bullyxtreme Chapter 120 Eye-opening
Chapter 120 Eye-opening
Rows of large houses rose from the ground on a vast expanse of land in Xiongzhou. These houses were very spacious, even more spacious than the Liao imperial palace.
The house is about 20 to 30 meters high. The frame is built with the cement pouring and steel bar technology unique to Cheng's industry. After the frame is built, the walls are built with blue bricks.
This kind of house looks very solid, and what is even more amazing is that there are many large windows on the walls of these houses.
These windows are not made of paper, but of the most fashionable transparent colored glass. Glass is very valuable.
There are so many and big transparent colored glasses!
Anyone who has seen it couldn't help but be amazed.
In addition to the windows on the walls, there are also windows on the roof. When you walk in during the day, it's extremely bright inside!
Even if you open the doors and windows of an ordinary house, it won't be very bright during the day, and it will be even darker if you close the windows.
This kind of house is so large that the lighting effect is very limited if it is only relying on lights. How many candles would be enough for such a large place? Moreover, this is also very unsafe.
Therefore, the designers of Cheng's Industry came up with a solution. In addition to opening large windows on the walls, they also opened windows on the roof.
The roof of the house has a large slope, with glazed windows on both sides. Each window has a pointed eaves, which not only prevents hail but also prevents snow accumulation in winter.
This is the Xiongzhou Songliao Supermarket, which took a year to complete!
This supermarket has several areas. In addition to the main market, there are wool trading areas, cattle and sheep trading areas, currency exchange areas, dining and accommodation areas on both sides.
In building this market, apart from the design management technicians and security personnel sent by Cheng's Industry, almost all the construction workers were local residents near Xiongzhou. These people were organized and arranged by the governor Li Yunze.
Cheng's Industry is famous for its good treatment!
Salaries are paid on time, white flour buns are provided for three meals a day, meat or eggs are provided every other day, there are two days off per month, and various benefits are provided during holidays.
Such a working environment is so fortunate in this feudal society where people are treated like beasts of burden!
At the beginning, the people of Xiongzhou thought that they were being sent to perform labor service, and they all had sad faces and brought their own dry food.
After working for a day, they realized that this was not corvee labor.
This is such a cusine job!
At lunch time, everyone was preparing to take out their own dry food to fill their stomachs, but they saw a dozen mule carts loaded with large wooden barrels coming over.
As soon as the lid was opened, the aroma filled the air. Inside was white steamed buns and noodles, as well as egg soup with minced meat floating in it.
Everyone in this group of people ate so much on the first day that they had full bellies. In order to digest the food in their stomachs, they took the initiative to work before the start of work.
The news that one could get enough food by working spread quickly, and many people came, and later even people from the Liao Kingdom came.
With so many people suddenly appearing, it could easily lead to problems if not handled properly.
The people below reported it immediately, and Li Yunze immediately sent troops to maintain law and order. Cheng's Industry also immediately sent more personnel to organize the settlement.
First of all, we need to solve the problem of food.
These people are not formal employees yet. Based on humanitarianism, they can receive a meal every day, and then they will be arranged for interviews. Those who can read and write will be given priority, followed by the Song people who work as farmers.
After screening layer by layer, those who are not selected in the end will be given some copper coins or food to let them go home first, and they will be told what the place will be used for after it is built, and they can come back to find a job in the future.
This humane treatment meant that those who were not selected had no complaints, and the Liao people were even more delighted since they learned that their wool could be exchanged for a lot of money here, so they all returned home with hope.
Some smart people even bring some daily necessities here to sell, and the business is pretty good.
Soon, this Xiongzhou supermarket was already bustling even before its opening day!
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In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, this much-anticipated supermarket finally opened.
On the Song side, there were Cheng Yu, Li Yunze, Chen Lin and several Song Dynasty officials. On the Liao side, the Liao Emperor Yelu Ruan brought a large group of royal relatives and a group of Liao officials to attend.
It can be seen that they attach great importance to this supermarket.
On the opening day, Cheng Yu accompanied Yelu Ruan and others into the supermarket gate. As soon as they entered the gate, several male greeters wearing red ribbons bowed to everyone and shouted,
"welcome!"
This slogan is quite fresh.
The royal family of Liao were like Liu Lao Lao entering the Grand View Garden, and they found everything new and interesting.
Everything here is something they have never heard of or seen before!
Everywhere you look, you see rows and rows of wooden shelves with mountains of goods piled on them. There are many varieties of goods, and it is spectacular and shocking at first glance!
Although this place is called a market, it is completely different from the dirty and messy market in people's minds.
The interior was clean and bright. Light shone in from the transparent glass windows on the roof and all around. All the goods inside could be seen clearly. In addition, in some places where the light was insufficient, glass lamps were hung with tallow candles as thick as arms.
Seeing this kind of shopping environment, everyone was shocked.
I thought that the glazed windows and lamps alone must be worth a lot of money!
The cost of building this supermarket is incredible!
Surrounded by this most modern environment, these usually arrogant royal relatives and nobles immediately became restrained, fearing that they would be seen as country bumpkins who had never seen the world.
Everyone followed Cheng Yu to visit the agricultural production area first.
