Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 648 Across the venue! Very curious!
At this time, many people were already watching outside the venue.

Because the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is to promote trade, the Ministry of Revenue has spent some effort in publicity for some time to let the people know that today they can buy foreign goods they have never seen before here at the cheapest price.

This made the people very curious.

So outside the venue, people gathered in three circles, watching the fun while waiting for the official opening of the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce and then taking a look at the new foreign products.

It was very lively outside the venue.

The same is true inside the venue.

Caravans from more than 120 countries sent their most important leaders and gathered together.

At this time, they were standing under the platform, chatting with each other while waiting for the opening ceremony of the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce.

At this time, the Minister of Revenue Wu Shiqi climbed onto the platform.

As he walked onto the platform, the merchants below suddenly became quiet.

They looked at the samurai quietly, showing their politeness and seriousness.

Wu Shiqi looked around at them and immediately said, "First of all, on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, I would like to welcome you all who have come from afar."

"Today's Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is also highly valued by His Majesty the Great Tang."

"So, His Majesty personally gave us a great gift."

As he spoke, two guards came up carrying a plaque.

The plaque was wrapped in red cloth and the contents inside could not be seen.

Wu Shiqi grabbed the red cloth and said, "This was written by His Majesty himself for my Wanbang Chamber of Commerce."

Having said that, the warrior grabbed it with force.

The red cloth was taken off directly.

The content of the plaque also appeared in everyone's sight.

Directly above it, the four characters "Wanbang Chamber of Commerce" in ancient seal script are presented on the plaque in a flamboyant manner.

Below, there is Li Shimin's signature and seal.

Wu Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, the Great Tang Emperor, rarely writes plaques himself, so this plaque is very precious. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a million gold."

"From now on, this plaque will be hung forever in the venue of our Wanbang Chamber of Commerce. It will witness the glorious economic moment of our Wanbang Alliance!"

Foreign merchants had never seen the handwritten inscription of the most powerful emperor in the world, so when they saw these four words, they couldn't help but nod, feeling very honored.

Local agriculture, industry and commerce.

In many countries, businessmen do not have a high status.

Therefore, most of them are looked down upon.

Considered speculative.

However, at this time, there is Li Shimin's handwritten words, which is enough to show Li Shimin's opinion of them. He takes them seriously, values ​​them, and has high hopes for them!

And this is something these businessmen have never experienced before.

So, how could they not be excited?
How can I not be excited!

Wu Shiqi took in the expressions of these merchants.

He knew that the warm-up was far from enough.

Wu Shiqi smiled and said, "Then, no more unnecessary words. The Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is officially convened!"

All of a sudden, the merchants in these caravans cheered.

Wu Shiqi said: "The purpose of the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is to promote exchanges between us and for our common interests. Therefore, we only have one request, that is, we cannot cheat anyone!"

"You cannot pass inferior goods off as good ones, you cannot deceive consumers, and you cannot deliberately raise prices. If you are caught, I will ask you to leave immediately and inform the emperor of the empire behind you to handle the matter!"

When Wu Shiqi said this, the businessmen were shocked.

They didn't expect that if they cheated, they would be reported to their emperor!
Their lives and property are all in their country. If their emperor finds out, how can they end up well?

For a moment, they were all silent, shaking their heads and saying they dared not.

Wu Shiqi said: "We are not doing a one-time deal. You are just the pioneers. Behind you, there are thousands of merchants from your country. Therefore, my Tang Dynasty emphasizes courtesy before force. I will explain the reason to you first."

"If someone makes a mistake later, they can't blame us for not reminding them in advance!"

"certainly……"

Wu Shiqi changed the subject and looked at these foreign merchants. He smiled again and said, "I believe that you are all honest merchants, so these words will not be used one day."

"Well, no more nonsense then."

Wu Shiqi waved his hand and said, "Ring the gong to open the business!"

"The Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is officially open!"

There is no complicated process for convening the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce.

Because the participants are all businessmen and ordinary people, it is useless to talk too much about principles to them. They don’t ask whether they can understand or not, but they just don’t care.

They come here to buy and sell things.

Therefore, as long as they can both benefit, they will spontaneously protect the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, Samurai Shijiazhuang specifically simplified the process.

Unnecessary and useless processes are omitted.

In this way, the convening ceremony was quickly completed.

As the door to the venue opened.

In an instant, people poured in.

The lively Chamber of Commerce officially kicked off in this way.

Shen Lian stood in the corner, watching the lively scene and nodded slightly.

Wu Shiqi walked over and smiled at Shen Lian, "Sir Shen, do you think this opening ceremony is too simple?"

Shen Lian shook his head.

He said: "What kind of people should be faced with what kind of methods, and what kind of people should be used, the brief opening ceremony will be liked by the people and businessmen."

"If Master Wu keeps talking for a few hours, I think they will curse in their hearts."

Wu Shiqi laughed: "I thought so too, so I temporarily deleted all the unnecessary things."

He turned and looked at the bustling meeting place, and a smile appeared on his face as he saw the people looking at the goods from foreign countries with curiosity.

"After months of planning and spending months of time and energy, today is finally the time to reap the rewards."

"I just hope that the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce can bring prosperity and strength to the Tang Dynasty as we expect."

As a person from the future, Shen Lian naturally knew how such an economic boom would promote an empire.

He said: "In a few years or even decades, I believe the effect will be very obvious."

"By then, perhaps the history books will even record Lord Wu's name."

