In the city of Chang'an in September, the autumn wind is cool, neither the hustle and bustle of summer nor the cold winter. It can be said to be the best season of the year.

In addition to the pleasant climate, September is also the time when all kinds of materials in the world gather in the capital. The tribute and taxes from the states in the world are continuously imported into the capital along the transportation channel. Vendors and merchants from all over the country have also entered Beijing under the temptation of profits. Whether it is for people's livelihood or various foreign treasures, they fill the warehouse residences of all sizes inside and outside the capital through various channels.

All kinds of market goods are abundant in Chang'an City. Whether it is a commoner or a noble person, you can enjoy the satisfaction brought by rich material. The hard rewards accumulated in the past are transformed into various materials and improve your life in all aspects.

With the gathering of materials, prices in the market have also undergone great changes, and even affect the choice of basic living needs of ordinary people.

The most important influence among this is the comparison of silk coins. In the early years of Kaiyuan, a piece of silk was about four hundred to one thousand coins in terms of quality.

But in the fourth year of Kaiyuan, with the recovery of productivity, almost every household in Chang'an had looms moving, let alone those official private weaving farms.

More importantly, with the popularity of flying money bills, various silk sculpts have gradually withdrawn from the market for bulk transactions, and their use value has increasingly returned to meeting daily clothing needs. Therefore, the prices of various silk sculpts have dropped sharply, almost half of them compared to a few years ago.

Such price fluctuations have a huge impact on people's livelihood. Although the commerce of large cities like Chang'an is becoming more and more developed, most citizens still regard farming and weaving as their main business. Although they have been diligent in their work, their income has decreased a lot, which is naturally unsatisfactory.

In order to maintain the income level of the people, the saint ordered the government to purchase private silk after returning to the capital, and held the price at about 300 cents for a piece of silk. Although it was still not as high as in previous years, it finally guaranteed the enthusiasm of the people to produce.

As for the massive amount of silk solder purchased by the government, it is mainly used for foreign trade, especially in Qinghai. After determining the tribute quota for each tribute, the demand for textiles increased greatly. Moreover, the surrounding foreign merchants entering the Tang Dynasty were also more willing to store silk solder, which was convenient for storage and transportation, and the other was that it still had extremely high profits after long-distance transportation.

Although silk sculpts have been reduced in price, their impact on people's livelihood is not as great as those reflected in numbers. Because silk sculpts are declining, other necessary daily necessities are also declining in price.

In life, it is nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. The price reduction of silk and silk itself reduces the cost of people's clothing. Nowadays, even small families can often choose to buy new clothes for their families during festivals, showing a spirit inside, inside, outside and outside.

The policy changes related to diet are more reflected in prices. At the beginning of the year, due to external wars, the grain price in Chang'an City once rose to a high of nearly 200 coins for dou rice. After the Qinghai victory, the grain price gradually decreased day by day. Before the Jiangnan Cao rice entered the capital, it had fallen to a hundred coins for dou rice. After the Cao rice entered the market, the Dou rice dropped to a low of 30 to 40 coins.

Many farmers around Chang'an are quick-witted and are buying rice from their homes into the market before autumn, and then repurchase new rice after autumn. This in and out alone is equivalent to expanding the harvest this year several times. Regardless of the profits in consideration, it is at least more than enough to live a bumper year.

Of course, the court has paid attention to the price of grain in such a short period of time. Although the low grain is harmful to farmers, if the people are allowed to participate widely in the carnival of the price of grain, it will have a very bad impact on people's livelihood and customs.

Therefore, not long ago, the imperial court appointed Jiang Shidu, who had achieved remarkable results in the management of the canal in Weizhou in recent years, as Sima, Bianzhou, and was responsible for building various civilian warehouses between the canal and Luoyang, and expanding the storage and distribution capabilities between Heluo to ensure that there will be no violent fluctuations in grain prices in the future as this year due to major events.

Not to mention the aspects of living, the implementation of Chang'an City's "House Stable Style" has greatly guaranteed the people's living needs and conditions. Perhaps there are no high-rise buildings, at least they can cover their heads with tiles. Moreover, the Chang'an water supply system has been fully built, so that the common people's homes no longer have to drink bitterness and live conditions. The living conditions can be said to have been greatly improved.

The move was one of the most powerful aspects of the change. A large number of cattle, horses and livestock were seized in the battle of Qinghai. After the Longyou Zumujian selected high-quality war horses, a large number of livestock still flowed into Guanzhong.

During the Zhenguan period, the price of a horse was as low as a basket. Of course, this was not the norm. It was during the period when the court obtained a large amount of spoils after the successful conquest of the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun.

During the late period of Emperor Gaozong and the Wu Anniversary, with the rise of Tubo, the scale of official and pastoral horses in Longbian shrank greatly, and the price of horses once soared to tens of thousands of dollars per horse. In particular, the failure of several foreign wars greatly squeezed out the number of private horses.

Tang Xiujing, who served as an official in the Western Regions, gave Li Tong a green horse with pear blossoms falling, which made Li Tong, who had returned to Chang'an after mourning, was very glorious. Every time he rode out, he had the amazing effect of bombing the streets.

