The low-key Bailigui has been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity where he can push his grandson out and become the prince, instead of exposing his strength prematurely and making Tang Jun the target of public criticism. It is better to be a prince in peace. Although no one can guarantee that the prince will live a safe life, it is stupid to still fight for it when you know you can't win.
In that case, even the Prince of Peace may not be able to do it, and he may become a victim and die early.
"Do we have to wait any longer? Will Prince Xiang become the crown prince? And Prince Qing, although he is ill, is not without a chance. There are exceptions to everything, right?" Concubine Baili did not. Being persuaded, I once again raised my concerns.
When asked about these things, Baili Gui once again showed a confident smile on his face, "Don't worry, Imperial Concubine, Prince Xiang will not have a chance. He is just a whetstone that the emperor gave to the former prince. That is not the case at all." A brainless person, if he really becomes the prince, then the surname of Daqian in the future will probably not be Tang but Yuan (King Yuan Tailou of Qi). As for King Qing, if he could become the prince, he would have become the prince. Prince, even Tang Xin can't be ranked, let alone him."
Seeing that Baili Gui spoke so confidently, Concubine Baili Gui was naturally happy, "Father, if you put it this way, doesn't it mean that our handsome boy is the most promising?"
"Yes, Jun'er is very promising, but there are also people who threaten him, such as the sixth prince Tang Jia and the seventh prince Tang Jian. They have all grown up. There should be a candidate for the crown prince that His Majesty likes among them." Bai Bai Li Gui said calmly.
"Do they also want to compete with Jun'er? The seventh prince has the King of Shu behind him, and he has some strength, but why should the sixth prince? His mother's family is just an ordinary Zhao family. In terms of wealth, it is far less than our Baili family. Outside There is no vassal king to help, so why should he." Hearing that there were still candidates for the crown prince who could threaten her son, Concubine Baili became anxious, with anger in her tone.
"No!" Bailigui shook his head, obviously not agreeing with his daughter's idea, and instead said, "The strength of the Zhao family is a bit mediocre, but its strength has developed rapidly in the past year or so, especially with the acquisition of Duke Zhongguo. With the help of the Zhao family, many matters related to the purchase and sale of Guochanglong's items in the outer city have been handed over to the Zhao family. If this continues, the Zhao family's strength will be a certainty and no one can stop it. In addition to the nine-link tribute paid by the Japanese mission, it is What he solved has attracted the attention of His Majesty. I am afraid that Jian is already in the Emperor's heart. People like this also have great opportunities and cannot be underestimated."
"Huh! This is all the fault of that Lord Zhongguo. I am so angry." Concubine Baili did not deny her father's words. Because of this, she spoke angrily. Obviously, this matter was because Shen Ao was so angry. I hate it.
Baili Gui naturally understood his daughter's temperament. He was afraid that if his daughter showed her likes and dislikes on her face, others would see it and affect his plans, so he had to remind him aloud, "The matter about Shen Ao is about the imperial concubine. Don't worry about it, your father knows what to do, you still have to strive for the emperor's favor and teach a good boy, and your father will take care of the rest."
King Xiang is still expanding his strength. Now is not the time to touch him. What Baili Gui wants is to win with one blow. King Xiang must completely withdraw from the competition for the crown prince's position even if he does not die, not just give the other party a lesson. This requires sufficient preparation. This process even takes a long time to prepare. Fortunately, he has nothing but patience, just like he has been a right servant for so many years. When he had the opportunity to compete for the position of Zuo Pushe, he did not act extravagantly.
Both Fan Shitong and Baili Gui are planning their own plans. Why is Shen Ao not the same? It took me a day to visit the branches of five Dagan Banks. The main reason is that the roads in Daliang City are really bad. It's so bad that there are potholes everywhere, and the bullock cart can't go faster even if it wants to.
After checking the results of the renovation, he was still very satisfied. In one sentence, everything was ready, all he needed was the east wind. He only needed to transport 100 million taels from the treasury to the main store, and then select a so-called auspicious day to open the business.
Shen Ao decided to leave the choice of life to Emperor Qianwen, after all, he invested 100 million taels of silver.
The memorial was handed over again, and it also contained details of other people's support for Daqian Bank. For example, Su Xun's family had saved 30 million taels, the Zhao family had saved 5 million taels, and he had saved 2,000 taels. Wan Liang and so on.
Shen Ao took out 20 million taels of silver at one time, which seemed to be a lot, but this was not his actual financial resources at all. The money Guochanglongzhong made could be seen, and even Emperor Qianwen could get it according to his own needs He calculated how much money Shen Ao could get. In more than a year, it was about 20 million taels. But what really made Shen Ao money was Xianweiju, Xishan and glass products.
Needless to say, Xianweiju is full of friends every day, and the seating is sufficient without the need for a seat. The actual daily income has reached more than 10,000 taels, and this is the figure after removing all costs and expenses. I know that among all the hotels in Daliang City, Shen Ao gives the highest salary to the staff, especially the waiters who perform the show. They can get two taels of silver or more for just one performance. This is something that other sisters cannot do. compare to.
