If Zhang Chao wants to rent a shop in Xicheng City, he does not need to go directly to the streets and alleys of Xicheng City to find information on the store rental.

A purchasing manager at Qin Qiong's mansion was very familiar with Xishi, so he took Zhang Chao and others to the central area of ​​Xishi first. The central area of ​​the nine major areas of Xishi is also the location of the Municipal Office of the Xishi market management agency.

Like East City, Xishi has its own management agencies, called Municipal Administration, Pingju and Changping Warehouse. The three institutions are all affiliated to Taifu Temple, among which the Municipal Administration is responsible for shop registration and market management. The Pingju and the Mainland Administration mainly bears price management, and is also responsible for the procurement of materials in Beijing's hundreds of departments and the sale of excess materials, and has the function of regulating the market.

Changping warehouses are granaries, but they are not ordinary granaries. They are specialized in conducting and cultivating them to balance the grain of the capital. When the grain prices in the market are too high, they will produce grain at a fair price, and when the market grain prices are too low, they will purchase grain storage.

When Zhang Chao wanted to rent a shop, he didn't need to go directly to the street to find rental information or to find an agent in the dental bank. Manager Qin took them directly to the municipal office, and there was actually an agent here.

There is one city commander, sixth rank, two city chiefs, and eighth rank.

Every day, the two cities wait for the morning drum to ring, and the city gates open one by one. Then the city office rings the bell three hundred times, and the two cities officially open business. In the evening, after the street drums ring, the city office rings another three hundred bells, and the market shops close. Usually, the city office also sends people to inspect the market, inspect whether the merchants are short of weight, check the authenticity of goods, and manage market order.

The Xishi Municipal Bureau, located in the center of Xishi City, has a large area of ​​yamen and many people come and do business. The Qin Manager seems to be very familiar with the people here. Some officials in the office directly opened the back door for them and went in to do business without queuing up.

"There are exactly a few shops on the Cake Shop that need to be rented."

Hearing the purpose of the visit, the eighth-rank city chief in charge of the reception immediately said with a smile.

Cakes, which is the restaurant that sells cakes. Sui and Tang dynasties, also known as Xing, can be understood as a commercial area that operates the same industry, such as a catering street, a clothing city, etc. Cakes actually refer to the food industry that sells pasta, because the Tang people basically called various pasta various cakes.

There are 220 stores in the West Market, with more than 40,000 stores, among which the cake shop is one of them.

I heard that Zhang Chao was the adopted son of Duke Qin Shubao of Yiguo and wanted to rent a cake shop in Xishi. Therefore, the city chief was very enthusiastic. He directly took out all the rental shops he had in his hands, and even took out several sets of shops for sale. The location was a relatively good location.

After choosing, Zhang Chao finally took a fancy to a cake shop. It was not a small shop that was only ten feet wide, but a lot of shops that were large, and it was a two-story shop with a yard room behind it.

But this shop is only sold and not rented.

"The location is indeed good." Zhang Chao was a little moved. The shop is located at a large crossroads, with charcoal shops and moxing shops to the north, and wine shops and rice shops to the south, and Hu Shang District and Yishou to the east. On the west, they are all concentrated areas for various catering industries.

From a commercial perspective, this kind of approach of converging together with the same industry can indeed greatly improve the efficiency of grouping, form a special market effect, and attract more customers of this type.

Opening a store in such a place will definitely be in short supply, and many customers will come for consumption purposes. Just opening a restaurant on the same street as a food restaurant is definitely better than opening a restaurant on the same street.

The biggest role of the market is to attract potential customers.

“Is this store only sold and not rented?”

The city chief smiled and said, "In fact, it's more cost-effective to buy it. Look at this shop so big, it's still the front shop backyard, with two floors and seven or eight rooms in front and back. Because the owner of this shop retired and returned home, he planned to move out of the capital and return to his hometown, so he planned to sell the shop. This shop only costs 300 guan."

"Xiao Langjun, it's hard to find a second store for the same shop. Whether it's the location or the size of the shop, it's very good. There will never be a loss for 300 coins. If you rent it under normal circumstances, you will get at least ten coins per month."

Ten jin per month, one hundred and twenty jin per year, and renting for two and a half years is equivalent to the money you can buy the store, and it is indeed more cost-effective to buy it.

But this is a bit different from Zhang Chao's plan, but after thinking about it, Zhang Chao felt that the store in such a location is indeed very cheap. If you miss it, the price will definitely increase in the future.

As the city chief said, it was because the family was anxious to leave Beijing that they were so cheap that they were so cheap. Otherwise, they would definitely not be so cheap.

The city chief also looked at Qin Qiong's face. The owner of the shop came to register for sale. He had not released the news yet, otherwise there would definitely be many people willing to buy it.

"This shop was originally a seller of cakes. Now you are planning to open a cake shop. Isn't that just right? The owner said that the store sells it, and even all the items in the store are provided. You bought the shop and it's just right. You don't need to buy them separately. It's very cost-effective."

It's really cost-effective.

Zhang Chao was moved and asked his father, but his father thought it was not bad, so he asked Zhang Chao to make the decision himself.

"Okay, I bought it. When will I see the store signing a contract transaction?"

"Young man is really generous. I will take you to the store to see it in person immediately. If you are still satisfied after seeing it, then let the shopkeeper invite the store owner."

When he arrived at the shop, Zhang Chao became more and more satisfied with the shop. The shop was big and clean. It was originally a cake shop, and there were cake shops on the street next to it, such as steamed cakes, soup cakes, pancakes, and Hu cakes. Anyway, it was all kinds of pasta and it was very popular.

The store owner rushed over to hear the news. He was in a hurry to go home and wanted to sell it. Zhang Chao was indeed willing to buy it, so he didn't bargain much in the end.

Three hundred guans were transferred to Zhang Chao, and even the tables, chairs, pots and bowls in the store were all the same as Zhang Chao. Even the shopkeepers, the guys and others who worked in the store expressed their willingness to stay and continue working.

Zhang Chao only needs to change his signature and even opens his business tomorrow.

The contract was signed and the transfer was registered at the municipal office. The shop was under Zhang Chao's name. Zhang Chao chose to pay with gold, and the store was very happy. It was easy to carry gold, which was suitable for him to return home.

Zhang Chao brought gold with him. The seller of the shop invited someone from the gold store and then hired an official from the municipal office to appraise the authenticity of the gold. After the appraisal was accurate, Zhang Chao paid 37 taels and half of the gold to complete the transaction.

The city office also spent some money on registration procedures, plus some money provided to the city office. In the end, Zhang Chao bought the store for less than 40 taels of gold. At the same time, he also re-offered all the shopkeepers and shopkeepers in the store. The shopkeepers had twelve stones of corn a year, and the other cakes made 10 stones of corn a year, while the four shopkeepers were much cheaper and almost had no salary. They only included food and accommodation. During the New Year Festival, they would give them some gifts and reward money. At the end of the year, they agreed to give one stone of corn a reward.

Using grain as salary, not money is also because the prices are high these days, and secondly, the food is precious, so it is determined to use grain as salary and adopt an annual salary system.

In fact, the shopkeeper has actually quite a lot of rice in a year. The rice price is so expensive now, a stone of rice costs 5,000 yuan, and a twelve stone a year is equivalent to sixty stagnant. If it were in the Taiping period, it would not be so high. But in the Taiping period, a stone of grain is only worth a few hundred yuan.

The officials of the court all gave rice, and the taxes paid by the people were all physical items such as grain, cloth, etc. Therefore, the shopkeepers and shopkeepers in the store were very happy that the new owner gave them rice as salary.
Chapter completed!