Chapter 391 ZTE Bank! The first show of economic powerhouse Liu Ba!
Youzhou.
Yuan Shao's military camp.
Central army, big tent.
Yuan Shao was sitting at the head of the table. Although he was still the same person, his mental state was much different. There seemed to be an extra strand of white hair on his temples, and his forced seriousness caused two more frowns on his forehead.
Although his eyes still carry the majestic aura of the Fifth Generation and Three Dukes, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Yuan Shao of today is obviously different from the Yuan Shao of the past.
"I heard that my lord suddenly felt cold yesterday. He lay in bed for three full hours. He just woke up. The doctor was watching over him all the time. But before we left, my lord was still fine."
"I heard about it too, and asked the doctor specifically. The doctor hesitated and hesitated, but he finally explained that it was an acute cold, and it came on quickly, but as long as he took the medicine, he would recover for a while.
good."
"My lord, it's really hard. I've never heard of symptoms like acute wind-chill. Maybe it's because I couldn't win Jicheng during this period, so I got anxious and got angry."
"Sigh, Jicheng is not that easy to fight. Although we have the advantage in terms of military strength, Liu Yu has the support of the people. More than 100,000 people help defend the city. The harder we attack, the more difficult it will be."
"Let's take it one step at a time. At least this time with the help of the White Horse Yi Cong, we don't have to worry about the Wuhuan Cavalry on the outside. We can concentrate on dealing with Liu Yu."
"..."
Looking at the civil and military officers who were gradually arriving, Yuan Shao tried his best to keep calm. His eyes were as bright as stars, and he scanned the crowd: "Generals, we have reached cooperation with Gongsun Zan, and he and Yuan Hao will deal with the Wuhuan Tu in the periphery.
ride."
"This time will be our last chance to capture Jicheng. I hope all generals can unite sincerely and go all out to capture Jicheng as quickly as possible."
All the soldiers raised their hands in unison: "Here."
"alright."
In normal times, Yuan Shao would definitely carry out pre-war mobilization, but now, he was not in such a big mood at all, so he waved his hand casually and went directly to the topic:
"Where is Yan Liang?" Yuan Shao shouted loudly.
"The end will be here." A burly man appeared from below.
"I order you to lead the main force and attack the south gate of Jixian County without any mistakes."
"Here."
"Gao Lan, where is Zhang He?"
"The end will be here."
"Order you two to attack the east and west gates and contain some of the troops at the south gate."
"Here."
"Where is Wen Chou?"
"The end will be here."
"You are still ambush outside the North Gate City as before."
"Here."
"Where is Guo Tu?"
"My subordinate is here."
"Can the catapult be improved?"
"Don't worry, my Lord, the improvements have been completed. Although it is not as good as the Nanyang Ballista, its offensive capabilities have been greatly enhanced."
"good!"
Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at everyone again with firm eyes.
Immediately.
He stood up and picked up the sword from the wooden stake on the side. With a clang, he pulled the sword out of its sheath, followed by a flash of cold light and a crisp sound. The corner of the sword was cut off directly, revealing a smooth cut surface.
"This battle!"
Yuan Shao held a sword and shouted loudly: "If Liu Yu cannot be captured yet, everyone from the general on down will be beheaded. I hope all counties can do their best to create a miracle!"
All the civil and military officials raised their hands and said with great momentum, "We will go all out."
Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Okay! Let's go back to camp and get ready. After an hour, we will kill Benjicheng and launch a strong attack."
All the soldiers: "Here."
When everyone slowly exited the military tent, Yuan Shao, who had pretended to be calm, seemed to be deflated and suddenly wilted. He sat down on the main seat and took a deep breath.
After a long time.
He put away his long sword and secretly felt cruel in his heart. If he could not kill all King Hongnong's family, he would never be a human being in this life.
*****
Weijun, Yecheng.
A wine shop somewhere.
At this moment, some drinking friends are gathering together, drinking, chatting, bragging and spanking, the atmosphere is very good:
"Have you heard? Those people who died outside the city a few days ago were the family members of Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou."
"Oh? How is this possible? If they don't stay in the city, why are they going out?"
"You don't understand this, right? What is the situation now? Emperor Nanyang's military power is at its peak, and the three cavalry groups that have advanced have already reached Wei County."
