After negotiating the terms of the peace talks with Nan Chen, the venue for the peace talks was still set in Xiliang.

At this time, Xiliang was in the midst of a state funeral, but Xiao Cong still agreed to put the place of the peace talks in Xiliang, but asked the envoys on both sides of the peace talks to wear white cloths on their arms to show respect, and not to quarrel outside the peace talks.

On the way to Xiliang, a group of 500 elite soldiers escorted the Great Sui's mission on the gallop road.

In the wide carriage of the King of Shu, Yang Xiu said with a little disdain: "This lord of Xiliang is really a "filial" person, and we are allowed to enter Xiliang for peace talks during the national funeral. ”

"Your Highness, don't say that, Your Majesty has ordered, even if Xiao Cong is unwilling, he must be willing, and His Royal Highness must be cautious when he arrives in Xiliang, anyone can be contemptuous of Xiliang on this trip, but His Highness must not."

Yang Xiu was very puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, don't forget, the former lord of Xiliang who just passed away is the father-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the current lord of Xiliang who is about to be canonized is the brother-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Any of your contempt may become a sword for others to attack you, so when you get to Xiliang, not only can you not despise Lord Liang, but you also have to take the name of the fourth brother of the crown prince to go alone to mourn Lord Liang and leave a good reputation."

After thinking about it, Yang Xiu snorted coldly: "Hmph, why did he take advantage of all this benefit, Xiliang is very rich now, and the power of the princess's maiden family has helped the prince a lot." ”

Yuan Yan stopped talking, he actually wanted to say that the power of the princess of Shu's maiden family is not small, if the king of Shu himself can live as well as the prince, the eldest grandson clan is the top among the powerful men of the Great Sui, especially in the officialdom, but Yang Xiu's relationship with the eldest grandson is not very good, and he favors Dong Meiren alone, which has caused the eldest grandson to complain a lot.

Therefore, the relationship between the two parties is mutual, you have to use the power of your wife's mother's family, and you have to feed her family back.

Yuan Yan knew that Yang Xiu didn't understand this truth, but Dong Meiren and the Changsun clan fought very well, and he preferred Dong Meiren to snub the Changsun clan, which was also something that everyone knew.

Yang Xiu, a person who thinks very highly of himself, doesn't like a high-ranking lady like the eldest grandson, and likes Dong Meiren to be a low-lying woman in front of him.

When the mission arrived at Gangneung Fortress, everyone was dressed in white cloth, including the horses.

It was Xiao Ling who greeted everyone outside Jiangling City, at this time he was wearing official clothes, but he was still wearing linen and filial piety.

Seeing everyone get out of the carriage, he respectfully bowed to Gao Gong: "The junior Xiao Ling has seen Situ Gong." ”

In the letter, Yang Guanglai introduced Gao Gong to the Xiao family, saying that this capable minister must not be neglected, and asked them to respect him.

Gao Gong was a little embarrassed when he saw Xiao Ling saluting to himself first, after all, the highest status in the identity mission was Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and Yang Liang, the king of Han, Yang Liang may not care about his young age, but the king of Shu must still care about these things.

After a brief return salute, he introduced to Xiao Jue: "King Xin'an, this is His Royal Highness the King of Shu of our Great Sui, and this is His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”

"The minister has seen two highnesses."

Just now, Xiao Ling went to visit Gao Gong first, Yang Xiu saw it in his eyes, and he was already a little uncomfortable, but he endured it, and said a few words about the scene.

Xiao Jue welcomed everyone into the city.

Gao Gong sighed lightly, understanding that this line of work may not be calm, although the prince is not there, but this is the princess's maiden family, Fang Cai Xiao Ling is obviously not a person who does not understand etiquette, but he has done the wrong thing in etiquette.

Before he came, he had an in-depth understanding of the information of the Xiao family, among the generation of the Xiao family, the most outstanding one is Xiao Ling, who manages the affairs of Xiliang Bank very well, such a person said that he can't even tell who has the highest identity in the mission?

Of course not, this is deliberate, vaguely provoking the King of Shu.

After entering the city, the city was full of white clothes, so the movement of the mission was also very small, and they arrived directly and quickly to the place where they stayed.

Xiao Jue led everyone to the courtyard and said: "This courtyard is the courtyard of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Great Sui, and it is so exquisite and elegant that I can't hide that it is the first time I have entered this courtyard." ”

Yang Xiu asked curiously: "Is it the eldest sister's house?" ”

"Yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has a unique vision and bought a lot of land in Jiangling City, this is the last time we refuse to sell it to the eldest princess, otherwise the eldest princess can buy us short, this is also the first time we have seen the financial resources of the Great Sui royal family so strong."

