Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1632 The Forgotten Love!

July 19th, the Imperial Study Room of the Daqian Palace

Ye Mingsheng looked at the memorial in his hand with an increasingly serious expression. Judging from the memorials sent by the Qilu, Jiyu and Youyan provincial governments in recent times, the disaster situation in these three places has become increasingly clear!
Although there is a lot of rain at present, the dams, canals, and reservoirs built in the past few years have also played a certain role in sharing some of the pressure of floods. In addition, the rain is not particularly heavy, so at present, the risk of a major flood is relatively small, but floods in some tributaries still exist!

Ye Mingsheng could be said to be relieved about this situation. Ye Mingsheng was really afraid that De Shui would have a big outburst!

Originally, after the past few years of hard work, the court's finances had improved somewhat, and all regions were developing in a good direction. However, this expedition to the grasslands could be said to have cost the court all its resources, and this year's drought and floods had forced the court to rob Peter to pay Paul to maintain operations!
Ye Mingsheng has decided to let the Dadongsheng Bank issue another batch of five-year and ten-year bonds, totaling 700,000 taels of silver, in order to maintain the continuation of the grassland war, the normal operation of the court, and the payment of salaries to officials!
If this is a major flood of water, then these 700,000 taels of silver will definitely not be enough!

Ye Mingsheng roughly calculated that disaster rescue, sending troops to the grassland, and the operation of the court would cost 1.5 million taels of silver. So for Ye Mingsheng, as long as the flood did not break out, it would be a blessing in disguise...
To be honest, ever since he learned that there was a possibility of a major outbreak of Deshui, Ye Mingsheng had not slept well for several days, even though this would hardly have any impact on the life of the emperor Ye Mingsheng. Now this news can be regarded as a reassurance to Ye Mingsheng!

However, this also serves as a reminder to Ye Mingsheng that he must pay attention to water conservancy!

Water is the source of life, and people cannot live without drinking water for a day. Many cities and densely populated areas in Daqian are built on water. These rivers facilitate farmland irrigation and residents' drinking water needs, but this also brings dangers. Once a large-scale flood occurs, it is very likely to cause immeasurable losses!
Therefore, these things must be prevented in advance. In the past few years, God has been very kind to Ye Mingsheng. Although there have been some natural disasters, they were not large in scale and did not have much impact on the court. So Ye Mingsheng himself has also reflected on this and felt that he may have been slack in this regard and some work may not have been done well enough.

The current flood may be a warning from God to Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng is also preparing to get a good understanding of the water conservancy situation with the Ministry of Industry, especially with regard to Deshui and Nanjiang, the two mother rivers in Daqian.

In response to the memorials submitted by these provincial governors, Ye Mingsheng repeated the same old things and stressed once again that provincial governors must not be lax in dealing with the flood situation and must put the safety of people's lives and property first. The court will arrange people to conduct inspections, and those who do well will be rewarded, while those who do poorly will not be tolerated by the court. You all should take care of yourself...

After dealing with the memorials from the Governor, Ye Mingsheng began to search the desk, trying to see if there was any from the Dadongsheng Bank among them!

Although Dadongsheng Bank was nominally just a bank, its actual role in Daqian had surpassed that of a bank. For this reason, Ye Mingsheng gave Ren Hai, the chief manager of Dadongsheng Bank, the power to report directly to him!
After deciding to issue bonds, Ye Mingsheng asked the Attendant's Office to report the matter to Ren Hai. Ye Mingsheng has been busy in recent days, so he did not ask about this matter again. Just now, after reading the memorial from the Governor's Office, he thought of issuing bonds, and Ye Mingsheng also wanted to know about the situation of the bond issuance!

After searching on the desk for a long time, Ye Mingsheng still couldn't find what he wanted, so he called Ye Cheng in and asked:

"How is Dadongsheng Bank preparing for the bond issue? Has Ren Haishang submitted a report?"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng asking this, Ye Cheng spoke without hesitation:
"Your Majesty, Manager Ren did not submit a memorial, but I have learned about the Dadongsheng Bank. Everything is going as planned. There are no major problems. Many nobles and powerful businessmen are ready to buy Dadongsheng bonds!"

