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    Three days later, the mirror store opened next to the Royal Bank, but only silver mirrors were sold in the first stage.  The lenses were all used to make telescopes and equip the troops who were about to go on a campaign.

    Although there is only one kind of product, the business of the mirror shop is very hot. In just half a day, all the silver mirrors in the mirror shop are sold out.

    The opening of the Mirror Store did not involve parades in red and colorful advertisements like the launch of new wines in major restaurants. It was just that there was a small advertisement for the Mirror Store in the newspaper two days ago. It was not a direct promotion of the Mirror Store.  Instead, the court announced that the prince had invented a telescope, which allowed people to see things in the distance. It was not only a military weapon, but also opened up financial resources for the court.  He casually mentioned silver mirrors, glasses, magnifying glasses and the mirror shop that was about to open.

    Although the tabloids in the city have already started selling advertisements, Di Bao, as the official newspaper of the imperial court, has always refused advertisements, even though the royal newspaper has set a precedent.

    ¡°If the mirror store sells something that is not invented by the prince, even if the mirror store is a government-run business, the Di newspaper will never mention a word about it.

    The people in charge of the Di newspaper, Jinzouyuan, were close to the prince not only because of Chao Yong's reputation, but also because Chao Yong had asked Dibao to publicize the war of resistance against the Liao Dynasty last time. The recruitment of brave warriors from all over the country exceeded expectations.  They all got military honors as they wished.

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    As soon as the Di Di newspaper came out, Wang Jing, who was in charge of the mirror shop, immediately hung up the mirror shop's plaque in the store allocated by the household department. Although the store was still being renovated, once the mirror shop's plaque was hung, it spread from one to ten and spread among the people in the city.  It soon became clear that this was the place where new things invented by the prince were sold.

    It had only been a few days since Hou Jian flew into the sky, and the people were most curious about the new things invented by Chao Yong, especially the telescope described in the newspaper, which was similar to the legendary clairvoyance.  The rich families prepared their money to buy one as a family heirloom. Although ordinary people felt that they could not afford the fairy invention invented by the prince, they also wanted to see it first.

    On the day the mirror plaque was hung up, there were people waiting outside.  Some are waiting to snap up, while others want to take a sneak peek.

    Kaifeng Mansion heard that there was a crowd gathering in Yu Street, and hurriedly sent officials to check. They heard that it was people who were preparing to buy the mirror shop's products, and everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was relieved.  In order to prevent these people from causing congestion on Imperial Street, Kaifeng Mansion could only send a few officials to maintain order in front of the mirror.

    Many people were lingering at the door, so the guards at the Royal Ticket Office next door were strengthened a lot.

    In order to open the business before the prince's expedition and prove his ability, Wang Jing did not spend any time decorating the mirror shop.  They just had people tear down all the furnishings in the house.  Then put up bright mirrors and declare the business open.  Even only the samples displayed in the house are framed, and the mirrors sold in the store are still bare mirrors.

    The day before the opening, Wang Jing had two snow-white silver mirrors hung on the doorposts of the mirror store, and announced that only silver mirrors would be sold in the first five days of the opening.  After that, glasses, magnifying glasses, and telescopes will start to be sold, and the price of silver mirrors will also be posted.

    The smallest silver mirror is two inches, and the price is consistent.  As the size increases, the price doubles, from ten guans to the size of a palm and fifty guans to the size of a foot.

    Fifty guan can buy ten acres of good farmland or two good horses from Ningxia Road.  After Xixia was wiped out, the price of horses in the Central Plains dropped a bit.  Some good horses can also be seen in the horse market from time to time, instead of the common horses in the past.

    As soon as the silver mirror was hung up, many people in the city came to see the magical object invented by the prince.

    Many people are startled when they see themselves in a bright mirror for the first time, thinking it is a "demon mirror" in the sky.  Just looking at it will take away a person's soul into the mirror, otherwise how could it be so clear.

    After the explanation from the mirror dealer, the people realized that this was just something invented by the prince to replace the bronze mirror.  The people eliminated their fear of the silver mirror, and the fear passed.  The high price was ignored by them.

    Large households are prepared to buy both large and small ones, and the big ones can be placed at home.  Small ones can be carried with you to check your clothes and makeup.

    Ordinary people think of a palm-sized mirror, and such a large mirror can barely be placed at home as a dressing mirror.  Even though he was short of money, he planned to buy the smallest silver mirror, so that he could take home the magical object invented by the prince.  Although it is smaller, it is much easier to use than a bronze mirror.

