The news that Ziyang Guan transported back tens of thousands of stone grain beans still spread uncontrollably, but it was slowly forgotten after two days of circulation in Jinling City, and it seemed that tens of thousands of loads of grain were not worthy of the attention of the well-informed and broad Jinling people.

However, the large and small grain merchants outside the city were in a hurry, and successively sent more than a dozen groups of people to investigate in detail, and finally confirmed on the third day that the news of tens of thousands of stone grain was true, and what was even more surprising was that the grain transported to the abandoned Shangyuanmen wharf by water was not tens of thousands of stone millet, but 90,000 stone milled rice, among which there were even some soybeans and white flour.

The four major grain merchants hurriedly gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and had to weigh whether it was worth offending the powerful and boundless Ziyang Temple?

Small and medium-sized grain merchants with little family backgrounds began to deviate from the offensive and defensive alliance headed by the four major grain merchants, quietly canceled grain purchase restrictions, and lowered grain sales prices.

Fortunately, the target of 200 tons of coarse salt in the brick houses behind the creek was not as conspicuous as thousands of tons of grain, and the news spread sporadically was also vague, and no one took it seriously, otherwise it would really be confirmed that 2,800 stone of high-grade sea salt existed in Ziyangguan, I am afraid that the officials at all levels in Jinling City would not be able to sit idly by, and the salt merchants in Yangzhou and Ningshao would also treat Ziyangguan as a rule-breaker.

Zhu Daolin knew that he was now quite famous, so he did not appear in public for a few days, let alone take his eye-catching luxury four-wheeled carriage to Jinling City to wander, he stayed silently in his hut, facing the 'manor architectural plan' roughly drawn by Zhao Xunting, the architect of the Ming Dynasty, and from time to time let the shadow of the Jade Tiger junior brother to call the leaders of craftsmen who were proficient in construction, humbly asked these low-status but experienced experts for advice, and surrounded Zhao Xunting's The manor building plan was repeatedly discussed, and the construction errors of the preliminary works of the wharf were corrected in time, and the original design of the wharf berths was changed from two large and one small to three large and two small, and the overall scale of the wharf was doubled.

Zhu Daolin practiced boxing by the stream without dawn for several days, followed the hidden second master to learn knife techniques, read drawings and listen to reports during the day, drank some wine with the energetic masters and uncles, and made plans at night with the master, and began an hour of spitting practice when the child was approaching, and his life was extremely regular, and he was not in a hurry to go out to sell goods to earn silver.

But Zhu Daolin is not in a hurry, it does not mean that others are not in a hurry, at least the big shopkeeper is more anxious than anyone else.

On the morning of the fifth day, Ying Changpei, who was dressed in a luxurious fur coat, arrived in a car, and came to Zhu Daolin's hut under the guidance of the little Taoist priest, and saw Zhu Daolin smiling at him, he was not angry, but asked in a low voice in confusion: "Brother Xian really transported back 90,000 stone rice and soybean white noodles by water?" ”

Zhu Daolin stepped forward to pull him to sit down, lifted the steaming delicate copper kettle on the small charcoal stove, and made a cup of fragrant tea for him: "It's true, but there is very little white flour, not as much as rumored outside." ”

"In this way, is the rumor that you have also transported thousands of stones of high-grade sea salt?" Ying Changpei continued to ask.

"How can this be? Ridiculous! Absolutely not, buy more than a dozen bags of rough sea salt halfway, how can there be thousands of stones? The rumor-mongers are definitely ill-intentioned, and one day Lao Tzu must strangle him. Zhu Daolin denied it with dignity, as if he had suffered a huge grievance.

Ying Changpei finally put his mind at ease, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and elegantly picked up the teacup: "I haven't said hello when I came back for so many days, but do you know how many big things we have done in conjunction with Qianzhuang in the past half a month?" How many people are waiting for you, a business genius, to make a big splash? What do you think about staying in this shabby house and not showing up? Even if it's just to bring back food this time, no one thinks it shouldn't be, what are you always hiding? ”

Seeing Ying Changpei earnestly using such an inferior temptation method, Zhu Daolin couldn't help but smile and gave him a roll of his eyes: "If you want to ask anything, ask directly, how hard can you use it?" ”

Ying Changpei didn't feel guilty at all: "A gentleman will not be strong, if the virtuous brother doesn't say it, there will naturally be difficulties in not saying it, and the foolish brother still has this bit of elegance, hehe!" ”

Zhu Daolin laughed angrily, and shook his head again and again after laughing: "I'm obeying you on a dog day!" Well, as you wish, this time it was too rushed, and the grain carried was a bit much, and I only brought back less than 120,000 catties of refined brass, next time, next time, ...... more next time"

"Bang-"

The teacup in Ying Changpei's hand fell in response, the hot tea and the brewed tea were sprinkled all over the robe, and the beautiful beard jumped and jumped with the frequent trembling of his lips, and it seemed that even his heartbeat was gone, which looked very scary.

