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The State Guest House received news again the next day that Jubao Qianzhuang had released rumors that it would no longer promise any loans to the vassal states for the time being, which also meant that the old days when the vassal states ate their grain were gone forever. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In some eras, the opium of the money village is the same as that of later generations, it is still addictive, most of the vassal countries are poor, and the kings are even more extravagant, and they can be restrained at the beginning, but since they have the money village, even the last bit of restraint has come to naught, after all, the people in power have no scruples, there is an inexhaustible money bag, and they are naturally unwilling to lose themselves anymore, plus the connection between the royal families and the nobility is getting closer and closer, and the idea of comparing with each other is also intensifying, Not to mention the fact that long-standing racial hatred has been fuelled by war, which has become synonymous with luxury in the South Seas, and is now almost three to five times more expensive than a war of the same magnitude a decade ago.

The entire Nanyang countries were not spared, many feudal kings were heavily indebted, and the merchant houses carrying the goods of the Ming Dynasty were dumped everywhere, which made the internal contradictions of the countries also sharpened, and the uprisings occurred one after another, and in order to suppress the popular uprising, they had to borrow a lot of money.

Although everyone knows that this is to quench thirst by drinking, not a long-term solution, but they can't take care of it now, and who wants to take care of it later.

Jubao Qian Zhuang almost responded to the requirements of various countries, at first it was only a loan of 50,000 or 100,000 yuan, and then everyone's appetite became bigger and bigger, for example, a few months ago, a large loan, Annan once borrowed 470,000 taels of silver, this shocking figure, even far beyond the tax of Annan for a year, and Annan and Zhenla have been in a fierce war for a long time, the reason why they dare to borrow such a large amount of silver, just with a kind of luck, hoping that this silver can be like a tiger with wings, completely wipe out the Zhenla country, at that time, After opening up the territory and expanding the territory, Annam was able to plunder the wealth of Zhenla and pay off the debts.

Annan is planning to do so, and the rival Zhenla is also playing the same abacus, these two tiger wolves of the South Seas have reached the point of exhaustion, they are crumbling, and their opponents have been extremely weak, and everyone hopes that they will survive in this race battle that is a matter of life and death.

Endless silver money to buy all kinds of luxury goods and firearms, and then endless arrears, and these borrowed silver, and then through porcelain, silk, firearms, iron and other trade and then flow back to Lianzhou, every year there are hundreds of millions of taels of silver are out of the money village in this way, into the South Seas, and then in a variety of transactions, and finally back to the hands of Lianzhou merchants, merchants need silver tickets to trade with people, so the mountains of silver back to the silver treasury of Jubao Village.

But now the money village suddenly tightened the loan, these princes who have been accustomed to lavish money suddenly became nervous, from thrift to luxury is easy to thrift from luxury to thrift, now most of the vassal countries are to borrow loans, otherwise they don't know how to repay this huge interest every year, just like this Annan country, now has a loan of 1.7 million taels of silver, and needs to repay more than 300,000 taels of silver interest every year, and the annual tax of Annan is only this number, in previous years, It's a big deal to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to make up for this shortfall, but now that this source of wealth has been lost, then the vassal states will have to repay the loan and maintain the needs of the war, and even more need to satisfy the luxury of the princes and nobles, so they must increase taxes crazily, and once the tax increases sharply, it will immediately trigger a civil uprising, in this case, it is almost a fatal blow to the vassal states.

Not long after the news of Qianzhuang came out, the guest house was already in chaos, especially several Nanyang powers could not bear it at this time, the king of Annan came to Lianzhou in person, the purpose of this time was actually to discuss the loan with the king of Chu, now for Annan, the progress of the war is actually not important, the so-called war is nothing more than throwing money, who has more money, who has abundant financial resources, and whoever can hold out until the end is the winner, so he received the news, and immediately set off from Thang Long Mansion, In order to expect to get the financial support of the Chu State.

But who would have thought that the financial support was not seen, but Qian Zhuang first came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, this matter is too big, it is related to his Li Dynasty's notice in Annan, Annan is now at the end of the strong crossbow, years of conquest have made the people have been overwhelmed, and a large number of loans although drinking to quench thirst must be able to continue the life of the small court, once the loan is gone, then he is afraid that the dragon chair will not sit very stable.

Li Hui has become an ant on a hot pot, immediately after the announcement of the matter with a few ministers to discuss, several ministers are obviously very consistent, lost the support of the bank, Annan is very likely to fall into a situation of no return, the annual tax simply can not support the need to continue the war, even if it is with the Zhenla country to turn the war into a jade silk, but after so many years of conquest, so many strong men have died, the fields are so barren, and the treasury is empty, and the firearms that have been bought at a huge cost have to be put into storage, The final result is no longer as simple as the withering of people's livelihood.

