"You can't say that. One thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. Not everyone is like you, Yan Shenggong." A clan elder couldn't help but say strange things.
Although the families of these tribesmen have some savings, they already have a lot of property worth tens of thousands of taels, which also includes some fixed assets such as real estate, calligraphy and paintings.
In terms of real cash, there aren't many families that can afford ten thousand taels. The elder of the second clan of the Kong clan looked at the clan elder who said the strange thing and said: "One thousand taels is the number I set. If you have any objections, you can come to me, but now every family must give this amount of silver to Duke Yansheng. I know Every family has silver deposits, but it is best to exchange them all for silver coins issued by Tiger Character Banner." In the area occupied by Tiger Character Banner, silver coins have been used for a long time.
Moreover, silver coins are easy to carry. The key is that the value is clear. It is not like using silver and having to weigh it. In addition, Tiger Flag is located in the northwest, and several important horse markets are occupied by Tiger Flag.
If merchants in the Ming Dynasty wanted to get things from the north, they had to go through the Tiger-Character Flag. Moreover, with the promotion of the Tiger-Character Flag, some areas under the Ming Dynasty also began to secretly use silver coins.
After all, silver dollars are not paper money, but real valuable money. Coupled with the circulation among merchants, many people quickly came into contact with and adapted to the easy-to-use currency of silver dollars.
"I don't have many silver coins at home. I'm afraid I can't afford a thousand taels of silver coins." The elder of the clan frowned.
Although silver coins are easy to use, many people only exchange part of them to get enough. The silver coins stored at home are still made of gold, silver and other objects.
"Me too, I don't have so many silver coins at home." Another clan elder next to him echoed. With the two of them taking the lead, other clan elders also expressed that they did not have much silver dollars at home and could not raise a thousand taels of silver dollars.
The two elders of the Kong clan frowned and said, "If you don't have enough silver coins, use silver to make up for it. No matter how you try to get it together, the amount of one thousand taels of silver cannot be less." As soon as these words came out, several elders of the clan murmured a few times. sentence, but no one objected in person.
"Uncles, it doesn't matter if you don't have enough silver coins. I can find a way to replenish them with silver coins of the same value." Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi smiled and looked at the clan elders present.
Originally, these clan elders were very happy when they heard the previous words, but when they heard that they still wanted to get money, their faces immediately drooped.
"Okay, it's settled." The elder of the Kong clan made the final decision without giving others a chance to object.
The power of the elders of the Kong clan is still there. Even if the other elders of the Kong clan are reluctant, they can only nod in agreement.
The elders of the Kong clan did not keep these people for too long and quickly sent them home to prepare. Those who are in charge of the Kong family are all having a difficult time in Qufu, so they naturally hope that the Kong family's troubles will be resolved as soon as possible.
Kong Yinzhi, Duke Yansheng, also brought Kong Yinjing back to his house.
"Come here, bring some snacks." After returning home, Kong Yinzhi asked his servants to prepare snacks. Dim sum is something that ordinary people may not be able to eat all year round, but for Kong Yinzhi, Duke Yan, he always has it at home so he can eat it whenever he wants.
Soon, the servants brought several plates of different types of snacks to the room.
"I know you haven't eaten, so let's eat some snacks first." Kong Yinzhi raised his finger and pointed at the snacks on the plate.
At the previous banquet, Kong Yinjing's status was too low and he was not qualified to serve at the table. And because some words were inconvenient for the servants to hear, Kong Yinjing had to wait on him, so he had no chance to eat until he came back. All hungry.
Kong Yinjing was not polite, reached out and picked up a piece of snack, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it. After being busy for so long, I am really hungry.
"Eat slowly, don't choke, and drink some tea." Kong Yinzhi pointed to the tea on the table. Some snacks taste disgusting and need to be served with tea.
After eating several pieces of snacks in a row, Kong Yinjing's stomach felt a little better. Then he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea to smooth away the food residue in his mouth.
"Did you hear what the second uncle said at the banquet?" Kong Yinzhi asked when he saw that Kong Yinjing was not wolfing down the food.
Kong Yinjing took the tea cup from his mouth and said, "I have heard of this Hong Hengjiu. He used to be an official in Shaanxi. After the Tiger-Character Banner attacked Shaanxi, there was no news. I didn't expect this person to defect to the Tiger-Character Banner." Before. He often dealt with people on behalf of the Kong family, so he knew a lot about some officials in the DPRK. Even if he didn't know them, he had heard others mention them.
For a caring person like him, sometimes even if someone says something casually once or twice, it will be firmly remembered by him.
"Do you know this person?" Kong Yinzhi's eyes lit up. Unexpectedly, someone around him actually knew this Hong Hyung-jiu.
Hearing this, Kong Yinjing shook his head and said, "I don't know him, I just heard others mention him. If the old man from the second clan hadn't suddenly mentioned this person, I wouldn't have thought of this name."
"That's it." Kong Yinzhi looked disappointed and said instead,
"If you are asked to contact this person in Laizhou, are you sure?" Kong Yinjing thought for a while and said, "I dare not say how sure you are, but there are all officials in the imperial court who do not love money. If the clan elder wants to bribe the other party with money, it is indeed a good way."
"Think of me Kong. I used to deal with officials in the DPRK and there were a few who dared to take advantage of Kong. Now I am like a down-and-out phoenix. If I want to keep the last bit of Kong's status, I have to use money to beg for help. Alas. !" Kong Yinzhi sighed.
Kong Yinjing didn't know how to comfort people, so he could only say: "The current predicament is only temporary, and it will get better gradually in the future. If the Tiger Character Banner wants to govern the world, scholars are indispensable."
"I hope so!" Kong Yinzhi looked bitter. The behavior of the Tiger Character Banner in Qufu made him unable to feel that the Tiger Character Banner valued Kong. Now he can only comfort himself with the excuse that the Tiger Character Banner needs scholars to govern the world.
After all, if you use scholars to govern the world, you can't get around Kong. Kong Yinjing picked up a piece of snack on the plate, took a bite, and suddenly said: "Do you really want to help the clan elders who can't afford silver coins to exchange silver for silver coins?"
"Change it, it's not bad to have a silver dollar in your hand." Kong Yinzhi said. Kong Yinjing said: The silver dollar in the Tiger Flag is not pure silver, it is mixed with something. It would be a loss to exchange the same amount of silver for a silver dollar. "
"There is nothing you can do about the loss. You think others can't see it, but the silver dollar is really convenient, both in carrying and using it. More importantly, the Tiger Flag is not easy to mess with. There is no need to piss off the Tiger Flag because of this matter. Kong Yinzhi said.
Silver dollars are not made of pure silver, as a smart person will quickly discover. However, I discovered that other people would still use silver dollars when they should. After all, the silver inside was genuine. Unlike the treasure notes issued by the Ming Dynasty, it was a piece of real blank paper, which made me feel uncomfortable wiping my butt.
