Chapter 170: There are too few people like Tang Cheng

"It's okay, it's really okay. Business? There are so many businesses. This time I'm just to thank you for your support for our company, so I'm going to have this banquet. I can't stand up for the spirit of no business? Brother Zhao, although our company has not organized business, we are all big merchants today. We can also communicate with each other. Isn't this a business? Good, please, please, please."

The sky gradually darkened, and as luxurious carriages drove, Tang Cheng turned into a top, and kept greetings with Guan Guan, and introduced him. The most common words he said were the above.

After nearly half an hour of greetings, Tang Cheng felt that his waist was sore and his back was sore and his legs were cramped. His throat began to smoke, especially the flesh on his cheeks was a little bit muddy because he smiled too much.

While Tang Cheng was taking time to move his legs and feet, another Quannan Mug-like carriage pulled by a famous food horse arrived.

"People say that the latest one at the banquet is the one with the highest value, and this is true." Seeing this carriage, Tang Cheng smiled and greeted him, "Brother Zhou, how late you came!"

"Just hurry up and hurry up." After following Zhou Jun got out of the car, there was a spice dealer from Xiangzhou. After introducing the two, Zhou Jun asked with a smile: "It's not much time since the last time of the Jinzhou meeting. What good business does Ah Cheng have?"

"Why does this mean when we meet?" Tang Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then said that again. Seeing that the people were almost there, Tang Cheng explained to Guan Guan, who was also welcoming guests at the door, and then accompanied Zhou Jun to the courtyard.

Not long after entering the gate, the spice dealer who was traveling with him moved his nose and said with a look of surprise: "The smell of chicken tongue?"

Tang Cheng smiled and replied: "Brother Jin has a good eye. The incense used in the garden is the top-quality chicken tongue fragrance from Nanzhao."

Zhou Jun was born in a wealthy family, so he naturally knew that the chicken tongue fragrance was the most precious one among incense, and its value was just like the monosilicon in silk and silk. It is not an exaggeration to say that incense is in every incense of money. "This Daya Zhizheng Garden is so well-written!"

"Who are you rich and wealthy, and you are used to being generous in your daily life, dare I be negligent?" Tang Cheng said with a smile, but he felt a little satisfied. "Look at the house, I dare not say anything else in Zhizheng Garden. If you talk about the exquisite environment layout, the first four words of Daocheng are all worthy of."

When Zhou Jun walked into the spacious main hall, he felt a brilliant light as soon as he entered the door. Not to mention anything else, the eight large lamp trees in the hall with nine dragons and seas were just seen, and you can tell that it was a fine product from the imperial capital to be the prison. Not to mention how much these eight lamp trees are worth, the red candles on the lamp trees have already shown a luxurious atmosphere to the entire hall.

"Flowers are flying everywhere in the spring city. The cold food is the east wind to resist the willows. The candles are sent to the Han Palace at dusk, and the light smoke scatters into the Wuhou family." This is a famous poem from the middle Tang Dynasty. The poem describes the preciousness of candles at that time from the side, "The candles are sent to the Han Palace at dusk". In the Tang Dynasty, in the present, candles are extremely precious. Most of the people who can afford it in daily life are the families of princes and nobles. In addition to the happy days of wedding nights, ordinary people are unable to care about it on weekdays. At present, the light of nearly a hundred lits on the eight lantern trees in the main hall is actually lit candles, and this point is already awesome.

Compared with the oil lamps with huge smoke and dim smoke, the light of the candles is bright and stable. It is these eight lamp trees that shine the entire hall as bright as daytime. The bright candlelight and the three-turn revolving lanterns present the exquisite and exquisite utensils in the house. Looking at everything in front of you, the spice merchant surnamed Jin was amazed, and Zhou Jun also nodded gently. What Tang Cheng said was not false. This Dao Zhengyuan is not the best in Dao City. Such an environmental arrangement is to move to the imperial capital Chang'an, which is also a good place to be ranked.

Contrary to this luxurious and luxurious environment, the male guests in the hall are all big belly and full of jewelry. The women who are accompanying the social gatherings are also exquisitely dressed. The most rare thing is that although these young women have different appearances, they have no exception to be gentle and wise and ladies.

