Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 796
Ten years of Yankang, January

The whole world is talking about this newly established bank. Different people have different opinions. It is different from the past. Not only are the decrees of the temple spread extremely fast, but also, even the people at the bottom are able to know in time. Yes, after all, there is the Mansion of the Mansion, and the price of the mansion is indeed not expensive, and ordinary people can buy it.

Of course, the common people will not pay for this. Usually, more than a dozen families buy a share together, and then watch it in turn, or go directly to inquire. The real buyers are those powerful families. Regarding the latest news about these temples, they You will definitely not miss it. The news that Liu Ba will set up a bank has spread throughout the entire Han Dynasty from the end of the ninth year of Yankang to the first month of the tenth year of Yankang.

Some people are very happy, especially some merchants. When they heard the news of remote access, they were overjoyed. Usually, when they go out to trade, they will spend a lot of money to hire some farmers to follow and protect them. My own thoughtfulness, after all, their carriages were slowly full of copper coins. Some big merchants, traveling from Yizhou to Chang'an to do business, brought [-] carriages full of money, which is no longer an anecdote.

At this time, it is really good news for them to be able to deposit and withdraw in different places. They no longer need to run around with money, it is safe and convenient, and most of the smart merchants are more active. Thinking about it, if the bank can always be set up outside the big man, will they not carry money when they go out for trade?
Many merchants supported it one after another, and even in several areas, merchants spontaneously provided some construction materials, hoping that the temple would be able to build the money house earlier. Of course, the temple does not need their funding. Following Xun Yu's order Now, all over the country, in just over a month, one bank after another has sprung up. Of course, this does not mean that they repaired the houses within a month, but that they converted the warehouse into a so-called bank.

The bank is divided into two different buildings. Outside the county government office, an office is set up, which is responsible for other people's access and other things, and the other is naturally the storage point for each county. It's easy to do, just change the original warehouse into the current bank storage point, and you don't need to deliberately arrange manpower to protect it. After all, it was originally the most heavily guarded place in the country.

In the midst of growing controversy, in March of the tenth year of Yankang, the construction of banks across the country was considered complete. However, this does not mean that the affairs of banks were so successful. Banks have never been equal to buildings. Xun Yu handed over the command of all the following matters to Liu Ba. Since that day, Liu Ba has become more and more respectful to Xun Yu, and he acted immediately after receiving Xun Yu's order.

First of all, he recruited the servant of the post office, who is called Sun Li, a sturdy military man. This guy is in charge of post stations all over the country. Liu Ba wants to use him to build this bank throughout the country. As for the point of contact, Sun Li rushed to Liu Ba's mansion, knowing in his heart why Liu Ba was looking for him. He is now in charge of the luggage and the transportation of money. Presumably he is also responsible for the flow of money in the bank?
Sun Li looks rough, but his mind is quite delicate.

Liu Ba looked very tired, his eyes were red, when the servant brought Sun Li in front of him, he held Sun Li's hand a little excitedly, let him sit in front of him, stared into Sun Li's eyes, very uncomfortable Politely asked: "You know the time and distance between places, right?" Sun Li nodded when he heard Liu Ba's question, and did not rush to speak.

"That's good, that's good. Next, I have something very important to entrust to you. Banks in various places will be established, and their headquarters must be in Luoyang. Salaries and even subsidies in various places will be sent directly to the banks in Luoyang in the future." Go to the local area, and the local tax is directly kept in the bank, and of course, it will also be transported to Luoyang, so I hope that you can set up a route between Luoyang and other counties."

"It's not for you to set up a route. Now there is a road. What I mean is that you need to send someone to escort these transports. You need a fixed, safe, shortest road that can connect the whole country!" , the more Liu Ba said, the more excited he became. These days, he seems to have ordered many people, and his voice is a little hoarse now.

Sun Li frowned and said, "I only have postmen under my command, how do I escort them?"

"I have already contacted the military government. They will give you a military brigade. However, they must be fixed on their own roads and be responsible for the transportation. In addition, you can also build some other ones, such as escorting along the road. Merchants, escorting some important supplies can be regarded as adding some income to your post office, but you can’t use these soldiers who specialize in escorting the bank.”

Sun Li listened carefully to Liu Ba's instructions, nodding his head from time to time.

"Also, it is very important that you are in charge of these routes. If something goes wrong, you and I will lose our lives. Therefore, I hope that you will not disclose these important contents, even to your wife. ", Liu Ba said, Sun Li said: "Don't worry, Liu Jun, I won't say anything, I don't have a wife, and I haven't married a wife yet."