    The flow of people looking at the silver mirror caused traffic jams on Yu Street. If the people behind were not constantly squeezing, the people in front might not get out of the way of the mirror.

    Kaifeng Mansion sent people to clear the flow of people several times, and Shi Bin ordered 80% of the people in Kaifeng Mansion to go to the imperial street early tomorrow morning to maintain order to prevent people from trampling and causing casualties or blocking the imperial street.

    Casualties among civilians are not uncommon. Deaths and injuries occur from time to time in places where many people gather, such as Goulan Houses and Houses. The death and injury of dozens of people is enough to make everyone in the Kaifeng Mansion be held accountable.  Moreover, military officials always follow the royal road when going to court, that is,There were no casualties, but the imperial road was blocked, preventing officials from going to court, and the Kaifeng Mansion was inevitably held accountable.

    It has to be said that Shi Bin was cautious, but the flow of people in Royal Street on the second day was still almost out of control.

    On both sides of the mirror row, a man stood every ten feet to maintain order. The queue was more than one hundred feet long, but the people carrying money bags to buy silver mirrors could not be seen at a glance.

    Where there are public servants, all people who buy silver mirrors are restricted to within one foot in front of the mirror shop, and the other ten feet are left open to passers-by. However, there is no order at all on the road section where there are no public servants. Many people want to  To seize the opportunity, no matter where it is, they are all crowded in the Imperial Street.

    Just like in modern times, people can still line up in a line where there are railings.  Once the team goes beyond the railings, the place without railings will be crowded, and one queue may become five or ten rows.  As if a long snake suddenly swallowed an elephant into its belly, its belly swelled greatly.

    Seeing that the royal road was blocked, Shaoyin of Kaifeng Prefecture, who was personally in charge, hurriedly asked the soldiers from the Military Patrol Shop and Wanghuo Tower to help maintain order.

    Tokyo has a large population and crowded houses. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, many people who specialize in fire extinguishing are stationed in Tokyo.  Every three hundred steps, there is a military patrol station with five soldiers. A fire watch tower is built with bricks at a high place. There are houses below for hundreds of soldiers. Both the military patrol bunker and the fire watch tower have fire extinguishing equipment. Once discovered,  When a fire starts, troops will be dispatched to put it out immediately to prevent the fire from expanding.

    The soldiers at the Military Patrol Shop and Wanghuo Tower were also responsible for other official duties. When they heard that the Royal Street was blocked, they did not dare to neglect.  Send someone immediately to help maintain order.

    Hundreds of soldiers were dispatched to restrain all the people who came to the mirror shop to make purchases within a foot, and the traffic on the imperial street was restored.

    When the imperial censor who passed by the imperial court in the morning saw the imperial street like this, he impeached Jingxing in the court hall for destroying the majesty of the imperial road. Yin Shibin of Kaifeng Prefecture abused the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture and the soldiers in the military patrol shop and watchtower.

    The imperial road leads from Xuandemen to the south Xunmen of the outer city, but the scenery on the royal road is not exactly the same.  The northern section is from Xuandemen to Zhouqiao, the middle section from Zhouqiao to Longjin Bridge, and the southern section from Longjin Bridge to Nanxunmen.

    The northern section is closest to the palace, and all the military officials in the city gather from all over the city.  The capital city enters the palace from the northern section.  There are not many officials who go to court every day, but there are quite a few attendants brought by the officials.  The prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty could bring seventy or eighty followers, all of whom were supported by the court.  As the official position decreases, the number of followers also decreases.  But all added up, it is also a huge number.

    And these people don¡¯t even have time to have breakfast at home.  Vendors saw this business opportunity and started selling breakfast on the northern section of Royal Street, gradually forming a morning market.

    However, this morning market only provided food and drinks for the officials and their entourage who went to court before dawn. Once dawn, they left.

    Until Wang Anshi carried out the reform and established the Municipal Yi Division.  The imperial court directly intervened in the sale of goods, and the City Council also used its authority to build dozens of shops on the east side of Imperial Street, sending officials to supervise the sale of fruits and share the profits.  The northern section of Royal Street has now become a real commercial street.

    But it was during the Xuanhe period.  Commercial activities are prohibited again in the northern section of Royal Street.  All the shops in Shiyisi were also closed down, so that the northern section of Royal Street became a mere traffic road, with vendors only active during the morning market.  However, the morning market could not be stopped, and the emperor could not let the military officials go to court hungry.

