Bachelor

Chapter 162
"These old Xi'er are all out of money's eyes. The overall situation seems to have nothing to do with them at all." Looking at the back of the merchant surnamed Shi, Shi Changqing said angrily: "In the future, the prince will climb to the top. That day, you have to give them a good beating, and let them know what my lord is doing."

Ping Qiuli disapproved of Shi Changqing's expression of joy and anger.He also sighed in his heart, lord, lord, what did you do all those years ago, and you didn't know how to find some talents in the capital, but at the end of the day, you pulled out such an idiot as Shi Changqing to be my deputy.Now the whole situation in the capital depends on me, Ping Qiuli, to resist it alone, and I don't have superpowers, how can I handle it.If I have someone like Sun Dan under my command, why bother to do everything myself.

It's a pity that Chi Anlu's group got to know Sun Dan one step at a time, and even let go of such a talent.

"Master Master, you can't say that. These Shanxi merchants have now completely turned to me in Qingzhou. Now, I still need to rely heavily on those Shanxi people in the capital. I will definitely not offend them too much." Ping Qiuli said to Teacher Changqing A little speechless, most of his eyeliner and information in the capital came from Shanxi merchants.These businessmen have been stationed in the capital all year round, and they are already familiar with the ministers and officials of various ministries. If they hadn't relied on them, Pingqiuli's intelligence outlet would have been paralyzed long ago.It is time for these pigs to be fattened, and it is too early to slaughter them now.

"Offended, are you still afraid of offending them now?" Teacher Changqing said angrily: "Qiu Li, you are in charge of the bank, and you are so busy that you probably don't know some things. These old Xi'er have already made up their minds. "

Ping Qiuli was startled, and his heart jumped up.His left eye was blank, and he said sharply: "Could it be that they have some other changes?"

Staring at him with his right eye, Shi Changqing was also terrified, and said in a low voice: "Qiu Li, as far as I know, most of the cash we got from issuing money notes these days has been taken away by Shanxi merchants. More than 30 taels were shipped back to Shanxi. In the end, we made wedding clothes for them.”

"I know about this." Ping Qiuli said: "They also need silver to purchase goods. Besides, it is impossible for our bank to keep all the silver in the warehouse, and it needs to be loaned out for profit. There is a reserve of [-] in the warehouse. They But none of them were taken away."

Teacher Changqing, "Hey!" said: "Qiu Li, you really think things are simple. We did our best to run the bank, and all the money we got was taken away by Shanxi people. Up to now, we only have a lot of money on hand. Receipts, when it comes time to spend money, what is the use of this large amount of receipts? Now it’s a good thing, this matter is none of our business. You said you want to use money tickets to collect money, but what about the money? Now you say you want to issue new money tickets, You have also seen the reaction of the surnamed Shi just now, he refused to do anything, and he said that there is no reserve. Hehe, I can clearly see that there are several 10 taels of silver in the warehouses of the three Shanxi merchants!"

"What?" Ping Qiuli was greatly shocked, and only then did he realize that when he proposed to issue new money notes just now, the businessman shied away a lot, because he was afraid of using their old capital.What this group of Shanxi merchants are playing is the idea of ​​empty gloves and white wolves!

"Yes." Shi Changqing nodded: "The three major surnames of Shanxi merchants have ten ordinary-sized firms, and there are still millions of taels of cash in the warehouse."

"Damn it!" Ping Qiuli waved his hand angrily, and a ray of light flew out of his hand, nailed to the wall, it was a three-inch stainless steel nail: "Han Feizi said well, businessmen are indeed a bunch of moths. Merchants, they want to borrow money in someone's name, we can't make them happy, I'll go down immediately and print another 50 taels of banknotes, and I won't release a single penny of the loan. It will be a loss to everyone." He sneered and said: "Once the prince ascends the throne, let's see who dares to come to me to pay back the money."

"That's right, that's the way it should be, Qiuli, you're too benevolent, and instead let those old Xi'er plot against you."

Ping Qiuli was a little depressed: "There is no way to do that. You and I don't understand such things as doing business, so it's up to them to decide."

"Qiuli, what's the situation at the Lu family now?" Shi Changqing asked again.

Ping Qiuli pondered and said: "It's strange to say that the people from Anlu seem to have disappeared from the capital these few days, and no one can be found. It's not like in the past, when those people jumped up and down in the palace of the court officials, calling them brothers and sisters." .Could something have happened again...I heard that Sun Dan is very familiar with the palace, is it possible?"

"Are you familiar? If the one in the palace is interested in Anlu, all you need is an imperial decree."

"I'm afraid things are not as simple as they appear on the surface."

While talking, suddenly, the businessman surnamed Shi ran into the yard in a panic, shouting as he ran: "Mr. Ping, Mr. Master, something serious happened, something serious happened?"

From a distance, the fat on the face of the businessman surnamed Shi was trembling with fear.

"What happened?" Shi Changqing was a little displeased, and when the businessman surnamed Shi ran into the house, he yelled loudly.

The businessman surnamed Shi muttered while wiping his sweat, "This is really weird."