"I've heard about this. There are a lot of corpses more than 20 miles outside the city of Neihuang County. I heard that they are all the corpses of Huns who were wiped out by wolf cavalry, tiger cavalry and leopard cavalry."
"I have also heard about this. It seems that the Wolf Cavalry, Leopard Cavalry, and Tiger Cavalry have set up a dragnet formation. Once trapped, you will only feel that you are in it, as if the sky is dark and the earth is dark, and you cannot get out at all."
"No wonder none of the Hun cavalry escaped. It turns out that they are proficient in formation? But your formation is a bit too scary. It feels like a divine help."
"That's not true! When the Emperor of Nanyang was in Luoyang, he had divine help. A bolt of thunder directly broke the bridge deck and reversed the situation. Then he was guided by the gods and found the Jade Seal of the Kingdom."
"Yes, yes! I have also heard about this. It was precisely because of obtaining this imperial seal that His Majesty the Emperor of Nanyang returned to Nanyang to proclaim himself emperor, and declared a confrontation with Chang'an."
"Now that the war in Nanyang is in full swing, Yuan Shao is naturally panicked. He wanted to move his family out, so he took action early in the night. As a result, the people were not successfully transferred, but they were intercepted halfway and killed them all."
"Ah? That's right. Then why not transfer during the day but at night?"
"You are stupid. Yuan Shao is not stupid. Wouldn't moving during the day cause panic? So many officials' families are all transferred out. How is it different from moving the capital?"
"It makes sense! So Yuan Shao is quite insidious."
"It's not that bad. It's really insidious."
"..."
While all the drinking friends were bragging.
Outside the wine shop, a voice suddenly sounded:
"Rush in quickly and arrest all those who spread rumors and cause trouble without making any mistakes."
"Here!"
Hula—!
More than a hundred armored soldiers rushed into the wine shop and immediately surrounded the gathering of drinking friends: "It has been reported that you and others are spreading rumors and causing trouble, which has made the people of Yecheng uneasy. We will now arrest you and take you back to the county government office." Trial."
"Come with us!"
The burly man at the head pressed the handle of the knife and spoke coldly.
"General, it's us who are spreading rumors to cause trouble."
"It's not us, we are just listening, it's him talking nonsense."
In an instant, everyone pointed at a man wearing a coarse cloth. The man was trembling with fear and quickly explained: "I just heard it from hearsay. That man seems to be called Agui!"
"Take them all away!"
"Here!"
Yecheng County Government.
A man sat upright, waved his hand to repel the rumor-mongers in the palace, then picked up a pen and wrote some names on the paper, and fell into deep thought.
This person is a county official and is called the judge and matchmaker.
Shen Pei frowned and chewed a name over and over: "Agui! This person must be a traitor from Nanyang, otherwise it would be impossible for so many people to mention him."
"But......"
The judge stood up, paced back and forth, and asked himself secretly: "Could this name be his real name? If it was an assassination attempt, there would definitely be two sets of names, and it might even be a disguise."
"Besides, now that I am arresting those who spread rumors and cause trouble all over the city, the other party will definitely hide their whereabouts. As a result, the difficulty of arresting them will inevitably increase."
"..."
"Damn it!"
Shen Pei thought hard for a long time, but had no idea. Finally, he sighed: "That's all, it's important to stabilize the situation in Yecheng first. As long as the lord can capture Youzhou, the rumors will naturally subside."
"Here comes someone." The judge said hello.
"exist."
"Continue to send people to search throughout the city. If there are anyone who spreads rumors and causes trouble, they will all be jailed."
"Here."
******
Nanyang, Wancheng.
Zhongxing Street.
A four-story building was decorated with lanterns and colorful red silk. All the prominent people in the city came to celebrate, because this was a bank opened by the imperial court, and it was called Zhongxing Bank.
Shangshu Lu Su personally unveiled the name, and Liu Ba, the newly appointed capital minister of the imperial court, served as the first owner of Zhongxing Bank and was responsible for spreading Zhongxing Bank across the country.
now.
The top level of ZTE Bank.
Liu Bian was sitting at the top, and two people were standing below him. They were Lu Su and Liu Ba.
Closing the relevant details of the bank, Liu Bian nodded with satisfaction: "You have done a very good job. This is a beginning, in order to support your work."
