Take the mall to Datang

Yuchi Baolin's face darkened (his face was always black) and he stopped talking immediately, then pulled Cheng Chumo to sit beside him.

"We are late, can we talk about what's going on here now?" Qin Qiong asked the boy.

Then the boy introduced several shops to the people who had gathered early in the morning, and when everyone heard what time it was, the Yuan family's motorcade hadn't come yet, so it wasn't a good feeling to be left alone.

They didn't know that the Yuan family's convoy was doing a very challenging task at this time. A medium-sized boat was pulled by dozens of carriages. This time, the Yuan family dispatched hundreds of horses to pull the boat. .

More than half of the road from the Yuanjia Manor to Chang'an is a cement road, but the road is not so good after reaching Chang'an and further north. This speed delays the Yuan family. All the men came to help, and the women were all in the carriage. Give these people a pep talk.

It would definitely be a very remarkable thing if someone saw it dangling all the way, and the idea of ​​transporting the ship by horse-drawn carriage was also very bold.

The merchants by the Weishui River gathered together and waited. Today, there are not only wealthy businessmen watching the fun, but also a lot of family children, and a large number of scholars gathered together. It had already been spread that day, and it would be unreasonable if the flamboyant talent didn't come to join in the fun.

This time, before they came to the Yuanjia motorcade, they saw a large group of Yingying and Yanyan girls coming in carriages, and this time it was even more lively. The location of the tea stand happened to be relatively high, so you could clearly see the carriages in Chunmanyuan.

When a group of elders saw this group of girls, their eyes became straight. Cheng Zhijie plucked his beard and shouted, "What's the matter? Even the sisters from Pingkangfang have come to join in the fun."

But the people watching the excitement around don't care why they come, but since there are free viewings, they would be fools if they don't watch it. Chen Changshun got off the carriage and immediately started to organize drums and music classes. He didn't expect that there would be so many today. But today, those who received money from the Yuan family must perform well.

There were enough manpower, and they directly hired some people on the spot to help them build a temporary stage. The drum class began to play and beat, and Chen Changshun didn't just let these people perform. He immediately asked people to put all the flower baskets on the carriage aside. Then find someone to start buying flower baskets for the singers who sing on stage. This new method is very novel. Many self-proclaimed romantic talents start to buy flower baskets with a lot of money for the singers. Each flower basket will also have a standard dedication name.

At this moment, the wits began to snatch it. It was originally written by someone, but later turned into those wits who wrote their own pens. Many people wrote poems on it and sent them up. They sent flower baskets to singers and showed off their poems and calligraphy. The time is so lively.

Chen Changshun was also surprised. He didn't think that the method proposed by Yuan Shan was really effective. It was really worth it to replace today's performance fee. This flower basket can continue to be used in Chunmanyuan. The income from selling flower baskets is already a lot of money.

"Isn't that Chen Changshun? I didn't expect this guy to come up with such an interesting method." Someone among the rich merchants said.

Many of these wealthy businessmen are regular customers of Pingkang Fang, so they naturally know Chen Changshun, and they are also very interested in this new style of gameplay. If it were changed to normal, they would definitely go to join in the fun, but today it is different. The entire Chang'an wealthy businessmen are basically gathered here. At this time, if you admire the singer in the past, it will not be very honorable, and it will also affect your face.

It is a joy to watch those scholars playing. The reason why Chen Changshun is very famous in Pingkangfang is not because he is the manager of Chunmanyuan, but more people. His channels are very wide, and many businessmen have cooperated with him. .

Another carriage is not enough, it looks strange because it is not a local carriage in Chang'an, I thought this carriage was not installed with Yuanjia bearings, which killed the two-wheeled old-fashioned carriage, and now there are no such carriages in rich merchants, so it looks like a foreign place of.

After entering, a little boy jumped out of the carriage, and then saw a young woman get out of the carriage. Soon someone recognized her and said, "Look, isn't that the lady from the Su family in Yangzhou?"

"Which Su family will not be the largest timber merchant in the south."

Soon, familiar people passed by. After the little boy and the woman got out of the car, a middle-aged man with a happy face stepped out of the car. Many people confirmed that this person was Su Zhennan, a timber merchant in Yangzhou.

Chapter 429 Su Peishan

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Su family was a wealthy family whose ancestors were high-ranking officials. In the reign of Wude, they started to do timber business. At the beginning, they also cooperated with the Changsun family. The wealthy people in Yangzhou were very famous in the south.

This kind of businessman, Zheng Qi, knew him. Anyway, he was the eldest son of the richest man in Chang'an, and he also took the initiative to go over to say hello at this time. Although the Zheng family is the richest man in Chang'an, the financial resources of the Su family in Yangzhou are not much worse than his Zheng family.

"Daddy, look at the many people here." The little boy said.

"Ah Rong, don't run around, you have to follow my sister." The woman beside her said.

"Understood sister." The little boy said indifferently but followed obediently by his side.

"Sister, you smell good, over there." The little boy said excitedly.

The middle-aged man walked steadily. It was really strange to see someone coming over to see how this group of people were dressed, but he soon felt the smell of copper in the businessman's aura.

"Brother Su, why don't you know me, Zheng Qi." Zheng Qi went over and said.