The rich businessmen gathered. The ladies were romantic, and everything in the hall quietly created an indescribable atmosphere, which made Zhou Jun feel as if he had stepped into a different world, a completely different world from outside and in his daily life.

"Please, please, two people." As soon as Tang Cheng said something, someone noticed them in the hall, and a merchant came to greet him.

After meeting Zhou Jun, these people almost without exception asked Tang Cheng why he had found such a good place.

"Secretary Tang, let's show your true feelings. Who is the boss of this Daya Zhizheng Garden? What a big deal."

"Yes, Brother Duan said that the land is good. Every piece of equipment in this place is the best, from large to small! I used to think that the Yueming Tower in Liulinfang next door was grand, but when I looked at this Daya Zhizheng Garden again tonight, Yueming Tower was really not good."

"This is a good thing. When we meet Sandu or Jiangnan merchants to talk about economic and livelihood, we finally don't have to worry about resettlement there. Damn it, thinking about it before, my face was really bad."

The Huang-sen merchant said this, and immediately echoed the congratulations. After all, Shandong Dongdao is remote, and it is indeed a little worse than Sandu and Jiangnan. This comprehensive gap is reflected in all aspects. For example, the reception place is one of them. In the past, the merchants from Sandu and Jiangnan showed a lot of superiority for this, and only depressed the merchants of this path. Everyone is rich, and this is the one that rich people pay attention to.

After you and I criticized you for a while, the merchants in Sandu and Jiangnan, the merchants slowly focused their eyes on Tang Cheng.

"Everyone, the boss of Daya Zhizheng Garden here is Miss Guan Guan who was just welcomed by the door." Seeing that everyone was disbelief, Tang Cheng smiled helplessly and said, "Speaking of this Guan Guan and a certain sibling, I hope you can visit our garden more for my sake."

As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly laughed, and "No wonder" sounds rose everywhere.

After smiling and bowing to everyone, Tang Chengfu shouted loudly: "All guests invited tonight can get a jade plaque with your name and origin written in detail. Anyone who holds this plaque has the right to set up a seat whenever he comes, and the expenses should be reduced by 20%. In addition, even if you have any inconvenience in Daocheng, you can borrow several flying tickets from the cabinet in the garden with the plaque."

When Tang Cheng said this, there were already cheers below.

"This card has only 150 sides in this park. Apart from this 150 sides, it will not be engraved, and it will not be replaced." At this point, Tang Cheng smiled and said, "In other words, there are only 150 people in the entire Shandong East Road that can hold this card, and you are among them. Please keep this jade card properly."

After saying that, with Tang Cheng's high-fives, someone had already delivered the prepared pallet. On the red silk inside the pallet were jade plaques that were green like lake water. After they were distributed one by one, the merchants saw that the front of the jade plaque had their own name and origin, and the back was engraved with a specific number, which was not necessary to say that this was the special draw right.

Not to mention the convenience this jade plaque can bring, the jade plaque carved from above jade is already valuable. But what these wealthy merchants care about the most is the things that are represented by the "150-sided sides". Those who can come here tonight are rich and rich, they are not short of money, and they lack the identity behind the limited-edition jade plaque. Daya Zhizhengyuan is destined to be the most luxurious place for leisure and guests in Daocheng. If you can have such a jade plaque that represents a specific identity in this place, this sense of superiority is the best for merchants.

In fact, this is exactly the same as the top VIP gold cards in later generations. Having a gold card itself represents the identity proof of the successful person. Unlike the well-known merchants in later generations, the local merchants in the Tang Dynasty had a lower social status, so their desire for identity recognition became stronger. Tang Cheng's measure can be said to have hit their specific psychology.

"Acheng, you have too many thoughts." When Zhou Jun put the jade token in his hand into his arms, he sighed and smiled at Tang Cheng: "I think I am not a vulgar, but I am also moved when I look at this jade token. The military strategy says: The most important thing is to attack the heart. Acheng, you have used all this to make an economic life. I have to admire it."

