Five days later, the city of Hangzhou, where the rain had cleared, returned to its pre-war calm. In the Rende Qian Zhuang next to the Wulin Gate www.biquge.info the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion, Hu Xueyan looked at the bustling crowd happily and couldn't close his mouth happily.

A few days ago, on the day that the city of Hangzhou was captured by the captive army, Hu Xueyan married the daughter of the old owner, Yu, and officially became the heir of Rende Qianzhuang. Two days later, his father-in-law Yu Boss passed away, leaving Rende Qianzhuang to Hu Xueyan.

As soon as he came out of the sadness of his father-in-law's death, Hu Xueyan ushered in a wave of good news: after the city of Hangzhou was captured by the captive army, there was no unexpected turmoil, everything was as calm as water, and even the 20,000 captive troops entered the city, all quietly, without alarming the people at all.

Moreover, because of the back and forth patrols of the begging army in the city, there were many fewer green skins and gangsters on the streets, and the soldiers of the begging army ate and drank as much as they could, so that the city of Hangzhou quickly returned to its former prosperity. Business on the streets and alleys immediately returned to normal.

The captive army that occupied Hangzhou City immediately sent officials from Shanghi to initially govern Hangzhou City. Wang Youling, the original acting prefect of Hangzhou, surrendered to the Holy Kingdom after Hu Xueyan's persuasion, and was appointed by Shi Dakai as the governor of Hangzhou, but the prefect of Hangzhou was concurrently served by Li Guanlong, the commander of the 4th Division.

In this way, Wang Youling, who is capable and honest and has a good reputation, although he is somewhat demoted, is actually equivalent to the prefect, and Li Guanlong was born as a military general and has military affairs, so he is only temporarily stationed in Hangzhou, and does not interfere too much in government affairs, sooner or later, the position of the prefect of Hangzhou will still be removed, and in this way, the position of the prefect will still fall on Wang Youling's head sooner or later.

"Shopkeeper, look at your pleasure! Isn't it just a voucher? Liu Chengxiang, who was originally a friend, but now he is just a buddy, laughed and joked with Hu Xueyan.

"Heh, Xiangzi, this is not an ordinary voucher, this is a pass to send Hu to make a fortune! Think about it, in the entire city of Hangzhou, thousands of shops are waiting for the Holy Kingdom to issue vouchers, and the first 300 shop vouchers are all issued to me Hu Xueyan, which is a great honor! In the future, where will there be eyeless splashes and servants who dare to come to our shop to make trouble? This is a protective skin! Moreover, with this meaning, the business of the store will also prosper as a result. Hu Xueyan explained with a smile.

"yes, shopkeeper, I fucking regret not listening to you. If I had invested my wife with you and bought that shop, I could now be my own boss and I didn't have to work for you. Ay! It's fate! Liu Chengxiang sighed, regretting it.

"Yes! Xiangzi, don't be discouraged, there is no chance in Hangzhou City, and there is still a chance in other cities! I've thought about it, specializing in this kind of business of buying and selling shops! This is more profitable than opening a money bank, and you can also gain the favor of the captive army. Hu Xueyan said.

"Shopkeeper, are you really here? Hangzhou has a population of more than 600,000, and the original gold in the city is expensive, and those officials and gentry in the city want to flee Hangzhou, so they will sell their shops at any cost, so that you can take the opportunity to buy them at a low price. Now that the war is over and life has settled down, the price of shop space has naturally risen. But other cities are different, if there is not such a large population, I am afraid that it will not grow much. ”

"Yes, I didn't expect that the shop I bought would make so much money in a few days! Take the Hu Qingyutang Pharmacy as an example, I paid 240 taels of silver, accounting for 60% of the shop's shares. It's only been ten days, and someone has bid 3,000 taels for this shop, and I can get 1,800 taels of silver, which is really a short-term profit. However, even at this price, neither Boss Yu nor I agreed to sell it! ”

"Why?" Liu Chengxiang asked strangely.

"Because it's going to go up! Now that the captive army has sent troops to Jiaxing Mansion, it should be able to take it immediately. The entire south of the Yangtze River, except for the Huizhou Mansion and Taiping Mansion in Anman, and the Jiangning Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion in Jiangsu, the rest have been occupied by the captive army. The area south of the Yangtze River is the richest place in the whole world, and it is also the most densely populated place, and now it has become the territory of the Holy Kingdom. Therefore, this world must eventually belong to the Holy Kingdom. In this case, the population of more than 600,000 in Hangzhou City can be regarded as a holy city, and the shops in the city will definitely rise. And this Wulinmen pharmacy has an excellent stall, I have discussed it with Boss Qing, and it is still used to open a pharmacy, and I will also open a branch to develop and grow Huqing Yutang. ”

"Wait, you just said that there are still chances in other cities. Now that the captives are attacking Jiaxing, I have to rush to buy the shops in Jiaxing City first, and when the battle is over, there will be no chance to buy at a low price. Liu Chengxiang became anxious.

