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Published at 21st of October 2021 10:57:27 AM


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Yonglu seven years, March.

The flying snow and ice have shown a trend of receding and melting.

Shengang City, Tianshou Pavilion.

Salt house Qiuzhen raised the teacup, took a kiss from her mouth, and then looked at the city master of the Wutian family from the Ming Dynasty. She was a little curious.

Yanwu Qiuzhen is thirty-four years old this year. She is a little fat. She has a feeling of fine skin and tender meat. She has a pair of small glasses of Southern barbarians on her face. She looks quite like a modern profiteer.

In fact, Yanwu Qiuzhen is a businessman. At the same time, he is also a local Haozu of Feiyu. He also has an official post to guard before construction bought from the imperial court.

It can be seen from his name that Qiuzhen, the salt house he runs, has mastered the logistics and transportation of the whole flying salt in the mountain country.

Because he had salt in his hands, the great power of the economic lifeline of Feiyu, the owners of sister Xiaolu's family and jiangma's family were honored as guests of honor to him.

Therefore, in terms of identity and strength, Qiuzhen of Yanwu feels that she is on an equal footing with Li Xiao, the leader of the Takeda family.

The name of Li Xiao, the Ming warrior of the Takeda family, has now spread far and wide in Feiyu. Naturally, Yanwu Qiuzhen, as a businessman who travels far and wide, has also heard of it.

Thinking of this, Yanwu Qiuzhen looked at Li Xiao again. Although it was a little rude, he didn't care.

In fact, I was invited to Shengang city this time. Isn't it because the other party asked for me? If the attitude is a little humble, it will not be easy for the city Lord to refuse if he puts forward excessive demands.

"Lord Li Xiao, it's really a great talent to build such a new city in just two months. I deeply admire it. I've dedicated 50 times to express my congratulations." salt house Qiuzhen chubby's face smiled, which made me feel a bit kind and amiable.

Li Xiao is also secretly trying to figure out the other side. Although the fat businessman has a smiling face and looks honest and harmless to humans and animals, he is a man with powerful wrist.

In history, Xiaolu lianglai, the owner of the family, borrowed money from Qiuzhen of the salt house several times. Now there are documents preserved. She is a businessman with good financial resources.

After Takeda Xinxuan's death, the strategic focus of the Takeda family shifted from the side of Feida to fighting in the West. Shangshan Qianxin took advantage of this to carry out the strategy of flying in Vietnam and China. Yanwu Qiuzhen changed. Instead, he became the target (agent) of Shangshan Qianxin's influence in Feida. He restricted jiangma Huisheng, sister Xiaodao lianglai and neidao Lishi.

After Shangshan Qianxin died, he keenly caught that the atmosphere was wrong and immediately became attached to Yoshida shinchang. After the change of instinct temple, he became a subordinate of the lone wolf Sasaki in Beilu and maintained his influential position in Feiyu country.

From sister Xiaodao lianglai to Shangshan Qianxin, and from Nobunaga Toyoda to Satoshi Chengzheng, he is constantly changing his home to protect and obtain his own interests,

However, from the perspective of business, Yanwu Qiuzhen's move is just a profit seeking act of businessmen, which is understandable.

After learning about this person, Li Xiaoxin knows that this person is different from jiangma Huisheng and other samurai. If he uses tough coercion, it will backfire.

One thing businessmen have in common is a word of profit. We should achieve a win-win situation.

Li Xiao nodded and said, "you're welcome. You can see that you came with goodwill. In that case, I'll be frank. The new city has just been built, which costs a lot of money and is short of military food. Please handle these aspects."

Salt house Qiuzhen asked, "how much military grain does the city Lord want and how much he is willing to pay?"

Li xiaoha smiled and said, "to tell you the truth, Lord Xinxuan has spent all the money he gave our army to build this city, so he really can't get a penny."

Salt house Qiuzhen didn't show her surprise and said, "Lord, I'm very sorry. The merchant also has the rules for businessmen. If there's no money to trade, I believe no one will do this at a loss."

Li Xiaoyan said, "I didn't mean to be embarrassed. In fact, I came to discuss with you. I know you, in addition to operating the salt house and controlling the transportation of salt from Vietnam to China, you are also operating two alternative houses in Vietnam, right?"

Liangtiwu is similar to today's banking and financial industry. It carries out the business of exchanging circulating currencies such as gold and silver, Ding silver, Xiaoyu silver, Yongle Tongbao and evil money, and selling loans. In addition, it also carries out the business of carving gold, that is, making gold and silver into weighing currencies such as big and small judgments and Ding silver, similar to European gold coins, silver coins and horseshoe silver of the Ming Dynasty, That is commonly known as silver ingot, silver ingot.

Facing Li Xiao's counter question, Yanwu Qiuzhen frowned slightly, nodded and said, "Lord, I know everything about me. But I'm not a powerful businessman, but I just barely maintain it."

