The Taiping army divided its troops out of the city and went west, Han Xiufeng felt that there were two possibilities, either there was not enough food in Yangzhou City, or Xiang Rong, a fellow villager he had never met, was attacking Jiangning, and Hong Xiuquan was worried that the city would be broken, so he ordered the Taiping army in Jiangbei to come back to help. In short, this is not a bad thing for Taizhou, but it is a pity that so many villagers died at once.

Lu Daming and the others finally picked up their lives, and ran back to Hai'an all the way to Hai'an, Han Xiufeng didn't want to blame them, so he asked the people of the Baojia Bureau to cook for them first, help them find a few clean clothes, and let them take a bath and rest in the camp after they were full.

As expected, early the next morning, Su Jueming came back from the Fairy Temple, not only bringing back the news that Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang led a large Taiping army to Benpukou, but also brought an acquaintance from Taizhou who was recognized in the capital---- Xiao Wuzi with the Shanxi ticket number "Rishengchang" Beijing Branch!

"Master Han, according to your instructions, no matter what news I find first, I will report to Lord Guo first, but I rushed to Taizhou and rushed to the Fujian Hall, and I met this little brother at the door, he was visiting you with Guo Tong, the family of Lord Guo, so I brought this brother with me."

"Master Han, the little one knows that you can't always do inspections, it's only been a few days, and you've already been promoted to the vice of luck!" Xiao Wuzi asked the accompanying ticket number guy to hand over the gift to the big head, and said with a smile on the teacup: "Actually, I heard that the little one was promoted before he came, but at that time it was the same state, and the cabinet secretary Master He and the shopkeeper Wen also sighed that your official luck is prosperous, but compared with the vice president, the state is the same." ”

Han Xiufeng was also very happy when he met his old acquaintance in a foreign country, put down the letter He Heng entrusted him to, and asked with interest: "Xiao Wuzi, let's get down to business, this army is in chaos, you don't stay in the capital, what are you doing in Taizhou?" ”

Xiao Wuzi hurriedly put down the teacup and said: "Master Han, our host knows that you are in Taizhou, and we also know that the little one recognizes you, so let the little one come to Yangzhou Mansion to deal with the aftermath." Said Master Han, you are a warm-hearted person, and you will definitely take care of the little one. ”

"I don't seem to recognize your host, do I?"

"Our host is listening to what Mr. Big of our Beijing branch said." Xiao Wuzi looked embarrassed.

"I see," Han Xiufeng smiled and asked again, "What do you need me to help you after your boss asked you to do good?" ”

"Master Han, isn't Yangzhou occupied by bandits, and our Yangzhou branch has suffered a lot of losses. However, our owner said that no matter how much he lost, as long as the customer took the silver bill and money order issued by the trumpet, he would cash out as much as the trumpet on the ticket. ”

Others don't know that Han Xiufeng knows that Yangzhou was occupied by the Taiping Army, and the Yangzhou branch of "Rishengchang" has a loss, but the so-called loss is the loss of hundreds of customers, and the silver money not only has no loss but may even make a lot of money, because even if the Yangzhou salt merchants who deposited the silver in the "Rishengchang" did not die in the hands of the Taiping Army, their silver bills and bills of exchange had already entered the "holy treasury" of the Taiping Army and became a pile of waste paper.

However, compared to other money banks, it is really commendable that "Rishengchang" can do this step, Han Xiufeng looked at it with a smile and asked: "So you came with silver?" ”

Xiao Wuzi looked up at Su Jueming and Datou, and smiled without saying a word.

Su Jueming was so shrewd, he hurriedly bowed down and exited the hall under the pretext of having something, and did not forget to pull his head before leaving.

After the two of them and the five guys brought from the capital all went to the outside of the hospital, Xiao Wuzi gave up his hand and said: "Master Han, don't hide it, the little one brought two bookkeepers with him when he went out of Beijing this time, three guys, one thousand taels of silver and a small plaque!" ”

How could Han Xiufeng not hear the meaning of his words, how could he not know that their owner was playing the wishful thinking of an empty glove white wolf, and once again thought of their reputation and couldn't help but smile and asked, "So your owner plans to set up a branch in Taizhou?" ”

"Exactly."