But now this pear blossom falls no longer eye-catching. Just a horse of similar quality is raised in the ban stable, which is already a lot of horses.

The regaining of Qinghai allowed the Tang Dynasty to master this excellent horse farming land again. In the battle with Jiyu City in Tubo, a large number of horses were directly seized. Today, the price of horses in Chang'an market has plummeted. Although it has not reached the lowest level of horses during the Zhenguan period, a low-age horse is now sold for only a few thousand yuan in the market.

If inflation is considered and the price increase between different commodities, the current horse price gap is actually not big compared to the Zhenguan year. At least for households around Chang'an City, purchasing a slow horse for transportation is not a large expense that the family cannot afford.

There is another impact on the reduction of horse prices, that is, the price of donkeys has risen. In previous years, the price of a donkey was only between a few thousand yuan, but now the price of a donkey has risen to two to three thousand yuan.

The reason for the rise in donkey prices against the trend is also the change in feeding costs. In order to ensure the area of ​​cultivated land within the pass, the imperial court moved some of the original official herds in the pass to Longyou and the north, such as Hequ, Qinghai and other places. There is no longer a large amount of grass such as chrysanthemums in the pass, which makes the horses more expensive to raise.

For the people, whether to choose a more grand horse to transport or a more solid donkey is a fair and simple worry. But whether it is a horse or a donkey, it has become a choice within the family budget.

The livelihoods and demands of the people are gradually improving, let alone the lives of dignitaries. A large amount of materials poured into the capital, making their living standards more perfect. The older generation may not lose their simple concepts and will worry and sigh because of the increasing luxury of the people, while young people are more accepting of new things. The dazzling array of goods stimulates them to feel that their imagination is still insufficient.

The active commodity trading has also made a business that already existed in Chang'an City more prosperous, that is, as a broker of the middleman in trading.

These brokers have a wide range of people and have more knowledge. If there are any rare commercial goods in Beijing, they can always get news as soon as possible, and find suitable buyers for these precious goods as soon as possible, flexibly wander between the buyer and seller, leading to one transaction after another, thereby making a lot of profits.

In addition to being a season of harvest, the preparation period for the Beijing-China Trade Fair World Expo has also arrived. After several years of development, the Changan World Expo has become a carnival related to trade in the Uzumaki. The wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen spent a lot of money at this rally, and ordinary people were able to feast their eyes.

As for the brokers walking in the market, they all heard the fishy smell and entered the most active state throughout the year.

The brokers in Chang'an City this year are more active than in previous years. In addition to the recovery of Qinghai and the smooth opening of the West Road, which makes the entire commercial market stronger, there is another reason that the municipal magistrate who was in charge of the World Expo has changed a new person.

The new municipal magistrate is named Feng Yansi, and the common name is Feng Wu. Feng Wu was born in the market and ran some brokerage businesses in his early years. The most praised story is that Feng Wu knew gold with a wise eye. As early as when the saints were still living in the Qiandi Mansion, he joined the saints. After the storm, he became a powerful imperial official.

Such legendary figures are naturally heroes who are happy to praise in the public, and their fellow brokers regard Feng Wu as their idol in life and admire him very much. As Feng Wu was transferred to the municipal magistrate, these municipal brokers even rushed to tell each other, as if they saw their day of success.

Feng Wu, who was born in the market, was naturally familiar with brokers, an active group in the market. After becoming the chief official who was directly in charge of commerce, he reported to the court to draft a "People's Style in the City" to effectively manage this industry.

The conduct stipulates that all persons who are in the business must go to the company's registration within a time limit and hold a certificate to work. Otherwise, it is illegal and officials in the municipal supervision shall not issue a contract for sale at will. At the same time, these middlemen must pay a certain amount of profit in proportion to the commission. The proportion of profit in different commodities, different industries and governments is also not the same.

From the court's perspective, this decree-style promulgation is naturally a practical requirement. It not only standardizes industry standards, but also has an additional perspective and means to control the market industry.

However, for those brokers, there is undoubtedly a layer of control and more practical losses, so they are naturally resistant to this and have complained for a while. Some people in the market who make a living gathered to join their colleagues, threw a letter to Feng Wu and accused Feng Wu of unrighteousness. Once they succeeded, they would destroy their way to make a living in previous years and have no sympathy and care for their peers.

However, with the support of the court, Feng Wu still forcibly promoted the implementation of this Lingshi. After some time of implementation, people realized that this Lingshi was unexpectedly good.

Most of the brokers are means of making a living without constant business and desperate. You can imagine that the quality of the personnel is mixed and mixed with mud. Although it is an indispensable part of running-in and communication for buying and selling in the market, the general evaluation is not high and the image is often negative.

Before and after the World Expo in previous years, buyers and sellers often went to the government to sue the brokers, either by raising money or fleeing goods, which not only caused the loss of money and goods, but also caused the government's public funds to be costly.

However, now all practitioners who have a clear identity and origin, and if there is an accident, they can follow the investigation, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the trust cost in the transaction.