Of course, Li Hui can also realize the seriousness of the problem, and the shopkeeper on the Qian Zhuang's side has now been invited here.

Jubao Qianzhuang is headquartered in Beijing, there are more than 70 branches in the world, located in all parts of the world, but although there are many branches, the three real profitable money banks are only distributed in Lianzhou, Jiangning and Jingshi, Jingshi and Jiangning needless to say, in fact, Lianzhou is also extremely important, here businessmen gather, and there are a large number of vassal demand, the world has more than 30% of the lending transactions are completed here.

Therefore, most of the money shopkeepers in Lianzhou are capable people transferred from the Beijing Division, and as long as there are no accidents, sooner or later they will join the Beijing Division to take over the position of the chief treasurer of the Qian Village.

The shopkeeper of Lianzhou Qianzhuang is called Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen is now high-spirited, in fact, he has just come out of the palace, and discussed with the king of Chu and several ministers of parliament for half an hour in the political axe, and now he was invited just out of the palace.

Li Hui politely invited Zhang Chen to drink tea, and barely squeezed out a smile, but this smile is a little hypocritical, but there are not many language barriers to negotiation between the two sides, whether it is Korea or Annam, Chinese is a compulsory course for the princes, that is, in North Korea, although the North Korean script and language have been invented, but the princes and nobles still use the Korean accent of Chinese and Chinese characters to communicate, Li Hui is a royal family, naturally fluent Chinese, he is now over forty years, but the health is not very good, all the way to the journey, After being frightened by this news, he looked even older, and after repeated affection, Li Hui said: "Jubao Qianzhuang and Annan have always cooperated happily, and many businesses in Annan have also provided many conveniences in Qianzhuang over the years. When Li Hui said this, he tried his best to show a kind look, and continued: "If there is anything difficult about the money bank, or if you feel that the profit is low, you can discuss it. ”

Zhang Chen straightened his face and said in a businesslike tone: "Qianzhuang has indeed had a lot of business in Annan over the years, and His Royal Highness has also taken care of Jubao Qianzhuang, and Qianzhuang is grateful. But ......" Zhang Chen immediately smiled and said: "It is the idea of the chief treasurer of the Jingshi to stop the matter of the vassal state to sue for loans, and the contemptible people are helpless. ”

His words blocked Li Hui's mouth, he couldn't be the master of this matter at all, it was the meaning of the Jingshi headquarters, Li Hui's side of the domain, can't find the Jingshi?

And since people have already issued an order, how easy is it to ask them to change their order every day?

Li Hui's face couldn't help but be solemn, and he was silent for a long time and said, "In this way, there is really no room for maneuver?" Didn't Qian Zhuang understand Annan's difficulties at all? Li Hui's face was covered with frost, and his tone did not have the previous politeness, first salute and then soldier, after all, this money bank also has a lot of business in Annam, operating more than 30 minerals and some other businesses, if the money village does not leave any affection, Li Hui even plans to retaliate.

Of course, Zhang Chen understood Li Hui's words, he almost didn't hesitate, and said: "Of course the contemptible people know the difficulties of Annan, but at the moment, the contemptible people really have no choice, besides, this is also what the king of Chu meant." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and moved Liu Chengfeng out, but he also had a-for-tat meaning, if you dare to retaliate against Qian Zhuang, it is tantamount to offending the King of Chu, behind the King of Chu is the Ming Dynasty, you have the ability to move and see.

Li Hui couldn't help frowning when he heard this, if it was a few years ago, he was not too afraid of the threat of the Ming court, although Annan was a small country, but if the Ming wanted to make a move on Annan, at least 300,000 troops were prepared, as long as he didn't do it to the Ming first, he believed that the Ming court would never provoke Annan.

But now it's different, now the fierce war between Annan and Zhenla has weakened the national strength to the extreme, and if the Ming court wants to retaliate against Annan, even a soldier doesn't have to send it, just give Zhenla enough support, and Annan's temple is in danger of capsizing.

So Zhang Chen's warning was not a joke, Li Hui hurriedly smiled, immediately dissipated the threat of Fang Cai to invisible, and said: "Since it is the intention of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it must be that His Royal Highness the King of Chu has other plans, since this is the case, then find an opportunity, this king will go and interview the King of Chu." ”

In fact, there is another meaning in Zhang Chen's words, that is, it is useless to find Qianzhuang, he must obey the arrangement of Qianzhuang headquarters, and the chief shopkeeper has always looked forward to the king of Chu, and His Royal Highness the king of Chu is the main master, and it is not wrong to find him to solve this matter.

(To be continued)