Chapter Ninety-Two: Qian Zhuang and Qinglou
In the afternoon of the same day, Fan Xian cordially met with the relevant officials of the Inner Treasury Transfer Department in his temporary residence, and other officials on Jiangnan Road were too frightened by him to get close, but these officials of the Inner Library were his direct subordinates, and they couldn't hide, so they had to come to see them.
In the evening, it was a reception banquet prepared in Jiangnanju, and for the same reason, the magistrates and officials of Yanjiangzhou County only sat down and retreated, anyway, they had fulfilled their courtesy, and the court rules did not allow them to stay in Suzhou City for a long time, and it was easy to find a reason if they wanted to stay as far away from the Supervision Yuan Fan Tisi as possible. Only the officials of Suzhou Prefecture could not go, and looked at the first seat in horror.
In the chief, Fan Xian and the governor of Jiangnan, Xue Qing, and the governor of Jiangnan drank and talked happily, and the atmosphere was harmonious, and the Suzhou Zhizhou present had a bitter face and forced a smile, but the Hangzhou Zhizhou knew that the Lord Qincha was going to be stationed in Hangzhou, and he kept slapping Fan Xian and the governor in the murderous eyes of the Suzhou officials. This Hangzhou Zhizhou is a real person, and he is not afraid of Fan Xian's means of turning his face and not recognizing people, so he recognizes that he will please his boss, no matter when and where, there will be no mistake.
After the banquet, the governor was sent to the official sedan chair, and the two decided that they would go to the Xue Mansion to disturb them, so Fan Xian said goodbye to the officials in the building and got into the carriage he carried.
He is still the xìngzi of the year, and he likes to ride in a car and does not like to sit in a sedan chair.
The front curtain of the carriage is not blocked, the night breeze of Suzhou City blows, and there is a little clear sound of silk and bamboo in the ears, the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the rich businessmen raise more excellent tricks, and the Qinglou business in Suzhou and Hangzhou is also famous for its good.
Fan Xian gently patted his cheek, letting the night breeze blow away the slight heat on his face, although the true qi in his body had recovered a lot, but the amount of alcohol had not yet returned, and he was persuaded by the officials today, and he actually felt a little dizzy.
"The address of Hangzhou has been set, but what about the city of Suzhou?" he asked softly with his eyes half-closed.
Shi Yanli sat next to him, thought for a while, and said, "Sang Wen won't arrive until the middle of the month...... Student...... Student. β
Fan Xian laughed, opened his eyes and sighed: "I really wronged you by letting you do these things, let's stay up for another year or two, you also know that there are few people around me who have ever believed." β
What he and Shi Yili are talking about is the big plan of Baoyue Lou to go south, and the business of Qinglou is not only the fastest transaction for the return of money, but also often plays an unexpected role, such as intelligence. When Fan Xian was in Kyoto, he had already thought about opening his own Qinglou to the south of the Yangtze River, although he would definitely encounter a lot of resistance, but with his own identity and power, there should be no problem in becoming a climate within a year.
Shi Xianli asked: "My lord, can this matter be postponed? After all, the day after tomorrow, you will leave for Neiku, there is no backbone in Suzhou City, and if you want to choose a site to buy a house and buy a girl at this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop it." β
"I'm not here, and there are three highnesses...... "A wicked smile flashed in the corner of Fan Xian's eyes, "I will pick a few old masters for the third highness tomorrow, although he always has to go to Hangzhou with me, but he will still stay in Suzhou for this time...... Don't forget jì, what kind of business does this highness do in Kyoto, you don't look at his young age, but he is clear and ruthless to the doorway inside. With His Royal Highness coming forward, of course the Governor is not easy to say, you can buy whichever building you want, as for those popular girls...... With His Royal Highness behind you, you don't have to worry that the bosses of the Qinglou in Jiangnan will dare to play yīn with you, since you are playing Ming, it is just a drama of smashing people with silver, are you still worried that you don't have any silver?"