"Then Brother Zhou, you said so evilly. It's just for everyone's convenience." Tang Cheng, who had a bright smile on his face, was about to say something when he walked in outside and a servant came into his ear and said something.

Tang Cheng, who could not hide his joy on his face, heard the servants finish speaking, and then he slapped two loud high-fives. After attracting everyone's eyes to him, he said slowly: "I sincerely invite you to come with me to welcome the guests."

Even when Zhou Jun, the merchant of lacquerware, came in, Tang Cheng just accompanied him in. When he heard this again, the merchants were puzzled. Is there any merchant who is more influential than Zhou Jun? "Respecting the guest?", "Who is the guest?"

Facing those puzzled and exploring eyes, Tang Cheng said slowly and clearly: "This honorable guest is the master of observation."

After saying that, Tang Cheng did not wait any longer and said to Zhou Jun who was stunned and stunned by his side: "Brother Zhou, please."

"Observation master?"

"I heard it right, Secretary Tang is talking about the Master Observation?"

"It should be true, I heard it too."

"This...is true..."

"Let's go quickly, just go out and take a look."

It can be said that behind each of the big merchants who feasted tonight, there are more or less shadows of the imperial officials. On weekdays, they meet Sima, and even the governor of a state. But the problem is that these meetings are mostly held in private houses. When they arrive in public places, these adults start to avoid taboos. This situation is quite similar to the officials in the early days of reform and opening up in later generations who rarely go to private enterprises to inspect. Although these private business owners have managed very successfully, they are also looking forward to the officials coming and they are very intimate when talking in private occasions on weekdays, but it is a huge difficulty to invite him to come.

The glass wall evolved from the gap in identity and social status was everywhere in all dynasties. This was especially true for the Tang Dynasty who paid more attention to identity and were classified as a third-class official and good official.

And this is why these merchants clearly heard Tang Cheng's words, but still couldn't believe it. This is not just a matter of Sima, but a lieutenant of the border! Will he come to attend such a merchant gathering?

At the beginning, there were still many discussions among the merchants, but when they walked out of the hall, as the leaders Tang Cheng and Zhou Jun stood at the gate regularly, the merchants, who were both nervous and surprised, were silent, but in this silence, they could clearly feel a sense of restlessness.

At that time, it was already dark. Under the illumination of the row of palace lanterns on the wall of Daya Zhizhengyuan, the merchants first saw eight tolerances in two rows. After the tolerances of these eight bulging chests and bulging belly and holding water and fire sticks, there was a huge felt truck. While seeing this felt truck, the merchants suddenly exhaled a breath from the group.

There were many styles of car drivers in the Tang Dynasty, but the largest area among many car drivers was the felt truck with a strong Hu wind in front of him. According to the provisions of the "Tang Dynasty Laws and Commentary", huge and luxurious felt trucks are not allowed to be ridden by officials of third grade or above. If a private maker among the people is a crime of usurpation. Therefore, when the merchants saw this specific felt truck, the merchants knew without doubt that Tang Cheng did not talk nonsense, and the observation made the adults really come. Come to participate in this merchant meeting!

The merchants became increasingly silent, but the silent restlessness became increasingly intense.

"Subordinates welcome the Lord of Observation". The rules of the officialdom in the Tang Dynasty were not as strict as those in the Qing Dynasty. When superiors and subordinates met with rituals, they only had to bow their hands. When Yu Tang Cheng walked down from the felt cart, the merchants were led by Zhou Jun and bowed down, "The people who were in charge of the Lord of Observation."

Just now, the silent restlessness among the merchant group was vented through this greeting, and the greeting was full of momentum.

Looking at Zhou Jun and others who were lying on the ground, Tang Cheng sighed quietly in his heart. If this was in later generations, such wealthy businessmen who held a lot of money were the targets of officials' efforts to contact, especially those who were the leaders of the industry like Zhou Jun, who were a member of the National People's Political Consultative Conference, and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference were also easy. Even if the governor met, he would have to give some face, let alone kneel down and greet him. Helplessly, they were really born in the wrong era! Only by reading the "Tang Dynasty Law Commentary" clearly stipulated that children of "industrial and commercial" were not allowed to participate in scientific examinations. This shows how low the status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was and how deep the banishing and despised the merchants represented by officials were to be rejected and despised.

