Be a master through ancient times

Chu Ci listened to everyone discussing below, and he didn't stop them, letting them go.Discussion shows that there is interest, and if there is interest, there is naturally the possibility of being persuaded.

Gradually, the place became quiet, and everyone looked at Chu Ci, waiting to hear him continue.

Chu Ci did not disappoint everyone: "In addition to the fact that the common people all over the world want to pay homage to Confucius, there is one more thing, that is, our state of Wei and neighboring countries have sent missions to Beijing. This is the first time since the Holy Majesty accepted In the court meeting, we must entertain them well."

As soon as the second big news came out, commotion began again below.In the past, when missions came to Beijing, the shortest time was at least a month before returning.There are at least hundreds of thousands of people in such a large group of envoys, and their expenses in the capital will certainly not be small.There are a few quick-witted ones who have already made up their minds and want to go to Honglu Temple to make connections and see if they can provide some supplies for the mission.

As the saying goes, those who come first eat meat, and those who come later drink soup.As businessmen, if they want their business to last for a long time, they must get timely news of the new policies issued by the imperial court.In the past, when they inquired about news, they showed their special abilities. They needed to prepare generous gifts and walk among the court officials to get such specious news, but this was enough for them to be one step ahead.

Today, they got two pieces of news from Chu Siye without any effort.Although there were more than [-] businessmen in the field who heard it, but in the huge capital city, they were not the only ones.

However, there will be no pie in the sky.How could it be possible for Chu Siye to tell them these two confidential things without any reason?His plan must not be small.

Some could not hold back, so they asked: "Lord Chu, what do the two things you mentioned have anything to do with the business of the Imperial College?" As soon as his voice came out, the others stopped talking, and they were all waiting. Explain with Chu Ci.

"Don't be impatient, everyone. The next thing I want to talk about is the business that Chu wants to discuss with you. We are a great country, and we have always been respected by foreigners. In recent years, they have dispatched many excellent The students come to my Great Wei to study, hoping to learn my great Wei's strategy of governing the country and doing business. At the same time, we can also learn from them to make our Great Wei stronger. Therefore, the emperor wants to take advantage of their meeting this time and use the sacrificial The matter of Kong fully displayed the demeanor of our Great Wei, thereby attracting more outstanding students to come to study, and also let the mission feel what is meant by the demeanor of a great country, and praise the glory of our Great Wei."

Some people below don't care. They are businessmen, and businessmen are after profit. What does such a thing have to do with them?But some people think more than that.

Since the reign of Chongwen, the Great Wei has closed the door for ordinary merchants to do business with foreign countries. Only the imperial merchants who have been stamped by the imperial court can go to the border to do business with them.Naturally, the purpose of the court is to prevent spies from other countries from taking advantage of it, but for them, it is a kind of torture.There is clearly a golden mountain in front of them, but they can only see but not touch. This is simply too cruel.Although they have tens of thousands of wealth, but money is a thing, naturally the more the better.

If the event of offering sacrifices to Confucius this time is so lively that the court is determined to deepen contacts, does it also mean that the court may one day let go of the "access control" and allow them to trade freely?Thinking of this made them excited.

Chen Haiping asked: "So, what does Chu Siye think?"

"I am the secretary of the Guozijian. I am fortunate to be favored by the emperor and take over the important task of holding the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius. Then, naturally, I have to find a way to hold it well, and I must not lose face of my great Wei. So, my idea is like this..." Chu Ci began to repeat the design plan that he had mentioned in the Tixue Division that day. "...For now, that's it. If you have any opinions, gentlemen, feel free to raise them."

Everyone was stunned by Chu Ci's idea.From ancient times to the present, gardens everywhere have been private.Today's Yuxiang Garden is Chen Haiping's private garden.Except for a monthly banquet, the rest of the time is closed.The garden that Chu Siye mentioned was accessible to everyone.At that time, there will definitely be a lot of people going.

However, houses need to be built, statues need to be built, and landscaping needs to be built. Can it be done in just over a month?Moreover, the meaning in his words is that the place is clearly still an open space.His purpose today is to take money out of their pockets to build this kind of cultural park.

Even though the sacrifice to Confucius is completed and the imperial court may loosen the restrictions, it is absolutely impossible for them to invest so much money for something that has not yet happened!The vacant land in the southern suburbs has almost 3000 mu of land. If this matter is accepted, will the family property be emptied?

"Chu Siye, this is indeed a great thing that benefits the country and the people. How about this, I, Qian, will donate 1000 taels of silver to do my best. As for business, Qian believes that he is not strong enough, so he will not compete with you brothers and sisters. It is." A wealthy businessman stood up and said.

"Yes, I, Huang, also donated 1000 taels of silver to support this sacrifice to Confucius." Master Huang, who had despised Chu Ci just now, also said.

When other people heard it, they also expressed that they could donate 1000 taels, but this business really couldn't be done.

Chu Ci listened to everyone's words, and knew in his heart that they were willing to pay the 1000 taels, just because the emperor's order was hard to break, and they used the money to block Chu Ci's mouth.

However, the purpose of Chu Ci is not limited to the 1000 taels.

