readx; On the morning of the eighth day of the first month of February, the east and west markets that had just opened their doors sounded at the same time with the deafening sound of firecrackers, a piece of bamboo tube crackled and exploded in the fire, and the copper coins sticking to the red paper were thrown into the sky, and countless children and people who watched the excitement rushed up, picking up copper coins all over the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Far away, many businessmen surrounded and watched in amazement the opening of these two new cabinets, which were the earliest banks, storing copper coins for merchants and lending usury at the same time, which was one of the most profitable businesses in Datang.

The newly opened cabinet is naturally the industry of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the two cabinets are both under the same name: Juhaixing, which is a major decision of Li Qing'an, is an important step to solve the problem of Anxi silver money being exported to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and the role of Juhaixing is the exchange of copper coins and gold and silver coins, and the use of the strong financial resources of the Hantang Society to achieve his goal step by step.

Of course, the exchange of silver money is only the secret work of the cabinet, the open business of the cabinet is flying money, that is, the merchant stores the money in the broken leaf Juhai Xing cabinet, empty-handed on the road, and then comes to Chang'an with the ticket issued by the broken leaf cabinet and the agreed code, to Chang'an Juhaixing to withdraw money, only need to pay a small handling fee, so as to avoid the pain of insecurity and transportation on the road.

This kind of flying money is equivalent to the remittance of other places in later generations, which appeared in the Middle and Tang Dynasties, and was first carried out between the same cities, and then gradually evolved into the exchange between cities.

In this way, the merchants who came to Chang'an to do business took silver money in Chang'an, or used silver money to exchange copper money here, these Hu merchants generally used a large amount of money, and they brought the silver money to all parts of the Tang Dynasty, which was both concealed and logical, and unconsciously became the best means for Li Qing'an to launder money.

The juhaixing in the east and west markets are three-storey buildings, covering an area of more than 20 acres, and there are underground storage rooms, they were originally two cabinet shops, because the proprietor changed business, sold these two large houses, and was bought by the Han and Tang Dynasty clubs at the right time to renovate and renovate.

The door of the new cabinet in the east market was crowded with curious merchants, and there was no news about their opening, so they appeared silently, hundreds of merchants crowded at the door to talk about it, as businessmen who often deal with the cabinet shop, they are most concerned about the background of the cabinet shop, which is directly related to whether they can deposit copper coins here.

For example, the Yang Ji Cabinet Workshop opened in the first month of this year, less than fifty steps away from Juhaixing, is magnificent, everyone knows that it was opened by Mrs. Qiu Guo, and the power of the Yang family reassures them, so everyone is willing to store the money in the Yang Ji Cabinet Workshop.

What is the background of this Juhai Bank, which is actually opened next to Yang Ji Cabinet Shop, which is full of reverie.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all the big businessmen, the younger brother Li Yunfeng is the shopkeeper of Juhaixing, and I hope you will have more cheers in the future!"

Li Yunfeng is Li Huichun's second son, 35 or 6 years old, shrewd and capable, able to speak, with rich business experience, he was appointed by Li Qingan as the chief treasurer of the east and west cities, fully responsible for the operation of the cabinet.

Among the onlookers, many people know Li Yunfeng, isn't this the second proprietor of Xishi Broken Leaf Tea House? It turned out that the Broken Leaf Man opened this cabinet shop, and many people vaguely guessed that the backstage of these two Juhai Shops was very likely to be related to Li Qingan.

Soon their speculation was confirmed, when the big plaque painted with gold was hung on the door with the sound of firecrackers, someone suddenly recognized the three words like a flying dragon and a phoenix 'Juhaixing' turned out to be the handwriting of Gao Lishi, just two years ago, it cost at least a thousand gold to get a word of Gao Lishi, so it is called a thousand gold one word, not because his words are well written, but because his power is not feared.

When the news spread, it immediately caused an exclamation at the scene, Li Qing'an, Gao Lishi, the backstage of this cabinet shop is not ordinarily hard!

The opening of Juhaixing, some people rejoice, some people hate, the hated people bear the brunt of the Yang Ji cabinet next to it, the two cabinets are only 30 steps apart, not to mention that the peers are enemies, that is, Juhaixing is also overwhelming Yang Ji cabinet workshop in scale, Juhai Xing is a three-storey building, covering an area of dozens of acres, and Yang Ji only has two floors, covering an area of more than ten acres, Yang Ji cabinet workshop is obviously ridden on the head by Juhai Xing.

The shopkeeper of Yang Ji cabinet is called Yang Palladium, is a distant brother of Yang Huahua, barely a Yang family, was originally the shopkeeper of a rice shop in Chengdu, was invited by Yang Huahua to sit in the cabinet shop, he was woken up by the sound of firecrackers this morning, when he learned that they also opened a cabinet shop next door, he suddenly rushed out of the door in anger.

