Take the mall to Datang

Don't underestimate the power of the folks in the Tang Dynasty. Three days later, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry successively recruited more than a dozen folk construction teams with more than 4000 people, and most of the blacksmiths came from Luoyang.

The blacksmiths in Chang'an don't have much skill, they are all downstream of the Military Weapons Supervision, and every day they need to make a lot of weird parts and orders, and the orders are waiting until we see them.

The R&D capability of the Military Weapons Supervision has basically caught up with the Yuan family. On the one hand, it is developing firearms, and on the other hand, it is producing. A large number of horseshoes and boiler orders are the source of funds for the Military Weapons Supervision. , it can be said that apart from the cost of iron, they really don't lose much money.

A few days later, rows of carriages appeared on the street early in the morning in the first building of Chang'an, and there were even soldiers of the Jinwu Guard on the street. The carriages were about to leave after delivering people and parked at another place. On a less crowded street.

The businessmen gathered together and chatted casually, but everyone was very cautious in today's bidding meeting, and when they saw acquaintances, they just said hello and found a place to make preparations.

The merchants in Chang'an and Luoyang are very particular about their clothes. The wealthy merchants wear casual suits produced by the Yuan family. There are numbers and unique button styles inside the cuffs. A set of clothes can be worth thousands of dollars.

The worst servants are general-purpose casual suits produced by the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, and the value varies. As for leather shoes and belts, they are worth a lot of money. Now this trend is a bit like the standard dress of businessmen. up.

Chapter 712 Selling Bearing Manufacturing Equipment

In the final analysis, the princes and nobles like this tone, low-key and luxurious, and they think that this kind of dress is more suitable and stylish than wearing robes, and their wives are the main driving force to promote the clothing trend.

Looking at the clothes of the merchants in various state capitals, they are relatively ordinary, and they are still abiding by the rules and regulations of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. They don’t know if the appearance of cotton cloth has allowed them to break through the shackles, and they don’t need to dress secretly, because cotton cloth It is about the same grade as silk cloth, but there is no fixed number of good or bad. This makes merchants wear cotton clothes without touching the etiquette system at all.

Coupled with several years of clothing changes, the common people have long been used to it, and even some shopkeepers will buy a suit to wear when they make money, especially the exquisite leather shoes that many men can't stop.

The lobby on the first floor is like a clothing fair. In the circle of many people, there are some people who wear optical fibers and are businessmen, which makes the businessmen who are plainly dressed naturally lack some temperament.

After taking the stage, Yuan Shan said into the microphone: "Businessmen from all states are welcome to gather in Chang'an. Our bidding will start soon. According to the information provided by you businessmen, the Ministry of Economic Development has made the final authorization decision. Wait It will be announced soon, and authorized businessmen can prepare according to the procedures after returning home and then wait for the inspection by the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Economic Development. After this bidding meeting is over, there will be a dinner on the third floor, and I hope everyone can come to participate.”

Many businessmen began to discuss.

"It seems that there may be surprises in this bidding meeting." The businessman in Chang'an muttered.

The merchants on the side were baffled. It was the first time to participate in this kind of bidding, and everyone felt weird. If you want to talk to someone, you feel that everyone is very different today, as if they want to reject people thousands of miles away.

Just when everyone was listening to Yuan Shan's speech attentively, there was a buzzing sound at the door, and Prince Li Chengqian appeared in a steam car with a group of people.

The appearance of the prince made many businessmen feel a little cautious.

Yuan Shan has no choice but to say that this prince is really bad at times, if he likes to attract people's attention, don't come to him to disrupt the situation.

Fortunately, the prince didn't do other things, and quickly found a place to sit down and the crowd who followed were also very well-behaved.

"The authorization list will be announced below. After strict screening, we finally confirmed that 43 businessmen have been authorized to mine iron ore." Yuan Shan said holding the list.

Everyone is listening carefully, the selection is all about financial resources, they know it well but they don't rule out the chance of winning the bid.

The number of mines has doubled this year, and many businessmen who did not succeed last time reported great hopes.

Yuan Shan began to read the list, and before he could read a name, the businessman would come to the stage to sign the contract on the spot, and all the businessmen were witnesses.

It took an hour to sign the contract. After all the lists were read, Yuan Shan continued: "The authorization of this batch has ended. Now, on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and Development, I will talk about the cooperation of local businessmen with the work of the Ministry of Economics and Development. In order to better promote the commercial development of Datang, the Ministry of Economic Development has decided to build local economic and development departments in various state capitals. According to the actual local conditions, there will be more commercial orders and cooperation projects. The premise is that everyone's cooperation is needed. Lantian County and Lanzhou is attracting investment. If you are interested, you can find out, the bidding will end here, please come to the third floor for dinner."

The Ministry of Economics and Development is doing things so vigorously. The businessmen who won the bid are very happy, but Wei Da has won the bid, and the Ministry of Economics and Development has no explanation. Simply ignore their doubts and do not explain.

After the bidding meeting, Li Chengqian asked someone to find Yuanshan in a separate room.