Even so, Xianweiju can bring Shen Ao at least a net profit of more than 300,000 taels in one month. Just to prevent others from getting jealous, they don’t say that much to the outside world. Calculated in this way, more than 300,000 taels of net profit can be earned in a year. Weiju also brought nearly five million taels of benefits to Shen Ao.
When the coal from Xishan is made into honeycomb briquettes, the effect is far superior to that of ordinary coal. As soon as winter comes, truckloads of coal are pulled towards Daliang City, and the volume of transactions is so large that it can make people laugh. It brings Shen Ao a full ten million taels of benefits, and it is something that can be managed in the long term. It is not an exaggeration to say it is a golden mountain.
The other one is glass products, which are basically very profitable things. To avoid making him jealous, it is said that they are very troublesome to make.
This is also beneficial. It achieves the effect of hunger marketing, so that when every piece comes out for auction, the price is more than tens of thousands of taels, and the high prices can reach tens or hundreds of thousands of taels. This is what makes Shen Ao The lucrative business has brought Shen Ao more than 15 million taels of profit in more than half a year since its emergence. Even if it is divided into the benefits that the emperor and the eldest princess deserve, Shen Aohu was so proud that he paid ten million taels. Of course, this was the reason why Shen Aohu reported the production cost.
In other words, in addition to the 20 million taels, Shen Ao still has at least 25 million taels in hand. He is not going to take it out now. He is afraid that even if he takes out the 20 million taels, he doesn't know how much it will be. People are envious, jealous and hateful.
After Daqian Bank is established, the money will flow into the bank bit by bit. At that time, Shen Ao, as the actual manager, will naturally not expend much effort in operating this matter.
After the memorial was handed over, Emperor Qianwen took it very seriously and agreed to open the ceremony on the sixth day of the next lunar month, that is, the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the 16th year of Hanchang. At the time of the introduction, he would leave the palace in person and go to Daqian on Taihe Street, which is closest to the palace. The bank headquarters participated in the opening ceremony.
The emperor wanted to participate in person, which proved that he attached great importance to the bank, and was also to give Daqian Bank a platform. After all, it was the first bank in history, and it required everyone to deposit real money, so it was not an exaggeration for the emperor to personally attend.
Shen Ao was naturally happy after hearing the news, but soon his attention shifted to the movable type printing in the workshop.
If someone asked what is the most important thing in a bank, it would be banknotes besides reputation.
Reputation needs to be maintained by good reputation. This is something that cannot be ignored. Once the bank loses its reputation, it is not far away from closing. But if the banknote is forged by others, no matter how good you are, Your credit cannot be sustained. In the end, no matter how much money you save, you will be robbed by others. In the end, you will have nothing but debt.
Even though banknotes are so important, Shen Ao naturally attaches great importance to them. First of all, the paper used is "Chupi". It is also stipulated that Chupi Sichuan paper is exclusively used for printing banknotes and private procurement is not allowed.
But this is not enough. There are many vassals in Dagan. The so-called prohibition of purchasing is only for ordinary merchants. Those vassals with military power must be excluded. They are like small independent kingdoms. If you are happy, they will listen to whatever you say to Emperor Wen. If you are unhappy, it will just mean your dog farts.
In this way, in addition to the skin removal of the players, the complex patterns on the silver tickets are equally important. After Shen Ao's careful consideration, he personally drew the patterns on the banknotes, and painted the Daqian Palace in the form of a three-dimensional painting, making people take over and look at it. In other words, it was as if one could really see the emperor standing in front of him.
These alone are not enough. For the sake of safety and anti-counterfeiting, Shen Ao has begun to use red, blue, black and other colors to overprint patterns and official seals. This is probably the beginning of two-color and multi-color overprinting. Finally, internal secrets and watermark technology were added.
In the end, a banknote with one hundred taels of silver written on it was completely produced. Although the banknote was not perfect due to the lack of corresponding tools, it was impossible for others to imitate it. The watermark technology alone was the first of its kind at the time. The craftsmen can't understand it. They don't even know the principle. How can they make it?
The safety performance of banknotes has been improved, and Shen Ao can finally feel relieved. He called several big workers from the Zhongguo government who made Shen's rice paper and asked them to be responsible for one technology each to carry out large-scale production of banknotes. During this period, Shen Ao even called the guard Feng Xun and asked him to lead people to keep an eye on all the big workers. Even if these people were loyal and trustworthy, they should have the same precautions. This was not what Shen Ao didn't do. Trusting others involves a large amount of silver notes, that is, a large amount of gold and silver. You cannot be too careful.
In the end, the denominations of the banknotes were divided into eight types: ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, one hundred taels, five hundred taels, one thousand taels, five thousand taels, and ten thousand taels, which were also called Da Gan Ba Piao by outsiders.