Yanwu Qiuzhen thought that Li Xiao, like his sister, borrowed money from him to buy Military grain.

However, he is also happy with such things. As a businessman, he must make good joints with local forces in exchange for sufficient benefits. So Yanwu Qiuzhen said herself a little shabby first, so that the other lion would not open his mouth, and then bargain with each other.

"Not only that, but I also know that the silver mines in Shengang Yinshan of jiangma family were converted into copper money, military grain and salt by your excellency, right?"

Yanwu Qiuzhen looked surprised. The meaning of this statement is very clear. You actually know about Shengang Yinshan.

Li Xiaoyan said, "you don't need to be surprised. The Shengang Yinshan of jiangma family has been mortgaged by Lord Jiang Ma Huisheng, the supervisor of jiangma family. Well, it can be said that the control of Shengang Yinshan is in my hands."

Salt house Qiuzhen showed a suddenly enlightened look and said, "Lord Jiang Ma, he actually mortgaged Shengang Yinshan to you. Obviously, he paid a lot for the position of home supervisor this time."

Li xiaoha smiled and said, "Sir, do you know the situation of Feiyu country now?"

Yanwu Qiuzhen was stunned. She thought about it and said, "do you mean that the Takeda family is going to send troops to fly?"

It's Li Xiao's turn to be surprised. Although it's not top secret news about Takeda's army marching into Feiyu, it can be seen that he is well-informed as a businessman of the other side.

Salt house Qiuzhen moved her slightly fat body and explained with a smile: "I'm a businessman. Of course I need to understand local intelligence. It's not strange."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "since you know this, I won't hide it. The Xiajiang Ma family has subdued my Wutian family. The rest of the Feiyu country are Xiaodao family and neidao family. Xiaodao family is the first powerful name in Feiyu country, and neidao family also has the natural danger of returning to Yuncheng."

"Lord Xinxuan has made up his mind to destroy the withered and decadent and sweep through Feiyu. However, Feiyu's country is small and barren, and the military grain produced is not enough to support the food of the army. Therefore, Lord Xinxuan ordered me to build a city here for food storage."

When Yanwu Qiuzhen saw Li Xiao telling the truth, she felt that the other party was an honest man. Su Rong asked: "How many troops will the Takeda family send to conquer the Feiyu country? Since ancient times, the difficulty of conquering the Feiyu country is not because the war is difficult, but because it is difficult and dangerous on the mountain roads, so the food transportation is inconvenient. Although the Takeda family has the support of Shengang city and jiangma family, there are more troops, the local military food is not enough to support, and there are fewer troops, but they can't conquer the place."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "yes, Lord Xinxuan, I was appointed to be the military commissar and supervise the food and grass. I have received the military order, and I can't delay it for a moment, otherwise I will be punished if I delay the military order. So please help me this time."

Salt house Qiuzhen showed a embarrassed look and said bluntly, "Lord Li Xiao, I am very willing to help you, but you don't have military funds to buy food. This really makes me a little embarrassed."

Li Xiaoyan said: "naturally, I won't bother the former guard. Although the military funds of Lord Xinxuan haven't been allocated in place, I have Shengang Yinshan in hand."

Then Li Xiao took out a silver tire and delivered it to salt house Qiuzhen, saying, "how about I use it to buy it from you?"

In fact, Takeda Xinxuan asked Li Xiao to buy military food this time. He was not going to use it, but used the silver tire mined from Shengang Yinshan as money.

You know, since Li Xiao appointed Da Zang Chang'an to pursue Shengang Yinshan, Da Zang Chang'an has carried out his Shengang Yinshan mining plan in full swing.

First of all, Chang'an, Tibet, raised another 300 people from all over Feiyu for mining and used the ash blowing method for gold smelting. At that time, the mining volume of Shengang Yinshan increased greatly.

Yanwu Qiuzhen took the silver tire from Li Xiao. The silver tire was not pure white, and many black impurities were distributed on it.

Yanwu Qiuzhen lifted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, narrowed her eyes for a while, was surprised and said, "this is ash blowing silver, and the purity is very high. Where did you get it? Oh, I know. Did you use ash blowing to refine gold in Shengang Yinshan?"

Li Xiao nodded and said, "exactly."

Ash blowing silver is the silver tire refined by ash blowing alchemy, with a purity of 80% - 98%, which is quite high in terms of the general purity of silver in Japan at that time, even higher than the so-called Ding silver and Xiaoyu silver in the self-made Jiyin silver made by the Lord's name.

The purity of soot blowing silver produced by youshengang mine is close to 90% under the refining of Da Zang Chang'an. Compared with the three goods trading system of gold, silver and money implemented by the Tokugawa shogunate, the purity of qingchangding silver produced by Edo Ginza, which is known as the highest purity, is only 80%.

Therefore, the soot blowing silver can be directly used as weighing currency for circulation, and it is very convenient. All businesses are willing to accept the hard currency.