"The imperial court has decided that all official salaries will be distributed in the form of Zhongxing money notes in the future, and every current business of the court will also be settled in the form of Zhongxing money notes."
Liu Ba was overjoyed, leaned over and held his hands in his hands and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. In this way, Zhongxing Bank will definitely become popular all over the country in a short time, and I can spread it in the fastest way."
"kindness."
Liu Bian took out the pre-prepared letter of responsibility from the side: "This is the letter of responsibility that I have drawn up temporarily. Your goal is to open Zhongxing Bank at least in Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Heluo, Nanyang, and above the county level before the end of this year.
.”
"In addition, in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou and other places, Zhongxing banks must be opened at least in key cities. The funds will be temporarily provided by Zijing and will be returned after the Zhongxing bank operates normally."
"Is it possible for you to do it?"
Liu Ba had to admit that the conditions given by His Majesty the Emperor were relatively difficult.
but......
Since the imperial court would fully support him, he also had a certain degree of confidence. He immediately bowed and raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to complete this letter of responsibility."
"good."
Liu Bian handed the responsibility letter to Liu Ba: "In that case, let's sign it."
Liu Ba bowed his head: "Here."
Immediately.
He stepped forward, picked up his pen and wrote down his name.
At this moment, the netizens in the live broadcast room were excited again:
"Damn! Mr. Bian has taken this KPI to the extreme. There are only four months left in this year, and he is still doing this. Do you want to exhaust Liu Ba to death? He is also named Liu after all."
"We are born from the same roots, so why rush to fight against each other? But then again, whether this Liu Ba is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, I searched Baidu for a long time, but there is no result."
"Haha, did you miss something? The information submitted by Lu Su has proven that Liu Ba is indeed a clan member of the Han Dynasty, but this person is worse off than Liu Bei. There has been no marquis for a long time."
"Yes, his father served as the governor of Jiangxia County and the general of the bandits, and his father was also the governor of Cangwu County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so his life was pretty good when he was little, at least better than Liu Bei."
"Well, this is reliable. They are indeed from the same roots. Why are we so anxious to get along with each other?"
"That's right, Mr. Bian is so ruthless that he won't even spare his own clan members."
"Just don't let it go. During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, how many members of the Han clan came here?"
"If we haven't killed them now, my master Bian is already showing mercy outside the law."
"..."
Liu Bian is now completely immune to these contents.
He chose Liu Ba as his capital order, not because he was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, but because he had a certain understanding of economics. Historically, he had helped Liu Bei solve financial problems.
Of course!
Although, his methods were somewhat unethical and led to a certain degree of inflation in the Shu Han Dynasty. It was only by sucking the blood of the people that he became Liu Bei.
However, anyone who can think of that kind of method in this era and successfully implement it has proven that he is extraordinary. Such a person can become successful with just a little guidance.
Liu Bian immediately put away the responsibility letter and handed it to Zhu Tong who was standing next to him: "You should keep it."
Zhu Tong cupped his hands: "Here."
After receiving the responsibility letter, he put it directly into the wooden box for storage.
Immediately.
Liu Bian turned to Liu Ba and said softly: "Has Zijing ever talked to you about Yizhou?"
Liu Ba nodded and nodded: "Well, we've already talked about it."
"very good."
This saved Liu Bian a lot of trouble: "In that case, your main goal this year is to open a bank in Yizhou. This will make it easier for us to do things. Do you understand?"
Liu Ba was full of confidence and immediately patted his chest and promised: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will complete the task and will never betray your Majesty's trust in me."
"kindness."
After Liu Bian finished explaining all the matters that needed to be explained, he slowly stood up and said, "In that case, it's time for me to return to the palace. If you have anything to do, just go to the palace to find me."
The two of them raised their hands in unison: "Best farewell to Your Majesty."
After sending His Majesty the Emperor away from the bank, the two returned.
I bumped into an elegant man head-on.
With a smile on his face, the man bowed his hands from a distance: "Zhu congratulates Zijing on his birth."
Lu Su immediately introduced: "Zichu, this is Mi Zhu from the Mi family in Xuzhou. A large part of the imperial court's goods are sold through their family's channels."
"It turns out to be Mi Zizhong!"
Liu Ba quickly bowed his head and said softly: "I have admired you for a long time."
