Crown Tang emperor

Xue Huaiyi has been very popular in recent years, even strong ministers such as Li Zhaode have to avoid three points, and the Wu family members dare not stare at this dry uncle when they are tied together.Li Tong used Xue Huaiyi's nephew to take care of these properties, which can be regarded as caring. At worst, he would return to Shendu in the future and pay Xue Huaiyi a deposit. A few years would be enough to completely digest Wu Youyi's family wealth.

Yang Li has been staying in the cherry orchard in Quchifang recently, and hurried to Xinchangfang after hearing the news.

This Shu merchant woman was wearing a sky-blue round-neck gown, with a straight back and a thin waist.

Wu Youyi looked at Yang Li, his eyes were a bit unscrupulous, he clicked his tongue in amazement, and pointed at the young king and said with a smile: "It's no wonder that the King of Hedong, although he calls himself romantic, doesn't play vulgar things outside, and even uses it under the door. Absolutely beautiful, it is really enviable.”

After Li Tong heard the words, he frowned slightly, took a step forward to block Wu Youyi's sight, and said: "This lady from the Yang family is a good family, and she will not live long in the door, and she will work hard under my door. Very helpful."

"Understood, understood."

Wu Youyi chuckled, she didn't know what she understood, but her expression and eyes were restrained.Right now, he is losing power, and even his family wealth depends on the young king for protection, and he no longer has the wantonness and arrogance that he had in front of the young king before.

Li Tong turned around and smiled apologetically at Yang Li, and explained the matter briefly. After Yang Li heard the words, she nodded and said: "The former has all the goods in Beijing, and the family is idle. The king wants to work, so the concubine sent them Gather up."

"I'm sorry for Mrs. Yang, and I'll be waiting in Dongshi first. Where shall we go first?"

While speaking, Li Tong looked at Wu Youyi again.

"Go to Guangzhaifang first."

Hearing Wu Youyi's answer, Li Tong couldn't help but twitch his brows. He knew that this guy still had reservations. When he took him to visit various industries earlier, he didn't go to Guangzhaifang. Now he finally couldn't help but confess.

Yang Li took the first step and went to Dongshi to summon the shop assistants.Li Tong summoned Yang Sixu to fight with more than a dozen people from the mansion, and went out in plain clothes.When he went out, he found that Wu Youyi's entourage was very simple, but five or six slaves led the car, far from the prestige of the previous one.

Thinking of what Wu Youyi said just now that Qianqi from Beiya, the capital of the gods, had entered the capital secretly, Li Tong carefully observed the surroundings again, and sure enough, some strong forces were scattered around. It seems that Wu Youyi's current activities in Xijing are already part of the lure of the enemy.

He didn't inquire too much about this, anyway, he didn't plan to attack Wu Youyi again, even if he seduced any target, he just watched the fun.

He is also not worried about whether Qian Qibing will report the delivery of the two people's property. In fact, even if Qian Qi does not report, Wu Youyi will definitely tell his aunt after returning to the capital. Of course, the number will definitely be concealed. .

Li Tong was not afraid that his grandma would know that he had started with a windfall, as long as nothing sensitive was involved, the amount of wealth was just a number.No matter how short he was of money, it was impossible for him to use this sum of money to directly fund old clothes clubs or recruit troops.

He has already thought about the use of this money, and it is not something taboo.

As long as there is a flow of funds, it is too simple to do something. Even if the government has eyes and ears, at most it has eyes and mouths. If there is any financial ability to directly check his accounts, such talents cannot be used as eyes and ears.

He himself lacks talents to use, and his grandma must be even more lacking.If it is really necessary to use high-level talents to monitor carefully, it is better to simply kill it directly.Don't overstep the rules on big things, don't go deep into small things, as long as you don't obviously break through the bottom line, you don't have to be overly conservative with trepidation.

Guangzhaifang is located in the north of Chang'an City, geographically located at the angle between the two inner circles, and its safety is absolutely guaranteed.If there is any trouble in Dafanfang, the troops stationed by the two major internal forces can arrive in a short time, and things like Longqingfang will never happen.