I saw rows of wooden shelves filled with dozens of primary agricultural products such as ground rice, millet, corn, sweet potato, potato, pumpkin, dried chili pepper, etc., as well as many dried rice noodles, corn noodles, sweet potato flour, potato flour and other storable processed grains, all clearly marked with a few dollars per pound.
Normally, shops on the market sell all kinds of rice and flour, but it is rare to find such a complete variety as here. Moreover, the food here is all within reach, giving people the feeling that you can take it as you please!
The newest thing is that there is a food tasting area.
Dozens of shop assistants put all kinds of cooked noodles into a small ceramic cup. When everyone was still wondering how such a small amount of food could be sold here, Cheng Yu first picked up a cup and said to everyone, this is a free sample. If you are satisfied with it, you can buy it.
It's free.
You must try it,
Everyone immediately rushed to pick up the cup and pour it into their mouths.
Ouch!
The taste is really good, fresh and fragrant, slightly sour and spicy.
Some people wanted more after tasting it, but were told that there was only one portion for each person. If they wanted to eat it, they could buy this dry seasoning packet and cook it with various powders.
This is OK, and many people immediately expressed their intention to buy it.
Cheng Yu told everyone not to rush and that it would not be too late to buy after visiting all areas. At the same time, he said that this is a membership system and not everyone can come in. One needs to apply for a supermarket membership before coming in to shop.
This is quite suitable for these people.
We are all people of status, so of course we can’t buy things with people of low status!
Then we went to the food area.
The store is filled with all kinds of tea, salt, brown and white sugar, wine, various spices and dried seafood shipped by sea.
There are cheap and expensive teas among them. The most expensive one is Monkey Hair Tip Tea.
It is said that there are several thousand-year-old rare wild tea trees on the steepest mountain in Hangzhou. It is very difficult for people to climb up, so a monkey has to be specially trained to pick them, so they are very precious. The teapot is carved from a whole piece of white jade, and it is inlaid with pearls and gems. It is extremely exquisite and gorgeous.
There were only two cans in the entire supermarket, and each can cost as much as eight thousand taels of silver.
Cheng Yu gave one of the jars to the Liao emperor on the spot, and the Liao emperor couldn't put it down.
He handed the other jar to Chen Lin and asked him to take it back to Bian Jing and give it to Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng.
When we arrived at the wine area, it was even more eye-opening!
The bottles used to hold the wine are very interesting. There are ordinary ceramic bottles, jade bottles, and glass bottles.
Apart from anything else, the glass bottles alone are exquisite enough. The transparent bottles allow you to clearly see the wine inside. Under the light, the whole bottle of wine shines brightly, making it hard to miss.
The most eye-catching thing is the two bottles of [Supreme Diamond Wine] placed at the highest point.
The body of this bottle is larger than the average one, and the cork is made of pure gold with a ruby inlaid on it. The most peculiar thing is that there is a five-clawed golden dragon made of colored glaze inside. This golden dragon is lifelike with its fangs bared and claws dancing. You can tell that these two bottles of wine are worth a lot just by looking at the bottles, without even having to drink them.
Sure enough, after a closer look, the price was 88,880 taels of silver.
Everyone was shocked, oh my god!
There is no most expensive thing, only more expensive things. Who can afford this?
This is certainly not something that ordinary people can buy.
Cheng Yu asked someone to take the wine down. Similarly, one bottle was given to the Liao Emperor Yelu Ruan, and the other bottle was given to Chen Lin to take back to Zhao Heng.
Although Yelu Ruan was the emperor of Liao, as an ancient man, he did not understand the tricks of modern people at all.
It is just like when ordinary people walk into the most expensive supermarket in Beijing, China World Mall. When they see the sky-high priced goods, they are shocked by the price but seldom think whether it is worth the price.
Cheng Yu used to be a supermarket executive, so he was well aware of these tricks.
Sure enough, the Liao emperor laughed with joy, thinking that this royal relationship was of great value.
Afterwards, they visited the dim sum area and tried various dim sum snacks that are popular in Bianjing today.
When they arrived at the vegetable section, they were shocked to see bundles of fresh vegetables and fruits of all kinds.
It's autumn now.
There are so many fresh vegetables!
These fresh vegetables were provided by a glass greenhouse in Xiongzhou. After Cheng's Industry developed transparent glass, Cheng Yu had people build many glass greenhouses around Bianjing to grow vegetables and fruits.
Today, the residents of Bianjing can eat a variety of vegetables in the cold season, all thanks to these greenhouses.
Ever since he planned to build a supermarket in Xiongzhou, he started sending people to build a glazed greenhouse there.
The people of Liao were amazed to see the variety of fresh vegetables.
Many of the vegetables here were new to them. The clerk introduced that some of them were varieties only found in the southern region, and everyone couldn't help but marvel at them.
The Liao region was cold all year round and vegetable varieties were scarce. People usually supplemented vitamins through tea, so tea drinking was so popular in the Liao region.
Finally, we arrived at the daily necessities area.
The products here are even more numerous and varied, including porcelain, silk, and embroidery from Suzhou, jade carvings and velvet flowers from Yangzhou, silk umbrellas, silk, and fans from Hangzhou, Longquan celadon, and various pots, bowls, and plates.
The Liao people were dazzled and amazed by what they saw!