Today, Yang Peng finally had some free time. He was chatting with his master and Mrs. She in the official hall. Yang Peng said, "It seems that Queen Mother Xiao will not be able to find a place to hunt in Jinyang. Otherwise, there is no news until now. They Now all eyes are on our Tianjing New City. When I wait for the news about the Eighth Prince, I will see if I should take down Yingzhou first so that I can explain to my Seventh Brother again. Bianjing is too far away from us and the information is not well informed. , I don’t want to develop Jinyiwei in Bianjing. Firstly, it’s not necessary, and secondly, I’m afraid that the officials will get nervous. We can’t face two countries at the same time now,”
Yang Peng began to build a large freight terminal east of Tianjing New City, covering an area of 1,000 acres, and invited a large number of shipwrights and shipbuilding craftsmen from various states and counties in Shandong. Yang Peng also used a thousand acres to start building greenhouses to grow vegetables in winter. Cai Huaishui is helping Yang Peng make large-area glass for greenhouses. Cai Huaishui’s glass workshop has hired more than 200 people, and Yang Peng’s winery There are now nearly 300 people, and everyone in Tianjing New City is very busy.
"Ye Hong, how is the business at home now?" After not seeing each other for nearly a year, Ye Hong had lost a lot of weight. Standing in front of Yang Peng, he looked like a straw. He hunched over and said with a smile: "Reporting to the city lord, my family's greenhouse business has been running in Bianjing, and I make tens of thousands of taels of silver profit every year. Mainly, all the money earned from the greenhouse is used to subsidize the family. That is, Yang Peng and his master’s own expenses,
At present, the only thing we can do in Tianjing New City is the wine shop business. Ever since the city lord brewed the hot shochu, with the help of the Bianjing Cao family, the shochu market has been opened up. Currently, there is a huge demand for soju in Youzhou and Northwest China, and the supply exceeds supply. Last year, our wine shop expanded twenty-fold, making a profit of nearly one million taels. When the villain came to Tianjing New City this time, the Cao family had already ordered someone to exchange one million taels of silver into gold leaves and ordered the villain to bring it to the city lord.
In addition, there are a total of 1,037 wine shop clerks, shopkeepers, shopkeepers from various branches, and winemakers who came to Bianjing with the villain this time. Now all these people are in Mizha City, waiting for the city lord's dispatch. "Yang Peng listened with rapt attention. After Ye Hong finished reporting, he spoke out to encourage him: "Ye Hong, I haven't seen you for a year. You have lost a lot of weight. You have lost more than twenty kilograms at least. It shows that you are so good. Years of busyness.
The city lord has written down your achievements. When it comes to rewards based on merit, your share of the benefits is indispensable. Even if you want to be an official, I can let you get your wish..." After Ye Hong heard this, he knelt down directly on the ground with a pop, gave a big gift to Yang Peng, and said movedly: "This villain must be loyal and loyal in return. The city lord's kindness. "
Yang Peng glanced at Ye Hong and said angrily: "In this Tianjing New City, kneeling and worshiping are not allowed. This person cannot kneel, let alone get used to kneeling. If you kneel for a long time, your knees will become weak and you will no longer stand. I can't get up." Ye Hong stood up, not feeling ashamed at all for kneeling down, but instead said with a smile: "The villain was reckless for a moment, don't blame the city lord."
Yang Peng waved his hand, pointed to the table and chairs beside him, and motioned for Ye Hong to sit down. Ye Hongqing sat on the chair, with his butt resting on the edge of the chair but not sitting deeply. He casually picked up a seasonal fruit from Tianjing New City from the table and threw it to Ye Hong. Yang Peng said, "Remember, you sold yourself to the Cao family, and later the Cao family transferred to the Yang family. Your selling contract also I followed the Cao family to the Yang Mansion. Tomorrow, I will send a letter to the old lady and ask him to burn your deed of betrayal, and you will be free from now on."
Ye Hong had just received the fruit rewarded by Yang Yansi and was still a little happy. After hearing Yang Peng's words, he immediately stood up and knelt down in front of Yang Peng with a pop. "City Lord...City Lord, is this villain incapable of doing things well and you want to fire him?" "If there is something wrong with this villain, please make it clear to me, young master, and I will correct it immediately..."