So Wu Youyi didn't shy away from miscellaneous eyes, and after entering the workshop, he led Li Tong and his party directly into the house.This mansion is much smaller than Longqingfang Yuanye, and it doesn't have any landscape layout. The middle hall and hatchback look a bit inconspicuous.

But the buns have meat, not on the pleats, even though Li Tong already has a lot of money, even Wu Youyi's family is rich, when Wu Youyi opened the door of the wing room, he was still shown off with a lot of wealth.

"Most of the garden stores here are precious goods, so it's convenient to count them. King Dongdong, do you believe that you have recruited these servants?"

Wu Youyi confirmed with Li Tong again, and then let the Yang's shop assistants enter the room, but still sent his family members to watch almost one-on-one, with the attitude of a miser.

Li Tong is really speechless about this, what are you looking at?It's all Lao Tzu's!

After counting all the goods, when Yang Li presented the account book, Li Tong rolled his eyes and couldn't help but gasp.

There are more than 400 stones in the garden here for all kinds of spices, including raw materials such as agarwood and camphor, as well as various types of incense.For example, the fifty catties of mica incense marked on the list is a product obtained by mixing high-grade camphor with various rare spices and crystallizing it.

This kind of spice, Li Tong only saw the forbidden gift when the three brothers came out of the cabinet, and it was only ten taels. Long.

One or two finished products on the market are said to cost as much as ten thousand dollars!The fifty catties of mica incense alone are worth millions of dollars!Of course, this kind of rare goods is not sold in quantity, and the demand is not strong. If there are so many goods on the market, the high price will definitely not be maintained.

One stone is one hundred catties, and the garden industry alone stores dozens of tons of various spices, sorted and stored, and almost all the dozen or so rooms in the garden are filled to the brim.

Li Tong had few opportunities to enter the market, and he was not sensitive to various prices, but after doing some calculations in his mind, he was shocked by the astonishing amount of wealth.

As for Yang Li, her face turned pale with shock, and she walked around to check it out in disbelief, and when she turned back, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's no wonder that your family is a light merchant, and only this one garden stores it. Ten years of hard work may not be able to achieve it!"

Li Tong couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard the words, you all have money, so I'm the only poor man, okay?

In this garden, in addition to the astonishing reserves of spices, there are also various gems, such as azure and agate, which are also counted by buckets, often dozens or hundreds.

After the inventory of a garden property was completed, Wu Youyi solemnly handed over the key to the warehouse and the house deed to Li Tong, and he did not forget to graciously tell him: "These goods are in large quantities, and it is not easy to transfer them. Some of them are only available at Xijing price." High, the capital of God is not a rare commodity. For some of them, the King of Hedong can enter the market for me, turn them into money and silk, and then turn into the capital of God..."

Listening to Wu Youyi's detailed explanation of the market of various items, like a loving mother who entrusts her child to others, Li Tong couldn't help laughing secretly. This guy doesn't have a very bright mind. Money, but also an in-depth understanding of market prices, how can I have the energy to take care of other things.

"Hurry up, finish the delivery of the three places of Guangzhaifang today, and count the others tomorrow."

Under Wu Youyi's guidance, everyone has been busy until late at night before counting the inventory of the three gardens in Guangzhaifang.One of them stores spices, another stores cloth, and the other stores all kinds of leather rhinoceros beads.

In the middle of the night, everyone directly stayed at Guangzhaifang, the room was brightly lit, Yang Li leaned over the desk to calculate carefully, and couldn't help being amazed.She herself is a person who spends a lot of money without changing her face, and the amount of wealth that can make her amazed is beyond imagination.

"Madam Yang, let's rest early, don't be too tired, these matters can be sorted out slowly."

Li Tong finished gossiping with Wu Youyi in the middle hall, and each took a rest. When he came here, seeing that the lights were still bright, he walked in and said with a smile.

After hearing the words, Yang Li hurriedly got up to greet her. Although she couldn't hide her tired face, she still forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty entrusts you with important matters, so how dare you delay them?"

