Chapter 92 – Money Banks and Green Houses

In the afternoon, Fan Xian in the temporary residence in the cordial reception of the relevant officials of the Department of internal treasury transit, Jiangnan Road, other officials were scared of him dare not get close, but these officials of the internal treasury is his direct subordinates, hide also can not avoid, only to see the head, good Fan Xian has long faded the river that the chilly skin and bones, said a few words smilingly, and drew up the date of departure, will be pleasant to the officials to send out of the house! To, but let those treasury officials a moment some confusion.

In the evening, is in the Jiangnan residence to prepare the reception banquet, for the same reason, the river counties along the state officials just a little sit back, anyway, to do the courtesy, and the rules of the court can not allow them to stay in suzhou city, want to stay as far away from the Supervisory Yuan FanTiShi as possible, but also easy to find a reason. Only the officials of Suzhou Prefecture could not go, and looked at the chief seat with fear and trembling.

In the chief seat, Fan Xian and Jiangnan Governor Xue Qing and the governor, the atmosphere is cordial, the Suzhou governor bitter face, forced to smile, but the Hangzhou governor knows that the Lord of the Qinzhi will be resident in Hangzhou, shy face hard to stay, in the Suzhou officials murderous eyes constantly patting Fan Xian and the governor’s ass. This Hangzhou governor was a real man of the people, and was not too afraid of Fan Xian’s tactics of turning the other cheek, but recognized that no matter when or where he was, he could never go wrong in currying favor with his superiors.

After the banquet, the governor was sent to the official sedan chair, and the two of them agreed to visit Xue’s residence tomorrow, before Fan Xian bid farewell to the officials in the building and boarded the carriage he had brought with him.

He is still the same nature, like to ride the car not like to sit in the sedan chair.

The front curtain of the carriage is not blocked, the night wind of Suzhou City blows, and there are some bright sounds of silk and bamboo in the ears. Jiangnan affluent, rich merchants more to raise the excellent Kabuki, the Suzhou and Hangzhou two places of the greenhouse business is also famous for good.

Fan Xian gently patted his cheeks, let the night breeze blow away the face of the heat, his body’s true qi although has recovered a lot, but the amount of alcohol has not come back. After being persuaded by the officials today, he actually felt a bit dizzy.

“The address in Hangzhou is finalized, what about Suzhou city?” He half-closed his eyes to recuperate and asked softly.

Shi Yanli sat next to him and said after thinking for a while, “Sang Wen won’t arrive until the middle of the month …… student …… student.”

Fan Xian laughed, opened his eyes and sighed, “Letting you do these things, really wronged you, stay up for another year or two, you also know that I don’t have a few trustworthy people around me.”

He and Shi Yanli said is to hold the moon building to the south of the plan, greenhouse this business, not only is the silver money back to the fastest speed of trade, and often can play an unexpected role, such as intelligence and so on. When Fan Xian was in Kyoto, he had already thought of opening his family’s youth center to Jiangnan, although he would certainly encounter a lot of resistance, but with his own identity and power, within a year, it should not be a problem to establish a climate.

Shi Yanli asked: ”Sir, can this matter be put on hold? After all, the day after tomorrow you will be departing for the inner treasury, Suzhou city does not have a backbone, to choose a site to buy a building to buy a girl at this time, I’m afraid that I can’t suppress the scene.”

“In my absence, there’s still the Third Highness ah …… “A bad smile flashed from the corner of Fan Xian’s eye, “Tomorrow we’re going to pick out a few old masters for the Third Highness, and although he’s always going to accompany me to Hangzhou in the future, this period of time he’ll still stay in Suzhou …… Don t forget, this highness is doing business in Kyoto, you don t look at his age, but he is clear and ruthless about the doorway inside. His Highness, of course, the Governor Lord is not good to say anything, you want to buy which building to buy which building, as for those when the red girl …… more smashed some silver down, which has no reason not to do things? His Highness in your back, you do not worry about Jiangnan’s greenhouse bosses will dare to play with you Yin, since it is to play Ming, but it is to take the silver to smash people’s theater, do you still worry about their own no silver?”

