Chapter 80: The Problem of Transporting Silver (Asking for Tickets, Asking for Collections)
As the chief shopkeeper of Dazhong Money Bank in Nanjing, Shopkeeper Zhu was both happy and a little worried.
Promotion is a good thing, but he never expected that His Royal Highness King Xin would promote him to such a height at once.
Nanjing, where the capital of the Ming Dynasty is located, is second only to the existence of the capital.
Such an important city, such a big market, His Highness was so easily handed over to him?
To be honest, Shopkeeper Zhu still feels like a dream.
"Well, since His Royal Highness the King of Faith values us, we should repay each other with our lives." Shopkeeper Zhu secretly made up his mind.
Although he made up his mind, Shopkeeper Zhu still couldn't untie his brows.
There's no way, there are really a lot of jobs arranged by His Royal Highness King Xin.
Building a new store and carrying out loans that have been done in the capital for the old business, Shopkeeper Zhu is not worried.
Supporting the issuance of 5-price paper in Nanjing is not a new business, at most it is more troublesome to find a printing bookstore.
The most troublesome thing is it.
Touching the book on his chest, the shopkeeper Zhu's brow was knotted again.
The exchange between these two places has really not been contacted, and what Shopkeeper Zhu is most worried about is this business.
His Royal Highness King Xin really dared to think that the capital and Nanjing only needed to issue a silver ticket at the public bank, and with the ticket, they could go to another money bank to exchange silver. This kind of business is really unprecedented.
Thinking of His Royal Highness's firm face, Shopkeeper Zhu relaxed a little.
If you can strictly follow what His Highness said, and strictly proofread the silver ticket, ciphertext, and seal, there seems to be no problem with this business.
"I'm afraid that the work will not be done carefully." What His Royal Highness said, Shopkeeper Zhu's brows slowly loosened.
Yes, as long as the work is done carefully, there should be no problem. All he had to do was strictly manage.
His Royal Highness King Shin is truly a godsend.
Once the exchange business can be carried out smoothly, not to mention anything else, the Dazhong Bank in Beijing and Nanjing will be effectively connected as a whole, which will greatly increase the resistance of Dazhong Bank.
In the future, if you want to run the money bank again, it will be more difficult.
When the network of public money banks distributed across the country is gradually connected, money banks can be upgraded to a new height.
However, once the exchange business is launched, it will inevitably involve a large amount of money exchange between the two places.
How is silver transported?
How can we ensure the safety of silver transportation?
Shopkeeper Zhu's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
"Hey, what am I bothering about this? These are arranged by His Royal Highness, and I just need to follow the plan. Shopkeeper Zhu suddenly thought about it.
This kind of thing may be a problem for him, but it shouldn't be a big problem for His Royal Highness King Xin, right?
Shopkeeper Zhu didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen was really scratching his head about the transportation of silver.
To transport silver, it is of course best to establish a professional transportation team and take the route of transportation security.
Ke'an protects the guard, how to grasp the boundaries of this paramilitary organization, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the imperial court?
This really made Zhu Youzhen scratch his head a little.
"I don't know how the guards of the big trading houses and royal caravans are organized?" Zhu Youzhen muttered and flipped through the information collected by the palace.
The stakes are so high that he doesn't dare to make a rash decision. The establishment of such an organization involving the use of force must be effectively supported by all kinds of intelligence.
Judging from the information collected by the palace: at this stage, there are few professional escorts in formal commercial houses in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the season of chaos in the world, and there are not so many bandits and grass robbers everywhere. The Daming trade route is still very smooth.
At this stage, the government still has enough deterrence, and most caravans have no problems with security.
When small and medium-sized commercial houses transport valuable goods, they often hire guards on a temporary basis.
In the market of the Ming Dynasty, there is a kind of "fighting society" organization, and they provide this kind of escort business.
