Chapter 414: Sima Shilang

The status of Datong Qianzhuang in Beijing is extremely high, firstly, the status of the Duke of Wei and the Xu family since the founding of Taizu in the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, the role of Datong Qianzhuang is extremely important now.

Jiangnan is the most important burden of the Ming Dynasty's wealth, every year there are a large number of silver money to the Beijing Division, the process of escort has many drawbacks and inconveniences, whether it is the Beijing Division or the household department of Nanjing is a headache abnormal, but in the past two years it has begun to transfer silver through the Chase Bank.

At the beginning, maybe it was occasional, but later I realized the convenience of this, the government no longer has to waste a large number of manpower and material resources every year, as long as the Nanjing household department is in the Nanjing Datong money bank to deposit the silver, there is a document issued, and the Beijing division can pay according to the bill.

However, now it is only the use of Datong money for the exchange of money between Nanjing and Beijing, and if it is dispersed to various provinces and towns in the Ming Dynasty, this is the structure of banks and branches.

Although the taxes of the Ming Dynasty began to be levied on those industries and businesses after the land inspection case, and because the treasury of this collection was full, there was also a prosperous industry that was not within the scope of the tax, that is, the trade at sea, when the products produced by various handicraft workshops were purchased by the sea, the price was the price on the market, but after being trafficked overseas, it was a jaw-dropping price.

There was a huge difference in the price of this transaction, but there was not the slightest tax burden, all of it went into the pockets of the shipowners and maritime merchants, and now the burden of these people was to pay money to Jiang Feng's fleet, but this money was still much cheaper than the tax collection of the Ming Dynasty.

Most of the maritime merchants were reluctant to deposit the silver in Jiang Feng's Huazhou Bank, because Jiang Feng's sea fleet and his sea merchant fleet were already too strong, and the money bank opened under such a force always felt a little unsafe, and the history of Huazhou Bank was too short, and the reputation had not been fully established. However, Huazhou Qianzhuang is currently only providing loans from its own merchant fleet and the forces under its protection.

The silver of these maritime merchants is stored in the Chase Bank, which is an extremely large amount of silver, and the reason why the Chase Bank dares to take over the business of Jiangnan Xiangjingshi Huiyin is also because his own plate is far larger than this money.

I don't know when, the household officials of the Beijing division have developed a habit, that is, there is a large number of silver transfers, and the shopkeeper of Chase Money in the capital has discussed, faintly, Chase Money has a tendency to become the National Bank of Daming, but now the concept of bank will not appear until a long time later, and no one realizes the meaning of this.

On the street where Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Datong Money Village are located, people are no stranger to the visit of household officials, Jiang Feng rested in the business bank for a day, ready to go to Xicheng, when he walked out of the door, he saw an official sedan chair turned into the street entrance, hugged before and after, and came to the door of Datong Money Village with familiar people.

The shopkeeper of Datong Bank, a cadre of people, etc., are waiting in front of the door, followed by the entourage on the side of the official sedan chair with a dozen sedan curtains, from inside down an old man, but he is wearing a rich and noble clothes, seeing him out of the sedan chair, the people of the money village bowed in unison, saying:

"Greetings to Master Sima!"

The old man who had become Lord Sima nodded reservedly, which was regarded as a return gift, and walked into the money village, Jiang Feng turned his head curiously and asked Huang Liping, who sent him out:

"Who is this Lord Sima?"

The voice on the other side was not small, and Jiang Feng could hear it clearly, but Huang Liping said in a low voice with an indignant look on his face:

"It's Lord Sima Tai, the head of the household, the word Fuji, the number of Mr. Zhizhai's household department, but it has caused us a lot of trouble, either overtly or secretly!"

Although Sanjiang Commercial Bank is Jiang Feng's system, it is also doing serious business to make money in Daming, they themselves have gold and silver reserves, and they have silver money exchanges with many merchants in the north, so naturally they are not only doing commercial houses, but also carrying out the business of the money bank.

If the business of the money bank is carried out, it must be a large amount of money, and Chase money is now making a lot of money, but Sanjiang Commercial Bank can only do some business among familiar customers.

Originally, the money bank ticket number in various places needs to be approved by the treasure banknote lifting department and the tax department to open, in the past, these yamen were controlled by the eunuchs in the hands, since the Jiajing Emperor purged the Beijing business group, the eunuchs of the inner dynasty greatly lost power, and the power was gradually controlled by the cabinet and the six ministries.

In the past, when the eunuchs were in power, Sanjiang Commercial Bank did not have the intention of doing the money bank ticket number, and did not use those contacts and resources, and now if you want to do it, you can only deal with the household department.

