Wang Mian was still in a state of bewilderment. There were forty large boxes neatly placed in his room. The boxes were full of one hundred taels of silver ingots, at least fifty ingots, and one box contained five thousand taels. Silver, forty big boxes, isn’t that two hundred thousand taels of silver?
Wang Mian sat blankly in his chair. He never dreamed that Chen Qing would send someone to bring him two hundred thousand taels of silver.
What does this mean? To bribe yourself? It must be to bribe yourself!
After a while, Wang Mian recovered from the daze, and then fell into ecstasy and trouble again.
The joy was of course two hundred thousand taels of silver, which was the biggest gain in his life. Compared with this income, the 50,000 taels of salt tax bribe that made him ecstatic the year before became insignificant.
One million dollars! This is money that he will never be able to spend in two lifetimes.
But he also knew that the silver was not so easy to collect, which meant that silver mines must exist.
And after receiving this money, he had to make concessions to Chen Qing, at least he could no longer mention the silver mine and iron mine.
The conflicts that happened before can only be forgotten and not discussed. Moreover, the report he wrote to the emperor should be factual, and write some relatively unreal things. For example, Chen Qing had a bad attitude, liked to be dictatorial, and treated the supervisory army. Very conflicted and so on.
As for the record issue of Jiedushi Mansion, we can only forget it and treat it as the abbreviation of Jiedushi's staff.
As for Jiang Yanxian, I suggest he change his name! Just pretend that you don't know that he was the governor of the Song Dynasty in the past.
The offensive of the silver bullet was indeed powerful, and Wang Mian immediately broke through the defense. He began to think about how to explain to the officials and the Queen Mother, which could not only meet the requirements of the Queen Mother and the officials, but at the same time not make the problem serious. Although he felt a little unwilling, but in view of the For the sake of money
Wang Mian faced a complex emotion that he had never experienced before
"Bang! Bang!"
A large store on East Street opened for business, attracting many people to watch. It turned out to be the Chengji County branch of Baoji Cabinet Shop.
Baoji Cabinet Shop, also known as Baoji Money Shop, was once one of the three major money shops in Bianliang during the Song Dynasty. Later it moved to Lin'an. It has branches in many important cities, but not many in the west. There is only one branch in Chengdu, and even Hanzhong Nanzheng. None, but there is actually a branch in Chengji County.
Of course, the reason why there are no branches in Nanzheng County is the war. The Jin soldiers attacked Nanzheng County twice, so there was really no sense of security.
A carriage, escorted by more than a dozen cavalrymen, slowly stopped opposite the newly opened cabinet shop. Through the window, Chen Qing looked at the new store, whose exterior decoration was exactly the same as that of Chengdu Baoji Cabinet Shop.
He saw Wang Hao passing by in the shop. Chen Qing laughed and ordered: "Go in and have a look!"
Chen Qing walked into the cabinet shop, and the person who received him was Wang Hao. The owner of this cabinet shop was called Qin Xi, which was actually the internal affairs camp.
This cabinet shop was naturally prepared for Wang Mian. Chen Qing was not generous enough to bribe a eunuch with 200,000 taels of silver. It was just temporarily there for him.
So he needs to establish a cabinet shop to keep the money for Mr. Wang. Of course, the cabinet shop is a trap for Mr. Wang, but it is a normal cabinet shop for others.
This cabinet shop was originally a government-run cabinet shop that the county government was planning to open. Chen Qing temporarily assigned it to the Internal Affairs Camp and borrowed the name of Baoji Cabinet Shop.
There are a total of eight clerks, six guards, and one shopkeeper in the shop. The shopkeeper’s surname is Yao. He is about fifty years old. He is the real shopkeeper hired. He has been working in the shop for more than 20 years and has rich experience.
The cabinet house covers an area of about eight acres. The most important buildings inside are two warehouses, all made of large bluestones. Each has two iron doors, which are extremely strong.
The cabinet shop in the Song Dynasty was the early prototype of a bank. It mainly stored money for customers and collected storage fees. In addition, it also loaned money to external parties and collected interest.
Shopkeeper Yao led Chen Qing to a warehouse. Chen Qing smiled and introduced: "There are two iron doors in the warehouse. The first iron door is opened by the guard, and the second iron door is opened by me. This is more convenient.
It’s stable.”
A guard stepped forward and opened the big lock of the first iron door. After walking a few steps, there was the second iron door in front of him. Shopkeeper Yu took out the key and opened the heavy iron door, then pushed the door creakingly and went in.
The warehouse is very large, with dozens of independent warehouses of various sizes. It is a place where large amounts of money are stored. Property worth more than 1,000 guan is stored here, while small amounts of wealth less than 1,000 guan are stored in another building.
