Chapter 264: Hu Xueyan

What's the solution? Now He Guiqing and Wang Youling even said the words "I would rather die in the hands of red thieves than in the hands of Hunan people", so Yan Duanshu also said without scruples: "Tian Fantai came to Zhejiang, so naturally he will be of great use!" ”

Since Tian Xingren wants to copy He Guiqing's back road, Yan Duanshu and He Guiqing will not show mercy, Yan Duanshu means that Tian Xingren will be sent to Ningshao to block the red thief, although it can be blocked, it is He Guiqing's meritorious arrangement, but it can't be blocked, that is Tian Xingren's personal problem, and He Guiqing only needs to take a little leadership responsibility.

Over there, Wang Youling sneered: "This is very good, presumably Tian Fantai brought Xiangyong into Zhejiang, and then let Wang Luqian assist the feudal platform to level the thieves!" ”

He also knew that Wang Luqian was now the minister of the Shaoxing Mansion, and he was fully responsible for the affairs of the Shaoxing Mansion, but this Wang Butang was in a mess, and so far, the only team that the entire Shaoxing Mansion could pull out was Xie Jing's so-called Changsheng Army, which was only a few hundred people in total.

These hundreds of people can at least barely fight a dozen, and their combat effectiveness cannot be counted on, and as for the other soldiers, it is a problem to even pull them out, and it is more appropriate to send Tian Xingren, the newly appointed political envoy, to this fire pit.

He Guiqing thought of one thing: "By the way, Xue Xuan, where did the Hu Xueyan next to you go, he is very effective, and I need such an operator by my side." ”

He took a fancy to Hu Xueyan's ability to do things, and Wang Youling immediately replied: "I sent him to Fuzhou for activities, and I must ask Governor Wang to send troops to help Zhejiang!" ”

He didn't dare to tell Hu Xueyan's true whereabouts, Hu Xueyan was in Taizhou Mansion now, and he was asking for directions for Wang Youling.

The words are correct, it is better to die at the hands of red thieves than at the hands of Hunan people.

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Now the Hu Xueyan he said was going to Fujian for activities was being tested by another scorching heat under the sun.

The sun roasted on his silk clothes, making his smile a little unnatural, he grabbed his hair, and finally sat back in the car, and asked: "Brother Liu, doesn't this card take a penny of gold, just to check?" ”

"Hmm!"

The big brother Liu who talked to him, in his early thirties, shrewd and capable, is the big boss of a rice shop in Taizhou, his name is Liu Zhiyuan, and Hu Xueyan has always had business contacts, and this time Hu Xueyan came to Taizhou through his relationship.

The carriage was terribly hot, and there was no cool breeze, Liu Zhiyuan told Hu Xueyan: "The Hongjun has set up a lot of cards in our Taizhou Mansion, but they don't charge any money, only check whether there are any prohibited items in the passing people and vehicles, and most of them are new red thieves!" ”

As soon as Liu Zhiyuan said the new red thief, Hu Xueyan already understood: "Those who wear white belts are old red thieves?" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Zhiyuan told Hu Xueyan: "Let's see if it's an old red thief, just see if there is a white belt around the waist, the old red thieves are all old people who follow Liu Juehu to lead the country, and a card in the flat is only two or three people, and the money and food for this card are supplied by the county, just ask them to be very regular in their usual inspections!" ”

Hu Xueyan nodded: "Whether it is a new red thief or an old red thief just now, looking at military discipline is not bad!" ”

He sneaked into Taizhou on the order of Wang Youling, and naturally wanted to investigate the true situation of these red thieves, but after these cards, he found that the red thieves were also regular, and there was nothing to eat and take cards.

"Hmm!" Hu Xueyan responded: "Today is a bumper harvest year!" ”

He lifted the curtain of the car and looked out a few times, and the hot heat immediately burned in, and above the fields outside, the tenants were braving the scorching sun to take care of the fields: "The red thieves are coming, these mud legs are working hard!" ”…,

Liu Zhiyuan smiled: "Of course they work hard, this year's summer grain, they can take thirty percent, and they don't have to give gifts to Tian Dong, they have charged an extra three or five buckets, can they not work hard!" ”

But this is not a good sign, for Wang Youling, there is not a single farmer in the field, and there are abandoned fields everywhere, so that it can be conducive to the Qing Dynasty soldiers to suppress the red thieves.

Now that the tenants are doing their best to take care of the fields, there will definitely be a good harvest this autumn, which makes Hu Xueyan can only hold on to a glimmer of hope: "The tenants took three percent, and Liu Juehu took three or four percent, Tian Dong must be a little resentful, right?" ”

Liu Zhiyuan immediately smiled: "Shopkeeper Hu, you are here for this public debt, right?" Liu Juehu has the ability, and a public bond will shut up Tian Dong in the entire Taizhou capital, and now everyone is calculating it all day long, that is, how much can this public bond sell! ”

Hu Xueyan is indeed the purchase and sale of this public bond, in Hangzhou this public bond is rumored to be very evil, he has also heard of many jokes, and even heard that some people from the dung pit one by one as a straw paper public bond, but the rumors are a little false after all, what kind of charter is this public debt, he is really a little unclear: "Shopkeeper Liu, I have always taken care of your business, you also tell me, what is the market of this public bond now!" ”

