Gu Shuisheng was not a person who had never seen silver, but looking at a large box full of silver in front of him, his heart still couldn't stop beating. It should be said that this is the first time he has ever had such a large sum of silver taels in his hands.

"Two thousand four hundred taels of silver, one hundred and fifty catties, all ninety-seven coarse silk pine silver. Your shopkeeper Xu is a cheerful person, and I can't be stingy. The negotiated freight rate is not easy to change, and I will do my best in terms of quality. Shopkeeper An stood aside and said, "This time the shipment is all due to him, and remember to help me thank you." Seeing that Gu Shuisheng was young, he always felt a little unreliable, and he held the lid of the camphor wood box in his hand and refused to let go.

Gu Shuisheng picked a piece casually.

Boat-shaped silver ingots, cold in the hand.

Gu Shuisheng checked it, put it back again, and said, "Although my brother Zuo'er ordered me to take care of the house, it is inconvenient to move this silver back for a while." He thought in his heart: when recruiting people, he played the signboard of Renshoutang, but the expenses along the way were Zuo Ge'er's own silver, and the last place to settle down was the inn - that was the Xu family's business. Not to mention the complicated relationship, the key is that this life is not dishonored, how to enter the account if the money is really going to be taken back? How to explain the accounts of Renshoutang to the directors and shareholders?

"The warehouse has been inconvenient these days, and I am afraid that there will be a mistake when I put it outside, after all, it is not a small amount." Gu Shuisheng explained.

Shopkeeper An also breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed the boat down the river and said: "Then I will open a deposit ticket for you, and in the future, you will withdraw the silver with the ticket, and your shopkeeper will also be convenient, and you will also feel at ease." ”

Of course, Gu Shuisheng agreed.

Shopkeeper An said: "You and I often have dealings, and I won't charge you for this deposit." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Gu Shuisheng thanked him: "Shopkeeper An is good at doing business, no wonder the money is rolling." ”

Shopkeeper An knew Gu Shuisheng's status in the Hall of Life, and he also knew that he was a young man who Xu Yuanzuo was very optimistic about, and he knew that he knew the details of the copper, so he rarely gave a smile: "Where can I compare to your shopkeeper?" That's the real little god of wealth in the clouds. ”

Gu Shuisheng smiled. Waiting for the shopkeeper to lock the box, they walked out together, and said: "Shopkeeper An, the little one took the liberty to ask, and asked the shopkeeper to give him a long insight." ”

"You say."

"Why is everyone minting money, and there are not enough copper coins on the market?" Gu Shuisheng asked.

The so-called "everyone" refers to those silver shops. but every shop that can dump silver. All have their own capable town store. In addition to pondering the authenticity of silver, these capable people also have to ponder how to make money with silver. They are the most sensitive businessmen with a keen sense of finance, and they must be able to calculate when they should exchange money for silver, and when they should keep money for money.

"Hey, hey." Shopkeeper An laughed: "Your question is too insincere." ”

"Mochizuki Tower!" Gu Shuisheng Li Cableway.

The two of them got out of the silver shop and went straight to the Moon Tower.

The shopkeeper of Mochizuki Tower has recognized Gu Shuisheng, these days I heard that the little God of Wealth went out to do goods, and this master in Renshoutang spoke with great weight. Although this person is young, Xu Jinglian is not old. Maybe it's because of the fact that people of the same age are closer and entrusted with important tasks.

"Master, please have a private room upstairs!" Xiao Er sang loudly.

Gu Shuisheng let the shopkeeper An in front and went to the private room often.

Unlike other private rooms, this one is separated only by thin panels. Because of the aisle staircase, this room is separated from each other, and the secrecy is the best. Because Xu Yuanzuo likes it here, the shopkeeper will always try not to arrange for others to go in, so as not to Xu Yuanzuo suddenly come.

In fact, it's not because Xu Yuanzuo came too much. It's the shopkeeper's own discovery: as long as Xu Yuanzuo gets this private room, the reward will be extraordinarily high. If you sit in another private room. Maybe not even a tip.

The silver of the white flowers can speak, and it speaks more beautifully than anyone else.

Gu Shuisheng invited the shopkeeper to take a seat, and ordered food casually, there were fish, meat, wine and vegetables, which was definitely hearty. With his current income, even a small landowner with a family of 100 acres will be jealous. And because he was born in a poor family. is also very chic in spending money, as if to compensate for the embarrassment of youth.

Moreover, today's purpose is to show sincerity and increase knowledge.

Shopkeeper An was very satisfied, so he asked someone to drink the snacks sent by Mochizuki Tower. "You want to ask about copper coins?" ”

Gu Shuisheng was overjoyed when he heard this, this was not his question, but this question was more extensive than he asked. He immediately said: "Please also ask the shopkeeper An to give advice." ”

Shopkeeper An squinted and smiled: "I was going to tell your shopkeeper about this, but seeing that you are so sincere, I will talk to you first." Do you know the origin of copper coins? ”

"The little one doesn't know anything, and please start from the beginning, the finer the better." Gu Shuisheng said and poured wine for Shopkeeper An.

