This is called knocking on the mountain to shake the tiger, pointing at the mulberry and scolding the locust tree, hitting the mountain every other cow!
"high!"
"What brother Zhang said is indeed high!"
"Let's do what Brother Zhang said!"
"As far as I know, the person in charge of this matter is a member of the imperial education supervisor, who was caught in the eyes of the emperor's grandson because of selling imitation printed scripts, and he is a treacherous person!"
"Let's impeach him!"
"It is said that he competes with the people for profit, and that his virtue is at a disadvantage!"
"exactly!"
"Let's just impeach Xie Kui. This person has suddenly ascended to a high position at a young age. He must have a handle on him. Let's go back and find someone to inquire about. We must impeach him like a sieve!"
Compared with the worries of the censors, the real grocery store owners in the capital have another view.
When they learned that the grandson of the emperor was going to open a grocery store, they had been paying close attention to the movement here.
Even a few days ago, they secretly sneaked in by various means to check the internal layout and the goods that might be sold.
The most active people queuing up last night were small shops like them.
Therefore, while the common people were shouting about cheapness and buying, buying, buying, Liu Neng, the shopkeeper of Liuji Grocery Store in Beijing, Wang Fuqing of Fuqing Grocery Store, and Zhao Yuande of Dongcheng Grocery Store, were constantly criticizing The goods and prices in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Zhao Yuande is famous for his big mouth, and he was the first to comment.
"Tsk tsk, that's all!"
"I thought that the emperor's grandson would make a move, and all of us would have no way out. Looking at it now, it's just a bigger Nanyang goods store!"
"What are these things for sale?"
"Glass bowls, glass dishes, soap, soap, matches, perfume..."
"What is perfume for? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
Wang Fuqing responded with a sneer.
"It is said that it is similar to incense, but it is easier to use. You don't need a fire, just sprinkle it on your body!"
Zhao Yuande curled his lips in disdain again when he heard the words.
"Such a precious thing, at first glance, it is not something ordinary people can afford, it is for the dignitaries and dignitaries!"
"But having said that, even if the emperor's grandson doesn't open this shop, dignitaries won't go to our shop to make soy sauce!"
When Liu Neng heard this, he slapped his thigh excitedly.
"Yes!"
"I just felt that something was wrong. I always felt that there was something missing in this supply and marketing cooperative. It turned out that there was no soy sauce, vinegar, salt, etc."
When Liu Neng said this, gratitude immediately appeared on his face.
"This is the kindness of the emperor's grandson, who doesn't want to steal our business!"
The other two looked at Liu Neng curiously when they heard this.
"Shopkeeper Liu, what do you mean by that?"
"Even the grandson of the emperor won't let go of such a petty profit, and you still say it's a bestseller for him?"
Liu Neng sneered when he heard this.
"Don't even think about it, both of you, who did the salt you sell come from?"
Zhao Yuande and Wang Fuqing were both taken aback when they heard this, and then showed expressions of fear on their faces.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, only the government has the qualification to issue Yanyin, and only with Yanyin can you go to the salt farm to exchange salt.
Therefore, in other words, if the grandson of the emperor wants to sell salt, he has a unique advantage.
He doesn't even need to do it deliberately, as long as he says hello to the officials below, isn't there someone who will bring the salt to him?
However, the emperor's grandson did not do such a profitable business, and specialized in selling some high-end things. This is to give them a way to survive for these small shops!
The two wanted to understand this joint, and their faces showed gratitude.
"Shopkeeper Liu is right, the emperor's grandson's accident has left us with a way out!"
When several people were feeling emotional, they suddenly saw an old acquaintance walking over.
"Ouch!"
"You three are coming too?"
Seeing this, several people hurriedly cupped their hands.
"Oh, it turned out to be shopkeeper Tian. Don't you always run a silk and satin shop? Why are you just like those of us who do small business, and came to watch this excitement?"
"Hi!"
"Isn't this an invitation from the Ministry of Commerce to let the old man come to attend some kind of meeting?"
When Tian Fugui said this, his face was obviously full of complacency.When he saw the surprised expressions of the three of them, he felt even more beautiful in his heart.
What he wanted was this effect, and he hoped to see envious and surprised expressions from his friends who were also merchants.
"The Ministry of Commerce invites you?"
"Yes!"
"It is said that I was ordered by the emperor's grandson to invite me to come to a symposium to discuss the future business situation of the capital!"
