A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 30

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Huaiyu immediately fell in love with this house in Huaiyuanfang.

This is a typical corridor courtyard in the Tang Dynasty, which is very different from the courtyard house.

Wu Junya closed the courtyard door and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I didn't meet Fan's mother tiger. Since that mother tiger killed seven horses in the street, I seldom come here now. I am afraid that if I encounter this mother tiger Accidentally collided."

"Let me introduce this yard to you. It is a three-entry corridor yard. The front yard is horizontally long, the main yard is square, and there is a yard in the middle. There is also an outer yard on the side that is a stable and garage. The front hall and the back hall. The servant's room in the middle, the kitchen and the warehouse, each has three halls, six steps wide, and the entire house covers an area of ​​five acres, which is indeed a little compact."

In the Tang Dynasty, one mu was equivalent to 540 square meters, which is a large villa covering an area of ​​more than 2000 square meters.

It is still a single building, surrounded by rammed earth walls on all sides, and there are surrounding gallery houses inside.

"This courtyard is very good." Huaiyu praised.

"I like that you will live here when you are in Chang'an."

"This yard was also cheap when I bought it, but it was only [-] guan. At that time, the world was not settled. Your Majesty just entered Chang'an, and the houses in Chang'an were very cheap."

"It's much more than this price now, isn't it?"

It is close to the West Market and the Imperial City. The location is good, and it must have appreciated a lot. Wu Junya just laughed, "Originally, this yard was intended to buy a golden house, but now it is not used. Now it is used for medicine. It doesn't matter how big the place is, it will be convenient for Erlang to live in Chang'an in the future."

Compared with the Beijing Siheyuan that Huaiyu remembers deeply, this Tang Dynasty gallery courtyard is also very unique. The south courtyard is also the main courtyard, which is the front courtyard.

The north courtyard is the living courtyard, which is the backyard and is more square, with bedrooms, children's rooms, maid's rooms, etc.

There is also a middle courtyard in the middle of the front and back yards, where there are kitchens, warehouses, and servant rooms.

The outer courtyard is also a partial courtyard, with stables, carports, firewood sheds, and even a small vegetable garden.

The central axis is also highlighted in the design, and the gate, middle gate, main house and back door are set on the central axis.

There are tall trees such as poplar and elm in the south courtyard. At this time, the trees are full of shade and lush green in summer.

"This courtyard is not bad. Most of the small courtyards only cover an area of ​​about two acres. They usually don't have a middle courtyard. The servants, maids, kitchens, and firewood sheds are mostly in the outer courtyard or the servants are in the front courtyard."

The yard is not too small, and there are many houses, so it seems relatively compact, but the design of the four courtyards and the division of functions are still very scientific.

Fatty used to hide his beauty, but now his grandmother is taken home by the old woman as a concubine, so the place is vacant, he will come here to rest occasionally, and there is a couple of servants in the courtyard, "I will let them serve Erlang in the future, Although they are a bit older, they are still good at guarding the gate and cleaning the courtyard. These are old people who have used it for many years, so they can be trusted."

Compared with the mansion and mansion of the neighbor Fan Xing's family that covers an area of ​​tens of mu, it is certainly not comparable to the small bridge and flowing water back garden of Li Jing's family, the pavilion lotus pond, and the farmhouse-style house of Samurai Leng, but Huaiyu is heartbroken. Really like this yard.

"In the future, the front yard can be used as a pharmaceutical workshop, the back yard will be your living space, and the middle yard will be used as a medicine storage warehouse, and then recruit some medicine workers and servants." Fatty is also very optimistic about Huaiyu's medicine, and invested all his money.

Before the business started, the five-acre yard and two servants were put in place immediately.

The small courtyard can be moved in directly with bags, all furniture, etc., and the kitchen can be fired at any time. There are even a few stones of rice and a lot of charcoal in the warehouse.

The central hall, east hall, south pavilion, south house, and north hall are connected by corridors and verandas, which are somewhat different from the quadrangle courtyard with one main hall and two wings.

Wu Junya's cheap brother-in-law was found. He is the Jiaojiao's elder brother who used to hide in the golden house here. He doesn't look too old. He is in his early thirties. He is now working as a dentist in West City, that is, as an intermediary He is very familiar with the market and knows all kinds of rules and market conditions.

