In this way, Liu Bowen was not so wary of Zhu Bai.
After all, they all now feel that Zhu Bai is just a piece of shit who cannot stand up to the wall. He is just a little smart and cannot be put to great use, let alone threaten Zhu Biao.
Zhu Bai took advantage of these few days of rest to quickly deal with the affairs of Guanya Bureau and Yinzhuang.
He ordered the Wucheng Army and Horse Department to post notices announcing the opening of the Guanya Bureau all over the city. It was also stated that the court would not care if there was fraud or unfairness in transactions that were not conducted in the official dental bureau.
In a teahouse in the city, two people were discussing in a low voice.
"Hey, what on earth is this Guanya Bureau?"
"Hey, the emperor has been cracking down on dental shops because he doesn't want them to exploit merchants. The business will be fair and the people will spend less money. As a result, there was a traitor who set up a dental shop privately and was discovered by the emperor. The emperor saw that since I couldn't help myself, so I simply set up an official tooth. With the court as a guarantee, naturally no one dared to raise the price, pass it off as a good one, and be deceived. The handling fees for key official teeth are clearly marked. The buyer and seller discuss it before going to find it. Official teeth.”
"Guan Ya is fine, but what about the Yin Village?"
"Let buyers deposit their money. Firstly, they want to test the fineness of the silver to prevent anyone from using fake silver that is of insufficient fineness or empty their hearts to deceive people. Secondly, it prevents buyers from having no money but wanting goods. Listen. He said that he would open branches all over the Ming Dynasty in the future. You can deposit your money in Beiping, and then come to Yingtian to pick up the money with the banknote, which saves you the danger of carrying cash on the road, right?"
"This is good. But no one dares to put money in it for no reason."
The other man turned around and looked around, and said in a low voice: "You don't know. The emperor uses the treasury as a guarantee, and the pro-military Duwei Mansion is responsible for guarding this official bank, and he is the richest man in this dynasty. The King of Xian, King Xiang, is in charge. King Xiang has many properties in Yingtian City, and money flows into his pocket every day. I am afraid that he will rely on you for your one hundred and eighty taels. Even if he wants to, the emperor will not let him. Listen. It is said that you will deposit it and promise not to withdraw it for a month. Not only will there be no handling fees, but there will also be interest. The longer you deposit, the more interest you will get.”
"Oh, after listening to what you said, I quickly put the money in. I have to stay in Yingtian for several months, and it's not convenient to carry the money with me. It's not safe to deposit it in the bank. I can take it out when I leave. Money makes money.”
The two people said that and hurriedly checked out and left.
Nine out of ten people drinking tea and chatting in restaurants and teahouses are businessmen.
Judging from the rich clothes of these two people, they are probably also merchants.
At this moment, everyone felt itchy in their hearts when they listened to these two people talking. As soon as they left, many people paid their bills and went to Guanya Bureau and Yinzhuang to watch the fun.
The tooth people in the official tooth bureau are not called tooth people but "agents". There is also a foreman for every ten "agents".
There are three foremen in total, leading thirty "brokers", who are responsible for welcoming people to and from people, resolving disputes, making connections, and providing advice.
On ordinary days, one shift is on duty every day, and the other two shifts are off.
If there is a peak season, there will be two shifts a day, two days on and one day off.
In addition to the "broker", the Guanya Bureau also has a fixed accountant, a boy who cleans and serves tea and water, and a guard who is responsible for defense.
The Guanya Bureau is in perfect order, with a large plaque with gold characters and black background hanging on the door saying "Imperial Construction of the Guanya Bureau".
The brokers all wore uniform silver-gray black-edged robes. They were neat and handsome. They were completely different from the sneaky and sneaky people in the market in the past who could not be seen as good people.
Everyone looked awe-struck and surprised, and couldn't help but trust the Guanya Bureau a little bit.
The two people who spoke went to the bank to deposit money, then came out and went to a restaurant in Beicheng. They sat down to eat and repeated what they had just said.
In fact, there were four or five pairs of these people wandering around in various teahouses and restaurants in the city at the same time, and they mostly said the same thing.
They are all stooges sent by Zhu Bai.
Although the number of people depositing money may not necessarily increase, the entrances of Guanya Bureau and Yinzhuang are obviously much more lively.
This is what Zhu Bai wants.
Early on the next morning, a strong man asked people to carry five boxes of silver, enough to store ten thousand taels in the bank.
Some people recognized it as Lan Yu, a first-rank official in the imperial court.
Then Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and other founding fathers all brought money to deposit one by one, and one after another they added up to one hundred thousand taels.
When everyone sees it, the first-grade officials have saved so much money. This is a guarantee.
Zhu Bai then asked someone to make a large basin weighing a hundred pounds of gold and put it in the display cabinet of the bank for everyone to see.
As expected, many more merchants came to deposit money.
If the bank's counter checks that the silver is OK, it will stamp Zhu Bai's unique monogram on the silver and deposit it immediately into the bank at the back.
The entrance to the bank was guarded by people who were close to the military commander. It is easy to carry money in, but if you want to carry it out, you need a banknote.
Although some people are still worried that money deposited in "Daming Silver Village" will not be withdrawn.
But in order to be able to trade in the tooth shop, I had no choice but to grit my teeth and deposit the money.
The number of transactions at the Ya Bank has also increased significantly, with the tooth money collected being one hundred taels, and the bank's handling fees also being charged dozens of taels.
Zhu Bai sighed: Sure enough, we still need to hire someone to enhance the atmosphere and advertise.
After the seller delivers the goods, he can't wait to take out the money.
Yinzhuang did not delay at all and only deducted some handling fees as agreed.
At the end of the first month, Zhu Bai paid Lao Zhu 5,000 taels of silver profit from both Yinzhuang and Yaxing.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy.
Zhu Bai was also very happy, because after excluding labor costs, his net profit from various expenses was more than 4,000 taels.
More than four thousand taels of snowflake silver.
A large box, with bright white flowers that dazzles the eyes.
Zhu Bai sighed: No wonder Gu Cheng wants to start this dental business. No wonder Gu Cheng has to build a special house to store money even if he risks everything.
Sitting like this, it feels so good to have all the money flowing into your home! !
That slippery, shiny silver can be seen and touched, which is much more satisfying than hearing how much money a certain treasure has received.
And this is just the beginning.
As long as there is no trouble in the Ming Dynasty, the dental shop business will get better and better.
I, Zhu Bai, finally embraced the cornucopia!
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Erhu found out that the man who delivered the ruler to the palace gate turned out to be a clerk in Zhu Bai's shop.
The waiter said that a customer claimed to be from Li Xiyan's family and said that Mr. Li Xiyan's ruler was missing, so he had to buy one temporarily and send it to him.
The items in Zhu Bai's store are expensive, and they are not weapons or poisons, so they provide door-to-door delivery service.
The clerk did not suspect it at the time, but now he said that if he had known earlier that this ruler was actually used to beat Zhu Bai, he would not have dared to sell it for any amount of money, let alone help deliver it.
In the end, it fell on Zhu Bai himself, and it was really seamless.
