The issuance of gold and silver coins was in full swing, and the news of preparing to issue gold and silver coins immediately attracted predators from all walks of life, and Pan Liao and others also began to look for partners in various cabinets.

The first to come out on top is the three major cabinets in Chang'an, Baoji Cabinet, Baoyuan Cabinet, and Baosheng Cabinet.

Bao Ji cabinet shop is the Kaiyuan period of the famous businessman Wang Yuanbao founded, they are in business, never involved in politics, has always had a good relationship with the central court, whether it is Tang Ting, An Lushan, Zhu Zhu, or now the Jin Dynasty, all cooperate very well, has been Chang'an and even the world's largest cabinet workshop.

Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop was originally the property of the Yuan family, which was later confiscated by Zhu Zhu, and now belongs to the Household Department of the Jin Dynasty, which is a state-owned enterprise.

Baosheng Cabinet Workshop and Chengdu's Baoan Li Cabinet Workshop are the same proprietor, the property of the Dugu family, and now the Dou family has also taken a piece of the pie, accounting for thirty percent of the share.

These three cabinets have strong capital and outstanding reputation, and have branches all over the world, and they were the first to obtain the right to subscribe.

Early in the morning, as soon as Guo Song came to the official room, Lu Lun greeted him and said, "Your Highness, there are two guests looking for you." ”

Guo Song was stunned, did anyone come so early?

He saw that Lu Lun's face was a little strange, and when he turned his head, he saw a fat figure pacing back and forth in the meeting room, Guo Song couldn't help laughing, "Serve them tea, just say I'll come soon." ”

In the reception room, Zhang Lei said to Li An with a dissatisfied face: "This kid is not kind! Such a big thing, you didn't even tell us a word. ”

Li An smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe he doesn't know that we also opened a cabinet." ”

"I don't know!"

Zhang Lei said hatefully: "I told him a few years ago that I changed the jewelry shop to the Treasure Pavilion into a cabinet shop, I don't believe he really forgot?" ”

"Senior brother, it's not that I have a bad memory, it's that you didn't say it at all!"

As soon as the two turned around, they saw Guo Song appear at the door, and Zhang Lei's face, which was still angry and dissatisfied just now, immediately became a smile, "Yo! My brother is here, what did I say? I didn't say anything! Lao Li, do you say? ”

Guo Song walked into the room and sat down, and asked lightly, "You also opened a cabinet?" ”

"It seems that the junior brother really doesn't know, the two of us opened a cabinet shop last year, including Sister Guo, who also has two components, Baoju Cabinet Fang, the head office is the original Treasure Pavilion in the East Market, you should have heard of the name for a long time!"

Guo Song shook his head, "I've never heard of it, but why isn't the Treasure Pavilion open?" ”

Li An explained: "The reason for changing careers is really because the old customers in the past are gone, basically they all went to Chengdu, our jewelry is of a relatively high grade, and it is rare to sell one piece a month, so I have no choice but to change careers to do a counter, save money and lend to open a quality warehouse, and do well." ”

"It's not bad!"

Zhang Lei rushed to the side: "In less than a year, we have entered the top ten in Chang'an, and now we have 23 branches, Chang'an, Taiyuan, Zhangye, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu have our branches. ”

Guo Song suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "What about your original jewelry inventory?" I remember that there are still a lot of treasures stored in your underground warehouses by old customers, and you don't care? ”

Li An looked a little embarrassed, and said for a while; "Some of the guests have taken it away, and there are more than a dozen families who are clans, I don't know when they will come to pick it up, as for the jewelry inventory, the inventory is all there!"

Zhang Lei knew his junior brother's preferences very well, so he smiled and said: "Senior brother, our jewelry inventory is all treasures, you can see if you like it, and sell it to you according to the capital, which is cheaper than half price." ”

Guo Song is indeed a little tempted, and he is also trying to buy a batch of jewelry for his wife and daughter.

After thinking about it, Guo Song said, "That's it!" The brothers had time to send the jewels to the palace, and I let them choose for themselves. ”

"No problem!"

Zhang Lei salivated and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you look at the underwriting of gold and silver money, we also want to participate, not to make money, but to make a name for ourselves in the industry, with fame, we will have more customers, you have to help!" ”

Guo Song smiled and handed him a note, "Take the note and go to Pan Changshi, you know that you are here for this matter." ”

Zhang Lei was overjoyed, and hurriedly took the note and said, "Lao An, let's go!" ”

Li An had no choice but to smile bitterly at Guo Song and say goodbye........