Yang Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I just saw that you are doing your best for me, so I want to give you a chance to be free. I have no other meaning. Don't you even want freedom?" Ye Hong's answer was beyond Yang Peng's expectation. Faced with the issue of freedom, Ye Hong almost didn't even think about it and shook his head decisively.
"City Lord, I don't want any freedom. I just want to be protected by the City Lord and do things for the City Lord." Yang Peng was dumbfounded and said in astonishment: "Ye Hong, are you stupid? You don't want freedom, you would rather be a slave. You have to. Admittedly, the question Ye Hong asked was very harsh. As a servant of the Yang family, if he asked such a question in front of his master, he would have to risk being beaten to death at any time.
Seeing Yang Peng standing there, silent for a long time, Ye Hong's legs began to tremble. I secretly scolded myself for talking too much and wanted to slap myself twice. When cold sweat covered Ye Hong's forehead, Yang Pengcai said faintly: "Maybe there will be no royal family in Tianjing New City in the future..." Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng almost crawled to the ground when they heard Yang Peng's words. They couldn't believe their ears.
How could a country have no royal family? Yang Peng tilted his head and stared at Ye Hong with a half-smile, "Ye Hong, don't get involved in this matter..." Ye Hong shuddered and said tremblingly: "The villain deserves to die! The villain deserves to die!" Yang Peng turned to look at Cao Yunsheng and said seriously: "What I just said to Cao Yunsheng, I also want to say to you. I know that you were sent by the Cao family to test the potential of Tianjing New City.
I don't care. I hope you will remember what I just said carefully, and then use your own methods to quickly spread it among the business circles. It is important to let all businessmen know that Tianjing New City is a holy place for businessmen. Cao Yunsheng clasped his fists and said, "I understand." ""very good! "
Yang Peng sat upright in his seat, took a sip from his tea cup, and continued: "Now that we've finished talking about the off-topic topic, let's get down to business." The two of them said in unison: "Listen to the city lord's instructions." Yang Peng He said in a deep voice: "Tianjing New City has been initially planned, and everything is waiting to be built. Commerce is a big trouble. Without commercial circulation, there is a shortage of food and clothing everywhere, and even some necessities of life are difficult to buy.
Therefore, I hope that the two of you, together with your manpower, will open shops related to basic necessities, food, housing and transportation in Tianjing New City as soon as possible. The most important point is to ensure that every city and town under Tianjing New City must be able to buy basic necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Since the new coins of Tianjing New City have not yet been minted, when you are doing business, you can temporarily collect the original Song Dynasty's silver, or you can barter.
The most indispensable thing in Tianjing New City is food. I believe that what you receive the most will be food. I have received a large amount of food, so there is no need to rush to resell it. We, Tianjing New City, have food trade with the Song Dynasty. The contract signed by the two countries was for 10 million tons of grain. But based on the actual situation, the annual shortage of grain in the Song Dynasty cannot be made up for by 10 million tons of grain.
Therefore, using ten million loads of grain as an excuse, we can transport any amount of grain to the Song Dynasty. I believe that even if the officials of the Song Dynasty knew about this matter, they would turn a blind eye. "When Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng heard Yang Yansi's words, they were shocked and speechless.
A business of ten million metric tons of grain... Such a large-scale business has never been done in their entire lives. If ten million loads of grain were converted into money, how much would it cost? Yang Peng ignored the shock of the two and continued: "The first batch of grain transported to the Song Dynasty has been stocked at the temporary newly built wharf along the coast of Tianjing New City.
In the next few days, he set off to transport it to the Song Dynasty. When the grain arrives in the Song Dynasty, the proceeds from selling it can be used to purchase some basic supplies for continued food, clothing, housing and transportation in Tianjing New City and transport them back.