Yang Palladium observed the kung fu of nearly a cup of tea, he found that this cabinet shop is different, if other cabinet shops open, it must be a crowd of guests, and there is an endless stream of high-ranking officials and dignitaries to congratulate, but this cabinet shop opened, there was no one to congratulate the guests, all gathered around to watch the lively businessmen, this is too strange, do not put out the background, who dares to save money?

Unless there are two possibilities, either they are not fully prepared and opened in a hurry, or this cabinet shop has no backstage at all, and how can a cabinet shop not be fully prepared for the opening? Today is not a special day, is it that they really have no backstage?

Yang Palladium was not among the merchants, but stood at the door of his shop, he did not hear the discussions of the merchants, nor did he know Li Yunfeng, so he had a preconceived idea that Juhaixing had no backstage.

Soon he found a strange place, this cabinet shop has no guards, this is absolutely incredible, like their Yang Ji cabinet shop has fifty strong martial arts guards.

Yang Palladium knew the reason for this, it must be that their guards were not in place yet, and at this time, a vicious and bold idea came out of his heart, why not smash their brand.

The most important thing to do business is to open a good fortune, once there is an accident and unhappiness when opening, it will mean that the business will not go well in the future, which is a taboo for businessmen, especially the cabinet shop that specializes in dealing with money, once it is bullied, then who dares to save money to it.

The Yang family's flying dominance in Chang'an gave Yang Palladium the courage to do evil things, and his way of thinking of destroying merchants made him think of using vicious means to deal with competitors, and he shouted: "Go up and smash its brand!" ”

More than 20 guards immediately came out of Yang Ji's cabinet, holding long knives and iron rods, and marched towards Juhaixing.

The businessmen who were watching the excitement around discovered the abnormality, they were so frightened that they hurriedly dodged back, hiding dozens of steps away, looking at this newly opened cabinet shop with fear, many people sighed secretly, how could they think of opening a store next to the Yang family to compete? But there are also many people who are excited, it is rumored that Yang Zhao and Li Qingan have a bad relationship, and now the two cabinet shops are at war, and there is a good show.

The shopkeeper Li Yunfeng also found an abnormality, he saw that many businessmen were retreating, and when he turned around, he saw more than 20 big men carrying long knives and iron rods to surround this side, he was also startled, he couldn't help but take a step back, and shouted loudly: "Don't mess around, do you know whose property this is?" ”

No one listened to his explanation, they shouted, rushed to the door together, raised the iron rod, picked up the long knife, and prepared to smash the plaque, Li Yunfeng was so anxious that his eyes were red, he desperately stepped forward to stop it, but he was kicked over, and the guys were so frightened that they hid in the store. The ground was shot, and in the middle of the arm of a man with an iron rod was about to smash the store's plaque, and then another arrow came and pierced the thigh of another person, and the crowd let out two terrible screams, and the arrow was so powerful that it was an iron arrow, which broke the bones of both of them, and the two rolled on the ground in pain.

These big men were quiet for a moment, and they looked to the left at the same time, only to see a group of cavalry, about 100 people, dozens of paces away, all of them with bows and arrows, all of them murderous, led by the generals with bows and arrows in their hands, looking at them with angry faces.

"It's Li Qing'an!" Someone suddenly recognized it and shouted.

There was fear in the eyes of the people, and they turned and fled in fright, not even daring to go back to the cabinet, but ran in all directions, running faster than the rabbits, and the two thugs who had been shot by the arrows cried and crawled desperately towards the shop.

"Big shopkeeper, save us!" They were so frightened that their voices changed.

Yang Palladium was stunned, he never expected that this cabinet shop was Li Qing'an's property, he took a few steps back, as if he had stepped into the abyss, he had never seen Li Qing'an, he had only heard of it in the family, this Li Qing'an was Yang Guozhong's opponent, and it was also the person who made the Yang family deeply jealous, how did he provoke him.

'What now?' His face turned white with fright, he was just a small businessman who had never seen much of the world, and he used to have Yang Huahua's support, so that those dignitaries and nobles were respectful to him, so that he forgot his lowly identity.

But today, when he first encountered a powerful person, Yang Palladium was at a loss.

Li Qing'an urged the horse to come over slowly, he didn't mind exposing his relationship with Juhaixing, these two cabinet shops will be in the business of exchanging money in the future, everyone will know that he Li Qing'an opened it, the key is not to expose the relationship between the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Juhaixing originally planned to open again in a month, which was very well prepared, but it opened ahead of schedule at his request, and the hundred guards transferred from the Luoyang Hantang Society were still on the way, but unexpectedly, someone wanted to smash his brand.