Shi elucidated Li jaws stuttered, thinking that His Majesty is letting you educate the third prince, could it be that you …… thought of utilizing the third prince in Jiangnan to open a greenhouse in the first place? This is also too treacherous!

And he immediately thought of another thing: how does the adult side with so much silver? The box of one hundred and thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-two snowflake silver ingots certainly can not be moved, then he spoke like this earlier, his arms must also be carrying a lot of silver checks – thought of this section, Shi Yanli worried: “If you want to buy it explicitly, the Jiangnan greenhouse industry will certainly take the opportunity to raise the price of… …the silver spent is like running water, I don’t know how many days it can last.”

At this time the carriage crushed the clean verdant stone road of Suzhou city, passed through a gate, and came to a bustling commercial area during the day.

Even at night, the signboards of those stores on this street were still bright and incomparable; Suzhou was the largest port for the inner treasury’s output to the outside world, so in terms of prosperity and commercial development alone, there was simply no city in the world comparable to it, except for the city of Dongyi. Buying glass here is four-fifths cheaper than in Beiqi, but Fan Xian is aware of the cost of such things as glass, and knows that the merchants of Suzhou have already made enough money in these decades.

In addition to the signboards of various merchants, the most conspicuous is a streamer of green cloth will appear every not far away, said conspicuous is not this piece of green cloth dyed with fluorescent material that can glow in the night, but this green cloth is not a restaurant, the green cloth is painted with the Fan family emblem is somewhat similar to the pattern.

On this street, there were eight or nine money changers!

Fan Xian rode the carriage, slowly drove through the quiet street, when he passed by a somewhat new green cloth, he pointed to the door of this money shop and said in a lowered voice: “Even if you are poor until you die, don’t come to this money shop.”

Shi Hanyan Li sniffed to see, but also only looked at a rough, after thinking for a while curiously said: “Merchants? I haven’t heard of it …… and it’s not the Taiping Money Bank, where would anyone dare to deal with them.”

Fan Xian smiled, did not say anything.

At that time, the world’s commerce was gradually developed, the big pile sale and then use the cash silver transaction becomes a very difficult thing, so the silver bills gradually become the merchants like things, and the silver money bank and so on institutions also began to show their importance. But like money changers and such existence, people most valued of course is the credit and bottom, so in this jianghu, there is no big fish eat small fish problem, decades past, the sky is still only a few big fish.

And the biggest three fish, respectively, called South Qing, North Qi, East Yi City.

South Qing and North Qi official issuance of silver tickets for the official tickets, of course, the best credit, but the officials in the dynasty do not realize the importance of it, the official tickets are very troublesome to cash, poor flexibility to the degree of outrageous. Therefore, in addition to the deposit of the coffin, the general merchants have chosen the Taiping Money Bank, which was opened by the Dongyi City.

Although Taiping money bank is the funds of Dongyi City, but according to legend, some princes and nobles of North Qi and South Qing also put shares in it, so no matter how the three countries quarrel and kill, it is very wonderful that the money bank itself has not been affected by anything. Twenty or thirty years have passed, Taiping money bank reputation first-class, strong capital, thoughtful service, secretly and the upper echelons of the countries escort, very naturally became the world’s largest one money bank.

There is no one, Taiping money is the world’s largest.

There are three branches of Taiping Money Bank on this street. Fan Xian coldly glanced at the green cloth floating outside the car and said, “Take the money at Taiping Money Bank.”

Shi Yanli answered.

“Take as much as you want.” Fan Xian said calmly, “I’ll give you the seals and numbers before I leave, so don’t be too petty to spend the money.”

Take as much as you want? How in the world could such a good thing happen? Shi Yanli was stunned and laughed, “It’s hard to believe that this Taiping Money Bank is not run by your honor.”

Fan Xian laughed and scolded, “If I had that much money, everything would be solved. Why would I need to deal with those people.”

