On April 3, a piece of news shocked the entire capital.
It is rumored that if you store money in Qianqiu Zhiku, not only will you not be charged a storage fee, but Qianqiu Zhiku will also pay interest, and the annual interest will be as high as one point.
Moreover, the annual interest rate for borrowing money from Qianqiu Zhiku does not exceed one cent and eight cents.
What shocked the capital even more was that the word "Qianqiu" in Qianqiu Zhiku was written by His Majesty's holy pen, which represents His Majesty's prosperity and prosperity for thousands of generations.
On April 5th, the continuous rain for several days finally stopped, and the sun finally showed its true face among the clouds like a shy girl going out for the first time.
Just after Chen hour, the vermilion gate of the imperial city slowly opened, and a group of royal guards wearing armor and holding halberds escorted twenty-three carriages filed out of the imperial city.
An hour later, twenty-three carriages stopped in front of the Qianqiu Quality Warehouse. The leader, General Zhongyang, shouted loudly: "Where is the director of the Dongyuan Quality Warehouse?"
At this time, a skinny old man in his fifties came out of Qianqiu Zhiku. Seeing this, he clasped his fists and asked loudly: "This old man is Lu Tian, the manager of Qianqiu Zhiku. I wonder why the general came here?"
At this time, more and more people gathered in front of the Qianqiu Zhiku door, and everyone looked at everything curiously.
The general's voice is like a loud bell, and his voice can be heard clearly by people a mile away.
"I will follow His Majesty's order to deposit these twenty-three carts of one million taels of silver into the Qianqiu Treasury. Manager Lu will send someone to check soon."
After the crowd of onlookers heard the news, they couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then kept exclaiming in surprise.
Lu Tian hurriedly said: "General, please wait a moment, I will send someone to check it right away."
Su Shi was standing in the courtyard with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face. He couldn't help but sigh to Zhou Jin who was standing aside: "Although it is said to be an acting, Director Lu's acting is a bit too fake. Now His Majesty is He came to deposit money, and even deposited one million taels at a time, but Manager Lu didn’t even have a slightly shocked expression, and the expressions of those onlookers were not as real as they were.”
Zhou Jin was not in the mood to pay attention to him at this time. When he saw Lu Tian walking in, he waved his hand, and seven or eight people immediately poured out from behind them and stood in front of them in an orderly manner.
Zhou Jin whispered to Lu Tian: "When you go out, please invite General Han in for tea and rest. Then you must take them to carefully inspect each vehicle. Don't be careless. It's still early."
Lu Tian hurriedly replied: "Yes, I will check it slowly and carefully."
After Lu Tian went out, General Han strode in soon after. When he saw Zhou Jin, he was about to kneel down on one knee. Zhou Jin hurriedly said: "General Han is carrying out his holy orders, so there is no need to be polite."
When Han Ling heard this, he clasped his fists and said, "I have met Her Royal Highness in my humble position."
Then he looked at the handsome young master standing next to Tongjin with slightly surprised eyes - the two were almost right next to each other and couldn't even put a hand between them.
Zhou Jin saw something strange in Han Ling's eyes and couldn't help but glance sideways at Su Shi. Only then did she realize that she and Su Shi were standing very close, so close that she could almost feel his breath.
Her pretty face blushed slightly, she quietly took a step to the side, and introduced in a panic: "He is Su Shi, the second son of General Su's mansion."
Han Ling hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I've met Mr. Su."
Su Shi hurriedly returned the greeting and said, "Su Shi has met General Han. The general has been working hard. Please go in and have a cup of tea and rest."
Han Ling looked outside the door inadvertently. Su Shi knew what he meant and said with a smile: "General, please don't worry. Although the generals and soldiers outside the door cannot leave their posts without authorization, we will treat them well and will not neglect them."
Han Ling nodded and said, "Then Mr. Su will be in trouble."
Su Shi smiled and said, "The general is a distinguished guest. It's no trouble, not at all. I hope the general comes here more often."
Hearing this, Zhou Jin couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said softly: "Don't push yourself too far. Father said he would only help us this time."
Su Shi was noncommittal and shouted loudly: "Here comes someone."
Immediately a boy ran over and said, "Master Su, what are your orders?"
Su Shi said to the boy: "The soldiers outside are working hard. You can bring a few people and prepare tea, snacks and fruits so that the soldiers can quench their thirst and fatigue."
The boy immediately replied: "Yes." Then he ran off to prepare tea and snacks.
After giving the instructions, Su Shi said to Han Ling, "General, please come inside."
Han Ling thanked him again, and then Su Shi led the way. Han Ling followed him and walked toward the back room together.
About half an hour later, Lu Tianxiao ran in, saw Zhou Jin, and replied respectfully: "I have reported to the master, the inspection has been completed, and there is no difference."
Zhou Jin nodded slightly and said, "Now that we have checked it, let's put it in the warehouse."
Lu Tian trotted out again. After a while, carriages were pulled in, and immediately seven or eight people came to carry the boxes containing silver from the carriages into the warehouse.
Nearly half an hour later, after all the boxes were put into the warehouse, Su Shi and Han Ling just walked out.
"Has everything been settled?" Su Shi couldn't help but ask when he saw that the people in the warehouse were already performing their duties.
Lu Tian hurriedly replied: "It has been checked and put into the warehouse."
Upon seeing this, Han Ling took his leave and said, "Your Highness the Princess, Mr. Su, since the handover has been completed, I should go back and report to Your Majesty, and say goodbye."
Su Shi said: "It is important to reply to the holy order. It is not convenient to retain the general today. I will definitely treat the general to a drink someday."
The two exchanged a few polite words, and Su Shi sent Han Ling to the door, where they saluted goodbye.
When Han Ling mounted his horse and returned, Su Shi also returned to Zhou Jin.
Seeing that Zhou Jin was already a little tired, Su Shi smiled and said, "Go and take a rest first."
Zhou Jin shook his head and said, "I'm not tired." Then he couldn't help but glare at him: "You just let Han Ling leave like this?"
Su Shi said doubtfully: "I also want to keep him for dinner, but he is in a hurry to go back and recover. How can I delay him?"
Zhou Jin sighed: "Even if you can't keep him, General Han has worked hard to escort him, so you should always show something."
Su Shi said: "You don't need to remind me about this. I already expressed it when I had tea with him just now."
Zhou Jin asked curiously: "How did you express it?"
Su Shi said with a smile: "I told General Han that if General Han and his soldiers need to come to Qianqiu Zhiku to borrow money, they will get a 20% discount on the interest rate."
Zhou Jin looked at Su Shi blankly. She couldn't understand why such a smart person could act like a fool sometimes.
She said bitterly: "Are you going crazy thinking about doing business?"
Su Shi looked at Zhou Jin's angry look, and Su Shi sighed: "Who knew that General Han was not short of money, but had two to thirty thousand taels of spare money, and he said he was going to store it in our treasury."
"He said that since His Majesty has so much trust in Qianqiu Zhiku, they will naturally trust us. So in order to thank him for his trust, I reluctantly paid him three hundred taels of gold in advance."
Zhou Jin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile. Her tiredness suddenly disappeared without a trace.
The laughter gradually died down, and Zhou Jin looked around again.
Su Shi asked curiously: "What are you looking for?"
Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Where is Guard Lin who has been inseparable from you?"
Su Shi said calmly: "He has gone to do some business. I'm afraid you won't be able to see him in the past few days."
