Chapter 149 Imperial Merchant

Yang Xin saw that the leader was an old housekeeper in a fancy costume, with a chubby smile, and he happily ran over to greet Yang Xin and the others.

"Second Miss, Uncle, you are finally back, come in quickly, the Lord and Mrs. are waiting in the lobby!"

Fan Yuxuan got out of the carriage with the help of Yang Xin's participation, and said to Peach Blossom: "Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, so that everyone will be happy!" ”

The family was overjoyed, and they all went to help carry things around the peach blossoms, etc., which seemed to be extremely hard, but I didn't expect the second lady to send benefits as soon as she went home, and she didn't pretend to be sorry for the silver!

Yang Xin and the two entered the gate under the guidance of the old housekeeper's bowed head and waist, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, Yang Xin found out what it means to have a cave, the pavilions and pavilions inside, the garden corridor, dizzying, and the courtyard at the door is no less than the pro-military school field of his palace.

This is a mansion in the true sense of the word, even much larger than his Xingwang Mansion, Yang Xin can see it at a glance.

Fan Yuxuan looked at Yang Xin's appearance as a hillbilly entering the city, and said with a smile: "Now you know how hard you are, a dignified palace is not as luxurious as the mansion of the Fan family in this palace!" ”

Yang Xin's face was embarrassed, and he said: "Okay, that's just temporary, it's a big deal to go back and build a bigger one in Dengzhou!" ”

Yang Xin has already planned to put the focus of Daxing on Goryeo and Waguo, Dengzhou and Weihai two coastal towns, the role will be more and more great, Weihai has built a new city, where he is ready to be a military-based town, and Dengzhou, he decided to be the capital of Daxing, vigorously develop, Dengzhou is particularly close to the sea, as long as the wharf is built, a large number of people are hired to build a new city, but also to stimulate a wave of economy.

Fan Yuxuan was overjoyed and said, "That's okay, don't fool the palace." ”

Yang Xin said firmly: "Don't fool, this time the matter will be built, the lady can build as much as she wants, even if it is as big as the palace of the Forbidden City, there is no problem, but if you build so big, I am afraid that there is not so much silver, so I can only build it slowly!" ”

Fan Yuxuan's eyes lit up when she heard this, she held Yang Xin's arm tightly, and said: "Okay, when I go back to the palace, I will be responsible, even if I can't build the palace in the capital, it can't be smaller than the palace in Nanjing, now there is no shortage of silver in Daxing, if the courtiers are not willing to spend so much silver, the palace still has it in their hands!" ”

Sure enough, all women are vain, Yang Xin listened to it, this Fan Yuxuan really wants to build a palace, but Fan Yuxuan can now be regarded as rich and rival the country, if all the more than 10 million taels of silver in her hand are used to build a palace, I am afraid it will not be much smaller than the palace in Nanjing, if the treasury of Daxing has some silver, it will be about the same.

Of course, just in terms of the scale of the building, the wealth and treasures inside cannot be compared, and any observatory in the palace can be built, you can't build it even if you have money, it is a priceless treasure.

Yang Xin and the two entered the lobby, a large number of people in the house, and when they saw Fan Yuxuan, they all greeted enthusiastically, Yang Xin naturally didn't know any of them, there were many boys and girls, a lot of them, all dressed in gorgeous silk, Yang Xin didn't understand why Fan Yuxuan said that there was only one brother, but the brothers and sisters who greeted in the house were really a lot.

Fan Yuxuan walked to the front of the high hall, pulled Yang Xin to kneel, and said, "My daughter has asked her father and mother to say goodbye!" ”

Fan Yongdou had a pair of Mimi eyes, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal the old housekeeper Fan Fu to ask the two to stand up, a sign maid, estimated to be eighteen or nineteen years old, about the same age as Fan Yuxuan, brought a tray over, with two cups of tea on it.

Fan Yuxuan personally picked up the tea, respectfully handed it to Fan Fu, and said, "Daddy, please drink tea!" ”

Fan Fu handed over the tea, the second elder took it, took a sip, and Fan Yongdou said, "Give me a seat!" ”

Yang Xin really didn't know anything about the etiquette of this kind of big family, so he could only follow Fan Yuxuan's instructions to do it, and he was relieved until he sat at the top of the right hand.

Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "Xianxu is really a talent, he started from scratch at a young age, and created such a big foundation, Yuxuan can marry into the Yang family, which is the blessing of my Fan family." ”

Yang Xin always felt that he was insincere, and Yang Xin was annoyed to say this kind of cliché, so he had to say: "My father-in-law has a good reputation, Xiao Xu is just lucky, and it just happened to be his meeting, it is not worth mentioning, but my father-in-law has carried forward the Fan family and has become one of the richest businessmen today, and there are many places worth learning from Xiao Xu." ”

This kind of politeness is nothing more than flattering each other, saying that the other party is very awesome, and there are few words of truth, Yang Xin is really lazy to deal with it, and he has to do it.

Then there was a burst of cold and warmth, introducing all kinds of relatives who had never seen her, Fan Yuxuan also prepared a lot of gifts, just the maid who came up with the gifts, and the peach blossoms arranged more than 20 to give to parents and relatives.

Yang Xin then understood that Fan Yuxuan has a lot of brothers and sisters, there are more than a dozen, but there is only one elder brother, and the others are all born to Fan Yongdou's concubine, this old pervert is much more powerful than himself, there are more than a dozen concubines, the youngest is younger than the princess, the princess is 17, Fan Yuxuan is 19, and when I see this Fan Yongdou concubine who is younger than herself, Fan Yuxuan has to be called my mother.

After a period of greetings, a banquet was arranged, and the standard of the banquet was naturally extremely luxurious, and Yang Xin had never seen many dishes.

Finally, the feast was over, and the crowd dispersed.

There are only a few important people in the family left in the hall, Fan Yongdou and his wife, Fan Yuxuan's brother and sister-in-law, and Fan Yuxuan's two uncles.

It's finally time to talk about the real stuff.

The first to attack was Fan Yuxuan's sister-in-law, a gorgeous woman in her twenties, the daughter of a Manchu magnate, whose name was too weird, what was called Guarjialan, Yang Xin couldn't remember it at all.

Wearing a standard cheongsam for a Manchu aristocratic woman, she said lightly: "Sister, your husband and wife came back to save their relatives, and my brother and sister-in-law are very happy, but you have one thing that you don't do authentically, before you left the pavilion, you joined forces with Daxing in the name of the Fan family to fry grain stamps in Nanjing City, and it is said that the income that should be distributed to the Fan family is 10 million taels of silver, but you didn't take a cent home, put it in your own pocket, the big guy said, is it too much for the sister to do this?" ”

Except for the old couple, everyone echoed in unison, and Fan Yuxuan's uncle Fan Yongchang said: "Your sister-in-law is right, this investment of 10 million taels of silver is not just your father's money, our entire Fan family has a share, and you take all the income Xiaoxuan, so it is not in accordance with the rules." ”

Unexpectedly, the family who was still amiable just now, when it came to money, immediately broke the dog's brain.

Yang Xin didn't have much interest in these dog-eat-dogs, but just pretended not to hear.

Fan Yuxuan was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I have heard some rumors, I went to fry grain stamps with Daxing last time, and I did earn a lot of silver, but our Fan family's capital was useless, and it has been placed in the sailor camp in Weihaiwei, Fan Fu can testify that this silver has always been watched by him." ”

The old housekeeper Fan Fu's face was embarrassed, so he had to say: "Master, what the second lady said is right, it is true, the old slave has been guarding Weihaiwei, and he has never used a tael of silver until the second miss comes back." ”

Fan Yuxuan continued: "As for why my sister-in-law heard such rumors, it was because the sister-in-law pulled her husband to ask for silver at that time, and the husband understood the sister's hard work, so he agreed to give the sister-in-law some hardship money, but it had nothing to do with the Fan family." ”

Fan Yuxuan cleared up the relationship in two sentences, her sister-in-law's face turned white, but she didn't know how to argue, and just about to speak, Fan Yongdou stretched out his hand to stop it, and said: "Don't fight anymore, since the principal is not used, the income will not be the Fan family's share, as for the hard money that Daxing gave to Xuan'er, it is all a matter between her young couple, let's not participate, just the dowry that our Fan family gave to Xuan'er to marry!" ”

Fan Yongdou is cunning and cunning, knowing that now the money will definitely not come back, and it will be even more of a loss if it hurts the harmony of the family, anyway, the matter is tossed out by Fan Yuxuan herself, so she will treat it as a dowry earned by her daughter, and she doesn't have to spend a penny of her own money, why not.