Shopkeeper An picked up the wine glass, took a shallow sip, and said: "As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world has begun to use copper and iron as money. Our common square hole money with a round sky was minted by Qin Shi Huang. Since then, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and the style has not changed. Until the two Song Dynasty before and after, Huaxia coinage reached the peak of perfection. ”

"The dynasty is not as good as the weak Song Dynasty?" Gu Shuisheng was quite surprised.

Shopkeeper An nodded slowly: "If you talk about accumulating money, I am really not as good as the officials of the Two Song Dynasty." What's more, the treasure money was passed at the beginning of the dynasty. Merchants can't trade with silver, and the silver ban was lifted during the Tianshun period. In the first year of this year, the imperial court officially issued a decree that goods worth more than one penny of silver can be used for silver money; Goods worth less than one penny of silver can only be used for money, not silver. ”

Gu Shuisheng said: "It turns out that there is such a saying. ”

Shopkeeper An took a sip of wine: "Tsk, we usually don't care, it's just to save trouble." You say that you can't see copper coins on the market, but it's not because the court minted less money - although compared with the Zhao and Song officials, the money minted in two hundred years of the national dynasty is not as much as the two years minted in the Zhao and Song dynasties, but it should be enough, in the end, everyone likes to use silver. ”

Gu Shuisheng poured wine for Shopkeeper An again, and waited patiently for Shopkeeper An to continue.

Shopkeeper An continued: "Mainly, it is that all the copper coins have flowed out. ”

"Where's the stream?" Gu Shuisheng asked.

"Foreign." An shopkeeper said: "The barbarians in the southwest, if there is one, they will not mint money." Dongyi, Korea, and Japan also don't know how to mint money. They don't have to use money to do business, so where does the money come from? Of course, I bought it from my Daming. For example, Japan, you see that we buy hundreds of thousands of catties of copper from them, is it really because they have a lot of copper? ”

Gu Shuisheng was curious: "Isn't it?" ”

Shopkeeper An laughed and said, "They have more silver and less copper. And it's so little! But even if they mine copper ore, they can't make money, and they don't have that craftsmanship! Look at those copper coins that are full of trachoma and can be broken when you shoot them, dare you? So we still have to sell it to us, and then we will smelt the silver from the copper mine, and then cast the copper into money. Sold back to Japan. ”

Gu Shuisheng suddenly realized: "I see, I can still make a lot of money." ”

"Just the money? Ha ha. Shopkeeper An laughed and said, "Let's now, how much is a tael of silver?" ”

"Eight hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars more." Gu Shuisheng replied honestly.

"Do you know how much money you can exchange for a tael of silver in Japan?"

"How much?"

"That's the number." Shopkeeper Ann held up two fingers.

Gu Shuisheng was a little incredulous, and said in a lost voice: "Two hundred? Or? ”

Shopkeeper An nodded heavily, looking at Gu Shuisheng's speechless appearance, and smiled even brighter.

Xiao Er came up to pass the food, which made Gu Shuisheng regain his usual composure.

"Shopkeeper Ann, please use it. Please use it. Gu Shuisheng said courteously.

Shopkeeper An ate a few chopsticks and dishes, and said: "Now that they have lost their throne, the princes are fighting, and one of them is a prince called Oda Nobunaga, who issued a decree last year: A Yongle Tongbao can be exchanged for four evil coins. The bad money they speak of is the bad money minted in their own country. If it is exchanged for two taels of silver, two thousand Yongle Tongbao can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. Isn't that two hundred dollars for a tael? Although the quality of their silver is not good, the quality of our copper coins is not much better. Hahahaha! ”

Gu Shuisheng nodded again and again. Praised: "It's really a good deal, a good deal." ”

Shopkeeper Ann changed his tone. Said: "I wanted to discuss with your shopkeeper to see how to make this big deal." But he ran to Jingshi. ”

"It's okay, when he comes back, there will always be an opportunity to do business." Gu Shuisheng said, and poured wine and cloth dishes for the shopkeeper, and was very attentive.

Wait for the two of them to be full of wine and food. Gu Shuisheng took the banknotes, sent the shopkeeper An home, and then returned to the Xu family's cloth shop.

Cheng Zai is in charge of the daily work of Renshoutang, and Gu Shuisheng is more often in the cloth shop to study the accounts and carefully install people. The old man before the separation. Although the work was not very satisfactory, it developed the ability to communicate with people. If it was in the past, if he wanted to be so stammered, even if he had the heart, he didn't know how to start.