Especially some brokers with good abilities have keenly discovered that after registering the book, although some of the commissions will be withdrawn, it is equivalent to an additional layer of official certification and endorsement. Instead, they can obtain more commissions in the transaction. After they are famous, they no longer need to visit the transaction in person, and the business will come to their own business.

Those who can make a living by this are flexible minds and so on. After making such discoveries, other newer ways of playing quickly emerged. For example, according to the share of Zhongren’s profit, practitioners in the industry are divided into three or six grades, and correspondingly, they are divided into levels, and each level is made to trade one level, so that each of them is protected by their own interests and efficiency.

Although the government did not come forward to coordinate, the Zhongrenxing Club was in line with the needs of time. Not only did it compile a list of Zhongren's profits, it also created different cards such as copper, silver, gold and jade, and distributed them to Zhongren of different levels.

Of course, the government will not recognize the customary hierarchy of the people. It should be noted that even Feng Wu, the boss of the Municipal Supervision Office, is not qualified to add a gold seal. A mere city broker is actually wearing a jade plaque. Wouldn't you be embarrassed?

But these rules do not need to be recognized by the government. Trade is the most flexible behavior among the people. As long as everyone recognizes them, why bother with the government to admit them or not? Everyone just wears jade plaques to shame Feng Wu, a traitor born in the industry. In short, money will be earned and people will be scolded!

Of course, Feng Wu naturally would not be hurt by the attacks of these brokers. Not to mention his identity as an old member of the saint's secret residence, he just took office as the Municipal Supervision Order to issue the "City Yi Renxing Style" for more than a month. The Municipal Supervision Office drew up the profits of the middlemen and generated millions of dollars for the court. If the overall transaction amount was released year-on-year, it would be as many as hundreds of millions of dollars in exchange for money!

It should be noted that the first World Expo that year, until all transactions were completed, the total trade volume was only tens of millions. But now, it is just the preparation stage of the World Expo, and various transactions have expanded by more than ten times!

Of course, during the first World Expo, there was still division and turmoil in the Tang Dynasty. It was hosted by the Shaanxi Dao Dao Station at that time. It also caused the world's unfamiliarity and disapproval of new things, and its overall participation was not high.

Now after several years of development, the World Expo has already resounded throughout the world. The court has been recuperating for several years and has been renovating and refining the country. The world is no longer comparable to previous years.

Of course, in addition to the progress of the world, it is also extremely exaggerated to pump millions of people alone. Another reason is that brokers need to erode the number of transactions to improve their industry level, so there are a large number of false transactions with left hand and right hand.

If a middle-aged man wants to be promoted from a bronze medal to a jade medal, the pumping quota needs to reach more than 100,000 yuan. Moreover, as this industry standard becomes more recognized, the relevant quota will be increased.

So those brokers scolded Feng Wuda, but Feng Wu really didn't care. Although the world is prosperous now, not any new order can open up such a gratifying new source of wealth for the court.

Those middle-aged people paid the pumps for their performance, and every penny was added to Feng Wu. He hoped that everyone would scold him more fiercely and rush even more fiercely. Some ministers in the court even compared him to Pei Mingli, who was a businessman in the Zhenguan period and was ranked as the nine ministers. Feng Wu is now definitely the most beautiful boy in the Chang'an officialdom in the second half of the year.

After the promulgation of the order, the brokers in Chang'an City fell into a carnival of escalation. When these transactions were summarized and recorded, some high-quality sources of transactions gradually emerged and highlighted.

One of the most popular families is Li Tong Mansion, Sanyuan County. The owner of this family, Shi Xueshi, is said to be a former member of the saint's residence, but he has been on the frontier for many years and has a sense of mystery that the dragon is not seen at the head but not at the tail, making the world more unfamiliar.

However, the housewife in the mansion is the most famous incense shop in the city. The spices he prepared are famous and famous in the incense shop. It is famous for its name and is called Xiangxing. It can be said to be a high-quality seller.

In the buyer list, Li Xueshi's Mansion is also among the top. Such a noble family must be the first in the world even if they are used daily, so they naturally attract people from all the jade medals to strive for it, hoping to make such a high-quality customer.

Although the residence of Li Xueshi's residence is not a public information, it is not difficult for those senior high school people with broad hands and eyes to inquire. For a time, the residence of Li Xueshi's residence located on the south side of Longqingchi inevitably gathered many visitors, either asking for spice sales agents or selling rare goods that they had found with hard work. Even if they were not received into the residence, they could not leave day and night under the burning wealth.

The front door of Mr. Li’s mansion is crowded with people, which is just a one-sided manifestation of the lively city in Chang’an City on the eve of the World Expo, but it has caused great trouble to some people.

For example, the owner of the mansion, Li Xueshi, who had just made a falsification and falsely reported his merits to the Marquis of Sanyuan County, could only hide in the dark in the yard and look at the door sadly: Made, I can't go back to my house again! Feng Wu, you, a strong-browed and big-eyed person, also learn from Ma Fang, and want to be at the position of the Nine Ministers in the future, dream!
Chapter completed!