Outside the Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, Li Liangzuo was leading the brigade to approach the Great Song Dynasty step by step with heavy steps, but the capital at this time was a different scene. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There was a long queue at the entrance of the Taibao Bank, where both the rich and the wealthy and the ordinary people in the capital were watching the speed of the procession. Every once in a while, someone would come out of the bank in a hurry, and someone in the line would ask him, "How is it?" Did you buy it? The person who came out held some vouchers printed on special paper by the imperial court in his hand, and responded loudly: "I bought it, it's good now." Someone even asked, "Is there still a lot that hasn't been sold?" There were even more people in line whispering: "Amitabha, don't buy more in front, otherwise it will be in vain today." ”

A sedan chair passed by the team, and the person in the sedan chair lifted the sedan curtain to look outside, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. A cool breeze blew into the sedan chair, and the person in the sedan couldn't help coughing, and he hurriedly put down the sedan curtain. The sedan chair skirts the front of the bank and passes through an alley next to it, behind which there is a large guarded house. The sedan chair stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and the attendant of the sedan chair walked to the door and said a few words to the guard in front of the door, the guard flashed open the door, and the sedan chair man carried the sedan chair into the courtyard.

Finally, the sedan chair was gently lowered under the corridor of the hall, the sedan curtain was lifted, and the attendant helped Cai Xiang, who came out of it and couldn't stop coughing. Wang Bi hurriedly walked down the steps: "Brother Junmo, why are you here in person?" He let Cai Xiang into the hall and helped Cai Xiang sit down.

Cai Xiang finally stopped coughing: "Hey, I'm old!" With such a large amount of silver to be raised in the treasury, you must have been busy for many days. In addition, I heard that you will be leaving in two days, so I hurried over to see you. ”

The king said, "Brother, you have been discussing military expenses for several days, and I heard that you have stayed up for a few nights. You put it down on my side, today I have already sent someone to escort Yin Liang into the palace, and the court will not use any less to send troops, this is the most important thing! ”

Cai Xiang smiled: "How can I not worry about you doing things?" When I passed by the door of your Taibao Bank just now, I didn't expect that the people would recognize this Song debt so much. It's a cold day, and the queue is far away. After saying that, he coughed again. He coughed with his handkerchief over his mouth, glanced at his handkerchief and put it back in his sleeve pocket. Looking at Cai Xiang's withered face and skinny shoulders, Wang Bei knew that Cai Xiang was not lightly ill and asked. "Dude, when did you start coughing? Have you asked Lang Zhong to take a look? ”

"It's been a long time, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the climate of the capital, it's not in the way!" He didn't say a word, and he coughed again.

Now the king had no choice, he was relieved: "There are many good doctors in the capital, if it doesn't work, I will ask the Holy Lord to send an imperial doctor to treat my brother." ”

Cai Xiang waved his hand: "Alas, you have enough to do, don't worry about me." I'll be relieved to see you, waiting for you to come back from Western Xia, let's ask that drunkard to have a good drink. Since I will send the silver raised by the Song debt to the imperial city today, I will immediately arrange for the judge of the degree to be counted and recorded, and I will also ask the Holy Lord to issue an edict to allocate military expenses. I'll go first! ”

Wang sighed softly, personally sent Cai Xiang out of the hall, and saw Cai Xiang get into the sedan chair before returning to the room. When Wang Xian came back to report that the silver had been safely delivered and the handover to the degree branch had been completed, Wang Bian breathed a sigh of relief. In the afternoon, it was overcast and snowflakes began to fall in the sky. Jia Xian went to the bank in front of him to take a look, and came back to report to Wang Bianyu: "Lord Wang, this time the Taibao Bank issued 50 million taels of bonds for the imperial court, and our bank will bear 60 percent, and the remaining 20 million taels will be paid by the bank in advance, and all of them have been sent to the imperial city. Now the 20 million taels of bonds have been sold for three days, and half of them have been sold. ”

Wang nodded next to him, "Okay, this speed is estimated to be completed in a few days." ”

Jia Xian asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, there is something I don't understand, this Song debt sells so well, why do you set the face value of the takeaway so low?" Can you buy it for ten taels of silver at the beginning? There are so many wealthy people in the capital, they all want to buy more, and you still limit the amount of up to 100 taels of silver per person at a time? Wouldn't that be too much of a hassle? ”

After listening to Jia Xian's series of questions, Wang Bei smiled and stood up and said to Tong Guan and He Zhu behind him: "Go get your clothes, let's go to the front and have a look!" Tong Guan responded and went to bring a cloak to Wang Bei, who said to Jia Xian: "You, you are more shrewd than anyone else, but you don't understand people's hearts. ”

Several people followed Wang Bian out of the hospital, and Wang Bian pointed to the dozen or so guards behind him and said to Zhi Kejun: "Let them go back to the house first, let's take a stroll." Zhi Kejun turned his head to the guards behind him and said, "You don't have to follow, go back to the palace first and obey the orders!" "Yes!" A dozen or so guards agreed in unison.

There are always more than a dozen people around him, and they are particularly conspicuous wherever they go, which makes Wang Bian feel uncomfortable. Especially today, he is about to lead the troops to Western Xia, although he can't say that he is lingering in the capital, but after returning to the capital for a while, he has not walked around the streets as casually as before. Listen to people greeting themselves or making the occasional joke with an acquaintance.

