"Mr. Han, what you said is really deep in my heart. To be honest, my father and son came all the way to Beijing not just to do this kind of business, but just to make my family's 'Wen Yongsheng' cellar famous in Beijing. If

The princes and ministers in the capital all say that my wine is good, do you think I should worry about not being able to sell it in the future?"

"So I have to think of a way."

"What good ideas does Mr. Han have?" Wen Youyu asked eagerly.

Han Xiufeng smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Wen, in my opinion, it is better to ask for one person than to ask for help from everywhere. If a Hanlin master likes your wine, he will be inspired by poetry after drinking it and write a poem such as, "May I ask where the restaurant is?"

There are poems like, "The shepherd boy points to the Xinghua Village from afar" or "The luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink, you will immediately urge me to drink with the pipa", your wine will not be famous all over the world!"

Wen Youyu said with a bitter face: "Mr. Han, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I've thought of this a long time ago, but Mr. Hanlin is so noble that I can't even try to flatter him. Even if I try to flatter him, he may not be willing to help my family recite poems.

Endowment.”

"Being unable to curry favor with me before does not mean that I cannot curry favor with him now," Han Xiufeng said bluntly, not wanting to go around in circles anymore: "Shopkeeper Wen, to be honest, we don't have many officials in Chongqing government in Beijing, so it will be difficult to maintain the guild hall. If

The Wen family is willing to donate generously to fund the renovation. Chongqing officials in Beijing, including Mr. Ji of the Hanlin Academy, and even our entire Chongqing Shilin family will accept your Wen family's kindness. Not to mention helping you write a poem, eight of ten poems will be written.

It’s not impossible.”

Wen Youyu met Mr. Ji at the group greeting banquet at the Chongqing Guild Hall last year. He knew that Mr. Ji was full of knowledge and knew that writing a poem was not a piece of cake for Mr. Ji. Seeing Han Xiufeng so serious, Wen Youyu was moved: "Mr. Han

,How much money will it cost to repair the guild hall?"

"The guild hall has been in disrepair for a long time. No matter how much I get, I still need two thousand taels. But don't worry, shopkeeper Wen. Next, I will visit several Sichuan compatriots who are engaged in wood, medicinal materials, tung oil, silk and satin Shu embroidery, white wax and tea business in the capital. I believe that

They are all willing to donate generously, and a family of two to three hundred is enough."

Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "Furthermore, I have made an agreement with Mr. Ji, Mr. Qian, and Mr. Wang. If you are willing to donate generously, the guild hall will be our test hall in Chongqing and ours after it is repaired."

This is a business hall for Sichuan merchants in Beijing. From now on, you can go to the hall for all your meetings, banquets, weddings and funerals. Visitors from your hometown no longer need to stay in the inn. They can stay there as long as they are not in time to take the exam."

The people who come to the capital from other places are mainly "officials" and "businessmen". The candidates who come to the capital to take exams and the officials who come to the capital to work on business are cared for by the capital officials from their hometowns, but the businessmen can only look after each other and stick together to keep each other warm.

There are seven business halls outside Zhengyangmen and Xuanwumen, namely the Wenchang Hall of the "Book Store", the Changchun Hall of the "Jade Store", the Pigment Store of the "Pigment Store", the Medicine Store of the "Medicine Store",

Zhengyi Temple of "Yinhao", Xiancheng Guild Hall and Xizi Guild Hall of "Guangxing" were all built with funds raised by fellow townsmen or colleagues. Many issues in Beijing, such as food and accommodation, communication, gatherings, entertainment, celebrations, relief, funerals...

…you can find help there.

There are not many officials in Sichuan and even fewer businessmen in Beijing.

Not to mention hotels, there is not even a business store so far.

