History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

In the early morning of the second day, Huo Ting took the alfalfa seeds to the exchange. The exchange was surrounded by a large area in the south of the city. There was also a wide building with a height of three floors. Enter from the first floor and you can see To the wide hall.

The hall was divided into one piece after another, and a big sign was erected near the gate.There are black and white letters on the sign, showing the materials purchased by the exchange, as well as the prices of some common goods.

Alfalfa and various vegetable seeds are also among them.

The price of these materials is not high, and it has to be brought from the south of the Yangtze River, which can be said to be a loss in terms of the distance.

However, Huo Ting found that there were already many people queuing up in front of the place where the goods were purchased. The huge team had already occupied a lot of space, mainly because the goods were occupied. He dragged the third child to the back of these people.

During the queue, Huo Ting looked at other places.

The exchange also collects taxes part-time. All purchases need to come to get the invoice, and when the transaction is completed, an invoice will be given to the other party according to the transaction amount, and then the other party can deduct the tax with the invoice. The seller is required to pay taxes during the transaction.

The seller has always sold the goods together with the tax, which is equivalent to the buyer paying the tax to the seller, and the seller will pay the tax according to the invoice every month.

The current taxation is relatively simple, and the tax rate is not too high. Compared with the profit, it is only a drop in the bucket.

In order not to cause trouble, the merchants who come and go are still willing to hand in this sum.

Soon, the team came to Huo Ting.

Huo Ting handed over several sacks of alfalfa seeds. After the other party weighed them, he wrote a note and handed it to him.

This bill can be used to deduct part of the tax, which is why the price of the goods here is not high, but the merchants in the inner road are still happy to bring some worthless and laborious goods over.

Although the original tax rate was not high, it would be painful for anyone to pay for nothing. Fortunately, there are various tax reduction policies in this exchange market.

If the taxes paid are reduced one by one, it is really not worth mentioning, but if you really want to purchase so many products, the material brought will be huge, squeezing the profit margins of other products, and instead Some losses outweigh the gains.

"Let's go!" Huo Ting said to the third child, "I will take you to the bank to get some banknotes first."

I don't know if there is something wrong with this city. As long as you enter the city, you are not allowed to use gold, silver, copper and other currencies to trade, and use banknotes uniformly.

As for where the banknotes come from?You have to go to the bank to change it.

It is said that because of a large-scale counterfeit silver case, a mainland businessman bought cattle and sheep with a large amount of counterfeit silver, which almost caused a knife fight.

Although I don't know what happened later, there was a new policy soon in the mutual market. In the mutual market, all transactions cannot be made in cash, but must be exchanged into banknotes in the bank.

Of course, it is only limited to the city. If foreign merchants want to leave, the remaining banknotes can be exchanged for gold and silver, but a small handling fee will be charged.

At the beginning, some people didn't trust it. Isn't this a different kind of treasure?In the past, precious banknotes were only popular among officials, but now they flow to the people.

For such a big matter, there will definitely be protests from businessmen. Who would be willing to do such a thing if they exchanged the white money for this kind of flimsy paper?

However, this time the mutual market was very tough, and it directly enforced the regulations. The main reason is that all the shops in the city refuse gold and silver. It’s okay if other places don’t accept it. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.

After a hungry meal, everyone obediently went to exchange the banknotes, and some stubbornly moved out of the city to eat dry food by themselves, but after a long time, smelling the fragrance from the city and looking at the bland dry food in their hands, Many people started to protest.

Why can others eat and drink, but they can only eat dry food?Many people couldn't bear it anymore, and began to secretly exchange banknotes and went to the city to spend. At first, they exchanged less, and when they found that more and more people exchanged, there was a big loophole. Many people suddenly discovered that they were resolute The protesters had already secretly surrendered behind their backs, and when they couldn't stand it anymore, the original protesters entered the city again in desperation.

The protest was nothing.