"Don't scare me, okay?"

Zhu Daolin was a little scared when he saw Ying Changpei's reaction so sudden and so strong, if he had a heart attack or cerebral thrombosis or something, there was really no medicine.

Ying Changpei finally exhaled his breath, and his thick chest rose and fell: "Brother Xian, can you say it again, is there really 120,000 catties of brass?" ”

The refined brass that Zhu Daolin said was actually high-purity H90 single-phase brass, and the luster like gold even made Zhu Daolin's heart beat when he first saw it, so he knew very well what the refined brass he brought corresponded to Changpei and the money village of the Ming Dynasty.

In order not to scare Ying Changpei again, Zhu Daolin patiently explained to him: "The unit of measurement of Tianshu Pavilion is different from our Daming side, their 1 catty is 500 grams, each catty is divided into 10 taels, and Daming's 1 catty is slightly heavier, about 595 grams, each catty is divided into 16 taels, this time I bought 140,000 catties from Tianshu Pavilion, and replaced it with Daming's algorithm, about 117,647 catties, this 117,647 catties of high-purity brass, now in the separate house behind our row of houses that has just been built for three days, If the elder brother wants to see it, the younger brother will accompany you after drinking a cup of tea. ”

"What tea do you drink? Come on! Ying Changpei couldn't wait to stand up, ignoring the wet tea leaves on his body.

Zhu Daolin, who had been prepared, took Ying Changpei into the wide brick house that had not dried, and before he could introduce it, Ying Changpei had already pounced, and at least a 25-kilogram copper plate on the top layer was overjoyed:

"It's so beautiful! It's too regular! It's square, it's golden, it's as pure as gold, tsk! This time everyone can rest assured...... No wonder you would rather reduce 40% of the shares of United Shopping Mall to 20%, and also hold 40% of the shares of Qianzhuang, it turned out to be premeditated...... It is true that you should hold forty percent of the shares, and you should be the major shareholder of this unprecedented big money bank, not to mention anything else, as long as Grandpa Guo and Marquis Zhang take a look at this gold-like copper plate, they will definitely lose their temper than me, even if you have more requirements, they will satisfy you......"

"Did you finish? Why didn't you find out that you were a mother-in-law before? Zhu Daolin really couldn't stand the man's nagging.

Ying Changpei laughed, and naturally held the copper plate in his arms: "I'll take this copper plate back first, and you can take care of the rest, such a valuable thing is money!" It's so ...... that you put it in this thatched-roof house It's so imprudent that it seems that I will have to turn back immediately after I go back, and all of them will be transported back to the newly expanded basement of Qianzhuang by horse-drawn cart to rest assured. ”

Zhu Daolin knew that there was no reason to talk about it at this time, so he simply opened a sack from the foot of the wall in front of him: "Put it in and then take it to the carriage, if you carry it out, turn two corners and walk dozens of steps across the small bridge, and finally send it to the carriage, I bet there are at least 3,000 people watching you along the way." ”

"Yes, yes! Or are you thoughtful. ”

Ying Changpei happily put the copper plate in his arms into the sack, tightened the mouth of the bag repeatedly, and then stood two steps away: "You have great strength, you carry it to the carriage with me, my hand is a little wrong." ”

Zhu Daolin was completely speechless, so he had to carry a sack and pull him out together, and after locking the door, he asked solemnly: "Are all the capital of all the shareholders of the money bank in place?" ”

Ying Changpei replied proudly: "Don't worry, my Ying family's 1 million taels, Wei Guogong's 1 million taels, Zhang Houye's 500,000 taels, and Nanjing Tongyuan Bureau's Wu eunuch Wu Gonggong's 500,000 taels have already gathered, your 2 million taels don't need to be in a hurry, it's not too late to wait for these hundreds of thousands of catties of copper plates to be shipped back." ”

"However, there is something to tell you, Grandpa Guo and Marquis Zhang both feel that the name 'United Qianzhuang' is too rustic, a few days ago they went to the cold house together to toast with their father, and they had to ask their father to change the name of Qianzhuang, and my father repeatedly refused, so he had to write the word 'Bofu', and Grandpa Guo and Marquis Zhang applauded repeatedly, and immediately let people rush to the Tongyuan Bureau on the east side of Dazhong Bridge with these two words, and Gonggong Wu also said yes after reading it, so it was decided."

"You must not have other ideas, the name 'Bofu' is auspicious and elegant, in line with the five elements, which means that it is prosperous and prosperous, and it is indeed much stronger than your two words of union."