"What is His Highness the Crown Prince looking for?" Yuan Shan asked.

"I really miss the days when money was spent like water." Li Chengqian said suddenly, which made Yuan Shan feel baffled.

"Didn't His Royal Highness just place an order for 30 guan of coal with you last month?" Yuan Shan asked curiously.

Li Chengqian complained with a smile: "The profit is only [-] guan, and most of it should be distributed to His Majesty. The coal is nominally owned by the prince, but the actual controller is still His Majesty."

"It is His Majesty's rule to not allow clan and nobles to participate in the mineral mining authorization. If His Royal Highness wants to get the authorization, it may not be possible," Yuan Shan said.

In fact, he didn't say that he was the one who brought up this matter at the beginning, to prevent the interests of the imperial power from intensifying, and who would clean up the mess for him, so it was so strict that even the iron mines of His Royal Highness were taken over to the Ministry of Industry.

"I know that's why I came to you to discuss whether I can do some other profitable business." Li Chengqian said.

"I heard that several princes have opened a boiler factory in Lanzhou. I wonder if the crown prince can also invest in some." Li Chengqian continued, his tone became more relaxed this time.

Obviously, the prince put down his airs when he asked for help.

Yuan Shan would like to say that you are the prince, how can you lower your status? You are a businessman who is looked down upon by others, and His Royal Highness still wants to do business. It is impossible to do business immediately. In the future, you will have the opportunity to compete for the throne.

"How about the bearing factory, the Yuan family can sell ten sets of production equipment to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yuan Shan said.

"Really?" Li Chengqian said in disbelief.

"Of course, you know that Yuanjia Workshop has excess production capacity and you don't want to hire so many people to work. The extra equipment can be sold to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yuan Shan said.

Yuan Shan was excited. With ten sets of equipment, he could produce bearings non-stop, and it was all money.

Soon Li Chengqian calmed down and asked, "How much is the equipment for producing bearings enough to buy?"

"One hundred thousand guan is good." Yuan Shan said in a discussing tone.

Li Chengqian has to pay 100 million guan for this, he doesn't have so much money now, he is a bit confused: "Can I pay in installments?"

Yuanshan smiled. The bearing factory in a monopoly position needs a large amount of iron to complete production. The main reason why the current output cannot meet the demand is that the iron ore sales controlled by the imperial court are very strict. Even Yuanshan is in charge of the Ministry of Economic Development. There is no iron ore, and all the shares are basically taken up by the Cangzhou Shipyard and the Iron Smelter.

As a result, if the output of bearing factories does not increase, the price of bearings is still high and stable in the region, which does not promote the industry at all except Yuanshan makes money.

There is no competition at all, and there is no R&D and upgrading of equipment, which is very boring in the long run.

Yuan Shan is not a superman, he can't let Datang's development depend on him alone.

So hand over this arduous task to Li Chengqian. It must be seen that he can't afford the 100 million Guan, but the installment payment has a promising prospect, and the price of the installment payment will be one percent higher. The Yuan family will not lose money no matter what.

Besides, it is not certain whether the bearing equipment will finally fall into Li Chengqian's hands, so he decided to collect a sum of money first.

Chapter 713 Selling Steam Engines

After discussing the matter with His Royal Highness, Li Chengqian left. Before leaving, Yuan Shan noticed that the steam car that was said to have been dismantled a long time ago appeared intact in front of him, and watched Li Chengqian drive It is very interesting that the speed of the car has improved. He knows that this must be an improvement of the car by the Ordnance Supervisor.

The military inspector has already mastered the technology of steam trains. Isn't it difficult to produce and improve a steam locomotive? This kind of locomotive with a simple structure is actually not difficult to manufacture as long as it works overnight.

In the three-story gathering hall on the first floor, the first floor provides self-produced products, pastries, cakes, and various drinks for people to taste at any time. Businessmen gather together in twos and threes, and they will pass by from time to time. Services with plates and drinks Staff, involuntarily let them take the initiative to drink.

The clear crystal goblet looks very dazzling, Changan merchants have long been used to it, but the merchants who participated in the banquet for the first time were cautious and not calm at all. Fortunately, people's character is very good at this time, and no private collection Entrainment, otherwise I don’t know how many goblets will be lost in one night.

The hall area is very large. In order to build such a large banquet hall, the cement pillars in the middle are arranged in four rows. Hundreds of businessmen are going back and forth to find someone to chat with.

We usually sit together to discuss things, but today the situation is very relaxed and there is no pressure.

"The Ministry of Economic Development is currently engaged in county construction, and the business of contractors is very good, but it is very uneconomical to hire people around Chang'an. Now many businessmen hire people to go to faraway state capitals." A businessman said.

"I heard that Yuezhou is Yuan Pushe's hometown. Why didn't he take care of Yuezhou businessmen more?" someone asked.

"You don't know. When Yuan Pushe came to Chang'an from Yuezhou, he was very poor. He sold his ancestral house and didn't have deep feelings for Yuezhou." Another businessman said.