Shopkeeper Liu smiled: "This public debt turned out to be a white slip made by Liu Juehu, saying that it would be a one-time repayment of principal and interest after three or five years, but everyone just regarded it as a piece of waste paper, but everyone didn't expect that Liu Jiehu had such ability!" ”

He said in an admiring tone: "A few days ago, Liu Jiehu ordered the establishment of Zhejiang Industrial Bank, announcing that he could borrow money ranging from 20% to 30% with public bonds pledged, and many people pledged public bonds, so everyone also knows that this public debt can be worth some money, at least before Liu Jiehu falls, it is worth a few cents!" ”

"When Zhejiang Industrial Bank lent money, there was a quota, many people started too late, did not grab the opportunity to borrow, originally wanted to cry, but then it was their turn to laugh, but those Tian Dong who pledged to the Industrial Bank were going to cry!"

He slowly discussed the formation of the public bond market: "At first, Tian Dong, who was in urgent need of money, temporarily sold public bonds, but he did not expect that someone would soon specialize in this transaction, and later, when the industrial bank saw that the public bonds were booming, they vacated a large mansion to serve as a public bond market, and the current market is ......."

Liu Zhiyuan smiled: "Three-year, five-year, seven-year, and ten-year public bonds have their own markets, but the three-year public bonds are the most prosperous, and the price is also the highest. ”

Hu Xueyan listened with relish, but he didn't understand why the three-year bonds were the most valuable: "It stands to reason that the interest rate of the five-year and ten-year bonds is higher, and they are also more valuable!" ”

"Everyone can't rest assured about Hongjun!" Liu Zhiyuan told Hu Xueyan the trick: "Three-year public bonds only need to wait another 34 months to have a chance to be exchanged, but five-year, seven-year, or even ten-year public bonds, how long will it take?" ”

As soon as he said this, Hu Xueyan understood: "It seems that everyone still owes a little confidence in Hongjun!" ”

"It's not that you're completely devoid of faith!" Liu Zhiyuan replied: "It's just that the Hongjun only occupies 30 counties in the three provinces of Zhejiang now, the territory is still small, and the limitations are too big, maybe one day the Qing Dynasty will come to a powerful force and level the Hongjun, not to mention that now Jinhuafu has been besieged for more than half a month, and it has not been taken down!" ”

"Hmmm! When Shi Jingfen Mansion was the imperial history, it was the famous stone imperial history in Beijing, and this time Liu Juehu attacked Jinhua Mansion, and he was not able to win the last step! ”

"Hmm!" Liu Zhiyuan continued to gush: "But confidence has improved a lot, you have to look at it this way, when the public bonds were secretly traded, the price was only two into six or seven, and the seller wanted to sell more, but the buyer did not dare to charge more!" But if you look at it now, if you take out 100,000 taels of three-year public bonds, if the value is 30% 7, then it will only take half a day to be robbed! ”…,

"Is there such a god?" Hu Xueyan was taken aback: "Shopkeeper Liu, don't lie to me!" ”

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing!" Liu Zhiyuan said generously: "You have personally made a trip, and you will know that you have seen the pomp and circumstance of the public bond market, and you must know that the amount of money handled in a day is tens of thousands of dollars casually!" ”

"Tens of thousands of hanging money?" Hu Xueyan was taken aback: "The daily daily exchanges of Hangzhou government money industry peers may not have hanging money!" ”

"That's why I said, this Liu Jiehu is a capable person!" Liu Zhiyuan immediately said: "It was originally a matter of pit people, but it has become a moral policy, and now everyone has no resistance to the requisition of autumn grain and public bonds, although the price is lower, but when it comes to the bond market, it can be exchanged for money!" ”

"Now it's four out of seven?"

"The three-year market has risen by more than 50% at the highest! And when the red thief requisitioned, it was always slightly higher than the market price! But at least it was taken away by Liu Jiehu for nothing, and if Liu Jiehu really succeeded, according to the interest on it, it would be a lot of money! Liu Zhiyuan said: "Although I am in the rice industry, I also went in to play two hands this month, and it happened to be the goods that rose up, three or seven in, and the day before yesterday four or six shipments, making a little money!" ”

"That's not a lot of money, is it?" Hu Xueyan smiled: "This is a huge profit!" ”

"It's just a small gain!" Liu Zhiyuan was very modest: "The rice industry is my business!" ”

Although he said this, the color in Liu Zhiyuan's eyes couldn't be hidden, and Hu Xueyan asked: "Then Liu Juehu doesn't care about the people in this bond market?" ”

"There is a big shopkeeper in the industrial bank who is in charge of the affairs in this market, and he usually doesn't care about anything, that is, he buys some contraband such as arms and sulfur, and sells some Hongjun goods, but if the public debt falls too much, he will take money from the bank to support it, but the amount is not large."

In this way, Hu Xueyan already had a general idea of the so-called public bond market, but when he really stepped out of the carriage and looked at the public bond market, he was still shocked.

So many people!

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