After a long time, everyone found that there was no shop in the city that refused to accept banknotes. Even when trading with the Mongols, the other party obediently accepted the banknotes. Gradually everyone knew that banknotes were still very expensive in this city. It is strong and will not depreciate.

Gradually, everyone got used to using banknotes, especially if this kind of banknotes were soaked in water, they would not worry that the paper would be soaked and the handwriting would not be smudged. Zhang Xin's.

It is simple, convenient and practical, and most importantly, the anti-counterfeit is well done, and it feels different from ordinary paper when you touch it. Even if you receive a fake paper, you can quickly recognize it.

After a long time, merchants who came to the city got used to exchanging some banknotes as soon as they entered the city. Without these things, it would be difficult to move forward.

You need paper money to ride a public carriage in the city, you need paper money in public toilets, you need paper money even more in public bathhouses, and you need paper money for eating, drinking, and drinking.

Without paper money, it is impossible to live in the city.

When he arrived at the bank, Huo Ting took out a remittance slip. Since the bank appeared, he no longer needed to bring a lot of money when he went out.

You only need to fill in a thin piece of paper, and the money in your account can be automatically remitted to a bank thousands of miles away.

Just wait for the time to pick up locally.

Huo Ting's remittance form was filled out three months ago, and it took two months to arrive at the mutual market. He made it one month in advance because he was afraid that there would be a delay in the remittance form.

After all, there will be various accidents in this era, and no one can guarantee that the remittance order will arrive safely and on time, and the bank must be given some time to make up.

After handing the remittance slip to the counter, the bank staff behind the counter left with the remittance slip.

The third child took a look at the people in the bank, and gave Huo Ting a bump, "brother, look, this place is really big, several times bigger than the bank in Hangzhou!"

Because the mutual market is newly built, the banks are also very spacious.The entire bank occupies an entire acre of land, divided into upper and lower floors, and the floors are very high. When people walk in, it feels like walking into an empty palace.

Huo Ting glanced at it, and it was quite big. It's not that he had never been in the palace before, and he felt that even the palace was not so luxurious.

What's even more strange is that the buildings here are not overstepped at all, and all buildings refer to Western buildings.

The third child was still amazed. At this time, the staff of the bank had brought the remittance slip, not only the remittance slip given by Huo Ting before, but also an original slip from Hangzhou.

For example, the remittance slip is in triplicate, one copy of the original slip and archive slip is kept in the hands of the bank, and the other belongs to the remitter.

If the bank loses the first original receipt, it will make up the archived receipt. If the remitter loses the remittance slip in his hand, he can also go to the bank to ask for the archived receipt with his own certificate. , and then take the filing slip to collect the remittance.

"Please exchange the 1000 taels of silver into banknotes and take them out first." There is an internal regulation in the bank. If you have an account in the bank, you can convert money into banknotes internally, or convert banknotes into gold and silver. There is no handling fee on the account.

It's like encouraging customers to deposit money in the bank. Of course, if you don't trust the bank, you can still convert the paper money in your hand into silver.

"Okay, please wait a moment." The other party first opened a few forms and asked Huo Ting to sign them. After finishing the formalities, they will go to withdraw the money with the forms.

A total of ten stacks were given to Huo Ting, and a stack of one hundred hundred yuan bills was 100 taels of silver. In this way, ten stacks would be 1000 taels of silver.

He only withdrew 1000 taels, and the rest of the money was deposited into the account, and he would withdraw it when it was not enough.

Huo Ting transferred all the existing liquidity in his hand this time, thinking about doing a big job.

Ten stacks of banknotes worth 1000 taels are enough to attract attention, but all the people who come to the bank are merchants, who doesn't have a thousand taels of silver in their hands?

After the third child quickly rolled up the banknotes with a black cloth, they all looked away.

"Hey, I'll give you a few. I'll take my brothers to have a good meal." Huo Ting took out a few from a stack of banknotes and handed them to the third child.