How could Mi Zhu dare to ask for help? He hurriedly returned the gift: "I'm just a businessman. How can I accept this gift from Liu Jin? I'm here to wait for you two. I hope to deposit some money and use it for business."
"oh?"
Liu Ba's eyes suddenly brightened: "This is a good thing. Didn't the counter handle it?"
Mi Zhu said softly: "There are quite a few people queuing up at the counter, but I am in a hurry. I may have to leave Nanyang and rush to Xuzhou soon, so I hope we can be accommodating."
"There are already staff members counting the coins, but there are so many. I'm afraid they won't be able to finish counting them in less than three or five days, and I can't keep them here!"
Liu Ba said without hesitation: "This matter is easy to understand. The imperial court has newly invented a balance scale. As long as the weight of the coins is weighed, the total amount can be roughly determined."
"If the total amount exceeds the standard, I will issue an invoice to you personally. You can just take it and leave. A clan member will be left here to guard it. The excess will be withdrawn for you naturally."
"If the total amount is insufficient, you can find someone to make up for it first. I can still issue an invoice for you. The method is the same as before. I wonder, Zizhong, what do you think?"
Mi Zhu was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed his head: "Very good! Very good! I couldn't have asked for it."
Liu Ba waved his hand: "Let's go and take a look."
Mi Zhu cupped her hands and said, "Here."
Everyone immediately rushed to the counting room nearby.
Because ancient coins have weight requirements.
Although on the surface, the size may be the same, if the weight is insufficient, it is a bad coin and the weight must be made up.
Therefore, within the bank, a balance scale is a must-have item, from small to large, everyone has it.
Whether it is entering or leaving the warehouse, everything must be weighed by a balance scale and meet the standards before it can be put into the warehouse. On the contrary, it must also meet the standards before it can be shipped out of the warehouse.
"Here comes someone."
Liu Ba said hello: "Bring the largest scale."
The bank staff greeted: "Here."
Not long after.
A huge scale was brought over.
At this moment, Liu Ba had already calculated the weight and said softly: "One coin weighs five baht, ten coins means fifty plants, one hundred coins means five hundred plants, one thousand coins means five thousand plants, ten thousand coins
That’s 50,000 plants.”
"Zizhong needs to deposit 1.62 million five-baht coins. The total is 8.1 million plants. One stone is four jun, one jun is thirty catties, one catty is sixteen taels, and one
Two combined, twenty-four plants.”
"After calculation, one stone is 46,080 plants, ten stones is 460,800 plants, and one stone is 4,608,000 plants."
"According to your description, the amount of money in your box is 100,000 coins. Therefore, the total weight of your box of coins should be..."
Liu Ba's talent in arithmetic is also amazing.
This is another reason why Liu Bian chose Liu Ba to be the capital commander. After all, he has to deal with numbers every day. Without certain computing skills, it would be difficult for him to be qualified for the job.
While Liu Ba was doing mental math with his fingers, Mi Zhu, Lu Su, and all the staff in the room all stared at the scene in front of them with their eyes wide open in disbelief.
Everyone unconsciously became quiet, as if they were all looking forward to Liu Ba's final result: "Two stones, twenty kilograms, six two and sixteen plants is the correct number."
"Someone is coming!"
Liu Ba immediately greeted him: "Immediately go and get two weights weighing one stone, twenty weights weighing one catty, six weights weighing one tael, and sixteen weights weighing one plant."
The staff immediately responded: "Here."
Not long after.
Bring the weights over and put them on the scale.
Immediately afterwards, a box of coins was poured into the designated wooden box.
When the balance returned to equilibrium, as expected, it was almost balanced, just at a slight angle.
Mi Zhu added three more coins to the coin box, and the pointer in the middle returned to zero as expected.
"Next box!" Liu Ba shouted loudly.
"Here."
...
The whole process only takes a quarter of an hour, and all calculations are completed.
After adjustment, the coins are exactly the same.
Liu Ba nodded with satisfaction: "Zizhong is indeed honest, I will issue an invoice for you immediately."
Mi Zhu held up his hand and said: "Liu Jinjin is just astonishing to heaven, I admire him so much."
"where!"
Liu Ba waved his hand disdainfully: "Nowadays, even the young children in the imperial court in Xiangxu can calculate this little thing. It's not a big skill, it's just proficiency."