Shi Yanli was his inner circle, and knew that he was talking about the Northern Qi side, and did not answer after a slight nervousness, but he was immediately reminded of the Inner Vault by the Northern Qi, and thought of the opening of the Inner Vault in a few days, and that if Fan Xian wanted to fund the bidding of Xia Qufei and the Ming family, he would need a large sum of horrible money on his side to make it happen, and frowned, “My lord, the Inner Vault side is in a hurry to use the money, and if it doesn’t come to hand for a while, I’ll see that the matter of opening the store should be put off. It’s better to hold off on opening the store.”

Fan Xian shook his head, “The silver taels you need to transfer and the silver taels needed to win the bidding over at the inner treasury are not of the same order of magnitude at all, so you don’t need to worry about it. As for opening a store, it’s still important to do it as soon as possible, for one thing, while His Highness is still in Suzhou, he’s probably interested in doing this, and it’s convenient to do things. Secondly ……”

He thought of his father who stayed in Kyoto, and couldn’t help but smile, “Secondly, the girls in this Jiangnan are still waiting for our old Fan family to save them, so if it can be one day earlier, it’s one day.”

This is true, since in Kyoto to hold the moon building set the rules, and by that Shi Qing Er girl to add, now hold the moon building girls although still doing the flesh business, but the days are much better than back then, less drawbacks, and regularly have a doctor on the door to see the sick, but also signed a novel “labor contract”, hold the moon building girls Fan Xian is really thankful for. The girls at Moonlight House were truly grateful to Fan Xian. As soon as the momentum was spread and the influence was felt, the entire brothel industry in Kyoto began to show a healthy and upward sunrise feeling.

If the Moonlight House could really be opened as a chain in Jiangnan, the Liu Ruyi’s in Jiangnan would surely rejoice in Fan Xian’s arrival.

After returning to the Hua Yuan that the salt merchant had given up with great joy, Fan Xian took the hot soup that Si Si had handed over and drank it to sober up and warm up his body. He crouched on the case read a few reports from the courtyard, found that the world is peaceful, then relaxed, first let Si Si into the inner room to go to sleep, but he went out, put on a piece of thick goblin, rubbing his hands, knocked on the door of another room.

Behind him not far behind the tiger guards and the six swordsmen hurriedly hid in the darkness.

The door creaked open, revealing Haitang’s sleepy face.

Without waiting for Haitang to speak, Fan Xian was already surprised, “Sleeping so early?”

Haitang smiled faintly and let him into the room, flicked the smokeless oil lamp a bit brighter, and said softly, “This merchant’s house is so luxurious, and this bed is so comfortable, thinking that you’re only going to be drunk at the reception banquet tonight, so I’ll go to sleep first.”

Fan Xian fixed his eyes and realized that the girl’s clothes were not very thick, just a very plain jacket, frowned and said, “Wear more, although you are in a high realm, the natural wind chill is not something to be messed with.”

Haitang lazily ignored him, yawned, half propped her jaw on the bed, and said, “What’s the matter, hurry up and say it.”

Fan Xian froze, but forgot what he had come over to say at this time. After he boarded the capital ship last night, Haitang disappeared without a word until she appeared in the garden again in the afternoon, could it be that he had only come to make sure she was there? Or had he gotten used to chatting with this Northern Qi Holy Maiden like an old friend?

“It’s hard for me to get drunk.” Fan Xian, a man of some quick wits, smiled at Haitang’s first words and said, “You know that I’m afraid of death and timid, so I don’t get drunk except in front of people I can trust completely.”

“So you can only get drunk with abandon at home?” Haitang opened those bright eyes and asked curiously.

Fan Xian shook his head, “In addition to being able to trust myself completely, I also have to trust that the people around me are capable enough to keep me safe when I’m drunk.”

Haitang laughed, knowing what he meant by that, followed by some pity for the other party, and said compassionately, “Don’t tell me that when you grew up, you only got drunk …… once in the Pine Crane Residence in the Shangjing City.”

That time in the Northern Qi Shangjing, in front of Haitang’s face, Fan Xian wantonly and wildly drunk, until unconsciousness, but also was under the aphrodisiac, with the rebirth of the biggest one since the road.