"Chu appreciates everyone's kindness. Everyone can donate generously to support the imperial court. I think the emperor will be very happy when he hears about it. However, what Chu thinks is a win-win cooperation. For the masters, 1000 taels is just a drop in the bucket , then why not pay an extra one or two thousand taels of silver to participate in the construction of this cultural park? At that time, money will make money again, wouldn’t it be great?” Chu Ci said slowly, in order to persuade these people, he wrote several manuscripts. There are ten cards, and today I can't get twenty, but I have to get eighteen.

"According to what Chu Siye said, I can build this cultural park by paying 3000 taels per person?" Someone asked suspiciously. More than 20 people add up to only 7 to [-] taels. Although it sounds like a lot, but if you want to invest in the [-] mu of land, you can't hear the sound.

"Of course. If you have more money, you can make more money, and if you have less money, you can make less money. Everyone, Chu didn't come here empty-handed today. If you are interested, Chu will ask the book boy to draw me." Send in the drawings, and then everyone will know what Chu means."

Everyone looked at each other and felt that 3000 taels was not much, but now it costs 5000 to [-] taels to compete for an oiran, so this little money should be used to join in the fun.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Chu Ci entrusted a maid to find a green-topped carriage at the street corner outside the garden, and asked Zhang Hu on the carriage to deliver the drawings.

The servant girl walked hurriedly, and brought Zhang Hu over after a while.Holding the blueprint in his hand, Zhang Hu followed her in vigilantly. He was relieved when he saw Chu Ci. After calling out to his master, he sent the rolled blueprint up.

"Everyone, please take a look." Chu Ci opened the blueprint, asked Zhang Hu and the little maid to pull each other, then stood in front of the blueprint, and began to explain. "This is the entrance of the garden, because this cultural garden is a public place, so when we do it, we don't need to build walls, doors and windows to block it. We just need to build a big archway here, with the words "cultural park" written on it. .”

This drawing shows the shape of the [-]-acre land in the southern suburbs, with many circles circled by Chuci, and a house, garden and rockery in the middle.The merchants came up and surrounded Chu Ci and the drawings.

While Chu Ci explained the purpose of each place and what was needed, he slid his finger over the drawing.Everyone followed his movements and looked down one by one.

Although this is just a crude drawing, everyone seems to have seen the real scene from Chu Ci's introduction.It can be expected that once this place is built, it will definitely become a prosperous place in the capital second only to the four main streets.It's a pity that although there are many people, their shop cannot be moved.

Before they could regret it for long, Chu Ci moved his hand to the middle part of the drawing.

"I'm going to build a large shopping mall here. After these houses are built, Chu will invite all famous shops in the capital to open branches here. People who come here can buy what they want at any time. Things. If you have any needs at that time, you can also let me know, Chu will carefully select."

Mall?Everyone's eyes lit up.There are so many people here, if they can occupy a few more shops, they will definitely be able to make a lot of money by then. The 3000 taels of silver are really worth the money!

"I don't know what the criteria for Chu Siye's selection of famous shops are? There is a pastry shop in Yang's family. It has been more than 80 years from the Chongwen period to this day and the second year. Can it be called a famous shop?" Master Yang took the lead Asking the exit, instantly attracted everyone's contempt.

"Chu Siye, Mr. Li also has a pastry shop in his family. Although it is not an old shop for decades, it is full of guests every day. People who have eaten there are full of praise. This should be considered a famous shop, right?"

All of a sudden, everyone began to introduce their shop in a hurry, hoping to be selected as a famous shop.

Chu Ci was still smiling in such a noisy environment, and looked at everyone with a tolerant look, as if he didn't care about the matter of being humiliated just now.

Chen Haiping stood a little further away, and he watched with cold eyes that everyone changed from resisting to scrambling for the first place.When he shifted his gaze to Chu Ci again, he couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.If this son goes into business, I'm afraid the business world in the capital will be turned upside down.

"Everyone calm down first."

While he was in a daze, Chu Ci started talking again.

"I know everyone wants to know this standard. However, I'm afraid it's too early to talk about it at this time. After all, our cultural park hasn't been built yet." Chu Ci said with a look of embarrassment.

"This is a 3000 taels silver ticket. Chu Siye, you take it first. Li hopes that this cultural park can be built soon, and then I will be a big Wei Guowei in a foreign country."

Chu Ci took the money and stuffed it back into Master Li's hands.

"Everyone, after all, Chu is also the Secretary of the Imperial College, and it has been two or three days since I haven't managed it properly. I'm afraid I can't spend all my time here. Besides, everyone certainly doesn't want someone to take the money and fill their own pockets , Therefore, Chu wants to let everyone build it by themselves through bidding. Please rest assured that the money you put in is not for free, and you can use the money payment certificate to offset the monthly rent of your branch."

"Then, what kind of competition is this bidding?"

"Every garden here has a price estimated by Chu. Whoever wins the bid will first deposit the money in the household department. At that time, the money will be withdrawn based on the purchase note. The more will be returned, and the less will be made up. Zhang Hu, send the paper to all the masters, everyone can take a look, there is a reserve price for each garden on it, and the highest bidder wins the bid, please think it over before speaking out."

The businessmen held the piece of paper and looked at each other. It seemed that they had come prepared!However, since they were already attracted by the big pie drawn by Chu Siye, they had to give it a try.Anyway, this is what the court wants to do, and they won't let them lose everything!

"Chu Siye, Li wants to compete for this garden..."

"Huang wants to compete..."