Chapter II. 280. Business means
The clerk sent by Di Ting to Youbei 3rd Road, Scar Man, left, and no one knew where he went, but he found a letter in the official post of the Ministry of Rites where he stayed. The content of the letter is extremely simple, and the prince Yan Tian is given three months to pay off all his debts at once.
Although it was not written, 'What will happen if it is overdue or defaulted?' but thinking of the vast amount of divine power that Di Ting has come to make Yan Tian feel a little chill in his back.
Although Yan Tian and Yan Qinghong are half-brothers, they are completely different in temperament and hobbies. His second brother Yan Qinghong is a person who can't be idle for a moment, if he hadn't been frightened by the recent frequent disasters, with his lively and active temperament, he would not have been able to live safely to this day.
But Yan Day, who is the elder brother, is an 'otaku' who has never been out of Fengjing at all. After all, as the prince of Youbei, what he thinks about is naturally a major event in the world, how can he still have Yan Qinghong's leisure, bringing enough silver and dog slaves every day, and wandering around the world?
But as the saying goes, 'There is always one in the body and the mind on the way'. Yan Qinghong, a 'hyperactivity patient' who can't be idle, of course, has no time for his body and mind to be idle. If it weren't for his sensitive identity as the second prince, as well as the bond between the old lady and the little sister in the palace, he would have been unable to see his figure on this Youbei Third Road; But Yan Tian is different, for many years, his body and mind have been stumped by the throne of the emperor that seems to be at his fingertips, but is actually far away in the sky. Even reading, a 'spiritual road' that can be done without leaving home, is guided by the former emperor Yan Hunt, who has already died......
There is a way to play chess with a stinky chess basket, and the more you play, the more stinky it becomes! His father's 'level of education' was only a little higher than that of illiteracy. Whoever follows such a teacher, even if he is a genius, will have to learn to be a fool.
It is precisely this prince Yan Day, who was taught to be a 'fool', that he was caught in by Nan Kangdi's ordinary 'financial traps'. Originally, it was just a small 'employment partnership', but after being brainwashed by others, it signed many 'unequal treaties' and left this ass of debt.
At the root of this, we have to blame those who listened to the truth for not having any good intentions in the first place. If two Nankang merchants are cooperating with each other, even the simplest and clearest business needs to write down a deed of agreement of no less than five pages in advance.
Completely different from the grass platform team of Youbei Third Road, the Nankang people, whether they are businessmen or officials, whether they are collectives or individuals, have only one basis for resolving disputes: the laws of the imperial court. It is precisely this kind of fair and almost cruel social atmosphere that can make Nankang Liguo less than a hundred years old, and become a commercial paradise promoted by Huayu mainland and even overseas countries.
Yan Day, as a 'Youbei otaku', not to mention how the Nankang business is done, and even the business field on Youbei Third Road, he doesn't know what the doorways are. Such a simple, simple and unpretentious person who is almost an idiot, those who do a half-black and half-white business, who else can he pit if he doesn't pit him?
In the thinking of Youbei people, the most important thing for everyone is the word human affection; But as long as the two parties agree on something, even if there is no binding deed and people who eat mixed rice in the market, they will not dare to violate the agreement; However, the standard that the Nankang people have always pursued is only the word 'law'. Outside the scope of the deed, how to cheat people is reasonable, and no one will find an attempt to settle accounts.
The crown prince Yan Tian was bitter by this 'little' difference.
In his opinion, he and Diting are partners who can 'trust each other'. In the past, in order to show the extraordinary popularity of the prince of a country, Yan Tian naturally signed and pledged the accounts reported by the partners, without even looking at them; But now he took the account book and deed left by the scar man, and after carefully looking at the astronomical amount he owed, he almost didn't get blown up in anger!
It stands to reason that he is also an 'old customer' who listens to the truth, and he doesn't care if there are 'discounts and discounts', but what is this 'late fee'? What's going on with 'nine out of thirteen'? What is the algorithm of 'compound interest calculation method'? What kind of compensation method does 'land as a pledge' have to be? What about the duty-free mutual market and the opening of the Dongyouwan port?
Yan Hunt and Yan Day, the father and son, if they are compared to infighting, they can still be called experts; But when it comes to the matter of a rich country and a strong people, the two of them together are not as good as half an ordinary bookkeeper.
Without Li Deng and Wan Changning in the court, he Yan Tian would not be able to read the account books, so naturally he would not be able to calculate how much silver he had borrowed from others and how much silver he had been taken away by others. So in order not to leak the news, Li Yu, the head of the inner court who got the secret decree, disguised himself, took the abbreviated account book that had been copied again, and walked to the vicinity of Luoma City in the south of Fengjing City.