"Xiao Wuzi, when it comes to foreign exchange trading, you should go to Pan Er! His family runs a pawnshop, which is similar to your ticket number, and he may be able to help. I don't know anything about it, I can't really help at all. ”

Xiao Wuzi has been an apprentice in "Rishengchang" for so many years, how can he not know the truth of "friends to friends, business to business", smiled at Han Xiufeng, the former head of the Chongqing Guild Hall, and said straight to the point: "Master Han, our owner said, if you can help the little one gain a firm foothold in Taizhou, not only will the exchange of silver in the future no longer collect your fire consumption and exchange money, and the letter will no longer collect your foot money, if you have silver deposited in my 'Rishengchang' Taizhou branch, my Taizhou branch will be counted as two cents with you." ”

Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful appearance, Xiao Wuzi added: "Master Han, it is not easy to operate a trumpet, if you can trust it too much, if you deposit the silver into my Taizhou branch, it will be limited to 20,000 taels, and if it exceeds 20,000 taels, it will not be calculated according to two cents." ”

"To put it bluntly, let me lend you 20,000 taels for the turnover of the 'Rishengchang' Taizhou branch, and your 'Rishengchang' Taizhou branch will give me 4,000 taels every year?"

"Master Han is really powerful."

"What's amazing, it's not difficult to calculate." Han Xiufeng waved his hand, looked at him with a smile and said: "Xiao Wuzi, it's not that I can't trust you, let alone your 'Rishengchang', but I, Han Xiufeng, don't have so much silver, even if I have so much silver, I can deposit it into other money bank ticket numbers to make profits." Not to mention, as far as the pawnshop in Hai'an Town, if I save 1,000 taels, the shopkeeper will give me 300 taels a year. ”

"Master Han, what a small letter you say! But if you save 20,000 yuan, will the pawnshop in the town dare to accept it, and will you dare to save it? Xiao Wuzi smiled, and then said, "Besides, can he help you send the silver to the capital and Huiba County?" ”

I have to admit that Xiao Wuzi's words have some truth.

Not to mention the pawnshops in the town, that is, those money and silver buildings in Taizhou City, this soldier is in chaos and does not dare to easily collect and deposit tens of thousands of taels of silver, after all, he does not dare to lend easily, and how to make profits if he can't let it out, and how to give you money if he can't make money in the money of the money village silver building.

But Han Xiufeng didn't want to be so cheap and "Rishengchang", because they didn't just want 20,000 taels, but wanted to do business in Taizhou Prefecture and even Yunsi Yamen, and wanted to move all the silver in the treasury of the state treasury and the Yunsi Yamen, and he was silent for a moment and shook his head: "Xiao Wuzi, having said that, I really don't have that much silver, so I really can't help." ”

"Master Han, otherwise, the small one will be cut first and then played, and your own deposit will be limited to 30,000 taels!"

"Don't say 30,000 taels, it's useless for you to say 100,000, who doesn't know that the more you save, the more you will benefit, but I have to have so much silver first!" Han Xiufeng sighed helplessly, and then changed his words: "Xiao Wuzi, otherwise, we will still limit it to 20,000 taels, but it will be counted as three points." ”

"It's not impossible to make three points of interest, but in this way, the deposit of silver in other places cannot be less."

"Taizhou's tax is seventy or eighty thousand taels a year, and although the Yunsi Yamen is not as big as before, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the silver exchanged in a year is seventy or eighty thousand taels. Although the bandits occupy Yangzhou City and Yizhen County, but those places in the countryside have not yet fallen, and the saints have not exempted those places from taxes, the new Yangzhou prefect and I happen to be half of the same country, if I go to help you talk about it, maybe he will also deposit the silver into your 'Rishengchang' Taizhou branch. ”

Xiao Wuzi was waiting for this sentence, and immediately stood up and bowed down and said, "The little one knows that Master Han will help, and I ask Master Han to accept the little one." ”

"Don't don't, don't, what kind of friendship do you and I have, your business is my business, no need to worship, no need to thank!"

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During this time, all the silver that could be cashed was cashed, and several large boxes were packed, and they were left in the house for fear of being stolen, so they could only let the big head dig a big pit in the house and bury it all in the ground. Instead of letting so much silver mold in the ground, it is better to deposit it in "Rishengchang" to make profits.