The ships are not empty when going back and forth, and they are making money every time they go back and forth. You two businessmen should be better at how to operate it than I am. "Ye Hong said tremblingly: "The amount of business between countries is so huge..." Cao Yunsheng was also a little uneasy, "In a blink of an eye, you can be as rich as the enemy..." Yang Peng stood up and patted Looking over their shoulders, they said with a smile: "Within ten years of hard work, whoever makes the most satisfactory work will be in charge of the finance of our Tianjing New City..." Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng were completely speechless.
Yang Peng gave them too much shock and made them feel too much happiness. They didn't feel anything until Yang Peng sent someone to send them out of the official hall... After sending Ye Hong and Cao Yunsheng away, Yang Peng met another person in the hall.
Former Doctor of Taixue, Liu Ping! Compared with a year ago, Liu Ping is much younger and fatter. Liu Ping is a traditional Confucian scholar who believes in loyalty, filial piety and justice. After being bound to Tianjing New City by Yang Peng's orders, he refused to obey. In the end, Yang Peng was convinced.
Yang Peng's method to deal with a chess fanatic like Liu Ping is very simple. He just asked Liu Ping. 'You have been playing chess all your life, and you have been obsessed with chess your whole life. Have you ever thought about playing an ancient game of chess? Use thousands of miles of mountains and rivers as chess, and all living things as sons..." Liu Ping succumbed to Yang Peng's words. The temptation is too great.
Liu Ping entered the official hall of Tianjing New City, and after greeting Yang Ping, Yang Peng bluntly stated the purpose of recruiting him. "Brother Liu, now that the new city of Beijing has just been built, and there is a business worth tens of millions of taels of silver with the Song Dynasty, there is an urgent need to mint currency..." Liu Ping muttered: "You want me to help you supervise the minting of currency. Matters?" Yang Peng shook his head, "It's not just currency. In fact, as long as the corresponding drawings and specific metal ratios are given, craftsmen can quickly cast currency...
I came to Brother Liu, partly to supervise the creation of currency, and partly to establish a money bank. In the early stage of money business, it is relatively simple, but it must be meticulous and rigorous. Brother Liu has been obsessed with chess for half his life, and his meticulousness and rigor have penetrated into his bones. It is most appropriate for Brother Liu to take charge of the money bank. "Money business?" "These two words are very strange to Liu Ping, very strange. He looked at Yang Ping doubtfully, he needed a clear explanation.
Yang Peng didn't give in. He said bluntly: "The so-called money bank is a place where coins are stored. Helping people, helping businessmen, helping all citizens, and storing excess money in their hands..." Yang Peng was interrupted halfway through his words. Liu Ping interrupted. Liu Ping frowned and said: "Ordinary people can store money at home and put it in a money bank. Isn't it a waste? Moreover, since you said it is a money bank, the scale should be large. When the time comes, people will definitely have to charge some fees for storing money. , they are not stupid, how could they deposit money in a money bank."
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Brother Liu, in the early days of the money bank, you need to charge a little fee. But once it spreads, establishes a certain degree of credit, and has enough liquid money, then there is no need to charge the ordinary people who save money. Money. Not only will no money be collected at that time, but there will be corresponding interest on deposits. Of course, it is too early to say this now. When the money bank was first established, it was mainly responsible for two purposes.
First, help Tianjing New City issue and use newly minted coins as soon as possible. Secondly, the main customers of Qianxing in the early stage were mainly businessmen for the time being. "
In a blink of an eye, two months passed. The government offices in Tianjing New City and the government offices in the three cities under the government have been put into use.
At the same time, shops were gradually opened in these cities. Tianjing New City is rich in jewelry and jade, as well as spices, rhinoceros horns, crocodile skins, etc., and has huge commercial potential. Cao Yunsheng had already sent people to tell the Cao family in Bianjing City the news about the unlimited commercial potential of Tianjing New City.
In the past two months, the Cao family had successively removed the Cao family's men in the Song Dynasty and began to march towards Tianjing New City. Yang Peng entrusted the political affairs of Tianjing New City to his master Lin Qing'er, and left Zhao Jinxi to help Lin Qing'er in Tianjing New City. Yang Peng took Yang Tong with him, and the two of them began to inspect various places in Tianjing New City.
