Zhuyuan and Lingxian are both the highest-end places in Wuyi. Before Li Ze opened Lingxian, Zhuyuan was the main place for the northern powers to communicate with. Later, as soon as Lingxian was opened, this area was naturally transferred to Lingxian Restaurant. Zhuyuan did not have the courage to compete with Lingxian, and its focus gradually shifted to the rich. As long as you have enough silver dollars, you can get the most advanced enjoyment here.

In fact, in terms of excellent service and exquisite food, Lingxian is far from comparable to Zhuyuan. Who made Lingxian’s backend boss Li Ze?

Of course, if wealthy officials want to enjoy it, they will still choose Zhuyuan.

Overall, most of the officials in the Tang Dynasty were rich, and officials like Wu Jin were rare after all.

Zhuyuan is truly rich and powerful.

After entering Chang'an, they directly came to Wang Mingyi and took down the best manor from him. This manor used to be a royal villa. The most rare thing is that a small half of this manor penetrated into Xuanwu Lake from a distance.

After Li Ze entered Chang'an, all the royal villas like this and more nobles and wealthy houses without their owners were sent to the Business Department for auction by Li Ze.

There are no additional conditions, in short, it is one, the higher the price will be rewarded.

In order to get this house, Zhuyuan scared away all competitors at a price of 500,000 silver dollars.

After getting it, Zhuyuan made a big effort to dig the peninsula that explored the lake and turned it into a real island. On the island, there was only one building, that is, Zhuyuan's theater. All the makis, singers, and musicians obtained from the palace lived here.

After stepping onto this island through the cover bridge that crosses the lake, entering the theater, Qian Biao has to admit that he is really a perfect local bun in front of these big merchants from Wuyi.

Qian Biao was greatly surprised by the ostentatiousness of the businessman in the North.

But he knew that the center had always been short of money.

Aren’t these people afraid that one day the court will suddenly turn against each other and catch a turtle in the middle of the army?

With this doubt, under the guidance of Jianghe, Qian Biao walked into a private room, while other Hunan representatives were led by the theater staff to the seats below.

Standing on the edge of the private room, you can better see the big stage below. Qian Biao looked up and counted about one. There were about eight to nine such private room in the entire theater. Below there were scattered seats, and the entire theater could sit about four or five hundred people.

Even the seats are stairs, and the big stage is at the lowest point, surrounded by these stairs. There is a semicircular trench around the stage, and the inside is now full of musicians, and they are busy debugging musical instruments.

The layout of this stage is completely different from some stages Qian Biao has seen before. It is refreshing and also takes into account that everyone can clearly see the performances on the stage.

People from big places are indeed different. Qian Biao said silently in his heart.

In fact, Wuyi's rise has only happened in the past decade. Before that, Qian Biao was afraid that Qian Biao would not know where Wuyi was.

"Governor Qian, although this theater is big, the construction and decoration of the house are designed by masters, ensuring that no matter where you sit, there will be no obstacles in your sight, and no corner will not be able to hear the singing style. It is amazing!" Jiang He smiled.

"It's indeed eye-opening!" Qian Biao nodded repeatedly: "I'm afraid this investment is extremely large, right?"

Jiang He smiled and said, "It's not just big? But look, this theater is held every ten days, and each ticket is ten silver dollars. After one, it's about five thousand taels. One month is ten thousand dollars, and a year is ten thousand silver dollars. Moreover, the one who comes here only watches two performances? Eating, drinking, and having fun is one-stop service. Generally speaking, when you step into this door, you will be hundreds of silver dollars no longer in your pocket."

Qian Biao smiled and said, "I didn't bring so much money today!"

"Today we only watch the show, and we will leave after watching it!" Jiang He smiled and said, "But the Governor must be prepared too. I'm afraid someone will come to visit you at this time."

"The president of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce you mentioned?"

"I'm afraid it's not just him!" Jiang Hedao: "There are many people who are well-informed! Even this Zhuyuan will reveal the news that some important people are coming to. For this news, some people are willing to pay a lot of money."

Qian Biao's face changed slightly: "I have nothing worthy of their investment."

Qian Biao didn't know anything else, but he knew that Li Ze was extremely disgusted with corruption. Even a big man like Shen Congxing would inevitably be killed by Caishikou if he made a mistake. Compared with Shen Congxing, is he considered a big shot?

Jiang He shook his head and said, "They are not here to bribe you, they just want to know you in order to get an opportunity. And such an opportunity is a win-win outcome for both the local government and them."