This kind of fighting club is often composed of martial arts halls, and the organization is somewhat similar to the later dart game. However, at this stage, it is still relatively rough, and it should belong to the existence of the predecessor of the dart game.
Large commercial banks have an official background behind them, and the transportation of goods often relies on Cao Yun to travel, which is not only safe, but also saves money and effectively evades taxes.
The royal caravan is even simpler, and it is the way of the government. As long as you open the name of the palace and bring a few palace guards, few people dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.
Even if there is no political right, the palace is not something that everyone dares to provoke.
To sum up, at this stage, the superficial guards of commercial banks around the country are still stuck in the small team mode of 10 and 8 people.
As for irregular caravans? That would be illegal. For example, there are often dozens of people in the smugglers.
However, there are really no hundreds of people who dare to gather together.
Whoever dares to blatantly gather so many people definitely belongs to the category of bandits plotting rebellion.
Don't look at the nominal imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, but once such a group appears, it will definitely attract the round-up of Ding Zhuang or the local garrison. The imperial court will not sit idly by and ignore matters that may shake the rule.
"Well, according to this information, the convoy plan seems to be on hold." Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth.
"No", Zhu Youzhen frowned, "It doesn't matter if there are other guards for the time being, the Qianzhuang guards must be built." ”
In the future, with the development of foreign exchange business, there will be no guards for large amounts of silver?
What are you kidding, it won't be possible if there are fewer guards.
It was a large sum of silver, and the temptation was gone.
Without strict security, something is bound to happen. We can't regret it after an accident.
"I really have to approve of this matter." Zhu Youzhen thought about it again and again, and found that he still couldn't hide it from Zhu Youxiao's private escort team.
You can't hurt your brotherhood for this little thing.
The capital, the Imperial Palace, the Changchun Palace
Zhu Youzhen tiptoed behind Zhu Youxiao, trying to scare him loudly.
"Little Wu, what do you think of this ship?" Zhu Youxiao's voice came.
This question startled Zhu Youzhen a little.
Also, although Zhu Youzhen does not have to wait for the news of his arrival in the palace, the emperor must know the news of his arrival. If you want to scare the emperor, it's really a bit difficult.
"Big brother, can't you pretend you don't know I'm coming? Why scare me. Zhu Youzhen shouted boringly.
"It's big brother, it's not right. The next time Xiao Wu comes again, the eldest brother pretends not to know what to do. Zhu Youxiao showed a smile on his face, a pampered face. Xiao Wu is still a child's temper.
Looking at the ship model that was about to be completed in Zhu Youxiao's hand, Zhu Youjian remembered the noun that the eldest brother said last time.
"What's the hot thing?"
"The hot sample is the model. However, it's not the kind of model that you do casually. It is a model that is carefully imitated in strict accordance with the real thing, and is not bad with the real thing. "Zhu Youxiao's explanation is so hard.
"Isn't it just a scaled-down high-fidelity model? Look at how tired the eldest brother is. Zhu Youzhen was embarrassed to say this, but laughed secretly in his heart.
"Big brother, we have to rely on you to transport the silver." Zhu Youzhen made a direct request.
"Transporting silver?" Zhu Youxiao was a little confused, Zhu Youzhen's thinking was jumping so fast, he was talking about hot samples, how did he jump to the silver.
Looking at Zhu Youxiao's puzzled eyes, Zhu Youzhen knew that with his kind of technical control, the situation of the money bank he talked about was in vain.
"Alas, big brother, our money village needs to often transport silver between the capital and Nanjing, and we need special guards." Sighing, Zhu Youzhen made a new request.
"How much silver? Need a dedicated guard? Zhu Youxiao felt a little funny, when did the silver also need to be transported? It is not the tax silver of the household department and Taicang.
"There are no special circumstances, about 500,000 taels a time!" Zhu Youzhen is not sure, maybe he won't need so much. In order to attract the attention of the eldest brother, let's talk a little more.
"How much? 500,000 taels at a time? Zhu Youxiao's eyes widened.