Shi Yanli was dumbfounded, thinking to himself that His Majesty was asking you to educate the three princes, could you ...... At the beginning, I thought of using the three princes to open a green building in Jiangnan? This is too rebellious!
And then he thought of another thing: Why did the adult carry so much silver with him? The 138,880 taels of snowflake silver ingots in the box must not be able to move, so he must have carried a lot of silver tickets in his arms when he spoke like this before-Thinking of this, Shi Yanli said worriedly: "If you want to sell it openly, Jiangnan Qinglou Industry will definitely take the opportunity to raise the price...... The money spent is like flowing water, and I don't know how many days it will last. β
At this time, the carriage ran over the clean bluestone road in Suzhou City, passed a gate, and came to a bustling commercial area during the day.
Even at night, the signs of the shops on this street are still bright, and Suzhou is the largest port for production from the inner warehouse, so in terms of prosperity and commercial development, there is no city in the world that can compare with it. Buying glass here is four-fifths cheaper than that of Northern Qi, but Fan Xian knows the cost of such a thing, and knows that the merchants in Suzhou have already made enough money in the past few decades.
In addition to the signboards of various businesses, the most conspicuous thing is a banner of green cloth that will emerge every short distance, saying that the conspicuous is not that this green cloth is dyed with fluorescent materials that can shine at night, but that the green cloth exhibition is not a restaurant, and the green cloth is painted with a pattern somewhat similar to the Fan family crest.
On this street, there is a Qian Zhuang family!
Fan Xian's carriage drove slowly on the quiet street, and when he passed by a new green cloth, he pointed to the door of this money bank, and said in a low voice: "Even if you are poor to death, don't come to this money bank." β
When Shi Yanli heard this, he only looked at it, and after thinking for a while, he said curiously: "Haven't you heard of it...... It's not Taiping Qianzhuang, where does anyone dare to deal with them. β
Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything.
At that time, the world's commerce gradually developed, and it became a very difficult thing to buy and sell in cash and silver, so silver tickets gradually became a favorite thing for merchants, and institutions such as silver money banks also began to show their important xìng. But like money and money, people value credit and confidence the most, so in this river and lake, there is no problem of big fish eating small fish, decades have passed, there are still only those big fish in the world.
The three largest fish are called Nanqing, Northern Qi, and Dongyicheng.
The silver tickets officially issued by the Southern Qing and Northern Qi Dynasty were official tickets, of course, the best credit, but the officials of the DPRK and China were not aware of the importance of them at all, and the official tickets were very troublesome to redeem, and the flexibility was so bad that it was outrageous. Therefore, in addition to storing the coffin book, ordinary businessmen choose the Taiping Money Village opened by Dongyi City.
Although Taiping Qianzhuang is the capital of Dongyi City, according to legend, some princes and nobles of Nanqing in Northern Qi also put shares in it, so no matter how the three kingdoms quarrel and fight, it is wonderful that Qianzhuang itself has not been affected. Twenty or thirty years have passed, Taiping Money Bank has a first-class reputation, abundant capital, thoughtful service, and secretly has the protection of the upper echelons of various countries, so it has naturally become the largest money bank in the world.
There is no one, Taiping Qianzhuang is the largest in the world.
............ Even on this street, Taiping Qianzhuang has opened three branches. Fan Xian coldly glanced at the green cloth floating outside the car, and said, "If you withdraw the money, you will take it from Taiping Qianzhuang." β
Shi Yanli responded.