Qian Biao stared at Jianghe, "Dr. Jiang, you seem to have something to say? Are you going to introduce someone to me?"

Jiang He laughed: "Governor Qian is really amazing, but I was also entrusted by the boss of Zhuyuan. In order to let me bring you this sentence, they gave me a VIP card for one year. With this VIP card, I can come and eat and drink for a year."

"Who is such a big deal?" After understanding Zhuyuan's consumption level, Qian Biao was also very surprised.

"Yelu Fengze!" river channel.

Sure enough, he was also a luxury figure, the head of Boxing Trading Company and the representative of the interests of the Khitans in the Tang Dynasty.

"I, Hunan now only controls more than a dozen counties around Dongting Lake. Where do people like Yelu Fengze look down on us?" Qian Biao pondered. He has now become a local politician. He has been in a state of war around Yueyang for years and has been exhausted to the extreme. If a super big businessman like Yelu Fengze is willing to go to Hunan, he would be reluctant to ask for it. However, this person suddenly asked for a visit, and he had to think about what he could do.

As a businessman, you can't get up early without profit.

But it doesn’t matter if you meet. The initiative is in your own hands. As long as you stand firmly, you will naturally not be afraid of these people.

"See you!" Qian Biao smiled and said, "Dr. Jiang has worked hard for someone to run around, so you can't let your VIP card fail this year."

"See you together?" Jiang He smiled a little embarrassedly.

Qian Biao was slightly relieved, and then he also reacted. Isn’t there another businessman from Zhejiang? Then let’s meet together. No matter what they want to flatter themselves, there is one more person present, and they are all people in the shopping mall, competition will naturally form, or they can make profits from it.

"Then I'll make arrangements!" Jiang He smiled and stood up.

A moment later, a majestic young man and a wealthy middle-aged man appeared in the private room at the same time.

The young one is naturally Yelu Fengze of Boxing Trading Company, and the other is Yang Zhong, president of Zhejiang West Chamber of Commerce.

Boxing Trading Company is a rising star and has a fierce momentum, but the Zhejiang West Chamber of Commerce has a long history and a profound heritage. When the two of them visited at the same time, they naturally became tense immediately.

However, what Qian Biao did not expect was that although these two people were not in line with each other, when facing Qian Biao, they never mentioned business matters, but just asked about their well-being and picked up some interesting rural stories.

However, between the two of them seemingly inadvertently speaking, Qian Biao also understood their intentions.

Boxing Trading Company started out with animal husbandry, and now has two pillar industries, one is textile and the other is sea transportation. Yelu Fengze just returned from the Western Regions. Where did he reach a huge agreement with Xue Ping. Boxing Trading Company originally mainly engaged in wool textiles. Because they were Khitans, they had unique advantages and almost monopolized the wool textile industry of the Tang Dynasty. Now, they extended their hands to cotton spinning. This time they went to the Western Regions to discuss this matter with Xue Ping. Xue Ping will vigorously promote cotton planting in the Western Regions, while Boxing Trading Company set up several large cotton spinning factories in the Western Regions, and he ordered all the cotton planted there. After completing this huge commercial layout, he extended his hands to the silk industry.

Hunan embroidery is as famous as Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery and Shu embroidery. Yang Zhong, the Western Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, came to him, probably because he was also looking at this point.

The two have the same goals, so there will naturally be competition.

Nowadays, Guangdong embroidery and Shu embroidery are almost unable to leave the country due to the commercial blockade of the Tang Dynasty. Hunan embroidery also produces very little. The popular one is Su embroidery. Yangzhong, Zhejiang, made arrangements in advance and wanted to include Hunan embroidery in its pocket. Yelu Fengze wanted to step into this industry, so he naturally wanted to take the lead and compete with Su embroidery.

After understanding this, Qian Biao was very happy. As long as they had something to ask for, he could ask for more. Although he only controlled more than a dozen counties around Dongting Lake, he really wanted to manage these dozen counties vigorously in a very short time. This would not only demonstrate his ability to manage the local area, but also form a great siphon effect on the places under Ding Taiyi in Hunan. Even if the war did not start immediately, he could still undergo a peaceful evolution, and it would probably attract some places to invest independently. That would be a great contribution.

As soon as he thought of this, Lao Huai was very relieved, and knew that today the two of them were just here to recognize the door. When they looked back, they would definitely come to visit separately. That was a good opportunity to negotiate conditions. With the joining of these big financial owners, it would naturally accelerate Hunan's rapid recovery.
Chapter completed!