Wu Junya said that she wanted to do a big business, but it was inconvenient to come forward, so she asked him to come forward and let him be the shopkeeper. Xin Zhao was very happy to hear that. Yaren made money by making money through matchmaking and introductions. It was very hard work and his status was low. The shopkeeper must be strong.

After asking about the situation in detail, Xin Zhao immediately gave his own suggestion.

"If Da Lang wants to start the pill business, it's better to open a pharmacy in the West or East City, hire a few professional pharmacy workers, or even hire a doctor, and then hire some assistants and apprentices. To open a business in the West Market, you must first invest in a bank. The ones in the East Market are called Medicine Banks, and those in the West Market are called Medicine Markets. This is a guild for the business of medicine. There are drug dealers who recommend them.

The 220 lines in the two cities of Chang’an are all operated by peers. Anyone who wants to join must first invest in the bank. It must be approved by the guild and abide by the rules of the guild. When we do medicine, we must pay homage to the head of the line first. , and then the approval of most of the peers is required to enter the market. In addition, if we want to sell off-the-shelf medicines, we must first ask the pedestrians from the Municipal Department to value and price our medicines, let alone sell fakes..."

It was the first time Huaiyu heard of this, "Is it so troublesome?" Isn't this guild a bit like a chamber of commerce.

Although the Tang court has market management agencies such as the Bureau of Standardization and Municipal Administration, it is impossible to manage the thousands of shops. Therefore, it is required to divide operations according to industry categories, and at the same time focus on various businesses and let them assist Manage the guild.

As for the valuation and pricing, in fact, there is no need to worry too much.

"I suggest that we should go to the medicine bank and investment bank in the East City to open first. There are many princes, nobles, officials and scholars around the East City. It is more suitable for our healing medicine to be sold there. The East City Pharmacy has opened up, and then we will go to the West Market. Open another one."

Xin Zhao is a businessman officially registered with the government.

"I leave this matter to you." The fat man waved his hand.

Xin Zhao asked with a smile, "Then what name should we choose for our pharmacy? According to the practice of Chang'an pharmacy, we have to choose an auspicious name."

The fat man turned his head and asked Huaiyu, "Erlang, take one."

What does Huaiyu want to take, Tongrentang, Qingyutang, Jiuzhitang, Huichuntang, Yong'antang, Changchuntang?

"The drug dealers in the eastern and western cities are generally called pharmacies, and most of them are preceded by their own names, such as the Song and Qing pharmacies, the Du family pharmacies, or the Kang'alushan pharmacies and Arong master pharmacies opened by the Hu people in Sogdia. There are also shops called Puji Pharmacy, etc.”

"We might as well call it Qianjintang!" Huaiyu said.

The fat man twirled his beard, "Our Supreme Treasure Pill costs a thousand coins, hence the name?"

Huaiyu shook his head, "I mean a thousand pieces of gold is that human life is more valuable than a thousand pieces of gold, and the one who can save people from danger is worth more than that."

The fat man laughed, "Well said, Qianjintang, no matter what it means, it shows that we are extraordinary, so we can use this as Erlang said."

The good medicine store was named Qianjintang, and it was decided to open a store in Dongshi first.

"You go to Dongshi Medicine Store first to find the first investment bank, and prepare some gifts. The gifts that should be given have to be delivered. You don't need to deliberately hide your identity, just tell them that you are from my Wu family. If anyone deliberately stops you, think about the consequences. .”

Although Fatty is only from the eighth rank, but his father is from the fourth rank, Si Nong Shaoqing, his uncle is the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, Ying Guogong, warrior Xun, and another uncle Shi Yina is also from the fourth rank, Yizhou Xingtai Shangshu Zuocheng, one country and two counties, the Wu family is also related to the Hongnong Yang family.

Don't look down on the upstarts of the Wu family who are looked down upon by many noble families in Chang'an, but who dares to offend the small businessmen in Dongshi?

Going to the investment bank according to the rules is just to give face to the head of the guild, and it's just a formality.

Say hello to them and ask the head of the line to file an application with the East Municipal Administration. After the East Municipal Administration reviews it, you can find a store, either buy or rent. Anyway, there is not much choice. The pharmaceutical industry in the market is We must concentrate our operations in one place, and we cannot choose other places.

Choose a good place to sign the contract, then go to the government to file for the official lease, pay the management fee according to the regulations, and register the business identity. At that time, Xin Zhao will come forward to register. Anyway, he is also a city merchant, and neither Huaiyu nor Fatty can do business. of.

