The idea of the welfare lottery was entirely because of Cui Wenqing's clever proposal when Fu Bi was still hesitant to borrow money that day.

In his opinion, such a proposal is simple and nothing, after all, in later generations, the welfare lottery is something that everyone knows, and there is nothing unusual.

However, I didn't expect that in ancient Daqi, it was regarded by these people as an ingenious way to generate income, and even the famous minister Wang Anshi was highly respected and appreciated, which really made Cui Wenqing feel a little overwhelmed.

Now, Fu Bi is looking forward to returning to the DPRK in the morning and spending all day in the Hedong Bank personally checking the issuance of treasury bonds and military bonds.

But these things are just routine, Fu Bi's heart is now on the welfare lottery, and the welfare lottery is still his chief official's household department is responsible for the implementation, naturally Fu Bi is like an arrow, I can't wait to complete the investigation immediately, and return to Luoyang as soon as possible.

At the same time, Zhezhao was not idle.

It is said that he is having good talks with several grain merchants from Luoyang, after all, as long as he has a huge amount of money and no worries about money, it is a matter of time before he can buy military rations.

Everything is developing for the better.

Thinking of this, Cui Wenqing stretched his body lazily, and couldn't help but feel good.

At this time, I only heard a sound of light and neat footsteps from far to near, and soon came to the foot of the Xuan Pavilion steps.

Cui Wenqing knew who was coming just by listening to the footsteps, and said lightly with a yawn: "Why did the governor come back so early today?" Have we already negotiated the purchase of food? ”

Zhi Zhao smiled slightly, waved his hand and signaled the lotus leaf to retreat, and then sat in Cui Wenqing's opposite case and said with a smile: "That's not the case, but I received an invitation today, so I came back early to discuss it with you, husband." ”

"Invitations? Whose? Cui Wenqing was slightly stunned

"Liang Qingchuan!" Fold Zhao word by word, with an indescribable face.

Cui Wenqing was stunned, and hurriedly took the red invitation card handed by Zhi Zhao, opened it and took a closer look, the content was very simple, Liang Qingchuan and the three grain merchants on Hedong Road will hold a banquet in Youpeng Building tomorrow night, and respectfully invite the Governor of Zhe and Cui Gongzi to come.

Seeing this, his heart flickered, and his brows were already wrinkled unconsciously.

Zhi Zhao asked with a solemn face: "Husband, this can be described as an arrogant and abrupt invitation, I don't know what you think?" ”

Cui Wenqing glanced at Zhi Zhao, and when she saw this girl's positive expression, she had the intention to tease her, and pretended to be serious: "What do I think?" Naturally, I hold it in my hand and look at it. After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh.

Zhe Zhao thought that Cui Wenqing must have a good opinion again, but he didn't expect that after waiting and waiting, it would be such a teasing remark, and he immediately showed a look of emotion, and said with a smile and a smile: "Husband, if you find me happy again, I will throw you directly into the pool." ”

Cui Wenqing secretly sighed as a violent woman, smiled and said her opinion: "As the saying goes, nothing to do is to be courteous or a thief, I think Liang Qingchuan should not be able to escape these two." ”

Zhi Zhao nodded sympathetically, his phoenix eyes flashed slightly, and he expressed his opinion: "Liang Qingchuan is a good person, and I don't know what kind of thoughts he has, husband, after all, this person is useful to the Zhenwu Army, I think we should still go to the banquet." ”

"Okay, according to the lady's words." Cui Wenqing smiled, "By the way, it is said that Lord Fubi has basically investigated the matter of borrowing, and he will return to the imperial court in a few days, and ask for the lifting of the ban on the issuance of treasury bonds and military bonds, and then we can borrow from the people again." ”

Zhi Zhao nodded, and sighed with a smile: "In this way, it is not bad, taking advantage of the abundance of silver taels now, I am also going to buy some solid armor and sharp weapons for the soldiers of the Zhenwu Army, and if you calculate it, I am afraid it will cost four or five hundred thousand taels of silver." ”

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, we won't be short of money now, just four or five hundred thousand taels is not much, when our banking business is launched and silver bills are issued, I will let the lady see what real profiteering is." ”

Zhi Zhao smiled and said: "Okay, Ben Shuai will wait and see." ”

At dusk the next day, the sun was still hanging in a corner of the city tower and was about to set, Liang Qingchuan had already led the three of Ma Shopkeeper, Xie Shopkeeper, and Wang Shopkeeper to stand outside Youpeng Tower, full of anxiety waiting for Cui Wenqing and Zhe Zhao to arrive.

During this time, Liang Qingchuan's mood has really undergone earth-shaking changes.

A few days ago, when Zhezhao set up a banquet to invite them to come to discuss the purchase of grain, Liang Qingchuan looked arrogant, his attitude was disdainful, and he had no idea of doing business with Zhezhao in his heart.

After all, for more than ten years, his business with Zhenwujun has been in charge of Zhi Weiben, and the two have a very close relationship and are regarded as confidants, so when Zhe Weiben proposed to make him embarrassed in terms of price, Liang Qingchuan nodded and agreed without thinking about it.

In his opinion, Zhenwujun's money was already very embarrassed, and he had no spare energy to buy grain elsewhere and transport it back.

And he himself earned favors and sold food, so why not do it.

However, what Liang Qingchuan never expected was that the originally estimated situation turned upside down.

It is said that it took only 10 days to raise more than 2 million taels of silver, which really shocked him.

After having enough silver taels, Zhezhao will naturally no longer be pressured by the major grain merchants on Hedong Road, and choose to go to Luoyang to sell grain, and it is said that a preliminary agreement has been reached with the grain merchants.

The supply of military rations for the Zhenwu army has always been a key part of his grain business, and by providing grain for the Zhenwu army, he can also earn a lot of silver every year.

The reason why he refused to Zhe Zhao this time was not that he looked down on the supply of military rations for the Zhenwu Army, but that he wanted to use this as a threat to let Zhe Zhao negotiate in exchange for Zhe Zhao.

After the wish was disappointed and Zhenwujun might find another seller, Liang Qingchuan panicked and hurriedly sent someone to Fugu County to contact Zhe Weiben to ask, only to know that for the current situation, Zhe Weiben was also helpless.

With no one to rely on, Liang Qingchuan knew that he couldn't hand over the military food business of Zhenwu Army to others, so he took several grain merchants on Hedong Road to ask Cui Wenqing and his wife with shy faces, hoping that there would be room for a turnaround.

As for the original commands......

Liang Qingchuan is a businessman, he is in business, he recognizes money and does not recognize people, as long as he can save business, even if he temporarily offends Zhe Weiben, it is not a big deal, I believe Zhe Weiben will also understand this.