Chapter 437: Superior
The people love to see the lively, just this Xuanwu building just has a lively to see, the news is put out, there are a lot of people who come here, the Xuanwu building is close to the East Market, what is the place in the East Market, the people gather, the businessmen gather in such a place, the Xuanwu Building announced such a big thing, the handwritten letter of the big shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce asked some of the shopkeepers in the past, who dares not to appreciate the face?
Xuan Shijing and Yan Lide came to the Xuanwu Tower in person and presided over the awarding of commendations to these businessmen.
The content of the commendation order was drawn up by the Ministry of Industry, after Xuan Shijing told Yan Lide about the brand, where did the people of the Ministry of Industry dare to delay, and they got the brand out overnight, and then began to rush to make the wooden card that Xuan Shijing said, and a few days later it will be sent to those who are in the hands of those servants on Longshouyuan, and only with the help of the wooden card, can you enter and exit the place where the new palace was built on Longshouyuan.
The Xuanwu Building is very lively, and those who have been ordered by the master's family, the merchants who are secretly hoarding materials have also heard the wind and come to the Xuanwu Building.
These people are here to inquire about the news, to see Xuan Shijing and the Ministry of Industry, and what moths are going to come out, after all, the things they are hoarding in their hands will have to be paid by the court in the end, and the actions of the Ministry of Industry should be carefully watched.
In the hall on the first floor of the Xuanwu Building, a half-height platform was set up, which could almost accommodate more than 30 people, and chairs were placed on both sides of the high platform, and those merchants who were invited by Xuan Shijing sat on both sides.
Xuan Shijing and Yan Lide sat in the center, with a scribe from the Ministry of Industry holding a tray with twelve sterling silver plaques neatly placed on the tray.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Yan Lide got up from his chair and walked to the middle of the platform.
As soon as Yan Lide spoke, the surroundings fell silent, and listened carefully to Yan Lide's speech on the stage, after all, he was a senior official of the Ministry of Industry, and wherever he stood in an official robe, he was majestic.
"As you all know, now the imperial court is building a new palace on Longshou Plain,........" Yan Lide stood in the center of the stage, explained things clearly, and spared no effort to praise the businessmen on the stage who supported the construction of the new palace.
"In order to show the court's praise for these traders who understand righteousness, our Ministry of Industry specially made twelve silver medals to commend them." As he spoke, Yan Lide walked to the scribe of the Ministry of Works, uncovered the red cloth covering the tray in his hand, picked up a silver medal from the tray, walked around the platform, and showed the silver medal to the people below.
The silver medal reads "Imperial Court Certification, Reputation Merchant", the people below can see it clearly, word of mouth, although those merchants sitting on the second floor can't see clearly, they also sent the small people around them to inquire.
When the little guy came back, the news he brought surprised the merchants.
As soon as this brand was issued, it represented that these merchants stood out in Chang'an City..... For those merchants on the stage, in the entire Guanzhong and even Datang, the reputation can be greatly improved.
Merchants go south to north, south goods to sell north, the news is the most well-informed, today's matter, within a few hours, the entire Chang'an City will spread, not three or five days, most of the month can be spread in Guanzhong, this spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, but only two or three months of effort.
Some merchants on the second floor sat there, watching in horror as Xuan Shijing personally handed over the silver medals to those merchants, and those merchants also took the signs with a smile.
This is a good show, but it scares those unscrupulous businessmen.
Maybe in the material business, the people behind them can have a way to make the court compromise and make a lot of money, but from now on, the business in this house will be difficult to do, whether it is the material business, or any other business, those merchants on the stage are in Chang'an City, and they are bound to press them steadily.
Some of the businessmen sitting on the second floor had a vague regret in their hearts, this money was earned, but what the Chamber of Commerce lost was other more things, and now, the materials in their hands became a hammer deal.
Their concerns were right and wrong, because Xuan Shijing would not let them sell the materials they had hoarded in their hands.
If you want to harm others, you will end up harming yourself.
There is nothing wrong with businessmen hoarding goods for their own interests, but maliciously going against the court and vainly trying to make the court pay for it by virtue of their relationship, this is a big mistake.
Xuan Shijing is much more direct than Yan Lide, after standing on the stage and awarding silver medals to these businessmen, he bluntly said to the people who came to see the excitement that these merchants are very honest in doing business, have good character, and are trustworthy, and in the future, they will rely on everyone present to take care of them in business.
Xuan Shijing's words fell a heavy hammer for today's affairs, a grandfather, here to vouch for these merchants, although some self-surrendered status, but the effect is not ordinarily good, many people present have responded.
The relationship between merchants is like a spider's web, Chang'an City is so big, and there are so many famous merchants, who is not a person? Do a line of business, who is good, who is not good, some of the people have a number in their hearts, some do not count in their hearts, and those who do not count in their hearts, after hearing what happened in Xuanwu Tower today, their hearts have become counted.
This thing is like an advertisement, widely advertised, not to mention how these businessmen operate, it is fame, and it is a hundred feet to the head, and it goes further.
A total of twelve silver medals were made, but only nine were issued, and the other three, Xuan Shijing put them away in front of everyone.
These three are used for fishing....... It is also the last road left by Xuan Shijing for those people, they can choose not to go, but once this matter is over, there is no chance of turning over.
As soon as the few businessmen who won the silver medal were combined, they simply held a banquet in this Xuanwu Building today to celebrate, and they also had a strong momentum, since they wanted to make a reputation, then they would be more thorough.
Xuanwu Building is close to the East Market, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians in the East Market, these people want to hold a water banquet in the Xuanwu Building, who is not greedy? That Xuanwu Building is not something that ordinary people can eat.
These nine businessmen partnered to hold a running water banquet, and the money pile was also among these nine people, so the cost was naturally according to the cost price, and it didn't cost a few dollars, so there was no need to feel distressed.
In this way, it doesn't take much time for the entire Chang'an City to know that these nine merchants have obtained the brand of the imperial court, and it is a matter of great spirit.
The shopkeepers who were originally sitting on the second floor and wanted to watch the play couldn't sit still, and they didn't care that there was white food to eat, so they hurriedly left the Xuanwu Building with the little servants under their hands.