Straight man of steel

Chapter 420 Using Your Own Resources

Wuyanlang was silent for a long time.

Under Zhang Yuan's anxious gaze, he raised his head.

Zhang Yuan saw the image of a shrewd businessman, cunning and wise.

"Master Hou, the villain can agree."

After thinking for so long, Wuyanlang finally agreed to Zhang Yuan's request.

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, he originally thought that this matter would not go so smoothly.

"Okay, tomorrow, I will send someone to your shop to exchange copper coins.

Exchange all the five baht coins that have been prepared. "

Wu Yanlang smiled, stood up and took a step closer to Zhang Yuan's position.

"Master Hou, I have a request."

Things went so smoothly, even if Wu Yanlang made some demands on Zhang Yuan, he could understand.

"Go ahead."

"The villain hopes to exchange for five baht coins according to 80.00% of Qingpingfang's exchange rate."

Zhang Yuan knows what greed is.

Still taking 8000 million copper coins as an example, if Zhang Yuan agrees to Wu Yanlang's request, then he can get the principal of [-] million at a cost of [-] million.

Assuming that all the 500 million copper coins can be released in the end, Wuyanlang's actual income in the end will be [-] million five baht coins.

This profit has already exceeded 50.00%, far exceeding the current profit of the big man's son Qian's family.

And Wuyanlang didn't worry about whether the five baht money could be released.

In Qingpingfang, he could exchange five baht for gold, but if he couldn't let it go, he would exchange it for gold, and Zhang Yuan would still lose money.

Wu Yanlang will not lose money anyway, and he has already calculated everything in such a short period of time.

"The head of the Wuyan family had someone check Qingpingfang yesterday, right?"

Zhang Yuan never told Wuyanlang about the exchange rate. Wuyanlang must have known about Qingpingfang before he could come up with a plan that would benefit him but not harm him.

"Master Hou misunderstood, yesterday I heard that the paper in Qingpingfang is much cheaper.

My son, Zhuangzi, usually consumes no less paper than those scholars, so I specially sent people to buy more.

Those of us who deposit money are more sensitive to other new things than others. When the subordinates came back from buying paper, they also told the villains about exchanging copper coins. "

"Oh, I see.

The Patriarch of Wuyan thought that this Marquis' actions would succeed in the end? "

"The villain feels that since Master Hou has appeared in the villain's mansion, he should be able to make a judgment."

When it comes to business, Wuyanlang is not as submissive as before.

To discuss business is to place both parties on an equal footing. If there is no such prerequisite, then one person's interests will definitely be damaged.

Who would like to see their interests damaged.

"80.00% is too low.

Ben Hou came here with sincerity.

Since Patriarch Wuyan is not sincere, there is no need for the Marquis to stay here any longer.

The dessert is very delicious. The owner of the salt-free family should not forget to send the chef who made this dessert to Xin'anhou Mansion. "

Biheng, Zhang Yuan is still afraid of a loan shark?

Wu Yanlang thinks that Zhang Yuan can't do without him, but Zhang Yuan doesn't accept such a thing at the moment.

"Master Hou, our family is the only one who releases Ziqian in Chang'an's internal history.

The rest of the business can't get around us, Wuyanshi! "

"Are you threatening me?"

"How dare a villain threaten Lord Hou."

"There is no second family in Chang'an that can lend money to my son, so I can't let him go, right?"

"Master Hou!"

Ever since Wu Yanlang mentioned the 80.00% ratio, Zhang Yuan has already made up his mind to release Ziqian by himself.

Just like what Wuyanlang said, his family and the Qian family are the only ones in the entire Inner History area.

Zhang Yuan is not afraid of Wu Yan, who charges an interest rate of 20.00%.

Zhang Yuan's purpose is to promote five baht coins, and he can completely charge only five thousandths as a guarantee for the minimum loss.

Does Wuyan dare?If he received five thousandths, he wouldn't even be able to pay the royal dividend.

This 20.00% interest rate must be a ratio obtained after balancing the interests of all parties, so that everyone involved can make money.

Zhang Yuan didn't have this worry, and at this point, Liu Che wouldn't forcefully intervene in Zhang Yuan's business for such a small amount.

Besides, the paper and coal business will bring more benefits to the royal family than Wuyan's dividend.

"what happened?"

"Master Hou, I'm afraid your status is not suitable for this kind of business."

"Benhou never said that he would end himself."

Wuyanlang suddenly felt the sky dim for a while, and he even forgot how the nobles operated.

Zhang Yuan can definitely send out a bunch of merchants to give him money, and there is no need to rent the shop.

