On the royal street of Tokyo, with the sound of a long string of firecrackers, the Tokyo headquarters of the Daesong Bank finally opened, and I saw that the front door of the bank was crowded with people, among which there was an endless stream ......of congratulatory people, and most of them were famous people in Tokyo, among which there were businessmen and nobles, and they were able to invite so many people to come, which shows the strength of this bank.

Cao Song stood in front of the gate of the bank with a smile, greeting the guests who came to congratulate, from the morning to the present, the smile on his face has almost not been broken, and now he feels that his face is about to stiffen, but today is a happy day, so he not only has to laugh, but also laughs sincerely, so as not to make people think that he is slow to treat the guests.

Finally, when the guests were almost here, and the auspicious time for the opening of the bank was about to arrive, Cao Song was about to go back to drink saliva and announce the opening, but at this moment, I saw two carriages parked in front of the bank, and then I saw Zhao Yan take Su Shi, Zhang Zai, Shen Kuo and others to get off the carriage and come over.

Although Cao Song knew that Zhao Yan would come, he didn't expect him to bring so many people at once, you must know that Su Shi and Zhang Zai, Shen Kuo and others are either famous or in important positions, it can be said that they are very prestigious among scholars, although there are many people who come to congratulate today, but there is only a lack of scholars like Su Shi and them, so Cao Song is also surprised and excited, and immediately stepped forward to greet him excitedly, with a sincere smile on his face.

"Brother Jiu'er, congratulations!" Zhao Yan saw that Cao Song didn't have any nonsense, just congratulate him directly, but Su Shi, Zhang Zai and others around him all stepped forward to say some words of congratulations, which made Cao Song also very happy, but at the same time he was also a little confused, it is said that with the identity of Su Shi and others, it seems that it is not suitable to participate in this kind of bank opening activity. It will even be considered a downgrade by the reader, after all, the reader has never had a good impression of businessmen, I really don't know how Zhao Yan persuaded them?

Cao Song thought that Zhao Yan and the others were already the last guests, and he just wanted to welcome them in to prepare for the opening, but at this moment, he suddenly saw another carriage coming. And when Zhao Yan and Cao Song saw this carriage, they were both stunned, because they recognized this as Zhao Ji's carriage at a glance.

Sure enough, as soon as the carriage stopped, the long and jade Zhao Ji jumped down from the carriage, and then a tall middle-aged man and a relatively thin young man also jumped off the carriage, and Zhao Yan couldn't help but squint his eyes when he saw these two people, because these two people were Wang Anshi and Wang Yan's father and son who had only been in Beijing for a long time.

Speaking of which, after Wang Anshi was appointed by Zhao Shu as a scholar of Hanlin, although the scholars outside felt that the imperial court was wasting talents. With Wang Anshi's ability, he must at least hold a position of real power to exert his talents, not a noble official like Hanlin Bachelor, for this reason, those young scholars almost made a storm again, but fortunately, Zhao Yan diverted the attention of these people with Jiaozhi.

However, compared with the turmoil in the outside world, Wang Anshi himself seemed very calm, and he did not have any objections to the appointment of the imperial court, even when he heard the outside world talking about him. He also took the initiative to tell his friends that changing the law is not a trivial matter. It is also normal for the court to be cautious about changing the law, so there is no need to doubt the court because of this, he believes that one day the court will understand his painstaking intentions.

Of course, Wang Anshi did not wait passively, at least Zhao Yan knew that Wang Anshi had been understanding all aspects of the Great Song Dynasty during this time, and was actively preparing for his change. In addition, Wang Anshi and Zhao Ji are also very close, and even legend has it that Wang Anshi sometimes talks to Zhao Ji thoroughly, today Zhao Yan saw Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi father and son riding in the same car, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, it seems that Wang Anshi has put the hope of changing the law on Zhao Ji. In case Zhao Shu dies one day, I'm afraid that the change will also begin.

Although he was very worried, but Zhao Yan did not show his face, but stepped forward to greet Zhao Yan very enthusiastically, Cao Song saw that Zhao Yan and Wang Anshi were also here, and he was even more happy at the moment, after all, the identity of these two people is even more extraordinary, they can come here today, it will definitely cause a lot of sensation in the capital, which is also more conducive to the spread of the bank's fame.

"Big brother, why do you have time to come here?" Zhao Yan stepped forward and said with a smile, in fact, Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji are both major shareholders of the bank, but the Cao family does not have many shares in the bank, just temporarily entrusted Cao Song to manage, today's bank opened, Cao Song also gave Zhao Ji an invitation, but it was only etiquette, because everyone knew that Zhao Ji was very busy, I am afraid that there was no time to participate in the opening of the bank.

"Hehe, there are a lot of shares in the bank, of course I want to come and see it when it opens today, and Mr. Linchuan is also very interested in the bank after hearing about the bank, so I came with him." Zhao Ji replied with a smile, but his previous words must have been just perfunctory, and the later sentence about Wang Anshi was the real reason why he came here, especially in the end, he said that he was to accompany Wang Anshi, not to bring Wang Anshi, so it can be seen that coming here is exactly what Wang Anshi meant.

