Sheng Shi Merciful Light

Le Shu hurried over and saw Le Shoushou outside Qiuzhen hall.He was originally a delicate and transparent person, so he immediately had a guess in his heart, and then he listened attentively... His heart was filled with sadness, but his face was calm, and he reached out to knock on the door of the study.

Le Shou still held his sword, and only moved a step slightly to stand in front of Le Shu.

Le Shu opened his mouth and lowered his voice subconsciously: "Shou, I have official business and I want to see the Lord."

Le Shou's ears and eyes were much more sensitive, and he could clearly hear the urgent voices in the inner room, so he also whispered: "Please wait a moment."

The official business is not urgent, and it's not that Le Shu can't wait for this quarter of an hour, but he suddenly felt unwilling, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, so he stretched out his hand to push Le Shou away, and knocked on the door frame.

"Tut Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk Tuk..." The voice was not loud, but it was enough for Mu Ci to hear.

But Mu Ci didn't call, and Le Shu didn't dare to break in directly at this time.

After a long time, the voice inside was calm, and Mu Ci asked with a voice that still had some passion, "What's the matter?"

Isn't it "Come in!"?

Le Shu usually stays with him in the study, but now he cannot enter.There was a gloomy look in his eyes, and he was very dissatisfied with the beard who had been seduced by his master in the study during the day.But no matter how dissatisfied, I know that there must be the connivance of the master... For this reason, even the official business was delayed, which shows that the master loves that bearded man very much.

That's even more frustrating.

What Le Shu thought was only for a moment, he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face, and said respectfully: "Master, please see King Guangling, the Duke of the Kingdom has already entertained you in the Palace of Peace."

King Guangling must have something important to do when he comes over, so Mu Ci said, "I'll be there right away."

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Mu Chang, the king of Guangling, is the youngest younger brother of Emperor Tianshou. He was only six years old when Emperor Tianshou seized the throne. He escaped the catastrophe and became the only two remaining authentic emperors together with Prince Shou.

Now that Prince Shou is dead, King Guangling is the only one.

This is the current uncle, whose status is absolutely different from that of other clans. He should be afraid of it, but this prince has no heart for power, and he doesn't like beauties or arty, he just loves real gold and silver.

In Daxing, as long as there is money-making business, there is no king of Guangling who does not get involved.He has an extremely large caravan under his command, travels all over the world, and even does maritime trade. His merchant fleet often deals with Mei Rong.

King Guangling also had a very close relationship with the Night Walker. The caravans under the king's banner all had Night Walker spies. They used the caravans to travel north and south, go deep into various places to draw maps, and spy on information.Ye Xingwei also provided King Guangling with business information and escorted him.

In addition, King Guangling's caravan also participated in border smuggling, which was acquiesced by Emperor Tianshou.It was unofficially allowed because it only carried salt, porcelain, cloth and tea, and did not bring forbidden iron objects, and all of them were exchanged for cattle and horses, and helped the secret agents of the night guards collect intelligence from neighboring countries.

Mu Ci has Ye Xingwei, who knew about this, and talked with King Guangling that he wanted to crack down on smuggling and pave the way for the reopening of border trade, so that King Guangling would stop as soon as possible, so as not to hit the gun.However, it will only take a few months to stop smuggling, and operations can resume after the border trade is reopened.

The King of Guangling knew that Mu Ci was a man who talked about things and reason, but he never showed affection. The King of Guangling didn't refuse as the emperor's uncle, and immediately restrained his subordinates not to mention it.

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Since Mei Rong is in charge of business, the specific operation of Daxing Royal Bank should also be managed by Mei Rong.Mu Ci didn't let Mei Rong avoid him, and changed clothes together with him, tidied up his appearance a bit, and then they held hands and went to the Hall of Peace to meet guests.

The corners of Mu Ci's eyes and brows are still full of spring, and Mei Rong's face is also radiant with satisfaction. The two of them clasped their fingers together. Although there is a difference in height, they walk in unison. They often meet their eyes, and their affection is endless...

Le Shu felt severe pain in his heart, but he had to admit that it made Mu Ci so happy, even if it wasn't him, he could only admit it.

Le Shu paused.

Mu Ci seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and said: "Hurry up and catch up, and then let someone invite Le Zhao, there is something to do."

"Yes!" Le Shu quickly agreed, feeling happy that Mu Ci still remembered him and was willing to use him.He can only deal with his own worries—after all, Mu Ci once asked him to make a choice.He himself didn't want to wait in the backyard to be favored, but wanted to give full play to his strengths and try his best as a real husband.