Because of the lack of materials in this new city, it needs to be transported from the inland for thousands of miles, so except for the cheaper beef and mutton, all fruits and vegetables are very expensive here.

In the past, in the south of the Yangtze River, eating meat was the treatment of rich and noble families.On the contrary, when I came to Inner Mongolia, it became the performance of the rich to eat vegetables. This contrast is interesting.

A few banknotes are only a few taels of silver, but enough for a dozen people to have a good meal.

The third child took it over without being polite to Huo Ting, and asked casually, "Brother, there will be a bonfire banquet outside the city at night. Would you like to have a good time with us?"

Huo Ting shook his head, "No, I have already made an appointment with a shoulderer to take someone to see our rain-soaked cloth, and those cloth should be taken out as soon as possible."

Although the heavy rain on the way here did not cause much damage to the goods, the uppermost and outermost layers of cloth were still soaked by the rain, and after drying, there were wrinkles, and the color was quite different from the side, which affected If the condition of the goods is not known, this batch of damaged goods must be sold as soon as possible, otherwise it will be backlogged in the hands.

The third child doesn't know much about business. This time, Huo Ting followed him because he saw that he was tall, big and burly. When he walked out, he had a ferocious expression on his face, and no one dared to provoke him. His figure and face made him calm a lot along the way. .

After the separation, the third child went to find other people, and a group of ten or so brothers gathered in the tavern to drink and listen to a play!

The third child walked over, reached out and shook a few banknotes, and said to the others, "Brothers, today's big brother's treat, everyone is welcome."

A group of people laughed immediately, and they knew what was going on at a glance. It must be that the elder brother thought that the third child was in the way, and sent them back with some money.

But the second fool still believed it, and brought the money to treat the guests.

These people were not polite to him, and asked the waiter for some dishes and some jugs of good wine.

The whole morning and noon passed like this. In the afternoon, a bonfire banquet was held outside the city, and the third child went out of the city with a group of brothers shoulder to shoulder.

There is a large grassland outside the city, and several tents are set up on the grassland. Outside the tents, seven or eight cooks are busy dissecting cattle and sheep, and three big men beside them are carrying wooden buckets.The wooden barrel is waist-high, and the movement inside should be liquid.

The third child stretched out his hand and said hello, "Brother, what's in the barrel? Do you need help?"

The three big men put the wood on the grass and replied, "No need to help, here is kumiss, which is very heavy. Are you here to participate in the bonfire meeting?"

The third child walked over, knocked on the lid of the wooden barrel and said, "What does this milk wine taste like?" The third child could not walk as soon as he heard the wine. The money on the table is small, and I haven't had enough to drink. This time, when I saw the wine, my eyes immediately lit up.

The man smiled, asked the person next to him for a spoon for beating wine, lifted the lid, scooped a glass from it, and said to the third child, "Do you want to try it?"

The third child didn't even move his eyes when he looked at the wine, "Taste, I must try it!"

As he spoke, he raised his head and opened his mouth wide, and the man poured the wine into the third child's mouth bit by bit.

After the youngest finished drinking, he breathed a sigh of relief and gave the man a thumbs up, "Refreshing!"

The man smiled heartily, "These wines are all homemade, so don't be polite and drink more at the banquet at night."

The third child looked at the wine barrel covetously, and nodded cheerfully, "Certainly come here."

The man narrowed his eyes with a smile, yes, this batch of wine must have sold well in the future.

"Chick!" At the same time, just as the third child smashed it, and his mouth was still unfinished, there was a snort from beside him.

As soon as he turned his head, his face changed, "Why is it you?" It's really bad luck, how can you see him everywhere?

The man raised his head, "I still want to say how I can see you everywhere!"

The people who came here with the third child realized something was wrong and surrounded them, asking, "What happened to the third child? Who is this Mongolian?"

Before the third child said anything, the Mongolian spoke first, "So many people are surrounding you, why do you want to fight?"

