Chapter 507: Extensive Influence
"What's this?"
At the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, a group of businessmen looked at the pendulum bell standing in the middle of the hall and looked confused.
After appreciating the pendulum clock with Fei Yueer in the palace, Xiao Ming asked someone to send the pendulum clock to the chamber of commerce. The pendulum clock immediately attracted the attention of the merchants.
Li Kaiyuan stood in front of the pendulum clock. This was something he had just sent from the royal palace. He didn't know much about the usage of this pendulum clock. However, he had heard about the equipment department making pendulum clocks some time ago, and now he finally saw the real thing.
However, in order to let him understand the function of this pendulum clock, Xiao Ming specially asked the prince's mansion to come over. After some explanation, he understood that if he used the pendulum clock to see the time.
"It's really a skillful thing." Li Kaiyuan exclaimed sincerely.
Many businessmen who came to the Chamber of Commerce to apply for a business certificate gathered next to Li Kaiyuan. They also learned about the usage of this pendulum clock and understood that this pendulum clock was another product from Qingzhou.
Moreover, judging from the complex style of this pendulum clock, the price of this pendulum clock will inevitably be very expensive, and the more expensive it is, the more terrifying the profit it is.
"No, if this pendulum clock is launched, it will inevitably be shocking. Vice President Li, has Your Highness said how to sell this pendulum clock? How much is a silver price?"
A businessman from Chang'an almost put his entire body on the pendulum clock. The function of this pendulum clock is not only magical, but also has a very exquisite appearance. Not to mention the exquisite carving of the wood outside, even this whole piece of glass is expensive.
Li Kaiyuan's mouth was placed behind his ears. He had to admit that the pendulum clock was the most magical Qingzhou industrial product he had ever seen in the past three years. What can be done in this Dayu country that can accurately record time to seconds?
"Far away, far away."
Li Kaiyuan drove away Chang'an merchants like he was driving flies.
Recently, there are more and more new faces in this chamber of commerce. For the chamber of commerce, this is a manifestation of the prosperity of business. At the same time, with more merchants, this chamber of commerce is also difficult to manage.
Businessmen with uneven conduct often feel that they do some headaches in the chamber of commerce, and some merchants from other places are simply robbers who block the way.
When they learned that Qingzhou's goods were profitable, they were inevitably moved to come and purchase, but these robbers were hard to change their nature. Some people even robbed other merchants' purchases in the chamber of commerce and wanted to do some unsolicited transactions.
This month, the soldiers guarding the Chamber of Commerce killed several bold and reckless people.
So for the sake of caution, he didn't expect anything to happen to the pendulum clock. After all, this pendulum clock is the only pendulum clock in Qingzhou.
Originally, King Qi wanted to keep it for himself, but he sent it to the Chamber of Commerce for publicity.
The nearby merchant was driven away, and Li Kaiyuan said at this time: "To be honest, this thing is called a pendulum clock. It is a product carefully manufactured by Your Highness for the Equipment Department. Its function is very simple, it is to record the time of day."
During the construction of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, it was divided into two parts. One part belonged to the public area. This area is similar to the bank's front desk, and the other part is the commodity display stand, commonly known as the booth.
At first, Li Kaiyuan felt awkward about these unfamiliar words, but he got used to them over time. Now if he changed the word, he felt that it was inappropriate.
As the name suggests, the function of this booth is to display the products currently sold in the Chamber of Commerce, soap, wine, perfume, glass products, mirrors, salt, etc. As long as it can be found on the booth, the Chamber of Commerce can sell it.
The merchants opened their eyes wide and stared at the pendulum clock. Some merchants had learned from the mouth of the more people how to see the time through the pendulum clock, while some merchants who didn't know much about the pendulum clock were impatient to inquire with other merchants.
After learning the view of the pendulum from other people, they raised their heads and looked in the direction of the pendulum clock. They easily learned the time from the pendulum clock.
"Three o'clock." A businessman shouted excitedly: "Oh, this pendulum clock is really magical. If you buy one and put it at home, wouldn't it be enviable?"
"Yes, this pendulum clock not only looks at the time, but also looks very exquisite and is very suitable for placing it at home. Unfortunately, I just don't know how much it costs?" said a businessman.
"It looks very expensive, but I guess a pendulum clock will cost at least 50,000 taels."
"So expensive? How many people can afford it?" someone exclaimed.
"Hey, with the clever work of this pendulum, there will be people buying 50,000 taels. Even if there are 1,000 people in the entire Great Chongqing Kingdom, it will be 50 million taels of silver."
As soon as these words were said, the merchants took a breath. At this time, there was a hint of fanaticism in their eyes when they looked at the pendulum clock. If they could make the pendulum clock, wouldn't it be like getting rich overnight?
"Oh, in my opinion, all the wealth in the world will fall into the hands of King Qi." The merchants finally sighed, not sure whether it was jealousy or sadness.
Li Kaiyuan was dancing with a smile, and the merchants' discussions did not escape his ears. He quietly admired the pendulum clock in front of him. For him, he believed that there would only be more and more commodities in the future.
These merchants have never seen a steam engine, and if they saw it with their own eyes, they would not know how shocked they would be.
In his opinion, now they can make steel monsters like steam engines, and what other strange things they cannot make?
He smiled proudly in his heart. He looked at the merchants and said, "Everyone, your highness said that there is only one pendulum clock now, but there will be a second soon. Now this pendulum clock is just to show you the appearance of the pendulum clock. After you go back, you can consider whether you want to purchase pendulum clocks for sale. As for the price of this highness, your highness has not yet settled, but with the magic of this pendulum clock, it will definitely not be cheap. Please prepare it if you want it."
The merchants nodded when they heard this, and some merchants with strong financial resources were planning.
This pendulum was created for the sake of the powerful and powerful tycoons. There were many wealthy families outside the Qi king's founding country, and there were always a few wealthy families who like to show off. This pendulum was just right for them.
Thinking of this, some merchants turned around and left. They wanted to give the news of the pendulum clock to the powerful people who were subordinate to them, while some merchants directly discussed cooperation.
Just as everyone was shaking because of the pendulum, there were servants from the royal palace outside the chamber of commerce. The servants carried a basket of white sugar to the middle of the booth and said to Li Kaiyuan: "Vice President Li, Your Highness said, let you talk about this white sugar."
Because the joy of the pendulum had not passed, the appearance of the white sugar once again made the merchants feel overwhelmed. What happened to Qingzhou in the past two days? One product after another appeared.
Chapter completed!