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Hu Yun asked Dong An again, "I suddenly thought of a question just now. You said that if you transport a few ships of copper coins, they will be detained by checkpoints along the way. What if the merchants want to go to Xuanzhou to buy goods? The merchants have no silver and can't go to Xuanzhou.
To withdraw money from Baoji's counter in the state, he must take a large amount of copper coins with him on the road, how can he pass the checkpoint?"
"This... I'm not sure about my humble position. You can ask."
"Go and find out. If that doesn't work, we can start a black market business and transport the copper coins out for him."
Zheng Tongquan smiled and said: "I am afraid that no one would dare to let the black market do this business of transporting 60,000 yuan! It would be better for me to set up a cabinet shop in Lin'an and steal the business of Baoji Cabinet Shop."
Hu Yun pondered for a moment and smiled and said: "This is a good idea. Baoji Cabinet Shop wants to die, so we will give it a ride. It is best to find a few powerful families to partner. His Highness asked me to contact Liu Xianchen of Pingjiang Mansion. I will give it a try tomorrow.
Just go to Pingjiang Mansion. If you decide to open a cabinet shop, you can go with me."
After Zheng Tongquan withdrew from overseas trade, he has been looking for a new family business. He has long wanted to enter the cabinet industry. He has enough capital and a backstage, so he can do it. Now Baoji Cabinet Shop is seriously harming the interests of merchants, which is exactly what happened.
own opportunities.
He nodded: "I have very good relations with several local wealthy families, such as the Qian family of Lin'an Prefecture, the Shen family of Huzhou Prefecture, and the Lu family of Pingjiang Prefecture. I will talk to them again. I believe they will also be interested."
Everyone deliberated for a while, Zheng Tongquan took the first step, and Wang Mu also returned to the newspaper office.
At this time, Dong An stepped forward and said: "The proprietor Wang of Lao Yao Tea House had a conversation with me just now. He wants to meet you and asked me to set up a connection."
Hu Yun was startled, "He doesn't know your identity, does he?"
"Of course he doesn't know. He only knows that you are a regular customer of Changfeng Tea House. You come here every day, so you are familiar with me."
Hu Yun nodded, "I happen to have some time today, but I won't be free tomorrow. You can ask him to come over now."
Dong An hurried away, and not long after, Dong An brought a middle-aged man. The man bowed and saluted, "I'm Wang An, the owner of the Lao Yao Teahouse opposite. See you, Special Envoy Hu!"
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Hu Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Wang, please take a seat!"
Wang An sat down, and Hu Yun asked with a smile: "I know that there is an Old Demon Teahouse next to the Daxiangguo Temple in Bianliang. Does it have anything to do with you?"
"It was opened by my family. It was founded by my great-grandfather. It was later passed on to my grandfather and father. In the third year of Jianyan, my father moved his family to Lin'an and reopened the Lao Yao Teahouse here."
Hu Yun smiled and said, "I heard from Shopkeeper Dong that you want to move to Jingzhao?"
Wang An sighed and said: "This is actually what my father meant. He proposed to move to Jingzhao a few days ago. I have always been a little hesitant. It was not until this time that the Song army was defeated by the signing army. I knew that the Song Dynasty was completely hopeless, so I made the decision.
Decided to move."
"You move to Jingzhao, what will happen to your teahouse?"
"To be honest, I have sold the teahouse. Others valued it at 40,000 guan. I sold it at 30,000 guan, including three acres of land, the house and everything in the teahouse. This way I have 100,000 guan in hand.
, it should be enough to go to Jingzhao Buying Store and buy a small house."
Hu Yun nodded, "If the requirements are not too high, it is indeed enough."
"I went to Jingzhao last autumn for inspection. I considered buying the newly developed land in the west of the city, but now I encountered a trouble. Special Envoy Hu must also know that all my family's money is in Baoji Cabinet and there is no way to remit it to Jingzhao."
"Where do you take money to buy goods from other places?"
Wang An said helplessly: "If you want to bring more than 10,000 copper coins to buy goods, you have to go to the Qiu Ming Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs to prepare the money. Then you need someone to vouch for it. The Qiu Ming Office will issue an approval letter. With the approval letter, you can go to Baoji Cabinet to remit money."