He set the tone so that no one else dared to refute it, only the sister-in-law was still unconvinced, and complained in a whisper: "Dad is really generous, a dowry of 10 million taels of silver, and it is no problem to take two princesses with this lot of money!" ”

Fan Yongdou came to a trick and pretended to be deaf and dumb, ignoring his daughter-in-law, but said to Yang Xin: "Xianxu, this 10 million thing, just forget it, but I heard that you came to the capital with 20 million taels of silver to open a money bank this time, do you know that the biggest money bank in the capital is in the hands of my Fan family, you are doing this, you will not come to grab business with the Fan family, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone began to echo again, and the sister-in-law seemed to have found an opportunity to attack Fan Yuxuan, and hurriedly said: "Yes, Dad, they all say that girls are extroverted, this is an elbow turned outward, and the girl is married, and there is no Fan family in her heart, only they are happy!" ”

Fan Yuxuan didn't understand what Yang Xin wanted to do, he was attacked by a round like this, and he didn't know how to answer, Yang Xin hurriedly smiled: "Father-in-law said that he was joking, how could Xiao Xu do such a thing, don't get me wrong, our Daxing Money Village is different from the money bank you opened, and we won't do those deposit and exchange businesses, Daxing Money Village in the capital is currently only doing one business, which is lending!" ”

You must know that in this era, the deposit and withdrawal of silver is the main business, and not only does not give interest, but also charges handling fees, and the lending business is naturally a big project, but only for lending, you can't absorb other people's deposits, you can only use your own funds, and the scale is difficult to grow. Of course, pawnshops only lend money, but they need to be mortgaged for goods or real estate.

Everyone was surprised to hear that the cunning Fan Yongdou was not so easy to fool, and said, "Only do money lending business? Isn't that a pawnshop business? My Fan's pawnshop in the capital, that is also the most and the best! ”

Yang Xin was depressed in his heart, your Fan family does all kinds of business, can Lao Tzu take a break? This time, even Fan Yuxuan was depressed and didn't know how to quibble, but Yang Xin didn't care, and said with a smile: "Lord Yue, I'm too worried, the lending business of our Daxing Money Village is different from a pawnshop, and we don't need a mortgage." ”

When everyone heard this, they laughed, and Fan Yongchang said: "Young man, you have courage, I'm afraid you will lose money if you do this." ”

Fan Yongdou didn't dare to underestimate it, pondered for a moment, and said, "Virtuous son-in-law, don't you want to lend usury?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said, "The interest rate can't be considered too high, it shouldn't be higher than the pawnshop." ”

Everyone shook their heads when they heard it, feeling that this person was simply messing around, you must know that the pawnshops of this era, the interest rate can be high and scary, and the so-called usurious loans of later generations, in front of the pawnshops of this era, are all pediatrics.

Even Fan Yuxuan had no confidence in Yang Xin, thinking to herself, I am afraid that the business will be a loss if she does this.

Yang Xin said sincerely: "In short, Lord Yue, rest assured, the son-in-law will never steal business with the Fan family, and the amount of business he does is not large, so he will not threaten the Fan family." ”

Fan Yongdou is cunning and cunning, where would he believe Yang Xin, he didn't even believe his daughter because of Fan Yuxuan's swallowing of the Fan family's profits last time, so he thought about it and said: "Hehe, since the virtuous son-in-law said it, they are all a family, and the old man naturally believes it, but now that Yuxuan is pregnant, you don't even have a concubine room by your side, this Xuan'er is too, as a princess, you can't be too jealous, you won't let the virtuous son-in-law stay alone in the empty room during pregnancy, the old man has a niece, the long country is beautiful, and he grew up with Yuxuan since he was a child. Prepare to send it to the virtuous son-in-law, be a maid in the room, and the virtuous son-in-law must not refuse. ”

Fan Yuxuan even rolled her eyes when she heard this, Yang Xin sighed in her heart when she heard it, it seems that this old man is not worried about himself, this is to install eyeliner next to him, sure enough, it is not a family, not entering a family, the daughter wants to seek her father's wealth, but the father doesn't even believe in his daughter, this Fan family father and daughter can be regarded as a pair of big and small foxes.

He didn't know how to answer, and looked at Fan Yuxuan.

