In the study, the conversation between Cui Wenqing and Wang Anshi continued.

Wang Anshi Zhengrong said: "Some time ago, thanks to your welfare lottery, the issuance of national and military bonds and other measures, the deposit of silver in the imperial treasury has increased significantly, but unfortunately, these increases are far from enough, we need more income to improve the situation of lack of money and food, the reason why you are appointed as the vice president of Daqi Bank this time is that I want you to display your talents, open up sources and reduce expenditure for me, open up financial routes, and increase taxes, and Su Shi's focus is to be responsible for the reserve income of grain, That's why he became a warehouse member, and the money and grain are mutually reinforcing, and they can't be separated, I hope the two of you can cooperate sincerely to make Daqi have enough money and food. ”

Cui Wenqing's heart was heavy when he heard the words, as a court official, the most important benefit is money and food, and now the official family and Wang Anshi have entrusted the heavy responsibility of money and food to him and Su Shi, two young officials, which is both a trust and a test, and for the two of them, it is indeed a great responsibility.

Wang Anshi didn't let Cui Wenqing think about it like this, and said with a smile: "By the way, I don't know if you have an idea of the future development direction of Daqi Bank?" First of all, Daqi Bank is not the Hedong Bank that you used to mess with, and it is impossible for a person like Zhezhao to support you wholeheartedly in the Central Plains, so Daqi Bank will encounter a lot of problems in the future, I don't know how you are going to solve this? ”

Cui Wenqing knew that Wang Anshi's words were really testing himself, combined with his thoughts on the way back to Luoyang from the four northern states and his views on the banking industry, Cui Wenqing said seriously: "Teacher, in fact, in my opinion, Daqi Bank is a court bank, and its responsibilities and tasks are quite different from those of local state and county banks, mainly reflected in the fact that the most important task of Daqi Bank should be to maintain economic balance. ”

"Our Daqi is a country dominated by agriculture, but the trade in Daqi is also very developed, some time ago with the exchange with the Fu Bi Lord, he once said that Daqi as the center of the world, has been the main trade object of neighboring countries such as Liao, Xixia, Tubo, Dali, Goguryeo, Wa, etc., from these countries trade caravans, like crossing the river into our dynasty, and our dynasty's pottery, tea, silk, and a lot of handicrafts, also through the hands of these caravans, It has been brought to the far west and the South Seas, so in terms of the trade situation, I think that we have a great attraction and an overwhelming trade surplus with other countries, but it is a pity that our country has turned a blind eye to the prosperous commercial scene, and the commercial tax rate is relatively low, and the domestic trade system has almost reached the point of resting in the dust, which is a pity. ”

"For example...... Cui Wenqing held up a story he had seen before crossing over, "Merchants in the Western Regions buy tea from our country, and its price is low and cheap, such as Mengding spring tea in the Mengding area, the purchase price is only five taels of silver a catty, but these teas pass through the Silk Road through the Western Regions, Dashi and other countries, and arrive at distant Daqin and other countries, tea has become a drink regarded as a treasure by Western nobles, so noble that only nobles can enjoy it, and its price is more than hundreds of times higher than five taels of silver." ”

Hearing this, Wang Anshi was suddenly moved, and quickly calculated: "You mean, in those Western countries, tea can be bought for a thousand taels of silver?" ”

Cui Wenqing smiled and said: "According to the currency settlement of Western countries, it may be about a thousand taels of silver, teacher, think about it, who makes the difference?" ”

Wang Anshi pondered for a while and said, "I am those businessmen. ”

Cui Wenqing shook his head and said: "It is true that the merchants earn the price difference, but it is not the main thing, in fact, the most profitable is the big food country, because the big food country lies between our country and the Western countries, hindering the exchange between the East and the West, whether it is the Western caravan or the big food country's own caravan, they have paid very high commercial taxes, so it makes the tea worth thousands of gold, it can be said that the big food country has earned the profit of monopoly." ”

"Teacher, the development of agriculture is the foundation of the country, but commerce is also the backbone of the country, if the DPRK can attach importance to commercial construction, open up trade routes abroad, open up trade routes to seek trading partners, and develop business at home to eliminate discrimination against businessmen, I believe that in a few years, we can increase our income more than several times!"

"As a bank, my future development idea is to gather the talents of all people to invest in business, such as developing the maritime industry, opening up the Maritime Silk Road, developing freight terminals to increase cargo throughput, setting up a national caravan to trade bulk goods, and obtaining huge profits through commercial imports."

The words directly made Wang Anshi a little dizzy.

He was originally a talented and agile person, but he felt that he couldn't keep up with Cui Wenqing's ideas today, many things in Cui Wenqing's words were unheard of and unheard of to him, and many of Cui Wenqing's ideas of governance were contrary to traditional Chinese thought.

If it were someone else, maybe Cui Wenqing, who was bewitching the crowd, would have been swept out of the house at this moment.

Fortunately, Cui Wenqing met Wang Anshi, as one of the most outstanding reformers in Chinese history, Wang Anshi hopes for change, and hopes that change will achieve the goal of national prosperity and strength, so he can support Cui Wenqing's seemingly some ideas that violate etiquette and law.

Fortunately, Wang Anshi met Cui Wenqing, as a unique traverser, Cui Wenqing has outstanding business talent and advanced economic concepts, knowing that China is at a critical juncture of strength and decline, he is willing to use his life's efforts in exchange for Huaxia to restore the strength of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Therefore, the times create heroes, heroes create the times, the wheel of history has also undergone fundamental changes at this moment, and the fate of the Chinese nation has also undergone earth-shaking changes in today's conversations.

After that, Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "Of course, this is just the initial idea of the students, in fact, there is another very important thing for the students today, which must be given to the teacher." ”

Wang Anshi nodded and smiled: "There is something but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"That's the case," Cui Wenqing smiled leisurely, "I believe that the teacher you should know that since the beginning of this year, students have developed animal husbandry in the four states of the Northland, some time ago, the people were grateful for the good of animal husbandry, and specially sent ten fat pigs to the imperial court, the students cooked a fat pig to taste the taste, at present, the fat pigs bred in the four states of the North have completely lost the unpalatable taste of the past, and have become fragrant and delicious, and even Chen Ningmo University Scholar has eaten it, and he is full of praise. ”

"Is that true?!" Wang Anshi stood up, his expression was very excited.

Cui Wenqing nodded and said: "This matter is true, Master Chen can testify, when the students came today, they also brought two fat pigs for the teacher, for the teacher to try." ”

Wang Anshi knew that this matter was important, and he didn't pay attention to not eating pork at all, so he said without hesitation: "Since this is the case, the old man immediately asked people to send the two fat pigs to the kitchen to be slaughtered and cooked, and he will taste them for himself later." ”

Cui Wenqing volunteered: "Teacher, the students are good at cooking pork, and I also ask the teacher to approve the students to go to the kitchen to guide the cooks to cook pork." ”

Wang Anshi nodded indignantly and said, "Okay, then you go quickly." ”