"What do you think about this?"

In a luxurious mansion in Zhangjiakou City, Xuanfu Town, a middle-aged man wearing silk and a green wrench, playing with a delicate carved cigarette bottle, holding a rich body, leaned forward, and said slowly to a person next to him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He is Cao Sanxi, the head of the Taigu Cao family, speaking of the Taigu Cao family, the boundary of Shanxi, who doesn't know, who doesn't know! The people he talked about with his peers were naturally not young people, that person was a guest of Liang, and he was also rich and unusual.

According to the division of later generations, Liang guest ranked among the eight major families of Jin merchants, and he was also a huge rich man with millions of family assets, thousands of acres of fertile land, and no shops.

Liang guest is here today, because of a paper document written by the imperial court, so that the two of them made a difficulty, so they got together to discuss, at this moment I heard Cao Sanxi ask, he only thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice, "Governor Zhang allowed us to open the Chinese commercial law in full, and all the military supplies and stomachs were handled by us, which is very good, but one bite will cost 200,000 yuan of money and food, I am afraid it will be difficult to raise it for a while." ”

"yes." Although Cao Sanxi is illiterate, but to this day, the family has a huge fortune of millions, and naturally it is not very human, this matter reveals an evil nature, it is said that if the court knows the truth and the truth, why send the head to borrow it, only a holy decree, borrow three or five hundred thousand silver, what does it matter, just set up a name, so that you can wait for a hope, and it will not hurt.

However, the person who borrowed the IOU, the bird was Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda of the imperial court, and he was allowed to borrow 200,000 yuan of silver, and the profits of the grain and grass equipment of the soldiers and horses in Xuanda and Taiyuan Town were offset by it, and in the future, there were people who borrowed silver such as themselves, and they knew that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were needed for food, drink, and clothing every year, and the annual silver was not less than hundreds of thousands of taels, of which the profit margin had to be at least tens of thousands.

In addition, the opening of a should be throttled, not 100,000 a year, the merchant is different from the imperial court, every cent of silver, naturally carefully calculated, some of which do not need to be spent, naturally abandoned, so down, add gold and silver without calculation.

Therefore, when they received this letter, they did not refuse it outright, but only shirked the discussion, and told the messenger to take a few days, so that everyone who had made friends came together to discuss.

"However, when it comes to the operation of this matter, there is a huge amount of space, if it is once successful, it will add decades of wealth and wealth, and make friends with the Xuan army, wouldn't it be in my arms?!" Cao Sanxi said this, quite moved, they were originally rich people in the south of Jin, and at this moment, they were far away from their hometowns and went to Zhangjiakou in Xuanfu to run business, just for a few silver.

Moreover, they are a poor family, although there are imperial examination scholars in the family, but they are nothing more than a few people who show off their talents, even Cao Sanxi's own family, is also a donor official, it is not as good as the right stream, in the territory of Zhangjiakou, although it is a good word, but after all, it is not their own way, and it is a little restrictive to act, which is not convenient.

If you agree to Zhang Zongheng's conditions, go deep into the army, and make good friends with military generals, from now on, the passes everywhere will be unimpeded, and your own commercial goods will be sold far away, and the contraband will not be confiscated, how convenient it is, and the profits will not be more than 10 million, and these people will not be tempted.

Guest Liang weighed one or two, sat motionless, and just nodded slightly, "What Brother Cao said is very true, but how to discuss the division of 200,000 cash?!" ”

After saying this, he was a little worried, "Wang Fan's two families have a lot of money, if they ask him to swallow them alone, we can't do anything, right now, it's better to contact the governor's private first, set the quota first, and then slowly withdraw from the shop, what do you think?!" ”

Cao Sanxi thought for a moment, but nodded and said, "These silvers, the right should be offered, simply don't ask the governor to return them, just wait for the generals to be handed over, one is rich, and tie them to our trade routes, how can the silver he get unhindered every day be comparable!" ”

"Exactly!" Liang got up directly and said with a final word, "This matter is sooner rather than later, let's leave immediately, shall we?" ”

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Zhang Sitong was anxiously walking back and forth in the best inn room in the east of Zhangjiakou at the moment, constantly hitting his own hands to relieve the pressure, it was really the task that his uncle promised him was too absurd.

Thinking that he was a showman, he actually came to this smoky place with a shy face, and bent his knees to curry favor with a copper-smelling businessman, which is really a river and a people's heart.

But before leaving, Zhang Zongheng repeatedly instructed him to be sure to be comforted, and asked the merchants in Zhangjiakou to give Wenyin, otherwise his future would not be guaranteed, and everything would be closed.

What Zhang Sitong didn't know was that the imperial court had already issued an order, determined to appease the thief Li Jing, and deliberately sent Sun Xianzu, the former chief military officer of Ningwu in Shanxi Town, to the border and promoted Ma Shilin to the new chief military officer of Ningwu in Sanguan.

Where did the court get the money and grain that could be appeased, and besides, Zhang Zongheng did not report the specific amount, after all, 500,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone grain, how could the court get it? I am afraid that once this number is reported, it will only make the court angry, and once the army is raised, Shanxi will definitely not be able to insist, and it will only be bitter for itself.

Zhang Zongheng discussed with his cronies and staff, and finally got such a method, sent people to Zhangjiakou and his party, allowed to open the Chinese commercial law, gave the merchants profits, borrowed 200,000 taels of silver to plan, and mortgaged the purchase of Xuanda and Taiyuan Town soldiers and horses within five years, and allowed the merchants to operate with all their hands, and after three years, the goods and loans were cleared.

In this way, if you don't lose your majesty and wealth, let the thief head be appeased in peace, and calm the place, and the second is to get the silver, and don't let your own family lose the slightest, even if the court finally knows, it should also be sympathetic to the heart of their own land and responsibility, weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Zongheng decisively accepted, his plan is to borrow 200,000 silver, Xu Li Jing bargained, anyway, at most only half.

The rest of them were called to distribute the army, boost morale, first exterminate the thieves in southern Jinnan, and then go north, sit and watch the changes in the imperial court, and when the time comes, calm down inside and outside, and then call the rampant Li Jing, frustrate the bones and ashes, in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts!

However, although the idea is good, Zhang Sitong does not approve of it, after all, it is impossible in his opinion to ask people to come up with such a huge sum of money, but the things in this world depend on how people observe them, Zhang Sitong looks at it from the point of view of officials and gentry, which is understandable, and no one can agree.

However, in the eyes of the merchants, this is indeed an excellent opportunity, compared to 200,000 taels of silver to negotiate, taking the opportunity to hand over to all the border guards, is the right thing.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Sitong thought that the task was hopeless, but he heard a voice outside the door, "Dare to ask where Mr. Zhang is, Taigu Cao's family asks to see him." ”…… (To be continued.) )