The sudden introduction of money tickets by the court was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and most people were not optimistic. Not only were ordinary people skeptical about this, but even the officials in the court also criticized them privately, thinking that this was the idea that Li Ling, as the envoy of the Three Divisions, took on some random ideas to make some political achievements.

This situation naturally casts a shadow on the prospect of money that has not yet been released. Many people can even make assertions that no one will care about this thing after it comes out, and in the end they can only end up in a mess. Some censors and censors are even more ready to use this to impeach Li Ling, thus making themselves famous.

Just when countless people inside and outside the capital were not optimistic about money tickets, the twelfth lunar month entered, that is, one month before the official issuance of money tickets, dozens of wealthy merchants in Luoyang City were sent invitations and invited to go to Yuexinglou for a banquet on the third day of the twelfth lunar month.

For these big merchants with a huge net worth of billions, they don’t know how many such invitations are held every day, and most of them refuse. But after seeing the signature of this invitation, they dare not refuse because the person above wrote Li Ling’s name, but his identity is not a high-ranking official in the court, but one of the owners of the mercenary business.

Over the years, the development of Zongheng Commercial Bank has been quite rapid. It can be said that there are their semicolons everywhere in the world, thus forming a huge network. This alone is enough to prevent many businessmen in Beijing from underestimating it. In addition, Li Ling, the identity of an important official of the imperial court, is there any businessman who dares to refuse?

It was dusk and the lights were on. When several markets in Luoyang City specializing in happy night business became lively, there were already traffic and horses in front of Yuexing Building, and there were constant tourists, which made the shopkeepers who welcomed the guests in the building very busy, and they all had sweat on their foreheads.

Today, Yuexing Building has been completely booked by Zongheng Trading Company, so there are no more outbound customers except these invited guests. At this time, these merchants who had just got off the carriage greeted many familiar colleagues, chatted and laughed, and walked straight in. Soon, under the guidance of the guys inside, they walked up the stairs and climbed to the fifth floor of the highest restaurant.

There were already Wan Lang and other business owners waiting for them. When they arrived, they greeted each other with smiles and warm greetings. Naturally, they had a good greeting and politeness. After all these vulgar gifts were done, Wan Lang led everyone to the table, but it was the most formal single-seater meal system. There were also the best-looking Le Ji playing the flute and drum music, and the sound of silk and bamboo were quite elegant.

However, everyone's attention was obviously not on these details. After each of them sat down, they subconsciously looked for the main owner. But after this round, they did not find the real master. They could only turn their doubtful eyes on Wan Lang and wait for him to give an explanation.

Wan Lang immediately understood everyone's thoughts and laughed: "Please be careful, everyone, please be careful. After all, Li Wenzhong is in the court and is full of things, so he can't get out of it at will. Let's drink a few drinks first, and wait for him here slowly." As he said that, he raised his glass to invite him, and gave the shopkeepers of several other businesses a wink. Everyone went on stage together, and they laughed at the guests.

At this time, Wan Lang's ability was good at communicating. He talked again and again, and talked to others frequently.

Within a few words, the businessman felt valued and was happy, so he naturally drank two glasses.

Originally, the financial resources of Zongheng Commercial Bank were not inferior to the various merchants here, and there were many business dealings between them, even if there was competition, they would not reveal them at this time. Wan Lang and others deliberately tried to please flatter them, so the banquet seemed quite harmonious, and they were drinking and drinking for a while, which was really lively.

And in such a scene, Li Ling finally arrived late.

When he arrived at the second floor, he could already hear the laughter above, which made him feel certain. He was faster at the moment. He thrust and then went straight to the fifth floor. After pushing the door, he clasped his fists and smiled: "Li Ling has something to do, so I'll wait for you for a long time. I hope you will be more grateful to you." As he said that, he entered the hall and bowed and lowered his posture.

His sudden appearance calmed the originally lively banquet. Everyone's eyes fell at the door. They were stunned at first, and then they stood up and saluted: "I've seen Lord Li..."

Although Li Ling is presenting a banquet as the owner of the Zongheng Trading Company, how could the merchants really treat him as a businessman like him? Seeing him coming, many people were a little nervous, and Wan Lang smiled and said, "Wen Zhong, you came too late. You should be punished with three glasses of wine and apologize to you."