Inside the warehouse.
"Are there customers already?" Chen Qing saw signs hanging on the small doors of several independent warehouses.
"Reporting to the Jiedushi, several families have come to store their belongings. The first family is Commander Zheng."
It was actually Zheng Ping. Chen Qing laughed and said, "How much money has he deposited?"
Shopkeeper Yao had a troubled expression on his face, "Jiedushi, I'm really sorry. This is the first rule of the shop, never reveal the customer's wealth."
"It doesn't matter. I just need to know one family. It's not Zheng Ping. I don't care about anyone else. Also leave me a warehouse. My wife may come to store my belongings tomorrow."
Shopkeeper Yao quickly bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Commander Jiedu, we will definitely make arrangements when Madam arrives."
Just as he was talking, a waiter rushed over and said: "The Supervisory Army has also sent someone to ask about the storage of property. Wait in your guest room."
Chen Qing expected that Wang Mian sent someone to inquire, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Shopkeeper Yao, please go! I have something else to do and will leave immediately."
Shopkeeper Yao apologized and left quickly.
Chen Qing immediately left the cabinet and got on the carriage. The carriage started and drove towards the west of the city.
Today, Chen Qing was just on his way to the counter, but what he really wanted to inspect was Hu Ren Street. Hu Ren Street is a small street parallel to West Main Street. It got its name because there is a Hu Ren inn on the street.
The property rights of this street belong to the county government. The construction has just been completed. Dozens of shops have not yet been rented out. The county government received a letter from Chen Qing from Huangzhou City, requesting that all the shops in Huren Street be rented out.
They were all left to the barbarians from the Western Regions.
Chen Qing decided to extend the eastern starting point of the Silk Road to Chengji County.
It is not difficult to do this. The transactions in Huangzhou City are basically between merchants from the Western Regions and Ren Dejing. Although some Han caravans came from Bashu, the transactions were mainly between the government and merchants from the Western Regions.
Therefore, as long as the government's trading location is moved eastward to Chengji County, merchants from the Western Regions will naturally follow.
At present, there are more than 20 Hu merchants opening shops on Hu Ren Street. These Hu merchants originally opened shops in Huangzhou. When they heard that Chen Qing was planning to move the trading market to Chengji County, they immediately came to rent shops.
It can be seen how keen these businessmen are to business opportunities. As soon as Ren Dejing died, they knew that the trading center in Huangzhou was about to end.
The group of people came to the entrance of Huren Street. Chen Qing unexpectedly saw a group of camels, more than a hundred of them, carrying heavy goods. Several Huren from the Western Regions led the camels into Huren Street.
Chen Qing winked at Zhu Sui, the secretary-general who came with him. Zhu Sui understood and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire. After a while, he came back and reported: "Jie Du Envoy, they are merchants from Khotan. The goods they carry are mainly
It’s medicinal materials and jade.”
Chen Qing nodded. If he came from the Black Khan Dynasty further west, he would probably have a thousand camels.
When he saw the camel team entering a shop, he ordered the carriage to follow them.
The person who came to inquire about the money deposit was his right-hand man Su Hui.
Mr. Wang received two hundred thousand taels of silver. Of course he could not store it in a distinguished hotel. His money was usually stored in the Baoji Cabinet.
As far as he knew, there was only one Baoji Cabinet Shop in Chengdu. It would be a good idea to send it to Chengdu, but the distance was too far and he really didn't worry.
He sent people to inquire about the cabinet shops in the city, and found out that there was also a Baoji cabinet shop in Chengji County. He was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly sent Su Hui to find out the situation.
Su Hui took a sip of hot tea and asked, "If I want to transport my wealth to Baoji Cabinet Shop in Chengdu, would you be willing to accept the order?"
Shopkeeper Yao shook his head and said: "We only transport to the states on Xihe Road. It is too dangerous to transport wealth to Bashu. There are Qiang bandits and mountain bandits along the way. There must be military protection. We do not have such a strong protection capability for the time being."
"How can I ensure safety if I store it in your store?"
Shopkeeper Yao laughed and said, "Why is there a problem? If you are worried, you can come over every day to check."
“How much does it cost to store belongings?”
"It has nothing to do with what kind of property is stored. It just depends on how big a warehouse you rent. If it's a large warehouse, it costs two francs per month. The cheapest is a small warehouse, which costs 300 francs per month. There are also medium-sized warehouses and medium-to-high-end warehouses.
"
Su Hui nodded, "I'll report back and give you an answer as soon as possible!"
In the afternoon of the same day, Su Hui came again. He rented a large warehouse specifically to store the wealth he acquired on Xihe Road, and took it with him when he left.
That night, Wang Mian personally led people to store all forty large boxes into the large warehouse.