Today, Yang Peng finally had some free time. He was chatting with his master and Mrs. She in the official hall. Yang Peng said, "It seems that Queen Mother Xiao will not be able to find a place to hunt in Jinyang. Otherwise, there is no news until now. They
Now all eyes are on our place in Tianjing New City. Waiting for the news about the Eighth Prince, I will see if I should take down Yingzhou first so that I can explain to my Seventh Brother again. Bianjing is too far away from us and the information is not well informed.
, I don’t want to develop Jinyiwei in Bianjing. Firstly, it’s not necessary, and secondly, I’m afraid that the officials will get nervous. We can’t face two countries at the same time now,”
Yang Peng began to build a large freight terminal east of Tianjing New City, covering an area of 1,000 acres. He invited a large number of shipwrights and shipbuilding craftsmen from various states and counties in Shandong. Yang Peng also used 1,000 acres to start building greenhouses.
, growing vegetables in winter, Cai Huaishui is helping Yang Peng make large-area glass for greenhouses. Cai Huaishui’s glass workshop has hired more than 200 people, and Yang Peng’s winery now has nearly 300 people.
Everyone is very busy.
"Ye Hong, how is the business at home now?" After not seeing each other for nearly a year, Ye Hong has lost a lot of weight. Standing in front of Yang Peng, he looks like a hemp stalk. He slumped down and said with a smile: "Reporting to the city lord, the owner of the greenhouse at home
The business has been running in Bianjing, with profits of tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Mainly, all the money earned from the greenhouses is used to subsidize the family. That is, Yang Peng and his master's own expenses,
At present, the only thing we can do in Tianjing New City is the business of the wine shop. Since the city owner brewed the hot shochu, with the help of the Cao family in Bianjing, the sales of shochu have been opened. At present, Youzhou and Northwest
In the land, the demand for shochu is very high and the supply exceeds the supply. Last year, our wine shop expanded twenty-fold and made a profit of nearly one million taels. When the villain came to Tianjing New City this time, the Cao family had already died.
The man exchanged a million taels of silver into gold leaves and ordered the villain to bring them to the city lord.
In addition, there are a total of 1,037 wine shop clerks, shopkeepers, shop keepers from various locations, and brewers who followed the villain to Bianjing this time. Now all of these people are in Mizha City, waiting for the city lord's dispatch."
Yang Peng listened with rapt attention. When Ye Hong finished his report, he spoke out to encourage him: "Ye Hong, I haven't seen you for a year. You have lost a lot of weight. At least you have lost more than twenty kilograms. It shows that you have lost a lot of weight in the past year."
of busy.
I, the city lord, have written down your merits, and when it comes to rewarding them, your share of the benefits is indispensable. Even if you want to be an official, I can let you get your wish..." Ye Hong heard this and knelt down with a pop.
He fell to the ground, gave a big gift to Yang Peng, and said movedly: "This villain must be loyal and loyal to repay the kindness of the city lord."
Yang Peng glanced at Ye Hong and said angrily: "In this Tianjing New City, kneeling and worshiping are not allowed. This person cannot kneel, let alone get used to kneeling. If you kneel for a long time, your knees will become weak and you will no longer stand.
I can't get up." Ye Hong stood up, not feeling ashamed at all for kneeling down, but instead said with a smile: "The villain was reckless for a moment, don't blame the city lord."
Yang Peng waved his hand, pointed to the table and chair beside him, and motioned for Ye Hong to sit down. Ye Hong sat lightly on the chair, with his butt resting on the edge of the chair, but did not sit deeply. He casually picked up a Tianjing from the table.
The seasonal fruits from Xincheng were thrown to Ye Hong, and Yang Peng said: "Remember, you sold yourself to the Cao family, and later the Cao family transferred to the Yang Mansion, and your selling contract also went to the Yang Mansion with the Cao family. Qianming
Son, I will send a letter to the old lady and ask him to burn your deed of betrayal, and you will be free from now on."
Ye Hong had just received the fruit rewarded by Yang Yansi, and he was still a little happy. After hearing Yang Peng's words, he immediately stood up and knelt down in front of Yang Peng again. "City Lord...City Lord, is this villain incompetent in doing things?"
