After dinner at night, Fang Yingwu was bored and took out a very thin pocket-shaped cloth bag from his inner pocket. He carefully opened the cloth bag and found another layer of oil paper inside. He opened the oil paper again to reveal the innermost layer.
thing.
This is a bill, issued by the border army of Yansui Town. The bill proves that the holder transported 700 shi of grain to Yansui Army Town, which can be exchanged for 1,000 salt coins at the Zhejiang Salt Transport Envoy. Just hold the bill
The name of the person is blank and can be filled in arbitrarily.
In the eyes of a knowledgeable person, one must exclaim, this note is worth at least one thousand taels of silver, and may even reach two thousand taels of silver, which is a huge sum of money for ordinary people.
This started with Fang Yingwu's partnership with the Sanyuan Wang family in Shaanxi. Fang Yingwu guided the Miyuan Wang family to participate in the border market trade, and under his control, they also occupied a large share.
Although the border market had not yet opened when Fang Yingwu left Yulin, according to experience, the Wang family could make a profit of eight thousand taels in this May border market. So the Wang family had to spend one or two thousand taels of silver.
I mean, otherwise I would be too ignorant.
However, there are two problems. First, it is inconvenient for Fang Yingwu to carry so much money alone for long distances. Second, the Wang family has invested a lot and currently lacks cash.
So in the end, the sophisticated Governor Yang came up with an idea, which was to use the salt affairs to open up the Chinese law and use salt stamps as a medium.
The so-called Kaizhong method means that salt merchants first transport grain and grass to the border town, and then receive grain receipts from the border town. Then they can exchange the bills for salt, collect salt from the salt production area and sell it for profit. This is the guarantee of the state.
A method of supplying food and grass to the border army.
So the Wang family raised 700 shi of grain, transported it to Yansui Bian Town, exchanged it for a blank Bian Town note, and asked Fang Yingwu to take it back for processing.
Although the process is also very troublesome, and it requires several procedures to convert it into cash and get it into Fang Yingwu's hands, but these days there are no banknotes, so this method is already the most convenient way.
Other salt merchants preferred to go to the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department, which had larger production and sales volume, but Fang Yingwu, after much deliberation, chose Zhejiang, his own province.
The first is to avoid the selfless old man Wang, who is a senior official in Nanjing and Nanzhili; the second is that it is easy to find reliable agents in this province, but in Lianghuai he can only turn a blind eye.
This method is neither white nor black. It is gray and difficult to show off. Therefore, it is impossible for Fang Yingwu to come forward on his own. He does not have the energy or time, and he cannot show off at will.
What he has to do now is to find a reliable person. Not only must he be reliable, but he must also be knowledgeable about business and not completely ignorant of affairs.
Then fill in the person's name on the bill, and then ask the person to go to the Zhejiang Salt Transport Envoy to exchange for salt and sell the salt, so that real gold and silver can be exchanged.
Fang Yingwu's original idea was to slowly look for a candidate in his hometown after returning to Chun'an and entrust him to be his agent.
But after meeting Wang De, Wang Kui, Wang Xiaoniang and others that day, Fang Yingwu suddenly discovered that Wang De and Wang Kui seemed to be a good candidate.
However, Wang De must be convinced first. Even if Wang Kui is used, Wang De cannot be circumvented. After all, Wang Kui and Wang De have always had the same interests. Without Wang De's nod, Wang Kui cannot escape.
Of course, if you want to convince Wang De, you must also pay attention to the method, neither too soft nor too hard. If you are soft, it will be ineffective, and if you are hard, you will easily become an enemy.
Therefore, indirect and implicit display and deterrence are the best. I think Wang De has already experienced the fact that many girls who intend to marry are rejected.
However, Fang Yingwu was not in a hurry to visit Wang De again. The next day, he went to the city again and came to the vicinity of Northwest Gongyuan to continue to inspect the surrounding environment and prepare for next year's rural examination.
Now that there is still more than a year before the provincial examination, renting a house is relatively easy. After all, not everyone has the energy and financial resources to travel to the provincial capital a year in advance to rent a house.
Finally, Fang Yingwu finally selected a courtyard with a good location, agreed with the owner to rent it next year, signed the contract, and paid a deposit of two taels of silver.
After finalizing the matter, Fang Yingwu was in a good mood and returned to his residence. Seeing that it was already noon, he chose a restaurant in a busy place outside Wulin Gate to eat and drink slowly.
This was the time when there were the most guests, and the lobby was bustling with people, many of whom were discussing the latest news.
Fang Yingwu just listened to others chatting casually, but suddenly he heard someone sitting next to him shout loudly: "Do you know? The wife of Wang Yuan who came from Chun'an the year before last was the one with two shops on Beiguan Street.
I’ve hit Tai Sui recently!”
Wang De Wang Da Hu? This attracted Fang Yingwu's attention, and he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
I heard this person say again: "Wang Yuanwai has provoked a bully of unknown origin, and he has been miserable recently!"
Someone next to him said: "Yes, it seems that the bully has taken a liking to Wang Yuanwai's daughter, and Wang Yuanwai has his own intentions and wants to marry his daughter off first.
But those families who had good relations with Yuan Wang all refused to get married, which made Yuan Wang very distressed. I heard that it was this bully who was threatening every family behind the scenes."
Someone else chimed in: "I've also heard something. This bully seems to have a surname of Fang. He has a mysterious background and I don't know what he does."
Fang Yingwu was dumbfounded when he heard this. He choked on a mouthful of hot soup and coughed violently several times. After listening for a long time, did he think this bully who bullied men and women was referring to him?
He didn't do anything evil, so why did he become a bully in the rumors? Is there any bully in the world who treats Miss Wang so tenderly?
The man earlier slapped the case and said angrily: "What's even more hateful is that the bully seems to be planning to get both people and money! I heard that he colluded with the eunuchs of the Weaving Bureau to exploit and extort the Wang family's factory, clearly intending to occupy the Wang family's property.
!This is really disgusting!”
Fang Yingwu had just recovered from the bad news that he had become a rumored bully, when he suddenly heard this sentence again, and was immediately shocked and fell into deep consternation.
What collusion with the eunuchs of the Weaving Bureau? What occupation of family property? What is going on?
If nothing else, he had salt stamps worth thousands of gold in his hand, could he embezzle the Wang family's hundreds of taels of silver?
Did someone deliberately frame him? This is impossible. Who would be so bored and do such a useless thing?
Could it be that he was just unlucky and happened to meet other evil people who attacked the Wang family, and then he suffered a disaster and was mistaken for being a partner?
No matter what, we can't let this go on! There is no airtight wall in the world. Now everyone has begun to spread rumors that the bully's surname is Fang, so his identity will be revealed sooner or later.
He Fang Yingwu still wants face and reputation, and he has become a bully among the people. What does his father think of him? What does old man Wang Shu think of him? What does Shang Xianggong think of him? (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, novels
