Chapter 647 Someone who is more treacherous than profiteers
"What is this?" Qian Lai frowned first and asked in a low voice.
Yun Shang raised the corner of her mouth and smiled, slowly reached out and opened the plates one by one, her eyes fell on the five plates of food, and said softly: "The name of this dish is called Wugufengdeng, which is made of tofu made of soybeans.
, roasted wheat, rice, millet porridge, and sorghum wine.”
Yun Shang saw that all the businessmen present looked a little bad, so he continued: "The greatest wish of Your Majesty and Your Highness is for the harvest to be abundant and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Your Highness has just been named the crown prince, and today he is also the third prince.
Once I had a simple meal with everyone, I thought that maybe this dish could better express His Highness's wishes. Although you nobles are businessmen, scholars, farmers, and merchants, and the status of businessmen is often the lowest, Your Highness is very
We attach great importance to businessmen, and today is the first time His Highness has held a banquet in the mansion since he was crowned Crown Prince. It is to invite all of you who can make all the difference in the business world. His Highness is also willing to join hands with everyone to create a prosperous world."
Although Yun Shang's voice is gentle, his words are concise and powerful, which makes people feel like enemies for no reason. Moreover, everything Yun Shang said is true. Since ancient times, although businessmen have controlled most of a country's wealth, they have never been affected by it.
People respect them. When everyone talks about businessmen, they always say that they smell like copper. Many daughters of good families are unwilling to marry businessmen.
Yun Shang's words certainly touched their sore spot.
Gusu Jingyang picked up the bowl of sorghum wine, stood up, and raised the bowl: "I'm not very good at talking, but they say that the prince is a hero, and the prince is a woman who cannot be compared to men.
People who are brave are the most admired. Just because of what the Crown Princess said just now, I, Su Jingyang, have to respect the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
Luo Qingyan turned around and looked at Yun Shang. Yun Shang smiled and took the lead in picking up the wine. Luo Qingyan curled her lips and picked up the bowl: "Dry."
The three of them raised their heads and drank the wine. Gusu Jingyang burst out laughing and sat down.
Of course, some people were dismissive of Yun Shang's words, "The Crown Princess's words were quite nice, and the opera was sung very well. The harvest was plentiful. The Crown Prince entertained us at this time, just because he wanted us to help people outside the city."
Those refugees. But whether those refugees outside the city are dead or alive, what does it have to do with us? Businessmen value profits, so why do they do things that are not profitable?"
Hearing this, Luo Qingyan casually put down the wine bowl in his hand, then curled up his lips and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liu said it very well. The main purpose of my banquet today is to hope that everyone can come out."
With the help of money, I allowed you to properly resettle the drought-stricken refugees inside and outside the city. I also know that businessmen are profit-oriented, but I have an idea that can be a win-win situation. You earn your money, and I gain my reputation.
Now there are no outsiders, so I will talk about it for everyone to discuss."
Luo Qingyan stood up, walked around from behind the low table, and walked to the middle of the room.
"You are all outstanding businessmen, and you naturally understand that only if you open more and more shops and your products are known to more and more people, can you have more and more customers and make more money.
Yinzi. I have never done business before. I wonder how you let more people know about your shop and the things you sell in your shop. Why don't you tell me about it?"
As soon as Luo Qingyan finished speaking, someone spoke up and responded: "The things in my shop are good, and there are many repeat customers. Word of mouth spreads, and customers come like clouds."
"Every shop will have people standing at the door of the shop and shouting."
"When I sell jewelry, I will give some jewelry to the wives of dignitaries. When other people see it, they think the style is good, and they will ask them where they bought it."
"..."
Luo Qingyan listened quietly for a long time, then smiled, and raised his voice a little higher, speaking above the crowd who were talking with gusto: "I have a way to make your shop and the best things in your shop be destroyed.
Most of the people in Xia Kingdom know this, are you willing to listen to it?"
Everyone looked at Luo Qingyan, and even Yunshang looked over with a smile.
Luo Qingyan took two steps before raising her voice: "If you donate money for disaster relief, I will help you do three things. The first thing is that you can write your shop on top of the things you donate.
With your name and main business, the refugees will naturally be grateful to you. There are nearly two thousand refugees inside and outside the city. Once this natural disaster is over, I will arrange to send them back to their hometowns."
"From Jincheng to Liucang, Nanyang, and Siyang, you have to pass through nine cities, not to mention small towns. The refugees have received your kindness, and they will spare no effort to tell the people they meet on the road that they
Who is your benefactor and what does his shop sell? In this way, many people will know about you."
Luo Qingyan smiled and looked at the people who were about to move, "This is one, and the other..."