"You want to fire the villain?" "What did the villain do wrong? Master, please make it clear that the villain will correct it immediately..."
Yang Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I just saw that you worked hard for me, so I wanted to give you a chance to be free. I have no other meaning. Don't you even want freedom?" Ye Hong's answer was beyond Yang Peng's expectation.
Faced with the issue of freedom, Ye Hong almost didn't even think about it and shook his head decisively.
"City Lord, I don't want any freedom. I just want to be sheltered under the door of the city lord and do things for the city lord." Yang Peng was dumbfounded and said in astonishment: "Ye Hong, are you stupid? You don't want freedom, you would rather be a slave. I have to.
Admittedly, the question Ye Hong asked was very harsh. As a servant of the Yang family, if he asked such a question in front of his master, he would have to risk being beaten to death at any time.
Seeing Yang Peng standing there, silent for a long time, Ye Hong's legs began to tremble. He cursed himself for talking too much and wanted to slap himself in the mouth. When cold sweat covered Ye Hong's forehead,
Yang Pengcai said faintly: "Perhaps, there will be no royal family in Tianjing New City in the future..." Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng almost crawled to the ground when they heard Yang Peng's words. They couldn't believe their ears.
How could a country have no royal family? Yang Peng tilted his head and stared at Ye Hong with a half-smile, "Ye Hong, don't get involved in this matter..." Ye Hong trembled and said tremblingly: "
The villain deserves to die! The villain deserves to die!" Yang Peng turned to look at Cao Yunsheng and said sternly: "What I just said to Cao Yunsheng, I also want to say to you. I know that you were sent by the Cao family to test the potential of Tianjing New City.
I don't care about this. I hope you will remember what I just said carefully, and then use your own methods to quickly spread it among the business circles. Be sure to let all businessmen know that Tianjing New City is a
A holy place for merchants." Cao Yunsheng clasped his fists and said, "I understand." "Very good!"
Yang Peng sat upright in his seat, took a sip from his tea cup, and continued: "Now that we've finished talking about the off-topic topic, let's get down to business." The two of them said in unison: "Listen to the city lord's instructions." Yang Peng
He said in a deep voice: "Tianjing New City has been initially planned, and everything is waiting to be built. Commerce is a big trouble. Without commercial circulation, there is a shortage of food and clothing everywhere, and even some necessities of life are difficult to buy.
Therefore, I hope that the two of you, plus your manpower, will open shops related to clothing, food, housing and transportation in Tianjing New City as soon as possible. The most important point is to ensure that every city and every town under Tianjing New City is
, you must be able to buy basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Since the new coins of Tianjing New City have not yet been minted, you can temporarily collect the original Song Dynasty's silver when doing business, or you can barter.
The most indispensable thing in Tianjing New City is food. I believe that what you receive the most should be food. You have received a large amount of food, so there is no need to rush to resell it. We, Tianjing New City, have food trade with Da Song Dynasty. The contract signed between the two countries
The upper limit is 10 million dans of grain. But based on the actual situation, the annual shortage of grain in the Song Dynasty cannot be made up for by 10 million dans of grains.
Therefore, using 10 million loads of grain as an excuse, we can transport as much grain as we want to the Song Dynasty. I believe that even if the officials of the Song Dynasty knew about this matter, they would turn a blind eye." Ye Honghe
When Cao Yunsheng heard Yang Yansi's words, he was so shocked that he could not speak.
The business of ten million metric tons of grain... Such a large-scale business has never been done by them in their entire lives. If 10 million metric tons of grain were converted into money, how much would it cost? Yang Peng ignored the shock of the two men.
, continued: "The first batch of grain transported to the Song Dynasty has been stored at the temporary newly built wharf along the coast of Tianjing New City.
In the next few days, we set off to transport the food to the Song Dynasty. After the food arrived in the Song Dynasty, the proceeds from selling it could be used to purchase some basic supplies for food, clothing, housing and transportation in Tianjing New City and transport them back.
The ships are not empty when going back and forth, and they are making money every time they go back and forth. You two businessmen should be better at how to operate it than me." Ye Hong said tremblingly: "The amount of business between countries is so huge...
