In the meeting hall, seats and tables were arranged neatly. Yiming led several servants and maids to shuttle among them, giving everyone a cup of tea.
There was no city lord Zhao Tingduo here, and the person sitting at the head of the hall was Song Liyun.
She wears a short coat embroidered with hundreds of butterflies and nectar colors, and an eight-piece skirt.
She wears a single bun, a sterling silver willow silk flower on her head, and a pair of pearl earrings on her ears.
A string of dove-egg-sized, translucent red agate jade and turquoise hung heavily on her chest, giving her beauty, majesty and extraordinary bearing.
The city lord's wife is a beautiful woman who rarely appears in public. She is very mysterious in the hearts of everyone in Mida City.
What everyone talks about the most is the lady's tough and gentle way of governing the world, and her endless ways of making money.
At this time, Song Liyun was right in front of her, but the men present avoided her and only stared at the two people sitting next to her.
Those were Lin Qingyuan and Wan Liangjin, two families that made the merchants envious and jealous.
The most profitable business on the grassland is in the hands of these two people, how can they not be jealous!
Song Liyun looked around at the people on the field and said in a clear voice: "Mida City has become increasingly prosperous, and it cannot be separated from the kindness of all my colleagues who have come from afar. On behalf of Mida City, I would like to express my gratitude to all the owners!"
After saying this, she stood up and bowed to the people below.
The wife of the city lord is the God of Wealth, how can anyone dare to accept this gift?
"How polite, madam!"
"I can't do it, I can't do it!"
"Hey! This will shorten someone's life!"
Hurrah! Everyone stood up and gave way, and the hall suddenly became a mess.
Song Liyun didn't bother them and sat down on his own with a slight bow. Then the merchants laughed and sat down one after another.
Everyone came here not just for empty words. Song Liyun spoke again: "I have something to discuss with you. There will be more and more Di people in Mida City. We Wu Dynasty people should manage the market well and have a regulation!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Wan Guanshi with confusion on their faces.
The city's regulations have long been set by the city lord's palace.
For example, the shops in the city have a maximum price for selling goods, and the Di people also have a minimum protective price for buying and selling living animals. This is to prevent price wars between the Di people during the Wu Dynasty, which would eventually cause everyone to suffer losses.
This business law is supported by both sides. It is impossible for the Wu Dynasty and the Di people to do business without grudges. This way, everyone has a sense of security, but now what regulations have to be issued.
Manager Bian Wan got a hint from Song Liyun and took the initiative to speak: "My colleagues, we all travel thousands of miles to earn a few more taels of silver. Madam discussed with me and wanted to borrow the guards you have in hand to use as city defense..."
Before he finished speaking, the hall suddenly fell silent!
Caravans from all over the world are inseparable from escorts when they come to Mida City. Each team can have as few as ten people or as many as dozens of people.
The Lin family has the largest number of guards, fifty. In total, there are more than two hundred guards in the city, more than the caravan crew.
These people are only useful on the road and are currently idle in the city. However, if the Lord of Mida City borrows them, the merchants are still a little worried.
It's a loan, but if you don't pay it back, you'll have to give up the money in vain.
My arms couldn't twist my thighs, so I was seeking wealth in Mida City.
Fortunately, these merchants can take the risk to come to the grassland, they are not incompetent, and they are calm and composed when they have questions in their hearts.
Manager Wan continued: "The city defense team is selected from your guards, and the additional expenses will be borne by the city lord's palace!"
This time the merchants were relieved. They were just redeploying a few people and not taking them away completely. Moreover, they did not need to bear the cost of defending the city themselves, so they had no losses.
Speaking of which, Song Liyun initially thought of using Jian Fangtong and other horse bandits to manage the city, but he found it difficult to use them when they were actually used.
Like the people from the southern tribes who were causing mischief in the city the day before, the horse bandits in charge couldn't bear the loneliness and ran away early without seeing anyone.
However, the caravan guards were able to guard the market conscientiously and were willing to help. However, there was no one to take the lead, and an accident almost occurred if they were hammering randomly.
When new tribes come over in the future, the same thing will happen.
Horse bandits are originally a ragtag group of people.
Using a group of lawless scum to teach people to obey the rules and give them certain rights is similar to asking a group of hungry wolves to herd sheep.
Moreover, the city guards are still idle.
Even if Song Liyun has the mentality that he can use the escort team to defend the city in the future, he feels that it is a waste of resources now.
Mida City is a little toddler. Every strength is hard-earned, and it cannot be wasted.
The merchants felt relieved: "Since that's the case, Madam can arrange whatever she wants!"
"Yes, this is our responsibility!"
"Yes, madam, just leave the city patrol to me!"
Only then did the guard leader below understand why he and others had come to the city lord's mansion, and he quickly responded.
It turns out that I want to patrol the city myself... They are mainly bodyguards from various places, and their job is to escort people.
The money earned by the caravan is calculated based on one trip out as a escort. It would be nice to have more income if you have nothing to do the rest of the time!
The Urban Management Bureau will be established soon!
The director is of course Song Liyun.
Lao Qian and Manager Wan, who were beside Lin Qingyuan, had a total of fifty people under their command, but no list of guards was sent to them.
It turns out that every guard wants to join the urban management team, but there are only 50 places for 200 people. There are too many monks and too little food, so they can only compete in martial arts.
The news spread, and people from the surrounding tribes came to watch the fun.
The city was suddenly overcrowded, and the pubs and restaurants were packed to the brim.
The Di people saw these guards fighting with swords, spears, swords and halberds and all kinds of weapons. After three days, the urban management bureau had enough manpower, and they couldn't help but also participate in the activity.
As a result, the first martial arts conference began outside Mida City.
The people of the Wu Dynasty competed in kung fu, and the Di tribe competed in equestrian skills. Song Liyun generously presented the lottery, including sheep, cloth and silver.
All the merchants also donated their money to help, and the prizes piled up into a small mountain, which aroused the enthusiasm of the Di people and spread the word to all the tribes in the Mida Valley.
This is a rare event on the grassland. Lin Qingyuan and Manager Wan are presiding over it. In addition, there are hastily organized urban management guards, the tightly guarded Lei Ziying, and Jian Fangtong and his group of horse bandits lurking in the crowd.
Through both light and dark methods, Midacheng found out the details of the contestants from the Di tribe.
Therefore, although there were many people outside the city, there was no chaos.
The competition is based on rounds of auditions, and the second choice will be ranked.
As more and more people arrived one after another, the competition became longer day by day, and some people even set up yurts outside the base of the city wall to stay.
This is naturally a good thing for Mida City merchants. Even if there are competitions all year round, it doesn't matter. There are many people coming, and eating and drinking will always cost money.
Several merchants even opened betting markets on horse racing, making the prizes more and more attractive, and there is great interest in continuing the business for a long time.
Song Liyun did not go to the game. Accompanied by Song Dekui and Song Erlang, she went to the river to see the newly opened land.
After Song Erlang said that potatoes and corn could be grown, Song Liyun sent the seeds he had prepared in advance to the river.
In the past few days, Qin Huai has led people to plant seeds in the ground.
By the rolling Mida River, the grass was already up to my ankles.
There are no sheep among the vast green grass, but a large expanse of moist, dark new land emitting the fragrant earth.
Qin Huai and others had already received the news of Song Liyun's arrival, and were waiting in the wooden house at the end of the field.
"Young Madam, we have planted eighty acres of potatoes and fifty acres of corns. If we want to plant more, we have no time, so we will plant them all into vegetables and melons!"