"Take as much as you want. Fan Xian said calmly: "I'll give you the seal and numbers before I leave, don't be petty and reluctant to spend money." β
You can take as much as you want? How can there be such a good thing in this world? Shi Yanli was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Could it be that this Taiping Money Village is opened by an adult." β
Fan Xian smiled and scolded: "If I have so much money, everything will be solved, why should I have to deal with those people." β
Shi Xianli is his confidant, knowing that he is talking about the Northern Qi side, he didn't answer after being nervous, but he immediately thought of Neiku from Northern Qi, and he couldn't think of the opening of the Neiku after the Northern Qi Dynasty, if Fan Xian wanted to fund Xia Qifei and the Ming family to win the bid, then he would need a large amount of terrifying funds to succeed, frowned and said: "My lord, Neiku is in a hurry to use the money, if you don't take advantage of it for a while, I think the matter of opening the store is still slow." β
Fan Xian shook his head: "The silver taels you need to adjust and the silver taels you need to win the bid on the Neiku side are not of the same order of magnitude at all, so you don't need to be cΔo hearted." As for opening a store, it is still necessary to do his best, first, while His Royal Highness is still in Suzhou, he estimates that he also has this interest, and it is convenient to do things. Second, ......"
He thought of his father who stayed in Kyoto, and couldn't help laughing: "Second, the girls in the south of the Yangtze River are still waiting for our old Fan family to rescue. β
This is true, since the rules were set for Baoyuelou in Kyoto, and supplemented by the girl Shi Qing'er, although the girls of Baoyuelou are still in the leather and meat business, they are much better than back then, with less commission, and doctors regularly go to outpatient clinics, and sign a novel "labor contract". The girls of Baoyuelou are really grateful to Fan Xian, and the momentum is pushed out, and as soon as the influence comes out, now the entire Qinglou industry in Kyoto has begun to show a healthy and upward feeling of the rising sun.
If Baoyuelou can really be opened as a chain in Jiangnan, the willows in Jiangnan will surely be very happy with Fan Qincha's arrival.
ββββββββββββββββββββββ returned to the Huayuan that the salt merchant had let out with joy, Fan Xian took the hot soup handed over by Sisi and drank it, in addition to sobering up, he also warmed his body. He lay down on the desk and read a few hospital newspapers from the courtyard, and found that the world was peaceful, so he relaxed his heart, and first let Sisi go into the inner room to sleep, but he walked out, put on a thick jacket, rubbed his hands, and knocked on the door of the other room.
The Tiger Guard and the Six Swordsmen not far behind him quickly hid in the darkness.
The door creaked open, revealing Begonia's sleepy face.
Without waiting for Haitang to speak, Fan Xian was already surprised: "Slept so early?"
Haitang smiled slightly, let him into the house, turned the smokeless oil lamp brighter, and said softly: "This merchant's family is extravagant, and this bed is also comfortable, thinking that you are only afraid of getting drunk at the reception banquet tonight, so I will sleep first." β
Fan Xian looked at it and found that the clothes worn by the girl's family were not very thick, just a very simple undergarment, and frowned and said: "Wear more, although you have a high realm, but it is naturally cold, but it is not easy to provoke." β
Haitang didn't bother to pay attention to him, yawned, half-propped his jaw on the bed, and said, "What's the matter, hurry up." β
Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, but he forgot what he was going to say at this time, after he got on the Beijing ship last night, the begonia disappeared quietly, until he appeared in the garden in the afternoon, could it be that he was just here to confirm that she was not there? Or was he used to chatting with this Northern Qi saint like an old friend?
"It's hard for me to get drunk. Fan Xian was a somewhat anxious person, and said with a smile on Begonia's first sentence: "You know that I am afraid of death and cowardice, so I will not get drunk except in front of people I can fully trust." β
"So you can only get drunk at home?" Haitang asked curiously, opening her bright eyes.
Fan Xian shook his head: "In addition to being able to fully believe in myself, I also have to believe that when I am drunk, the people around me are capable enough to protect my safety." β
Haitang laughed, knowing what he meant, and then he felt a little pity for the other party, and said with pity: "Don't sue me, you are so big, and you are drunk in Songhe Ju in Shangjing...... Once. β
That time in Shangjing in Northern Qi, in front of Haitang, Fan Xian was drunk until he fell unconscious, and was also drugged, which was the biggest way since rebirth.