She peeked at the young king, struggled for a moment, and then whispered: "I know that the king is not obsessed with material resources. This time, the king of Jian'an entrusted the heavy goods, so I thought it was better not to. If the king is in trouble, the Han family There is also little savings, and I will serve the king. The king of Jian'an has a bad reputation, and his intentions cannot be called good. The king's quality is so clear, why should he be so dirty..."

Chapter 0279 Flying Money Acceptance

When Li Tong heard this, he was a little bit astonished, and simply sat down, looked at Yang Li and said with a smile: "Ms. Yang has traveled far away and supported the family business on her own. Thinking about it, it must be very hard, isn't it?"

Yang Ligong stood in front of the table. After hearing the words, a trace of sadness flashed across her face, and she sighed: "There is no need to suffer or not to be born. Although I was born in a family of merchants, I have been cared for and taught by my parents since I was a child. As an adult, family attachments are not welcome. Love in a distant hometown is naturally far less suitable than being at home, but the old and the young in the family and the good old friends in the hometown all rely on it for a living."

Speaking of this, she smiled and said: "I can't finish talking about the hard work and details for days and nights. But after gaining the power of the king, there have been a lot of human difficulties. In the past years, it was inevitable that there would be a stagnation of money, and the repeated discussions could not go to the mansion empty-handed. The expenses of these favors alone are not a small number every year. But after knowing that I have listened to the king's family, all the families in Xijing took the initiative to settle the settlement, and no longer pressured... ..."

"Sit down and talk."

Li Tong pointed to the side seats, and ordered the servants to prepare tea.

Yang Li sat down as she said, feeling the King's attention, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she continued after a short pause: "These business matters are trivial, if you talk too much, I'm afraid it will spoil the King's audio-visual and disturb the fun."

"Where is it, as Lady Yang said, every person has a lot of careers, and everyone has their own hardships. Who is not respectful and hardworking when they live a serious life? There is no high or low in business. There is nothing you can't say, and there is nothing you can't listen to. Be careful and avoid things. , It’s just pushing the hard work that should be yours to others, idling yourself, dragging others down, or being a bit complacent, it’s not worth boasting.”

As he said that, Li Tong pointed at Yang Li and said with a smile: "No matter what the job is, Miss Yang, you can lead everyone's lives together, and you can do it impressively. You can be called a hero among women. You don't need to be humble or ashamed. "

Li Tong took the initiative to provoke this topic, of course not just for business bragging. After a short pause, he said: "I often hear people say that the road to Shu is difficult. I also made progress when I was young. The strange peaks and steep cliffs are amazing. It's timid. It's not easy to walk with bare hands, but it's even more difficult to carry goods in a commercial company?"

Yang Li was still delighted at the King's praise for her. After hearing this, she couldn't help but change her expression, and sighed: "It's true, the goods in Shu merchants are not rare, but you can get something. The road is rough and difficult, the loss of people and horses is normal, and the mountain bandit Linghao made things difficult, so the Han family has a young and long family, and there are countless people who fell on the Qinling Mountains alone. "

"However, it is precisely because of this that it is common for people and goods that are able to leave Shu to sell ten times the profit. It cannot be said that they are greedy for profit and neglect their lives. Those who are able can do what others can. With such courage and luck, if they can't enjoy wealth, the world will It just doesn't make sense."

Li Tong's former clothing club opened up business channels, and he also knows a lot about the huge profits in this.Bustling and bustling, trading for profit, ordinary small merchants simply don't have the ability to go alone, even if they are lucky enough to do business, they are really exchanging their lives for money.The Qinling Mountains span thousands of miles, and there are countless blood and tears in them.

Speaking of this, he picked up Wu Youyi's family wealth account book that Yang Li had preliminarily sorted out, flipped through it, and said, "Raising children to prevent old age, accumulating grain to prepare for disasters, and the desire to hoard is also human nature. Suffering. But everything should be measured and measured. All things are born with their own definite number. They are meant to benefit all living beings in the world. It wastes material resources and makes people sick, so greedy and despicable, it is really disgusting to humans and gods!"