Fan Xian said in exasperation, “You still have the face to mention …… of course,” he could not look at the sympathy in Haitang’s eyes, said coldly and proudly, “When I was a child, I was often drunk, so don’t think of yourself as too important. ”

Haitang smiled, “At that time, that …… blind master had been following you around?”

Fan Xian did not reply.

Haitang suddenly frowned and said, “Then …… the legend says that you were drunk and poetic, and that you wrote a thousand drunken poems …… in the middle of the palace of the Kingdom of Qing is also a lie?”

Fan Xian waved his hand, not wanting to continue this uninteresting topic with her, and directly asked, “Has the silver arrived yet?”

Haitang sighed in boredom and sat up, looking into his eyes and nodding earnestly, “His Majesty has been arranging it since August, so you don’t have to worry.”

Fan Xian scoffed to himself, “What if I don’t worry? It’s not like I can get the old man to transfer the silver from the treasury for his own use in this matter.”

“Speaking of which.” Haitang frowned, “You actually brought more than 100,000 taels of cash silver with you …… This is too stupid, right? I don’t believe that you’re just doing this simply to put on a show when you receive the wind at the river.”

Fan Xian thought to himself that this was an arrangement he had no choice but to make, and where could I tell you the inside story. No one could say anything about this.

“It’s just some useless silver, what are you afraid of?”

“You have not been in the civil service for more than two years, yet you have so much silver around you.” Haitang said with a wry smile, “Including you, including your father’s salary, it would only take over a hundred years to save up this much silver, how would you explain it to the officials?”

Fan Xian shook his head and said, “Don’t forget, my Fan Clan is a large clan, and the clan property is where the money really comes from.”

“Oh? Doesn’t a large clan that can easily come up with so much silver …… have any transgressions? Beware of the imperial historian of the metropolitan inspectorate this chapter of you.”

“Senate it.” Fan Xian laughed: “Even if the clan doesn’t have this much money, the palace knows that I’ve been doing a lot of business in the past two years and won’t suspect me of anything.”

“A green house, a dozen bookstores …… can earn so much silver?” Haitang asked doubtfully.

“Don’t underestimate my family’s old man’s wealth collection kung fu …… Of course, I have been an official in the dynasty for two years, and the benefits collected are also quite a lot, basically buried in that box, you don’t say, when you go out of the capital, you have to change such a neat silver ingot, if there is no old man to help transfer it from the treasury, I am really out of luck. ” Fan Xian said with a smile, “When things are over, the so-called bribe silver will be mixed with these clean silver in one place, and the court can’t say anything about me, but in order to gather enough silver, I can search all the quicksilver in the properties under my name, and now Kyoto is really an empty shell.”

Haitang then realized that he also has this intention, can not help but some contempt: “To your position, why for clearing the bribe silver is also so on the mind?”

“Mountain man …… has his own wonderful use.”

“Then you silver are put in the box, in full view of the public is not good to move, how to use the money in the future?”

Fan Xian smiled and said, “Isn’t there you? And there’s also that lovely Emperor, the silver he pumped into the Taiping Money Bank this time is not a small amount, I’ll fish out a few to spend, I’m sure he won’t mind.”

Haitang froze, then realized, on the fight and strategy to, their own will not be in Fan Xian below, can say to steal treachery to earn money in this regard, their own people …… and the Fan family people gap is a little big, the back of these days, they can have to keep a close eye on some.

The scene at this time is really some ridiculous ridiculous. Fan Xian and Haitang, the world recognized two clear and elegant characters, but in an eerie night, in the room quietly talking about silver, silver bills, money changers, money laundering this kind of copper stink full of topics.

And in the middle of the main hall of the mansion, the bright candles were hanging high, and the big box of silver that represented the spirit of Fan Xian’s declaration of Jiangnan’s political affairs was placed there in such a bright and honorable manner.

