Chapter 151 Connecting with the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants
Although Geng Ruqi hoped that Zhao Xing would get out quickly, he had to do the process of catching up and let others leave tomorrow.
Therefore, the presided over by the Taiyuan Prefect and representatives of Taiyuan gentry held a grand banquet for Zhao Xing to greet the crowd.
Among them, the leader is Shanxi's business leader and the owner of the eight major players in Shanxi.
The Eight Great Masters of Shanxi rose rapidly in the war and were rich enough to rival the country in just a short time. It is said that the eight bosses who were sitting in: Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa would have any business to do. In the blink of an eye, they would gather billions of taels of cash. In the blink of an eye, they would hype up an ordinary material to sky-high price. What kind of garlic, beans, and onions are all there.
The biggest trade was to control the trade between Zhangjiakou and other borders against Mongolia, and instead believe that this could not make greater benefits. Therefore, despite the national crisis, smuggled various banned strategic materials from the Jurchens, becoming the sinner of the Chinese nation.
Of course, more Shanxi merchants were patriotic. For example, when the Qing Dynasty invaded Shanxi later, countless Shanxi merchants destroyed their families and made their country, and many sacrificed themselves.
In fact, the Eight Great Masters had long controlled the officialdom of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and also fed many court leaders in the capital. But they were smart. Faced with every imperial envoy who came to Shanxi, even if he only passed by Taiyuan, a seemingly insignificant little official, he deliberately won over. To buy a safe place, he even made friends in advance to lay the groundwork for the subsequent situation. How do you know which cloud will rain in the future?
The rich Fan Wendou, under the diligent leadership of the Taiyuan Prefect, paid a visit to the young man Zhao Xing, who was suspected to be pretending to be an imperial envoy. He showed his eight teeth, and with the most sincere smile, bowed to Zhao Xing, reported to him, and then took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and held it to Zhao Xing with both hands: "The imperial envoy is working hard and willing to take risks to quell the chaos for our people in Shanxi and Shaanxi. It is really admirable. These are some small rituals, which are really shabby. Please accept it with a smile."
The delivery process is a must for getting along with friends. It is very friendly and elegant.
Facing the eight masters who were rich and wealthy, Zhao Xing gave the most intimate and sincere praise. He was generous to their occasional porridge shops to help refugees. Then he took the extremely exquisite print, and there was a piece of paper with pieced together inexplicable poems, which expressed inexplicable wonder.
Fan Wendou explained attentively: "This is a flying ticket marked with 10,000 taels of silver. With this flying ticket, even a three-year-old child can withdraw cash from our eight shops in Shanxi and Shaanxi."
Zhao Xing looked at the thing called flying ticket, later called silver ticket, and later called bill of exchange, and then sighed: "The eight bosses are really smart. Once this thing is released, it will reduce the cost and risk of transferring heavy silver. It is indeed amazing."
Fan Wendou couldn't help but be stunned, and instead praised Zhao Xing's wisdom: "The imperial envoy is indeed wise. Just by touching his eyes, he could see the huge effect of this thing, and I can't wait."
Zhao Xing continued to play with a smile: "In fact, if the business of Guiba's companies spread all over the world, their role will be more revealed. This is a historical and pioneering thing. I can't bear to return it to you. I want to treasure it well, give it a testimony to history, and tell future generations that in fact, silver notes have already taken shape in the Chongzhen year of the Ming Dynasty."
Fan Wendou was so smart. He immediately turned around and said to his partner Tian Shenglan: "I remember I just transferred a flying ticket to you. By the way, I will borrow the auspicious words of the imperial envoy. Now, let's call him the silver ticket, please borrow it."
Tian Shenglan was so clever that she immediately took out a silver note from her arms. Fan Wendou took it and presented it to Zhao Xing with both hands again: "Previous one, please leave it to play with the imperial envoy. Then, please withdraw this one at any time to prepare for the carriage and horse."
Zhao Xing shyly refused: "Oh, how did this happen?" As he spoke, in a blink of an eye, he stuffed the 30,000 silver notes into his arms, then pulled Fan Wendou directly to sit in the chief, and then patted his chest and said, "I." For Yinzi's sake, Zhao Xing immediately changed his words: "No, brother, I will go to Yulin to deal with the mutiny of the border army. It is estimated that it will take Pan Heng some time there. If there is anything there that needs brother's help, brother is unavoidable." Then he pressed the two silver notes in his arms: "Of course, if there is anything in the capital in the future, as long as Boss Fan informs me, I will do my best to run, hahahaha."
Fan Wendou immediately climbed up the pole: "The emperor trusts him deeply. He has become the top leader in the world's hot Beizhen Fushi at such a young age. Please take care of our business in the capital in the future."
Zhao Xing immediately waved his hand generously: "No, for the sake of your and I hit it off, please tell me the name of Yansui's business name and the name of the Beijing Business Name. From now on, these business names will be covered by my Beizhen Fushi."
The Eight families were overjoyed and immediately found paper and pens, listed the names of the business names in the capital and Yulin one by one, and handed them to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing didn't even look at it, and directly handed them to Zhao Zi: "Zhao Experience, immediately send a special person to deliver this list to our yamen in the capital, telling them that they will send people to these business names often. If they have what they need, our Beizhen Fushi Office will have to support it with all their strength."
Hearing this arrangement, the bosses of the eight families were moved and stood up and raised their glasses: "Thank you for your care. From then on, our eight businesses handed over 10% of their dry shares to the Pacification Department every year to buy some clothes, hoodies and tea for the brothers." Then, without hesitation, he took out another 50,000 silver notes: "This is tea for the brothers, please do not postpone it."
A little tea is only 50,000 taels, which is the amount of tea that can make West Lake tea.
Zhao Xing immediately responded with a glass of wine with gratitude: "You are kind, this is just a slaughter, and it is also the responsibility of my Jinyiwei Fushu. I can't bear to you for your kindness." Then he saw what everyone else was going to say and quickly intervened: "Our Beizhenfushu is a clear water yamen. If you have all your helpers, I will be very grateful and grateful. I will quickly bring up the list of shops from my brothers from all over the place. I will immediately take care of the brothers of the Jinyiwei in the world and tell them that your shops are all from our Jinyiwei. Don't go if you have anything to do, help if you have something to do."
This kind of eagerness to eat and repay kindness with such righteousness made the boss of the Eight Great Masters relieved him and felt stingy to spend so little money to find such a big protective umbrella.
Chapter completed!