Fan Yuxuan calmed down and said: "Back to my father, what you said about Fan Siqi, my daughter is not a stingy person, my father is kind, and my daughter will thank you on behalf of her husband." ”

Fan Yongdou was overjoyed, and hurriedly called Fan Siqi, this is a distant niece, a relative who can't beat with eight poles, the whole family fled to Shanxi since he was a child, and was taken in by Fan Yongdou as Fan Yuxuan's personal maid, because she was too beautiful, and Fan Yuxuan didn't let her go, so Fan Yuxuan got rid of her very early, and the two were a little bit not too compatible.

Yang Xin saw that this woman was quite quiet, and she naturally looked like a national beauty, compared with Fan Yuxuan, she was a little less confident and noble, but a little more indifferent and calm.

In this way, the trip of the Fan family did not dispel Fan Yongdou's vigilance, but for no reason there was an extra Fan family's eyeliner who was a maid in the room, Fan Yuxuan felt that he really accompanied his wife and broke the army, in front of the old fox, the little fox was inferior everywhere.

When the two returned to the room, Fan Yuxuan looked at Fan Siqi, who was following closely with her tail, feeling uncomfortable everywhere in her body, and kept rolling her eyes.

Yang Xin laughed, took Fan Yuxuan's arm, and whispered in Fan Yuxuan's ear: "Don't be sad, madam, I used Yangmou this time, I'm not afraid that others will know!" ”

Fan Yuxuan nodded and said, "Okay, that's the only way, tomorrow we will go to see the regent." ”

That night, Fan Yuxuan did not ask Fan Siqi to accompany Yang Xin, but only asked her to stand aside and serve, and called Kou Baimen to sleep.

Yang Xin felt a little embarrassed, so he had to end it in a hurry, hugged Fan Yuxuan and fell asleep, rich people in this era are really promiscuous, and there has to be a beautiful woman standing aside to help, and she is an untrained girl, Yang Xin doesn't know how Fan Siqi survived at night, anyway, she can't sleep if she doesn't sleep, I saw that when she saw herself the next day, her face was always red.

However, with Yang Xin's current status, he naturally won't worry about a little maid, what really annoys him is Dolgon, Yang Xin regretted running away when he saw Dolgon.

Like last time, Dolgon also met Yang Xin in the upper study, and this time he was particularly enthusiastic, even the tea made for Yang Xin was a tribute to the big red robe, and the palace maids who served were all as beautiful as flowers.

"King Xing's husband and wife came at the right time, but this king is looking forward to it!"

Dolgon almost walked to the door in person to greet him, and warmly invited Yang Xin and the two to sit down.

Yang Xin felt that his scalp was numb, and he would ask for something, the more enthusiastic Dolgon was, the more cold sweat Yang Xin broke out.

"The prince has a lot of opportunities, and the next husband and wife also came to the capital to visit by the way, and there is nothing to talk about, so the prince doesn't have to be so polite."

Yang Xin's face was about to cry, and he had an intuition that he was wronged.

Sure enough, Dolgon laughed and said: "King Xing is too polite, you and I have cooperated many times, and now we are brothers, don't hide King Xing, I have been in the Qing Dynasty since entering the customs, and there have been many wars, and now the treasury is empty, and the soldiers lack food and weapons, King Xing came to the capital with a huge amount of money to invest this time, no matter what, I also want to help my brother, as for the conditions, King Xing can mention it casually, as long as it can be done, this king will definitely tell His Majesty to meet King Xing's requirements." ”

Yang Xin's face was suddenly full of bitter melons, and it was really no good thing, while Fan Yuxuan was repentant in her intestines, in order to pretend to be forced, she saw the regent, but she didn't expect the other party to open her mouth to ask for support.

Yang Xin had to cry poorly, and said: "The regent doesn't know, I Daxing is different from the rules of other places, the money in Daxing is to give interest, and now there are too many deposits of silver in Denglai, and the king is forced to take the silver out to invest, otherwise, it is to give interest to the treasury of Daxing just to give interest every year, these money are not the money of the treasury, they are the private deposits of the people." ”

Dolgon was stunned for a moment, and said: "This method has also been tried by this king, but no one is willing to deposit silver for this king's bank, so I have to give up, King Xing is really capable, I don't know how you did it?" ”

Yang Xin is about to cry, it seems that this Dolgon is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has already tried to open a money bank to collect cash, so he has to talk nonsense, "The prince is eloquent and strategic, raising millions of troops to take the world, the people are naturally in their eyes, they are also worried that the prince will embezzle the silver of the money for military expenses, and naturally do not want to deposit the silver to the prince, I am very different, this king has no ambition, and there are only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, and the people are more convinced." ”