Han Xiufeng did what he said, and helped Xiao Wuzi write a good letter to Guo Peilin, the two Huai salt transport envoys, Zhang Zhigao, the governor of Taizhou, and Fuzhu Lang'a, the new governor of Yangzhou, and asked the big head to go to the room to dig out the silver, and let Xiao Wuzi and Xiao Wuzi weigh the two bookkeepers brought from the capital and issue silver tickets.

Xiao Wuzi was busy building the Taizhou branch, and as soon as he finished eating lunch, he took the silver back to Taizhou, Han Xiufeng was worried about his safety on the way, so he asked Han Bo to go to the Baojia Bureau and call twenty young men to escort them all the way.

Several large boxes of silver were loaded into half a boat, and such a big movement naturally couldn't hide from Dean Gu, Yu Qinghuai, and Wang Qianli, and as soon as they arrived at the small courtyard, they inquired about what happened. Not only are they not outsiders, not only do they know where the money comes from, but they even share it all, Han Xiufeng has nothing to hide, so he simply tells him frankly.

"A full 20,000 taels, is it all insured by him?"

"Master Han, I see that semicolon shopkeeper is not very old, and he can't do things firmly without hair on his mouth!"

"Dean Gu, I knew him when I was in the capital, don't look at his age, he has a lot of silver from him every year, you may not believe it, there are 80,000 taels if you don't have 100,000 taels." Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "What's more, I didn't deposit the silver with him, but deposited it in 'Rishengchang'. You know the gold-lettered signboard of 'Rishengchang', and it is impossible to be greedy for my silver. ”

"That's right," Wang Qianli reacted, thought about it and smiled: "Besides, he won't go to other places, as long as he is in Taizhou, there is nothing to worry about." ”

"Don't talk about that, always talk about money cheesy."

Han Xiufeng looked up at Lu Daming and the others who were walking around the courtyard from time to time, and said with a wry smile: "Lu Daming, Liang Liu, and Jiang Huai all know about their affairs, and they originally wanted to make meritorious contributions, but as a result, not only did the brothers who went with them to prevent and stop the bandits die, but even they almost couldn't come back. When we came back from Wanfu Bridge, we left all the public funds in the camp to them, but later they were all taken away by the new Yangzhou prefect Fuzhu Lang'a, so that now we don't even have any pension money. ”

"Master Han, this can only be blamed on their ghosts, blaming them for being blind!"

"Yes, Master Han, if you come back with us at that time, there will be so many things and so many deaths?"

"I can't say that, I was determined to be a leader at that time, and I have eaten all the practice wine that you have placed. If I hadn't stopped it, Wanmin would have made a few umbrellas. Even I don't know if I can't make it, let alone them. People go to high places, water flows to low places, and it is normal for people to stay in Jiangdu to make contributions, but they are unlucky, they are unladylike when they meet people, and they meet a group of Shangguan who don't treat them as human beings and don't care about their life or death. ”

Dean Gu was old, and his heart was soft, and he muttered, "This is the reason, but what now?" ”

Han Xiufeng groaned: "I think so, no matter what we say about those townspeople, we brought them out, and now that people are dead, they can't help but give an explanation to their relatives." Just now I wrote a letter to Han Boshun to bring to Zhang Zhigao, asking Zhang Zhigao to help him beg for blessing Zhulang, to see if he can help with some money, after all, those townsmen died in battle. ”

"Can you get there?" Dean Gu asked subconsciously.

"Even if you can get it, it won't be much, so I want to ask you to come forward to raise some money, and a few of us can donate more or less, all in all, we can't let those villagers die in vain." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "Then how Lu Daming and how they are settled, you know the salt fishing camp, from the sixth grade of the thousand to the alternate additional foreign commissioner from the ninth grade, a radish and a pit are already full of people, so I want them to help in the Baojia Bureau for a few days first, and then ask Lord Guo to give them an errand when they have the opportunity." ”

"Master Han, they met you here, if they meet other officials, they will take them in!"

"No matter what you say, they have worked hard for us, and even fought hard," Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, raised his head and said: "And they are all in battle, especially Lu Daming and Liang Liu, it is more than enough for them to bring a battalion of soldiers." If we just send them away, where will we find them when we need to use people? ”

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