"This time, Dadongsheng's bond plan is to issue two types of bonds, five-year bonds and ten-year bonds..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng continued to ask:

"How many taels of silver will be issued for the five-year bonds, and what will be the interest? How many taels of silver will be issued for the ten-year bonds, and what will be the interest? Has Ren Hai decided on these situations?"

"Your Majesty, I have asked Manager Ren about these specific circumstances, but Manager Ren has not yet decided. He said that he would make a comprehensive assessment based on the interest rates on debts in the market and the interest rates on other bonds of Dadongsheng Bank!"
"It may take some time to conduct some investigation before we can make a careful decision. That's why Manager Ren didn't submit a memorial to Your Majesty!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't understand the situation, Ren Hai had done a good job in managing the Dadongsheng Bank over the past few years. Ye Mingsheng also trusted Ren Hai's professional ability!

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't speak, Ye Cheng said again:

"Although the specific bond situation has not yet been decided, the bond sales are already quite good. At least seven businesses have expressed their intention to purchase, and one of them has already stated that it wants to purchase bonds worth 100,000 taels of silver!"

Based on the fact that Ye Mingsheng has worked hard to maintain the reputation of Dadongsheng Ticket House over the past few years, there has not been a single default or delay in payment of bonds, and the interest has been paid on time, so Ye Mingsheng is quite confident about the sale of bonds this time. However, when he heard that the sales were so good, Ye Mingsheng was also a little surprised and asked with a smile:

"You want to buy a hundred thousand taels of silver worth of bonds? Which bank is this?"

“Rising Star Bank wants to buy bonds worth 100,000 taels of silver. In addition, Wang’s Yuchun Hall will buy another 50,000 taels of silver in bonds…”

"The sun rises, Yuchuntang!"

Ye Mingsheng murmured twice, and a graceful young woman appeared in his mind. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng confirmed with Ye Cheng:

"Is it Jiang Yuyan's business?"

Ye Cheng nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Your Majesty, the owners of Rishengchang Bank and Yuchuntang Business are both the Jiyu Wang family, but the person in charge of the Wang family is Wang Jiang!"

Hearing this answer, Ye Mingsheng was somewhat silent, and gradually recalled the charming woman in his mind. When Ye Mingsheng first started to develop the bank, Zhang Zhiwen recommended Jiang Yuyan to him.

Jiang Yuyan was tall and plump, with a pretty face, and most importantly, she was a member of the royal family. So Ye Mingsheng couldn't control himself in the face of such a beauty, and made the mistake that all men would make!
Because Jiang Yuyan is a young widow and has a stepson, plus she doesn't want to enter the palace and wants to stay outside to do business and realize her dream of being a heroine and a strong woman!
At that time, the Fengwu Army was still a local separatist regime, and Ye Mingsheng still had many enemies waiting for him to eliminate, so Ye Mingsheng also deliberately paid attention to the impact and did not want those who were still in the Fengwu Army to think that he was focusing his energy on women and having affairs with women everywhere!
So Ye Mingsheng and Jiang Yuyan hit it off immediately, and Jiang Yuyan became Ye Mingsheng's underground mistress.

However, since Ye Mingsheng has many women of his own, and Jiang Yuyan's main activities are still in Yujing, the two do not have many opportunities to practice martial arts...
Although Jiang Yuyan was just a mistress, in order to avoid accusations, some people were arranged to keep an eye on her.

Later, Ye Mingsheng captured Luoan. Jiang Yuyan, who was born in the royal family, also begged Ye Mingsheng to show mercy to the royal family. However, after Ye Mingsheng finally became emperor, he still acquiesced to An Miaoyi's poisoning of the young emperor Jiang Cong!

In addition, after becoming emperor, Ye Mingsheng selected a group of beauties, and the number of women in the palace soared to double digits. Ye Mingsheng was also obsessed with these fresh bodies, and gradually forgot about Jiang Yuyan and put this woman out of his mind!
If Ye Cheng hadn't mentioned this woman to him now, Ye Mingsheng really wouldn't have remembered her at all.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng was a little curious about Jiang Yuyan's recent situation and asked again:
"Now that we have bought bonds worth 150,000 taels of silver, how is the business of Rishengchang and Yuchuntang?"