How did Zhu Daolin know so many bends, and after asking Ming Yingchang how to write the word Bofu, he generously agreed: "Bofu is Bofu, I have no opinion, how are the general numbers of Qianzhuang and the semicolons doing?" ”

Ying Chang Peile haha replied: "The progress is faster than you ask, the general number is located in the Wenshu Monastery in the north of Huaiqing Bridge, and my family' Bao Yue Xuan "across the bridge, half a month ago the wall was demolished, the front of the door is wide and flat to park ten carriages, the three-storey main building and the two sides of the side rooms have been rebuilt pavement has been completed, after the two rows of ear rooms in the backyard are repaired, hundreds of men and nurses can live, together with the wall has been thickened and heightened, very magnificent!" ”

"The other eight branches distributed in the city and outside the city are the original money villages, and they can be operated by changing the plaque of the 'Bofu' branch, but the branches of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ning, Shao, Songjiang, Shanghai and Beijing that you require are still in preparation, but you will come back soon, and at the latest in three months, ten branches outside Jinling can be opened one after another."

"Dare to wait for me to transport back this batch of copper plates!" Zhu Daolin said with a smile.

Ying Changpei didn't blush: "Who made you a major shareholder?" If you didn't get back 300,000 catties of copper plates every year, who would dare to invest such a large cost? Just the Jinling general number and eight semicolons invested 5 million taels of silver! ”

"When the ten branches outside Jinling are all done, the total capital is tens of millions of taels of silver, and no one in the entire Ming Dynasty has such a strong capital, no, the Jinling general number has not yet opened, and it has caused a sensation in all directions!"

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied: "Good job, hard work!" I will meet everyone's request as soon as possible, and strive to bring back 500,000 pounds of copper plates of the same texture next time, so that everyone can put their hearts in their stomachs! By the way, will these copper plates be sent to Wu Gonggong's copper yuan bureau in the end? ”

Ying Changpei leaned forward and lowered his voice to report carefully: "Letting the Tongyuan Bureau cast 'Chongzhen Tongbao' on behalf of the Tongyuan Bureau is a prudent decision made by my father and Grandpa Guo, Marquis Zhang, and Grandpa Wu to discuss and weigh repeatedly, and it is a matter of royal decency, so I have to give some benefits to the current saint, but at most half of it will be sent, and the other half will be brought by ourselves." ”

"Gonggong Wu has already selected dozens of skilled old craftsmen and sent them to the Fangshan Manor casting workshop of Wei Guogong, and now the copper material has arrived, and in less than ten days, you can see the 'Chongzhen Tongbao' that is far superior to any copper coin on the market circulating in the world!"

"Grandma's a bear, that's okay?" This time it was Zhu Daolin's turn to be dumbfounded.

After sending off the shopkeeper Ying, Zhu Daolin no longer worried about the sequelae of grain and sea salt, and began to walk around the Ziyang Guanhe Manor and the wharf construction site with great interest.

On the way, he met the child who was hiding from him in the anxious shouts of the parents, Zhu Daolin immediately showed a kind smile that was rare for outsiders, and he didn't care how dirty the child was, how long the snot was on the lips and chin, and stepped forward to lovingly pick up the panicked and timid child, and two seconds before the child was about to grin and cry, he amazingly conjured a white rabbit toffee.

The end result is undoubtedly more moving and real than the news broadcast hundreds of years later:

The child drooled and stared at the beautiful and attractive milk candy packaging, and the vast number of craftsmen and poor people of all ages who were watching were either nervous, or dumbfounded, or happy and laughing, or deeply moved with tears in their eyes, and our little Zhu Daochang naturally stuffed the milk candy into the child's dirty hands, put down the child with a hearty smile, and did not forget to touch the child's little head with great kindness before leaving.

This kind of moving scene of everyone's attention and heartfelt love made Zhu Daolin feel very relaxed, and the only regret was that when he came back to take a bath, he was scolded by the master Qingxuan Daochang, who came with the fragrance of fine wine:

"You scumbag! I actually used Lao Tzu's Shuanggou Daqu to kill lice during the festival and was reluctant to drink more, I reminded you as early as yesterday, don't hug those children who are covered with lice and fleas, you just don't listen to it, and you don't have lice on your body, you dare to take ten taels of silver and can't buy a bottle of wine to spoil it......"

In order to seal the master's mouth and prevent other uncles, uncles and brothers from knowing about his ruined behavior, Zhu Daolin, who was full of mellow wine after taking a lice eradication bath, had no choice but to sneak back to his nest, took out two boxes of celadon double-grooved Daqu from the 100 boxes of celadon double-grooved Daqu hidden in the King Kong circle, and quietly stuffed them under the master's couch full of remorse.