Guo Song returned to the official room, and in less than half an hour, Pan Liao came over.

"My note is embarrassing you?" Guo Song invited him to sit down and asked with a smile.

"It's not embarrassing, I was thinking about the last place, since they want it, they will push the boat to them, and it will save me trouble, Baoju cabinet is also good, in Chang'an can rank in the top eight, give them 300,000 yuan, although the cost of the cabinet is a little smaller, but I think with the financial resources of the two of them, it should be no problem."

"What about the others?"

"Bao Ji Cabinet Workshop, Bao Yuan Cabinet Workshop and Baosheng Cabinet Workshop, these three are 800,000 yuan each, and Fuli Cabinet Workshop and Baoju Cabinet Workshop are 300,000 yuan each, if Your Highness has no objection, I will officially sign a contract with them."

Guo Song took a closer look and asked, "What is the background of Fuli Cabinet Workshop?" ”

"It's the property of Xiao Sheng, Xiao Sheng is dead, and this cabinet shop currently belongs to the Xiao family."

Guo Song raised his eyebrows, "Yuezhou Xiao Clan? ”

Pan Liao nodded, "It's very hidden, they are hung in the name of a person named Wang Xiao, I specifically checked the official records when I reviewed, this Wang Xiao bought the cabinet at a price of 50,000 yuan fifteen years ago, I think it's strange, the general store in Guangdong City covering an area of five acres is more than 50,000 yuan, not to mention that there are thirty branches in various states, I know that there must be a cat in it, I will tell them clearly, don't tell the truth, there is no chance, they have no choice but to tell the truth, this Wang Xiao is the current head of the Xiao family, Xiao Wangsun. ”

"Does the Xiao family have anything to do with us?"

"Yes! Xiao Wangsun's youngest son is called Xiao Zhenye, who was admitted to Jinshi this year and is currently serving as the school secretary of Chongwenguan. ”

Guo Song nodded, "Pay attention to him!" ”

"Remember."

Pan Liao understood Guo Song's intentions, and if he wanted to sit south of Jiangnan in the future, he must get the support of major families, the Xiao family is the descendant of the Liang Dynasty, and even Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty has to marry the daughter of the Xiao family as the queen, just to stabilize Jiangnan, which shows the status of the Xiao family in Jiangnan.

Guo Song returned the report to him, "You can officially sign the contract, and you have to tell them that this matter should be as low-key as possible." ”

Pan Liao agreed, and hurried away.

..........

In the afternoon, Guo Song returned to the Xianghui Building of the Inner Palace, walked into the lobby on the first floor, he was stunned for a moment, only to see a circle of tables in the middle of the lobby, covered with dark blue flannel, the flannel cloth was decorated with countless jewels, there were thousands of pieces, flashing dazzling light, and the inner circle table was full of all kinds of jade jade pendants.

Two female clerks were introducing all kinds of gemstone jewelry to his wives and daughters, Guo Weiwei looked back and saw her father, and pounced on her father with joy, "Daddy, look at this, it's so beautiful!" ”

There was a string of white pearls hanging around her neck, and at the bottom of the pearl fell an emerald the size of a red date, wrapped in gold, surrounded by fine small sapphires, Guo Song took a closer look, and the quality of the emerald was slightly worse than that of his collection, but it was already a treasure.

"This is good, Daddy also has an emerald, which is greener than it and of better quality."

Guo Weiwei was stunned, she blinked and asked, "Then I.... How come I haven't seen it? ”

Guo Song scratched his daughter's nose and said with a smile: "There are many treasures you haven't seen, and your mother still has a night pearl, which is a rare treasure, have you seen it?" ”

Guo Weiwei suddenly lost interest in the jewelry on the table, and quietly ran to her mother, holding her mother's hand and coquettishly.

At this time, Xue Tao came over and said with a smile: "These jewels were sent by Wen Yu in the afternoon, saying that it was arranged by the husband, is this a gift for us?" ”

"Huh! In the morning, I met Uncle An and Senior Brother, only to know that they had changed the Treasure Pavilion into the Treasure Cabinet Workshop, these are the jewels of the Treasure Pavilion in the past, stored in the warehouse, you can pick two sets of each if you like. ”

"Daddy, is it two or two?" Guo Weiwei asked as she flashed her head from behind her mother.

"Is your dad so stingy? Of course, it's two sets, what a hairpin! Hairpin! Bracelets! Ring! You can pick your favorite. ”

"Mother, I'll pick it." Guo Weiwei went to pick out jewelry.

