The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 846 Don't Talk Nonsense
"The general soldiers are all VIP customers of the bank, and they can be processed first. Wu Zongbing is also here to exchange coins?" He Zeping, the president of Liuzhou Bank, received them personally.

He Zeping is a 16-year graduate of Lushun University in Chongzhen. At that time, he majored in finance. Of course, it was not called finance at that time, but business. Now, after the establishment of the Royal University, it was renamed as a major in finance.

"This town is going to Beijing to face saints, so it's hard to bring too much silver, so it's better to change it into silver coins." Wu Sangui said.

When He Zeping heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Wu can deposit it in our bank, and then take it directly at the Beijing Bank with the passbook."

"...Is it possible to do this? How to operate?" Wu Sangui was taken aback, feeling rather novel.

He Zeping first received the silver brought by Wu Sangui, which was Wu Sangui's salary when he was training in Liuzhou. The salary of the big cadres is calculated according to the second rank of the general soldier, and Wu Sangui is paid 120 shi per month.

Because they are all provided by the military camp, and he did not bring his family here, Wu Sangui gets money every month.

According to the price of grain in Liuzhou at this time, each stone of rice was about two taels of silver. His monthly salary was 240 taels, and his annual salary added up to more than 3000 taels.

During the Chinese New Year last year, Ding Yi also gave a bonus to officials from all over the country, with a total of 500 taels at the general level.

So he now has almost 4000 taels of silver.

He Zeping quickly gave him an exquisite blue and white passbook, which was slightly larger than the current mobile phone. Wu Sangui held it in his hand and looked at it. He felt that the paper was very special. There was an indescribable feeling in his hand, as if Not paper, but soft.

The pattern on it is very three-dimensional. On the left is March of the first year of Dagan Rende, and there is a long string of serial numbers.

On the right it says Liuzhou Bank, pay by check.

In the middle is 4000 taels of silver coins, or the equivalent amount of gold coins.

Wu Sangui tried to fold it, but couldn't completely fold it like paper: "It doesn't seem to be made of paper?"

"It's made of rubber and other things, which can be waterproof, and there are no such materials among the people, so it is impossible to forge." He Zeping said with a smile: "There is a number on the bottom of each sheet, and these numbers are recorded in the head office in Beijing. After that, the number is useless."

The passbooks made by Ding Yi's bank are equivalent to the plastic banknotes of later generations. Many countries have issued plastic banknotes in later generations.

Now it is estimated that only Ding Yi has rubber in the world, so he uses rubber to add other materials to make passbooks (bank notes) in the bank.

"It's also waterproof, wonderful, wonderful." Wu Sangui laughed.

"But it cannot be fireproof. If you accidentally ignite it, you must keep the number and amount."

He Zeping asked again: "Will Zongbing Wu take it himself, or let someone else take it?"

Wu Sangui asked what is the difference?
If you go to get it yourself, we will not print your name. If you go to get it in person, after the name is printed, if the passbook is lost and someone else gets it, it cannot be exchanged.

Wu Sangui walked along and printed the town's name on it.

He wanted to see how He Zeping printed it.

He Zeping took him to the backstage, and as soon as he entered, he saw a machine.

Workers pull up the upper half of the machine and look for something.

Quickly, from a box, three metal characters Wu, San, and Gui were taken out.

into the top half of the machine.

Then put the passbook on the lower half of the machine and fix it.

With the operation of workers.

Boom, the upper part of the machine fell heavily, and when it was lifted up again, there were three three-dimensional characters on the passbook: "Wu Sangui".

In this case, this passbook was accidentally omitted, and if Wu Sangui hadn't picked it up in person, no one else would be able to get it.

"Interesting and interesting." Wu Sangui smiled and asked again: "What if the people in Jingcheng Bank don't know me?"

What if someone pretends to be me?I am not the only one named Wu Sangui in the world.

"Then add the words Liuzhou General Soldier." He Zeping smiled and said, "Wu General Soldier brings the Chief Soldier's seal."

"Sure enough, thoughtful, hahaha, don't bother." Wu Sangui took the passbook, feeling very interesting, and Ding Yi was also very thoughtful.

A few thousand taels of silver turned into such a small passbook.

"Is it possible to go to other banks in this town? Not in the capital."

"It will be all right."

Wu Sangui was even happier, it was very convenient, and he could withdraw money anywhere in the future.

Moreover, He Zeping also said that when you arrive in the capital, you don't have to take out all of them, you only take 1000 taels for backup, and the rest is deposited in the bank with interest.

Wu Sangui stared, still interested?

Dagan Bank only has a fixed interest rate. Deposits begin in January, and every ten taels of silver is one copper coin per month. Calculated to deposit 1 taels of silver per month.

Wu Sangui deposits 4000 taels of silver for a month, and there will be [-] copper coins.

Wu Sangui did the math, it will take more than a month to get to the capital by himself, and he can get some interest by then, not bad, not bad.

He thought that there was still a lot of silver at home in the capital, and now he wished he could go back immediately and save it up immediately.

In the past, everyone hid their silver at home and buried it in a deep hole, but now, there is interest in depositing it in the bank, so of course they would rather deposit it in the bank.

At the beginning, people may not be used to it and do not trust it, but as time goes by, after a few years, more and more common people accepted the bank and began to deposit money in the bank.

Like some moderately wealthy households, as long as they deposit 1 taels of silver in the bank, the annual interest of 12 taels is enough to meet part of the family's expenses, which is much better than saving in the kiln at home.

