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"Since that's the case, it's enough to issue iron coins, so why issue clubs?"

Hu Yun sneered and said: "Casting iron money also takes time, and the time is too late. It is so convenient to print the meeting. You must use the meeting to exchange it with them first. If you are lucky, you can exchange iron money for the meeting in the future. The court loves it." If it is darker, the meeting will not be exchanged, I guess I will promise, but it may not be exchanged in the end."

Wang Mu sighed, "Proprietor Zheng is lucky, he emptied out all his property, leaving only one house, but a big house of ten acres is worth a lot of money!"

Hu Yun thought for a while, and said to Dong An beside him: "Saving his life is the most important thing. Let's send him away tonight. Send him to Dangtu County first, and then see where he wants to go?"

Dong An nodded, "I'll arrange it!"

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In the imperial study room, Qin Hui was reporting to the emperor Zhao Gou the status of the subscription of clubs, "Your Majesty, the first batch of nine wealthy merchants subscribed for a total of 320 million clubs, an average of less than 40 per household."

Zhao Gou was also forced to have no choice but to play the idea of ​​these wealthy businessmen. Instead of letting these big households go to Jingzhao to spend a lot of money to buy land and donate the money to Chen Qing, it is better to let them donate the money to their own parents. army.

Of course, Zhao Gou still wants to save some face. It is obvious that robbing is something done by bandits. He can’t do it. It is because Qin Hui thought of the holy will and came up with the method of issuing clubs, so that these wealthy households can subscribe for clubs and exchange money for money. !

These huizi are also the currency recognized by the imperial court, and they can be used for circulation. As for whether others accept it or not, it is not a matter for Zhao Gou to consider. Redeem these meetings again.

In fact, it was a disguised form of borrowing money. Of course, it was another matter. For the sake of face, Zhao Gou still promised that in the future, the court would redeem all the clubs when it was rich in finances.

At least this is better than Ming Qiang, and it gives the wealthy businessmen a little hope. At least they dare not escape again. If they dare to flee to Jingzhao, it means treason, and the court in their hands will no longer recognize it.

At this time, Zhao Gou suddenly realized that something was wrong. Wasn't there the Zheng family in the first batch?The Zheng family has only 320 million crowns?He quickly asked: "Isn't the Zheng family the first batch?"

"Report to Your Majesty, there is no Zheng family!"

"why?"

Zhao Gou was immediately dissatisfied. The Zheng family is a big family. He can subscribe for several million yuan. Now there is no Zheng family. He asked angrily, "Why is there no Zheng family? Who is making a difference?"

"Your Majesty, no one is lenient. It is Zheng Tongquan who ran away. His family and property have already been transferred away, and the transfer was completed last year."

"What about his land, houses, houses and shops? Can these also be transferred?"

"It's all sold, and only a ten-acre main house and a few warehouses on the wharf outside the city are left. It is estimated that the value is at most 20 yuan."

"boom!"

Zhao Gou slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "All property is confiscated. Go and check all the cabinets in the city. If there is any property of the Zheng family, it will be confiscated. In addition, if Zheng Tongquan and his nephews return to Lin'an, they will also be arrested." !"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhao Gou walked to the window with his hands behind his back, pondered for a moment and said: "Although Zheng Tongquan's family has escaped, there are also Wang Zhenbang's family and Yu Wanfeng's family. , order the Plum Blossom Guards to dispatch all of them, control all these sea merchants, prevent them from escaping, and then subscribe for clubs one by one, without tens of millions of income, I will not be satisfied."

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Although the "Beijing News" did not report that the imperial court forcibly issued clubs to wealthy businessmen, this incident spread to the streets and alleys of Lin'an overnight. Almost everyone was talking about it, and almost all the people at the bottom were gloating. It has long been seen that this group of rich people is not pleasing to the eye, but people of insight are very worried that such a waste of money will make the rich people turn to support Jingzhao.

At noon, the Changfeng Teahouse was extremely lively, with dozens of tea drinkers talking about it.

"I support the imperial court's doing this. Taking money from wealthy businessmen without raising taxes, crying all the way is not as good as a family crying."

An old man gloated and said: "Those rich businessmen are all rich and heartless. They have long been disliked by them. They deserve what they are today."

"Yu Weng, you can't say that. Others have accumulated wealth for generations. The imperial court is shameless and tried different ways to steal money. How can you applaud it?"