Lying on the bed and resting for a while, Gu Shuisheng turned over and got up, called his apprentice to get a basin of water, and after scrubbing, the whole person was full of energy. He laid out paper and ink, and copied down today's answer to the shopkeeper Ann word for word. After reading it carefully, he copied it cleanly, put it in the envelope and carefully sealed it with wax, and then found someone to send it to Jingshi and presented it to Zuo Ge'er.

"You must hand it over to Zuo Ge'er yourself!" Gu Shuisheng said to the apprentice who came to deliver the letter: "Before I see Zuo Ge'er, this letter must not be left. If there is an accident, even if the letter is burned, no one can see it. ”

The apprentice's eyes were full of solemnity: "People are believing!" If it is not handed over to Zuo Ge'er, I will not come back! ”

"Okay." Gu Shuisheng said: "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"Manager Gu, my name is Xing Mingfan. Bright Ming, mortal mortal. The apprentice said solemnly.

Gu Shuisheng wrote down the essay and handed it to the apprentice on the side: "Go to Brother Lu's place for a business trip, according to the guy's calculation." He said to Xing Mingfan again: "Although you are an apprentice, you will be given a business trip allowance calculated according to the guy, three points a day." It's one or two dollars for two months. ”

"Thank you, Manager Gu!" Xing Mingfan said loudly.

"Be careful about the letter to Zuo Ge'er, and be careful not to ask someone to abduct and sell it." After Gu Shuisheng took care of it carefully, he said: "Our 'manager' here is called Zuo Ge'er, although the others have the manager's brand, they are only called 'brother'." ”

"Yes, Manager Gu." Xing Mingfan is full of energy.

Gu Shuisheng took a breath and didn't say anything more, but he felt that this person was young and strong, and he heard that he had practiced martial arts, so there should be no problem.

- Why hasn't Zoger come back yet!

Gu Shuisheng sighed secretly in his heart, and then thought of an even more fatal question: if Zuo Ge'er came back, he would have to explain to him the progress of his work during this time!

With the spur, Gu Shuisheng began to work more energetically.

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Xu Yuanzuo is a very broad-hearted person. As long as things are arranged, he doesn't worry about accidents.

Some people are cautious and cautious, but they are always accompanied by accidents; Some people have a good fate, they don't worry much at all, and things always go smoothly. Xu Yuanzuo is the latter. After he arranged the affairs of Jiangnan, he even handed over the cash to Gu Shuisheng, but left a letter of Jinshan Island development plan on Chen Yizhi's side, and then left the construction of the base camp behind.

At this moment, he was riding on an old yellow horse, walking gracefully on the last official road to Liaoyang.

This post road is slightly cramped compared to the official road in the south of the Yangtze River, and can only be accompanied by two horses or a car. But it's hard to get as straight as possible. The post stations along the way are more traditional than those in the mainland, and although the post guards also do private work, they are still firmly tied to the post stations. According to the rules, the horses and mules that should be in the post station are basically kept in real numbers.

In contrast, the post stations in Jiangnan have deteriorated and have been gradually replaced by private inns. In some places where it had to be rushed, even the mules and horses were reduced by half.

This may also be the battlefield where Liaodong is still under the control of the capital. The post station was mainly for military tasks, and there were no officials to encroach on the horses and mules of the post station, and the post station resources were used privately, so it could be preserved more similar to the state in the early days of the founding of the country.

In the mouths of many people in later generations, the change of Jiashen is irreversible, and when asked, he said: "The Ming Dynasty is rotten." If you want to ask questions, they will say: "Because the root is rotten, and the rules formulated by Zhu Chongba are rotten...... However, Xu Yuanzuo walked in Liaodong and saw that it was closer to the system when the dynasty was first established two hundred years ago, and he was quite impressed by the freshness.

When Zhu Yuanzhang sent Ma Yun and Ye Wang to lead troops into Liao, Liao became very chaotic: Yuan Pingzhang Gaojianu stuck to Liaoyang Cottage, and the prefect A Tingzhang was stationed in the ancient city of Shenyang. Depend on each other and stand in solidarity with each other. Liaodongwei commander Zhang Liangzuo was originally a subordinate general and capricious.

Although the book only said that Ma Yun and Ye Wang Shishikou landed, by the way, they changed the name to "Lushunkou", and then pacified Liao County. However, if you think about it carefully, being able to sweep away the thieves, lay down such a large piece of land, and firmly control the land that has not been self-sufficient for a long time for 200 years should be worthy of the test saying "merit is in the present and benefit is in the future".

In the past two hundred years, the Mongols have had ups and downs, and the only thing that has not changed is to cause trouble to the Ming border passes. In terms of the entire history of China, this land has not been ruled by the Han since the Tang Dynasty.

"Brother Zuo, Liaoyang City is ahead!" Shi Tie's voice is like a bell, full of excitement to return to his hometown.

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