When Liu Neng and others heard this, the expressions on their faces could no longer be described as shock, they were completely stupefied.
They never imagined that the grandson of the emperor could invite their merchants to a meeting!
"Treasurer Tian, hurry up and tell us, what did the grandson of the emperor say?"
Tian Fugui smiled shyly.
"Oh, it's not as good as you said. I didn't even see the face of the emperor's grandson. I only saw the head of the Ministry of Commerce. He called him Xie. Anyway, he had a weird name."
"However, according to that boss, the emperor's grandson never thought of competing for profit with the people, but just to build a supply and marketing system covering the whole of Ming Dynasty."
"We merchants are also part of this system!"
"The children of our merchant family can still enter the supply and marketing cooperative to eat the emperor's food. Even if they can't work in the future, they will be supported by the emperor's grandson every month!"
When the three of them heard this, their eyeballs almost popped out, especially the last sentence was the most lethal to them.
These merchants, the most entangled thing is the matter of their children.
Because according to the provisions of the Ming law, their children cannot take part in the imperial examination, and can only engage in merchants and merchants from generation to generation.
However, now someone tells them that their children can work in the property of the emperor's grandson's family, and they can work for a lifetime, even if they can't work in the future, they will be paid. This seems to them like a dream.
Normally, this group of merchants, after a few lifetimes of struggle, can get involved with the royal family, and being an imperial merchant is already smoking from the ancestral grave!
Can you still be a member of the royal family and serve the royal family?
"Shopkeeper Tian, you didn't coax us, did you? Can the emperor's grandson really like us lowly people?"
"How do we know this, we only know that Master Xie said so, believe it or not!"
"By the way, there will be a meeting on the third floor in a while. There are not many people here today. You can go and listen!"
"The third floor?"
Several people asked in bewilderment when they heard the words.
"Where do you go up to the third floor?"
"We almost walked around the first floor, and we didn't see a staircase!"
When Tian Fugui heard what the three said, his sense of superiority rose again.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you that the second and third floors of the supply and marketing building are closed to the public, and the entrance to the third floor is in the backyard."
"You go out from the door and see a big iron gate, then turn in and mention my name, just say it's my friend!"
When several people heard Tian Fugui's last words, they only thought he was bragging, but they listened very seriously to what Tian Fugui said about his connections.
Several people came to the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative, and they saw a big iron gate.It was just seeing a few Jin Yiwei guarding the side, which made them feel a little uneasy, and they were reluctant to go forward to ask.
The three of them struggled for a while, and finally they pushed Zhao Dazui to the front, asking him to find out the truth.
Zhao Dazui walked forward with a nod and bowed his head, fumbled in his sleeves, and took out a few broken pieces of silver with distress and handed them over.
"I asked the military master something, it is said that this place can go to the third floor of the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Jin Yiwei, who was guarding the gate, weighed the silver and thanked Zhao Dazui casually.
"Thanks!"
"This is indeed the entrance to the third floor. How many of you were invited to the symposium?"
Zhao Dazui hurriedly nodded.
"Yes Yes!"
"We were introduced by Tian Fugui, just mention him..."
The Jinyiwei guarding the gate snorted coldly when he heard this.
"What is Tian Fugui, I have never heard of it!"
"However, Master Xie said today that we will not stop anyone who comes to the meeting. You guys can go in."
"Hey!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Zhao Yuande got the letter and hurried to the two Baos.
"I found out clearly, shopkeeper Tian is bragging to us, the military master of Jin Yiwei doesn't know him at all!"
"But for my sake, Lord Jun still agreed to let us go up and take a look. But, I just awarded Lord Jun three taels of silver, do you two pay me one tael each?"
"Give, give!"
"Don't talk about one tael of silver, even ten taels of silver have to go!"
Zhao Yuande took two taels of silver from the two, and immediately led the two inside. After bowing to the military master of Jin Yiwei, he went straight up the stairs in the backyard to the third floor.
The third floor of the supply and marketing cooperative is very wide, with only a dozen columns, dozens of chairs and tables inside.
At this time, there were not many people in the hall, less than half of them were seated.
How dare a few people sit around indiscriminately? After going up to the third floor, they kept walking along the wall, trying to find someone in charge to find out what the rules are here.
Until they saw an old acquaintance among the people sitting, shopkeeper Sun who sells porcelain on the East Street.
