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Chapter 621 Waiting

"Nine hundred and fifty documents?" Wang Dengku arrived at the bank in the morning and confirmed the news he received last night, and he was immediately stunned. Chinese website √ く.く★★.★c★ om

He also saw the appearance of He Yusheng's money. It is indeed of good quality and full of weight. It is definitely not inferior to Jiajing gold-backed coins. Generally, copper coins of this quality are not only high in price, but also rare in many cases. For people who use money, people do not have to use those bad money or small money, but like to use gold-backed coins. Many times, the value of a good copper coin to purchase items is much higher than that of ordinary copper coins. People would rather accept one gold-backed coins than three or five bad money.

One to eight hundred is the most suitable price. When Heyu rises to nine hundred, he feels like a price war. When it reaches nine hundred, the meaning of suppressing the Shanxi merchants' money house is very obvious.

After dawn, there were many idle people standing at the doors of the two money shops, and even many serious businessmen. The owners and shopkeepers of various small and medium-sized businesses also gave up their busy business and went to the two money shops to watch the battle.

Of course, they could not stand at the street entrance with their sleeves in their arms, and there was a restaurant in the middle of the two money houses, so the private room on the second floor was announced in the morning to be wrapped up.

The restaurant shopkeeper laughed so hard that he couldn't see him. Such a thing originally made people feel refreshed, and his business was great, which made people feel even more in a good mood.

"The second floor is full of Qin Dongzhu, the second floor is full..."

When Fan Yongming heard this, he said unhappy: "The shopkeeper wants money and just say it, we'll give it to you."

"It's really full." The hotel shopkeeper said with a embarrassed look: "If the owner and the shopkeeper want to go upstairs, they can only add seats and squeeze with others."

When Fan Yongming heard this, he had to look at Wang Datong and others.

Wang Datong came to this restaurant with several friends and this special person, to see this rare event in many years.

There were many open and secret struggles among the Shanxi merchants, and even various secret tricks and detrimental tricks. Xiang Heyusheng first took action step by step, constantly suppressing Shanxi merchants with commercial means, forcing merchants from all sides to take sides, and finally launched a decisive battle against Shanxi merchants in terms of money houses. The seven Shanxi merchants knew that they had to fight, and this skill was also very admirable.

Everyone picked up the steps and went upstairs. Sure enough, the upstairs were already full of pits and valleys, and there were no empty tables. Fortunately, they were all businessmen who knew each other at least and knew their names. It seemed that the hotel owners still knew the shopkeepers. The second floor was not something they could do with just paying money, and they also needed a certain status and cooperation.

Zhangjiakou is worthy of being the most important commercial center in the north of the Ming Dynasty. It is not only prosperous because of the Ma City. After all, it is an important node for going to the capital. Xuanda and Shaanxi, the northern Zhili prefectures in the south, and even as far as Henan, Shandong merchants have business here. The Ma City is closed, and the most affected are the business businesses selling furs and cattle and sheep. The rest of the commercial banks will more or less obtain supplements from other channels. Therefore, Zhangjiakou not only flourished during the Ming Dynasty, but also flourished until the Qing Dynasty. However, the ports opened in the late Qing Dynasty, and the southern spread far to the north. Shanxi merchants declined, and Zhangjiakou naturally declined.

Because of its extraordinary prosperity, there are of course many big businessmen with wealth. Many merchants operated family-style businesses, and even came from other places to Zhangjiakou. It took several generations to gain a foothold. For example, the Fan family was from Jiexiu, Shanxi, and had been in Zhangjiakou for several generations, while Wang Datong was from Baoding Prefecture, Hebei, and had been in Zhangjiakou for several generations.

Most of the merchants here are owners with tens of thousands or tens of thousands or big shopkeepers with status. If Fan Yongming came alone, he would be afraid that he would not be qualified to go to this level. The Fan family was once the first-class big business in Zhangjiakou, and at this time he had to rely on Wang Datong to come, and Fan Yongming couldn't help but sigh.

After everyone said hello, the hotel shopkeeper came over and sued him, and added a few stools to a large round table with three or four people, and sat down for Fan Yongming, Wang Datong and others.

There are also small snacks such as tea and melon seeds on the table. Everyone basked in the sun, felt the spring sunshine, and ate melon seeds and watched the movements at the entrances of the two money houses. Unconsciously, there was a sense of freedom to watch the fight in the clouds. Even if the good show of the money house was related to their own family, but before the winner was decided, everyone just wanted to watch the fun.

"I wonder what will happen to the Lord Wang Dengku and others today?"

As soon as they sat down, they heard people's comments, and Wang Datong and others also smiled.

This is also everyone's question. After all, He Yusheng made a move, Wang Dengku and others responded, and then they made another move. Although it was just a matter of concession between copper coins, it was really a big obstacle.

An old shopkeeper said, "You will know that the gold back coins of the court weigh eight taels and eight coins per thousand citation, while the copper price is one tael of silver per kilogram. The court now has 400,000 taels of silver coins of copper castings of silver worth 4 taels and eight coins. Four hundred thousand taels of 400,000 taels can be sold for 900,000 taels, not counting manual or anything else, and can make a net profit of 500,000 taels. This is no different from the gold back coins of Yusheng that were eight taels and eight coins of 1,000 taels in the past. Eight hundred taels means that investing 100,000 taels can make about 25,000 taels, because the cost of minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus minus min

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Wang Datong praised: "I am worthy of being the shopkeeper Qian. I have been working in the money shop for my whole life. I can't understand this thing very well."