After hearing this, the third child said angrily: "Who are you? Yesterday was like this, and today is also like this. You provoked me first for no reason. I think you want to fight!"

The Mongolian flicked his sleeves, revealing the bulging muscles on his arms, "If we have the ability, let's single out!"

The third child pushed away the person next to him, took a step forward and showed a sinister smile, "One-on-one, one-on-one, if I don't convince you today, I will take your surname! Draw a line, tell me, what is the comparison?"

The Mongolian pointed to the space next to him and said, "I'll just compare Bok with you!"

"Third brother, speak up if you have something to say, don't be impulsive!" The people next to him were a little worried, because wrestling is what the Mongolians are best at.

The third child turned his head and said angrily: "I've had enough of this bastard. I laughed at me for no reason yesterday, and I chased him again today. If I don't beat him up, I won't be able to get out of this!"

"Hey!" The person beside him sighed, and quickly stepped aside to watch the two walk into the open space.

The people wearing Mongolian costumes next to him saw the movement here, and they gathered around one by one. Seeing that they were about to play "Boke", they immediately shouted, which was completely different from the people on the third side.

The Mongols are very brave. If there is any festival, let's make a gesture first.

It wasn't that the Mongol didn't like Lao San's eyes, but his speech was straightforward and his Chinese wasn't so accurate, which made Lao San think he was mocking him.

"Boke" is an essential item in offering sacrifices to Obo and opening Naadam, so the Mongolians are very experienced in wrestling.

The third child knew the opponent's strength as soon as he got started, and was almost thrown.

He looked very cautious, and became more and more careful. If he lost face at this time, he would have no face to follow his elder brother to the exchange market in the future.

The Mongols are very advantageous in terms of skills, but the youngest did not let the other party succeed by relying on his strength. In this way, you come and I are stalemate on both sides, but it makes the people around cheer up and shout out to those who support each other. Shout out!

The third group of brothers couldn't open their mouths at first, but seeing how vigorously the others were shouting, they also started shouting.

Anyway, if you want to lose face, everyone will lose face together. At this time, no matter who it is, everyone will go all out.

Half an hour later, the third child didn't pay attention and was thrown down by the opponent. Soon he returned the blow, and the two sides continued to stalemate.

The two of them can't do anything to each other, but they both have some sympathy for each other, it can be said that they don't know each other without fighting.

After a while, the scent of mutton grilled by hand in front of the nearby tent came over. The youngest sniffed the scent, swallowed and let go, and said, "If you don't fall, we'll be even!"

The Mongols also looked at the third child differently. At first they thought it was just an airs, but they didn't expect to be quite capable. He was one of the best warriors in their tribe, and he didn't even take advantage of this person in front of him.

"You are very good!" The Mongolian raised his thumb. He probably learned this from the Han people in the city, and he did it quite decently.

After saying a few more words, the two hooked up and went to drink together.

Looking at the wrestling of the two, any Mongolian would smile away, but he was a little dumbfounded when he came with the third child.

Is this a fight to reconcile?

A group of people immediately followed the third child, and went to drink and eat meat together. From the stumbling exchanges, they realized that the tribe of this Mongolian was close to the Raksha ghosts, and that area was barren land. They live by hunting.

This time he came to explore the way, wanting to sell the wool and fur accumulated in the tribe this year, and buy some food by the way.

However, because of the inaccurate Chinese language, many businessmen have been angered. After circling in the exchange market for more than ten days, no one is willing to accept his business, because his reputation is widely heard among shoulder customers. These days, shoulder customers Although he tried his best to help him, no one was willing to accept his shipment.

I was rejected again yesterday, so I didn't speak well.

As soon as the youngest heard this, he thought that his elder brother was here to buy a lot of furs this time, didn't he?So he asked him, "What is the quality of your fur? Can you go and have a look?"