Fan Xian said angrily: "You still have the face to mention...... Of course. He couldn't see the sympathy in Haitang's eyes, and said coldly and arrogantly: "When I was a child, I was often drunk, don't take yourself too seriously." β
Haitang smiled: "At that time, that ...... The Blind Master has always been by your side?"
Fan Xian didn't reply.
Haitang suddenly frowned and said, "That...... Legend has it that you are drunk and prospered in poetry, and you are drunk with thousands of poems in the Qingguo Palace...... Is it also fake?"
Fan Xian waved his hand, not wanting to continue this boring topic with her, and asked directly, "Has the silver arrived?"
Haitang sighed boringly, sat up, looked at his eyes and nodded seriously: "Since August, His Majesty has started to arrange, you don't have to worry." β
Fan Xian laughed at himself: "What if you don't worry about it? I can't let the old man transfer the silver from the treasury for his own use." β
"Speaking of which. Haitang frowned and said, "You actually brought more than 100,000 taels of silver with you...... That's stupid, isn't it? I don't believe you're just trying to show off when the wind catches on the riverside. β
Fan Xian thought to himself that this was an arrangement made as a last resort, and no one could say anything about it.
"It's just some useless silver, what are you afraid of?"
"You've been in the company for less than two years, but you have so much money around you. Haitang smiled and said: "Including you, including Ling Zun's Yulu, I'm afraid that it will take more than a hundred years to save so much silver, how can you explain it to the officials?"
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "Don't forget, my Fan family is a big family, and the family property is the real place where the money comes from." β
"Oh, the great people who can take out so much silver lightly...... Isn't there anything rampant? Beware that the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will refer to your chapter here. β
"Ginseng. Fan Xian smiled: "Even if the clan doesn't have so much money, the palace knows that my business is big in the past two years, and they won't suspect me anything." β
"A green building, more than a dozen bookstores...... Can you earn so much silver?" asked Begonia suspiciously.
"Don't underestimate my second child's money-making efforts...... Of course, I have been an official in the court for two years, and the benefits of receiving are also a lot, basically buried in that box, don't say it, when I go out of Beijing, I have to change such a neat silver ingot, if there is no old man to help transfer it from the warehouse, I really have no way. Fan Xian smiled and said: "When the matter is over, the so-called bribe silver will be mixed with these clean silver, and the court will not say anything about me, just to make up enough silver, I can search all the quicksilver that can be searched in the industry under my name, and now Kyoto is really an empty shell." β
Only then did Haitang know that he still had this plan, and he couldn't help but be a little disdainful: "With your status, why are you so concerned about clearing the bribes?"
"Mountain Man...... It's useful. β
"Then your money is put in the box, and it is difficult to move in front of everyone's eyes, what should you do with the money after rì?"
Fan Xian smiled and said: "Isn't there you? And there is also that lovely emperor, this time the silver he put into the Taiping Qian Zhuang is not a small amount, I will catch a few flowers, I guess he will not mind." β
Haitang was stunned for a moment, and then realized that when it comes to fighting and strategy, he will not be under Fan Xian, and he can talk about stealing JiΔn to make money...... The gap with the Fan family is a bit big, and in the next few days, I have to keep an eye on it.
At this time, the scene is really a bit ridiculous, Fan Xian and Begonia, two people recognized in the world as clean and dusty, but on a night in the world, they whispered in the room about silver taels, silver tickets, money banks, money laundering and other copper-smelling topics.
And in the main hall of the mansion, the bright candle was hung high, and the large box of silver representing the god of Fan Xian's Jiangnan government affairs declaration was placed there in the open.
The people who walked around couldn't help but take a look at this box, but there were guards everywhere, and there were six swordsmen hidden in the secret to protect, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were certainly slanderous, but to rob this box of silver, Jiang Yang thieves or greedy thieves might as well rush directly to the official treasury to rob the official silver, so they were afraid that the success coefficient would be greater.