Shops selling paper spread all over the territory of Neishi, and shops were also opened in other counties.

"How much interest does Lord Hou plan to extract? Competing with the people for profit is not a good thing."

This sentence is the most common sentence used by Confucianism to criticize Sang Hongyang. Sang Hongyang is unlucky enough to be scolded for fighting for profit with the people for more than 1000 years.

"This Marquis is not as greedy as you, otherwise I wouldn't have come to look for you Wuyan first.

But it must be less than [-]%. Don't worry, Ben Hou has no plan to make money by letting money. "

Wu Yanlang was even more confused. If Zhang Yuan really did this, unless the whole history and land did not use five baht money, and no one would trade with five baht money, Zhang Yuan might lose everything.

This possibility does exist, but Zhang Yuan has already thought of a countermeasure for the time being.

Zhang Yuan is still worried that no one will spend the five baht money since the gold-swallowing beast of the paper mill is in his hands?

Immediately after returning home, the rules of Qingpingfang were changed, and only five baht was charged for money, and the business was done together with the money.

Selling paper is aimed at those who are not short of money, and let them get used to using five baht.

Lending is aimed at those who are short of money, so that they have to use five baht.

It was worthwhile for Zhang Yuan to come to Wuyan's today.

Wuyan taught him how to use the resources he had.

The Wuyan family has no second family, the Qian family, because of its internal history and territory, which is why it is so confident.

Now there is no second merchant selling paper in the entire Han Dynasty. If Zhang Yuan does not raise his tail to the sky, he will be sorry for the resources he has in his hands.

It's not that no one has been able to imitate paper for so long.

It's just because those counterfeit ones have no formula, and the quality of the paper is not as good as Zhang Yuan's.

The most important thing is that because Liu Che owns half of the paper mill, the rest of the paper sellers in the whole Han Dynasty are doing shady business.

"Don't forget the chef who makes the dessert."

Zhang Yuan looked at Wu Yanlang who was stunned to the side, reminded him in a cold voice, and then stepped out of the front hall.

With Zhang Yuan's current capital, he must not be able to quickly promote the circulation of five baht coins.

Zhang Yuan also figured out something just now, the richest businessman in Dahan is not Wuyan, the richest man in Dahan today is Zhang Yuan's unnamed father-in-law.

After coming out of Wuyan's, Zhang Yuan went to Qingpingfang and asked Lao Zhao to close the shop directly.

He didn't care about the crowd queuing outside at all, and Zhang Yuan didn't care about those gossips. Anyway, after forcing these people to buy paper with five baht tomorrow, they will be even more annoyed.

After closing Qingpingfang, Zhang Yuan took Old Zhao and a bunch of accountants and merchants back to Xin'anhou Mansion directly.

Some people in Beique Jiadi District have noticed Zhang Yuan's inexplicable behavior.

Although each family has contacts with some merchants, it is really rare for Zhang Yuan to bring more than a dozen merchants back home so blatantly, and even if there are, they will hide them.

After Wuyanlang heard the news, his heart suddenly became colder.

But for the last rescue, he changed his clothes and sneaked to Jianzhang Palace.

He definitely won't be able to meet Liu Che, but Liu Che has an organization in charge of merchants, and Sang Hongyang is from this organization.

Everyone in this group has the title of adding an official, but none of them has a serious official position.

Sang Hongyang is the official servant, accompanying Liu Che and taking care of business for him.

There are several kinds of royal business. The inner treasury is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, and there are those under the jurisdiction of the Great Farming Order. Other shady businesses are managed by Sang Hongyang and the others.

It can't be said that it is shameful, but the emperor's share in some businesses will be criticized by the people, so he keeps it secret.

It just so happened that the person Wuyan Lang came to see was Sang Hongyang.

There are not many people accompanying Liu Che, and there is one person who is more dazzling than Sang Hongyang, and that is Huo Qubing.

At this moment, the children beside Liu Che are the only ones who have left their names in history.

Sang Hongyang is now in his 20s, and has served Liu Che for more than ten years, and has won Liu Che's trust.

"What is the important matter of Patriarch Wuyan entering the palace this time?"

Sang Hongyang, who is in his 20s, has an expressionless expression, and his companion is like a tiger. In the past ten years, he has seen a lot of dangers in the world. The tragic court struggle has made this young man extraordinarily tenacious.

"The Marquis of Xin'an, Zhang Yuan, intends to get involved in the Ziqian business, and today the villain learned that he wants to open a Ziqian Zhuangzi by himself in the inner history area.