The Mongolian poured a glass of kumiss and patted his chest, "I won't lie to you, the fur we hunted is very good, but it's too late today, it's stored in the warehouse in the east city, and I'll take you to see it tomorrow morning."

The third child made an appointment with him and the place to meet.

The bonfire party lasted for a long time, and a steady stream of people from the city participated.

The third child and a group of friends drank too much, and they were sent back to the inn in the end.

Early the next morning, he was woken up by a knock on the door. He was startled when he woke up. There were more than a dozen people lying on the ground. At first glance, he thought there was a murder scene.

"Get up, everyone get up!" The youngest kicked him left and right to wake him up.

Several people covered their heads and wailed, all crying for a headache.

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knock on the door outside, and the youngest stepped over the "corpse" on the ground to open the door.

"Big brother!"

Huo Ting glanced at the room and said "hum", "are you awake?" These people had a hard time last night, and it took a lot of effort to get this group of drunks into the room.

In the end, Huo Ting didn't expect to put these people on the bed, but threw them on the ground. Anyway, the floor was covered with wool felt, so he wasn't afraid that these people would freeze.

The third child doesn't dare to look at Huo Ting anymore. He looks left and right and doesn't know where to put his eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and patted his head hard.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have an appointment with someone!"

He said and held Huo Ting's arm, "brother, I met a Mongolian yesterday. He has a lot of fur on his hand. Would you like to go and have a look?"

Huo Ting took a look at him, "when did you become sensible and take the initiative to help with things?"

The third child chuckled, and rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly, "Isn't this a stranger? The person I'm talking about is the one who quarreled with me last time!"

Huo Ting asked him what happened as soon as he heard it.

The third child said everything about yesterday, "It's because of his mouth that he speaks too bluntly."

Huo Ting nodded, "That's fine, anyway, most of the Mongolians here are selling wool, and there are very few fur ones, so let's go and have a look!" After finishing speaking, the two of them lay down on the ground regardless of where they were The person went straight out the door.

The third child went back to freshen up and ran out quickly to find Huo Ting.

The two found a carriage at the entrance of the inn, and went to Dongcheng together.

The Hushi New City can be said to be very large, because it is still under construction, and the population is only concentrated in the southeast.

But it would take an hour just to ride in a carriage, and there was still no one on the street, so the horses were allowed to gallop wildly.

If the city is really built and the population floods in, it will not be able to arrive in such a short time.

When they arrived in front of the conspicuous tower in the east city, the two paid for the carriage and got down.

There are such tall towers in the east, west, north, south, and one. The strange thing is that I don't know why these tall towers have a thin and long iron rod on them.

From a distance, I thought it was a needle piercing the sky. I don't know what is the use?

In the middle of the tower is a high platform made of cement, at least one foot high, and a big clock stands on the high platform, which tells the time regardless of day or night.

The third child was a little disappointed to see the empty tower, and explained to Huo Ting, "brother, I did make an appointment with him to meet here yesterday."

Huo Ting glanced at the big clock, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and asked him what time was the appointment?

The third child glanced at it and said in a low voice, "I drank too much, I don't remember much!"

Huo Ting glanced at him immediately!

The third child shrank his neck, looked behind Huo Ting again, raised his hand and waved, "here, here!" He said to Huo Ting with a face full of joy, "brother, isn't this man here?"

Huo Ting followed his gaze and saw a man in a jacket and fur trotting over.

After getting closer, I realized that this man was tall and burly, and he could be compared with the third child.

No wonder he made friends, with this physique, he could definitely recognize relatives.

"Sorry, I'm late, I drank a lot yesterday, and when I woke up, I realized it was late!"

The third child smiled, "It's okay, we just arrived!" He asked, "Brother, do you live in Dongcheng?"

"Call me Agudam! Isn't this near the warehouse? Be careful at all times."

"My name is Wei Da. People who know me well call me Lao San. You can call me Lao San. You see, both of us have the word Da in our names, which can be considered fate!"