"Cao Yunsheng was also a little uneasy, "In a blink of an eye, you can be as rich as the enemy..." Yang Peng stood up, patted the shoulders of the two of them, and said with a smile: "If you two work hard, who will do the best in ten years?
Whoever satisfies me will be in charge of the finance of Tianjing New City..." Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng were completely speechless.
Yang Peng gave them too much shock and made them feel too much happiness. Until Yang Peng sent people to send them out of the official hall, they didn't even notice... After sending Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng away, Yang Peng returned to
Met another person in the main hall.
Liu Ping, the former doctor of Taixue! Compared with a year ago, Liu Ping was much younger and fatter. Liu Ping was a traditional Confucian scholar who believed in loyalty, filial piety, and justice. After being tied to Tianjing by Yang Peng's order
After Xincheng, he resisted until death. In the end, he was persuaded by Yang Peng.
Yang Peng's method of dealing with a chess fanatic like Liu Ping was very simple. He just asked Liu Ping, "You have been playing chess all your life, and you have been obsessed with chess all your life. Have you ever thought about playing an ancient chess game? With thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."
Playing chess, using all living beings as sons..." Liu Ping succumbed to Yang Peng's words. The temptation was too great.
Liu Ping entered the official hall of Tianjing New City, and after greeting Yang Ping, Yang Peng bluntly stated the purpose of recruiting him. "Brother Liu, now that Tianjing New City has just been built, he has a fortune worth thousands with the Song Dynasty.
The business of ten thousand taels of silver needs to be done, and there is an urgent need to mint currency..." Liu Ping muttered: "Do you want me to help you supervise the minting of currency?" Yang Peng shook his head, "It's not just currency, in fact currency is a thing.
, as long as the corresponding drawings and specific metal proportions are given, the craftsmen can quickly cast the currency...
I came to Brother Liu, partly to supervise the creation of currency, and partly to establish a money bank. In the early stage of the money bank, it was relatively simple, but it must be meticulous and rigorous. Brother Liu has been obsessed with chess for half his life, and the meticulousness and rigor have been deeply rooted in his bones. Brother Liu is in charge of it.
"Qian Xing, it couldn't be more appropriate." "Qian Xing?" These two words are very strange to Liu Ping, very strange. He looked at Yang Ping doubtfully, he needed a clear explanation.
Yang Peng didn't give in. He said bluntly: "The so-called money bank is a place where coins are stored. It helps people, helps businessmen, helps all citizens, and stores excess money in their hands..." Yang Peng was interrupted halfway through his words.
Liu Ping interrupted. Liu Ping frowned and said: "Ordinary people can store their money at home and put it in a money bank. Isn't it a waste? Moreover, since you said it is a money bank, the scale should be large. When the time comes, people will store money.
, there must be some fees charged, and they are not stupid, how could they deposit money in a money bank."
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Brother Liu, in the early days of the money bank, you need to charge a little fee. But once it spreads, establishes a certain degree of credit, and has enough liquid money, then there is no need to charge the people who save money.
When the money is collected, not only will no money be collected, but there will be corresponding interest on deposits. Of course, it is too early to say this now. When the money bank was first established, it was mainly responsible for two purposes.
First, to help Tianjing New City issue and use newly minted coins as soon as possible. Second, the main customers of the money bank in the early stage are mainly businessmen for the time being."
In the blink of an eye, two months have passed. The government offices in Tianjing New City and the government offices in the three cities under the government have been put into use.
At the same time, shops were gradually opened in these cities. Tianjing New City is rich in jewelry and jade, as well as spices, rhinoceros horns, crocodile skins, etc., with huge commercial potential. Cao Yunsheng has made Tianjing New City a city with unlimited commercial potential.
The news sent people quickly to tell the Cao family in Bianjing City.
In the past two months, the Cao family had successively removed the Cao family's troops in the Song Dynasty and began to march towards Tianjing New City. Yang Peng entrusted the political affairs of Tianjing New City to his master Lin Qing'er.
And Zhao Jinxi was left to help Lin Qing'er in Tianjing New City. Yang Peng took Yang Tong with him, and the two of them began to inspect various places in Tianjing New City.