When Wu Shiqi heard this, he couldn't help but look forward to it. He smiled and said, "Then I am really looking forward to that day."

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "I have to preside over other things, so I won't accompany Lord Shen."

Shen Lian nodded and said, "Master Wu, please go and do your work. It's no use for you to take care of me."

Wu Shiqi and Shen Lian were also familiar with each other, so he didn't delay any longer and turned to leave.

After Wu Shiqi left, Shen Lian walked around the venue casually.

While feeling the simplicity of the expositions of that era, he was also observing the performance of the caravan members.

Now two problematic caravans have been exposed.

But Shen Lian believed that this was definitely not all!
However, the other problematic caravans have not yet revealed any clues, so the previous methods have had no effect so far.

Therefore, Shen Lian could only find the thieves through other means, and observing their performance in the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce was a very effective way.

Those who replaced the caravan members were good at disguise, but they could not truly become merchants.

They were born to kill.

So, let them fight to the death, they are good at it.

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But if they were asked to do business, Shen Lian believed that they would definitely not be good at it.

Therefore, by observing the business performance of these caravan members, through their sales pitch to the people and their reactions when answering people's questions, we can tell whether some of them are not real businessmen but are pretending!
"Since we can't make you reveal your true colors."

"Then let's judge based on your business capabilities."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, his brain working frantically.

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He walked slowly past each stall.

Take a close look at the performance of those businessmen.

And using his terrifying brain's ability to work, he quickly compared the levels of these businessmen.

So as to screen out suspicious people!
If other people were asked to do this kind of thing, they would never be able to do it.

After all, there were more than 180 caravans, and the total number of merchants was two to three thousand.

And people with problems will still try their best to disguise themselves and not show it so obviously.

Therefore, it is really more than just difficult to find out the problematic people among them just by walking past them in a short period of time.

For others, it is simply impossible.

However, Shen Lian, who has a photographic memory and a brain comparable to the most powerful computer in the world, can do just that.

At this moment, Shen Lian suddenly stopped.

His eyes suddenly turned to a stall he had just passed behind him.

There was a gleam in his eyes.

"found it!"

"Master, what's wrong?"

At this time, Sishe walked over and saw Shen Lian looking at a stall behind with a special look, and asked curiously.

Shen Lian looked at the stall, raised his head and looked at the sign above the stall.

There is a sign on each stall.

The sign will indicate which country the products sold at this stall are from.

In this way, it will be convenient for people to know the source of these goods without everyone having to ask.

And on this sign, written at this moment is the name of a country - Kucha!

This is a caravan from the Kingdom of Kucha.

Shen Lian said, "I will arrange two plainclothes guards to test the merchant caravan of Qiuci to see how good their business skills are."

Sishe was somewhat puzzled when he heard what Shen Lian said.

He said, "Why did you become curious about the Kingdom of Kucha?"

Shen Lian did not hide it either.

He said: "I suspect that the Kingdom of Kucha is a hidden force that we have not discovered any problematic forces with."

"what?"

When Sishe heard this, his hair stood on end.

His eyes widened, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

"Really?"

"Master, have you really discovered something wrong with the Kingdom of Kucha?"

Shen Lian said: "I don't have direct evidence, but I just found some problems with them when I passed by them just now."

"what is the problem?"

Snake asked subconsciously.

Shen Lian and Si She came to a corner nearby.

He said: "The second person from the left at the Kucha stall was mixing Kucha's unique fruit platter, but his movements were so unfamiliar that it took him half a day to make one, which caused dissatisfaction and shaking of heads from some people."

"This speed is hard for me to believe. This is the standard a businessman who can represent that country to do business should have."

Snake took a closer look.

Isn't it just as the young master said?

The movement is indeed not fast.

And seemed a little flustered.

He was sweating and looked a little flustered.

"The person next to him is the one who peels the fruit for him."

Shen Lian's voice continued: "Look carefully at the way he peels the fruit. The peel is too thick. Although he peels very quickly, at least two layers of the fruit are wasted when he peels it this way."

"You think a qualified businessman would waste their precious fruit like this?"

Snake looked at it carefully for a while.

Then he shook his head.

He said: "A qualified businessman would want to keep even the skin, so how could he waste it like he did?"

Shen Lian smiled and said, "The man on the right, the one who has been shouting."

"Did you hear what he was yelling?"

Sishe listened carefully, then frowned and said, "The voice is a little soft, and it can't be shouted louder than the stall next door."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Even the vendors at the street stalls in Chang'an City know that when they shout, they must be loud and confident and not care about other people's eyes."

"But this person's voice was too soft, and he seemed to be afraid of being noticed, so he didn't even step forward to actively solicit customers."

"As a second-rate person, don't you think he is unqualified in every way?"

Snake nodded again: "Is that true?"

Shen Lian said: "If there are one or two problems, then perhaps we can use coincidence to prove it..."

“Maybe there just happened to be one or two people in this caravan who got in through connections, and their strength is not that good!”

"But when everyone in this caravan performs below standard, there is only one explanation!"

Shen Lian's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he sneered: "That is, no one in this caravan is a real businessman!"

"Because they are not businessmen at all, it is really difficult for them to do these things!"

Sishe heard Shen Lian's words, even though Shen Lian still had no hard evidence at this moment.

But Sishe had completely believed what Shen Lian said.

There is definitely something wrong with this caravan from the Kingdom of Kucha!

He couldn't help but ask, "Master, is this what you found when you just walked around casually?"

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He couldn't help but ask, "Master, is this what you found when you just walked around casually?"

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