"Since you have donated money and things, I will naturally issue a notice and write your name and the name of your shop on the notice to inform the whole Xia Kingdom of your good deeds. On the notice board
The order of ranking will be based on the amount of donated materials. As soon as the notice comes out, I will order people to send it to every state and government and post it all. By then, won't most of Xia Kingdom know your name? In this way
, what do you want to sell and where do you want to open a shop? Isn’t it a piece of cake? How can the shop you open have no customers? "
Luo Qingyan glanced at everyone, with a smile on his lips, "This is the second one, and this is the last one..."
"Every three years, you have to recruit imperial merchants again. Next year is the time to recruit imperial merchants. I have advised your majesty that the imperial merchants should not only have good products, but also pay attention to your majesty's needs. I want your majesty to do so.
What I’m thinking about is whether they can stand up in time during such a catastrophic disaster when recruiting imperial merchants in the future, which is also one of the most important bases."
Luo Qingyan had conducted an investigation early in the morning and found that one-third of this group of merchants were imperial merchants. And most of the others who failed to become imperial merchants were defeated in the competition, and he was deeply worried about it.
Royal merchants are what you want but can't get.
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, everyone below was silent for most of the time. Yun Shang raised her head and looked at Xiao Yun, who was pretending to be Ning Qian, and quietly gave her a wink.
Ning smiled lightly, then slapped the table and stood up, "Xiao Ji has just started. Although he has achieved some achievements now, he is still not as good as everyone else. Xiao is very interested in everything His Highness said. In this case,
That Xiao is willing to contribute 50,000 taels of silver, 5,000 shi of grain, and 800 bolts of cloth to help with the disaster relief."
As soon as Ning Qian said these words, everyone present widened their eyes, as if they were very surprised.
But Yun Shang almost laughed out loud. Ning Qian was really her confidant. This move was so clever that she could get the upper hand.
Although the conditions proposed by Luo Qingyan are very tempting, everyone is just waiting and watching. If others are allowed to say it first, it may be a matter of several thousand taels, but it is more like a financial aid. If it succeeds,
That kind of situation was really not what Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan wanted to see.
But as soon as Ning Qian opened his mouth, he got 50,000 taels of silver, 5,000 shi of grain, and 800 bolts of fabric. This was almost the revenue of many shops for several months. I am afraid that in their eyes, Ning Qian was really crazy.
And Xiao Ji is not an extremely prominent wealthy businessman. He has only been in Jincheng for less than a year. Compared with the others here, he is simply not worth mentioning, but he can come up with so many things. If the others
If the number of openings is less than this, it will be difficult to do.
Luo Qingyan also touched her palms and smiled, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, shopkeeper Xiao, on behalf of thousands of refugees, I thank you for your great kindness. Come on!"
The housekeeper hurriedly pushed the door open and walked in.
Luo Qingyan then ordered: "Go and get a memorial. I will give it to my father overnight to inform him of Shopkeeper Xiao's generosity!"
The housekeeper hurriedly responded and hurried out. Not long after, he brought a memorial, along with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Luo Qingyan took up the pen and wrote Xiao Yun's name and donated property on it.
After Luo Qingyan finished writing, before he put down his pen, someone else patted the table and stood up: "Shopkeeper Xiao is so loyal. I can't let my Gusu family do that. The Gusu family doesn't sell anything."
If you only know how to guard escorts, you can only pay one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Yun Shang curled up her lips and smiled. Gusu Jingyang seemed to be a big and rough man, but he knew how to calculate. No wonder a bodyguard agency from the Gusu family could open up all over the Xia Kingdom. He was afraid that he had seen the situation clearly, Ning Qian
The starting price is too high, and the price will definitely be increased later, not reduced. In this way, the higher the price, the less the price will be paid, but it can still gain a reputation of being happy and neat.
Everyone present was not ignorant. Looking at the performance of Xiao Yun and Gusu Jingyang, they also figured out some tricks and shouted: "Eighty thousand taels of silver, all the refugees will not be able to eat at Longfeng Tower within a month."
Cashier money!”
"..."
In less than half an hour, the memorial in Luo Qingyan's hand was filled with three chapters. Luo Qingyan really did what he promised. After the memorial was written, he immediately ordered someone to send it in in a hurry before His Majesty could take a rest.
palace.
Everyone felt that this was the time when they were competing for credit in front of Xia Huanyu, and they were all happy to see their success. After a few praises, His Highness kept his word. Only Yun Shang knew that Luo Qingyan's move was unexpected.
This is to prevent this group of treacherous businessmen from going back on their word after leaving the gate of the Prince's Mansion today. If Xia Huanyu rewards these businessmen in the morning tomorrow, they will regret it, but there is no way.
.Of course you have to be obedient and pay as much as you promised.
Yun Shang secretly smiled in her heart, everyone in the world said that profiteers and profiteers would not do business without treachery, but in front of Luo Qingyan, the treachery of these businessmen was nothing more than a joke. (To be continued)
