He Futai was the leader of the four. When he heard Qian Junnan's words, he quickly raised his hands to Qian Junnan and thanked him: "Thank you, shopkeeper Qian, for your help! This is a trivial matter and not respectful! It's not respectful!" He Futai said from his arms. He took out a deerskin bag and pushed it directly in front of Qian Junnan.
Looking at the deerskin bag that He Futai pushed over, while the other three Hu merchants, Mi Su, Kang Jiangyan and Shi Lun, also looked at him eagerly, Qian Junnan put down the tea cup in his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly to look at it. This deerskin pocket, "Shopkeeper He, what does this mean?" Qian Junnan looked at He Futai and asked slightly unhappy.
"Shopkeeper Qian helped us so much. This is due to shopkeeper Qian's hard work. It's just a small thing!" He Futai turned a blind eye to Qian Junnan's slightly unhappy expression and continued to say with a smile.
"Do you think I'm doing this for you?" Qian Junnan said, his tone and expression seemed a little unhappy, but he still reached out and picked up the deerskin bag, opened it and took a look.
"Good guy! These Hu businessmen are really willing to spend a lot of money!" The weight of the purchase was actually very light, which surprised Qian Junnan. He originally thought that what He Futai gave him was a bag of copper coins. After all, this The bag of copper coins was not a small amount, but when Qian Junnan opened it and looked at it, he was shocked because what He Futai gave him was a small bag of gold leaves. This made Qian Junnan secretly exclaim. One sentence.
Although gold leaf is not a currency, it is hard currency. Many times, Hu merchants use this currency in transactions. After all, it is much more convenient to carry around than carts of copper coins. Hu Shangzhi There are generally two types of transactions between people, one is the direct transaction of gold leaves or silver ingots, and the other is to go to the east and west markets and find a shop called a "cai Fang", where you can handle the copper coins. , directly exchanged into a token called a "holding post". The number on this token represents the number of coins saved by Hu Shang.
Of course, this "holding post" can not only be exchanged at the "counter shop" in Chang'an, but there are also such chain "counter shops" in other big cities, such as Luoyang, Taiyuan and other places, but this kind of "counter shop" "Zhou Tie" is no longer called "Zhou Tie", but "Fei Qian". In Lu Chen's view, this kind of "cabinet" is the earliest "bank". As for those so-called "Zhou Tie" and "Fei Qian" "Flying money" is the earliest paper currency. Of course, Lu Chen prefers to call it the earliest "bank note".
Lu Chen has always been interested in this kind of thing. After all, "banks" are the fastest way to get money. However, Lu Chen thinks that Datang is not stable yet and he still has many things to be busy with, so he will put this matter aside for the time being. I’ll talk about it later. After all, something like this involving a monetary mechanism cannot be established overnight. Another reason why Lu Chen integrated the “Guard Bureau” for “logistics” was to open up channels and seize points first. There are channels first. , then find the "basic thing" and develop the "currency mechanism" based on this. This is Lu Chen's final plan.
After all, every time he went out, Liu Jing or Feng Huai had to carry a pile of copper coins on his back or on a horse. This made Lu Chen feel very nervous.
Qian Junnan glanced at the gold leaves in the bag and put the bag directly on the table again. Qian Junnan already had a plan in mind as to what to do with the gold leaves, but on the surface, he still had to show that he was interested in the gold leaves. He looked disdainful at a bag of gold leaves. After all, his current status was the big shopkeeper of the "Prosperous Age". If his appearance changed because of such a small bag of gold leaves, then it would be too cheap. According to his father-in-law's words That's "too much of a loss".
"Shopkeeper He, everyone, you are really thoughtful!" Qian Junnan picked up the tea cup and smiled slightly. After taking a sip, he looked at the four Hu merchants opposite and said with a smile.
Seeing Qian Junnan's disdainful expression, as well as Qian Junnan's smiling expression while drinking tea, several people's hearts skipped a beat, and they even looked at each other. They all had the same thought in their minds, that It's "It's really hard to get along with the big shopkeeper in this prosperous age. Could it be that this all-conquering method fails in front of such a big shopkeeper?"
"What do you mean by this?" Qian Junnan put down the tea cup, his expression changed, and he asked sternly with a stern face.
"Shopkeeper Qian! Shopkeeper Qian! Don't get angry! Don't get angry!" Seeing Qian Junnan's face darken, He Futai hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Then shopkeeper He, please explain to me what this bag means!" Qian Junnan looked at He Futai with a sullen face, "Do you think that because of these things, I will ignore my father-in-law's business? "
"Shopkeeper Qian, you misunderstood! Misunderstood!" Upon hearing Qian Junnan's words, He Futai and the other three Hu businessmen all changed their colors. He Futai even waved his hands and explained, in fact, this is what they thought in their hearts. There must be, but after seeing Qian Junnan's face, he would never admit this idea under any circumstances.
"Oh? I wonder what I misunderstood?" After hearing He Futai repeatedly saying that he had misunderstood, Qian Junnan's expression softened a little, but his tone was still unhappy.
"Shopkeeper Qian spoke very kindly for us in front of the father-in-law. This thing is our hard work to honor Shopkeeper Qian! I have no other ideas!" He Futai explained in a panic.
"That's it!" After hearing He Futai's explanation, Qian Junnan nodded, "I thought you had other ideas! It seems that I have misunderstood! I'm sorry, everyone! In this case, then I can Is that disrespectful?" Qian Junnan laughed again, reached out to pick up the small bag and put it in his arms.
"Shopkeeper Qian has helped us so much. Naturally, we asked Shopkeeper Qian to accept this thing with a smile. How can we say that we are being disrespectful!" He Futai quickly said with a smile.
"How about you Hu Chamber of Commerce doing business!" Qian Junnan laughed and teased He Futai and others.
"Hey! We also want to make money like the big shopkeeper, but it's a pity that we don't have that life, so we can only earn some hard money!" Hearing Qian Junnan's teasing, He Futai and others did not dare to reply, they could only suffer. He said something with a somewhat self-pitying look on his face.
"Don't say that, everyone!" Qian Junnan smiled and waved his hand, "But since we are so close, I won't hide it from you. In fact, I even prepared some products for you that are not for sale in Shengshi! "Qian Junnan waved directly to a few people, and after gesturing for them to come closer, Qian Junnan said in a low voice.