As soon as he got off the bus, Yu Dongjun rushed back and stood still. He felt the emotions of the merchants clearly and laughed, "Get up, you are the guest of honor today. I was invited by Tang Chengzhi to be the guest of the guest. There is a difference between the master and the secondary. There is no need for too much politeness for you."

"Thank you, Master Observation", Zhou Jun and others stood up and consciously divided the two sides and gave way out the road in the middle of the door.

"Observe, this woman is Guan Guan, the boss of Daya Zhizhengyuan." While accompanying Yu Dongjun in, Tang Cheng continued to introduce Zhou Jun beside him and said: "This is Zhou Jun, the largest lacquerware merchant in Xiangzhou. The tax paid by the court in one year is enough to be worth a middle-class county. When his subordinates built roads in Jinzhou, they relied on his support and the support of all the wealthy merchants, so they were able to proceed smoothly."

Yu Dongjun knew all about Tang Cheng's handling of the Jinzhou affairs, and was not unfamiliar with the name Zhou Jun. Upon hearing this, he slowly moved forward and turned his head slightly, "Oh, you are the first Zhou Jun in Xiangzhou who bought the Jinzhou Wharf."

"The grass-roots are just that."

"Okay, as a merchant, he can work hard to solve the urgent problems in the local area. In this way, he will live up to the teachings of his ancestors," he walked slowly forward in the East Army, while saying leisurely: "Now, the observer's yamen has set up a specialty to handle local road construction matters. Zhou Jun, you still need to support Tang Chengcai in this matter!"

"Thank you for your praise. The people should work hard to help Secretary Tang." Looking at Zhou Jun who looked excited on his face, Tang Chengxian was still puzzled. After thinking about it, he understood the reason. Zigong, who was just mentioned in the East Army, was one of Confucius' 72 wise disciples. This person was not only a great disciple of Confucius, but also a great businessman who was good at operating land. "Records of the Grand Historian. Biography of Goods" records that he "destroyed money from Cao and Lu", and once ran around the countries with high carriages and horses at his own expense, saying that Qi, preserved Lu, dominated Yue, and destroyed Wu. Confucianism was later promoted, and his people made great contributions. Because of this, Zigong became the founder of "Confucian merchants".

As an observation commander Yu Dongjun talked about Zhou Jun in front of everyone with the title of "living up to the teachings of the ancestors and sons of the ancestors" which was really a high praise, no wonder he was so excited.

After Zhou Jun thanked him, he gave Tang Cheng a grateful glance. He was also a savvy person. Naturally, he could hear what Tang Cheng said when he introduced him just now to make it possible to leave a good impression on the observation and make the adults. Now the purpose has been achieved, and no matter whether this good impression is useful or not, Tang Cheng's intention is worthy of his gratitude.

Unfortunately, Tang Cheng could not see his eyes, because at this time he was quickly introducing the names of merchants on both sides with Yu Dongjun's pace. Because there were many people, it was naturally impossible to say as much as he had just introduced Zhou Jun. However, Tang Cheng, who spoke quickly, tried not to miss any of them, so that the people he invited could show his face in front of him.

Seeing Tang Cheng like this, Yu Dongjun's mouth suddenly smiled. Although he didn't say anything, his feet still slowed down and looked at the merchants on both sides with Tang Cheng's introduction.

Since the Tang Dynasty, this may be the first third-rank senior official to be kind to merchants in public. When encountering this incident personally, the mood of the merchants on both sides is inspiring. At the same time, the eyes of their eyes when they looked at Tang Cheng were also undergoing subtle changes. If they used to regard Tang Cheng as a business partner with an official background, then at this time they would regard Tang Cheng as a friend, a friend who truly respects them, and not just for money.

Alas! In the yamen at all levels of the Tang Dynasty, there are too few people who can treat merchants like Tang Cheng!
Chapter completed!