Yang Palladium stepped forward in a panic and bowed, "The villain sees General Li!" ”

"You little businessman, how dare you smash my brand?" Li Qingan rode on a tall war horse and said coldly.

"The villain really doesn't know that it is the general's property, if he knows, I don't dare to give me the courage to do it, I beg the general to see in front of his wife, spare us this time!"

Yang Palladium bowed again and again, at this time, he had to move Yang Huahua out.

Sure enough, Li Qingan was stunned and asked, "Which lady?" ”

"It's Mrs. Qiuguo, I heard that my wife is an old friend of the general."

"It's her!" Li Qingan sneered, Yang Huahua is indeed his 'old friend'.

"That's right! She's an old friend of mine. ”

Yang Palladium didn't hear Li Qing'an's counterwords, he thought that things had taken a turn for the better, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Yes!" It's all their own people, and it's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple. ”

At this time, Li Qingan's face sank, turned the horse's head, and he glanced at the brand, which was Yang Guozhong's handwriting.

"Smash it for me!"

When the cavalry received the order, they stepped forward one after another, drew their knives and slashed at the sign of Yang Kee's cabinet, and cut the sign into pieces in a moment.

Yang Palladium was so frightened that a cold air rose from under his feet, and he trembled like chaff, unable to stand on his feet anymore, and sat on the ground with his buttocks.

In the middle of the night, his men rushed out of the store, helped him into the closet, locked the door, and did not dare to come out.

At this time, Li Qing'an became smiling again, and smiled at the businessmen who were in a daze around him: "This cabinet shop was opened by my Anxi Army, in order to facilitate Hu merchants to deposit and withdraw money in different places, to ensure the safety of the road, if you are willing, you are also welcome to store the money here, we do not charge you a handling fee, and also give a certain amount of money savings." ”

Li Qing'an's last sentence caused a sensation among the surrounding businessmen, the cabinet shop is mainly used to lend usury to farmers and merchants, and a certain escrow fee is charged if you deposit money, and ordinary businessmen store the money in the underground warehouse of the cabinet shop for safety and convenience, otherwise the money is hidden in their own homes.

Now Li Qing'an's cabinet shop actually wants to pour money to Lizi, which makes the businessmen unbelievable, and there are many discussions around him, everyone will be suspicious, Li Qingan smiled, this kind of thing does not need to be explained, after a long time, the businessmen naturally come for profit.

At this time, a large group of Hu merchants leading camels appeared in the distance, they had already received the news and came to exchange the silver money in their hands, the shopkeeper Li Yunfeng shouted loudly, and with the arrival of the Hu merchants, the men began to get busy.

Li Qingxin was a little strange, he had already received the news last night, Li Longji had officially issued an edict ordering that gold and silver money could be officially circulated throughout the country, why hasn't there been an official announcement posted yet? Li Qingan was not worried that Li Longji would change his hexagram, he gave Li Longji 200,000 catties of silver, equivalent to 1.6 million copper coins, Li Longji considered his own interests, he would also order the silver money to circulate throughout the country, and the Tang people's acceptance of silver money will have a process, the key is how much time this process takes, this is the focus of Li Qingan's concern.

Just as the Hu businessmen were coming, several officials of the city bureau rushed in the distance, and they bowed to Li Qingan, "I've seen the general!" ”

Li Qing'an saw that one of them was holding a roll of yellow paper notices in his hand, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "But the notice of the official circulation of silver coins?" ”

The official of the city bureau was surprised: "How does the general know? ”

"The Holy Lord told me about this yesterday, so go and announce it!"

Several officials immediately ran to the gate and began to paste and paste the notices on the walls, and the merchants rushed to them, and in a moment they surrounded the notices.

Someone read aloud: "I Datang gold and silver money, cast for a long time, because of the small amount, so far reduced to a collection, food is difficult to use, but Xihu silver money rolling in, full of Fang, the city people sell privately, corrupt the money system, rather than blocking it to disadvantages, it is better to neglect it to benefit, now hereby issued an edict, ordering the whole country, quasi-Tianbao gold and silver money circulation in the Tang Dynasty, the size and style are like copper coins, with a penny of silver to a hundred copper coins, with a penny of money to a thousand copper coins, the following money samples, hereby order the whole country, not to shirk and refuse, the world's gold and silver are minted by the official furnace, and Fan Yang, Outside the three sections of Anxi and Longyou, the people are not allowed to cast privately, and those who violate the order will be punished with a felony, and they will be punished with a felony! The seventh day of the first month of the 11th year of Tianbao"

Under the notice, there are three kinds of money samples of Tianbao gold, silver and copper, not only in the east and west markets, but also in Chang'an, and this notice has been pushed to the whole country, and a currency reform has begun to quietly spread in Datang.

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(To be continued)