"Brothers in the family must not reveal it."

"The brothers in the family have already died in the Battle of Guishuang, and there are no brothers."

"The parents?"

"Parents died young."

"Friends!!"

"I'm a straightforward person, and I don't have many friends."

"Hehe, that's good. Hurry up and find the servants of the military mansion to shoot and arrange those soldiers."

Sun Li stood up slowly, bowed to Liu Ba, and left immediately, sending this one off. Before Liu Ba had time to rest, another one was already standing at the door. It was Cao Chong, Liu Ba After beckoning, Cao Chong didn't care about his rudeness, and sat in front of Liu Ba. Due to the death of his father, Cao Chong was hit hard, and now his face is extremely pale. He just got up from the sick bed.

"Mr. Cao, I know that your health is not good, so how about leaving the things you are responsible for to Xun Gong for the time being?"

"I can do it myself."

"Mr. Cao, you are still on the sick bed recently. This matter requires too much energy. I called you here because I hope you can temporarily hand over the matter in your hands to Duke Xun. Do you understand?"

Cao Chong pursed his lips, why didn't he understand, Liu Ba was obviously afraid that he would not be able to do well, so he asked Xun Yu to replace him, Cao Chong sighed, nodded, got up, and left.

In addition to the route, what Liu Ba still needs to do is the salaries of the officials. As an experiment, he will put the salaries of the officials in the bank where they are located, and issue them certificates, and they can use the certificates to obtain their own salaries. , This can be regarded as a drive, and it can also be regarded as soothing the hearts of the people in the world. In addition, we must find some people to deposit and withdraw with great fanfare, so as to gain the trust of everyone.

The people of the Han Dynasty are very simple and cautious. In fact, Liu Ba can use the prestige of the emperor to call on the people to deposit and withdraw, but he dare not. The flag of the emperor, when the danger involves the emperor, it will be the time of his death, and he dare not bet like this.

However, there are still other prestigious courtiers in the temple who can help him.

For example, Xun Yu, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, as well as Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi in the local area, can completely help themselves.

Xun Yu is also helping him with all his strength, and he will even obey Liu Ba's orders. He issued orders to officials everywhere to gain the trust of the people in the fastest time. This is not an easy task. The people are the most important The group who would not send their money to the bank, they are afraid, and have inexplicable fear of novelty, money or something, is still by their side, which can make them feel at ease.

If the bank wants the people to save money, it must give the people more benefits.

Remote access is very attractive to merchants, but it is different for ordinary people. The common people of the Han Dynasty will not leave the pavilion or the county for a lifetime. They do not need remote access. For this, Liu Ba also quickly took He came up with a solution. He believed that the money bank should provide some benefits, such as giving interest. If the people save money, they can set a storage time. gift.

As soon as Liu Ba came up with this idea, Xun Yu was amazed. He felt that he did not believe in the wrong person. This Liu Jun really had the talent of a celebrity.

In June of the tenth year of Yankang, the banks of the Han Dynasty opened at the same time, and the local officials also received orders in advance to allow the banks to run smoothly in the local area. To maintain the business of the bank, some methods are very simple, that is, to deliberately let the common people see the carriages transporting money from Luoyang, so as to increase the confidence of the common people.

Or hold a celebration to celebrate the establishment of the bank, and take the lead in saving money in it, so as to drive the people.

The prefects of Yuzhou are the happiest local officials. Zhuge Liang has already thought of a way for them. Even with Yuan Yao's great appeal among the people, aristocratic families, and powerful people, Zhuge Liang doesn't need to think of too many ways. He just deliberately arranged some entrustments to show the role of the bank in the bank, and let out rumors among the people, saying that the bank has a limited number of places, and those who deposit later will not be able to deposit and so on.

After arranging a deliberate fight to save money, the common people also started to fight to save money.

As for Yanzhou in various places, the people have already lined up, waiting for the opening of the bank.

Sima Yi stood at the top of the city, looked at the people all over the city, and couldn't help laughing.

He didn't arrange any good shows, he just asked his subordinates to inform that future transactions and taxes will only be collected from the bank's vouchers, and copper coins and grain will not be collected directly, nor can they be directly used for transactions. Can hold copper coins and starve to death.

Ever since, the people of Yanzhou were anxious and anxiously waiting, and finally, the day when the bank opened.

(End of this chapter)