The box was opened like this, exposed in front of everyone, with a snow-white silver ingot in its stomach, glowing with a soul-hooking and soul-devouring light, and a dangerous chill seeping out of it.
βββββββββββββββββββββββ a few days later, Fan Xian, the master of Qincha, who had provoked the entire Jiangnan Road, finally left Suzhou, took all his subordinates and fled the official road, and went to the southwest of the Inner Treasury Transfer Division. Although the third prince was still in Suzhou City, the officials were greatly relieved, thinking that as long as Fan Tisi was not there, it would not be easy to fool a child?
The third prince didn't know what these officials were thinking, otherwise, with his ruthless feelings and temper that was about to explode at this time, he might have played some new tricks.
In the past two days, he was already a little angry in his heart, Fan Xian went to the inner library but did not take himself with him - the inner library was the industry of the Ye family back then, which indirectly supported Qingguo's stability and pioneering ability, and it can even be said that Qingguo was raised by the inner library, so that place naturally became the most heavily guarded place in the Qingguo court, and the ban was stricter than the palace. Although the three princes have the respect of the prince, they are still very curious about the inner library, but without the special permission of His Majesty, the prince is not qualified to go to the inner library, I thought that this time I followed Fan Xian to the south of the Yangtze River, and I could get what I wanted, but I didn't expect Fan Xian to throw himself in Suzhou!
With a snap, a middle-aged scholar who looked like a well-educated man was unbearable, and crawled out crying uncontrollably. The third prince came out and scolded viciously: "Father is to let Fan Xian be a gentleman! If he dares to run, I will dare to kick someone!"
The people in the palace were silent, and Lord Qincha was gone, who would dare to offend this young master? Even the teacher invited by Xiaoyi from the Governor's Mansion dared to kick it, and if he had two more words, wouldn't he be dead?
The third prince was angry, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a ghost Chongchong walking out along the corridor, and hurriedly stopped drinking, and walked over to take a look...... only to find out that it was Fan Xian's protΓ©gΓ© Shi Li.
Although he was arrogant and ruthless, for the sake of Fan Xian's face, it was always difficult to treat Shi Xianli, and asked curiously: "Where is Mr. Shi going?"
Shi Yanli seemed to be bluffed, and said flatteringly: "I've seen Your Highness, this is going out for a walk." β
The third prince was stunned and said: "I haven't seen the fun places in Suzhou City yet, you have to take me." β
Shi Yanli begged for mercy: "Your Highness, the teacher has a strict order, and the homework has been arranged these days, if you don't finish it, how can you get it?...... Besides, it is also a big sin to let the teacher know that I took His Highness out to play. β
The third prince frowned and snorted coldly: "Just do it, it's just ......" He looked at Shi Xianli's flickering eyes and laughed: "You have to tell you, if you don't follow the teacher to Neiku, what are you doing staying in Suzhou, and where are you going to go at this time?"
Shi Yanli was blocked by these words, hesitated for a long time, stopped talking, and only after a long time did he lower his voice and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness is not ignorant, the student is pitiful, and he was ordered by the master to do that business." β
The third prince's eyes lit up, and he asked tentatively, "But...... Baoyue Tower is going to open in Suzhou?"
Shi Yanli covered his mouth in a slight stunned, as if he was very annoyed that he had missed his mouth.
The third prince sneered twice, but his heart blossomed, secretly thinking that if he could regain his old business in Suzhou, it would be much happier than sitting in this mansion, his shares in the building in Kyoto were forcibly taken away by Fan Xian, and now he knows that Fan Xian is also a real person with superficial moral articles, where is the third prince willing to miss this opportunity.
Shi Xianli looked at the reaction of the three princes, and admired in his heart that the teacher really had no last resort.