Hearing what the king said, Yang Li felt a little unnatural. Hoarding is a compulsory course for wealthy businessmen like them to get started. Only by doing so can the profits be magnified.

Li Tong expressed his feelings for a while, but he also understood that the phenomenon of hoarding is really difficult to eliminate. Going back to ancient times, people probably know how to hoard surplus ingredients before their hair has faded, which is already deeply rooted in the genetic instinct.

Influencing supply and demand through hoarding is also one of the basic operations of business. Not to mention the ancient times when productivity was low and supplies were scarce, even in later generations with extremely high material levels, there is still room for such behaviors to operate.

But hoarding to Wu Youyi's level is really tiring, it's troublesome to count, and it makes people feel tired.

"Lady Yang persuaded me to stay away from King Jian'an. I was really moved. But seeing so many goods hoarded and left unused, it really hurts my heart. If these goods can be put into circulation, I don't know how many people they can benefit."

Li Tong closed the account book and looked up at Yang Li: "I wonder if Mrs. Yang has heard of Feiqian?"

"Flying money?"

When Yang Li heard this term, she couldn't help showing a puzzled expression.Of course she had never heard of it. This is a financial derivative product that only appeared in the mid-Tang Dynasty.

The so-called flying money is similar to the money order of later generations, which can be deposited and withdrawn in different places.The reason why Li Tong never forgets Wu Youyi's family wealth is that he intends to use these wealth to open a bank and carry out the flying money business.

The emergence of flying money was firstly due to the money shortage that had always plagued the Tang Dynasty. Especially after the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court lost the ability to control the local area, and the towns in various places restricted the export of copper goods, which made the already serious money shortage even worse. Frost.Without money, transactions are extremely inconvenient, not to mention troubles to people's livelihood, and it also makes it impossible for the court to carry out various administrative affairs.

The second is to solve the risks and inconveniences of merchants in transporting money and silk. The money and silk are stored in the prefectures of the capital and entered in the opera house. After returning to the prefecture, they can be collected by ticket. Of course, there is no need to say much about the convenience.

Li Tong simply explained the concept of flying money to Yang Li. After listening to it, Yang Li's eyes were full of brilliance, and she couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "If you can use flying money, you don't know the cost and risk." How much can be reduced, such a convenient method is really feasible!"

Needless to say, the convenience of flying money, but the accumulation of initial credit is also a problem.Historically, during the mid-Tang Dynasty, states first entered the Zouyuan to carry out this business, and then the imperial court followed up and endorsed it. After exploring this model, private funds poured in to obtain the market with lower service fees.

Although Li Tong is the king of the clan, it is still not easy to use this level of status to manipulate the matter, not to mention the current political situation is turbulent and unpredictable, even if it is Empress Wu Zetian, personal appeal alone is not enough to form credibility , Maybe one day he will die of old age.

Therefore, in order to attract customers in the early stage, it is essential to have strong capital in hand.And Wu Youyi's entrustment of money just solved this urgent need.

As for the target customers, it is also obvious, that is, the group of Shu merchants who are both wealthy and suffering from the road.If we can get through this line first, and then gradually develop markets in other places in the future, we will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, this kind of bill acceptance business can also complement the development of Guyishe. Basically, wherever the Guyishe branch is open, it can undertake related businesses.

After listening to the king's talk about the idea, Yang Li became more and more elated as she thought about it, and she couldn't help sighing: "It goes without saying that the road to Shu is hard. The reason why my concubine wasted money in Xijing is also because it is difficult to return the money. In addition to the necessary rural business maintenance , and the rest are used in Xijing in exchange for a harmonious personnel. Everyone in the world knows that Shu merchants boast about their wealth, but they don’t think deeply that this wealth is also a helpless boast.”

Hearing Yang Li's emotions, Li Tong was also in a complicated mood for a while. He hadn't adjusted his mentality when he was poor and rich. He also heard that Yang Li had too much money and couldn't transport it so he could only squander it. He really didn't know what to do. How to evaluate.

"Since it is an acceptance of flying money, there is one and the other. I wonder if Lady Yang is willing to make this happen?"

