Datang Longya

Chapter 33 Opening of Tianxia Building No. [-]

Lao Yuan, formerly known as Yuan Chang, was the owner of a restaurant next to Tianxialou. When Leng Feng proposed to buy the restaurant, he agreed, but proposed to continue to be the shopkeeper here.

I have to say that Lao Yuan's vision is unique. After two months of renovation, Tianxia Building No. [-] has a new look. Like Tianxia Building No. [-], Tianxia Building No. [-] also has three floors, with a plaque on each floor.

Originally, Lao Yuan planned to wait for his owner to return to Beijing before opening, but Leng Feng's reply told him that he didn't have to wait, and just opened according to his request.

In Building No. [-] of Tianxia Building, which opened years ago, the hero list on the first floor has become a platform for martial arts figures to show their faces.The box on the first floor is the favorite place for wealthy businessmen.

Shuxiang Pavilion on the second floor, except for the current emperor, there is no one who has an idea.But this still can't extinguish the desire of scholars to discuss and communicate with their classmates.

The first and second floors of Tianxia Building are overcrowded almost every day. As for the mysterious third floor of Tianxia Building, it is not something ordinary people can climb!

As soon as the news of the opening of Tianxia Building No. [-] spread, it attracted the attention of the entire Chang'an City.

On the opening day, many wealthy merchants came to Building No. [-] with congratulatory gifts, just to be the first to enter.

In the midst of everyone's attention, Lao Yuan chuckled and lifted the red cloth on the first layer of plaque.

The name of "Charity Hall" appeared in front of everyone.

"Hehe, I would like to thank everyone for your support in No. [-] Tianxia Building. Let me, Yuanchang, explain the purpose of the Charity Hall to you."

Lao Yuan took out from his pocket, and then took out an imperial decree!
As soon as the imperial decree came out, everyone fell to their knees in panic, grandma!The downstairs is a cow today!There is an imperial decree!
Old Yuan cleared his throat and read: "The emperor said: The ancients said that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself; The capital of the people is also the anointing of the people. If there is corruption in the Tianxialou Charity Hall, and the crime is conspiracy, the nine clans should be punished. I hope that the people will supervise it together, and respect this.”

After reading the imperial decree, Lao Yuan continued: "As the treasurer of Building No. [-] of Tianxia Building, I, Yuanchang, swear to Tiandi that if I touch a penny donated by the Charity Hall, I will be struck by lightning! All descendants will die!"

People in the Tang Dynasty seldom swear, and if they swear, it means that they will definitely do it.

After listening to the imperial decree, everyone stood up, and a businessman asked: "This charity hall is to call on the rich to donate, right?"

Lao Yuan laughed and said: "Not only that, but this is also an opportunity for you to show your wealth and reputation. The account of the Charity Hall will be absolutely public, and you can check it at any time. For example, if I donate The 100 taels were used to house the refugees. Even if the hundred coins were dismantled into pennies, the refugees would know that it was my old man's donation when they received a copper coin out of the hundred coins. "

A potbellied businessman nodded, took out an ingot of gold from his pocket, and said, "This is indeed an opportunity to show your reputation and accumulate virtue. I don't know if there are any charity projects now?"

Lao Yuan smiled and said: "The refugees from Anmin County, Binzhou have come out of the mountains, but the money embezzled by the bastard county magistrate is not enough for the refugees to settle down. Send it to Anmin County."

"We also know about the tragic events in Anmin County. Corrupt officials harm people! I heard that His Royal Highness is presiding over important events there. It's really not good for a nine-year-old child to worry about refugees. My old Zhang is also a famous person. [-] yuan counts as my second." Baiguan!"

"I also offer two hundred guan!"

"Shame! Two hundred guan is not enough, I earned a lot of money this year, donate [-] guan!"

……

Countless businessmen have donated generously.

The social status of the merchants in the Tang Dynasty was low, but if the merchants had countless good deeds, even the officials would look up to them.For such things, businessmen are very willing to participate.

[-] guan, under the loud voices of Chang'an merchants, it will be enough soon, and the old man carefully wrote down one by one.

The Charity Hall was unveiled, but the second floor was not there yet. Lao Yuan revealed the plaque on the second floor amidst his urging.

The word "Luxury Casino" surprised everyone. What, it turned out to be a casino!
Seeing the reaction of the people, Lao Yuan chuckled and said: "The gambling house we opened in Tianxialou is not comparable to the ordinary gambling houses. Look clearly, this is a 'luxury' gambling house."

A businessman saw the word "gambling house" and asked, "Is there any special rules between this big gambling house and the previous Shuxiang Pavilion?"

The old man smiled and said: "You still got the point! Haha, our high-end gambling house is different from other gambling houses. We are not hosts, but only provide gambling games and be fair. Our gambling games are not boring things like dice. In Let me keep it a secret here, haha, if anyone wants to give it a try, I, the old man, will make the decision. It will open today, and the casino will not charge any fees. But starting tomorrow, you will have to pay five pennies to rent gambling equipment, haha."

Several businessmen who used to like to gamble touched the silver in their sleeves, looked at each other, and planned to give it a try.

The old man just told these people to wait, and then unveiled the plaque on the third floor: "Auction House".

Huh?There are many "lines" in Datang, such as cloth line, grain line, baby line... This is the first time I have heard of this auction house!
The old man arched his hands: "Everyone, our auction house is a place for bidding and shopping. Of course, we don't sell needles, threads and brains. I can only say that it is difficult to buy at least what is sold in the auction house Things, even things that cannot be bought with money, will be auctioned. Here I want to apologize to everyone, I am in charge of maintenance in the auction house, and the real control is in the hands of our landlord. You have also heard that our landlord Running thousands of miles, intercepting and killing the rebels, and now dealing with the resettlement of refugees in Anmin County with the crown prince. At least this auction house will not open until our owner returns..."

In the eyes of Chang'an people, the landlord of Tianxialou is an extremely mysterious figure.I have never seen him appear in front of people, and only entertained some big figures in the court.

In the old days, Hongfu made a fuss in Tianxialou by taking advantage of the hero list, and everyone felt that they could get a glimpse of the real face of the landlord of Tianxialou.But who would have thought that the landlord of the Tianxia Building would "strength" on the third floor, and Hong Fu would be scared away.

The landlord of Tianxialou is also a person with all-hands and eyes. No one in Chang'an can win the support of many state officials when opening, but Tianxialou No. [-] building got it when it opened.In the entire Tang Dynasty, there was no opening that could get the attention of the emperor, and Building No. [-] of Tianxia Building got it.

The more mysterious the landlord of Tianxialou, the more curious the people of Chang'an are.A lot of good people planned to go to Anmin County, Binzhou to see if they could see Tianxialou, but none of them dared to try.

In Anmin County, Binzhou, far away, Leng Feng sneezed a few times, and the knowledge of "friction force" he recalled with great difficulty was just written on paper, and it was a mess...

(End of this chapter)