Fan Yongming was slightly embarrassed and couldn't help thinking about his own strengths. After thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing surprising. He secretly made up his mind that he would have to put more thought into various things in the future.

Someone here said: "If the money house here gives more profits than He Yusheng, it will be impossible to make money and there will be no profit."

Ma Wen, who followed Wang Datong upstairs, said: "As far as we know, the money shops that Wang Dengku and other owners invested hundreds of thousands of yuan were mainly engaged in lending, and the profits were very high, but the scale of redeeming money was not small. If you exchange all the copper coins in the previous silver bank for this time, the loss would be really great."

Money shops and silver shops are both big deals, and it is difficult for private capital to control in important places. Residents and officials and gentry in various places will be involved. Especially in places where business is prosperous, silver shops or money shops are the most important links of the local economy. For example, the money shop opened by the seven Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou has a wide range of involvement and has an impact on all local businesses. He Yusheng seized this opportunity and hoped to at least hit each other in reputation. He really grasped the most critical point.

Ma Wen said again: "Although He Yusheng's family is big and his business is big, the seven owners here are also rich and powerful. To be honest, I still look forward to this side."

After saying that, he looked at the horse man beside him and smiled and said, "Brother, I'm sorry for being arrogant."

This time, the Ma people were also personally instructed by Zhang Han to Zhangjiakou to convince the local merchants that his cousin had actually already given the fifth service, but the same ancestral hall. Ma Wen's great-grandfather went from Tianchengwei to Zhangjiakou to do business. He has been here for several generations, and the tree has a deep root. If the gap is opened from here, the future will be twice the result with half the effort. Unfortunately, Ma Wen is like most Shanxi merchants in the city. Although he knows that the Heyusheng family has a great career, Heyusheng did not invest too much in Zhangjiakou before, and this is a concentrated place for Shanxi merchants and Shaanxi merchants. The owners of the business owners have broad vision and may not have much respect for Zhang Han, the young man. In addition, the struggle between the seven Shanxi merchants and Heyusheng has not yet decided the outcome. Ma Wen's attitude is not surprising now.

The horse man smiled and said, "When the matter is over, if you lose, brother, you must set up a top-notch eight-degree table to apologize to my brother."

Ma Wen said: "He Xiao said this. In the genealogy, you are the eldest brother, and I am the fifth brother. Originally, the eldest brother had the final say. If it weren't for the wide-ranging relationship of this kind, there wouldn't be such a big deal."

The Ma Ren smiled but said nothing. He joined Heyusheng as a juren. The Ma clan did not fully agree. For example, Ma Wen's brother was a fourth-rank official in Beijing, and seemed to be close to the Donglin Party. When he wrote a letter, he scolded Zhang Han for joining the eunuch party, asking the Ma Ren to leave Heyusheng and Zhang Han. Of course, the Ma Ren ignored it, but his relationship with him was also relatively alienated and cold. Today, the other party's attitude towards the other party was also considered a small revenge for the past, but the failure to break up was not because of the clan affection, but because the other party could not be sure of winning or losing.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Wang Datong interrupted, "Ma Dongzhu, I wonder how much principal you and Yusheng have prepared to buy copper coins. Should you mint this coins yourself or ask someone to mint them?"

This is also a topic that everyone is very concerned about. The people next to him heard that Ma Ren was from He Yusheng and immediately looked at him.

The grassland copper mine has been listed as a secret in Heyusheng so far. Only senior management and relevant technicians know that people going north say they are going to reclaim land, and people do not know that Heyusheng has already discovered a huge copper mine in the north.

Not to mention this, it is mainly because of the fear of being paid attention to by the court. After all, He Yusheng only goes north in name only in name, which is considered a miracle. If it goes deeper hundreds of miles, there are a large number of land expansions in the east, west, south and north, and stabilizes the territory, not only can it be reclaimed land but also mines, which will be too much of a stir.

Since the copper mine cannot be said, the horse people actually don’t know the specific numbers of the first batch of coins. Whether it is silver coins or copper coins, they are all responsible for the mint bureaus on the north and south canals. The people there are very strict management and management. After the quotation, they all live in designated areas, just because they are afraid that they will leak the secrets of the mint bureau at will. The machines and factories there are all built by the river, and soldiers are guarded by the surroundings, and the idle people cannot get close to them. The horse people cannot know the specific operation, and of course they do not know the numbers.

Fortunately, the horse man would not show any timidity, but just smiled and sang tea calmly: "You are here to wait for it. According to the arrangement of Zhang Dongzhu, the copper coins should be shipped today."

He Yusheng's money house started accepting reservations a few days ago. So far, there are only reservations and price comparisons. There are not many people who book, but only a few businessmen who were fought over by Li Mengnian and people who urgently needed money. The rest are waiting for the final result and will not rush to take action.
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