Thinking that Wang Anshi could already influence Zhao Yan's decision, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, but then he smiled at Wang Anshi again: "I didn't expect Mr. Linchuan to be interested in this small bank, which really surprised this king!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of the County is polite, when the prince and I were chatting, I once talked about the idea of the prince of the county in the Western Xia, and the old man also agreed with it, thinking that the bank will have an immeasurable impact on all aspects of my Great Song Dynasty, and the bank is open today, so the old man built His Royal Highness the Prince to come and take a look!" Wang Anshi was also very polite to Zhao Yan, he now knew that Zhao Yan did not support his change of the law, but this was just a difference in political opinion, Wang Anshi also admired Zhao Yan's talent very much, and even had the intention of persuading Zhao Yan to change his mind.

For Wang Anshi, Zhao Yan also admired his character very much, so he also said a few polite words at this time, and then Cao Song stepped forward and asked them to enter the bank to watch the ceremony together, after all, the auspicious time has arrived, and it is not good if you miss the auspicious time.

I don't know when the opening ceremony began to appear, anyway, when the merchants opened at this time in the Song Dynasty, they had to have a lively and good fortune, and the rich and powerful merchants would even invite some dragon and lion dances or jugglers to perform, in order to attract some popularity, even if it was a small businessman, at least they would pull a firecracker to make an auspicious picture.

Of course, businesses like banks are naturally the top businessmen of the Great Song Dynasty, and even Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji brothers have shares in it, so the opening ceremony will naturally not be small, just the dragon and lion dance team invited a lot, in addition to jugglers performing, attracting a lot of people to watch, and at the end of the ceremony, Cao Song personally lit a firecracker about ten zhang long, and the last half of the street was the red confetti of firecrackers.

With the end of the ceremony, Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan took the lead in depositing a smile of money to the bank, which can be regarded as support for the bank, since even the two of them have expressed their position, then the other guests who came today will naturally not come empty-handed, and have deposited money in the bank, and even some businessmen who are relatively tight on hand have directly borrowed money in the bank, and they have also heard from businessmen and friends who have been to Xixia that the bank can lend to the outside world, and the interest charged is several times lower than the loan issued by the temple, coupled with the strong background of the bank, So they are naturally willing to come to the bank to borrow money to tide over the difficulties.

The shopkeeper of Furui Silk Village is one of the businessmen who came to the bank to borrow money, his silk village is one of the famous silk villages in the capital, many dignitaries and dignitaries like to order some silk in his family's Zhuangzi, but some time ago he was unlucky, from Shuzhong and Hangzhou to set two batches of silk and satin actually had an accident, among which the batch of silk in Shu took the waterway, and encountered a hundred years of rare wind and waves, the guide zhì boat overturned into the river, a boat of silk and satin were soaked in water, and could not be sold at any price, as for the goods in Hangzhou were even more miserable, As soon as he left Hangzhou, there was an accidental fire, and the silk of dozens of carts was burned to ashes.

Originally, with the family background of the shopkeeper Xu, the accident of the two batches of goods made him hurt his muscles and bones at most, but it was not enough to borrow, but some time ago he saw that there were business opportunities in Xixia, so he invested a lot of money into it, and now it is the tightest time in his hands, if he can't find the money, maybe his silk village will collapse.

It is also very normal for businessmen to turn around for a while, Xu shopkeeper wanted to borrow money from a few business friends, but unfortunately, these friends are the same as him, they also invested a lot of money in Xixia, and now they want to withdraw to help him is also powerless, as a result, in this case, Xu shopkeeper can only go to borrow, the lending industry of the Great Song Dynasty has been controlled by the temple, as long as it is a larger temple, there are special usury institutions, and it is also known as the "Changsheng Library", and the money lent is naturally Changsheng money, Nominally, it raised money for the repair of the temple, but in fact it was one of the main sources of income for the temple.

Although the Buddha has always shown mercy, but the usury operated by the temple of the Great Song Dynasty is not merciful at all, many people are because of the loan shark of the temple, after the interest rate, in the end they can't afford to pay it back, and there are a lot of people who are ruined and killed, so the shopkeeper Xu is also very worried about this, for fear that after borrowing usury from the temple, there will be a few more vampires on the body, in case something goes wrong in the middle, I am afraid that their Xu family will be finished.

However, when the shopkeeper Xu hesitated, he overheard the news of the bank, and the steward he sent to Xixia also mentioned to him the bank's affairs in Xixia, and even his steward had already borrowed a sum of money from the bank in Xixia, and the interest rate was much lower than the temple's longevity treasury, so when he knew that the bank was opening in the capital, he immediately ran to congratulate him, and then borrowed a sum of money for turnover, and with such a low interest, even if there was any accident, he could withstand it. (To be continued......)