Five exquisite silver notes are placed on the table, packed in exquisite jade-white boxes, highlighting the exquisiteness of the silver notes. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on these five exquisite silver notes, and some couldn't put them down.
After all, such a beautiful thing is naturally loved by everyone.
Cai Xi stroked his beard, looked at the five banknotes in front of him, and began to calculate silently in his mind.
The Cai family was related to Dajing, and their niece was the mother-in-law of Dajing. Logically speaking, they should support Dajing unconditionally. But this was related to Cai's survival, so he had to consider it carefully. The gold and silver that the family had saved over the years were exchanged for these exquisite pieces of paper, which was somewhat unacceptable.
Of course, it would be much easier to use this banknote for business transactions. There is no need to worry about running around with boxes of empty money every time you travel. It would be much more convenient to bring a few banknotes. Moreover, as Cai's business volume gradually increased, the problem of carrying silver became imminent.
Zhang Xiu sat directly across from him, drinking tea slowly and leisurely.
There was no hint of urgency.
Now that the Holy Emperor has come to visit the Cai family in person, no matter what, even if it is a few hundred taels of gold, they, the Cai family, must pay some. However, this is far from what Zhang Xiu wants. You, Cai, can refuse, but you must bear the corresponding consequences. No one dares to destroy the royal family's face.
Losing the royal family's face is equivalent to cutting off Cai's support. Without the emperor's protection, Cai's economic prosperity will decline.
This is also the reason why Cai Xi can't make up his mind.
Several members of the Cai family looked at the banknotes in front of them, thinking about the stakes. Cai Zan looked at the banknote, looked at Zhang Xiu respectfully and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think this banknote can really be circulated in Dajing?"
Zhang Xiu laughed: "This is inevitable. Our business in Dajing is becoming increasingly prosperous, and the daily flow of silver is very huge. However, it is very inconvenient for everyone to carry such a huge amount of silver. The value of the silver notes reflects Come out. So I am going to start issuing banknotes to the businessmen who come and go. You, Cai, are one of the richest businessmen in Dajing, which is why I came to you."
Cai Zan: "Do foreign merchants also recognize this banknote? Can the banknote be exchanged for gold and silver?"
"Of course you can. No matter what tribe you are, as long as they are in my territory of Dajing, you have to recognize them." Zhang Xiu said, "The imperial court will set up silver shops in every state, county, and county. You can take the silver notes to exchange for silver." , you can also send the silver to the bank and exchange it for banknotes. This is your freedom. But..."
Zhang Xiu's voice became meaningful, "The first step is to make banknotes circulate. There are only a few wealthy families in Dajing, and you Cai family are my relatives. If I don't rely on you, who else can I rely on? ?”
These words immediately raised Cai's status a lot.
Mrs. Cai was flattered.
The emperor has said all this, and it will be unreasonable if they don't make a decision.
Cai Xi coughed twice and spoke: "Your Majesty, the Cai family is a relative of the country, so naturally she has to share the worries of the country and the emperor. Banknotes are a national policy implemented by Dajing, and they are also for the people and the country. How can the Cai family disagree? It's just that ...The banknote business has just started, and Mr. Cai cannot use all his family wealth to redeem the banknote, but he can use 70% of it to redeem the banknote."
Zhang Xiu laughed happily.
From the beginning, he did not think about asking Mr. Cai to give up all his family assets and exchange them for banknotes. This was definitely unrealistic. Everyone had to leave a way out for their own family. If the banknotes don't circulate, then Cai still has a chance to come back to life. Zhang Xiu's expectation was actually 50% or 60%, but Cai unexpectedly came up with 70%, which exceeded Zhang Xiu's expectations.
This shows how loyal Cai is.
Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "As expected of a royal relative, since my uncle is so generous, I will also give you some benefits... Recently, Shangzhenjing wine has begun large-scale production and has reached the final packaging stage. Before you Cai family, you only had Yueying. You have the right to sell paper. Now, you can also sell Shangzhenjing Wine. I give you the right to sell it."
After Cai Xi listened excitedly to Zhang Xiu's words, he hurriedly led all of Cai's disciples to kneel down and worship: "I am so grateful that I can't help but express my gratitude to the Emperor for his great kindness!"
Yueying Paper alone has already made Cai a lot of money. If you add wine, Cai's development will definitely be a leap. The Cai family's status will also rise to the ranks of the first-class noble families in the world.
The purpose of the trip was accomplished. Zhang Xiu was overjoyed and ordered people to bring out the Zhenjing wine and drink it with everyone in the Cai family.
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Zhang Xiu stayed in Caizhou for five days, but Chu State did not dare to take action at all.
Standing on the shore of Caizhou, looking at the Chu navy on the other side. During this period, Chu's navy was constantly monitoring Caizhou's movements day and night, and the same was true for Jingguo, which made both sides very nervous.
At this moment, the war flags were flying on the river on the other side, and the warships were slowly flowing in the river. The combat equipment and soldiers on the ships were also full and ready at all times.
The weather in May and June is not too hot.
The refreshing cool breeze blows from the river, blowing the broken hair and fluttering in the face, making people feel very comfortable.
Pang Tong, who was accompanying him, came up from behind and said a few words to Su Jin who was behind. Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward to Zhang Xiu's side and said, "Your Majesty, the Wei State sent an envoy and arrived in Chang'an yesterday."
"The envoy from the Kingdom of Wei?"
Zhang Xiu was somewhat surprised.
Logically speaking, shouldn't the Wei State go to make friends with the Chu State first?
How did you find Dajing?
He asked, "Wei's envoy came, what do you mean?"
Pang Tong stepped forward: "Back to the emperor, I estimate that the Wei envoys are here to establish friendship and alliance between the two countries. After all, Guo Jia has just passed away, and the Wei state is unstable and is afraid that our army will take advantage of it."
Zhang Xiu sneered and said: "Guo Jia is dead. Cao Pi is so scared! He wants to keep peace by suing for peace. If suing for peace was effective, the world would have been peaceful." Then he asked: "Do you know who is coming? who is it?"
Pang Tong: "Chen Qun, Chen Changwen."
Chen Qun was a famous politician and strategist in the late Han Dynasty. He was born into the famous Chen family in Yingchuan. In his early years, he was appointed by Liu Bei as his companion in Yuzhou. Later, Cao Cao took over Xuzhou and took Chen Qun under his banner. When Cao Cao was alive, Chen Qun killed Cao Cao's son in the Battle of Yecheng, so he could not be reused.
Now that Cao Pi came to power, Chen Qun was promoted to Shangshu Ling.
Zhang Xiu looked at the warship opposite: "There is news from Fusi in Beizhen that Cao Wei wants to intermarry with Liu Chu and has already married Qin and Jin. Why did he come to Dajing so soon? Let Jia Xu and the others receive Chen Qun and find out. Wei Guo's tone depends on what they want to do. If you want to make friends, you must show full sincerity."
"Here!"
Pang Tong ordered to retreat.