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly, this is not a royal family with money, this is the eldest princess with money.

The emperor's reward to Yang Lihua, their brothers couldn't catch up with the sum up, plus Yang Lihua's own vision, bought a lot of land in Daxing City early, with the increasing prosperity of Dasui, the price of land in Daxing City rose, and she could earn wealth that others couldn't think of every day while lying at home.

Copy and paste, in Luoyang City and Jiangling City, they also make more and more money, so even if Yang Lihua is unhappy, she smashes antiques and precious porcelain, but she can't finish it at all.

In this peace talk, during the national funeral of Xiliang, the major palaces must not be used, and in the end, Yang Lihua said that she had a house, so she chose the largest one among the many houses under her name, just like a palace.

And such a house, she is usually empty, and she can't live in it.

Of course, Yang Lihua is not out of any kindness to let it be used for free, but this peace talks are very important, if the peace talks in this house are successful, Nan Chen surrenders to the Great Sui, as a place for peace talks to unify the Central Plains, this place will be a place that many literati and scholars are fascinated by in the future, and how much money will it rise invisibly.

The Great Sui mission stayed here and waited for the arrival of the Nanchen mission.

Early the next morning, Gao Gong got up and came to the door of the house, and seeing that he was about to go out, Yuan Yan happened to see him.

"Situ Gong, where is this going?"

Gao Gong smiled faintly: "The Nan Chen delegation has not yet arrived, and there is nothing else to do in the house, go out for a walk." ”

"Situ Gong, the subordinates also want to go out for a walk, can you go along."

Gao Gong was a little embarrassed, but he didn't refuse, and when he finally set off, he found that almost the entire mission had come.

"Is it too ostentatious for our group of twenty or so people to go out together?"

"Let's go and see the headquarters of Xiliang Bank, where the foundation of Xiliang is, just look at it should be fine."

sent someone to inform Xiao Ling, and then the group walked towards Xiliang Bank.

"Situ Gong, I don't know if you know anything about Xiliang Bank?"

"A little understanding, Yuan Changshi, are you interested in Xiliang Bank?"

Yuan Yan walked as he walked: "Xiliang Bank has branches in various places, and the bills of exchange issued by it now even have the function of circulating coins, I have heard that many people have deposited money in it, and even the ministers of Nanchen have deposited a lot of money in it, and so are the courtiers of the Great Sui." ”

Listening to Yuan Yan's meaningful words, Gao Gong just smiled: "It's a matter of course to deposit money in the bank, not to do anything wrong, as for where to save it, it's a personal matter, and it's inconvenient to take care of it." ”

In just two sentences, Bai Yuanyan understood, smiled and retreated to the side of the King of Shu.

"Your Highness, what do you think of this Xiliang Bank?"

"The money bank is in business, now it is bigger, there are many people who save money, I am afraid that there is a lot of money in this money bank."

Yuan Yan understood that Yang Xiu's understanding of Xiliang Qianzhuang was insufficient, so he told him from beginning to end that this Qianzhuang was actually founded by Yang Guang back then: "Your Highness, although the minister does not know how much money is in Xiliang Qianzhuang now, but the minister knows that many nobles and courtiers of the Great Sui have deposited some of the money into the Xiliang Bank, and the Xiliang Bank has immeasurable gold stored underground to ensure the payment of these years." ”

"Your Majesty has only done one thing, promising to permanently recognize the neutral status of Xiliang and establish it as a national policy, so compared to Xiliang is the safest place, the most feared thing about the money of the rich is that it is not safe, and the word safety makes everyone willing to save money to Xiliang Bank even if there is no interest, and the gold and silver absorbed in just a few years are afraid to pile up."

Yang Xiu is not a person who cares about money so much: "Hmph, gold and silver things, you have to keep it if you get it." ”

"Your Highness, if it weren't for the chaos in the world, he would definitely hold on."

"Why are you so sure? Xiliang doesn't care about the land of projectiles, and the number of troops is not large. ”

Yuan Yan replied: "Xiliang is between the Great Sui and Nan Chen, His Majesty promises to recognize the neutral status of the Western Liang, as long as the Western Liang does not die by himself, the Great Sui will not do it, as for Nan Chen, so many nobles of the Southern Chen have deposited money in the West Liang, and the people who really hold the power of the Southern Chen will not allow their property to be lost, and if the fight really starts, the nobles of the Great Sui will definitely protect the Western Liang to the death." ”

"Fang Caichen chatted with Gao Gong for a few words, he should have also saved money in Xiliang Bank, as for how much, it is not clear, no wonder Gao Gong also supports Xiliang."

