Feng Mi, the deputy left-behind guard of the Eastern Capital, who played the role of welcoming guests at the scene, walked up and bowed: "Brother Ma, don't come here okay, are you okay?" Feng really didn't expect that Brother Ma would come, and he was far away! ”

Feng Mizi Shuwen, a native of Yangzhou, is the son of Feng Lingyuan, the former secretary of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the half-brother of the privy envoy Feng Yansi. In the early years of Baoda, he started as a member of the Zhongshu She, served as a military supervisor, and had been serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and was appointed as the deputy guard of the Eastern Capital a year ago.

According to historical records, Feng Mi was captured by the Later Zhou Dynasty in the fourteenth year of Baoda (956 AD) and stayed in Bianjing for three years. In the fifth year of Xiande (958 AD), he returned to the Southern Tang Dynasty and was the secretary of the household department, and made the Song Dynasty several times. Later, he was reappointed as an observer in Changzhou until his death. He wrote "Feng Yanlu Anthology", which was scattered when the Southern Tang Dynasty died. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was a volume of poems and more than 100 poems, but they also do not exist.

"The villain is a civilian, how dare he bother Lord Feng? In the past few days, I have been trying my best to raise money, and I have neglected to reply to the post, so I will not tell you today, please understand. Ma Yan was courteous and thoughtful, and saluted Feng Mi and the surrounding officials one by one.

"Then Brother Ma, please take care of yourself and welcome the other VIPs below." Feng Mi is completely a poet of the Feng family, and after giving another salute in a regular manner, he turned around and left in a chic manner.

"Yo, isn't this the son of the Ma Xiang family? Do you know what you're going to do today? Could it be that Ling Zun still left a large inheritance for you? A slightly sharp voice came, and a purple-robed official with a big belly shook in front of Ma Yankuan, his face full of disdain and disgust. This person is Jiangdu Shaoyin Zhangsui, this person had an unhappy relationship with Ma Renyu, and he was the first to jump out.

The Southern Tang Dynasty imitated the system of the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty to build the eastern and western capitals, and the Taiwan Baisi was placed in Yangzhou, Shangshu Province and its six departments, the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Guozijian were all available, and the Eastern Capital stayed behind to preside over the daily work in Yangzhou on behalf of the central government. At the same time, Yangzhou also has a sequence of local governors such as Thorn History, Shao Yin, Bei Jia, Chang Shi, and Sima, which are basically similar to the relationship between the provincial government and the municipal government of modern provincial capitals. In addition, the Southern Tang Dynasty also placed high-ranking officials in the scattered ranks of the Eastern Capital. In a word, there may not be much else in this eastern capital, that is, there are many officials!

However, after Li Hongyi came to the Eastern Capital as the de facto crown prince, at the suggestion of Song Qiqiu, on the one hand, in order to keep a low profile, on the other hand, for the convenience of control, two sets of bureaucratic teams were often arranged to discuss and work together.

"Xie Lu Xie Zhang is concerned, my father did leave us a little inheritance, and I really dare not compare it with Lord Zhang's Wanguan family property." Ma Yankuan replied without being arrogant or humble. This is also Ma Yankuan's coping strategy to discuss with Yan Chenxing, Kang Renjie and others, rather than waiting for others to suspect and frame Ma Xiangxiang, it is better to say it first, but not too many people will take it seriously.

Zhang Sui, who thought that Ma Yankuan would try his best to defend himself, was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "No, Ma Xiangxiang has been honest all his life, how is this possible?" ”

Ma Yankuan was noncommittal and said lightly: "Of course, not all of them were left by my father, and the elders who had been helped by my father also funded a little bit. ”

Zhang Sui snorted and was about to speak, but was stopped by Tang Hao, who was left behind in the Eastern Capital to arrive: "Brother Zhang, those who come today are all future colleagues, so don't lose your courtesy." After speaking, Tang Hao nodded slightly to Ma Yankuan, and said in a loud voice: "The time has come, please line up to greet His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

The officials and businessmen present hurriedly stood solemnly, watching the heroic Li Hongyi and the immortal Song Qiqiu appear in front of the lobby, and they all praised and saluted. Li Hongyi did not speak, bowed his head slightly, pointed at Song Qiqiu with his hand, and signaled that he would preside over the shareholder recruitment.

