“Bang…!”
A morning bell rang in the Drum Tower, and the huge Guanyun City woke up from its slumber.
The lights in the streets lit up one by one, and smoke from cooking floated in the dark night sky.
For the people of Guanyun City, this is the beginning of a new day. They are happier than ever because the world-famous prince has returned and has ascended the throne as emperor!
He brought three generous gifts to the Wu Dynasty - one of them was naturally the once barren country, which has now become an autonomous region of the Wu Dynasty!
The second is that the six southwestern provinces of the Yi Kingdom became the six northwestern states of the Wu Dynasty!
Thirdly, Your Majesty also turned the border towns of Yu State and Xinzhou City into the territory of the Wu Dynasty.
What is the concept?
This is His Majesty expanding the territory before he even ascended the throne!
Today's Wu Dynasty is the largest country in the world!
Many merchants came from Fan State, Yu Dynasty, and Yi State. Almost all of them gathered in Guanyun City to witness the grand ceremony of His Highness's coronation to the throne, and were waiting for the day when His Majesty would promulgate new policies.
Obviously, these businessmen are more optimistic about the future of the Wu Dynasty because of Your Majesty, so as the people of the Wu Dynasty, their hearts are naturally filled with pride.
Such a sense of pride was on everyone's face. Even though it was snowing hard, they were still beaming with joy.
A strong country is their support!
No country in the world can fight against the Wu Dynasty, and no monarch in the world can be compared with their Emperor Dezong!
Today is the first grand court meeting held by Your Majesty since he ascended the throne. I believe that Your Majesty will propose many reform measures at that court meeting, just like the Wofeng Road in the Yu Dynasty. The status of merchants will be further improved, and business will be easier to do.
They waited in the busyness, looking forward to it in the smoke of firewood before dawn.
The doors of various markets opened after the morning bell rang, and the doors of breakfast shops on the street also opened.
As the charcoal stove rose, the water in the pot began to boil and hot smoke gradually rose from the steamer.
The boss and the staff of Xinglinji were also busy, kneading the dough, chopping the stuffing, putting it into the steamer and putting it into the pot, having a lot of fun.
As a very famous century-old store in Guanyun City, Xinglinji’s crystal buns, crab roe buns, crispy rice cakes, etc. are considered to be the best of Guanyun City.
It’s still a little early at this time, but that’s how making breakfast is, you have to prepare it in advance, otherwise it will be too late.
Lin Yixiang, the owner of Xinglinji, was making his famous crystal bag when he saw four people walking in in the wind and snow.
"Sir, please come in..." He greeted them and then shouted inside, "Li San, light up the heater! Guests are coming. It's so cold out here! Don't let them get cold!"
“Okay…!”
"Sir, please wait a moment. The first tray of breakfast will be ready in half a cup of tea!"
The four people who came in were four young men. The leading one, who was wearing a mink coat, lifted his snow cap and shook off a head of snowflakes. "I'm telling you, after you eat this breakfast at Xinglinji, you'll find that you can no longer eat breakfast at our Yu Dynasty."
Someone behind him laughed and said, "It sounds so mysterious, so of course I have to give it a try."
Boss Lin grinned upon hearing this, "Four young masters came from the Yu Dynasty?"
The young man in the lead said, "I came from Wofeng Road, but the three of them... took a detour through Yi Country."
"I heard that traveling from the Yi Kingdom doesn't even require customs clearance documents?"
The young man who led the way in walked in, and just then the three young men behind him walked in.
"Ding'an Earl... ah, no, Emperor Dezong didn't destroy the Yi Kingdom, but instead supported a puppet emperor. That emperor once visited your Wu Dynasty. Oh, right, it was during the Wu Dynasty Literary Festival two years ago. His name was Yan Hanyu. This grandson is quite capable. Now, not only us Yu people, but even the Huang people can travel freely from the Yi Kingdom to the Wu Dynasty."
The young man in the lead had already sat down by the fireplace and called out, "Yu Xingjian, how was your visit to the Chi Le Chuan Autonomous Region?"
"It's not mature enough yet..." Yu Xingjian and the other two also sat by the fireplace. He added, "Right now, the hottest business in the autonomous region is salt trading. As long as we can grab the stock and send it to both sides of the Yangtze River, the difference will be doubled."
“Such high profits?”
"Wuya, the profit is high, but it's hard to buy. The Muyang Salt Field only sends 30,000 kilograms of salt to Xinzhou and Lanqi Trade City each day. The salt vendors just sleep on the floor outside the shop. It's freezing cold, aren't they afraid of freezing to death?"
Wang Sun Wuya was stunned: "Doesn't that mean the one at the front of the line can eat all 30,000 kilograms of salt?"
"You're overthinking it!" Lu Xihui glared at Wang Sun Wuya. "Ding'an Bo, ah... Ding'an Bo is so easy to call. Emperor Dezong later established a rule that each person could only purchase ten kilograms of salt per day. This limit shocked the salt merchants, but the profits were so huge that a new business was born in those two places."
Wang Sun Wuya poked his head out and asked curiously, "What business?"
Lu Xi would grin, "Purchasing on behalf of others!"
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't it true that each person can only buy ten pounds of salt a day? Then we need to hire someone to help queue up and buy it! Each person will be paid twenty coins, and then they will buy the salt and give it to the salt merchant, who will pay the workers. You don't know, there are many people who do this for you in those two places."
Wang Sun Wuya frowned. "You said...Emperor Dezong only sells salt, and he doesn't raise the price. How easy would it be to sell it to one person?"
Zhong Jitang laughed. "You don't understand this again, don't you? This is his genius. We all know that for a business to thrive, it must first have sufficient popularity, and secondly, the ability to spend."
"Once he limited the quantity, the number of people purchasing on his behalf increased significantly. This is also a sign of popularity! Besides, these people made a little money from the salt merchants, and they also spent it in these two places. Just think about it, wouldn't the economy be revitalized?"
Wang Sun Wuya opened his mouth and asked, "Can it be operated this way?"
"Let me tell you, if Emperor Dezong limited the amount to one pound of salt per person... even more people would flock to those two places."
A pound of salt costs 500 wen, and it costs 1,000 wen to be transported to both sides of the Yangtze River. The purchasing fee is only 20 wen, which is insignificant.
Upon hearing this, the owner, Lin Yixiang, came over carrying a tray of crystal buns. "Our Majesty is so kind, selling it for 800 wen and everyone was rushing to buy it. It's a pity that our Wu Dynasty hasn't tasted that salt yet. I heard that white salt tastes great and has no bitterness. If it were used in our meals, it would definitely taste even better... What would the four young masters like to eat?"
"Your signature dishes are all the same."
"Okay..."
Before he finished speaking, two more people walked in.
The man among them laughed when he saw Wang Sun Wuya and the other three, "Meeting an old friend in a foreign land!"
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