The last stop of the inspection was located at the southeast corner of Tianjing New City and the port of Tianjing New City. Although this area did not belong to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to them. Yang Peng decisively sent people to take over this place for the use of Tianjing New City.
, and a wharf was set up here. Tianjing Wharf is now regarded as the most prosperous wharf in Tianjing New City. It was this wharf that Tianjing New City first prospered.
Merchants from Song Dynasty or even from the sea would rest here and do business here. Two months ago, this place was just an empty dock where ships were parked. Two months later, this place has become a bustling place.
Markets, restaurants, foot shops, car dealerships, horse markets, warehouses, brothels, gambling houses, etc., have all been established here. Commerce is the foundation of a prosperous place, and this is not an empty talk.
Yang Peng was walking on the street of the dock. There were countless pedestrians coming and going, and there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages carrying goods. On both sides of the street, there were porters carrying burdens and shouting. These porters
Most of the products sold were seafood. Yang Peng got in front of a merchant selling seafood and looked at the goods on his stall. They were all pearls of different sizes. Mr. Young Master, would you like to pick some pearls and give them to you?
lady?"
The pearl seller was a young, dark-skinned man with bare feet and a smiling face. Yang Peng looked at the pearl stall carefully for a long time and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, let me see what you are doing."
The pearls on the stall are of good quality, so we can just package them together and sell them to the jewelry merchants, so why set up a stall here?"
The swarthy man pursed his lips, "How much can you get if you sell it to those greedy jewelry merchants? Those greedy guys give very little money, which is no different from robbery." "In Tianjing New City, the business is fair, and the people are
People are equal, and bullying is not allowed. You can sue the officials..."
The dark-skinned man grinned and said with a sneer: "Come on? This wharf is managed by the local garrison. Those wealthy businessmen send money and even women to the local garrison officers every day. Do you think the local garrison will give money to the local garrison after receiving the money?"
who?"
Yang Peng had a gloomy face, nodded with all his thoughts in mind, and then turned to Yang Tong and said: "Haibury has only been here for a few days, and he has already started to be greedy for money..." Yang Peng shook his head and said: "Lang Jun
, Highbury used to live in the mountains, he was not familiar with the world, and he had never seen the bribery methods of businessmen, so it was difficult for him to stay low, which is normal." Yang Peng waved his hand, "This cannot be the reason for his corruption and bribery."
Yang Peng ordered Luo Ye who was following him, saying: "Go to Haibury and convey my intention, asking him to sort out all the money he has embezzled recently and send it back to the newly established money bank at the dock. At the same time, he was ordered to temporarily
Stay in the military camp, and after I greet Wang Mingcheng, I will go to his army."
Luo Ye received the order and quietly withdrew from Yang Peng's team. Yang Peng took Yang Tong and continued to wander around the market on the dock. It was not until his men came to report that Wang Mingcheng's fleet was about to arrive at the dock that Yang Peng came out.
Went to the market. Standing at the door of the market, looking back at the entire market.
Yang Peng sighed: "A series of commercial laws must be formulated as soon as possible. Without the constraints of commercial laws, businessmen are a little unscrupulous. Moreover, these businessmen evade taxes, and some even fail to pay taxes. If this continues, I will open this terminal
What's the point?" Yang Tong agreed: "Indeed, the money banks currently opened in various places in Tianjing New City have gained little, but they have gained something. The money banks that you have entrusted with important tasks have been unable to open their doors.
, there must be commercial law reasons for this.”
Yang Peng held Yang Tong's hand and walked towards the dock, saying: "Without the constraints of commercial law, businessmen would not be able to trust the credibility of the Tianjing New City regime, let alone deposit their money in the dock money bank." Yang Peng and his party left.
When we arrived at the pier, a huge crowd had already gathered on the pier. Today, the pier is under martial law and no one is allowed in or out, so everyone on the pier wants to come and see who it is that is so sacred and deserves to be treated with such care.
Various speculations continued among the crowd, and some people who knew the inside story revealed the deeper meaning of the martial law at the dock. Amid the divergent opinions, the first big ship, hanging a red flag, came into everyone's sight. Immediately afterwards, on the big ship,
Behind them, countless ships also appeared in everyone's sight. After a short quarter of an hour, the sea surface of the pier was filled with ships with red flags. These ships directly obscured the entire sea surface.