"Yu Weng is right! Aren't the merchants of all dynasties fattening pigs? Isn't fattening them just to slaughter them when needed? Seeing that it's the Chinese New Year, it's time to slaughter pigs."

"Aren't you afraid that the rich will run away when the court does this? If the rich run away, who will hire us to do things?"

"If you have a lot of money, you have to go, and the court is not stupid. Those powerful officials, those noble families, and big landlords, the court doesn't move, and they just target businessmen. What's the impact?"

"The imperial court looks so ugly, it's no different from a bandit!"

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In the private room, Wang Mu asked, "Is Master Zheng gone?"

Dong An nodded, "Wei Yanzong led his men to escort him away last night, and it went smoothly. He will arrive at Dangtu tomorrow. Zheng Dong is mainly going to Jingzhao. It seems that His Royal Highness King Yong has something to do with him."

Wang Mu turned to Hu Yun, Hu Yun nodded and said with a smile: "Yesterday, I received a letter from King Yongying asking Mr. Zheng to go to Jingzhao if he has time. Maybe there is something going on!"

"Did King Yong say anything else?"

"There is still iron money!"

Hu Yun pondered for a while and said: "King Yong is very concerned about iron money. He thinks that iron money will eventually be enforced. King Yong wants us to pay close attention to iron money, especially to understand the bad influence of iron money. Brother Shaofu, "Beijing The newspaper has an advantage in this regard, so we should make good use of it.”

Wang Mu nodded, and Hu Yun said to Dong An: "The intelligence station should focus on understanding the information on the imperial court's pig iron, which is related to the imperial court's military development and the issuance of iron coins."

Dong An immediately said: "I will arrange it!"

"Boss, someone is looking for it!" A guy outside shouted.

Dong An could only smile wryly and said, "I'll go and have a look, the person who brought the tea is probably here."

Dong An got up and went out, and Wang Mu said to Hu Yun again: "This time we underestimated the imperial court, this time the imperial court issued the meeting not for ordinary people, but for legally plundering rich businessmen, some reporters went to inquire about the news, saying that the Meihuawei Lock up rich businessmen in an empty house, torture their sons and grandchildren next door, cut off their ears, chop off their fingers, etc., tortured so badly, these rich businessmen had to spend their money and pay for their lives, and basically emptied their families for decades Yes, Baoji Cabinet said that Meihuawei took away the gold and silver stored by six families in the warehouse last night."

Hu Yun said lightly: "This is actually expected. Why did those hundreds of rich merchants run away last year? They all felt that the court was going to attack them. They are all prophets, so they all escaped. No one ran away. Wealthy businessmen feel that the imperial court is not so shameless, but it turns out that they made a wrong bet."

"You're right. What the court did this time was too bad and had a far-reaching impact. They thought they would only attack wealthy businessmen, but as long as this kind of thing is done once, there will be a second time. Who knows if it will be against big businessmen next time?" Landlords to attack? I estimate that many local landlords will plan ahead and transfer their property, and they don’t have to go to Jingzhao, transfer to Yangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei, and transfer to Jiangnan West Road, the court will be out of reach.”

At this time, Dong An walked in and said in a low voice: "A few wealthy businessmen came to me just now, and wanted me to escort their family and wealth to Yangzhou."

Hu Yun frowned and said: "You can let them deposit their money in Wanbao Cabinet, and then open a counter ticket to Yangzhou to withdraw the money, so it doesn't have to be so troublesome!"

Dong An hesitated and said: "Copper coins can do this, but gold, silver, jewelry and jade can't be used, they must be given away, Lao Hu, five hundred coins per person, do you think I can take this business?"

Hu Yun thought for a while and smiled: "I have promised to the imperial court not to help wealthy businessmen transfer wealth, but I have not promised not to send people out, so how about it! You let them pass the copper coins through the Wanbao cabinet, and then let them buy gold, silver and jewelry. If I carry it myself, I don’t think there will be many, just a few big boxes, and then send people to Yangzhou, so that I will not violate my promise to the court.”

"That's a good idea!"

Wang Mu smiled and said, "We are just giving gifts to people, but not property. Those are their carry-on luggage!"

Dong An breathed a sigh of relief, and asked with a smile: "I see, I will arrange it, or go to sea?"