You can't have both.

It's just...Mei Rong seems to have... both?

Probably, it's still the difference between love and not love, Le Shu sighed... Some things really can't be thought of too transparently, purely asking for guilt.

Comparing people to people will always piss people off.

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Mu Ci and Mei Rong came hand in hand, King Guangling was not surprised at all.

King Guangling knew Mei Rong early in the morning, except for his background, he can indeed be called a powerful person.

King Guangling is qualified to participate in the festival banquet, and witnessed the whole process of Mei Rong becoming "General Dinghai".I also saw how Mei Rong "proved" that her elder brother was "drunk", and the king of Chu threw him into Yuhu to "sober up".

So when he saw the two of them holding hands, he only had a vague realization of "it really is".

But Mu Ci was surprised, because King Guangling was following behind him...

Wang Ziguang?

This kid is really a professional little tail, and he penetrates every corner.

Wang Ziguang still tried to climb the wall to enter Chu Palace every day, but Mu Ci gave orders, but he was not seen, so although he tried all kinds of tricks to climb over the wall, he never succeeded.Coming from the main entrance is even more impossible, and Princess Chaoyang will not allow it in the first place.

Even as a fellow, Mu Ci doesn't think it's okay to spoil someone's bad habits.

King Guangling saw Mu Ci's expression, then looked at Wang Ziguang, and endured the twitching of the corners of his mouth... But everyone was brought in, and seeing that Mu Ci didn't care, he didn't introduce a child solemnly.

Mu Ci saluted: "Uncle Wang is well."

King Guangling said with a smile: "Nephew, you are proud of the spring breeze, and you have gained another leader!" A double entendre.

Mei Rong also smiled politely: "Xinghai has seen the lord, good day, lord."

The King of Guangling noticed that Mei Rong did not call himself an "untouchable", and she donated a lot of money and overseas enclaves, which was the reason for her promotion.

He didn't feel that his noble blood was tarnished, he only felt that this man was bold and shrewd, and knew how to do business.

If you seize spoils and overseas enclaves, you will have to hand them over if you don't, and you will definitely choke to death.To exchange these things that must be offered in exchange for the title of "General Dinghai", with a bearded identity, but with official recognition and security guarantees, the future can be expected, how cost-effective?

Mou Yu winked at Le Shou, and said, "Everyone, redeem your sins. I'm still busy with official duties, so I won't accompany you."

Mu Ci nodded: "Go ahead."

Mou Yu bowed to King Guangling again, and then retreated silently.

Mu Ci asked: "Uncle Wang is looking for me, is there anything good?"

The king of Chu is not someone who likes to talk about the weather and greet the other party's family first, then talk about current affairs and gossip, wasting a lot of time before getting down to business.King Guangling got used to it long ago, and got down to business. He took a large box from the guard behind him, put it on the desk, took out a stack of colorful papers, and spread them out for Mu Ci to see.

"This is a large-denomination bill of exchange, and this is a small-denomination treasure banknote. The high-quality paper is made of high-altitude hovenia wood with a special formula, which meets your requirements: smooth and tough, wear-resistant and fold-resistant, and does not melt in water. The printing ink is made of Three-color ink, after special treatment, will not smudge when exposed to water."

King Guangling has a great sense of accomplishment, and he doesn't mind at all that he, as an uncle, is being ordered by his nephew.He has self-knowledge that the king of Chu is concerned about the country and the people, and there are too many major issues to deal with.He is available and willing to help when he is free.

No one is born an idle king, as the Mu royal family, Guangling King also has a sense of national responsibility.Why not be able to join hands with the King of Chu to do some good things for the country and the people without arousing fear from above?

Moreover, bills of exchange and banknotes are all money... Although they are not as heavy as gold and silver, he likes them very much, okay?

As soon as Mu Ci opened her mouth, she asked the key point: "What are the anti-counterfeiting measures?"

"The quality of the paper is special, and it is difficult to manufacture. The formula of the three-color ink that avoids water is also a secret. The money order is sandwiched with gold foil, and the treasure banknote is sandwiched with silver foil. We invite famous artists to draw various patterns, and make patterned sidebars on the outside, with various seals. , embossed, and stamped with each semicolon to take effect." Guangling King replied.

Mu Ci nodded: "I will enter the palace again and ask third brother to give me a word."

