In the middle of the night, Tang Xiangguo's mansion was still brightly lit, and Tang Hao, who was dressed in a purple robe, was playing against Tang Yuan, the third son who was dressed in white.

Tang Yuan was taking the long exam, and said casually: "This situation is really a headache!" ”

Tang Hao said expressionlessly: "The master's strength is not in the mid-game fight, but in the early layout of the first step. ”

Tang Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked puzzledly, "What does my father mean by this?" ”

"I thought that it was Li Yue's goal to run a bank, so I didn't hesitate to take a huge risk, and tried to use all the power that the Xiangguo government could use to try to crush Daliang Bank." Tang Hao sighed and said: "I didn't expect that the bank was just a pioneer of Li Yue, and there was a wonderful move of stocks in the back." The first step is a bad move, so you fall behind everywhere. ”

Tang Yuan knocked on the chessboard with a black chess piece, and finally let go: "With the bank controlling the world's financial resources, it will be much easier to do anything in the future." ”

"As a father, I think Li Yue must have a backhand." After Tang Hao finished speaking, he laid a son, and his technique was understated.

Tang Yuan followed and said, "I heard that Your Majesty is going to promote Li Yue." ”

"It's not surprising." The expression on Tang Hao's face finally changed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Just sold a small part of the shares, and in a month, the imperial court will recover two-thirds of the principal invested in the bank, and the imperial court still holds the absolute controlling stake in the bank." How can you not be rewarded for such a great achievement? ”

"Tao Qiulin from Yangzhou sent a letter to Tang Guifeige, saying that this time he withdrew the deposits in the Yangzhou and Jiankang branches of Daliang Bank in advance, which not only did not crowd the bank, but also lost a lot of handling fees." Tang Yuan said with a solemn face: "He also asked Tang Gui to ask his father what to do next?" ”

"What a mercenary profiteer." Tang Hao said very unhappily: "Let Tang Gui tell Tao Qiulin, don't let the teacher worry about this little profit." Over the years, his business of smuggling grain to the north has earned more than this loss, right? If there was no old man, his head would not have been saved! ”

"It's all small things." Tang Yuan asked with a slight hesitation: "The most critical issue now is that Li Yue is in the Holy Grace Zhenglong, and this son will definitely be our Tang family's number one rival in the court in the future." How do we deal with it? ”

Tang Hao smashed a white chess piece firmly on the chessboard and said, "You lost!" ”

"Lost again!" Tang Yuan said with a pun.

Tang Hao knew that Tang Yuan rarely had such a lonely expression. Tang Hao is the youngest governor of Daliang and is regarded by the government and the opposition as the best among young officials. However, recently, Li Yue, a more legendary young man, has obviously been in the limelight in the court.

It's good to be famous at a young age, but more often than not, it's also a burden. Tang Hao naturally understood that those who have achieved great things must not be burdened by this kind of false fame, so he spoke: "Now that the main battle faction of the DPRK and China is in power, I plan to ask Your Majesty for my father to allow me to return to my hometown!" ”

"Father!"

"Needless to say!" Tang Hao directly interrupted his son, "If I stay in the position of prime minister, no matter what achievements you make, others will inevitably think that this is your father's light." This is extremely detrimental to your long-term development. It's better to take this opportunity to retreat into advance! ”

"Advance by retreating!" Tang Yuan repeated his father's words softly.

Tang Hao had already gotten up from the chessboard and walked slowly to the door of the room, his long black and white hair and purple robe flying, his voice was low and firm in the eager night breeze:

"It is not yet known who killed the deer!"

At this moment, Li Yue, who gave the Tang family father and son a headache, also had difficulty sleeping. Although Daliang Bank resolved the run crisis by selling part of the bank's shares, Li Yue was not at ease at all.

This run made Li Yue completely see a reality, and the biggest problem of Daliang Bank at present is insufficient capital. If this problem is not properly resolved, there will be another storm in the future, and a run like this will definitely be inevitable. You can't continue to sell shares, can you? This is an emergency measure, not a long-term solution.

If the bank cannot grow rapidly, it will not be able to carry out its own follow-up plan. But how can we accumulate enough hard currency in the short term to support the smooth operation of banks?

In order to find a solution, Li Yue sat in his signing room and meditated from day to night. I didn't even go back to the Xiao Family Tavern tonight, and lived directly in the bank.

Under the light of a dim oil lamp, you can vaguely understand that Li Yue's eyebrows are tightly locked in the middle of his forehead.

"Why don't you think about it tomorrow?" Widow Ting has been sitting next to Li Yue today.

Now in the middle of the night, lonely men and widows are in the same room. Li Yue didn't have the slightest extra thought, and he couldn't think of a way, he sighed and said: "Lao Ma is right, the first pot of gold is the most difficult to earn." ”

"Who's the old horse?" Widow Ting asked with some curiosity.

"It's my master, but he's a low-key old man! When I was accepted, I made a solemn oath not to reveal his identity to outsiders. Li Yue could only say this lie again.

"You told me about this." Widow Ting obviously didn't care who Li Yue's master was, "Then your master taught you how to earn this first pot of gold." ”

"My master said that this first pot of gold is also called original capital. And this accumulation of primitive capital is full of blood and violence! Speaking of this, Li Yue suddenly slapped the table, stood up suddenly, and said, "That's right! It's bloody and violent! How did I not think of it before? ”

Li Yue's previous idea was to encourage industry and commerce through the banks after they had enough capital, and after the prosperity of industry and commerce, they could guide the Liang to the path of colonizing overseas, so that a virtuous cycle could be formed.

But I didn't think that colonizing overseas could also feed back to banks and industry and commerce. Especially now that banks need a sum of money, plundering seems to be a good way to do it. As for who to rob, don't you have to think about it, isn't there such a neighbor who is not only morally guilty, but also very pleasant?

"Did your Lin family's maritime business reach Japan?" Li Yue instantly recovered the appearance of the hippie smiling face.

Although Widow Ting didn't know what he could do, she was much more relaxed when she saw that Li Yue was no longer sad, "The Lin family's fleet goes to Japan every year, but although the profit from trade with Japan is very amazing, Japan only allows foreign merchants to trade once a year. ”

"It's okay!" Li Yue asked a little anxiously: "Can you find me someone from the Lin family who is familiar with Japan's national conditions?" ”

"That's fine." Widow Ting was very puzzled why Li Yue was so excited when she mentioned Japan.

"Thank you, Vice President!" Li Yue yawned, and then said, "It's not too early, the vice president should rest early." ”

The widow Ting stopped talking, gave Li Yue a blessing, and then turned around and walked out.