"Tang Ping, the emperor has entrusted this important task to you and me, so you can get some snacks. Tomorrow morning, I will bring some beef to your shop and ask Xiaoluo to get some other food and wine. We will chat while eating. "
Li Yuanji said this when leaving the palace)
"Third uncle, do you think this is an important task?" Tang Ping asked strangely.
"Is not it?"
"Is it possible that you and I are idle in the entire court?"
Li Yuanji: "..."
Of course, that's what he said. Tang Ping felt that what Li Shimin said was reasonable.
When the Internet was so developed in later generations, people still had various stereotypes about certain countries.
Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, which was stagnant.
It is very likely that after a businessman from the Western Barbarians came to Chang'an, he found that people here liked to have fun and play. When he went back, he passed it on to those around him and spread it from ten to a hundred. Those who heard it would think that this was the current situation of the Tang Dynasty. , Datang will not attack us.
So on the way back, Tang Ping kept thinking about what to do.
After all, Li Shi's request is that it is best not to spend money. It would be better if he could make some money like Li Qiao.
When it comes to life, it is inseparable from food, clothing, housing, transportation, money, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
But when it comes to leisure, it cannot be separated from the four words of eating, drinking and having fun.
When Tang Ping wanted to combine it with modern times, he thought of Chengdu.
As the saying goes, "you never leave Sichuan when you are young, you never leave Shu when you are old." If you want to make Chang'an like this, why don't you learn from Chengdu?
Of course, I have to go back and talk to my wife-in-law about this matter and listen to her opinion. After all, Luan can really get away from him after all.
After returning home, he gently hugged Wang Qingluan's belly: "What? Did I kick you today?"
"Why not?" Wang Qingluan rolled his eyes at him: "It's like a demon king. When will he not be with me? Now I want to give birth to him as soon as possible."
"Hehe, don't worry, wife, it's a son, I will definitely beat him. Who told him to kick you all the time?"
"What if it's a daughter?"
"Daughter...of course I can only pamper you, hehehe!"
The two chatted for a while, and then Tang Ping talked about entering the palace today.
Wang Luan nodded and said: "I don't want to find you, but I would like to suggest you do this."
"Oh? Why is this?" Tang Ping was a little dissatisfied.
"I remember when I first came here, the population of Chang'an was just one million. I heard that according to recent statistics, the population of An plus nearby areas was 1.8 million. The extra 800,000 people can be said to be Come to Chang'an to make money!"
Tang Ping nodded. That's right. After Chang'an developed, merchants from all over the world gathered. There were countless horsemen and gangsters who followed those merchants to Chang'an, plus those who came to Chang'an. The number of workers who work is less than 800,000 yuan.
This is a fixed population at best. If you include the floating population, it is estimated to be 2.3 million.
In a modern city with a population of two million, it may not be a big deal, but in Tang Dynasty, there were not even a few buildings here, and the population of two hundred could be considered the largest in the world.
"These people don't have much money in their hands. We have to give them money!" When talking about making money, Wang Qingluan suddenly changed from a lazy state to a cheerful one.
"Ahem, wife, our main purpose is not to make money."
"Is there anything in business that doesn't make money?" Wang Qingluan rolled his eyes at him: "You yourself said that eating, drinking and having fun don't cost anything? They spend money and we make money. Is there anything wrong with that?
"Yes, yes, you are right!" Tang Ping gave up.
"Actually, you are doing all kinds of eating, drinking and having fun, but what you originally did were all high-end, such as Xihe Building, Wangshu Building, Xiahe Village Resort, and the perfume mirrors you sold. It turns out that the poor in Chang'an have money, and the rich If people are rich, of course we have to make money from them, but now that ordinary people in Chang'an are also rich, we have to make money from ordinary people as well."
"Don't you always say that the economy needs to be circulated? If you make money from ordinary people, hire ordinary people, and then they consume, doesn't that mean there is circulation?"
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Tang Ping suddenly understood. Yes, he originally only made high-end products, but he ignored the larger market below.
Although Wang Qingluan has not studied economics, she has learned a lot from her extensive business experience.
"Mother! Mother!" Tang Ping kissed Wang Qingluan's face and belly respectively: "My husband is enlightened!
"No formality!"
The next day, Li Yuanji brought meat to Tang Ping's shop as promised. Now that there were more cattle, it was no longer illegal to kill cattle, but the price was much more expensive than mutton and pork.
"Third uncle, as the first step, I plan to open a snack or food city on each of the southwest, east and west sides of Chang'an."
"Snack street? Is it like the one at the Glass Bridge?
"That's right!"
"If you drive in the city, will anyone go to eat?" Li Yuanji was a little confused.
"Is there anyone from Prince Zhao's residence going to the glass bridge?"
"Of course there is. Whether they are guards or maids, they all like to go there if they have a day off."
"Are they all on the glass bridge?"
