Chapter 208: Yangzhou Daping

Modern commercial cities are basically on the coast, but in the Ming Dynasty, such thriving cities were on the banks of canals and the Yangtze River.

In Jining, down the canal, you must pass through Yangzhou, Yangzhou is a bustling city in the world, but Jiang Feng has to stay here in Yangzhou for a few days. Liu Shunhua's itinerary is not too anxious, it is normal for people to come to Yangzhou for a tour, his wife Yu's age is not much older than Liu Fangrui and the Su sisters, young people are all interested in seeing this world-famous city, not to mention that it is May now, it can be regarded as the best season in Yangzhou, how can you not want to go out to see, and the servants below who have never left the north in their lives are even more so.

So Liu Shunhua arranged to rest for a few days, and everyone below was elated. Jiang Feng's purpose is not to visit anything in Yangzhou, but to have something to do. However, Liu Fangrui, who was already a little woman, was reminded by Su Guanyue to warn Jiang Feng not to go to Slender West Lake, which is a place where men learn badly.

If his wife didn't say it, Jiang Feng might still be a little unexpected, and as soon as Liu Fangrui said it, she really wanted to see it in her heart.

But the matter is important, early the next morning, Jiang Feng led Yang Shi and more than a dozen iron Ding out of the door, Yangzhou is now the place where the world's money gathers, and many big money banks in the south are set up here with the general number or the largest semicolon, and the place where Jiang Feng is going is the same.

Jiang Feng now has nearly 200,000 taels of silver in and out a year, and the cash silver obtained in Shandong, and the income from sea trade are basically converted by the Xia family into silver bills that can be exchanged in both north and south of the river. Now I count the remaining hundreds of thousands of taels of silver tickets in my hand, and the rest are spent on the army and various constructions, of course, the more than 200,000 taels of silver bricks obtained in the Dong family are inconvenient to reserve because of melting.

Now Jiang Feng can save up to about 15,000 taels of silver every month, and the rest is filled in the weapon workshop and all kinds of overt and covert things.

Yangzhou City is full of hustle and bustle, all kinds of people are busy here for a living, everyone is in a hurry, Jiang Feng and his subordinates stroll through the streets, in a trance there is the feeling of being in modern Shanghai.

It has been two years since he left Jingshi, and in a relatively poor place like Dengzhou, Jiang Feng and his subordinates were a little uncomfortable with the noise on the street, and this slightly helpless feeling fell in the eyes of others, and they were naturally regarded as fools from other countries.

Jiang Feng and his party were wearing civilian clothes for convenience, if it weren't for the murderous aura they carried, I am afraid that the people who found fault and took advantage would have followed up a long time ago, but even if it is like this, there are still many people with improper whereabouts in front of and behind them, which seems to remind Jiang Feng of the ruffians in his previous life, of course, this profession is generally called a scoundrel in the Ming Dynasty.

Along the way, I inquired about the destination, and when the surrounding splashes who were ready to rush up at any time followed here, they flinched and did not dare to continue to walk forward.

In front of it is a quiet street, on both sides of the street are the blue bricks and black tiles that are very common in Jiangnan, there are no banners in front of the shops, and there are only cars and horses on the street and few pedestrians are seen. If it is different, everything on the street in front of Jiang Feng is common, and it can't be more common. If it is the same, in a noisy city like Yangzhou, there is such a quiet place. The whole street is dominated by black tones, revealing a kind of wealth and solemnity from the bones.

This is the place where the ticket number of Jiangnan Money Village is most concentrated, if it is placed in modern terms, it is the so-called financial street, and there are banks on both sides.

The people around were all riding in carriages and horses, but Jiang Feng and his party were on foot, and they suffered similar surprises here as outside, but obviously the people here were more self-confident and implicit, and they didn't show anything too much.

In the middle of the street, there was a shop that was much larger than the others, but it was much more deserted in front of the door, except for three people who looked like guards standing at the door.

When Jiang Feng and his party walked over, the guards obviously also noticed these people who were out of place on this street, and the other person hurriedly walked inside, and the remaining two people greeted them. Jiang Feng looked at the two middle-aged men dressed as guards who walked in front of him, and felt some appreciation in his heart, the person who walked inside obviously went to report and call more people, and it was estimated that they judged that the three people outside could not deal with their own people.

The two guards who came over did not have a fierce expression on their faces, but said very gently:

"What little can I do to help?"