"It turns out that Brother Zheng didn't expect to meet him here today." Su Zhennan said.

"Brother Su came here to see the excitement." Zheng Qi asked curiously.

"Watching the excitement? I'm taking my little girl through Chang'an this time. I was going to the north to discuss business. I just happened to pass by here and saw such excitement. I came here to have a look. I don't know what you mean by excitement. " Su Zhennan said.

"It turned out that I passed by by chance. Today is the day of the trial sailing of the Yuan family steamship, so I'm not here to join in the fun." Zheng Qi said.

"Steam boat? The Yuan family Brother Zheng mentioned is the Zheng family in Lantian County." Su Zhennan said.

"Yes, Brother Su and Yuan Shan know each other." Zheng Qi asked curiously.

"I don't think so, Su just heard some things about him, and he is a little curious about a person who is an official of the court and engaged in business in an aboveboard manner." Su Zhennan said.

"Yes, President Yuan is a wonderful person." Zheng Qi said.

After speaking, Zheng Qi immediately said to the servant next to him: "Go and park the Su family's carriage."

After Zheng Qi finished speaking, the servants immediately started to act. Su Zhennan's convoy consisted of five carriages and was soon parked at the position where the horses were hitched. The horses were also fed with high-quality fodder.

"Brother Zheng is too polite." Su Zhennan said immediately.

"This is nothing more than showing the friendship of the landlord." Zheng Qi said.

At this time, the little boy suddenly said: "Sister, look at our carriage, it looks so small."

The boy's voice immediately attracted the attention of many people. Looking at it, there is a row of carriages, all of which are wide-bodied and large carriages. Next to them are four-wheeled carriages. At least one carriage is equipped with two horses, and most of them are four horses. , Looking at the Su family's carriage, it looks very shabby.

At this time, Su Zhennan suddenly realized that something seemed wrong. When he looked at it, he saw that there were characters on the carriage next to him. There were surnames on the back and sides of the carriage, which were very conspicuous. At a glance, people would know whose carriage it was. Looking at my own carriage, it feels like a pile of broken wood.

"These carriages look very grand." Su Zhennan couldn't help but praised.

No matter how you say it, the Su family is a wealthy family. Their carriage is better in Suzhou. I didn't expect that it would be embarrassing and embarrassing to put it here now.

"Now Chang'an City basically uses this kind of four-wheeled carriage. It is fast and stable and can save half the travel time compared with ordinary carriages. The trucks are wider and more than three times the load of ordinary carriages." Suddenly someone said. .

The person who came was none other than Zhang Xingzhi. Now Zhang Xingzhi has a new identity as the president of Chang'an Wood Workshop. He is no stranger to Su Zhennan, but he has never met him. Now this is the right time to come and get to know him, his carpenter workshop. But there is a lot of room for development, and now they are all produced in the form of an alliance. It can be said that Zhang Xingzhi used to be a chamber of commerce, and now he has returned to his old business, but at this moment, Zhang Xingzhi is much richer than before.

"President Zhang, Master Su." Zhang Xingzhi continued.

"This is Zhang Xingzhi. Most generals in Chang'an City rely on him for food." Zheng Qi said.

The words are very rough, but to put it bluntly, it really makes sense. Zheng Qi and Zhang Xingzhi have a good relationship because this person is very capable in the hands of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce. Shining brightly, after quitting his job, he started to help the carpenter workshop to carry out joint projects. With these several orders from Yuan Jingai, two carpenter workshops were directly established, and now he is very influential in the carpenter circle. people.

After some introductions, Su Zhennan also got to know Zhang Xingzhi. They directly had a lot of common topics. One was a timber supplier and the other was talking about a project for a carpenter's workshop. Soon the two talked together.

"Sister, this food is really delicious." Ah Rong said while eating a pancake in his arms.

"As long as Ah Rong likes it," said the woman beside her.

"Ah Rong, let's go back to father." The woman continued.

"Go forward for a while, okay? I haven't visited enough yet." Su Rong said.

Su Rong is the boy's name. He is the second child in the Su family and the only male among the descendants of the Su family. Su Zhennan loves him so much. His sister Su Peishan is the eldest daughter and is naturally sensitive to numbers. She was originally a shrewd and capable woman, but even so, she was no match for the younger brother who was loved by thousands of people, but the relationship between the siblings was very good, which saved Su Zhennan a lot of heart.

The elder sister couldn't resist the younger brother and could only go shopping here with the younger brother. It was originally to satisfy the younger brother's curiosity, but when she saw all kinds of things on the street stalls, she found that these things were very rare in Yangzhou. It is even more varied and tastes much better than cooking.

At the first moment, I thought about selling these things in Yangzhou. Although the Su family is in the timber business, I don’t know why the business has been sluggish in the past two years. The demand for timber in Chang’an has continued to decrease greatly. The reason is that there is something called cement bricks on the market, which are all materials that can be used instead of wood. Although the price is more expensive, it is more prominent than wood in some aspects.

The wood sold by the Su family is not wood for firewood, but high-quality wood for building houses and repairing ships. Seeing that the business is not very good, Su Zhennan decided to send the wood to the north. The price north of Chang'an is relatively poor. Although it will be sold at a lower price, there will always be a profit.