On a large ship at the head, Wang Mingcheng was shirtless and said with tears: "Brothers, we are home..." In just four months, Wang Mingcheng had aged a lot. He was the first to get off the ship and searched for a long time in the crowd.
He couldn't find Yang Peng hiding in the dark, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. But he didn't show anger because of this. Instead, he stood on the edge of the dock in an orderly manner, arranging for people on the big ship to disembark. The people who got off the big ship
The people were like quails, with their heads lowered, all dirty and unkempt, and their appearance could not be seen clearly.
When they saw other people, they were subconsciously afraid. Some bold businessmen came up to them, opened their mouths, and looked at their teeth. When Wang Mingcheng saw them, he angrily threw himself in front of the businessmen and beat and kicked them away.
The merchant then roared under the angry look of the merchant: "They are all our brothers, our sisters, and also the people of our Tianjing New City. They are not slaves or beasts. Don't treat them like beasts.
."
The knowledgeable businessman snorted coldly: "Do you think we are idiots? We have also been to Liaodi. Looking at the clothes of these people, they are clearly Han people from Liaodi. The Han people in Liaodi are all slaves, and There is not much difference between beasts..." Wang Mingcheng roared angrily, "They are not slaves, they are not beasts, they are our citizens of Tianjing New City." "Tch?! Who believes it!" "..."
"Yes, yes, I once exchanged a sheep for two Han slaves in Liao." "..." Next to Wang Mingcheng, a thin child timidly raised his head and asked him, "Uncle Wang, we Are you really a slave?" After asking this question, he lowered his head in fear under the fiery eyes of the surrounding merchants.
Wang Mingcheng stretched out his trembling hands, held up the child's cheek, and said in a trembling voice: "No, no, when you arrive at Tianjing New City, you are home. From today on, you are all citizens of our Tianjing New City." "The child begged: "Uncle Wang, I don't care whether I am a slave or not. As long as I can have enough food, I can do anything for you." Some merchants who were nearby heard the child's words and were happy. Hehe said: "Little baby, come to our Shenji Trading Company and help me pour night fragrance for me every day. If you do well, I can give you three steamed buns every day."
When the child heard this, a joy flashed in his eyes, and he asked eagerly: "Is it true?" The merchant said: "Of course it is true, even if it is not done well, I will give you two steamed buns... ..." The child wanted to agree immediately, but was stopped by Wang Mingcheng. Wang Mingcheng said solemnly: "My child, you are not allowed to go. You are a citizen of Tianjing New City, you are still so young, you should go to school to study and write..."
The child couldn't break free from Wang Mingcheng's blockage and burst into tears, saying: "Uncle Wang, please do it! That uncle said he would give me three steamed buns a day. In Liao Kingdom, I had never eaten steamed buns, so I relied on tree bark every day. The child cannot miss this opportunity..." Wang Mingcheng grabbed the child tightly and said loudly: "I, Wang Mingcheng, promised you that I would give you enough to eat and live like a human being, so you must believe me.
If you are not full, even if you eat me, I will have no complaints." This scene was clearly seen by Yang Peng and Yang Tong who were hiding on the dock. Yang Tong had long since burst into tears. Yang Peng filmed He comforted her with his shoulder, "Silly girl, don't cry." Yang Tong cried: "They are suffering too much..." Yang Peng looked up to the sky and sighed, "I won't, and I won't in the future. Because they have gone home. "
"How many soldiers are brought this time?" Yang Tong choked and said: "The Tiger Regiment is three thousand, and the Pioneer Regiment is three thousand." Yang Peng solemnly said: "Pass my order, the Pioneer Regiment goes first, and give Wang Mingcheng a generous gift for me. The Han people will rectify their name." "The Pioneer Regiment will break out of camp in a quarter of an hour and give Wang Mingcheng a generous gift to rectify our Han people's name." "The Tiger and Benevolent Regiment will break out in two quarters of an hour and give Wang Mingcheng a generous reward to rectify our Han people's name." Yang Tong got up from Yang Peng's arms and wiped his hands She shed tears, cupped her fists and said, "I accept my order."
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.