Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 536 One hundred million members of the Westport Shipping Department
Liu Mu has been evading seeing no visitors, and the pile of greeting cards has become thicker.

The nobles of the Tang Dynasty couldn't see Liu Mu, so the invitations began to be sent to Dugu Lanruo.

It has been a month since Liu Mu shut himself up in Sanyuan's small village without seeing any guests, and even Liu Mu found excuses not to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival Tang Emperor's banquet.

If Dugu Lan finds Liu Mu, Liu Mu will be very free, drinking tea under the tree.

"Didn't my husband say that he would go to Taoyuan Xiaozhuang to stay for a few days, it has been a month, but he still hasn't gone."

Liu Mu raised his head and looked at Dugu Lanruo who was coming from behind: "You want to ask why I don't see any visitors."

"That's what it means."

"Wait a few more days, I'm waiting for the money." Liu Mu stretched out his hand to Dugu Lanruo and asked Dugu Lanruo to sit beside him and continued, "We need money to continue to increase the investment in Xigang. It's obviously a huge profit there, but our Chang'an The aristocrats seem to have a prejudice against Lingnan, and would rather wait for the establishment of the Donggang Shipping Company next year, and would rather buy more expensive Donggang members than give money to Westport.”

Dugu Lanruo had never discussed this topic with Liu Mu, but after hearing Liu Mu's mention, Dugu Lanruo said: "If it were me, I wouldn't want to either. Because the Feng family and other clans are dominant in Xigang, husband, you can talk, saint Just because you can talk, doesn't mean that other people can. If you don't get along well, who is to blame?"

"reasonable."

Dugu Lanruo said again: "The envoy of the ship in Xigang has not finalized the decision, and the hundreds of people in charge, big and small, have not really made a final decision. But no matter how you choose, you will choose the Shandong nobles or the old Qin prince's upstarts."

"It makes sense." Liu Mu replied with the same tone.

"Then if my husband waits for them to transfer the money invested in Donggang to Westport, I'm afraid there will be some waiting."

"No, five days. After another five days, I can prepare about 200 million guan and exchange it for various materials to be transported to Westport. In addition to the money for the northern collection materials settled by the Ministry of Accounts, I believe 300 million guan is for sure." some."

"200 million guan?" Dugu Lanruo didn't believe it.

Liu Mu said lightly: "If Ma'am doesn't believe it, then set off tomorrow afternoon and go to Chang'an Wutong Square for a walk. I guess you can see with your own eyes the 200 million guns flowing into the warehouse, and then ship them to Xigang."

"Really?" Dugu Lanruo didn't really believe it.

"affim."

"Okay, I'm going to Chang'an, I'm going now."

Liu Mu held Dugu Lanruo back: "There is nothing to go now, Baoqin will leave for Chang'an at noon tomorrow, those who are not prepared for Baoqin, you will not see anything when you go to Chang'an."

"Then I'll go to Jingyang Zhuangzi to stay for one night. Jingyang Zhuangzi is closer to Chang'an than here. You can go to Taoyuan Xiaozhuang to live there, just to see how the living room and study are being renovated over there."

"Alright." Liu Mu didn't object.

One day later, Wutong Square in Chang'an.

When this Wutongfang was built, it was claimed to be a place for Princess Dugu Lanruo of Changping to relax and play, but in fact Dugu Lanruo came here quite rarely.

The doors of the two enclosed courtyards in the top VIP area were opened and someone began to clean them.

One of these two sets of courtyards belonged to Dugu Lanruo, and the other belonged to Wugou, the eldest grandson of the former Qin Princess and the current Empress of Tang Dynasty.

The small matter of cleaning the courtyard has caught the attention of many ladies. There are even rumors that there may be some new products on the shelves in Wutongfang. Many ladies will come to Wutongfang together the next day.

At this time, in the square city where many ordinary people lived in Chang'an, every newspaper worker put a page in the newspaper here.

If someone asks for it, many copies of this page will be prepared separately.

In the evening, in the fairly ordinary small restaurants and low-end wine shops in various districts, men who have not been working gather together to listen to learned people talking about the contents of this page.

A teacher in the workshop held the page and read it for a long time, and finally spoke under the urging of several people: "I don't understand everything completely, so I will explain it to everyone according to the meaning on it."

"Please hurry up."

"There are two things mentioned above. The first thing is simple. Wutongfang sells a thing called a bond. This bond is the money that the Westport Shipping Department in Lingnan needs to borrow. It is divided into three types. One year, every ten The money will be returned for ten guan and 550 coins. The two-year term is eleven guan and two hundred ren, and the three-year term is twelve guan.”

Immediately someone asked: "I heard that the shipping company in Xigang has to ship hundreds of ships to Chang'an a year just for spices, and they are still short of money."

"This old man doesn't know, but the newspaper said a few days ago that Xigang plans to build another [-] large ships. It must be borrowing money from the shipbuilding. Without ships, the goods cannot be transported to Chang'an, and there is no money to be made."

Everyone discussed it for a while, but they didn't feel that there was anything special about it.

It is to borrow money, so the rich are willing to pay, and then charge the interest.

"The second article is quite complicated. The old man thinks it means that the original Westport Shipbuilding Workshop, land, spice making skills, ships, etc. are worth more than 600 million guan. Now, it is planned to expand to 1000 million guan. Some units are going to be sold, and based on 1000 million units, there are a total of 200 million units, and each unit is worth one penny. Buy at least one hundred units."

"You always say, what can you do with this copy?"

"From my point of view, it means something like this. Last year, the Xigang Shipping Division earned more than 200 million guan, so one hundred shares can be distributed to more than 20 yuan. That is to say, it becomes the small owner of the Xigang Shipping Division."

Those present could understand the word Xiaodongjia.

For example, there is a leather workshop dedicated to tanning here. Those who have crafts may not be rich. Those who work together and the neighbors pooled money to open a tanning workshop. Then those who only pay money and do nothing at the end of the year are called small owners, and big The boss just divides money and manages affairs.

"Is this reliable?"

"The old man thinks it's reliable. Among the big bosses of the Westport Shipping Department, there are members of saints, son-in-law of Liu, Lingnan Yue Guogong and other major clans. Our ordinary people take a boat on the canal, and the boat sank. Even if this business is over, there are hundreds of ships in Xigang Shipping, and the family has a big business with deep roots."

Whether it is good or bad, there is not much to say on that page, only a lot of facts are stated, and the rest is for the people to distinguish by themselves.

The next day, the four gates of Wutongfang, which had a huge flow of people, were so crowded that there was not even a place to stay. It was the gate dedicated to the nobles at the Zhengbei Gate. Many ladies could not even approach the gate, and there were too many carriages blocking them on the road.

Sitting in the garden, Dugu Lanruo thought to herself that it was a good thing she came early, otherwise she would be blocked on the road.

In the garden, Dugu Lanruo sent someone to search, but Baoqin was not found.

I asked about the date, and I was sure it was today, but Baoqin was not in the garden but was able to go there.

It wasn't until the end of the day, that is, around ten o'clock in the morning, that the maid came to report: "Princess, Baoqin is in the civilian area at this time, and the inner, third and outer floors of the civilian area are already crowded with people."

(End of this chapter)