Chapter 1342: Hands and eyes are connected to the four seas, wealth is connected to the world, and Fidelity is the three rivers

After hearing this, I saw that the Chengdu magistrate Zhao Yukun was open and honest and very frank. The merchants in the room looked at each other, looking at me, and looking at you, but my heart was full of ups and downs!

It should be a big problem to say that the government borrowed money from merchants. But how much taxes and silver is available in Shuzhong in one year? Who doesn’t know what these merchants are? That’s a huge number of nearly 10 million taels!

If these silver were spread evenly on the heads of these merchants, the silver that each household would have to pay would be almost more than one million... Who can get this cash bank?

In addition, when dealing with the Song Dynasty government, they are still businessmen, so where is there any reason to explain?

If someone gets the money and has agreed to repay the principal for three months, but cannot repay the principal, then these merchants must have the intention to hang themselves!

Not to mention that these businessmen were uneasy, there was a man who was also worried about his face, but he was laughing secretly in his heart!

Of course, this person is Zhao Zhengqing, the owner of our Sihai Business Company.

He has now clearly known the cause and effect of the matter, so Zhao Zhengqing knows what is happening in front of him may be a huge worry for these merchants. However, it is a huge opportunity for his Sihai Business Company and the commander behind the business company!

As things are about to develop in the direction they imagined, Zhao Zhengqing, do you think he can be unhappy?

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Then, when the prefect Zhao Yukun, who was sitting high in the middle, saw the expressions of these merchants, he knew that everyone was still worried, and then he told his trump card.

"Of course, such a large sum of money was mobilized, from all the people here to me, Zhao Yukun, who were all in the bloody relationship!"

Zhao Yukun said loudly: "So these loans naturally need to have collateral of considerable value, and we cannot let everyone take out this money for nothing."

Zhao Yukun said to the merchants: "The official land under Chengdu Prefecture can be discounted to 20 taels of silver per acre. At that time, based on the amount of silver you have taken out, our Chengdu Prefecture will take out the corresponding amount of land deeds and hand them over to you as collateral..."

As soon as they heard that they used fields as collateral, these merchants were relieved!

If they just borrow money for nothing, they are afraid of the government’s refusal to pay back the debt. But now with the land of the government as collateral, the government’s failure to repay the loan will no longer be a threat. At worst, if you don’t pay back the money, I still have the land in my hands!

At this time, these merchants thought to themselves: Then how much money they want to lend depends on how much interest the government is willing to pay!

After the Chengdu Prime Minister Zhao Yukun explained all the details clearly, he determined the repayment date and the amount of interest paid.

At the prefect's instructions, the big businessmen present expressed their uneasy statements and said the amount they could bear.

After Magistrate Zhao heard these numbers, he calculated secretly in his heart, and then frowned!

If you want to talk about these merchants, you still don’t dare to bet too hard!

At present, more than ten people added up the amount they could lend together, which is one third of the 10 million taels of tax silver, less than three million taels!

At this time, Zhao Zhengqing, the shopkeeper of Sihai Mall, who had not spoken, spoke.

He said with a hint of embarrassing smile on his face:

"If the Taigong Master is willing to check cashiers, my Sihai Trading Company can subscribe to more, but the cash is not very good..."

"Silver notes? How can that work?" The governor Zhao Yukun frowned immediately.

"Mr. Tai! From the perspective of the grass-roots, there is nothing wrong with silver notes."

Zhao Zhengqing shook his head and whispered: "Anyway, Chengdu Prefecture still needs to send this silver to Lin'an to pay?"

"At that time, you can take the silver notes out of Sichuan, go to the Sihai Money House in Lin'an and exchange them for cash silver. The silver notes are small and easy to carry. A ship transfers silver along the way, which may save a lot of freight and risks..."

"Um?"

At this moment, the governor Zhao Yukun just now was irritated and kept lit the toes on the blue brick floor under his feet, and stopped suddenly!

In this moment, the manager of the Sihai Business Company, Zhao Zhengqing, said, "The silver bill is small and easy to carry", but it hit Zhao Yukun's heart!

"yes!"

At this time, Zhao Yukun shouted loudly in his heart: "Silver notes!"

"That's it! This Sihai Money House is rich and the world is the best, and Fidelity and Sanjiang. As long as you hold its silver notes in your hand, you can exchange them for snowflakes and silver everywhere!"

"If that's the case, if all the 10 million taels of taxes can be exchanged for silver notes... Then when I want to do it, I will take whatever I want!"

When Zhao Yukun thought of this, he forced himself to calm down. Finally, he pretended to think for a while.

After that, he nodded heavily!

"Boss Zhao from Sihai is right!" At this time, the governor Zhao Yukun said with a heavy expression: "This time, the tax silver is escorted for the second time and sent to Lin'an, the risks along the way are still quite high!"

"The previous case of tax bank robbery has not been solved yet, and the robbers are still at large! So how can the tax bank escorted to Lin'an be fooled by our government office? Mr. Zhao!"

When he said this, Zhao Yukun suddenly raised his tone and asked Zhao Zhengqing: "If all tens of millions of taels are exchanged into silver notes, it can be very hidden and safe during the transfer process!"

"I just don't know if the Sihai Money House in Lin'an can take out such a large amount of cash in 10 million taels?"

"The Lord of the Mansion does not need to worry about this!" Zhao Zhengqing smiled and said to Zhao Yukun's prefect:

"My Sihai Trading Company's position (current bank) has always been the one with the most reserves in Lin'an Prefecture."

"Because merchants in the world go to Lin'an to do business, they deposit cash and carry it with them with them for convenience."

Zhao Zhengqing continued, "So when we issue silver notes in Chengdu Prefecture, we can still get some discounts when we withdraw cash in Lin'an Prefecture (that is, we don't charge the transfer fee, but we have to pay interest instead)"

"This is the practice of depositing and flowing in our Sihai Trading Company... You can rest assured at this point!"

As the saying goes: It is better to listen than to what you can say.
Chapter completed!