"Haha, you just remember now? I'm afraid it's sooner or later. Now, I have organized more than a dozen merchants to follow the captive army all the way. First, it can help the captives transport food, herbs and other materials, and second, they can buy shops at any time, and they can also help purchase some of the property captured by the captives. Hu Xueyan smirked.

It turned out that Hu Xueyan was received by the righteous king Shi Dakai because he helped persuade the defenders of Wulinmen to surrender the city. At that time, Shi Dakai was discussing with Tan Shaoguang and other generals of the captured army about the transportation of military rations and the disposal of some ownerless shops in the city, and Hu Xueyan boldly stepped forward to answer the question, saying that he could help solve it.

The plan given by Hu Xueyan was indeed very practical: he organized a group of merchants in Hangzhou to help the captives transport military rations, medicinal materials and other materials with the fleets of the civilian merchant gang and the Cao gang, and the begging army directly purchased them; In the captured towns, the seized property can also be purchased at market prices to offset the payment for military rations.

Because the families and property of Hu Xueyan and these businessmen are all in Hangzhou, it is equivalent to having hostages in the hands of the captive army, and he is not afraid of these businessmen making trouble, so Shi Dakai heard it and felt that this idea was very good.

It is very convenient and cost-effective to collect the power of these merchants for their own use, help transport war materials, and dispose of some things that cannot be taken away, such as captured shop real estate, official ships, etc. Therefore, after discussing with the generals, Shi Dakai thought that it was feasible, and while doing so, he reported to the Holy King.

Thus, a huge example of collusion between officials and businessmen was born. Hu Xueyan successfully attached himself to the big tree of the captive army and became an official and business comprador.

Before the capture army attacked Hangzhou, he bought all the assets of Rende Qianzhuang from the 300 shops, and now he has sold 50 shops, with an average price of 1,700 taels for 50 shops, and obtained 75,000 taels of silver, and the profit is almost as high as eight or nine times.

If it weren't for the exchange of some cash to buy food and medicinal materials needed by the captive army, and to rush to Jiaxing, Huizhou and other places where the captive army had not yet attacked to buy shops, Hu Xueyan would have covered the shop for a while, and waited until the price did not rise before getting rid of it.

In just over half a month, Hu Xueyan successfully developed this small and medium-sized money bank, Rende Money Village, which originally had only 30,000 or 40,000 families, into a leader of merchants in Hangzhou.

In addition to the 75,000 silver that was brought in from the sale of 50 shops, the remaining 250 shops alone were worth 400,000 taels of silver. This is already the richest man in Hangzhou, not to mention that Hu Xueyan is now thriving. hooked up with the captive army, and knew that Wang Youling was a friend of Hangzhou Prefecture, and business naturally became better and better.

When Hu Xueyan was excited and rejoicing in making a fortune, Shi Dakai, Tan Shaoguang, Lin Qirong, Chen Tianshi, Li Guanlong and other division commanders were also shocked by the seizure in Hangzhou.

Tan Shaoguang is an old man of the Holy Kingdom, he followed the Holy King Feng Yunshan all the way to attack the city and plunder the land, from southern Hunan to Liangguang, and there were no less than dozens of sieges. But he never imagined that he would capture a big city and seize so much wealth.

In the city of Hangzhou, 1.3 million taels of silver, more than 13,000 quintals of silk and silk cloth, 1.2 million stones of grain, countless other gold, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and copper coins, as well as shotguns, knives, spears, and artillery, were seized in the official warehouses and granaries of the Hangzhou General Administration, the Zhejiang Governor Yamen, the Zhejiang Governor's Yamen, the Zhejiang Qi Political Division, the Hangzhou Jiahu Provincial Bureau, the Hangzhou Weaving Mansion, the Hangzhou Prefect's Yamen, the Qiantang County Yamen, and the Renhe County Yamen at all levels.

Before attacking the city of Hangzhou, hundreds of squires fled to the countryside for refuge, leaving thousands of shops and houses unattended, all of which were confiscated by the captives. With the skyrocketing prices of shops in Hangzhou, these real estate properties alone can be worth millions of taels of silver.

Now the Holy Kingdom has made a fortune!