"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing the demeanor of his shopkeeper, the waiter asked in a low voice.
He has been following his shopkeeper for several years, and he has always been calm and calm, but he has never seen such a nervous look. He was also curious about what was written on that piece of paper that would make his shopkeeper look like this.
"What are you looking at? Go to work quickly!"
"Go and tell them to take out the best ones from the shop, wrap them up a little more delicately, and tell me when they're ready, and I'll deliver them myself!"
"okay!"
After the waiter exited, Sun Chunyang sat down on the chair and let out a long breath.
After picking up the cold tea and drinking it down in one gulp, he looked at the paper in his hand again. There was only the word "Jin Gu Yuan" on it.
Jingu Garden is the former site of the Qian family in the Five Dynasties. It changed hands several times and was expanded many times. It is mainly composed of rockeries, supplemented by pools, and landscapes complement each other. Although the manor is small, it is very grand.
It is famous for its ingenious rockery stacking, and it can be regarded as a luxurious garden among many gardens in Suzhou.
In the early years, it was the residence of Shen Shixing, a university club during the Wanli period. However, after Shen Shixing's death, the entire Shen family moved away, leaving it empty and gradually forgotten.
It was not until a few days ago that it came into the sight of the people of Suzhou again, because that was where the emperor's residence was.
A young man with extraordinary magnanimity and knowledge. He is also in Jingu Garden. With such a mysterious address, he is most likely the emperor.
Thinking of this, Sun Chunyang's back felt cold again.
After being amazed, Sun Chunyang thought about it. The Ming Dynasty had always focused on agriculture and suppressed business, and had set various thresholds and restrictions on businessmen.
Especially in the past few days, the new magistrate Zhou Tingru almost wiped out all the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou. This has already shown the attitude of the court.
But the emperor just invited him to the emperor's business. Is the emperor's business a royal business or a court business? There is a big difference between the two.
While suppressing businessmen and establishing business houses, what on earth is the emperor going to do? Are you competing with the people for profit, or do you have other plans?
Although he is extremely smart, he is also full of tangles at the moment.
"Hmm... No, if the imperial court wanted to suppress business, the emperor would not have let me go to the royal trading house just now.
Whether it is a royal business house or a court business house, if you use your power to maintain it, it will arouse the common hatred of wealthy businessmen, which the emperor would not have thought of. "
"Is it true, as I guessed two days ago, that Governor Zhou is clearly suppressing wealthy businessmen in Suzhou, but is actually using this method to rectify the business environment?"
"Yes, it must be like this, otherwise the emperor would not be able to tell me such advanced business ideas!"
"Today's wealthy businessmen are basically just profit-seeking. In order to make more money, they will not hesitate to use shoddy goods, lack of goods, etc.
They even joined forces to monopolize and raise prices to squeeze people's surplus money, and even joined forces to fight against the government, and joined with the government to exclude and suppress foreign merchants.
The prefect's method is to use the court's methods to rectify, and the emperor invited me, that is, to use the power of business to influence,
Since they can't change themselves, they can use external force to change.
When the emperor invited me to be the shopkeeper of a business, he must have taken a fancy to my model or that my model fit with his philosophy, so he could do things with half the effort. "
After a long time, Sun Chunyang finally figured out the emperor's intention, but he also became entangled in whether to go or not.
Business is a very attractive piece of fat. Even if the imperial court wants to move this area, there will probably be great resistance. Once he fails, he will be criticized by thousands of people.
As for the danger to his life, with the emperor's temperament, even if he failed or was forced to give up, he would never bow to the wealthy businessmen, let alone kill himself to appease their anger.
I have failed in many trials and abandoned my literary career to pursue business. If I enter the royal business, I will definitely enter politics through business. Although there is no party in charge of government, the changes in business can benefit the people of the entire Ming Dynasty.
"It's done. Instead of developing slowly, it's better to give it a try. If you succeed, you will be remembered in history. If you fail, the worst thing is to settle down and start over with a new look!"
Being able to find new ways to keep the store in order is definitely not an indecisive person.
In fact, in addition to the above reasons, the emperor invited him but he refused. As long as he revealed a little information, the government would cause trouble. Those wealthy businessmen would definitely make it impossible for him to open his shop in order to please him.
After analysis, Sun Chunyang made a decision, and just as he was about to go out, the clerk came in: "The shopkeeper, everything is ready. All the goods are of good quality and have been loaded into the carriage!"
"Okay, you go and do your work, I'll go there myself!"
Amid the curiosity of the waiters and customers in the store, Sun Chunyang took the driving whip and drove the carriage skillfully away.
What they don't know is that their shopkeeper's arrival will completely change their destiny.
Regarding Sun Chunyang's decision, Chongzhen asked about the reasons, and was even more satisfied with Sun Chunyang's intelligence. He lamented that he had not misjudged the person. With Sun Chunyang, a master who had already explored and practiced, the Daming Department Store Supply and Marketing Cooperative would be half successful.
"Sun Chunyang, welcome to join us. I can tell you responsibly that in a few years you will find that your decision today is the most correct one in your life."
Chongzhen said something meaningful, and then said to one side: "It is said that Yang Shaoan has come to see me!"
After a while, Yang Shaoan entered the lobby, and Chongzhen said softly: "Shaoan, tell shopkeeper Sun about the plan of the department store supply and marketing cooperative!"
"Department store supply and marketing cooperative?"
Facing Sun Chunyang's doubts, Yang Shao'an chuckled and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, from now on we will fight side by side and share the worries for His Majesty! I will tell you about the plan of the Department Store Supply and Marketing Cooperative!"
Yang Shaoan started by talking about the purpose of the department store supply and marketing cooperative, and Sun Chunyang was shocked by just the purpose of the department store supply and marketing cooperative.
I really didn't expect that the emperor's starting point was this, Chongzhen added from time to time.
A businessman who abandoned his literary career to pursue a new career, a businessman's son who traveled all over the world with his father and had a rich family background, and an emperor who had advanced vision for future generations and could decide the direction of the dynasty in this life. The thoughts between the three people began to collide with each other countless times. of sparks.
From noon to Youshi, three or four hours of collision, the three of them were all in a hearty mood, and they set the general direction of the future planning of the Department Store Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the planning of Daming Commerce.
At this moment, Yang Shaoan and Sun Chunyang realized the emperor's grand plans and marveled at the emperor's ambition, courage and structure.
Sun Chunyang was even more grateful that he chose to accept the emperor's invitation. According to the emperor's plan, even if he could complete a small part, he would die without regrets.
What surprised him even more was that now it was not just naturalization, but also a substantial stage.
According to Yang Shaoan's report, the drawings and site were prepared.
One of them is the Wu family smelting workshop located near Helv Gate. The area is large enough and a warehouse is needed. All it takes is to demolish the smelting workshop in the middle and build a new cloister pavilion.