On weekdays, the mule and horse market in Fengjing is already a lively scene of people coming and going, rubbing shoulders one after another; Now the Mobei grassland, which is rich in good horses, is also in the honeymoon period with Youbei Third Road, and the Mobei horse dealers who have been delayed by the war for the whole winter can't wait to come here to do business. Coupled with the fact that after the defeat of the Northern Yan Dynasty, it also died down, neither announced an armistice, nor continued to increase troops to the Eastern Customs, at least on the surface, Fengjing City has returned to its former lively scene.
These merchants, big and small, who had been dormant all winter, had already crowded the mule and horse market in Fengjing. Even if the 'delicate and expensive' manager Li covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief soaked in rose dew, he still couldn't stop the smell of stinky sweat and horse manure that rushed to the top of his head. After vomiting three times, Manager Li could no longer care about secrecy, reached out and dragged a little tooth man who was waiting for work, put five taels of silver in his hand, and sat down in the small teahouse opposite the Luoma Market and drank tea.
"Who is looking for me?"
Yu Liang'an, a livestock dealer with all kinds of scars on his chest, walked into the teahouse under the leadership of the little tooth man. Unlike the Cheongsen Tea House on Hezhong Street, this teahouse is located directly across from the Luoma Market, and most of the customers are merchants and horse dealers who have returned goods from various places. Since the guests are all from bitter backgrounds, the teahouses naturally sell cheap food such as large bowls of tea and meat buns; The guests in the room were also rude men who were open-minded and yelling, and the scene was naturally very lively.
"Oh...... That little official is looking for me...... Alright, there you go......"
Yu Liangan raised his eyelids in the direction of the little tooth man's fingers, and casually strode to Manager Li's side, sat on the bench with his ass, and shouted at the young man who was running all over the field:
"Three bowls of tea, six meat buns...... Tell you Lao Tong, if you dare to give me the 'tired buns' that have been caged, I will smash your broken shop when I turn around! ”
Don't look at the young man who added water, his steps were fast, and he was still holding the steaming kettle in his hand, and he looked like he was familiar with the tea doctor for many years. Now that he heard Yu Liang'an's 'threat', he opened his mouth to reply, but he still continued to do the work in his hands:
"Master Tong! Yu smashed his head on our signboard again......"
Everyone present laughed when they heard this, and Yu Liangan also scolded lightly, 'This little rabbit cub ......', and then turned his gaze back to Li Yu's face.
Yu is really not a loss to the old Jianghu, his joke not only let Li Yu know his identity from the side, but also avoid the embarrassment of greetings between the two parties, and can also make Li Yu, the 'customer', know that his money is not in vain, and the 'expert' found by the little tooth man is not an impostor liar.
"Yu Tou, I invite you to come today, because I don't understand some of the accounts. I have heard that Yu is the head of the north, you go south and north on weekdays, meet heroes from all over the world, and see extraordinary people. That's why I made a special trip to the city of mules and horses to ask you for advice......"
Li Yu deliberately lowered his voice, trying to hide his thin voice that was easy to reveal his identity. I don't know if it's because Liang An is born with a rough personality, or because the environment of this teahouse is too noisy; Looking at Liang An's appearance, his identity as a big internal official has not been exposed for the time being.
"Well, this account has been re-copied, isn't it...... However, judging from this bookkeeping method, the person who wrote this account book should be a person from Nankang...... However, Lao Yu also doesn't know a few big characters, although I can figure out the way to the account, but if the petty officials need to recheck the account book, I can't help much......"
Li Yu was convinced of his words. After all, with the shape of a reckless man like Liang An, if he really takes it over, it will make him feel that there are ghosts in it!
"Since Yu Tou can know the origin of this account, he must also know a capable person who can review the account book. Please help me with a lot of work, this reward... Let's talk, let's talk..."
Li Yu had a smile on his face, but his cuffs were secretly with Yu Liang'an, and he 'rowed' a lot of twenty taels of silver.
"Huh? You...... Are you ...... I'm old, but I'm useless! Ay...... Anyway, as the so-called helping people to the end and sending the Buddha to the west, since Lao Yu has taken this matter on his body, he must always have a beginning and an end! ”
Speaking of this, Yu Liang took the twenty taels of silver ingots in his hand in a mock, turned his head to look at the young man who was 'running like flying':
"Kiko! Have you seen Second Master Qi? ”
"Boss Qi? Can people be the same as you, a horse dealer, who just made a lot of money, and has long since taken a break! At this hour, I'm afraid it hasn't gotten up yet, right? ”
"Stop talking nonsense, call a trip to ......"
As soon as the words fell, the twenty taels of silver that Li Yu had rewarded flew directly towards the back of Xizi's head. Strange to say, this Kiko seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, and he didn't even look back, so he caught the silver flying from behind him with his backhand; Then he adjusted the teapot in his hand lightly, and shouted into the backyard:
"Come out with a panting, help me support for a while!"
Immediately, Xizi, who got the reward, left the teahouse in a big way; And Li Yu also understood that Yu Liang An rewarded the twenty taels of silver he gave to this teahouse boy, clearly hinting to himself: he was too stingy.