"Third prince, these people pile up so many gold, silver and copper coins, is it just for show? Zhao Yong asked.

The gold, silver and copper coins placed in the halls of the money village on both sides of the street did not shock Zhao Yong, and to put it mildly, the total annual sales amount of Zhao Jiaren's commercial base in Lin'an was close to one million yuan. As the person in charge, Zhao Yong is not so sensitive to money.

"How do you know that their gold and silver ingots are not hollow inside?" Zhao Jiaren asked with a relaxed expression.

Zhao Yong didn't react for a while, and was using his brain to associate the 'hollow ingot'. Bu Ruyan has already snorted and was amused. She probably felt that her laughing out loud would affect her image too much, so she took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and smiled.

Affected by such a joyful emotion, Zhao Yong also smiled. However, he himself was not amused, but said with a wry smile: "Won't it be too much trouble to cast hollow ingots." ”

Zhao Jiaren said this, in fact, he did not mean to mock. Because he was deeply impressed by Archimedes' story about buoyancy, Zhao Jiaren easily thought of hollow gold and silver. At this time, Zhao Yong was serious, and Zhao Jiaren's thinking quickly became serious. He changed his rhetoric and chose another one, "Then take the method of copper ingots and gold and silver." The weight of copper is also very heavy, and it cannot be seen after being covered with silver. ”

Bu Ruyan next to him listened to the conversation between Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Yong, and was so amused that he covered his mouth and twitched on his shoulders. I felt that I had to take it slowly, and I simply didn't leave. He covered his mouth and laughed for a while, wiped away the tears of laughter, and said helplessly to the two old men who stopped waiting for him: "Are you so worried about these money banks?" Even if they did this, they were probably just worried that someone would steal their gold and silver. ”

Zhao Jiaren replied calmly: "I don't feel at ease if Qian Zhuang doesn't do this. It's not just about protecting your money from being stolen, but if you use it for business, the annual income is also very considerable. In business, if they can't run wholeheartedly, they are not doing their job well. ”

Bu Ruyan was stunned for a moment, she stared at Zhao Jiaren carefully for a moment, and then asked, "Zhao Zhizhou, do you hope that what you see today is a shrewd person?" ”

To such a smart question, Zhao Jiaren replied briskly: "Of course." If the other person is a shrewd person, he can talk about many things, at least he knows what not to talk about. If the other person is only thinking about how to make sure they make money, then there is nothing to talk about. ”

With a blink of an eye, he suffocated the problem back into his stomach. In her line of work, she must ask questions about things she doesn't know. Silly men are happy to show their knowledge, and for ignorant women, men can easily develop an urge to protect them. But women are better off keeping their mouths shut about things they don't understand, and men are very serious and have a low tolerance for different ideas.

Even though he knew when he should not speak, and he did not speak, Bu Ruyan still did not understand Zhao Jiaren's opinion. Since it is admitted that the purpose of the money bank is to make money, why do you think that if the money bank only thinks about how to make money, then there is no way to talk about it. These two concepts seem to be in conflict with each other.

There is more than one money bank that wants to see Zhao Jiaren, and when the two sides meet, the owners of five money banks come forward in person or send someone to come forward. The hall where the conversation took place was very elegant, and there was no extravagant extravagance outside. After a few people sat down, Qian Zhuang said straight to the point: "Zhao Guanren, I heard that Zhao Guanren has opened a route to the South China Sea. I thought of sending someone to take Zhao Guanren's ship to the South China Sea to do business. But I don't know if Zhao Guanren can agree. ”

"What's not to say yes to this." Zhao Jiaren replied very briskly.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's answer so refreshingly, the shopkeepers of these money banks were surprised, and the one at the head couldn't help but ask, "Really?" ”

Zhao Jiaren simply told the shopkeepers about the concept of doing maritime business and operating maritime shipping. There is also shipping on the Yangtze River, and this concept can easily make the owners of the money bank or the representatives of the owners of the money bank have thoughtful expressions on their faces. According to Zhao Jiaren, his nautical guild will build a shipping network throughout the South China Sea. In the future, a large number of ships will travel between the South China Sea and the Great Song Dynasty. What's more, the ships will also travel between the islands in the South China Sea. If Qian Zhuang is willing to invest in maritime merchants, he can take the ships of the Nautical Guild to the South China Sea to do business.

In the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, the South China Sea is an outer land, a place of transformation. However, in Zhao Jiaren's description, the South China Sea is Zhao Jiaren's back garden. His fleet reigns supreme in the far reaches of the South China Sea. No matter how you hear this, the owner of the money bank feels ashamed.

"I'll find out." Although it was not deliberate, the attitude of the money owners naturally cooled down. As a cautious money owner, everyone doesn't like Zhao Jiaren's arrogance very much.

Zhao Jiaren was also quite disappointed. Since these people are from the bank, their knowledge of maritime merchants is much worse than that of the Fujian bank. It's really not a matter of speculation, at least at this stage, Zhao Jiaren feels that these people are useless. So he also had the urge to leave.

In such an embarrassing situation, one of the Xu Dongjia in the Lin'an Qianzhuang group spoke: "Zhao Guanren. Your subordinate Mr. Zhao made so much money in Lin'an, and it was a long way to move to Fuzhou. Why not invest some money with us and eat some interest. ”

"I need money in Fuzhou." Zhao Jiaren replied decisively. He has not been short of money since last year, and he was really poor to death before. Moreover, the impression of Lin'an Chengpo in the previous life was too deep, and Zhao Jiaren did not consider leaving the money in Lin'an at all. There is still Zhao Jiaren in Fujian who can protect this money, and is it to accumulate large sums of money in Lin'an to cheapen the Mongols?

