Chapter 1453: Shang Jia
Pan Lou is still the Pan Lou, even if the weather is cold, there are still many people who go to Pan Lou, or call friends, drink a pot of good wine, or go to the backyard, find beautiful girls, discuss the mysteries of the human body, exchange each other's body fluids, etc., no matter what, Pan Lou is still so lively.
"Have you heard, Your Majesty issued bonds this time because the imperial court suffered a defeat in the northern grasslands, and the imperial court has no money now, and it is willing to raise taxes, so it will get some bonds, to put it thoroughly, it is not to take money from us." A middle-aged man with a big belly put down the wine glass in his hand, fished out a piece of mutton from the brass hot pot in front of him, and ate it in one bite, regardless of the oil flowing from his mouth.
This hot pot is also from the palace, mainly spicy, after being rumored out of the palace, it quickly became popular, and even drummed up a lot of tricks, I have to say, the attraction of this thing is still very great. The entire Kyoshi was attracted to the hot pot.
"It's not the Central Plains Han people who die, if they die, they will die, if Brother Xiao Wei is greedy for merit, how can Datang fail. Hey, it doesn't matter if he's dead, His Majesty can't sleep well at night. The merchant on the opposite side shook his head and said: "I heard that His Majesty was not going to move the capital for a short time, but in order to strengthen the defense of the north, after the Chinese New Year, he began to move the capital." Ay! The once prosperous city of Bianjing may soon decline. "Bianjing as a Beijing teacher, all resources will be used here, naturally it is very prosperous, once the capital is moved to Yanjing, all resources will be concentrated in Yanjing, Bianjing will naturally decline.
"That is, I heard that Pan Lou had chosen a place in Yanjing early, and Pan Lou had been built exactly like this one, so I am waiting for His Majesty to move the capital and enter Yanjing together!" Someone in the crowd said.
"Hmph, when did my Datang be defeated, now it's okay, I lost 100,000 troops, and more importantly, I'm afraid that the price of furs, mules and horses will increase again. The situation on the grassland has changed, and the most unfortunate thing is still our business travelers. It's different from usual, we used to walk the grassland, it was too peaceful, but now going to the grassland is basically looking for death, the Jin people are very brutal, can't go, can't go. Someone at the next table said.
These merchants were well-informed, had a natural sensitivity to the market, and if the steppe war was lost, they knew it would have an impact on those goods.
"So once Your Majesty's bonds are implemented this time, I am ready to subscribe for one million taels." The fat man who spoke just now waved the fist in his hand and said, "Since you can't buy land, then buy bonds, and you won't suffer a loss if you follow Your Majesty." ”
"A million taels?" There was an exclamation around, the total bond was only 30 million taels, and this guy in front of him wanted to subscribe for 1 million taels, which was a great trust in the imperial court! It's just the first time this thing has appeared, is it really safe? Isn't it a cover that the imperial court is preparing to make everyone bleed!
"Why, you don't have faith in Your Majesty?" The fat man glanced at everyone proudly.
"No, no, Your Majesty is wise and martial, who dares to distrust Your Majesty." The surrounding businessmen shook their heads again and again when they heard this, even if everyone had this idea in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it at this time, although these guys were rich, they had low political status, not to mention, the object of discussion was today.
"Hmph, don't think I don't know your thoughts, if it weren't for my lack of money, I would have swallowed the 30 million taels alone, and in a year, I would easily earn hundreds of thousands of taels of interest, which is more cost-effective than putting it in the bank. You are all underestimating Your Majesty, so you don't want to raise taxes and don't want to burden our people, and we should also pay this money. The fat man said loudly.
Everyone nodded again and again, this sentence was said to the hearts of the people, the people have money in their pockets, in order to buy everyone's things, once the tax is raised, they will pay the money, not to mention, those people are even more so, they don't have much money in their pockets, after the tax increase, where can they still have the ability to buy everyone's things.
"What Brother Gao said is very true, Your Majesty uses the court taxes as a guarantee, and I don't think I will lose our money, I also subscribed for 500,000 taels, hehe, the strength is not as good as Brother Gao!" The merchant opposite the fat man lowered his head and said with a smile.
"If you want me to say, the 30 million taels of bonds will be contracted by us Bianjing people, don't care about people in Chang'an, Bashu or Jiankang, Taiyuan and other places." In the crowd, someone shouted again. Today, the richest are Bianjing, Chang'an, Bashu, Jiankang, Taiyuan five, because the Tang Dynasty encourages commerce, these five are the world's economic center of gravity, there are many businessmen, I don't know how much money there is, 30 million taels seems a lot, but in fact, there are not many in the hands of the world's businessmen.
"It is this reason, we have Your Majesty in Bianjing over the years, so that the wind and rain will be smooth, the country and the people will be safe, and our people have also made a lot of money, this time we support one or two, and we are also repaying Your Majesty." A thin middle-aged man said with a smile.
"Thin Monkey Zhang, you are really a villain, Your Majesty issues bonds, there is interest, but you don't want our money for nothing, how did it get into your mouth, it became a support for Your Majesty, Your Majesty still rarely has so much money from you, how much can you buy? 100,000 taels, phew! It's not that I look down on you, it's good for you to buy 10,000 taels. As soon as Thin Monkey Zhang's words fell, someone next to him suddenly shouted loudly. It immediately caused a burst of laughter.
"I, who said I don't have money, 100,000 taels, as long as the bond comes out, I will go to the money bank to claim 100,000 taels." Thin Monkey Zhang's face turned red from everyone's laughter, and he couldn't help but roar loudly: "Support Your Majesty, this is our responsibility as people, without Your Majesty, where would we be today." Fat cat, how much are you going to buy? Thin Monkey Zhang pointed to the merchant who had just laughed at him.
"One hundred thousand taels, even you, a person who doesn't pull out a dime, give one hundred thousand taels, how can I fall behind?" The merchant glanced at the Thin Monkey Chapter with disdain.
"Yes, yes, I'm also 100,000 taels." Another person said loudly: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's business, where would we be today, I think, it would be better to make an appointment with the merchants and shopkeepers in the city tomorrow, and then everyone will write a joint excerpt and package the 30 million taels together, lest Your Majesty will issue bonds to the world, which is too troublesome." ”
"Reasonable, reasonable." Everyone nodded.
So, while talking and laughing, the 30 million taels of bonds were snapped up before they were issued. This is definitely something that Li Jing didn't expect, and what Li Jing didn't expect was that these would actually be jointly signed, which was something that a businessman had never done before.