If this is the case, forget it, but Xin'anhou doesn't intend to make a profit in the business, our business interest is 20.00% five.

And Marquis Xin'an said that he would never charge more than [-]% interest if he released the money. If he really did this, our business would not be able to survive. "

Wuyanlang was very anxious, and he also appeared very humble in front of this young man.

Sang Hongyang thought for a moment and discovered the flaw in Wu Yanlang's words.

"Did Marquis Xin'an contact you in advance?"

Wu Yanlang knew that he couldn't hide it, so he nodded immediately.

"What did he talk to you about?"

"Xin'anhou newly minted a kind of copper coin, and asked the villain to help promote it, but the villain refused.

So Xin'anhou wanted to run and destroy our business. "

Sang Hongyang frowned, he was really disgusted with Wuyanlang, it was all our business when he opened and closed his mouth.

Although Sang Hongyang was born as a merchant, his ambition since he was a child was to become a general and become a prince.

In addition, after staying in the palace for so many years, he looked down on these merchants from the bottom of his heart. If Liu Che didn't need them, he would be too lazy to deal with them.

"That's your business, not ours.

I don't think you're telling the truth. Although I haven't had any contact with Marquis Xin'an, I know a thing or two about his personality.

I will tell His Majesty what happened today, as for you to do your own thing well.

Even if Marquis Xin'an really intervenes in the Ziqian business, it doesn't matter if you mess it up, His Majesty's share cannot be less. "

After Sang Hongyang finished speaking, he left.

For him, Wuyan's business is a trivial matter, but the new coins need to be taken seriously.

Now that the courtiers had already descended, Sang Hongyang went to Yutang Hall to wait for Liu Che.

They are the same as eunuchs, they can enter and leave these palaces at will, but of course Liu Che's harem is not allowed.

Liu Che obviously didn't know about Wuyan's affairs, and in such a short period of time, the embroidered clothes messenger couldn't find out what was going on.

Furthermore, the Embroidered Clothes Emissary probably only knew about Zhang Yuan's visit to Wuyan's mansion, no matter how much he knew, Sang Hongyang probably didn't know as much.

When Liu Che returned to Yutang Hall to deal with government affairs, he was quite surprised to see Sang Hongyang waiting in the center of the hall.

"Is there anything important about Sang Shizhong?"

"Your Majesty, just now Wu Yanlang came to see me."

"Wuyanlang? The one who put money away?"

Liu Che didn't care about these things, at least when he was not short of money, those merchants were no different from slaves no matter how rich they were.

"Well, according to him, Xin'an Hou minted a new type of coin."

Sang Hongyang didn't even want to mention Wuyan's Ziqian business, and directly told Liu Che the most important thing.

Sang Hongyang has all the advantages of a shrewd businessman, and Sang Hongyang also has excellent political vision.

"I know, my sister has already told me about this.

I also agreed, and let's see what tricks Zhang Yuan can play. "

Sang Hongyang does not support Liu Che's current state. What he wants is to hold all the wealth of the country in his hands.

The most important point is the reform of the currency system and the right to mint coins.

But now that Zhang Yuan minted a new coin, Liu Che didn't react at all, and Sang Hongyang didn't expect it to be like this.

It is one thing to mint coins privately, but quite another to mint new coins.

"Does Your Majesty have the newly minted coins from the Marquis of Xin'an?"

Liu Che didn't care at all and rummaged on the desk, finally found some five baht coins.

A long time ago, Zhang Yuan gave some five baht to Princess Pingyang, and Princess Pingyang also gave some to Liu Che.

To them, this is just a kind of fine-looking copper coin, which is better than those circulating in the market, but both Liu Che and Princess Pingyang feel that the five baht coin cannot escape the fate of private minting.

"Come and get it yourself. The money is called five baht. It looks pretty good."

Sang Hongyang immediately stepped forward to take the copper coins from Liu Che, and then put them in his hands to scrub them finely.

The five baht coins brought him a sense of three-dimensionality and a sense of heaviness, instead of those flat copper coins before, which were worried that they would be broken in his hands.

Sang Hongyang immediately discovered the superiority of this copper coin.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Xin'an has big plans in mind.

He went to look for Wu Yanlang today, maybe he really has a plan.

Please also ask Your Majesty to send someone to investigate what Marquis Xin'an wants to do. "

This is the difference between people. If Zhang Yuan said these things to Liu Che, Liu Che might say that you are teaching me how to do things?
But spitting it out from Sang Hongyang's mouth really caught Liu Che's attention.

(End of this chapter)