Liu Haojia observes the performance of these people in their daily actions. Those who do well will naturally be promoted and rewarded, and those who do poorly will not be left alone. They must be taught a lesson! Otherwise, they really think that Gu Ningbo's mansion is easy to bully!
And just two months ago, Liu Haojia ordered a distant relative who came to seek refuge to be beaten to death using family methods! The reason is simple, this guy actually wants to steal the secret recipe! So Liu Haojia didn't even think about it, nor tortured the person behind him, but just beat the man to death in the yard!
The ones responsible for the action were the personal followers of Brother Liu Haojia, and this was their first time seeing blood! Although each of them turned pale and swayed in the end, they still did not spit out despite Liu Guangyuan's scolding, so they passed this test!
In fact, Liu Guangyuan's scolding had no effect on suppressing their desire to vomit. On the contrary, the mention of the word vomiting made them want to vomit even more! But when they saw Liu Haojia's calm face, they felt a chill running from their heels to the top of their heads, so their desire to vomit disappeared instantly! From then on, that face was engraved in their hearts!
But if they still have the intention to look at Liu Guangyuan and Liu Guangting at this time, they will find that their faces are even more distorted than them! Because they have been paying attention to the two young masters, their performance is so surprising!
As the future pillars of Gu Ningbo's mansion, the two young masters must pass this test! When they watched Liu Haonian, they thought he was very good! Because what they saw on his face was one part bloodthirsty, two parts excitement, three parts uneasiness and four parts discomfort!
But when they saw Liu Haojia, they didn't see any emotion on his face! So the two people couldn't help but look at each other, and at the same time made a conclusion in their hearts, that the master's choice of the future patriarch was indeed the right one!
In the past few years, Liu Haojia has completely acted as a think tank in the government! As the head of the Gu Ningbo Mansion, his father simply obeyed his words! So now Liu Haojia has established a unique position in the mansion! Sometimes Liu Guangyuan couldn't make up his mind about something, and if he couldn't find Liu's father, he would directly ask Liu Haojia for instructions!
Therefore, under Liu Haojia's control, Gu Ningbo's Mansion steadily strives for victory and improves steadily! In particular, the establishment of Qingya Xiaozhu was a stroke of genius that really impressed the two brothers! Moreover, while controlling the three major financial sources of Xuetang, Shiweizhai and Qingya Xiaozhu, he also extended his influence into other industries and added seven or eight more shops here and there!
While making money, Gu Ningbo's family connections have also expanded to the level of marquis. It can be said that Gu Ningbo's family has become a new upstart in the capital! So even if Liu Haojia does something amazing sometimes, they will just bow their heads and do as he is told!
For example, Liu Haojia is going to do something very outrageous today, and he has been doing it for more than a year, and he does it every twenty days, and it has become a scene in the capital! That is to be a bully!
In the afternoon, the youngest child among the first batch of children adopted by Liu Haojia ran over and said only one sentence: "Little Dragon is about to come out of the water!"
Liu Haojia reacted instantly. The target he had been waiting for finally appeared! The little dragon the child was talking about naturally refers to Emperor Wanli who had just ascended the throne for more than a year. Being out of water naturally meant that he left the palace! So Liu Haojia immediately ordered: "Change your clothes and go to Qipan Street!"
The Qipan Street he mentioned is one of the largest commercial districts! Since Yongle moved his capital to Beijing, with the stability of the political power, business in Beijing has gradually flourished. After Yongle, in the city, "the houses were in chaos, and the boudoirs heard clouds and bears. The tiles were covered with scales. The houses were packed together, the horses galloped together to harm each other, and the chariots attacked each other. They came together one after another, and chased each other from afar. Rich merchants and merchants, the roads belong to each other. Department store fills in the committee, Qiu Jishan accumulates”!
It is also recorded in "Dreams in the Pine Window" that the capital "carried its burdens on its shoulders, and carried out trades in various places. They stole only acres of land to meet the needs of cloth and silk. They filled the building with utensils and boxes full of treasures, and precious Kunyu and Qiongzhu." , Qi Jin, Yue Jia. All the treasures of the mountains and seas are not owned by China, but people from distant lands do not avoid the dangers and obstacles, but gather them one after another to gather their old animals for the world. The wealth of the southeast and the treasures of the mountains and seas especially do not gather in chariots. "Under the hub, we sincerely plan to pave the way for traffic jams." This is evident from the prosperous commerce in the city!
After the Grand Canal was opened in the Ming Dynasty, the Gulou commercial district in the north of the city, which had thrived on grain transportation in the Yuan Dynasty, gradually declined. At the same time, the Zhengyangmen area in the south of the city gradually prospered due to Beijing's commercial goods circulation channels, which created the Qipan Street commercial district between Damingmen and Zhengyangmen.
The "Picture of Accumulating Victory in the Imperial Capital" written in the late Jiajing and early Wanli years depicts the prosperity of the Qipan Street area. As seen in the painting, there is an endless stream of horse-drawn, vehicle-mounted, shoulder-carrying, and portable transportation lines from the suburbs of Beijing. On the "Chaoqian City" between Zhengyangmen and Damingmen, high cloth sheds appear. Zhang, the scene of vertical and horizontal aisles, stalls selling goods one by one, including crowns, scarves, boots and socks, clothes and cloth, silks and satins, furs, folding fans, umbrellas, wooden combs, mats, knives, scissors and hammers, ceramic vessels, lampstands, copper locks , stirrups, saddles, books, calligraphy and paintings, paper and ink, pens and inkstones, Yiding Buddha statues, jewelry, ivory, medicinal herbs, incense sticks, paper flowers, playthings, etc., there are countless things to see.
Zhengyangmenwai Street is also very prosperous. According to the "Jingshi Wuchengfang Alley Hutong Collection" records: Zhengyangmenwai Langfang Hutong, from north to south, has Toutiao, Ertiao, Santiao, Sitiao and Xiheyan Street. Commodity trade is extremely active. .
Among them, Toutiao Hutong is mainly the lantern market, with more than 20 lantern shops gathered here, among which Wenshengzhai, Huameizhai and Xiuzhenzhai are the most famous; Langfang Ertiao Hutong is where jade and antique shops are concentrated; Langfang Santiao Hutong , famous for selling needles, threads, brains and other small commodities: shops in Langfang Sitiao Hutong (today’s Dashilan)
Also emerging at the same time are the East and West Archway areas. The Dongsi Archway and Xisi Archway areas in East and West City are the other two important commercial areas in the city. The Dongsi Pailou commercial area is called Dongda City. It gradually prospered because of its location on the canal, an important transportation thoroughfare for goods entering the city. There are many warehouses near Dongda City. In addition to the seven warehouses established in the Yuan Dynasty, Lumi warehouse, New Taicang, Old Taicang, Nanxincang, Fuxincang and Shipping warehouse were added in the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, the prosperity of the Dengshi Market as an important regular market in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty also promoted the development of commercial trade in the Dengshikou area. In the Ming Dynasty, the lantern market was mainly displayed in today's Dengshikou Street, Dengshikou West Street, Dengshikou North Lane, and Tongfujia Road. The purpose of establishing the lantern market was "when Taizu first built the southern capital, it flourished as a colorful building to attract the world." "Rich merchants put out lanterns for ten days" was formed after the capital was moved to Beijing and still followed the old system.
