Steel Dynasty - Chapter 91

[Chapter 91 Exhibition]

The emergence of glass in this era is definitely a huge profit industry. This huge profit makes Xiao Ming unable to calm down.

Because of this, he gave the management rights of glass to his Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

But Xiao Ming is living alone, and other businessmen from other places will naturally not be happy. They may cause trouble when they operate on the chassis, so Xiao Ming proposed a plan to auction off the sales rights of the glass in half a year.

In this way, he can not only make the first pot of gold, but also appease these businessmen.

A few days later, the glass exhibition Xiao Ming mentioned was officially held in Dongshi. All the glass produced by the workers these days was taken out.

Xiao Ming also deployed soldiers from the Qingzhou Army to maintain order at the scene.

The merchants were already familiar with the various new vocabulary words in Qingzhou. After figuring out the meaning of this exhibition, they flocked to it today.

“Is this glass?”

The businessmen whispered below, just like Wang Shijie and Qin Mu’s reaction. The moment the businessmen saw the glass, they were deeply shocked by this strange thing.

“Crystal clear, cold to the touch, and smooth as skin, this is truly a divine thing.”

At the exhibition, the glass was allowed to be picked up and viewed, and some businessmen exclaimed after admiring it.

“Brother Han, how do you think this glass compares to porcelain?” a businessman asked his companion.

“Porcelain is certainly exquisite, but this glass is crystal clear and rare. Its value cannot be estimated, but if it is taken out, it will definitely be loved by the powerful.” The businessman surnamed Han said.

“I think so too. In my opinion, this glass can make more money than the soap and fine wine, but the auction of this distribution rights is probably more expensive.” “

That’s true, but we can make money back quickly. We Those who do business must be brave enough to take risks. “

“

Brother

Han taught me this.

People walked around the wooden stools and admired the different shapes of glass.

As time went by, more and more businessmen came here, and the businessmen were increasingly looking forward to how King Qi would auction the distribution rights for this glass.

But Li Kaiyuan’s arrival made them a little disappointed because he brought Xiao Mingdi’s glass sales methods.

“Half a year?” asked a businessman.

Li Kaiyuan nodded, “Yes, it will take half a year, and after half a year, only businessmen who have joined the Chamber of Commerce will be eligible to participate in the auction.”

There are still many new businessmen from other places, and they don’t know much about the Chamber of Commerce yet. , when Li Kaiyuan said this, they immediately felt that the Chamber of Commerce had become very important.

I thought that after waiting for the exhibition, I would pay a fee to join the Chamber of Commerce.

At first, there was no fee to join the chamber of commerce, but as the number of merchants increased, Xiao Ming added this.

“It’s a pity that we have to wait half a year, and this will cost us a lot of money.”

Ding Wanquan was also standing below at this time. Although he was a popular person in front of King Wei, Li Kaiyuan is now the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, Xiao Ming Next, it was Li Kaiyuan who had the final say.

Now that Li Kaiyuan came out to speak, it seems that this is what King Qi meant.

As for the arrangement of King Qi, the shrewd businessmen could guess it right away. From this, we can see the huge profits from this glass. Even King Qi was not calm.

Some of the big merchants around the other vassal kings stopped talking and openly objected at this time. That would not give the King of Qi face. Instead of doing this, it was better to visit the King of Qi privately.

The open and transparent exhibition lasted all day, and the name of glass quickly spread among the merchants, and the people of Qingzhou City also talked about it.

Now King Qi tinkered with another magical thing.

After the exhibition ended, the businessmen dispersed one after another. They went back to figure out a solution. Some businessmen prepared generous gifts and went directly to Xiao Ming’s palace.

“King Wei, King Yan, King Chu, King Zhao, King Huainan, King Liang, King Runan, Princess Pingyang, the third prince,

the prince…” In the main hall of the palace, Xiao Ming passed the greeting cards one by one, with a look on his face. The wry smile grew thicker.

Zi Wan stood beside Xiao Ming. She was the one who sent these greeting cards. She said: “Your Highness, you are really a popular person in the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Now, no matter whether it is a vassal king, a princess or a prince, everyone comes to ask for you.” “Humph,

it’s

just a greeting note. It’s not a request, it’s just a formality. I can write three hundred such posts a day.” Xiao Ming put a pile of greeting notes in Luluo’s hand. Said: “Use it as a starter for the briquette stove and burn it.”

Lu Luo glanced at Zi Zi, thinking that Xiao Ming had done something stupid again. When Zi Yuan nodded, she went out with the invitation.

“Your Highness, this is always a good thing. At least they are always concerned about you now and don’t dare to neglect you easily.” Zi Wan said.

Zi Wan wanted Xiao Ming to meet these merchants. Concubine Zhen sent him here and also had the idea of letting her be Xiao Mingxian’s internal assistant. If Xiao Ming committed a crime, she could also persuade him.

It was time for Xiao Ming to rebuild relationships with other vassal kings, princes, and princesses. She thought this was not a bad thing for Xiao Ming.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: “We must meet, but their master used to be so contemptuous of me, and now he has to retaliate, so he said that I was bathing and changing clothes and asked them to wait a little longer.” Xiao Ming said.

Zi Wan nodded, bowed and exited the main hall.

At this time, Xiao Ming sat down and tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about how to deal with these merchants.

When he announced that he would sell glass in six months, he thought that some big businessmen would be unable to hold back. He knew exactly who these people were.

The purpose of their coming is nothing more than to get some privileges, which is normal in an era like Great Chongqing that is full of privileges for powerful people.

Everyone is exchanging interests, either cooperating, or trying to outshine each other.

Therefore, if it is inevitable to give them some privileges, Xiao Ming will get what he wants.

What he needs now is nothing more than silver and craftsmen, which are the most basic elements of the industrial foundation, and only these two things can make him relax.

Thinking of this, he thought about his speech for a while, and then asked Zi Wan to invite the merchants in.

The first person to appear outside the main hall was Ding Wanquan, followed by the Han merchants from King Yan and the Lu merchants from King Liang walked in one by one, a total of twenty-five merchants.

Some of these merchants come from the fiefdoms of vassals with different surnames, some come from the fiefdoms of royal vassals, and there are also some vassal merchants of princes and princesses. They can be said to be the most powerful group of people in Dayu Kingdom.

“Everyone, please take a seat.” Xiao Ming said with a smile, “You are coming to visit me so late. I understand the meaning of this. It’s just that the glass matter is related to Qingzhou’s interests. Naturally, I cannot agree to you easily.” ”

(End of chapter)