"Of course not. Some maids are timid but greedy. They all go there to eat."
"That's it! Since they can travel so far to eat those snacks, then open one in Chang'an City. If they don't have enough time to go there, can't they eat in Chang'an City?"
Of course, there is no food sold in Chang'an City, but it is not as large-scale as the snack street or food city, where there are all kinds of snacks.
Maybe the dim sum you ate today is in the west of the city, and the Turkic mutton restaurant you want to eat tomorrow is in the south of the city.
Tang Ping's plan is to bring together the unique delicacies of Chang'an.
When the time comes, whether it is envoys from various countries or wealthy businessmen, they will take him around.
Look, we have so many delicacies in the Tang Dynasty. Both the common people and officials like to come here to eat. Isn’t the purpose achieved?
"Then we need to increase the scale of the night market and try to set up a night market stall in every square, which can not only increase people's income but also facilitate people's shopping."
"Yes, yes, that makes sense." Li Yuanji nodded crazily. As a gourmet, sometimes he had to travel all over Chang'an in order to eat delicious food. He wished that this city snack was opened in front of the palace. If he could open it again, It would be better if Xiao Luo was invited to take charge.
"You've taken the first step in eating, drinking and having fun. Where are you drinking?"
"As for drinking, didn't Third Uncle notice? Nowadays, more of the drinks on the market are made by men."
Li Yuanji tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's true. Those who drink in restaurants and tea shops are all gentlemen. There are really not many women who go to such places."
"So, the status of women in the Tang Dynasty is not low, why do we do more business with women!"
As Tang Ping pointed to the kitchen, Xiaoluo was already improving some drinks. When Third Uncle went back later, he would bring some back to Third Aunt to taste and give her opinions. "Do you also plan to open this into a restaurant or tea shop?"
"Of course not. Third uncle has been to our place before. This one is opened as a milk tea shop or even a milk tea stall, so that customers can take it and leave.)"
"This!" Li Yuanji never forgets about going to modern times to drink pearl milk tea, but how can this be said to be a woman's birth? As an old man, don’t I deserve a cup of milk tea?
"As for fun, I think there is something to be done!" Tang Ping spread his hands and said, "Folk entertainment is mostly about sumo wrestling and spinach. It would be fine if friends play for a little money, but if excessive gambling becomes a common practice, the people will suffer. !”
Modern places to play include amusement parks, Internet cafes, KTVs and other places, but these could not be opened in the Tang Dynasty.
Even if Tang Ping could build an amusement park, the cost would be high. If he didn't want to lose money, only the rich would be able to play, which would deviate from the original intention.
So he thought about it all night, but couldn't come up with a good plan.
"I said Tang Ping, why did you forget? Our football league has become more and more prosperous in the past two years," Li Yuanji said. Now his Zhao Wangfu team is an absolutely wealthy team. There is also a talent pole (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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The excellent Kunlun Slave has always occupied the top spot in the league.
"Third uncle, the football league in Chang'an has gradually matured, and the people who like football have also been fixed. It will be difficult to come up with new tricks."
"Haha!" Li Yuanji laughed with a proud look on his face: "It seems that our Tang Ping also made some omissions."
As he spoke, he picked up the peanuts on the table, threw one into his mouth, and chewed it happily.
Then he placed a ball in front of him: "This is the ball, we can organize a game)"
"Then..." He placed one in front of him: "Can we compete in poetry writing?"
"And this...can there be a singing competition?"
"Even this... carving and bartending, we can all compete!"
As he spoke, grains of uncooked rice were placed on the table in front of Yuanji.
Tang Ping was stunned for a moment, and then he was delighted: "Third uncle, yes, that's your idea!"
"Hahaha, I said yesterday that His Majesty entrusted us with an important task, but we have to take it seriously, and you still said that I only know how to play!" Li Yuanji said with some dissatisfaction.
"I was wrong!" Tang Ping raised his hand.
Li Yuanji's suggestion is very good. When it comes to having fun, I only think about participating in it, but I forget that I can also get a lot of happiness.
And what Li Yuanji mentioned, many common people can also participate!
For example, there are almost more than 100,000 workers in the workshop area, so we can just hold a skills competition.
Let's hold a weaving competition. The selection competition can be held in the workshop area. After the main competition, we can take it to the foot of the imperial city. Are you afraid that no one will come to see it?
The first place winner is called Li Min, the number one weaver in the Tang Dynasty. Are you afraid that no one will come to participate?
Those who are better at poetry and poetry can be literati, and those who are better at these life skills can be ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, all the people in Chang'an can be mobilized, and these competitions can also increase their enthusiasm in the workshop area.
It can be said to be a good way to achieve several goals with one stone!
Li Shimin said that it will be more than a month before the envoy enters Chang'an, and the preliminary selection competition can be started now.
When they come, let's see how good we Chang'an people are at playing!
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