Li Shimin repelled the arrogance of the Turks with a wonderful night attack, and inspired the hearts of the officials and people of Chang'an with a parade in the streets to present prisoners to the Ancestral Temple.
There are only three days left until the prince ascends the throne.
Most of the tense and depressing atmosphere was gone. It turned out that the Turks were nothing more than that. They had come all the way to die and become slaves.
The next day, Jieli Khan led his troops from Wugong to Jincheng, and sent a team of troops to circle around the north bank of Xiwei Bridge. Qin Qiong led his horse across the river, but the Turkic wolf cavalry did not dare to step forward, so they turned around and ran away.
The Khan then sent Zhihuan Sili into Chang'an to observe the actual situation, and led his troops to the northeast direction of Liquanjingyang, not even daring to approach the edge of Xianyang City.
A large group of Turkic cavalry headed for Gaoling in the northeast of Chang'an, with the intention of crossing the Yellow River eastward and returning to the north of the Great Wall.
When Huaiyu heard the news, he was dressed in casual clothes at Qianjin Hall in Dongshi City. Fan Xuanfu went out dressed as a woman today, but he may have a lover, so like many ladies from famous families, he wore a dark fence and a big bamboo hat on his head.
It looks like a hat, with a large piece of gauze hanging down on the outside, covering the head, face and almost the entire body.
Qianjintang officially opened for business, but it wasn't too grand. After all, the industry is special. In the industry of selling medicine and treating diseases, you can't just say that the business is prosperous, but you have to consider the feelings of the patients.
Huaiyu specially wrote a couplet on peach board and hung it on the gate of Qianjin Hall.
"I wish there were no suffering in the world, I would rather give up medicine and live in dust!"
The fat man hesitated for a moment, "Now the price of food in Chang'an is getting higher and higher. Now that we are recruiting more people, the food will cost a lot. Moreover, when people are recruited, they not only need to eat and drink, but we may also have to borrow food from them."
their family,”
"It's opening today, are you all ready?"
Opening today, in addition to red envelopes, there is also food. The apprentice is ten cents, plus a pound of millet, the clerk two pounds, the senior clerk three pounds, and the shopkeeper eight pounds.
Rows of medicine racks are all custom-made at the woodwork shop in Dongshi. They are made of fine wood and painted, and they are already filled with various medicinal materials.
Yan Ti has a strong personal style, which is completely different from that of Ou Ti. After all, Huai Yu, a great person who founded a sect in later generations, is not as good as Yan Zhenqing, but his writing still has some taste.
Ouyang Xun's regular script is called European style, which is average but dangerous. Basically, people who study calligraphy have practiced his calligraphy, but in the end no one can write European style all the time, because no matter how good European style is, it is difficult for oneself to achieve anything in it.
Breaking through development, the European body has no room for change.
"I'll listen to your arrangements, Erlang. I don't have any objections." The fat man grinned from ear to ear. This business is so good.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was no such habit of posting couplets. Qianjintang posted this peach wood couplet, which attracted many people to watch. These two sentences well demonstrated Qianjintang's mind and character, and attracted passers-by to praise them.
Everyone wears new clothes at the opening, which is not only a sign of dignity for Qianjintang, but also a reward for everyone's recent hard work.
The three words "Qianjintang" were written by Ouyang Xun, a bachelor of Hongwen Hall, who was specifically called by Huaiyu from Bohai County, a man from Bohai County.
He is seventy years old, but his calligraphy was unique and the most respected master in the early Tang Dynasty. He even wrote the four characters on Kaiyuan Tongbao.
"Please rest assured, Erlang, everyone has been preparing for these days and there will be no mistakes."
Huaiyu is not in a hurry to pay dividends, and he is not very short of money now.
"Chang'an is so big, it's okay to open a semicolon," Fatty Wu now has great trust in Huaiyu as a partner, and following Wu Huaiyu, his brother, is just a way of making money.
Qianjintang was completed very quickly from construction to decoration. Houses with mainly wooden structures like Datang are indeed convenient to build. As long as the materials are available and the labor is paid, there is no need to doubt the efficiency and professional ethics of the craftsmen.
Today, everyone in Qianjintang, from the shopkeeper to the doctors, pharmacists, and clerks and apprentices, is wearing new clothes, all of which were ordered in advance from the market cloth shop at Huaiyu's expense.
Huaiyu smiled and said, "Call everyone over here. It's a good start. I'll give you a red envelope first."
"Everyone, do your best and I will never treat you badly."
This unexpected surprise made everyone extremely happy.
"This is not just a drugstore. Look at how popular our newly launched soap is."
When Huaiyu came back two days ago, he lent grain to the guys from Qianjintang. Although Fatty didn't object to this, even if he borrowed one and paid back two, it would be a loss-making business based on the current grain price.
Their grain was not that expensive when they bought it. At that time, it was common to buy a dou of rice and silk, which was equivalent to 360 yuan a dou. But now on the black market, a dou of rice sells for a thousand yuan, and a dou of corn sells for 600 yuan.
, which has almost tripled.
The imperial court has been controlling the situation, but the Turkic troops approaching the city caused panic, food grabbing, and hoarding sentiments to spread, exacerbating the rise in food prices, and there was no real shortage of food to that extent.
"What is a red envelope?"
Qianjintang now has many flagship products, including various elixirs for healing and detoxifying, as well as many supplements for replenishing qi and blood. In addition, there are cleaning and skin care products such as Xiangjizi and soap, as well as salt bricks and snow salt.
, caustic soda, flour alkali, tea, spices, etc.