Li Tong asked again with a smile, he needed to find a partner in Sichuan, and he already knew the financial resources of the Yang family.The relationship between each other has also become closer because of Yang Xianzong, and they are indeed an ideal partner for cooperation.

After Yang Li heard the words, she hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, of course I am willing! The Han family has a low-level reputation in the countryside in central Shu, and there are not a few people who know good old families. Regardless of how much profit they draw, if it can be convenient for the villagers, it will be solved. I am extremely happy about the pain of transportation. Not to mention, this is an act of kindness and righteousness planned by Your Majesty!"

Hearing that Yang Li agreed, Li Tong nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I don't know what kind of goods are in the treasures of Shuzhong that can attract people to buy them. I need to ask Mrs. Yang to search for these goods carefully, and arrange them later." People sent to Shuzhong."

After Yang Li heard the words, she nodded seriously, and no longer mentioned the matter of refusing Wu Youyi's entrustment and spending money to support the king.It is true that her family is wealthy, but there are many wealthy merchants in Sichuan, no matter how confident she is, she dare not say that she can operate this matter with only her own financial resources.

Li Tong said this because the current currency is money and silk, but in many places there are hard currencies that are more popular than money and silk, which can be used as currency transactions. For example, precious metals such as gold and silver are used in Lingnan.In the north, however, gold and silver were often only used as craft materials and decorations, and the imperial court itself did not recognize their monetary properties.

In fact, the introduction of precious metals into the currency system has many benefits, especially the problem of money shortage can be greatly alleviated.

However, one is that the source of precious metals controlled by the imperial court is not stable, and the other is that the laws and regulations using copper as currency have been around for a long time, and rashly changing them will not only involve the modification of laws and measures, but also affect people's livelihood. If there is no strong And with a stable government as the support, it is difficult to complete this kind of overall currency upgrade. The current Wu Zhou Dynasty does not have such conditions.

Li Tong planned to wait for him to make some currency adjustments, and send some monks as envoys to Japan to search.But this is all for later. Right now, the business of flying money acceptance is started to benefit others and self.

If this matter can be done, the profits from the goods will be second to none. If they can take the opportunity to integrate the group of Shu merchants to a certain extent, the benefits that can be reaped will be too great.

Chapter 0280 Baoli Company

In the next few days, while Li Tong and Wu Youyi were carrying out the delivery of goods, he was also continuing to discuss with Yang Li the plan for the acceptance of flying money, and gradually perfected the details.

Regarding this matter, Li Tong can only provide some framework financial concepts.Although he is not an expert in this field, he has more or less experienced some financial products in later generations, and he knows a lot of similar knowledge points.

Of course, these knowledge points are based on the background that the financial system of later generations has been relatively complete, and some of them are too advanced and not applicable to the present. This requires Yang Li, a real businessman, to make corrections and adjustments.

When the two of them discussed this issue, they both tacitly avoided one point, that is, these goods were not owned by King Hedong in name, but belonged to Wu Youyi.

Li Tong also has his own idea about this, and it is definitely not acceptable to directly express his attitude and seize these goods by force.Clay figurines are even angry, not to mention Wu Youyi, a greedy and vulgar person, who even lost his official position in order to collect these treasures, how could he be willing to make wedding clothes for others?

Therefore, there should be a gradual process, so that Wu Youyi can gradually accept this fact.Li Tong is patient enough to be vain and obedient, especially when the rewards are so generous.

In a few days, Wu Youyi only made a preliminary count of Wu Youyi's family wealth. In addition to the ones that had been donated to Li Tong before and the ones that were robbed at Longqingfang, Wu Youyi still had seven gardens in Xijing City. There are a lot of treasures stored in one place.

After the delivery of these goods was completed, the order from Shendu officially arrived in Xijing. Although every family in Xijing had channels to inquire about the news, they couldn't see the official order for a day, and they always felt uneasy.

So when the official envoy arrived in Xijing, everyone in Chang'an City who was qualified to know about it was relieved.

