Chapter 241
Originally, Hubayi's caravan terminal was Wuwei City in Liangzhou. Sometimes the caravan was short of time, and Hubayi would directly cross Jiuquan City and rest in Zhangye City.

For businessmen, time is money. Every time they stop at a city, the guys in the city must relax. It will take a lot of time for these guys to be released and combined again.

If the buddies are causing trouble in the city, Hubayi, as the boss, has to go to find people. For merchants in a hurry, there is one less city they can stop at.

Compared with Zhangye, which has more commodities, Hubayi will not stop at Jiuquan City unless he has to.

But today is different, because Hubayi came to Jiuquan City specially.

Zeng Mu was Hu Bayi's lifesaver. If it wasn't for the salicylic acid pills sold by Zeng Mu, Hu Bayi might have died of the high fever.

Hu Bayi also had friendship with Zeng Mu long ago when Zeng Mu was the head of the post.

Now that Zeng Mu is serving as Sima of the Overlord Mansion and leading the military forces in Suzhou, as an old acquaintance, Hu Bayi naturally cannot let go of this opportunity to make friends.

Hu Bayi specially brought a lot of treasures to Zeng Mu, and even Hu Bayi planned to move his family and business to Jiuquan.

Since Zeng Mu is now in charge of Jiuquan, Hu Bayi is also planning to increase the popularity of Jiuquan and improve Zeng Mu's political achievements.

But when Hubayi entered the city, he was still surprised by the changes in Jiuquan City.

Jiuquan City has not undergone major renovations, and the ground is still dilapidated, but the shops along the street have been cleaned up, and they are no longer in a mess like before.

This surprised Hubayi very much. If there is one thing that annoys businessmen the most in a city, it is the occupation of shops.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, all transactions had to be carried out in the market. For this, there was an express provision in the Tang Law Discussion. If a merchant did not operate in the market, the government would impose a fine and confiscate the goods.

But during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Chang'an's commerce and trade were developed, and the four squares and cities alone could no longer meet the commercial needs of the people.

Many merchants whose houses are facing the street also find it troublesome to move their goods from Fangshi every day, so they simply sell their goods at home.

This is the so-called "travel shop". During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Changsun Wuji once reported to the court that the shop was a kind of behavior that seriously disrupted the commercial order of the court, and asked the court to strictly check the shop and not allow ordinary people to do business at home. .

After the collapse of Changsun Wuji, Emperor Gaozong said that the people doing business in their own homes was also a means of earning a living, so he ordered the lifting of the restrictions on people doing business in shops, as long as the people who opened the shops paid taxes according to the rules of the market. .

There are more and more shops in Xijing City, and there are even cases where merchants rent houses along the street to do business.

The imperial court did not prohibit it, but the competition of shops has also begun to affect the lives of the people.

What disgusts ordinary people the most is the phenomenon of road occupation.

In order to do business, some stores will display their products at the door, or sell them directly outside the door.

If a family does this, people who do the same business will also take out the products and place them in a more eye-catching position.

Over time, some roads have no way to take a horse-drawn carriage when the shop is opened, and the roads are full of stalls set up by various shops.

This kind of disorderly competition is also very difficult for the government to manage. Even if the booth is withdrawn today, it will be displayed tomorrow.

But today when Hubayi entered Jiuquan City, all the merchants in the city obediently withdrew their stalls outside.

But every shop has put up colorful plaques. It is said that this thing is called a signboard. It is written with the name of the shop and the products it sells. It is clear and intuitive at a glance.

For example, the Zhao Da candied fruit store in front sells dried fruit candied fruit. The store name and store products are clearly written on the signboard, so that customers can find the store they need immediately.

In addition, there are guys cleaning at the door of each shop. It is the first time for Hubayi to see such a clean and tidy city street.

Hu Bayi also couldn't help sighing, Zeng Mu is really powerful, the places he governs have developed rapidly and changed their appearance.

In this case, I will stay in Jiuquan for a few more days, Hubayi is going to find an inn to stay first, and then go to the governor's mansion to post a letter of worship, and then go to ask to see Zeng Mu.

In Jiuquan City, Hu Bayi also has a familiar inn. The owner of the inn, Chao Silang, is an old friend of Hu Bayi, and Hu Bayi plans to stay in his inn.

When he came to Chao Silang's inn, he found red silk and satin hanging on the inn, a group of guys were hanging a plaque on the wall, and all the neighbors were congratulating Chao Silang.

Is this a happy event?Hu Bayi is also a fastidious businessman, so he hurried over to say hello to Chao Silang.

"Hu Lang! The last time we met was last year, right? Come in, come in, there is a happy event in the store today, and the room and board will be discounted in half!"

"Congratulations Shiro! Congratulations Shiro! I don't know about your family's happy event, and I haven't prepared a congratulatory gift, so you can accept the happy money!"

Chao Silang hastily declined and said: "How can this be done, go in quickly, you don't need money for the wedding, as long as you stay in the shop for one night!"

The inn was extremely lively, so Hu Bayi asked, "I wonder if there is any happy event for Shiro's family?"

"It's not a happy event for my family, it's because the inn has been rated as a first-class inn!"

"Class A inn?"

Chao Silang said proudly: "This is a new thing in our Jiuquan City. The inns in Jiuquan City have been selected into three grades: A, B, and C. Grade A is the cleanest and most comfortable inn. This time, my inn is rated as Grade A. All colleagues in Jiuquan recognize my inn!"

"That's really a happy event, congratulations!" Hubayi congratulated immediately.

After entering the inn, the windows were bright and clean, as clean and hygienic as the inn where Hubayi stayed in Shazhou City.

Chao Silang is also very proud. In order to be selected as the first-class inn, he, the president of the inn guild, also spent a lot of effort to upgrade the inn facilities and increase the salaries of the staff to improve the inn services.

After some transformation and upgrading, it was finally selected as a first-class inn.

This time, there were no more than three first-class inns in Jiuquan City, which meant that Chao Silang's inn was the top three inn in Jiuquan.

And it's not all worry-free for this rating to be grade A. Every month, the inn guild will select ten inns for assessment. If they fail the assessment, their rating will be lowered.

But Chao Silang, who is good at calculating, knows that the signboard of this Grade A inn will become more and more valuable. If the accommodation costs of the two inns are similar, guests will definitely choose Grade A and not Grade B.

Stayed comfortably in Chao Silang's inn for one night. Early the next morning, Hu Bayi handed over the invitation to the governor's mansion, and couldn't wait to go to the market to see if there were any new specialties in Jiuquan City.

(End of this chapter)

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