Hearing this, Yang Xiu was a little surprised: "In this way, almost all the big families will try their best to protect Xiliang." ”

"Not only that, Your Highness, think about it, Xiliang belongs to the Xiao family, the Xiao family is the princess's maiden family, and this Xiliang Bank was founded by the prince, in fact, it is equivalent to the prince's, and now the wind and rain are naturally nothing, when is it really time to lift the table, all the rules are ignored, the prince's hand is holding the gold and silver hoarded by the Xiliang Bank, what do you say?"

Yang Xiu's face was solemn.

Yuan Yan continued: "Thinking back to the past, Cao Mengde coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and now the crown prince holds everyone's money, isn't it also a disguised coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes. ”

After figuring out this link, Yang Xiu and Yuan Yan felt that Yang Guang's arrangement was big and advanced.

At this time, Yang Xiucai reacted that his second brother, the second brother who was fighting wits and courage with him in Daxing City, maybe only he unilaterally felt that he was fighting with him, and he had been just playing with himself.

He had already begun to lay out the layout before he became a prince, and now that he thought about it carefully, the money, silver, grain and grass, weapons, and soldiers were all held in his palm.

At this time, Yang Guangzhen was really like a mountain, pressing on his heart.

Everyone also soon came to Xiliang Bank, and the solemn high-rise building built of reinforced concrete gave Yang Xiu a lot of psychological shock.

Walking through the huge atrium, looking up at the golden dome, I can't help but feel that the headquarters of Xiliang Bank is more luxurious than the imperial palace in Daxing City.

Xiao Ling led everyone to the middle hall and introduced: "This newly built bank building is the headquarters of Xiliang Bank, where the storage and lending business is located, of course, I believe you must have heard that Xiliang Bank has a big treasury, please look at the ground." ”

Everyone looked at the floor, and at this time Yang Xiucai noticed that even the floor of this Xiliang Bank was made of flat rocks, giving people a feeling of both heavy and solemn.

"The big vault of Xiliang Bank is ten meters deep underground under your feet, and there is a huge amount of gold stored in it, and all the distinguished customers who come to Xiliang Bank have the most wealth in the world."

The people in the mission could not help but ask: "With so much wealth told to everyone like this, are you not afraid that people with bad intentions will come to rob you?" ”

Just as he had finished asking, a small group of people came in with loaded guns and iron armor carrying boxes.

Xiao Jue stopped them from coming to the box with the people of the mission, and ordered someone to open the box, which was full of gold.

For Xiao Jue's behavior of revealing his wealth, everyone was stunned.

Xiao Jue was accustomed to saying: "Everyone, every day, a lot of gold and silver are transported from all over the country to Xiliang Bank, and there are also a lot of them shipped out, what we do in the bank is gold and silver trading, as for the problem you are worried about......

Xiao Jue's hand pointed to a door and said, "That's the door to the vault, the door is there, the gold is underground, but no one can take it." ”

"I want to ask you, if you deposit money and silver in our Xiliang Bank, do you want us to hide in a place that no one knows even the people who saved the money, or hide in a place that everyone knows but no one can take away."

Xiao Ling, who was smiling, was full of confidence.

Yuan Yan understood that this was another conspiracy, and the gold was not safe in the underground vault, but safe when it entered the inner city of Gangneung.

Now Jiangling City, Xiliang Bank and the Imperial City together form the inner city, all the royal guards guard Jiangling City, although there are not many people, but Yuan Yan has taken a closer look, these soldiers are wearing elite armor compared to the armor of the generals of the first battalion of the Great Sui, carrying firearms, in terms of the degree of sophistication, the Great Sui has to pull out several battalions to make up so many people.

Although there are few people, even if the army of Nanchen presses the border, I am afraid that it will not be able to capture it in a short time, and there are military camps stationed in the army around Jiangling City, and the difficulty of fighting it is probably not lower than that of Jiankang City.

And such a defense, which only protects the imperial city and the bank, is an impregnable wall.

At this time, Yang Xiu came back to his senses: "No! In this place, Xiliang Bank can't be the second brother's. ”

(End of chapter)