As soon as everyone entered Ximeng Tower, they attracted the attention of many tea guests.
The reason is very simple. Most of the tea guests who come here now already know that the owner of this teahouse is the young chief officer of the Luqiao Department who wrote "The Sapphire Case. Yuan Xi" and "The Story of Love Lotus".
Qin Ming, a man from Lantian County, also contracted the cement road from Wannian County to Lantian County.
Not only that, the tea guests also heard that the stories of "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" recently told by the storyteller in the teahouse were also written by this young chief official.
So in recent days, there have been many teahouses, including many scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam, and pretty girls who came here in admiration, including many children of aristocratic families and famous ladies.
Most of them are admirers of Qin Ming, or fans in modern terms.
Others come to Ximeng Tower to drink tea and listen to stories, but they come here to see with their own eyes this young man who has become famous in Chang'an in a short period of time!
Most of the scholars hoped to get acquainted with this new talent in the imperial court who was said to be brilliant in literature and had won the battle with Secretary Wei Wei in the court.
The woman's idea is relatively simple.
They simply wanted to see how the young man looked. If he was handsome, they thought that after returning home, they would hint to the elders in the family and see if they could ask one or two elders to help them go to Lantian.
And the group of people who had just entered the building in front of them could be led in by the teahouse shopkeeper Guo himself, which shows that their background is very unusual, at least.
The man in the middle is young and handsome, wearing a blue Confucian shirt, a white jade hairpin on his head, a white black bird jade pendant and a delicate purse around his waist.
The two women beside him were pretty and charming, wearing white skirts.
The two long ponytails are gorgeous and add a bit of playfulness to the two women, which is very eye-catching.
So the tea guests all speculated whether this young man in Confucian shirt was the legendary young chief of the Road and Bridge Department.
Qin Ming has long been accustomed to being watched by others since he time traveled, so he doesn't care about the stares of people around him.
Wan'er was just the opposite. She was not used to being stared at like this. Out of instinct, Xiao Qingwan couldn't help but hide behind Qin Ming.
When the group was about to reach the stairs, Xiao Qingwan gently pulled Qin Ming's sleeve and whispered:
"Sir, I want to go to the accounting room to chat with Qing'er."
Qin Ming turned around and patted Qingwan's arm, and said with a smile:
"Okay, then you and Sishe go find Qing'er. After I finish talking about this matter, I will go to the accounting office to find you."
After saying that, Qin Ming glanced at Si She. Si She understood that the young master wanted him to protect Wan'er, so he nodded towards Qin Ming.
Xiao Qingwan smiled sweetly at Qin Ming.
"Thank you, sir."
After saying that, Xiao Qingwan took Sishe and ran towards the backyard of Ximeng Tower.
After a while, Qin Ming followed Shopkeeper Guo to the box where the timber merchant was.
There were six people in the box, all of whom were wearing black or gray Confucian shirts, and all had black turbans on their heads.
The law of the Tang Dynasty has strict regulations on the clothing of the people, "The subordinate officials wear green, the common people wear white, the butchers wear soap, and the soldiers wear yellow."
Therefore, generally in public places, merchants can only wear gray and black clothes, and those with bright colors can only be worn at home.
When the merchants saw Qin Ming, who was wearing a blue Confucian shirt, led by shopkeeper Guo, they all showed excited smiles on their faces.
They stood up one after another and bowed respectfully to Qin Ming:
"Meet the man from Qin County."
Qin Mingchao waved his hands to everyone and said:
"You don't have to be formal, please take a seat."
When everyone heard this, they cupped their hands and said:
"Thank you, Qin County man."
After everyone sat down, shopkeeper Guo walked to the middle of the room and introduced everyone to Qin Ming one by one.
"This is shopkeeper Zhang Jiulang Zhang from Zhang's Timber Shop, and this is shopkeeper Liu Twelve Lang Liu from Liu's Timber Shop..."
Qin Ming sat on the main seat, took a sip of tea, and then said to the six timber merchants present:
"I think shopkeeper Guo has told you the purpose of coming here this time."
Everyone nodded after hearing this and looked at Qin Ming with admiration.
These businessmen are the most well-informed. It can be said that the Lantian County Men's Mansion has many industries in Chang'an City.
And everything is an exclusive sale, there is no competition at all, and the profits are simply scary!
Otherwise, the Lantian County Men’s Mansion would not have hired more than 10,000 people in Wannian County to build the Changlan cement road on its own!
Of course, if it were just like this, they, the largest timber merchants in Chang'an, would not have such respect for Qin Ming.
The reason why these merchants respected Qin Ming so much was because Qin Ming, who was also a merchant, was appreciated by the pilgrim saints with his literary talents and abilities.
Not only was he personally made a man of Lantian County by the saint, but he was also entrusted with important tasks and became the current chief officer of the Road and Bridge Department. Even the saint's legitimate son, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, became the adjutant of the man in front of him.
This was simply unimaginable to them, but in this way, they also saw the light of day in Qin Ming.
Dawn belongs to merchants. They believe that since a man from Qin County who was a merchant can be promoted by a saint, they may also get the same opportunity.
Not only them, but many merchants in Chang'an City now regard the young man in green shirt in front of them as their role model and benchmark.
It can be said that people in Chang'an's business community feel proud every time they mention the young officer in front of them at the wine table.
There is no one in the business community who does not hope that Qin Ming will be in a high position in the future!
Qin Ming looked at the adoring eyes of six, no, seven people in front of him. He was a little confused, but he didn't go into details.
"Okay, let me make it simple. Qin Mansion will purchase fir, pine, cypress, elm, camphor, and nanmu for a long time, as much as they want."
“So I’m calling everyone here this time because I want everyone to quote a real price for me.”
Zhang Jiulang frowned when he heard this and said doubtfully:
"The county man bought so much wood to build a large-scale construction project?"
The rest of the people also looked at Qin Ming after hearing this. They didn't want this light in the business world to fall into arrogance before he reached the top.
Qin Ming shook his head, thought for a while and said:
"A certain person bought these woods to build some ships. It is not convenient to tell outsiders about the details now."
When Zhang Jiulang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not used to build a house.
"In that case, when I get back next time, I'll order someone to check the warehouse. Tomorrow afternoon at the latest, I can give the county man a specific number."
"As for the price, it's easy to negotiate. Normally, a hundred stones of wood would be priced at two guan by the shop. If it is sold to the county man's house, the shop is willing to give a 30% profit."
Liu Twelve looked at each other and stood up one after another and said:
"The store is also willing to sell it to the county man at the same price."
Qin Ming was quite surprised when he heard this. He had calculated the price of wood and the profit before he came.
At the current market price, the full profit is only 40%, so his target price for this trip is only to cut off 20%.
Are all the merchants in the Tang Dynasty so honest in their business dealings?
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