Ye Cheng organized his words and introduced:
"Your Majesty, under the leadership of Jiang Yuyan, Rishengchang Bank and Yuchuntang Business have done very well in the past two years!"

"Especially Rishengchang Bank, which is now the largest bank in Liaoyang, Youyan, Qilu, Jiyu, and the four regions except for Dadongsheng Bank. Its annual turnover is as much as several million taels of silver, and it serves nearly one million farmers, craftsmen, and small merchants!"

"Over the years, Jiang Yuyan has strictly followed the rules set by Your Majesty, so she didn't make much money from Rishengchang Bank. However, the existence of Rishengchang Bank opened up many connections for her and provided great convenience for the business of Wang's Yuchuntang Company!"

"Now Yuchuntang is no longer just engaged in the jade business. It now also has five other businesses, including medicine, tea, cloth, commercial real estate development, and pawnshops. Last month, Yuchuntang opened a store on Houde Street!"

"It is roughly estimated that Yuchuntang's annual income is at least 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver, or even as much as 100,000 taels of silver..."

"Of the 150,000 bonds that Jiang Yuyan bought, 100,000 taels were from Rishengchang Bank, and only 50,000 taels were from her own pocket. Considering the current scale of Yuchuntang Merchants, this 50,000 taels is not a big deal!"

Ye Mingsheng was also a little surprised when he heard this. He had seen that Jiang Yuyan had great potential in business back then, but he never expected that Jiang Yuyan would develop Rishengchang Bank and Yuchuntang Business so well and on such a large scale. This was really beyond Ye Mingsheng's expectations!
After pondering for a while, Ye Mingsheng seemed to remember something, and immediately asked Ye Cheng:

"Is there anyone watching Jiang Yuyan now?"

"Your Majesty, yes! Someone has always been watching Jiang Yuyan! In the past few years, Jiang Yuyan has always been very well behaved and has not done anything beyond the norm!"

Ye Mingsheng was not surprised to hear this. After all, if he didn't give the order in this matter, the people below him wouldn't dare to act on their own. After all, although he wouldn't touch her now, he didn't know whether he would touch the people below him in the future!
If Jiang Yuyan gets together with someone, they won’t be able to explain it!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng felt that although he and Jiang Yuyan had a brief romance, they were destined to be just passers-by in each other's lives. Now Ye Mingsheng was not going to develop a relationship with her anymore!

After all, he is the emperor now, and she is a big businessman. The existence of an improper relationship between the two is a mistake in itself!
Ye Mingsheng has always advocated that government agencies should interfere less in economic development, so he should set an example and try to keep some distance from Jiang Yuyan. What happened between him and her is not something worth publicizing, so it's time to cut it off...

Besides, Jiang Yuyan is only in her early thirties now. She is in the prime of her life and has a long life ahead of her. Her current behavior, as the saying goes, is like occupying the toilet without taking a shit. Don't waste other people's time!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also instructed:

"Remove the people around Jiang Dongjia! Let Jiang Dongjia do business well. I wish her all the best in her future life!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, and hearing Ye Mingsheng call Jiang Yuyan "Jiang Dongjia", Ye Cheng also keenly realized something and immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I understand! I will implement it immediately!"

"Also, go discuss with Ren Hai. If the sales prospects are optimistic, the total amount of bonds issued can be increased to one million taels of silver, with more ten-year bonds and fewer five-year bonds. The interest rate of the bonds just needs to be competitive, but not too high, otherwise it will put too much pressure on the court!"

"Yes! I've noted them all down!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly. Seeing that Ye Mingsheng had nothing else to say, Ye Cheng also left the room.

For the imperial court, 700,000 taels of silver was enough, but not enough for affluence. Now that the sales of bonds were expected to be good, Ye Mingsheng thought of doing it in one go. He would issue bonds of 700,000 taels of silver and bonds of 1 million taels of silver, so there would be no shortage of the 300,000 taels of silver!
As the saying goes, if you have food to eat, you will not be worried. The same goes for the court. If you have money in the court, you will not be worried!

Just when Ye Mingsheng was about to continue handling official business, a man in gray walked into the imperial study and handed a small note to Ye Mingsheng...