"It should be punished, it should be punished." Li Ling nodded with a smile, and then waved his hand to everyone and said, "Don't be too polite for everyone. Today I am the same as you, just a businessman in Luoyang City, but I can't afford to treat you so politely. Come on, everyone sit down, let's have a few drinks first..."

As he spoke, he had already stepped forward and sat in the top seat without hesitation. Seeing this, the others sat down with a smile, and then they said some polite words like long-awaited.

Li Ling had no airs. According to Wan Lang's statement, he first punished himself three times, and then turned around and looked at someone nearby: "Boss Jin, I have been looking back on your big squad for a long time. I had thought about working with you before. It seems that there should be a chance this time."

Boss Jin is also one of the top ten merchants in Luoyang City. At this time, Li Ling praised him so much that he smiled and said humbly: "I dare not, I am a small businessman, how dare you talk about cooperation with Lord Li?"

"Hey, Boss Jin, you are too arrogant. Who doesn't know that your Dapinghao is the leader in cloth trading in Luoyang City... No, not only Luoyang, but also in the entire Dayue Prefectures, there are hundreds of shops in Dapinghao, which is really amazing. As the saying goes, food, clothing, housing and transportation, this cloth business ranks first, and you, a big merchant, can be regarded as the leader of our merchants."

After these flattering words, even though Boss Jin is calm and low-key, he is still a little fluttering. While he is humble, his face is red and he feels drunk.

Although others have said this to him in person with the same boast, how can the praise of ordinary people be compared with the praise of an important official in the court like Li Ling? So he naturally enjoys it in his ears, and it feels so uncomfortable.

Then, Li Ling turned to the next person, another

This is how the four people were named, and they were all magnificent businessmen in Luoyang City whose financial strength was not under the big rank of Boss Jin, which also made them feel proud. It turns out that the name of the family has long been known to Lord Li, and it seems that the identity of a businessman is not too humble in the world now.

After the atmosphere became harmonious again, Li Ling raised his glass to greet each other again, so dozens of big merchants on the field gave another round of cups and laughed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost moved, Li Ling put the wine glass on the table and shook Wan Lang again. The latter understood and immediately stood up and instructed the people in the restaurant there to remove all the musicians playing around.

This behavior was naturally seen by many people. Although they were a little drunk, these people immediately understood that they were about to get to the point. So they all became more and more serious. Although they were quite respectful to Li Ling, it seemed that everyone would follow and obey whatever he said, but in fact, everyone was preparing. It was impossible for him to do anything just because of his words.

Li Ling naturally saw their feelings, just smiled, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Everyone, I think everyone has many speculations about Li's invitation to you to meet here today? Since we are all businessmen and we are doing business, I don't make too many mistakes, so I will tell you the truth.

"I'm here today. I want to cooperate with you. You should have heard of the money tickets that have been spread recently. That's right, that's a brand new currency that I'm going to quickly promote in my Dayue territory. Its full name should be called Dayue Qian tickets, which is this."

As he said that, he took out a slap from his sleeve, looked at the rather shaved piece of paper, and after it lit up in front of everyone, he handed it over to Wan Lang, and he passed it to others to check it one by one.

The merchants have also heard of the famous money tickets for a long time. At this time, they were naturally even more curious when they saw Li Ling taking out the real thing, so they quickly went up to see the real appearance.

I saw that the paper size of a palm carved with some patterns. The front desk was filled with the words "Dayue Qianbao", the lower part was the words "Quanshi" and the lower part was the official seal of the Sansi Yamen.

Turning over again, it is a very complex picture, which seems to be a blooming flower, or a dragon lying on the clouds. It should be the effect of two paintings being stacked on one place, but it has no effect on each other. When you look closely, it seems that there are a few words in the painting, but it is not too real to see it.

Judging from the workmanship of this ticket, it is quite exquisite and exquisite. Even if it is sold in a store with the Four Treasures of Study, it can be sold for more than a hundred cents. But the problem is that such a piece of paper is actually a ten-stall copper coin. This value is too shocking and too unacceptable.
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