Song Qiqiu's first sentence defined the Dongdu Bank: "Dongdu Bank will be the official bank in charge of Shangshu Province in the Tang Dynasty, and it is initially planned to raise 3 million yuan, and the official will account for 30% of the shares, and the rest of the shareholders shall not exceed 20%. The top five shareholders become the principals of the bank. Now, please give us a list of the number you are going to issue. ”

There were not a few fools in the audience, especially some well-informed people who had already learned that the so-called official contribution was actually paid by Li Hongyi, Song Qiqiu, Tang Hao and several other Liao Liao people, plus the officials and gentry promised to give Li Hongyi a 10% share, Li Hongyi's actual proportion is definitely more than 20%, and he is the de facto largest shareholder.

"Seventy-five thousand!"

"150,000!"

"300,000 times!"

"300,000 times!"

……

The shouts on the scene came and went, and everyone knew that even if there was more money and more ideas, it was only shouted out of the proportion of one percent of the shares.

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!" A voice that was not too loud suddenly attracted everyone's attention, it was Ma Yankuan, who was standing alone in the corner.

Zhang Sui's face was crooked, he worked hard to scrape together money these days, sold a small mansion, and only got 60,000 yuan in cash, and forced several rich people to borrow 15,000 yuan from him to make up half of the share capital, how could this famous poor sour be possible? He immediately shouted in a strange voice: "Does your Ma family have so much money?" Take it out and take a look! ”

Ma Yankuan took out an iron bill from his arms and held it up in front of his eyes to show it to everyone.

Zhang Sui rushed over and found that this was a certificate issued by Sheng Yunlai, the largest flying money shop in the city, with the words "500,000 yuan, see the ticket and get the money".

"Impossible, Ma Renyu can't have so much money no matter how much he wants, do you have a rich man in your Ma family? There must be something wrong with your money! King Yan, Song Gong, and Dongdu Bank can't collect unclear money! Zhang Sui was so anxious that his face was distorted, and he turned his head and shouted towards the main hall.

"Roaring in front of King Yan, what kind of system is it?!" Song Qiqiu scolded, turned to Ma Yankuan, and asked gently, "May I ask Brother Ma can tell me the source of this money?" ”

Ma Yankuan's appearance here was already very unexpected to Song Qiqiu. The invitation list was jointly drawn up by Song Qiqiu and Tang Hao, in order to block the mouth of the people of the world, the two decided to draw representatives of all strata of the Eastern Capital to send invitations in a small area, especially to avoid possible political enemies, the wrong way to the tycoon, and the amount of capital contribution of each invited object was basically determined. Ma Yankuan is a typical representative of the descendants of famous old ministers in the previous dynasty, and it was originally used as a cover, who knows that Ma Yankuan is not only here, but also has abundant funds, which is really confusing.

Ma Yankuan arched his hand and said calmly: "Part of this money is my father's inheritance, and part of it is funded by my father's friends, and there is nothing to be told about. As long as every person who contributes money in the bank writes down the source of his money and can stand up to verification, the villain will naturally not have the slightest concealment. ”

This counterattack that is neither soft nor hard made everyone at the scene stunned, more than half of the scene has official positions, how many can ensure that their sources of money are clean? Even Li Hongyi, who was sitting on the high platform, was personally allocated by the saint every year, where did he get hundreds of thousands of yuan?

Li Hongyi coughed lightly, and Song Qiqiu immediately laughed and said: "The money in the bank is taken from the people and will be used by the people." As long as everyone ensures that the source is legitimate, it can be used. This matter needs not be discussed again. Does anyone else contribute to it? ”

"I'll give 600,000!" A thin black man sitting in the corner on the other side said in a deep voice, it was Zhang Renfang, a well-known tycoon in the Eastern Capital, who was also the main private leader of the bank's fundraising.

So far, except for some weak investors who have been excluded, all shareholders have been properly arranged, and Li Hongji, Zhang Renfang, Fang Yankuan, Song Qiqiu, and Tang Hao have become the top five shareholders and officially become the head of the bank. However, discerning people also know that the other three are all high-ranking officials, and it is impossible for them to come to the stage, and Zhang Renfang and Fang Yankuan will naturally become the de facto heads of the bank.

Song Qiqiu frowned slightly, signaled the scene to calm down, and said in a loud voice: "Starting money is the most critical problem of Dongdu Bank, and this biggest problem has been solved, so let's ...... it next."

At this time, Ma Yankuan stood up and interrupted Song Qiqiu's words: "Song Gong, please understand, the villain has a little discussion!" ”