The last stop of the inspection was the Tianjing New City Port, located in the southeast corner of Tianjing New City. Although this place did not belong to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to them. Yang Peng decisively sent people to take over the land for Tianjing New City and set up a dock here. Tianjing Pier is now considered the most prosperous terminal in Tianjing New City. This wharf was the first place where Tianjing New City prospered.
Merchants from Song Dynasty or even from the sea would stop here and trade here. Two months ago, it was just an empty dock where boats were parked. Two months later, this place has become a bustling market. Restaurants, foot shops, car dealerships, horse markets, warehouses, brothels, gambling houses, etc. have all been established here. Business is the foundation for a place to be prosperous. This is not an empty statement.
Yang Peng was walking on the street of the dock. There were countless pedestrians coming and going, and there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages carrying goods. On both sides of the street, there were porters carrying burdens and shouting. Most of what these porters sell is seafood. Yang Peng approached a merchant selling seafood and looked at the goods on his stall, which were all pearls of different sizes. Young Master, would you like to pick out some beads and give them to your lady? "
The pearl seller was a young, dark-skinned man with bare feet and a smiling face. Yang Peng looked at the pearl stall carefully for a long time and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, I think the pearls on your stall are of good quality. We just package them together and sell them to the jewelry merchants. Why set up a stall here?" "
The dark-skinned man pursed his lips, "How much can you get if you sell it to those greedy jewelry merchants? Those greedy guys give very little money, which is no different from robbery." "In Tianjing New City, sales are fair, and people Everyone is equal, and bullying is not allowed. You can sue the official..."
The swarthy man grinned and said with a sneer: "Complain? This wharf is managed by the local garrison. Those wealthy businessmen send money and even women to the local garrison officers every day. Do you think the local garrison will give money to the local garrison after receiving the money?" who?"
Yang Peng had a gloomy face, nodded with all his thoughts in mind, and then turned to Yang Tong and said: "Haibury has only been here for a few days, and he has already started to be greedy for money..." Yang Peng shook his head and said, "Lang Jun "I used to live in the mountains in Highbury. I am not familiar with the world, and I have never seen the bribery methods of businessmen. It is difficult to resist, which is normal." Yang Peng waved his hand, "This cannot be the reason for his corruption and bribery."
Yang Peng ordered Luo Ye who was following him, saying: "Go to Highbury and convey my intention, asking him to sort out all the money he has embezzled recently and send it back to the newly established money bank at the dock. At the same time, he was ordered to temporarily Stay in the military camp, and after I greet Wang Mingcheng, I will go to his army."
Luo Ye received the order and quietly withdrew from Yang Peng's team. Yang Peng took Yang Tong and continued to wander around the market on the dock. It wasn't until his men came to report that Wang Mingcheng's fleet was about to arrive at the dock that Yang Peng left the market. Standing at the entrance of the market, looking back at the entire market.
Yang Peng sighed: "We must formulate a series of commercial laws as soon as possible. Without the constraints of commercial laws, businessmen are a little unscrupulous. Moreover, these businessmen evade taxes, and some even fail to pay taxes. If this continues, I will open this terminal What's the point?" Yang Tong agreed: "Indeed, the money banks currently opened in various places in Tianjing New City have gained little, but they have gained something. The money banks you have entrusted with important tasks have been unable to open their doors. , there must be commercial law reasons for this.”
Yang Peng held Yang Tong's hand and walked towards the pier, saying: "Without the constraints of commercial law, businessmen would not be able to trust the credibility of the Tianjing New City regime, let alone deposit their money in the pier money bank." Yang Peng and his group left. When we arrived at the pier, a huge crowd had already gathered on the pier. The pier is under martial law today, and no one is allowed in or out, so everyone on the pier wants to come and see who it is that is so sacred and deserves to be treated with such care.
Various speculations continued among the crowd, and some people who knew the inside story revealed the deeper meaning of the martial law on the pier. Amid the divergent opinions, the first large ship came into view with a red flag hanging on it. Immediately afterwards, behind the big ship, countless more ships also appeared in everyone's sight. A short quarter of an hour later, the sea at the pier was filled with ships with red flags. These ships directly covered the entire sea.