After Wu Sangui finished depositing, the generals who followed Wu Sangui deposited money one after another, and finally everyone took a passbook and left happily.

Two days later, Wu Sangui returned to Beijing with fifty soldiers.

There is an official water post road in Liuzhou. They went to Guilin first by boat. Song Fei, the former general of Guilin, had already entered Beijing.

Then from Guilin to Hunan Yongzhou, Hengzhou, to Changsha, from Changsha to Dongting Lake and then to Yuezhou, Wuchang, Jiujiang, all the way is full of waterways, or various scenic spots, which is equivalent to traveling in mountains and rivers.

Wu Sangui was not in a hurry, instead, he let the boat sail slowly, and on the way he picked up several soldiers who had entered Beijing, and everyone could drink and brag every day.

Then from Jiujiang to Anqing, Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Huai'an, and then from Huai'an to Shandong, Jining, Dongchang, Linqing, Dezhou, from Dezhou to Beizhili, Cangzhou, Tianjin, and finally to Tongzhou.

All the way is by boat, and there is no need to take land in the middle.

It can be seen that the waterways in the Ming Dynasty were very developed at this time, but in the hands of the previous Ming Dynasty, they did not play their due role.

When we arrived in Tongzhou, it was very close to the capital. When Wu Sangui and other generals entered the capital, it was almost the beginning of October, and they had been gone for more than a month.

After entering Beijing, they went to the bank one after another. After asking, it was indeed possible to pay, but Wu Sangui was not in a hurry to pay, and he was not short of money, so he decided to keep saving, and first took one month's interest.

After a few days, Wu Sangui discovered that many rich people in the capital kept their money in the bank to earn interest, especially the people from the original Dongjiang Town, who liked to do this the most.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to take out all the gold and silver at home, and put the big money in the bank as well.
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In September and October, the generals and governors of the world came to Beijing one after another, preparing to participate in the first major meeting after the founding of the country.

And some people in the capital have been here for more than two months, and bump into obstacles everywhere.

It was the wives of Qian Qianyi and Maoxiang, Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan.

At the end of June, Yingtianfu scholars killed officials and rebelled, and the imperial court suppressed them in a thunderbolt. Some were arrested and some were killed.

But it is said that Maoxiang and Qian Qianyi did not admit to knowing about Zhao Zhilong's killing of officials and rebellion, so although they were arrested at that time, they were not executed immediately.

The imperial court sent Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Justice to verify the matter together.

Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan were very anxious at the time, and hurried to the capital to find someone to help save them.

Qian Qianyi used to be an important minister of the imperial court anyway, and they hoped that someone would show some face, but no one dared to see them in the original six ministers of the imperial court.

Even Ma Shiying, an old acquaintance in Nanzhili, refused to see each other.

The two women and their men bumped into walls everywhere in the capital, and in desperation, they decided to find Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan and they were good sisters of Qinhuai Bayan back then, and Wu Sangui was the chief soldier of the imperial court, so he would definitely be able to speak up in front of the Holy One.

So within a few days after Wu Sangui returned home, Chen Yuanyuan took two sisters to find him.

When Wu Sangui saw Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan for the first time, his eyes lit up.

In particular, Liu Rushi, who claimed to be the number one among the Eight Beauties of the Qinhuai River, was the best choice in terms of talent and appearance, much better than Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan is also pretty, but he is definitely not as good as Liu Rushi in terms of temperament.

But when Wu Sangui heard that he was going to ask the emperor to let Qian Qianyi and Maoxiang go, his face immediately turned black.

Lao Tzu and Ding Yi haven't gotten to this point yet, and Amitabha is the only one who can keep the position of commander-in-chief this time. How dare they intercede?

Wu Sangui has self-knowledge, and he didn't make much contribution in Daqian, that is, he defended Shanhaiguan and did not surrender to the Manchu Qing. The military training in Guangxi was purely a meritorious service.

It's not Ding Yi's hard-core confidant, how dare he do such a thing.

But he loves Chen Yuanyuan very much. At the beginning, he directly confronted Li Zicheng for Chen Yuanyuan. When he came back, he didn't care about Chen Yuanyuan being molested by old Liu. His love for Yuanyuan was true love.

"For this matter, it's probably useless for you to find this town. What this town said in front of the Holy Master is not so effective." Wu Sangui said directly.

Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan's expressions changed drastically.

"However, although I just came back from this town, I also know that someone's words may be useful." Wu Sangui laughed.

"Who?" The two girls asked quickly.

"This town went to the Bing Zong to report two days ago, and when I saw the Bing Division of the Bing Ministry, I gave Gong Dingzi the matter."

When Wu Sangui mentioned this point, he didn't say anything, because he had heard some things, and he also knew not to talk nonsense.

If it gets out, it will be said that Wu Sangui said it in the future, and Ding Yi may hate it.

"Gong Dingzi works?" Liu Rushi and Dong Xiaowan said happily.

Wu Sangui remained silent, with a strange expression on his face.

Dong Xiaowan still wanted to ask more questions, but Liu Rushi was very smart and grabbed her: "Thank you, Zongbing Wu."

"Let's just go find Brother Mei." A happy look appeared on his face.

'Brother Mei' refers to Gu Hengbo, the sisters on the Qinhuai River back then called Gu Hengbo Brother Mei. (Gu's original name was Gu Mei.)
(End of this chapter)