People walking around can’t help but look at this box, just everywhere are guards, and there are six swordsmen hidden in the dark protection, more than 100,000 taels of silver is certainly coveted, but to rob this box of silver, Jiang Yang Daobao or greedy thieves might as well directly rushed to the government treasury to rob the official silver, so that I’m afraid that the coefficient of success is still a little bigger.

The box is so open, exposed in front of all the people, the box reveals the snow-white silver ingots, hair hooked and soul-devouring light, there is a share of the inside of the hidden sinister cold seeped out.

After a few more days, caused the whole Jiangnan Road good not disturbing the Lord Fan Xian, finally left Suzhou, with all the subordinates recluse with the official road, to the southwest direction of the internal library transfer division where line to go. Although the three emperors still stay in suzhou city, but the officials are greatly relieved, thinking as long as Fan Ti Si is not there, to fool a small child is not simple?

The third prince is not aware of these officials in mind, otherwise to his vicious temperament, and at this time is about to explode temper, may play out what new tricks to.

In the past two days, his heart was a little angry, Fan Xian went to the inner library but did not take himself – the inner library is the Ye family’s property, indirectly support the stability of the State of Qing and the ability to open up, and can even say that the State of Qing is relying on the inner library of the support, so that place naturally became the most guarded place in the court of the State of Qing, the program prohibited more than the palace to be more strict. Strict, in folklore is simply five thunder patrol in the outside, the gods of heaven in the town – to be able to go to the inner library to see the scenery, I do not know how many people’s lifelong wish. Although the third prince of the emperor, the heart of the inner library is still very curious, but without the special permission of His Majesty, the emperor is not qualified to go to the inner library, thought this time to follow Fan Xian down to the south of the Yangtze River, you can get what you want, did not think that Fan Xian actually threw himself in the Suzhou!

With a snap, a middle-aged scholar who seemed to be a learned man crawled out in a sorry state, crying and howling. The Third Prince followed him out and cursed viciously, ”Father is letting Fan Xian come as a teacher! He dares to run! I’ll dare to kick him!”

The subordinates in the mansion were silenced, with the Lord of Qin gone, who dared to offend this young master? Actually even the Governor’s residence small intention to invite the teaching teacher dared to kick, their own two more words, will not be dead?

The third prince is angry, out of the corner of his eye glimpsed a person sneaking along the corridor to go out, hurriedly drank, walked over to take a look …… but found that it was Fan Xian’s that close disciple Shi Hanyanli.

Although he is arrogant and vicious, but in Fan Xian’s face, always bad to Shi Hanyan Li how, curiously asked: “Mr. Shi this is where to go?”

Shi Yanli seemed to be bluffed and said curtly, “Your Highness, this is to go out for a stroll.”

The third prince froze and said: “Suzhou city fun place I have not seen, you have to take me.”

Shi Yanli begged: “Your Highness, the teacher has strict orders, these days the homework are set down, if you do not finish, that can be how to do? …… Besides, letting the teacher know that I took your highness out to roam around, this is also a good big pile of sin.”

The third prince wrinkled his thin eyebrows and grunted coldly: “Do it then, just ……” he looked at Shi Elaboration Li’s flickering eyes and laughed: “You have to tell you, you don’t follow your teacher to the inner treasury, what are you doing by staying in Suzhou, and at this time are you You have to tell you.

Shi hanli was blocked by this, hesitating for a long time, wanting to speak, only after a long time did he lower his voice and smiled bitterly: “Your highness is not unaware that the student is pitiful, being ordered by the door teacher to do that line of work.”

The three emperors two eyes a bright, tentative asked: “But …… hold the moon building to open in Suzhou?”

Shi Elaborate Li slightly stunned to cover his mouth, as if very chagrined to say their own leakage of mouth.

The third prince hehehe sneered two times, but the heart is happy flowers, secretly think if you can work again in suzhou, than in this house to sit in a lot of life, his shares in the building in Kyoto was Fan Xian hard to take over, and now know that Fan Xian is also a surface morality article of the real people, the third prince where willing to miss this opportunity.

Shi Yanli watched the third prince’s reaction, and in his heart, he admired that his teacher had really calculated everything.