Seeing a few people sneaking around the wall, Sun Ruhai hurriedly stood up and called the three of them over.
"Hey, have you received an invitation too?"
The three of them hesitated and agreed when they heard the words.
"Ah, yes..."
"Brother Sun came early, do you know what to say today?"
Sun Ruhai asked in surprise.
"You don't know?"
"I know I know... I just don't know too specifically."
"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that Mr. Xie said that the shares of Minggang Chamber of Commerce and Jinling Coal Industry are going to be sold, so tell us the rules in advance."
"what?"
When several people heard this, they exclaimed again.
Their amazement today is too much, more than the experience of the previous half life!
"Brother Sun, what you said is true, is the royal family willing to sell the shares of these two companies?"
They are all people who live on the streets of the capital, and they know Minggang Chamber of Commerce and Jinling Coal Chamber of Commerce best.
In their words, these are two old hens that can lay golden eggs!
If anyone can buy a few, it will be a golden rice bowl passed down to future generations!
Seeing that several people didn't even know about this, Sun Ruhai immediately knew that he had been deceived. Maybe these guys had heard about it from others and then ran up secretly.
He was a little skeptical just now, it is said that this symposium was invited according to the ranking of net worth.
If the net worth is less than the standard line of 1 taels, you will not even be eligible to enter the venue!
When Sun Ruhai thought of this, the expression on his face became more playful.
"Of course what Master Xie said cannot be false."
"However, it is said that the shares are quite expensive, the minimum is 100 taels of silver per share, and idlers can't afford it!"
When several people heard this, they were all shocked.
100 taels of silver was indeed not a small amount, and they couldn't afford much with their wealth.
However, when they saw Sun Ruhai's expression, the unhappiness in their hearts suddenly surged up.
Who does this dog look down on?
Although we run a grocery store and do not make money from his porcelain store, we have earned tens of thousands of taels of silver thanks to the blessing of Emperor Zhu these years. It is no problem to buy a few hundred shares, right?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuande looked at Sun Ruhai provocatively.
"May I ask Shopkeeper Sun, how many thousand shares do you plan to buy?"
Sun Ruhai smiled embarrassingly when he heard the words.
"Hi!"
"How can we afford to buy so many shares, and buy hundreds of shares as family heirlooms!"
Zhao Yuande laughed when he heard the words.
"What a coincidence!"
"I also plan to buy a few hundred shares to make a fortune for the worthless kid in the family!"
Sun Ruhai was shocked when he heard Zhao Yuande's loud tone.
He really looked down on these people a little bit, and felt that the grocery store opened by them was not worthy of comparing with his own business.
"Brother Zhao actually has such courage, it really makes Sun admiration."
Zhao Yuande smiled lightly.
"Shopkeeper Sun should have forgotten that our grocery store not only sells groceries, but also sells pickles, soy sauce, salt and so on at the same time."
"This is the capital city again. There are so many merchants traveling from south to north, and each purchase is a few hundred catties!"
When Sun Ruhai heard this, he slapped his forehead in annoyance, wondering why he forgot about it.
If there are any people in the capital who are so rich that they don't show their mountains and dew, it must be these grocery stores that sell salt.
Salt and iron have been huge profits since ancient times. They can occupy one of them, but they still have no money to make?
Even if they earn 1000 taels a year, it has been peaceful for more than [-] years since the Ding Ding of the Ming Dynasty. It is normal for every family to have a net worth of tens of thousands of taels.
Thinking of this, Sun Ruhai hurriedly and warmly greeted several people to sit together, and even asked the waiter to serve tea to them.
The few people were not polite, and sat down carelessly, and drank the tea from the "Emperor Grandson"'s house.
Not bad, Mingqian Longjing!
Although it is made by splashing tea, the taste is not bad.
It's just that it's not as good as what they usually drink at home, and it lacks the strong taste.
However, when several people were drinking tea happily, a dozen Jinyiwei suddenly rushed in from the door.
"Everyone stand up!"
"Dare to ask the military master, why do you want us to stand up?"
"search!"
"See if you have the murder weapon!"
When the few people heard this, their faces turned pale, they had never experienced this kind of battle at all.
On the contrary, it was Sun Ruhai who seemed to have thought of something, and instead of panicking on his face, there was a hint of anticipation and shock on his face.
"Quick!"
"Stand up quickly, maybe the grandson of the emperor will come today!"
(End of this chapter)