Bole is a good son.

Knowing that his godfather had always been worried about the lack of food in the army, Bao Le visited several grain merchants in the Special Economic Zone overnight with the name of his godfather. These grain merchants are all affiliated with the Jiangbei Chamber of Commerce, and two of them are also from the Gaoyou Branch.

The Gaoyou branch is the first chamber of commerce to settle in the maritime special zone, and the chamber of commerce is built at the east end of the maritime avenue, just over a mile away from the maritime yamen. There is a painting hanging in the lobby of the Chamber of Commerce, which is the inscription written by the Admiral Maritime Eunuch Wei Gonggong two years ago - "The people of Gaoyou are really competitive!" ”

After Zhao Baole found these grain merchants, he put forward a request for grain on credit for military needs.

Although several grain merchants were forced to come to the Special Economic Zone by asking the Maritime Yamen to seal Jiang Jinghai, their grain trading in the Special Economic Zone in the past two years was not bad, especially because they were taken care of by the Ming Imperial Army, so that they could rent and buy the shipping services provided by the Ming Royal Navy at a low price and ensure their business environment.

Although the amount of credit owed by several grain merchants is not large, it is not a small gain for Zhao Baole. He also knew that wool could not be plucked on a sheep, and that it was easy to suck the wool away.

So after visiting several grain merchants, he went to other chambers of commerce one after another. For various purposes, these merchants, large and small, agreed to help buy some food for the imperial army's emergency.

Baole was very happy, and his head was hot, so he simply did things bigger, so he borrowed the name of his godfather to post to each family and directly engaged in apportionment.

Apportionment is also common sense, and the standing means of the government to govern the world are not unusual.

Most of the merchants pinched their noses and recognized the apportionment, but the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce refused to admit the account.

The Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce said that Father-in-law Wei owed them a large amount of money, and if Zhao Baole asked them to help, they would also be willing to help, provided that Father-in-law Wei settled the arrears to them.

This arrears are real, and the total amount is as high as 230,000 taels.

At the beginning, when Gonggong Wei "borrowed" from the major salt merchants in Xiguan, Yangzhou, he promised to settle it once a year, that is, he would pay back the principal and give interest. But more than two years have passed, and the salt merchants have not only not seen the principal, but also the interest has not seen a copper plate.

It's not that Father-in-law Wei doesn't pay them back, it's really that he can't pull it out at the moment, but his old man is the most honest, always trustworthy, and knows that people can't stand without trust, so even if the salt merchants don't dare to come to him to ask for accounts, his old man still specially asked the maritime yamen to sort out those due IOUs, and the old ones become new ones.

In short, as long as there is an IOU, are you still afraid that our family will not be able to rely on this account?

Of course, Wei Gonggong still hopes that these salt merchants can respond to the great maritime industry and convert debts into equity. But people, the richer the more thieves, the father-in-law has waited for more than two years, but none of these salt merchants have taken the initiative to invest, which can make the father-in-law angry. If it weren't for the face and image, the father-in-law would have asked the imperial army to come to the door to talk to them about the concept of international trade.

Speaking of which, the salt merchants are still short-sighted, but from their point of view, they can understand. After all, what is the use of having a slip when the money is lent out but can't be returned? It's normal to whine, but there's nothing they can do about it.

To be honest, which of these people is willing to come to this Wusongkou to open a shop and do business?

The conscience of heaven and earth, the salt merchant's trade can be used to go to sea?

The farther away from the sea, the more money you make!

It's just that the situation is stronger than people, and Eunuch Wei's minions are really fierce, and the salt merchants don't dare to disobey, so they set up a shop in the Special Economic Zone, and the business is really bleak. That is, it is barely maintained, which can be regarded as giving Eunuch Wei a face, and he also has an idea, this Eunuch Wei's business is prosperous and he has money, maybe he can really pay them back.

In this case, Zhao Baole ran to the door to ask for apportionment, but they definitely didn't agree.

"There is no reason in the world that old debts cannot be repaid with new debts!"

The sixth son, the head of the Pan family's shop in the special district, the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou, spoke, which was said to Zhao Baole and to Wei Tai. If you want to force your face, you Eunuch Wei don't fight the salt merchant's idea.

Zhao Baole was also angry at that time, and left with a dark face and a puffed up. I stopped halfway through the road, and then turned around and went to find someone else. I didn't go alone, but I went with a team of imperial officers and soldiers.

The posture was very noisy, the salt merchants were frightened, and Pan Liugongzi was also horrified, but these people were also ghosts, and they agreed to donate and lose, but they took out the IOU in their hands as a donation. His family has 6,000 and yours has 5,000, so he made up a donation of 50,000 taels.

It must also be a credit to be able to offset the debt of 50,000 taels, but this godfather wants real money and food, how can the IOU be used as food.

Zhao Baole was anxious, but this IOU is indeed money, and your father-in-law Wei can't deny the amount on this one.

At this point, it's okay to change someone else. But Zhao Baole was active, and after being depressed, he suddenly had an idea, but he took the IOUs given by the salt merchants and turned his head to other chambers of commerce, wanting to use these IOUs to buy things from them.

"The strip was beaten by our father-in-law, are you still afraid that our father-in-law will not recognize it?" Zhao Baole was always followed by dozens of wolf-like imperial troops behind him every time he arrived.

The merchants did not dare not sell it, so the IOU of 50,000 taels was really used.

After making a meritorious service, he wanted to report the good news to his godfather and ask for merit, and after hearing it, Gonggong Wei also felt that this idea was good, very good. It is better to let the IOUs sit in the salt merchant and get moldy, so it is better to keep them alive.

"Take a bigger step, don't be afraid of pulling the egg."

The father-in-law called for an engraving gentleman and made a square print. There is no word engraved on the print, just four words - "allowed to circulate".

Then his father-in-law asked Zhao Baole to take this seal out and cover it, and all the IOUs that have been circulated in the market are stamped with this seal. Then he issued an order to Zheng Duo, asking him to take out 50,000 taels from the funds of the Unfreezing Committee that had just been put into the treasury to pay the IOU.

"Isn't Dad short of money?"

Baole doesn't quite understand what his godfather does, and if he really wants to redeem those IOUs, won't it be a big loss.

The father-in-law didn't explain much to Yizi, but only asked him to do it as instructed, and after Yizi went to do something, the father-in-law patted his buttocks and hummed a little song to the back flower courtyard.

There were guests in the Houhua Courtyard, but it was Wang Yue'e, the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family in Taizhou, who came. The person did not come by himself, but the father-in-law specially sent someone to invite him.

Since Wang Yue'e had the support of her father-in-law Wei, she was completely established in the Zhao family, and treated her nominal husband properly, and took advantage of the prestige of the Ming Admiral Maritime Eunuch and Jiangnan Town Guard to do a bigger business than when her father-in-law Zhao Hengyuan was alive, and now when outsiders mention the Zhao family in Taizhou, the first thing that comes to mind is this very capable daughter-in-law, not any man in the Zhao family.

The father-in-law invited Wang Yue'e to come over for the sake of business, and this crusade against Dongfan is not just as simple as occupying a piece of land, but it is to make profits.

If it is profitable, it is necessary to have businessmen involved.

Therefore, the father-in-law hopes that the Zhao family in Taizhou can be a pioneer in the development of Dongfan and drive the Dongfan sea trade. This is a big profit, and my father-in-law must take care of Xia Yue'e.

This daughter-in-law of the Zhao family thought about it carefully, but it was very watery, which made people moisturize when they thought about it.