    Compared to the northern section of Royal Street.  The imperial street in the middle section is much more prosperous.  As soon as you cross Zhouqiao, there are rows of shops and homes on both sides.  For example, Chejia Tan Shop on East Street, Zhangjia Hotel, Huabaozi in Wangloushan Cave, Lijia Xiang Shop, Granny Cao¡¯s Meat Cake Shop and Li Sifen Tea.  West Street is home to Lujia Baozi, as well as various soup shops, tea shops, hotels, and aromatic medicine shops.  The middle section of Royal Street can be said to be a complete commercial street.

    The southern section of Imperial Street is the official and residential area.

    When Chao Yong opened the Royal Ticket Office, he thought of opening it in the most central area of ??the city. In addition, the northern section of Imperial Street had a shop previously occupied by Yisi, so he set up the Royal Ticket Office in the Royal Street near the palace.  On.

    After Jiang Jing, the fortune teller of the Ministry of Finance, saw the samples of the mirror shop, he felt that the mirror shop could create another big source of revenue for the court, so he set the location of the mirror shop next to the royal ticket number.

    The Royal Bank and Jingxing are the only two merchants on the northern section of Imperial Street, and they attract a lot of people to stop on the Imperial Street. Some officials who go in and out of the Imperial Street every day feel that they are being harassed by the people.  It's just that there was only one Royal Ticket Company before, and no one dared to point fingers.  Now that another ticket number from the Ministry of Revenue has appeared, they will naturally impeach the Ministry of Revenue.

    However, Shi Bin was also a thoughtful person and did not send all the officials to the royal road. He left enough officials in the yamen to deal with other official matters.  And it was impossible for him not to maintain the order of the imperial street. As for the mirror line, it was established by the Ministry of Household Affairs in accordance with the emperor's order.

    Chao Gai was naturally not prepared to take back this decree and impeached him.The censor could only retreat in anger.

    After a string of firecrackers, the Mirror Shop opened for business. In order to prevent the mirrors from being crushed, the Mirror Shop could only let a small number of customers in.

    While the people behind are still slowly moving forward, the wealthy people in front have already begun to scan the goods.

    The large mirror can be embedded on the dressing table, while the small one can be made into a mirror box and carried around like the samples in the store.

    For them, money is usually not enough for a meal and a drink, but they have many wives and concubines at home. The more of these things, the better.  If there is any leftover, you can go to a brothel and give it to the prostitutes, which will also make the beauties smile.

    The lack of frames is not a problem. They can find craftsmen to make them themselves, and they can make them better than the samples in the store.

    The most expensive mirror in the store is a mirror that is as tall as a person. It costs a thousand guan, the price of two hundred acres of good land. After the mirror in the store was snapped up, there were still big customers who came late and paid a deposit to pre-order it.

    No frames required, just mirrors.

    Within half a day, the store was empty again, and the samples were all bought at high prices.

    The clerk in the store has said that there will be new products tomorrow, but the wealthy man is impatient and would rather increase the price to buy the sample.

    The number of people who entered the store was only a fraction of the people who queued up. When they heard that the store was out of stock, they had no choice but to retreat unwillingly, but this strengthened their determination to buy silver mirrors.

    After Chao Yong finished his lecture at Taixue, he had some free time.

    After breakfast.  Then he led people to the Royal Street. When he arrived, he saw that the mirror line was crowded, so he turned to the Royal Ticket Office.

    The mirror store has only two floors. In order to avoid crowding and breaking the mirrors, you always pay to see the goods in the front and pick up the goods in the back.

    Ren Jinnu looked at the mirrors being carefully held out from the rear window on the third floor of the Royal Ticket Office, and said with jealousy: "The business of this mirror shop seems to be more prosperous than the ticket office, why did the prince hand over the mirror shop to the Ministry of Accounts?"  ¡±

    Chao Yong slapped Ren Jinnu¡¯s buttocks.  Said: "You still want to get all the money in the world into the prince's womb."

    "ah"

    Ren Jinnu let out a sweet cry, his eyes filled with spring, and said coquettishly: "You invented all these things, so the money you make should naturally belong to you."

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "The prince's palace has a lot of money to eat and the government's finances are tight. I gave the mirror bank to the Ministry of Revenue, which can be regarded as sharing the worries of my father."