Yanwu qiuzhenben was also worried that Li Xiao, like Jiang Ma's family before, took out silver tires with low purity and poor workmanship to exchange with him. At present, Li Xiao can actually make ash blowing silver with such high purity and can be directly circulated in the market. He immediately put gold in his eyes. Yes, it's the gold of money.

How much is this kind of soot blowing silver for Yanwu Qiuzhen and how much is it.

Salt house Qiuzhen looks at Li Xiao again. He is really unusual.

Salt house Qiuzhen said, "it's my honor to work for Lord Li Xiao. How much food and grass do you need and how much money do you need? I'll do it for you."

Yanwu Qiuzhen's attitude immediately turned 180 degrees.

Li Xiao shook his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. salt house, this is too much. There is a Chinese saying that this moment has changed. Now the situation has changed. Now it is not the Jiang Ma family who is in charge, but my Takeda family. I heard from Lord Jiang Ma Huisheng before. When the Jiang Ma family traded with you with silver tires, you bought it with bad money, right?"

Bad money is a kind of copper money, which is different from the high-quality Yongle Tongbao made by madeinmingguo. Bad money is a kind of copper money made by Daiming in Japan. It has various styles. The Japanese money making technology was not good at that time, so the basic workmanship is poor and the quality is low. Compared with Yongle Tongbao, it is one world and one underground.

Before, Qiuzhen of Yanwu took bad money to buy the inferior silver tires of jiangma family. They were pit father to pit father and defective product to defective product. As a businessman of two alternative houses, Qiuzhen of Yanwu naturally had to charge a handling fee for exchanging silver and copper.

But now there are high-quality gray blowing silver. If Li Xiao is willing to buy salt house Qiuzhen with bad money, it will be a little unwise.

Yanwu Qiuzhen's small eyes glittered behind her glasses, nodded and said, "well, I'll exchange Yongle Tongbao with you."

Next, both sides will discuss how to exchange between grey blowing silver and Yongle Tongbao.

Li Xiao decided that with reference to the proportion specified in the 14th year (1609) of the Tokugawa shogunate in history, gold 1 liang = silver 50 mu = Yongle Tongbao 1 Guan = evil money 4 Guan.

As for the purchase of military grain, it must be determined according to the local current price. During the Edo period, when there was no war, money was usually exchanged for 3-4 stones. However, in the Warring States period, there was no farming, so the grain price rose sharply.

When Li Xiao bought grain from Qiuzhen in Yanwu, he had to take into account that it was the beginning of spring and was at the peak of grain and grass. In addition, feiguguo had high mountains and long roads and inconvenient transportation, so the freight was greatly increased.

So the final decision is to exchange it with one stone.

One stone is 150 kilograms, which is the military food for five soldiers for two months. That's in terms of the flying expedition army of Takeda army.

The grain and grass needed for two months must be 700 stones. Of course, Li Xiao must prepare 1000 stones of military grain for the unnecessary consumption and standby expenses on the way out of the army.

Originally, Li Xiao's current 5000 stone territory was used to collect 3000 stone grain according to the standard of three public and two people. However, last year's income was swallowed by the former owner of the river family. This year's income must wait until the autumn harvest, so Li Xiao's surplus grain last year can only maintain his 200 standing.

I can't go to the salt house Qiuzhen to buy food.

However, for Li Xiao, with Shengang mine, his territorial economic model can be transformed.

Not like ordinary big names, they have an agricultural economic model and take agriculture as the main tax. Such big names sell military grain in exchange for copper money as the main income.

With Yinshan, the grain and grass harvested in Li Xiao's territory can be eaten and used by himself without selling. Then, the gray blown silver produced in Yinshan can be exchanged for Yongle Tongbao as money income.

This is also a matter of no choice. In order to keep the secret of Shengang Yinshan, Li Xiao will not be known by outsiders, especially his family. In case of disclosure, Takeda Xinxuan, who regards wealth as his life, will take Shengang Yinshan back to his family as a direct leader.

In this way, Li Xiao can only be a sad fate as a migrant worker.

Therefore, Li Xiao can't take out the soot blowing silver and pay taxes to buy it, otherwise he will be suspected of the source of the soot blowing silver.

In the same way as the jiangma family, Li Xiao secretly sold the silver tire to Yanwu Qiuzhen in exchange for copper money. Through such hidden channels, he sold all the soot blowing silver on hand.

Through this secret channel, Qiuzhen of Yanwu can make a large profit every year.

So Yanwu Qiuzhen will also swear to death to keep this secret for Jiang Ma's family or Li Xiao.

In fact, Takeda Xinxuan gave Li Xiao 1200 Guan military funds to buy Military grain. After deducting 1000 Guan, Li Xiao still had a surplus of 200 Guan. However, of course, Li Xiao left the Yongle Tongbao and exchanged the ash blowing silver and salt house Qiuzhen.

Then the Yongle Tongbao in Li Xiao's hands can be used to pay his subordinates and pay part of the territory's tax to his family. (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)





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