King Guangling felt that Mu Ci's trick was clever, and anyone who dared to imitate banknotes would be decapitated if he imitated the emperor's handwriting.Ming law heavy code, more or less has a deterrent effect.

Mu Ci asked again: "What about the efficiency of printing? The semicolons of the three seaports will also be opened, can they be supplied?" Woodblock printing method, the efficiency of three-color overprinting is very low.

King Guangling pressed Wang Ziguang's neck with his big hand and pushed him up: "Depending on this boy, he helped his mother's bookstore to make movable type printing, and also came up with an idea to make a color overprinting machine. I asked the craftsman to try it, although there were some minor problems. , but the effect is good."

Seeing Mu Ci's calm gaze looking at him, Wang Ziguang suddenly felt a lot of pressure, broke out in cold sweat, and confessed loudly: "It's not me, I really didn't invent it, and I'm not a technical talent. After clicking a few words to open up the craftsman's thinking, some book printing workers in the bookstore invented movable type printing and color overprinting machines, they are really amazing."

Mu Ci stared at him coldly, and then said to the King of Guangling: "It just so happens that the craftsmen at the Julu base have also improved the casting method of copper and silver coins. I will invite the third brother in a while, and let the craftsmen on both sides be caged together at the original site of the coin casting workshop." , communicate and confirm, make more improvements, and then put it into production.”

King Guangling nodded and called him Dashan directly.

Le recruited genuine technical talents, and Mu Ci said, "You are in charge of improving the machines by the craftsmen in the money-making prison." He also ordered Le Shu, "You also go together, follow the situation, write a memorial, and start the dynasty after the holiday , I want to submit a petition to the court for a resolution." He continued, "Take Suoer with you, he should be able to come up with a lot of good ideas."

The two agreed, ordered the guards to go out of the palace to handle business.

Although Wang Ziguang was reluctant to give up, his scalp was numb from the meaning contained in Mu Cizan's "good idea", and he obediently followed Le Shu and the others to leave.

It was time for Mu Ci's afternoon snack, and King Guangling was left for tea, just in time to chat about the operation of Daxing Royal Bank.Because the business Mu Ci was handed over to Mei Rong, the two didn't let him avoid it, instead they explained it to him in detail.

Mu Ci wanted to test Mei Rong, and asked: "If you want to expand your business, create profits, and allow changes to the existing model, what do you plan to do?"

Mei Rong asked Mu Cixin about the efficiency of minting money, as well as the situation of money orders and banknotes, and then said after deliberating for a while: "If the amount of money is sufficient, the circulation will be accelerated, and there will be more room for business development. There will also be more money in the hands of the people. More money. Banks will absorb the money of these small households, accumulating less money...the more money you have, the more you can do."

Mu Ci nodded in agreement: "Well, how do you absorb it?"

"Change the old profit model, no longer charge money storage fees, but give small interest rates, such as [-] to [-]% a year, to absorb money. Then lend to merchants at high interest rates to earn interest The difference." Mei Rong said.

The current Daxing Bank is more like a custodian bank, charging depositors custodian fees to make a profit, which is dead money.Although they also lend money, they mostly use the funds they have collected, and the amount is limited, which cannot play a positive role in stimulating the economy at all.

Mei Rong's point of view is a bit like a modern bank, which pays interest to absorb market change, accumulates a small amount, and then borrows to collect interest.It not only reduces the cost of bank investment, and makes money with money, but also benefits everyone.

After the circulation of silver money, the dead money hidden at home becomes living money, and the country's economy will also develop.

King Guangling was slightly touched, and frowned, thinking about the pros and cons.Mu Ci was amazed by Mei Rong's forward-looking economical genius mind.

With Mu Ci's wisdom, it is easy to deduce that Mei Rong is indeed an ancient person, but although this ancient person does not have a concept beyond a thousand years, he also has a very modern financial concept.If they were purely influenced by the wind of China, they would not have such an open mind, Mu Ci deduced—the Messianic people from Mei Rong's matriarchal line did have great talents, perhaps similar to the Jews on earth?

It is a nation that can be contacted.

Because Mu Ci was also silent, Mei Rong looked at him: "Wang, do you think it is feasible?"

Mu Ci nodded: "Xinghai, you can submit a feasibility report for a more objective analysis, and I will provide the required data. After that, you can try to operate it on a small scale." He added, "I am very optimistic about this business model. , and may be rolled out across the country.”

Although King Guangling was somewhat displeased with the Royal Bank being disturbed by a beard, he knew that the King of Chu would not be indiscriminate, and decided to wait and see what happened.