    Hearing the mention of the emperor, Ren Jinnu did not dare to be disrespectful. He nodded and said, "What the prince said is true. After all, the world belongs to the royal family."

    Chao Yong shook his head and said: "The world does not belong to the Chao family, but the court belongs to the Chao family, and the world still belongs to the people of the world. The royal family cannot touch the things of the people. Only the officials of the court are appointed by my Chao family. What day did the court do it?  If things go wrong, they will rise up again and change the court."

    Ren Jinnu smiled and said: "Daliang is so generous to the people, and the people will definitely not be dissatisfied."

    Chao Yong nodded and said: "At least not within a few generations. But it will be hard to say in the future. In the past, agricultural taxes were collected, but now they are exempted. People think that Daliang is the best dynasty. But in a few hundred years, they will  I feel that the exemption of agricultural taxes is a matter of course. Maybe then I will feel that the court's monopoly on salt and wine is tyranny. People's hearts are always changing, but we can't control things that far away, and the times will always progress.  We should not only look at China, but also look at other countries. If the people in other countries are living better, then you are falling behind and cannot be said to be progress compared to before. This is not your progress, but the progress of the entire era.  "

    Ren Jinnu asked strangely: "Is there any country where the people can live better than our country?"

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "Maybe not now, but it may not be possible in the future."

    Ren Jinnu felt that the prince's words were a bit strange, and thought that the prince was talking about some secret.  The secret must not be leaked, so she did not ask further questions and instead said: "Prince, how much money do you think Jingxing can make today?"

    Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but the amount of money they make cannot be compared with that of the ticket office. The business of the ticket office is slow and steady, and of course this water is not thin either. The business of Mirror Bank is only hot for a while, and it will only be popular in the future.  It's dull. When everyone who can afford a big mirror has a big mirror, they will only be able to sell small mirrors. Even if every household buys their small mirrors, the market will only be worth tens of millions.  . After the bank account becomes bigger, it can earn tens of millions every year. There is no comparison at all.¡±

    Ren Jinnu shook his head and said: "Prince, don't underestimate the rich people in the world. The money the mirror industry makes from the rich is definitely more than ordinary people. According to the population of the Song Dynasty, there are more than 20 million households in the world, and each household buys the smallest mirror.  , which is also 20 million yuan. This is based on the fact that the wealthy people must spend several times more than the ordinary people. In this way, the business of Mirror Bank must be more than 100 million yuan. "Chao Yong shook his head and said: "You can't calculate it like this. Even if it can be sold for 100 million yuan, it will take a long time."

    Ren Jinnu snuggled into Chao Yong's arms, drew circles on Chao Yong's chest with his fingers, and said charmingly: "The prince really has the Midas touch to turn stone into gold. He can make so much money in any industry."

    Chao Yong looked at Ren Jinnu, who looked charming, and said with a smile: "Why, is it spring again?"

    Ren Jinnu slapped Chao Yong on the chest and said angrily: "What's wrong with Chun? The slave family just wants a child. You are about to go to war, and you don't know when you will come back. If there is no movement, others will think that  The slave family can't give birth. The people in this office have heard our voices several times. There are many concubines in the palace who are pregnant, but I am silent. If there is no movement in my belly, the people below will rebel.  "

    Chao Yong smiled nonchalantly and said, "How could it be possible? You are my concubine. Who dares to rebel?"

    Ren Jinnu shook his head and said: "After all, a woman has to have children to rely on, and the prince cannot always let me be in charge of the ticket office. Only with children can the status of the slave family be guaranteed, and the people below will not dare to be presumptuous.  "

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "You must be overthinking it, but in order to reassure you, I have to work hard a few times."

    With that said, he picked up Ren Jinnu and put him on the desk to start a fight.

    It took a long time before the rain dispersed and the clouds disappeared.

    Ren Jinnu slumped on the desk, rested for a while before getting up, and said bitterly: "If there is no movement this time, the slave family will have to find the imperial doctor."

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "You can't rush this matter, you have to get it right at the right time to get pregnant."

    Ren Jinnu immediately said anxiously: "Then when will the prince inform the slave family?"

    Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I don't know, I haven't understood it, I just know a little. But I know that if you sow diligently, you will always reap something. Hahaha."

    When the two of them got dressed and looked out the back window, the backyard of the store next to them was already empty. However, there were a few more carriages in the backyard of the bank, and they were carrying money down one bag after another. The carriages and clerks were moving down.  He is a person who walks in the mirror.
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