Although the eunuchs and nobles of the Jingshi merchant group have fallen, the Sanjiang Commercial Bank still has such and such a relationship in the Jingshi, but in the communication with the household department, it is always stuck by people, and it is slowly inquired that it is Sima Tai, the household servant, who is the obstruction.

Jiang Feng didn't have anything important, just listening to Huang Liping's resentful explanation at the side door of the commercial bank, Jiang Feng thought that he was really destined for the household, and there were two wives in the family who were born in the household, and Su Guanyue's current identity was not only Jiang Feng's second wife, but also Huazhou's 'household secretary', because Su Guanyue was in charge of financial power and revenue and expenditure allocation.

Listening to the complaints, Jiang Feng interjected and said:

"Just give him silver, how can anyone not love money......"

Huang Liping replied with frustration:

"My lord, this Sima Shilang doesn't accept cash."

"Oh, it's still a Qing official."

"What kind of Qing official is that, looking sanctimonious, but actually an old pervert, Datong Qianzhuang not only sends silver every year, but also sends two beautiful maids in Jiangnan for half a year. The subordinates are very strange, why don't they just collect our silver. ”

Sima Tai, the household waiter they were talking about, was talking happily with the shopkeeper of the money village in the inner hall of the Chase Bank, and several shopkeepers of the Chase Bank were sitting respectfully at the bottom, but it was the same position as the merchant and Sima Shilang yesterday, and Sima Shilang said slowly:

"The work of transferring military salaries to Datong will be placed on your Datong, and the military affairs should not be delayed."

The allocation and distribution of military salaries is quite a big profit for Qian Zhuang, and several shopkeepers are smiling and thanking him, and the merchant laughed, picked up a cup of tea and made a gesture of tea salute, and said there:

"Thank you Mr. Zhizhai this time, by the way, a few Yangzhou horses a few days ago, can you use them as you wish?"

The shopkeeper in the room retreated, and what Shang Gong said was much more casual, Sima Tai smiled slightly, and said:

"It's really a famous product, and it's really extraordinary."

When the martial artist Shang Gong heard this, he immediately laughed, and Sima Shilang over there took a sip of tea and said leisurely:

"Shanggong, a few days ago, the shopkeeper Huang of Sanjiang Firm sent me silver again, saying that they wanted me to be accommodating here about opening a money bank."

The merchant over there was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile:

"These northerners must not know the relationship between Mr. Zhizhai and our Qian Zhuang, so they act in vain there."

In fact, towards Xuanfu, Shanxi Datong and Shaanxi three sides of the allocation of silver two, Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Shanxi Jin Merchants are more convenient, after all, these ticket numbers are the head of the snake, and the door is familiar, will also improve a lot of efficiency, Chase money in the south of the Yangtze River and the south of the sea has a huge advantage, after coming to the north, the trade is concentrated in Beijing and Baoding, if not Sima Shilang and Chase money Zhuang has a relationship, such a good deal will definitely not fall on the head of Chase.

Shang Gong looked at Sima Tai's unpredictable appearance, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: If it weren't for the fact that Datong Jingshi's business had 20% of your dry shares, you would be so helpful there. But suddenly I remembered the Sanjiang Commercial Bank opposite, and immediately said:

"There is one thing to let Mr. Zhizhai know, the Sanjiang Commercial Bank on the opposite side said that the owner of Liaoyang came over, I think the owner is clearly the general of the army, and he has already sent someone to Liaozhen to investigate, and then we have to do a felony, we will greet the people of the military department in this matter, but when the time comes, I will ask Mr. Zhizhai to help a lot!"

"Their owner? Is it from Liaoyang? ”

Sima Shilang, who had been sitting there steadily, suddenly opened his mouth and asked two questions, and Shang Gong didn't take it to heart, nodded there, and replied:

"They also have our manpower among them, although they are miscellaneous workers, but they also know some news."

The face of Sima Tai, the head of the household, changed slightly, and then he put this talk in the past, the two sides exchanged a few words of gossip, and assigned the matter of allocating military salaries......

Outside the pass, at the West Fort of the Taer River, where the Jiang army was stationed on the grassland, the sentry on the lookout tower of the castle was shouting below:

"There's a troop of cavalry coming here, probably, about a hundred horsemen......"

When the gong sounded, the soldiers and guards of the Jiang family army in the fortress acted urgently, but the generals in charge of guarding the west fort were a little strange, there were 2,500 soldiers in this fortress, and the nearby Mongolian tribes that divided the pastures for grazing could also quickly mobilize 3,000 cavalry, what did these 100 horsemen do, and send them to death?