Li Tong has been busy receiving a huge amount of money these days, so for the convenience of being nearby, he doesn't feel that Chongrenfang's home is stuffy.When staying at Wang's residence at night, I heard the lively singing and singing in Kangfang, Nanping Street, and everyone was celebrating, so I couldn't help but smile.

These guys in Xijing are really not particular, at least wait for Wu Youyi to leave before celebrating wildly.

At night, Yang Li also stayed at the king's mansion, sorting out various rules and regulations at the desk, and looking up from time to time to ask the king's opinions.

"If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. This new shop is named Baoli Xingshe. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Biting her lips for a long time, Yang Li raised her eyes to look at the king, asking for instructions with no lack of anticipation, and at the same time hurriedly explained: "Businessmen are greedy for profits, and the foley also takes 'huge profits'. Although it is a bit vulgar, it is indeed auspicious. It makes people happy to hear it.”

"This name is good, straightforward and easy to remember."

Li Tong didn't think much after hearing the words, and nodded with a smile.Originally dealing with merchants, naturally there is no need to ask for elegance or not.He originally thought of the concise "Shutong" or the more popular "Sihai", but these two names do lack a bit of auspicious charm.

While talking, he picked up a pen and wrote the correct four characters "Baoli Xingshe" on the paper, and asked someone to make a banner.

Now his facial features have already shown a bit of skill, and with frequent contact with the current, his calligraphy has gradually been praised and even admired. Although it is still far from the level of the four great masters of the early Tang Dynasty, it has already achieved a considerable level. A group of fans called it the body of Fengmei Zhuangya.

Yang Li stepped forward to take the piece of paper, dried the ink carefully, and placed it neatly on her desk, then lowered her head and continued to sort out the rules, and looked up from time to time to see the writing on the paper, with a happy expression in her eyes.

After finishing the preliminary arrangement of various regulations, Yang Li submitted them to the king for his review: "If the king thinks these regulations are feasible, then tomorrow I will start to arrange matters. The city supervisory office orders and lays out the business and other vulgar workers, so there is no need to bother." Your Majesty, but to meet the leaders of various companies, I am afraid that you will have to borrow your power again."

"Of course, after sending King Jian'an away and finishing other chores, I will post a post to invite merchants from Lingnan of the two cities to have a banquet. The venue will be arranged in the cherry orchard. At that time, I will ask the people under the door to help and prevent Yang The wife is alone."

After Li Tong heard the words, he nodded and said, he didn't attend in person, but he didn't mean to make things worse on purpose, but this kind of business behavior is not suitable for him to come forward to make arrangements in person.

Now it is just a laying out, and it is enough for people to know that there is a Zongwang backing behind this matter and strong capital.If he came forward to meet merchants in person, and his attitude was too attentive, it would cause people to be suspicious. It would be too much to suspect that the young king is bullying others and doing the same operation as Wu Youyi.

"It's the best to have talented people from the Fuzhong come forward to attend the meeting. New affairs are easy to respond to. As long as people can try this convenience, they will study by themselves soon, and affairs will be on the right track as soon as possible."

When Yang Li talked about this, she showed a bit of self-ashamedness on her face: "It's just about the Dou family, and we may have to make further plans. There are hundreds of kinds of goods in Sichuan, but only brocade goods are the most convenient to collect. If there is no Dou family promise, those brocade merchants are afraid that it will be difficult to recruit them all."

"There is no need for Mrs. Yang to worry about this matter. I will take care of it myself."

As Li Tong said, there was already a trace of coldness in his eyes.

There is no shortage of smart people in the world, and the Dou family, as a deep-rooted Guanzhong family, also has its own set of strategies for managing the family business.

Thanks to the merits of Yuan Cong in the old year, and the talents and power of the elders in the family, his family was able to sit in the middle of Shu to supervise weaving for a long time, and it had a great influence in this respect.

Silk weaving in Central Shu has its own brocade weaving households. These brocade households include both official slaves and maidservants controlled by the government, as well as ordinary people serving in the military.The mediocrity in Zuyong tune is forced labor. In addition to the basic drudgery of building bridges and paving roads, engaging in various productions in government-run workshops is also a form of mediocrity.