Speaking of this, the third child thought of Huo Ting who introduced him to Agudamu, "This is my elder brother, come with me this time to have a look at your fur, don't you mind?"

"I don't mind, you are very welcome." After Agudam finished speaking, he led the way ahead.

Near the city wall in the east city, there are large warehouses built one after another. The entire warehouse is not made of wood, nor stone bricks, but is made of steel bars to create an outline, and then covered with tarpaulins one after another. , these oilcloths look thick and strong, and airtight, it is really a good material for rain protection.

"The warehouse I rented is here." Agudam led the two of them across tall and wide warehouses one after another, and came to a warehouse sandwiched in the middle.

Huo Ting looked at the tall warehouse in front of him, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that the warehouse is full of fur?" How many years will it take to accumulate so much?

Agudam smiled, and said while unlocking, "How can there be so many, most of them are wool, as you know, wool takes up a lot of space."

Huo Ting does not do the wool business. He specializes in cloth. The wool business is close to Mongolia. Usually, it is done by merchants in the north, and he can't get involved. That's why he wants to open up business routes and transport the fur from the north to Mongolia. go south.

After the door was opened, the first thing that caught the eye was some yellowed wool, and finally the fur piled up next to it.

Most of the fur is sheepskin, horsehide, and cowhide, and the rest is wild animal fur.

Wolf fur, rabbit fur, camel fur, fox fur, everything that one expects to find.

Huo Ting touched it with his hands, then picked up a piece of fox fur and unfolded it. He didn't find any damage. He knew that he had hit it with one blow, and directly killed the fox.

"This is hunted by the best archers in our tribe. A direct shot in the eye is fatal.

In order to peel off such a good fur. "

Huo Ting nodded and asked him, "what's the price?"

Agudam said, "The exchange has a guide price. If you want it, you can give it at that price." He thought that Huo Ting just wanted to buy a few pieces and take them back to give to his family members.

Huo Ting raised his eyebrows. The exchange's guide price is only based on the average price in the market, just to prevent some people who have just arrived in the new city from suffering losses. In fact, most of the transaction volume is higher than the guide price.

"But I have a lot of goods." Huo Ting said, flipping the fur underneath again.

Agudamu glanced at the third child, and the third child said, "My elder brother is a big businessman from Jiangnan, and this time he intends to bring some furs back."

Huo Ting also said: "Make a serious price. If I can, I will take all these."

As soon as Agudam heard this, he knew that this was a big business, so he hurriedly said, "I have to ask the shoulders." People in Mongolia are not good at doing business, and sometimes it is easy to lose money, so they will sell some of the business. Leave it to the shoulderer to negotiate, the higher the negotiation, the higher the commission the shoulderer will get, so don't worry that the shoulderer will not try his best, hand over this matter, and the shoulderer will help him negotiate the deal.

When Huo Ting heard it, he didn't know what Agudamu meant, so he said, "well, let's talk about it." Just like the seller's shoulder, the buyer's shoulder is the lower the price The higher the commission.

Buyers and sellers don’t need to worry about this matter, just leave it to the shoulder customer, wait for the price to be negotiated, if one party is not satisfied, continue the negotiation, and sign the list after the negotiation is satisfactory.

There is no need to worry about hurting the face of the buyer and the seller, and there is no need to talk about business in person. For the people in Mongolia, it is the best.

There are not a few people who have been tricked by prices that they did not understand in the past.

Since the arrival of shoulder passengers, the Mongols have become more and more fond of selling goods in the mutual market, even if they have to pay taxes.

Compared with the money that was cheated, the tax paid is not worth mentioning.

After the matter was handed over to the shoulder customer, the two parties went to drink happily. After the shoulder customer negotiated the price, both parties felt that the price was in line with the psychological price, and signed the order without any objection.

Looking back, Huo Ting rented a warehouse to transfer the goods there, and the youngest said with a guilty face, "brother, you don't have to worry about my face and pay a high price to buy those furs."