Wen Youyu was very envious of businessmen in Beijing from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, Anhui, Shanxi and other places, and envied them for having guild halls. Especially when discussing business with them, he could only do business in this shabby courtyard or go to taverns and teahouses outside, while others

But you can sit in the guild hall and talk about it. It only takes a few words to find the right person, even if the money cannot be transferred, it is also a matter of one word, and there is a schedule.

Seeing his thoughtful expression, Han Xiufeng struck while the iron was hot and said, "If Shopkeeper Wen is willing, he can take the lead in establishing a hometown association of Sichuan merchants in Beijing. With the hometown association, we will be able to take care of each other in the future.

"

"Mr. Han, are you saying that we in Sichuan also advocate the establishment of a business gang?"

"Why not? Others don't know it, but you know it, Shopkeeper Wen. Our hometown in Sichuan used to be very prosperous in all walks of life, but what is it like now? We deal in foreign goods, mountain goods, local goods, rice grains, cotton yarn, cloth, and tea.

, all those who buy medicinal materials are merchants from eight provinces, and they have made all our money from Sichuan. What do they rely on, isn’t it just grouping together!"

Han Xiufeng was heartbroken, and Wen Youyu felt the same, because Shanxi businessmen had already sold the wine to Sichuan.

He thought for a while and said helplessly: "Mr. Han, it would be great if I could have a fellow countryman. I'm just one person with an idea. It's not easy to advocate for it."

"Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are willing people. As long as the shopkeeper Wen is willing, our Chongqing Guild Hall will fully help!" Han Xiufeng knocked on the table and immediately changed the subject: "Furthermore, after the store is repaired, it cannot be without a manager. Of course, this manager must be

The chief guest from the same town will serve concurrently. In my opinion, Shopkeeper Wen, you are the most suitable person."

"Mr. Han, stop joking, I'm not good at it."

"I said you can do it, you can do it!" Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "To be honest, I can't be the leader of the guild for a few days. I will be appointed as the head of the guild when the vacancy is filled. The guild cannot be left unattended after I leave.

, If shopkeeper Wen is willing to stand up for the welfare of his fellow villagers, I will go and talk to Mr. Ji, Mr. Wang and Mr. Qian."

Wen Youyu was stunned. After being stunned for a while, he asked cautiously: "Mr. Han, the commercial building is also the test hall of your Chongqing government. Can I, a Luzhou native with no fame, take care of the test hall?"

"I said you can do it if you can. Besides, taking care of the testing room doesn't mean you can write eight-part essays."

If you can be the chief official of the Chongqing Guild Hall, you will be half of the officialdom. You will be able to talk to the Chongqing government officials in Beijing and the people who come to Beijing to take the exam. Wen Youyu thinks that as long as you can be the chief official of the Chongqing Guild Hall, let alone the beauty.

Two or three hundred taels, even if it was five or six hundred taels, it was still worth it. He quickly stood up and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Mr. Han, for your support. Mr. Wen is willing to serve the gentlemen in Beijing and fund the renovation of the guild hall."

"Okay, great!" Han Xiufeng held his arms and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wen, no, Brother Wen, from now on we will treat each other as brothers. Since we are a family, we will not say a few words and advocate for fellow villagers.

It is not appropriate to delay the meeting and repairing the guild hall. If Brother Wen is free in the afternoon, you might as well visit several other fellow villagers with Zhixing to talk about our friendship and discuss the big plans in Beijing."

"I have plenty of time, Mr. Han, I have plenty of time!"

"Master Han, just call me Zhixing."

"How can this be true? You are the master. It is my blessing that I am gentle enough that you think highly of me. I cannot be ignorant of praise, and I cannot be neither big nor small."

Pan Er saw this with joy in his heart, thinking to himself that the rich man's money was so easy to deceive.

Then I thought that if it were my father who was far away from Zouma's hometown, I was shocked to find that his father would rush to dig out the money if this happened. He secretly vowed to learn from Han Si how to be an official, and when he learned how to do it, he would donate to become an official.

Do.

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Chapter completed!