"Zhao Dalang, go run these first." Huaiyu asked the fat man to give him ten guans as the pre-opening activities. The three hundred bolts of silk medicine money given by Chuchen, quickly exchanged for one hundred guan to invest in it as capital, used to buy medicinal materials, rent shops and hire people, etc.

Wu Junya then planned to go home to get the money and silk.

The four hundred guan coins will be placed in the Qianjin Hall at that time, and will be managed by Huaiyu.

"Get the formalities done as soon as possible."

"Please don't worry Erlang, we are people in the market, and we are very familiar with these things. It will be done in a few days. I can also pre-order the tables, chairs, wooden furniture, and pharmaceutical scales that we need in Qianjintang Mortars, sieves, pots, furnaces, etc. for processing, and even medicine workers, assistants, and apprentices can be ordered now..." Xin Zhao's ability to handle things is indeed quite good.

Huaiyu encouraged him and said: "Although my elder brother and I invested money to open this Thousand Gold Hall, you will have to work hard as the shopkeeper in the future. If you work hard, the shop will make a profit. We will share [-]% of the money, and we will take [-]%. The shopkeepers and fellows are waiting to get two,"

"Even if you lose, you don't have to be responsible. We can also set a basic salary for you. If the year-end profit share does not reach the salary, we will also give you the full salary. If it exceeds the basic salary, you will get as many points as you want."

This is equivalent to dry stocks, job stocks, Huaiyu and Fatty are silver stocks, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses. [-]% of the profits belong to them, and the remaining [-]% ​​is reserved for the managers, and the shopkeepers, apprentices, etc. share the [-]%.

"I don't dare." Xin Zhao didn't mention salary at all after being recruited. Anyway, his brother-in-law can't lose him. Now Huaiyu offered to give them [-]% of the stock, but he was surprised and refused again and again. The conditions are too good .

"It never happened."

Fatty was also a little surprised, not because he thought that Huaiyu had made his own decisions, he had originally said that the management would be left to Huaiyu, but he just let his brother-in-law show up, and he also felt that this condition was too good.

Both of them said that they don't want to pay dividends, and that Huaiyu will pay them.

"Then tentatively set a [-]% dividend, the profit after deducting the cost, we have nine, you one, in the future, I don't care how many pharmacists, apprentices, and even coachmen are recruited in the store. You only get one-third of this [-]%." , and the remaining two-thirds will be divided among the others according to how much their ministry has worked.”

Although they said that there were no such rules, Huaiyu felt that in doing things, he still had to share the benefits, so as to boost morale even more.

Taking dead wages, or just a little bonus, is definitely different from direct dividends, so that they will treat this as their own thing and work hard.

"One more thing, since we are a partnership business, although my brother trusts me, we still have to make clear accounts. We have invested a total of [-] coins in total. After that, all kinds of expenses must be recorded clearly and clearly, and the accounts are correct. Only on the top."

"Brother will send another trustworthy person, and he will be responsible for managing the money and warehouse, and I will also be in charge of bookkeeping for the time being, and we will make a rule in the future, I will be in charge of the account, and the person sent by brother will manage the money. Zhao Dalang is the shopkeeper, responsible for the internal and external affairs of the Qianjintang. The money account is handled by a special person. If you need to purchase medicinal materials or collect payment for goods, you should first enter the account and bill with me, and then go to the cashier to pay or pay the money. The money account is separated, the income and expenditure are clear, and the two sides must be right in the end."

This is the simplest financial system, which prevents confusion in the accounts, and prevents financial loopholes and even corruption.

As for the rules, it's better to establish them first, and it's better to do things according to the rules when you have the rules.

After thinking about it for a while, he thought it was pretty good, although he thought it would be better for Huaiyu to pay both the money and bills, "I'll take care of the money first, and wait until I pick someone who trusts me. "It's 40 yuan of real money, and there may be more money in the future. This person must be absolutely trusted.

Huaiyu manages the accounts by herself because she thinks accounting is more professional, while the cashier only needs to be reliable.

After the discussion, Huaiyu planned to go back to Zhang's house to pick up Runniang, and then take the silk given by Li's family, and put them together in this small courtyard in Huaiyuanfang, and then visit Cheng Chumo's house, and then take a look Does he need more healing medicine, or can he help sell and introduce some clients.

(End of this chapter)