Hu Yun nodded, "It's still the old way, go to Xiaoshan County to board a boat, and take the sea to Yangzhou."

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Time flies, and it’s the New Year in a blink of an eye. This year’s New Year in Jingzhao is extremely lively, and the strategy of raising sheep on the riverbank has entered the harvest period. This year, 100 million sheep will be supplied to Jingzhao. The price is cheap, and you can buy it for two pennies. A sheep, almost every household has a sheep for the New Year. Of course, not only mutton, chicken, duck, goose and fish are also in sufficient supply, as well as bacon from Sichuan Road, as well as various sweets and cakes, all kinds of cloth, the supply of materials is very sufficient.

In the early morning of the 31st, Chen Qing and the five counselors went to the street to inspect the situation of the New Year separately. This is a common practice, and the holiday starts at noon.

In fact, since the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Qing has been busy going around to visit the families of border soldiers, visit the families of fallen soldiers, and send rice noodles, oil and mutton. He is so busy that he has to visit more than 100 households a day.

Chen Qing took a carriage to South Street Wazi. This is the youngest Wazi in Jingzhao. It was officially formed last year. It is located in the southwest, not far from Qujiang Pond.

After several years of construction, Xinnan City has completely changed. It is divided into twelve squares and one school.

Of course, the protagonist is Twelve Squares. The twelve neighborhoods are not surrounded by walls, but are separated by streets. Shops and houses are next to each other. There are many restaurants and teahouses. Wealthy households from other places not only moved to Jingzhao by themselves, but also brought a large number of domestic servants and maids, which caused the population of Jingzhao to increase rapidly.

Of course, not only rich households from other places, but also many common people who come to Jingzhao from all over the world to make a living. Since the middle of this year, Jingzhao’s population has exceeded one million. For this reason, Jingzhao has been divided into three counties, except for the previous Chang’an County. In addition to Wannian County, the Twelve Squares of Xinnan City became an independent county called Jingzhao County.

The carriage slowly drove into Wazi, South Street, and a sense of hustle and bustle rushed over.

Although New Year's Eve, Wazili is still lively. Many people buy some fresh New Year's goods on the morning of New Year's Eve, so vendors also seize the last wave of business opportunities to bring a year's business to a successful conclusion.

In the afternoon of New Year's Eve, no one came out, and all the shops basically closed their doors and went home to celebrate the New Year.

Chen Qing discovered an interesting phenomenon. Basically, stalls are set up on the roadside, even if there are shops, which makes the road extremely congested, and there are a lot of people buying goods, and the sound of bargaining and shouting keeps coming.

Chen Qing observed the transactions of the vendors through the car curtain. Most of them used copper coins, but to his relief, he saw that many people also used silver coins, mainly to buy some big-ticket items, such as buying a sheep. Two copper coins cost more than ten catties, but only four yinjiaozi are enough, which is very convenient, and if you have saved hundreds of yinjiaozi, it is easy to exchange them for copper coins at the cabinet shop, and no matter whether it is true or not, the cabinet shop will Accept the exchange, of course, if there is a fake, the cabinet will immediately notify the inner guard.

It is this kind of convenience and safety that made the people of Jingzhao accept Yinjiaozi very quickly, at least all the major shops accepted it. As for small merchants and hawkers, we still need to observe.

At this time, Chen Qing suddenly saw a small stall selling all kinds of small furniture, such as a small bed the size of a palm, a cabinet the size of a fist, and many tables and chairs the size of a thumb, all of which were carved from wood or woven from bamboo. They are all mortise and tenon structures, very delicately made, and very rustic children's toys.

"parking!"

Chen Qing yelled, the carriage stopped, just in front of the stall, Chen Qing opened the curtain and asked, "How do you sell the small furniture?"

The vendor is a simple and honest black and strong middle-aged man. It looks like he should have made it himself. When someone asked, the man quickly laughed and said: "Reporting to the official, this is a gadget for children."

"I know, how much is one?"

"Everything costs five cents, no matter how big or small it is. In fact, it's even harder for me to make small ones."

"How many are there in total, I want them all!"

The man did not expect to meet a big customer, and he was immediately elated, "There are more than 120 in total, I can make it cheaper, five hundred Wen will do."

"Put it all together! I want it all."