After talking about the bank account, King Guangling ate his refreshments, but still did not leave.Mu Ci saw that he had something to do, so he recruited Qi Yan, and said to Mei Rong: "Let Qi Yan take you to the office area on the east side of the palace, and you choose a whole building as the office of the business council you will lead in the future. Since If you want to do a big job, you are welcome, you can modify the building and name it according to your heart."

This is a serious matter, Mei Rong also knew that this was distracting herself, she didn't make a fuss at all, she responded with a smile.

Mu Ci then ordered Qi Yan: "Have the Weaving Office of the Royal Mansion tailor General Mei to make some clothes and supplies, and then ask the Palace Weaving Department to make dresses according to the third-rank founding regulations, and change all the cloud patterns into wave patterns. Together with the title of 'Dinghai'."

This is the best way to change it, following the example of the Marquis of the third rank, and said that Mei Rong existed independently of other Marquis, so no one would have anything to say.

Seeing that Mu Ci had carefully planned for himself, Mei Rong's heart softened, if it wasn't for the presence of others, he would have jumped over to chew on it, and told Mu Ci to "punish" him.

Mu Ci knew what he was thinking just by looking at him, and she didn't mind, and said with a smile: "You still need to buy, so I bought them as well." He took out a private seal from his brocade bag and threw it to him, "Pay with My private seal."

Qi Yan tsk-tsk in his heart: Sure enough, His Highness treats General Mei differently, but luckily he is not in the wrong team.

Lian Shuang was different from before.Although Mu Ci paid for everything Lian Shuang bought, but it had to be paid in advance from the palace treasury, and there was a quota.

Mei Rong is completely different. Mu Ci gave him a private seal, not only for payment, but also for sharing the inner treasury of the palace with him. Mu Ci voluntarily handed over the stamp, and could not even annul the transaction with "I didn't stamp it".

As for Mu Ci, can he afford the money?That's a must!

Mei Rong was not polite to Mu Ci at all, she took the private seal and hid it in her arms, as if it was only right and proper, she just smiled and went out with Qi Yan.

King Guangling was a little surprised and appraised his value in his heart.

King Guangling has [-] sea ships and often cooperates with Mei Rong.Although King Guangling would not befriend a beard as a prince, he is very aware of Mei Rong's various deeds.I thought that somehow Mei Rong was valued by the King of Chu, and I was reluctant to deal with him, even if I didn't treat each other with courtesy, at least I wouldn't offend her.

Now, it is time to raise Mei Rong's position.

Mu Ci looked at King Guangling's expression, and said very solemnly: "Because Xinghai has a little talent in business, I will entrust all the business affairs under my name. Uncle Wang also knows that I am not in good health, my energy is limited, and I am unable to do many things. No matter. With Xinghai helping me now, I can show my strengths. In the future, Uncle Wang will give you more advice and don't hide his secrets. If Xinghai does something wrong, you are welcome, just tell me, and I will personally punish him. "

Fortunately, Mei Rong was not there, if Mu Ci said "punishment", someone would subconsciously shudder somewhere.

King Guangling: "..."

Listening to this, how can every sentence make people feel awkward?

In front of "lack of energy, I will entrust everything to you", and "you can flex your muscles with him" is fine, after all, it is the private matter of the king of Chu.But what about "just complain if you make a mistake, and I will punish you personally"...

What do you not understand after listening to this meaning?

Just say clearly——Uncle Wang, no one can touch him except me!

The King of Guangling knew where to put Mei Rong—that is a little ancestor, and he had to give it to him well.

In the large study room next to the Hall of Peace, only Mu Ci and his bodyguards remained.King Guangling also waved away his guards, and asked, "When is my nephew going to reopen the border trade? Cracking down on smuggling is not a long-term solution."

Not to mention that the neighboring country is going crazy, fortunately, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries also lack a way to make a fortune.

"I've been planning it, and I'll mention it in the next few days! But when the third brother ascends the throne and Enke is approaching, this must be the first priority. It will have to wait until May to reopen." Mu Ci said.

King Guangling hesitated for a moment, and said: "There are already many people in the capital who are ready to attack you together." He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Mu Ci.

Mu Ci read it, and the letter was written by Mu Yi, the king of Anshun County in the imperial mausoleum, trying to provoke King Guangling to deal with King Chu.

However, by showing this letter to the King of Chu, King Guangling already showed his tendency.

"What's Uncle Wang's plan?" Mu Ci asked with a calm voice.