Jiang Feng suddenly found that the eyes of the two guards had been paying attention to Liu Shisan, who was following behind him, and the reckless aura of the rivers and lakes on Liu Shisan's body was too heavy. In the eyes of experienced people, you can judge whether Liu Shisan is a good person. Of course, Jiang Feng and the dozen or so iron dings behind him are not good people. Jiang Feng just felt interesting, and sure enough, life was not so boring after leaving Shandong, and replied with a smile:

"Is the Da Ping here?"

Hearing the sound of footsteps in the shop behind the two guards, more than thirty strong men hurriedly came out of the door, looking at Jiang Feng and the dozen people, and the hearts of the two guards suddenly had a bottom, and they said with a smile:

"This guest officer, do you know the rules of our Daping?"

The honorific title outside the staff has already become a guest officer, and it is possible to become this and that guy next, looking at Jiang Feng's somewhat confused face, a guard said proudly:

"Daping does not do business below 1,000 taels of silver, if you have money exchange, please go to other places."

Liu Shisan, who was in the back, was not a good-tempered person, and the guards here looked at him like a thief before, and when he heard the person in front of him say these words, he was immediately angry. He also has some real kung fu under him.

I didn't care what Jiang Feng was still in front of him, he stepped over and was about to make a move, as soon as his arm was raised, Jiang Feng stretched out his hand and crossed in front of him, although the more than thirty guards on the opposite side did not make any nervous movements, but they had already dispersed quickly.

The order of the entire street was not affected in the slightest, but the guards in front of each house suddenly increased, and they all focused their attention here.

When the guard of the Daping was about to say something hard, he suddenly froze there, and saw the young man in his usual clothes in front of him take out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and light them one by one in front of him.

Naturally, I have seen the exchange of large amounts of silver bills, and I can almost distinguish the real from the fake, and I saw that the top of the silver bills was written in vermilion "One thousand taels of silver for the official of the full color", and after the person in front of him finished ordering, he looked up at him, and then sighed and said:

"It's really not much, that is, a dozen, I don't know if I can handle it at your account."

The guard swallowed a mouthful of spit with difficulty, nodded hurriedly and said:

"Yes, of course, this lord please, please come with me."

The more than 30 guards behind immediately knew that the gang in front of them who they thought were coming to rob was actually a big money owner, and the vigilant look on their faces suddenly turned into a smile, and they quickly dodged a road. Liu Shisan spat hatefully on the ground, and said viciously:

"Dog-eyed bastard!"

The side corresponds to him just a smile, someone here has already rushed in to report, the shopkeeper and the account room of the Da Ping are greeted in the front hall, as soon as he enters the room, Jiang Feng feels quite surprised, the pattern here is quite different from what he saw in Jingshi, it is not a counter, but similar to the appearance of an ordinary large family's house.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a kind smile on his face, he led Jiang Feng to the main hall, and his own buddy came over to serve tea, and the two sides exchanged polite words, and the shopkeeper said politely:

"Xia Yuanwai and our Daping have also been in contact for many years, but I didn't expect that some silver tickets were for Master Jiang, I misunderstood today, please bear with me."

Jiang Feng said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's okay."

"I don't know what the relationship between Master Jiang and the Xia family is?"

The second question seemed to be asked unintentionally, Jiang Feng thought about it for a while, and felt that maybe the other party just asked casually, he naturally wouldn't say that he was smuggling with the other party and doing some business prohibited by the government, and he also replied vaguely:

"The two sides have made some deals together, and have some money to deal with each other."

Hearing him say this, a glimmer of light flashed in the corner of the shopkeeper's eyes, and he didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and continued:

"Master Jiang, what does the trumpet need to do?"

Jiang Feng thought for a while, took out the silver ticket from his arms, took one out of it, and said:

"I am bothered to exchange five thousand taels of silver, and I would like to ask one more thing, can your silver ticket be exchanged in Zhejiang and Fujian?"

The shopkeeper's eyes stared at Jiang Feng's arms, and the silver ticket of 10,000 taels in his hand turned back and told the account office to exchange the silver, but he said with a smile here:

"Of course you can, please Jiang Ye don't worry......"

In the end, it is the grandeur of Daqian Village, and the cash of 5,000 taels can be prepared without greeting in advance, and Daping directly sent it over with his own carriage.

When the shopkeeper of the Daping sent Jiang Feng and turned to walk inside, he raised his hand to greet the leader of the Qian Zhuang guards, and said in a low voice as he walked:

"The rich man from the north is probably also related to the sea, the money is not clean, and he doesn't dare to publicize it, Sun Biao, leading people to get the money back at night."