On a large ship headed by him, Wang Mingcheng was shirtless and said with tears: "Brothers, we are home..." In just four months, Wang Mingcheng has aged a lot. He got off the boat first and searched for a long time in the crowd, but couldn't find Yang Peng hiding in the dark. He couldn't help but feel a little sad. But he did not show anger because of this, but stood on the edge of the dock in an orderly manner, arranging for people on the big ship to disembark. The people who got off the big ship were like quails, with their heads lowered, dirty and unkempt, and their appearance could not be seen clearly.
When they saw other people, they were subconsciously afraid. Some bold businessmen came up to them, opened their mouths, and looked at their teeth. When Wang Mingcheng saw this, he angrily rushed in front of the merchants, kicked and kicked them away, and then roared under the angry faces of the merchants: "They are all our brothers, our sisters, and also members of our Tianjing New City." People. Not slaves, not beasts. Don’t treat them like beasts.”
The knowledgeable businessman snorted coldly: "Do you think we are idiots? We have also been to Liaodi. Looking at the clothes of these people, they are clearly Han people from Liaodi. The Han people in Liaodi are all slaves, and There is not much difference between beasts..." Wang Mingcheng roared angrily, "They are not slaves, they are not beasts, they are our citizens of Tianjing New City." "Oh?! Who believes it!" "..."
"Yes, yes, I once exchanged a sheep for two Han slaves in Liao." "..." Next to Wang Mingcheng, a thin child timidly raised his head and asked him, "Uncle Wang, we Are you really a slave?" After asking this question, in the fiery eyes of the surrounding merchants, he lowered his head in fear.
Wang Mingcheng stretched out his trembling hands, held up the child's cheek, and said in a trembling voice: "No, no, when you arrive at Tianjing New City, you are home. From today on, you are all citizens of our Tianjing New City. "The child begged: "Uncle Wang, I don't care whether I am a slave or not. As long as it allows me to eat, I will do anything for you." Some merchants who were nearby heard the child's words and were happy. Hehe said: "Little baby, come to our Shenji Trading Company and help me pour night fragrance for me every day. If you do well, I can give you three steamed buns every day."
When the child heard this, a joy flashed in his eyes, and he asked eagerly: "Is it true?" The businessman said: "Of course it is true, even if it is not done well, I will give you two steamed buns... ..." The child wanted to agree immediately, but was stopped by Wang Mingcheng. Wang Mingcheng said in a deep voice: "My child, you are not allowed to go. You are a citizen of Tianjing New City, and you are still so young. You should go to school to study and write..."
The child couldn't break free from Wang Mingcheng's blockage and broke down in tears, saying: "Uncle Wang, please do it! The uncle said he would give me three steamed buns a day. In Liao Kingdom, I had never eaten steamed buns, so I relied on tree bark every day. and grass roots to satisfy their hunger. The child cannot miss this opportunity..." Wang Mingcheng grabbed the child tightly and said loudly: "I, Wang Mingcheng, promised you that I would give you enough to eat and live like a human being, so you must believe me.
If you are not full, even if you eat me, I will have no complaints. "This scene was clearly seen by Yang Peng and Yang Tong who were hiding on the dock. Yang Tong had already burst into tears. Yang Peng patted his shoulder to comfort her, "Silly girl, stop crying. Yang Tong cried and said: "They are suffering too much..." Yang Peng looked up to the sky and sighed, "I can't do it anymore, and I won't do it anymore." Because they went home. "
"How many soldiers are brought this time?" Yang Tong choked and said: "Three thousand soldiers in the Tiger Regiment and three thousand in the Pioneer Regiment." Yang Peng solemnly said: "Pass my order, the Pioneer Regiment goes first, and give Wang Mingcheng a generous gift for me. The Han people will rectify their names." "The Pioneer Regiment will break out of camp in a quarter of an hour and give Wang Mingcheng a generous gift to rectify our Han people's names." "The Tiger and Beni Regiment will break out in two quarters of an hour and give Wang Mingcheng a generous gift to rectify our Han people's names." Yang Tong got up from Yang Peng's arms and wiped his hands She shed tears, clasped her fists and said, "I accept my order."
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