The King of Guangling breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "The King of Anshun is still in the imperial tomb, but he still has some eyes and ears. What is said in the letter is indeed true."

Mu Ci's expression remained unchanged, An Zhiruosu said: "I'll tell you the truth, Uncle Wang, your subordinate caravan participated in smuggling, and committed repeated crimes in your name. The frontier soldiers dared not move, so they reported the situation to me. I informed Chang Brother Shan Wang. Brother Wang transferred the frontier army from that place to other places. The new frontier army didn't know the details, only that the smugglers were lawless. Killed."

King Guangling: "..."

Mu Ci said frankly: "Although I didn't order it directly, it did lead to such a result. I don't shirk my responsibility."

It is rare in the world to be so frank in doing bad things.But King Guangling couldn't say anything bad about it, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead, he made a gesture of swearing: "I really don't know anything. My nephew specially analyzed it with me. Powerful. I also restrained my subordinates and explicitly prohibited smuggling. But the leader of this caravan is the elder brother of one of my concubines, so he is a bit domineering."

"Hmm... it was really domineering, so I was killed!" Mu Ci put her elbows on the table, put her hands together, raised her index finger, put her fingertips on her chin, and asked calmly, "What does Uncle Wang mean, Do you want me to hand over the murderous frontier army?"

King Guangling quickly shook his head: "No, no, besides, you will definitely not agree."

"I really don't know how to hand it over. The frontier army followed the order and made no mistakes. You want me to hand over people today, so I have to hand over myself who ordered the strict investigation of smuggling, and Brother Changshan who ordered the redeployment to you."

Let’s not mention the seemingly harmless, but actually cruel King of Chu, that is, wherever King Changshan goes, he spends the winter there ahead of time, scaring children so much that they dare not cry at night to move icebergs, and King Guangling dare not say “Important” ah.

The King of Guangling quickly expressed his opinion: "I really didn't mean to ask the teacher for the crime. It was my fault. I have already dealt with the concubine. I am ashamed that the imperial order is not strict and the inner curtains are not repaired."

Mu Ci nodded: "It's the best for Uncle Wang to have this awareness. You must know that 'the law is above, and the king is under the law' is never a joke. I believe that Uncle Wang doesn't want to be the one who stands out. Come and try my determination."

King Guangling didn't dare to feel angry at being threatened, because he knew that King Chu was a man who would spit and nail everything he said, without any adulteration.Say it's not a joke, and I will definitely not joke with anyone.

King Guangling could only smile wryly: "Nephew, look at this matter... Even if I don't get ahead, other people will be incited." The high-ranking officials and dignitaries involved in smuggling are not alone.

"Has a censor ever looked for you?" Mu Ci suddenly asked.

King Guangling knew that Ye Xingwei was omnipresent, so he could only nod and announce the name of a censor.

"It seems that the censor will stick to this matter." Mu Ci thought for a while, and said, "There is one more thing to inform Uncle Wang in advance: crack down on the smuggling frontier army, and go deep into the hinterland of Beirong for 180 miles." The Tatar tribe not only suppressed the Beirong merchants who participated in the smuggling, but also killed all 58 young men of a Tatar tribe, and cut their noses back."

King Guangling: "..." Are you sure you don't want the two countries to go to war?

"If I don't mention the re-opening of border trade, there will be people who can't sit still. Uncle Wang, just wait." The old god Mu Ci was there, and he was not at all nervous about the imminent disaster. He just said calmly, "You don't need Uncle Wang's support, you can Be a bit vague. Please rest assured, Uncle Wang, I will be fine, I will only use this matter to plan well...Uncle Wang will be smarter when the time comes and cooperate with me."

"Definitely! Definitely!" King Guangling felt more pressured, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and asked, "Then the King of Anshun..."

"I don't care, you can hand it over to the palace or Dazong Zhengsi." Mu Ci returned the letter to King Guangling, "Don't tell the palace that I have read it, they are all brothers, In case my third brother is in a dilemma, it's not good to be serious."

King Guangling: "..."

Even if you really haven't seen it, the one in the palace can't spare the one in the imperial mausoleum.

Hey, who said that the king of Chu is upright and open, bright and bright, and not involved in insidious things?Come and let me have a bite!

But King Guangling knew Gui knew, and he really couldn't tell what was wrong with Mu Ci.I really can't bear to hurt my brother, and I really think about the emperor.So Guangling King could only smile wryly, took the letter, put the hot potato back into his arms, and became the villain.