Obviously, Zhao Jiaren's words were not as good as the intentions of this group of Lin'an Qianzhuang groups, and they saw that the meeting would slide directly to the end without a problem. Neither Zhao Jiaren nor Lin'an Qianzhuang had any intention of saving this meeting, and after a few meaningless chats, Zhao Jiaren got up and said goodbye.

Walking towards the exit of the street without regrets, Zhao Jiaren looked at the piles of belongings in the bank, and he suddenly remembered that the cornucopia patterns of later generations were quite similar to these shapes. At this time, he asked in confusion: "Zhao Zhizhou, why are you so harsh on these people?" ”

"There's nothing to work with, there's nothing to talk about." Zhao Jiaren replied.

"There's nothing to talk about? I don't think Zhao Zhizhou talked to them at all. "Step like smoke is even more puzzled.

Zhao Jiaren looked a little serious when he heard Bu Ruyan, he didn't want to treat Bu Ruyan like he did with the owner of Qian Zhuang. After all, the value of steps is different, so Zhao Jiaren explained: "There are some things that can't be discussed. I'm just asking the step girl, do you know what their interest is. ”

"Interest, I've heard it's forty percent." Bu Ruyan replied.

Listening to the reliability of Bu Ruyan's words, Zhao Jiaren replied: "The interest rate is so high, why should I borrow money from them." The money in my hand is useful for myself, and there is no need to cooperate with the money bank in Lin'an. ”

“…… It turned out that Lin'an's money village thought very highly of itself. After Bu Ruyan said this, he didn't say much.

The group went out of the street to say goodbye and got into the transportation. Zhao Jiaren suddenly asked Zhao Yong, "Can you let the girl invest money on our side?" ”

Zhao Yong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Now that the interest rate is so high, how dare I do this." ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't say anything more. At this time, he found a new reason to leave Lin'an. The capital cost of Lin'an is ridiculously high, and Zhao Jiaren can't accept such a cost at all. On Fujian Road, Zhao Jiaren's operating costs are extremely low. After the occupation of Jeju Island, Cho Jiaren's raw material costs were lower, and his operating costs were almost all various salaries, and every penny was spent as a penny. If it were according to Lin'an's operating costs, Zhao Jiaren would have gone bankrupt long ago.

After determining these, Zhao Jiaren personally went to Jia Yidao's mansion. As he thought, Jia Yidao did not see Zhao Jiaren. It can be seen that this Prime Minister Zuo also has his own things to be busy with. And the appointment of a governor is undoubtedly not a problem that Jia Yidao must solve immediately.

Two days later, Zhao Jiaren's father sent someone to the commercial base to tell Zhao Jiaren to go home. As soon as Zhao Jiaren entered the door, his father said to Zhao Jiaren with a happy face: "San Lang, someone told me today that the official family has informed the political affairs hall that he wants you to receive an errand from the governor of Fuzhou. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned, he didn't expect things to change like this in the end. Among all of them, Zhao Jiaren had the least hope for the official Song Lizong. This old gentleman has a good sense of power, and the choices he makes have deep political implications. Last time, he issued an edict to promulgate Qin En and gave Zhao Jiaren an errand for Fujian Road to be sentenced to prison. That time, Jia Yidao made a lot of efforts in the back, and because Song Lizong wanted to enhance the voice of the Zhao clan in the court. What kind of political decision did Song Lizong make this time?

Without waiting for Zhao Jiaren to figure out the joints here, Jia Rudao sent a servant overnight and asked Zhao Jiaren to meet him early tomorrow morning. Although it is still unclear what Song Lizong's plans are, Zhao Jiaren can be sure that his father's news is likely to be true. At least Zhao Jiaren felt that Song Lizong had already felt a little alienated from Jia Nidao, and this official family seemed to be a little reluctant to give Jia Nidao some beatings. If this is not the case, Zuo Prime Minister Jia seems to be generous and generous to give Song Lizong a favor, why call Zhao Jiaren.

During this time, there were too many reasons to return to Fujian Road, Zhao Jiaren's heart was boiling with strong emotions at this time, and Jia Yidao's dissatisfaction was not within Zhao Jiaren's consideration at all. Sleeping with firm confidence, he woke up early the next morning, Zhao Jiaren freshened up and had a full breakfast, and then went straight to Jia Yidao's mansion.

The prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty was the minister who held great power, and as the minister of power, he had the privilege of going to court every few days. At least in Zhao Jiaren's previous life, Jia Rudao could go to court every ten days when he was in Song Duzong. So even if it is Asahi, Zhao Jiaren is not worried that Jia Yidao is not at home.

Sure enough, it was just a plus, and the servants who came out of the mansion soon led Zhao Jiaren into Jia Yidao's mansion.

Leaving Zhao Jiaren in the living room and waiting for about half an hour, Jia Yidao finally appeared with blood lines in his eyes. It can be seen that Jia Rudao has just finished grooming, and his eye bands and dark circles prove that Prime Minister Zuo of the Great Song Dynasty has been working very hard these days.

After sitting down, Jia Rudao spoke, "Jiaren, the official family wants to give you an errand for the governor of Fuzhou." I informed the official about the cotton business, and the official asked me to ask you, do you want to do cotton work or do you want to be the governor of Fuzhou. ”

After being in Lin'an for a while, Zhao Jiaren determined that cotton was indeed a huge deal, but Fuzhou Zhizhou was a more profitable trade than cotton. To Jia Yidao's question, Zhao Jiaren answered categorically: "I want to be the governor of Fuzhou!" ”