Fatty Wu, who came from Qujiang, saw this heated scene and his face lit up with joy.
"The price of food in Chang'an will not keep rising. As long as the Turks retreat, the price of food may fall back to the price in the summer,"
Not too much, but not too little either.
Especially for the apprentices, they are now in the learning stage where only food and accommodation are provided, and a set of clothes is provided for one season.
"Erlang, our Qianjintang has made huge profits recently. Should we pay dividends again?"
Members also have membership days and discounts...
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On the first day Qianjintang officially opened, there was no ribbon-cutting, cannons, or music, and we didn't even invite any friends, but as soon as the sign was hung and the door opened, it still attracted a lot of people.
"Okay, everyone, cheer up and open for business,"
Even though Huaiyu has not been in Chang'an for a long time, his reputation is still growing, which has led to many other new products becoming very popular.
Some hot-selling products are only sold to members.
"If you have any difficulties in life in the future, you can talk to the shopkeeper. If the shopkeeper can't solve it, he will tell me."
“I didn’t expect the pharmacy business to be so good.”
"I think the two sentences you wrote, Erlang, are good and the handwriting is better. They are much better than old man Ouyang, and there are so many good things in Baihua." Fan Xuanfu has beauty in his lover's eyes, and he thinks that Huaiyu is good everywhere.
Now there are about 200 people in Qianjintang. This is not only a medicine shop, but also a quite large workshop.
Nowadays, the price of food in Chang'an has risen sharply, but in fact, the nobles, nobles, officials, and large households are not short of food. They have stored food for a long time. Many of them are even landlords themselves. They just take advantage of this season to deliberately hoard food and not sell it.
"Then recruit more apprentices and let's expand the workshop."
If they directly sell the grain on hand on the black market, they can earn 640 per bushel, but if they lend it to the guys, they won't be able to pay it back until next spring.
"Everyone, do your best, and I would like to express my gratitude during the Chinese New Year."
Although his official position is not big, there are countless people who want to ask him to write a plaque or epitaph, and even if he has money, it is difficult to buy someone to write a pen.
"Basically certain."
"We'll find out soon."
"I also think our Erlang's calligraphy is more energetic."
Zhao Yi and the others had already informed some of their old customers in advance that they would officially open today and there would be discounts. Huaiyu shamelessly taught Zhao Yi a marketing method to register for a card and become a member.
There are still many products, including medicinal supplements, diagnosis and treatment, cleaning products, spices, salt tea, etc.
In addition to this red envelope, Huaiyu also prepared some food for everyone. The most urgent thing in Chang'an right now is food. Last time everyone borrowed some food from him and wrote IOUs. They borrowed one in autumn and paid back two in spring.
There are shops in the front, workshops in the middle, and housing in the back.
Qianjintang's soaps are beautifully packaged, with various fragrances, and even have poems printed on them for advertising. The prices are not cheap, but they are targeted at the homes of noble officials, and Chang'an City has a large number of them.
Of honorable nobles.
"How about we go to the West Market to buy another piece of land and build a Qianjintang branch?"
The alley is not afraid of deep wine. Qianjintang occupies a very good prime location at the crossroads. There are many exclusive hot-selling products. If you organize some activities, you will line up to buy as soon as the door opens.
There is also a side hall in front of the store. It is located at the crossroads of Dongshi Medicine Store. The long row of storefronts is nine feet wide. It is an ordinary nine small storefronts wide. The main store is one foot deep plus seven feet.
The front part makes the store deep enough.
Before the opening of the business, Qianjintang's reputation had long been established, and the treasure elixir became famous immediately. Later, as Wu Huaiyu cured Qin Qiong's illness, Qianjintang's elixirs became very famous.
"I also know that everyone has been working very hard recently. Today, our Qianjintang has officially opened. It may be even busier in the future,"
Huaiyu used Yan style in this couplet, Yan Jin Liu body is not nonsense, its structure is square and dense, the strokes are light horizontally and heavy vertically, the strokes are powerful, round and thick, and the momentum is solemn and powerful.
"Are you sure that the Turks will retreat soon and food prices will fall back to summer?" the fat man asked.
"As my boss, I would also like to thank everyone for their efforts, and here is a small red envelope prepared for everyone,"
When he came back from Longyou, he asked Qianjintang to send trial samples of the newly made soap to old customers, and he immediately received many orders.
After a while, everyone came over.
Apprentices receive ten cents, clerks receive twenty cents, senior clerks receive thirty cents, and pharmacists, doctors, and several shopkeepers receive red envelopes of fifty, sixty, or eighty cents.
"I think we need to buy two more houses to be used as workshops and warehouses in the villages on the edge of the east and west cities. We can also buy vacant land and build our own." The Qianjintang signboard has been launched, and there are so many high-quality products.
Expand production capacity.
Given the current situation, food prices are still rising.
The shopkeeper, Zhao Yi, was also very energetic today. He was wearing a brand new robe, and his head and feet were very stylish against the scarf.
The fat man's eyes sparkled with excitement.
Upon seeing this, Huaiyu quickly reminded him, "Be careful. The price of food in Chang'an has already caused dissatisfaction among the prince and the court. If you get involved at this time and want to speculate in it, be careful and you will be caught."
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"Everyone is doing this. I'm just following you to drink some soup. They won't arrest me if they want to."
"It's better not to make this kind of money. If we have food on hand, wouldn't it be better to lend it to our own people to tide them over? If you want to make money, there are many ways and means, and there is no need to exert force in this regard. Listen to me, there is no need