Huo Ting stretched out his hand and flicked his forehead, "you think too much, this price is not bad for me, now Mongolia is raising sheep, and fewer and fewer people go out to hunt, the price of these furs will wait until after autumn It will definitely rise, and taking it back will definitely only make a profit.”

It was precisely after seeing this that he planned to make a profit.

In the future, the wool business will become bigger and bigger, and the price will definitely drop. If the prices of both cloth and wool are reduced, then the price of fur will definitely also drop.

How could Huo Ting not seize the opportunity to make a fortune in this last wave.

The mutual market in Outer Mongolia attracted a large number of merchants from the inner road and people from the grasslands. At the same time, the Prince also received a letter from the Crown Princess in the Jehol Palace.

After the prince opened the letter, the corners of his lips curled up, "Xiangrui?" At first he didn't want to get involved with this matter, but what the princess said was right, one thing must be done, to warn those who have different intentions, don't start chaotically wall.

The emperor stopped after hunting a deer and let the others continue.

Fourth Master also stopped at the right time. His shortcoming was that he was not strong enough, and if he continued, he would only lose face.

"Fourth, I heard that An Jia is pregnant with twins this time?"

Zong Shi had twins, but the royal family has not yet had twins.

The fourth master followed the emperor and replied respectfully: "The imperial physician had already diagnosed him when he came here, saying that he had diagnosed two strong pulses."

The emperor nodded, "It's good to have more heirs. If you don't have many heirs, you can't learn from the old man. You haven't had any heirs yet."

The emperor was a little dissatisfied with Lao Ba's doting on Guo Luoluo's family alone, and he favored him, but he couldn't be caught by a daoist family, and now he has no heirs in the backyard.

At least he has to learn from his fourth brother next door. Even if he dotes on a woman again, he doesn't dote so much that he can't recognize his identity.

No matter how much Huang Kao doted on Dong E's back then, didn't he delay the birth of Chang Ning Longxi and the others?

Although the emperor said he was a little dissatisfied, he didn't care about his son's room. He beat Concubine Liang about many things and asked her to take more care of her son.

Regarding the emperor's words, fourth master didn't open his mouth. He didn't know what the emperor meant by expressing his dissatisfaction with Lao Ba in front of him?Or use his mouth to speak out.

But it seems that the emperor just mentioned it casually, and then said: "I heard that the track built by An Jia's is run by a kind of car called a train. This kind of car can reach the exchange market in a day?"

Fourth master didn't know, but the emperor didn't know how to reply when he asked.

The emperor said again: "Don't you know? You go to that village more often on weekdays. As a man, you can't let a woman show her face outside."

The fourth master was sweating coldly, "Yes, after returning home, my son will take care of the affairs of the village."

The emperor said with satisfaction, "There is also the bank, which has accumulated a large number of people's savings, but it cannot be controlled by the people. Go back and discuss with An Jia, whether the imperial court can buy the bank with money."

But in fact, where did the imperial court get the money? The taxes collected over the years have all been used for river work and disaster relief.

The fourth master thought for a while and replied: "Ama, the bank still needs professionals to handle it. According to my son, even if the court wins it, there will be no one to run it. The people will definitely rush to withdraw money, and panic will lead to great changes. At that time, the bank may even go bankrupt. From what my son sees, it is better to send some young officials from the household department to infiltrate the bank. After a long time, the bank will be in the hands of the household department, but it is still managed by An Jia in name. .”

When the emperor heard this, he nodded, "I don't want to be an official in the Ministry of Users. Why don't I just order the students who are good at mathematics in the Taixue to go. After three to five years, I have some experience, and I will be transferred to an official place." Knowing that the officials who are officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs are definitely not willing to be transferred to a mere bank, so they gave some scholars places in Taixue.

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he opened another mouth for some people.

Anyway, after these are meritorious deeds, sooner or later they will be used to shame officials, so it is better to use them first.