At this time, Guo Song saw that Zhang Yuer and Zhou Mingzhu were also there, and Li Wenyu was also there, but he didn't see his eldest sister Guo Ping, and he asked, "Didn't the eldest sister come?" ”

"There's something wrong with the eldest sister, she said she has no interest in these jewelry."

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "Lady go pick too!" I'll go back to the study first. ”

"Isn't my husband interested in gems or something? There are also a lot of gems and jade! ”

Guo Song's interest in gemstones has faded, and as for Meiyu, he believes that with Li An, a jade-loving person, good things will definitely be gone for a long time.

"I'm not interested in them anymore, you can pick them!"

Guo Song said hello to Li Wenyu and went to his study.

.........

Guo Song returned to the study, he sat down behind the bookcase, took out the copper mold from his arms, held it on the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully, he was really amazed at the skills of the skilled craftsmen of this era, not only polished so bright as a mirror, but also very beautiful in shape, the key is that its weight is so accurate.

Guo Song took out a small balance, this balance is also made of brass, the same fine workmanship, of course, this is the most clever craftsman specially built for himself, so he can weigh the gold and silver coins without difference.

This made Guo Song think of a problem, although the Tang Dynasty could also manufacture precision weighing instruments that were not inferior to later generations, but the problem was that they could not be promoted on a large scale.

Where is the gap? The gap lies in the standardization of operations.

Like making this balance, if its various parts are done by different people, how much copper is used for each part, how to cast, how to polish, there are strict process standards, if the various processes can be made into strict standards, then every craftsman can make an accurate balance.

But there is another problem, and the refusal of skilled old craftsmen to hand over their skills to all and let everyone learn them, rather than just passing them on to their apprentices or sons.

If we continue to dig deeper, if all the techniques are made into standards, will they be learned by other races?

In fact, there is this kind of standardized operation, the manufacture of military weapons is like this, the production of an arrow, the selection of the arrow shaft, drying, cutting, its length, weight, and the selection and production of feathers, as well as the casting and beating of the arrowhead, the manufacture of the mold, etc., and finally to assemble these parts together, an arrow requires the cooperation of more than a dozen craftsmen, involving different fields, if there is no standardized requirements, it cannot be completed at all.

Why can't the standardization of ordnance production be applied to civilian products? It was even promoted on a large scale in private workshops.

Guo Song decided to discuss the idea of standardized homework in the Counselor's Hall at an appropriate time.

At this time, Guo Song heard a knock on the door, he put down the scales and said, "Come in!" ”

The door opened, but it was Minqiu who walked in with a cup of tea, "Husband, eldest sister asked me to bring you tea." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Minqiu, have you chosen your jewelry?" ”

Min Qiu nodded slightly, "I've already chosen, one set of jasper, one set of gemstones inlaid with gold." ”

Guo Song saw that she was a little depressed, so he hugged her in his arms and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Min Qiu's tears fell, "My brother and sister-in-law have caused so much trouble to my husband, I really don't know what to do?" ”

Guo Song knew that Minqiu's brother and sister-in-law were more arrogant and ignorant, and often spoke disrespectfully, and when he got together with friends last month, he announced that his sister would be the queen in the future, and his nephew would ascend the throne as the emperor.

Guo Song groaned and said: "Your brother and sister-in-law's remarks are still out of ignorance in the final analysis, it's not that they really want to do that, and they don't have the ability, I didn't take their words to heart, but I was very worried about their lives." ”

Min Qiu was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Husband, this.... What does that mean? ”

"I've offended a lot of people over the years, countless people hate me to the bone, and they want to cut me with a thousand knives, but they can't kill me, maybe they will attack my family, your brother and sister-in-law are too high-profile, will they be targeted?"

Min Qiu was so frightened that her face turned pale, "Husband, what should I do then?" ”

"I'll send someone to protect me secretly, but I also have to keep a low profile, you write a letter to them and tell them about my concerns."

"I'll write right away."

"There's no hurry, and it's not too late to write a letter tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Guo Song hugged his wife's plump body, an evil fire sparked in his heart, and whispered in her ear.

Min Qiu shook her head in fright and said, "The eldest sister has made a rule, not during the day, but at night!" At night, I will serve my husband well. ”

Guo Song also knew that his wife was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and he did not allow himself to indulge, although Guo Song was sometimes unhappy, but he also knew that his wife was for his own good, so he had to restrain his desire and whispered in Min Qiu's ear: "Go and clean up, I'll go to you at night." ”

Minqiu turned from worry to joy, she put her arms around her husband's neck for a moment, and then left the study.