Despite the gloomy sky and the growing snowflakes, there were still many people lined up at the door of the bank. Wang Bian stepped into the bank, but there were not many people inside, there were only about three people waiting in front of the six or seven windows of the bank, and most of them were stopped by the bank's guards.

"What's going on?" Wang looked at Jia Xian and asked.

"I didn't dare to put them all in, I didn't stop them on the first day, but there were many people crowding the counter, and the people didn't know that you had a limit, and I was afraid that they would be bought out by the big households, so I asked the guards to stop the outside queue, and when there were few people inside, I put a few in." Jia Xian hurriedly explained.

"This can't be done, although you are also for safety, but it is not the best solution!" The king shook his head.

Jia Xian lowered his head, not daring to speak more, and the king commanded: "You go and order someone to put a table at the door, and someone will distribute numbers there." There is a railing three feet away from the counter, and this railing is called a safety line. Find a person with a loud voice to stand there, let him look at the counter, and call a new number to come in whenever the counter finishes a person's business. Everyone who enters the security line hands over their numbers to the loud ones. He shouted in order, and naturally people did it in order. ”

"You still have a lot of ways to do it, I'll do it right away!" After listening to this, Jia Xian hurriedly went to make arrangements, and found a few pieces of red cloth without a railing for the time being, and tied them to the pillars of the hall that was just about three feet away from the counter. Then he found a man with a loud voice and stood at one of the entrances that had been reserved. Then, a clerk brought out a table and arranged for a person to write a number at the door of the bank.

With a stick of incense, these things were all done, and Jia Xian rushed back to the king: "Lord Wang, can you start?" ”

"Okay, you go back and make a thousand wooden signs, each with a number engraved on it, so that you can reuse it!"

"Yes!" Jia Xian agreed, turned around and walked to the door of the bank, and said to the people standing in line outside the door: "Everyone, listen, the prince sympathizes with everyone queuing in the snow, so let everyone wait in the bank to do something." Let's not mess up the formation, let's get the number here, and shout whose number is there, who can handle the business of buying and selling bonds, and depositing and withdrawing silver. ”

At this moment, the people who had been queuing outside for a long time were overjoyed to hear such news, and it was really a shame to wait in this cold and snowy day. People rushed in to get temporary numbers at the entrance, and stood outside the security line blocked by the so-called red cloth and waited for the loud voices to be called. It didn't take much effort for the bank to be full, and the person who got the number stayed in the room and was in a happy mood. Some people saw it, and when they saw the king, they said excitedly: "Everyone, look, isn't that the king of Zhennan?" ”

Hearing that the king of Zhennan was there, the people became excited, and following the direction pointed by the speaker, everyone saw the king in a cloak and full of spirits, and everyone immediately came over to surround the king. Someone took the lead and shouted: "Thank you for your kindness!" Then someone agreed. Wang Bi hurriedly made a downward gesture to appease everyone: "Quiet, quiet, thank you, fathers, everyone, try to keep quiet in the bank, so that our staff can handle everyone's things faster and better." ”

"Quiet" "Quiet" The words of the king in the crowd were heard like an echo, and the bank was indeed much quieter.

"Lord Wang, let me ask for everyone" A middle-aged man stood up.

Wang nodded and smiled to let him speak, only to see him separate from the crowd and walk out: "Everyone is quiet, I asked for everyone." Turning his head, he said to the king, "Lord Wang, we believed you, we didn't buy the Yongzhou construction bond that time." I've heard that some people have already recovered their principal and interest money, so I have to queue up to buy it this time. ”

"Thank you for your love!" Wang Bei smiled and said politely. Don't look at him in the court to the people who provoked him, but as long as the king faces the people, he will never forget that he was also a grassroots back then.

"The prince is too modest, we also have a question, this time I heard that this debt was issued by the imperial court for the war with Western Xia, if you win, it's easy to say, if you lose the money, do we have to pay it back?" The middle-aged man asked.

"Hahaha, this old man, don't worry, this is an issuance of bonds, not a bet on winning or losing. Killing people to pay off debts and paying off debts, no matter the outcome of this battle, as long as there is my king next to me and the Taibao Bank is there, we will not lose a penny! The king said with an oath.

The middle-aged man nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly someone in the crowd said, "Whether you win or lose, I will buy this debt!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and there was an old man in the crowd, carrying a package in one hand and a six or seven-year-old child in the other. Looking at everyone's eyes, the old man said: "My son has joined the army, that is, this child's father." This time my son is also going to Xixia, I am trying my best to buy debts, I hope that our Song Dynasty has the money and strength to fight with the Xixia party, and I also hope that my son can come back safely. Lord Wang, your debt is good, the old man and I, a poor man, can try our best to buy one, although the money is not much, but the heart! ”

"That's right! I'm also my son in the army! ”

"My brother is in Yanzhou, I can't go to see him, so I'll do my best!"

There were more and more echoes in the crowd, and Wang looked back at Jia Xian, and Jia Xian's eyes turned red. There was no need for superfluous words, Wang Bei knew that Jia Xian understood his intentions, and the facts also answered Jia Xian's series of questions just now.

Finally, the king pacified everyone, and walked on the way back to the palace of the king of Zhennan in the snow. Under the steps of the palace gate, there were several sedan chairs, a few horses, and a few groups of people, all of whom were stopped outside the palace and could not enter to see the prince. Wang Bian passed by them, none of whom knew Wang Bian, and suddenly a person walked over quickly: "Second son, do you still recognize me?" ”

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