"The Archon has arrived!" With a loud shout in front of the gate, everyone got up and bowed down, kneeling on the ground.

When Li Zhongyi led the peony into the door, he couldn't help frowning when he saw everyone kneeling to greet him, and said lightly, "I don't want to kneel here, I'm afraid that if you kneel for a long time, you won't know what it's like to stand in the future." Everyone, please get up, and I hope that you will all be exempted from kneeling and welcoming the officials in the future! ”

"Ah......h

"Oh my God, is this true?"

"Wow, I heard you right, right?"

"What? The ruling king allowed us to see the officials without kneeling? ”

"Woo woo woo ......" someone was so excited that he actually lost his temper in public and cried.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the status of businessmen has been like Wang Xiaoer's New Year, which is not as good as a year, and it is getting worse every year.

After all, no, businessmen are different from politicians and officials, they all know that if businessmen want to suppress officials, it is tantamount to getting tired of life and simply wanting to die.

The people present, including Huang Jingsheng, did not expect that as soon as Li Zhongyi entered the door, he announced the earth-shattering move of the businessman to avoid kneeling when he saw the official. For a moment, the whole room, like a frying pan of croquettes, immediately rose with green smoke and billowed and tumbled.

Wang Jia Supreme cried bitterly before, according to the law of the Great Zhou, it belongs to the category of great disrespect, and the consequences are extremely serious. At the worst, the house will be raided and destroyed, and the three or five clans will lose their heads.

As a result, Li Zhongyi just acted as if he hadn't heard it, took four square steps, slowly crossed the crowd, walked to the main seat of the head, and sat down steadily.

Although Li Zhongyi was exempted from kneeling, the businessmen were afraid that the etiquette would not be thorough, so how could they dare to believe it easily?

Everyone fell to the ground for a long time, and they didn't dare to get up for a long time, more than ten times more respectful than meeting their parents.

Li Zhongyi also understands the mood of the businessmen, who must be worried that he will lead the snake out of the hole first, and then settle accounts in the future.

"Hehe, everyone, don't stand, sit, sit." Li Zhongyi waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down and speak.

After Li Zhongyi's order again, the businessmen sat down sideways, and everyone was barely on the brocade bench with half of their buttocks, and they were still very polite, and they didn't dare to make a mistake.

Li Zhongyi had unprecedented respect for businessmen, and some shallow businessmen did not think much about it, only gratitude and resonance in their hearts.

The nimble businessmen were respectful on the surface and did not dare to be rude, but they had already pondered it in their hearts.

Li Zhongyi once said a famous saying, that is: nothing to do is to be courteous or a thief!

The big businessmen with a lot of money are speculating, could it be that Li Zhongyi is short of money to spend, and plans to let the rich businessmen donate as much as they can?

In fact, the businessmen who participated in the meeting were psychologically prepared to be forced to donate by Li Zhongyi. At home, they have also discussed, in order for the whole family not to fall into bad luck, the money that should be donated must not be reluctant!

After Duan Gang sat down, he didn't look at Li Zhongyi, but stared at Peony's body and didn't look away.

Due to his close personal relationship with Huang Jingsheng, Duan Gang knows more about Li Zhongyi's basic situation than others.

Legend has it that Li Zhongyi is a very lascivious guy, but why did he only bring a peony with the appearance of a Chinese man today?

Before today, because of business, Duan Gang naturally knew Tang Shuyi, but he had never seen peony.

The bigger the person, the less likely he is to make meaningless moves in public!

Duan Gang secretly pondered, Li Zhongyi led a non-stunning woman to come, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

really let Duan Gang guess correctly, Li Zhongyi brought peony over today, and it was indeed a conscious arrangement.

For so many years, Peony has been left out in the back house of Lao Li's family, and she is used to seeing the cold state of the world and the warmth of people.

Although, Tang Shuyi will not embarrass the peony, a cheap concubine who has made a big mistake and is extremely unfavored. However, the servants and maidservants who are in power below inevitably do not regard Peony as a serious hostess.

Because of this, Li Zhongyi decided to use peony and find something to do for her, so that she would not be sad and sad all day long, and feel sorry for herself.

Li Zhongyi has reason to believe that Peony, who has been sitting on the cold bench for many years, will definitely rack his brains to do things for him. The logic of this is actually very simple, Peony has had enough of cold eyes, as long as she seizes the opportunity to turn over, she will work ten times harder than others, or even more than a hundred times.

The peony is dressed in a very high-grade way, and the sable fur scarf alone is a top-notch commodity with no price.

After all, she is Li Zhongyi's concubine, she has no worries about food and clothing, and she doesn't have much money to spend on weekdays, but she has accumulated a lot of private money.

After Li Zhongyi sat down, Huang Jingsheng walked quickly to the front and said, "Your lord, everything is ready." ”

Li Zhongyi had already discussed it with Huang Jingsheng, and he immediately smiled and said, "Then let's officially announce it." ”

"Whoa!" Huang Jingsheng saluted again, then turned to the merchants in front of him, and announced loudly, "I hereby decree that from now on, all transactions that exceed the usual amount shall not be used copper coins, but will be handed over instead." ”

"Ah......" All the merchants, including Duan Gang, were dumbfounded.

They originally thought that Li Zhongyi just wanted to fight the autumn wind and blow the people's wealth, but they never expected that Li Zhongyi would want to do Wang Mang's old things.

Back then, after Wang Mang established a new dynasty, the five-baht coins issued by the imperial court were privately used by the magnates to melt into more valuable bronze ware. Due to the serious shortage of copper, Wang Mang implemented an extremely stupid financial policy, that is, "when five coins".

"When five coins", only the original amount of copper is one and a half cents, but everyone is forced to spend it as five cents, which is tantamount to the plundering of Chiguoguo, how can the world's powerful not rebel?

Li Zhongyi had long expected that the businessmen would definitely oppose it, but he had already considered it very maturely, and all kinds of plans that had been conceived in advance had been deliberated.

In other words, whether the merchants like it or not, the payment of money must be promoted, even if there is a war for it!

In the final analysis, the Celestial Empire is not the main source of copper, and there is a serious shortage of copper, and the natural resources do not allow the large-scale use of copper coins, gold and silver.

Huang Jingsheng said with a straight face: "The consistent payment of money is equivalent to the consistency of copper coins, which can be used for tax payment...... You can also deposit it in the Lee Kee Money Village in place A and take it out from the money bank in place B......"

Some shrewd businessmen, although still flustered, noticed the great convenience revealed in Huang Jingsheng's words.

If the businessmen present were engaged in cash transactions of money and goods, it would be fine. The point is that in this era, there is no dart game, and they often need to bring a large amount of money to purchase various commodities in various places, and they need to bring strong domestic servants to follow them on the road.

There are too many people to bring, and the cost is unbearable; There are fewer people with him, and even a small group of bandits can't resist it, not only will they lose their money, but even their lives will be difficult to protect.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can exchange the money for copper coins in the Li Ji Qian Village at any location." Huang Jingsheng has been dealing with Qian for so many years, and he knows the fundamental worries of businessmen best, but he deliberately put the most important information at the end.