, I have to verify the tax forms when I come back. If I don’t come back, the person who guaranteed me will be severely fined. I don’t want to injure others, and the court has been keeping a close eye on me in recent months, so the risk is very high.”
Hu Yun pondered for a moment and said: "What about a special way? For example, asking someone to help you bring the money back?"
Wang An still shook his head, "There are people in the black market who do this kind of business, which is to bribe the checkpoint officials. It doesn't matter if they spend thousands of dollars. I'm afraid that if I give them 100,000 dollars, they will swallow it up directly, and then people will
If we can't find it, our whole family will have to hang ourselves."
Hu Yun smiled slightly and said, "So you want to ask me for help?"
Wang An stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Actually, it's not just my family, there are five families in total. They are all in the same situation as me. They want to move their property to Jingzhao, but now the court is very strict. We really have no other choice but to
Please help Special Envoy Hu."
Hu Yun thought for a moment and asked, "How much money do the five families have in total?"
"A total of about 400,000 guan!"
If most of the 400,000 guan is used to buy land from the government, the Internal Affairs Bureau will have hundreds of thousands of guan in tax revenue, which is of course a good thing.
And this is not a difficult task for them. It can be said that it is a piece of cake. Even if the court knows about it, there is nothing they can do about it.
Hu Yun nodded and said with a smile: "In principle, I can help you. First of all, you have to give me a clear time. Secondly, I have to prepare a ship, which requires money. So let's do it! A family of two thousand guan, I will use a 10,000-stone cargo ship to transport you
All the people and money were sent to Xiangyang.
In Xiangyang, you can use the No. 1 cash box in Sichuan and Shaanxi, which is the official cash box of Prince Yong's Mansion. You can withdraw money in Jingzhao with the money ticket, password and jade pendant. Basically, merchants arrange it this way. Otherwise, you can go from Xiangyang to Jingzhao.
The journey is still long, and there is a long land route, so transporting money is very inconvenient."
Wang An was extremely grateful and said: "I will go back and discuss how to contact Special Envoy Hu later?"
"Leave a note for Shopkeeper Dong! After seeing it, I will send someone to find you."
"Then I'll take my leave first!"
Wang An bowed and left in a hurry.
Seeing that Dong An was hesitant to speak next to him, Hu Yun smiled and said: "I know what you are worried about. Actually, don't worry. I won't have any problems with money. The 10,000 yuan from them is used to supplement our funds. This
I will write a letter to report to His Highness."
"It would be best to report to His Highness."
Dong An smiled and said: "Actually, there is another way to humble yourself."
"you say!"
"The special envoy can borrow a sum of silver from Lao Zheng and use it as turnover, for example, the other party has 400,000 taels of silver, and then exchanges it for 80,000 taels of silver at the official price. It will be much easier to transport the 80,000 taels of silver to Xiangyang. Once in Beijing,
After a few days, the cabinet will give them another 400,000 taels of silver at the official price, and then we will transport their 400,000 taels of silver in batches to Dangtu County, and then to Xiangyang to exchange them for 80,000 taels of silver."
Hu Yun laughed and said, "Why don't I just write a letter to His Highness and His Highness make arrangements to directly give them 400,000 taels of silver in Jingzhao? Wouldn't it be simpler? What more 80,000 taels of silver are needed?"
Dong An quickly shook his head, "They will definitely not agree. They must follow the money to feel relieved. They have the greatest trust in asking the special envoy for help. No one else would believe it. Who knows what might happen halfway?
Cut down all five of their families and throw them into the Yangtze River."
Hu Yun nodded, "It would be feasible to borrow a sum of silver from Lao Zheng to facilitate our transportation!"
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Although the disastrous defeat of the 100,000 Song army made the entire government and the public feel deeply shocked and depressed, even the emperor Zhao Gou could not bear the blow and fell ill.
But there was one person who was in a particularly happy mood. This person was the Prime Minister Qin Hui. On the one hand, the tragic defeat of the Song Army relieved him from the pressure placed on him by the Jin State. On the other hand, Xu Xiantu had a heavy responsibility for this tragic defeat, and the official family would certainly not bear it.
Responsibility, then the responsibility can only be shouldered by Xu Xiantu. This Northern Expedition was planned by him.
It is very likely that Xu Xiantu will be dismissed this time.