The man quickly brought a big bamboo basket with a half frame of small furniture in it. At this moment, Chen Qing found that there were many dishes and cups made of bamboo tubes, which was very interesting.

"Those bamboo tableware are also yours?" Chen Qing asked, pointing to dozens of bamboo tableware and tea sets.

"It's all mine. If the officials want to buy it, I can make it cheaper. I'll buy it all. How much will it cost?"

The man scratched his head and said, "It costs three pennies to buy all of them, so I'll count them as high officials and two pennies for five hundred pennies!"

The soldiers came forward to pack the goods, and another soldier wanted to take copper coins. Chen Qing waved his hand and asked the middle-aged man, "I have a bank account, do you want to take it?"

"Accepted! Accepted! It's more convenient for me, Yinjiaozi."

Chen Qing took out seven silver jiaozi from the bag and asked the soldiers to hand them over to the man. The man took the silver jiaozi and counted them: "Master, you gave me one more, six are enough."

"Just seven! You don't need to look for it during the Chinese New Year."

The man was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly, Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "Can you tell the authenticity of Yinjiaozi?"

"This thing is not fake. You can't make a lot of money by making fakes. If you are caught, you will have to kill the whole family. It's not worthwhile."

The reasoning is so simple that even the peasants in the countryside understand it. Seeing that the man put Yinjiaozi in a small purse and put it in his arms, Chen Qing suddenly realized that he had succeeded in issuing Yinjiaozi.

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When Chen Qing returned to the mansion, it happened that his wife was distributing annual rewards to his servants. After a year of hard work, everyone had a reward, and the rewards were distributed according to their respective ranks. A hundred guan, the minimum is the rough envoy maid, the caretaker of the farm, and the keeper of the house, each with eight guan.

The others are all ten guan to fifty guan. They used to issue silver coins, but this year they started to issue silver coins, and the minting of silver coins has stopped.

But it doesn't matter whether the money is silver or silver. What is important is that this year is [-]% more than last year.

Everyone gathered in the outer house, and it was very lively. When Chen Qing walked to the middle hall, he saw two young ladies playing around the old apricot tree. Xueer suddenly saw her father and ran over happily, and Binger followed suit. , like two little butterflies.

Chen Qing likes these two baby girls the most. He holds one in each hand and kisses them heavily on the cheeks.

"Did Daddy bring you a gift?"

"What gift?" The two little ladies asked with their fingers in their mouths.

Chen Qing put them down, took the big basket from the soldiers, and the two young ladies surrounded them, saying in great surprise, "What is this?"

"This is for you to run a house. There are small beds, small cabinets, small tables, small chairs, all kinds of things, do you like it?"

"Wow! So cute! I like it!" The two little ladies clapped their hands in joy.

"Take it back to the house and share it! Half for each person."

"Daddy, what is this?" Xue'er saw the bamboo tableware in another basket.

"This is a gift for your mother, not for you!"

"What will my husband give us?"

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, several wives came, and the leader was Lu Xiu.

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"Didn't the lady give out rewards to everyone?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"I just read it out. The specific reward money is a matter for the housekeeper and the accountant."

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "But I heard that a certain prince is going to give us a gift, so come and have a look."

"They are all native products of the countryside, quite wild and interesting."

Chen Qing brought over a big basket full of bamboo tableware, and said with a smile, "That's it, do you like it? It's not expensive, and it only cost three pennies in total."

All the girls got pretty eyes and gathered around them one after another. The plates, cups and bowls made of bamboo tubes are really interesting.

Lu Xiu smiled and said nothing. She bought a lot of these things when she was in Qinzhou, and later gave them to her servants when she moved. These bamboo wares are worth a few hundred coins at most, and my husband actually spent three pennies, hey!

When Lu Xiu turned her head, she saw Yao Mei and Yu Ying staring at the small chairs and tables. She couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You two are worthless, and you actually rob things with the little lady, send them back quickly, and then go to the study to light the brazier .”

Everyone arranged carriages and returned to their inner houses.

Chen Qing also went back to his study room. The study room was as warm as spring, and a pot of charcoal fire was burning very well. Yao Mei was making tea for Chen Qing. Seeing the master entering the room, she hurriedly stepped forward to take off his coat.

Chen Qing suddenly felt that she was quite tall, equivalent to about 1.7 meters in later generations, so he compared her head and said with a smile: "I have grown a lot taller!"