Ping Qiuli put on a smile: "Shi Weng, don't panic, tell me what happened. Don't worry, it's nothing serious."

The businessman surnamed Shi wept and wailed: "Mr. Ping, don't you go out and have a look. The dozen or so shops of Ping's bank are full of customers exchanging cash. Now, the reserve funds in the warehouse are flowing out like running water, and they are about to bottom out." If this continues, the bank will soon go bankrupt."

"Ah!" Ping Qiuli stood up suddenly, and said anxiously: "Go, go and have a look." An ominous premonition rose in his heart, and the terrible word "run" came to his mind.If this trend is allowed to continue, once the payment fails, it will soon cause a panic run, and within a few days, Ping's Bank will not be able to sustain it.

Then, that pile of issued money notes will become a pile of waste paper.Not only will Ping's bank go bankrupt immediately, but Ping Qiuli's reputation in the capital will also be discredited with him. Why is the prince planning a big event and planning a great cause for thousands of years?

The three of them quickly ran to the shop outside the headquarters of Ping's Bank, looking around, they were all densely packed with black heads.At least a hundred people crowded at the entrance of the store, waving money bills in their hands and shouting: "Exchange the money to me quickly, or your signboard will be demolished."

"Ouch, don't squeeze, don't squeeze, help!"

"Brother, brother, I can hardly breathe."

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Several clerks in the bank were busy exchanging silver, and the high counter was crowded with people, making people worry that they would be completely squeezed into a row of sawdust in the next moment.

Due to the lack of manpower and the need to inspect the authenticity of money notes, the speed cannot be increased.As a result, everyone was dissatisfied, and friends kept yelling loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, dawdle any longer, and I will kill you!"

The guys were tired and anxious, their bodies were covered in sweat, and there was white steam coming out of their heads.

Ping Qiuli was so dizzy, he just stayed there and didn't know what to say.

At this time, a guy saw Ping Qiuli and rushed over: "Mr. Ping."

Ping Qiuli grabbed his arm and roared in a low voice: "How much silver is there in the treasury now?"

Probably because of the unbearable pain from being caught by Ping Qiuli, the clerk struggled a bit, and then whispered: "There are still 4 taels in the treasury, and if this trend continues, it won't last for two days, sir, you should quickly find a way? Otherwise, stop the exchange?"

Ping Qiuli let go of the buddy, and suddenly said calmly: "It's no big deal, continue to exchange, no matter what, we can't smash the signboard of our bank."

He turned his head and looked at the businessman surnamed Shi with a smile: "Shi Weng, you are also a shareholder of the bank. Now that the bank has become like this, do you want to use some money to maintain it?"

Shi Weng shook his head again and again, pretending to be helpless, and said: "Mr. Ping, all the money we have on hand has been sent back to Shanxi to purchase goods, where is the cash?"

Ping Qiuli chuckled: "I can't be fooled by this matter. I heard that there are at least a million taels of silver in the warehouses of thirteen Shanxi merchants. Tell me, is there such a thing?"

Shi Weng yelled as if hitting Tianqu: "Who made this rumor? We still have some scattered silver in the warehouse, but the total is only tens of thousands of taels. How could it be 100 million. If we really have so much money on hand , Tell God to take me in, and there will be a thunderbolt, and I will die badly."

Even after making such a poisonous oath, Ping Qiuli was speechless for a while, and had no choice but to say: "Shi Weng, do you think this is good? I will pay another fifty thousand out of my own pocket, and you will take one hundred thousand. Anyway, I will keep it going for a few days." ?” The 5 taels was Qingzhou’s funding for his activities in the capital, but now that the situation has deteriorated to such an extent, he had to take it out to cover it for a while.

Shi Weng shook his head again: "Mr. Ping, you don't know, if we take out all the cash on hand, will the business in the capital still be possible?"

"Then... can you take [-]?"

"No, we can only move [-] out."

"Damn it, you prostitutes!" Shi Changqing was so angry that he almost cursed out loud.

"Then..." Ping Qiuli was so angry that his eyes were about to bleed, he paused for a long time, and then said: "Shi Weng, you can't do things like this, don't look at the face of the monk, look at the face of the Buddha, and look at the face of Qingzhou , why don’t you take out more!”

Shi Weng glanced at Ping Qiuli, and then carefully said: "Thirty thousand... no, forty thousand?"

Shi Changqing was about to jump up, when Ping Qiuli sighed: "Success, it's only [-]." But they all hid.Shanxi merchants are not afraid of the bankruptcy of Ping's Bank, anyway, they have already confiscated a lot of cash on hand, so it is impossible for them to hold back their face and ask for the account?

At the end of the day, Ping's Bank exchanged out a total of more than 6 taels of cash.

At this moment, at the Zui Chang'an restaurant on the opposite street, Sun Dan nodded to Sun Jia: "Well done, continue. Wait for another five days, and I will start here on the first day of the next Lunar New Year. How about Feng Zhen and the Jing brothers? gone?"

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PS: Post-holiday syndrome, the state is a little bad, please understand.

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