Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 211
What worries him even more now is the old banknotes and gold and silver in his hands. With the ups and downs of treasure banknotes, the gold and silver that they, the "far-sighted" wealthy businessmen, have hoarded early on have become worthless. Relatively speaking, the old banknotes are more valuable. It's better, because you can go to the bank to exchange for new banknotes, but for gold and silver, you can only buy precious banknotes at high prices privately.

He had already arranged for someone to go to the bank to exchange the old banknotes, but for gold and silver, he was still hesitant.

Because he also understands that gold and silver, natural valuables, will not become worthless just because a delicate banknote is issued. In the future, if more new banknotes are issued, gold and silver will naturally rise back.

It's just that now the imperial court only accepts treasure banknotes for all taxes, salt and iron, and rejects gold and silver. Businessmen like them must prepare enough treasure banknotes, otherwise they will not be able to do business.

In short, the currency initiative is now in the hands of Li Wei. If he does not open gold and silver exchange, wealthy gentry like Shen Bin can only buy gold and silver at high prices. This is much worse than Zhu Yuanzhang directly grabbing it with a knife. Zhu Yuanzhang If you rob them, you can hide them and use them after the bandits leave. But if Li Wei does this, they can't hide them and can only hand them over obediently.

"Master! Master!"

While he was hesitating, his shopkeeper hurried in.

"How's it going? Have you deposited everything?"

Shen Bin immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Master has deposited everything!" the shopkeeper quickly replied.

When Shen Bin heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief. He knew the bank's rules, which required you to deposit old banknotes first and then withdraw new ones. To be honest, he was quite curious about his method, especially when he deposited money for more than a month and returned it. He was very interested in the idea of ​​interest. If there was a chance, he really wanted to copy another bank. However, thinking of Prince Consort Li, he had to give up this idea.

"But according to the current bank regulations, it will take a month before you can withdraw new banknotes of more than [-] yuan! But I heard they said that there is interest for depositing money for more than a month." The shopkeeper continued.

Shen Bin was slightly surprised: "What, there is such a rule?"

"Yeah, it's just new in the past two days."

When Shen Bin heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed. One month is not a long time for ordinary people, but his business cannot wait.

"Hey, let's do it this way. You can ask someone to use gold and silver to buy some more precious banknotes. Just buy old banknotes."

Shen Bin sighed and said.

Old banknotes are not as expensive as new banknotes, and they can also be used to pay taxes to the court, not to mention that they can be exchanged for new banknotes. No matter how you calculate it, it is the most appropriate.

"It's Master, I'll make arrangements right away."

The shopkeeper agreed and left in a hurry.

After the shopkeeper left, Shen Bin thought for a moment, then hurriedly left home and went to find Shen Jie again.

After Shen Jie saw him, he immediately frowned. If he just didn't want to get involved before, now he was just afraid of being implicated by this Shen Bin.

You must know that all the ministers in their household department were driven away by Li Wei, and the new one was Ru Taisu recommended by him. If Li Prince Consort thought that he was colluding with Shen Bin to go against the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, then He's not finished!
"What's the matter?"

Shen Jie said impatiently.

"Cousin, I would like to ask how the current banknote law is determined. Can gold and silver still be exchanged for treasure banknotes in the future?"

Seeing that he was impatient, Shen Bin asked directly without beating around the bush.

"I don't know that."

When Shen Bin heard this, he felt a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to show it.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Will the imperial court ban gold and silver in the future?"

"do not know!"

Shen Jie rolled his eyes at him angrily, and then, without waiting for him to ask any more questions, he continued: "Now the matter of the treasure banknotes has been handed over by the Account Department to the newly established Minghuang Bank. These matters are the responsibility of Prince Consort Li. After all, if you really want to find out, why not ask your nephew Shen Jing, hasn’t he been working with Consort Li?"

When Shen Bin heard this, his face became much uglier. Although he and Shen Jing were uncles and nephews, they were at loggerheads over the family property. Asking him to ask Shen Jing, wasn't this a deliberate attempt to eliminate him?

Shen Jie glanced at him, sighed and persuaded: "Second brother, we are all a family, why should we make such a fuss? Why don't you let me pull the strings, and we can turn our hostility into friendship?"

Shen Bin remained silent and said it simply, how to change it? Should he be asked to return the family property to his direct nephew?

Seeing that he was silent, Shen Jie spoke meaningfully:

"The most important thing for our Shen family to get to where we are today is to be practical. We gave up half of our family assets to maintain our current prosperity. Why are you reluctant to part with it now? This Li Prince Consort has only been nothing since he entered the court. Two years later, he has become a very important figure in the government, and I would say that even if he gives away a million yuan, it is not an exaggeration."

After hearing these words, Shen Bin felt a chill in his heart and immediately realized, yes, the Prince Consort Li he was facing was not an ordinary businessman, but a powerful official of the imperial court.

In the past, because the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce had always followed the rules and never used force, he had relaxed his vigilance against power. Now that he thought about it, if one day Prince Consort Li became impatient, it would be too easy to cure him. , not to mention his collusion with Wu Qi, even now, based on the relationship between the current Minister of Household Affairs and Li's consort, if you find some loopholes in his taxation and accuse him, you can have him jailed and have his house raided. .

Thinking of this, Shen Bin couldn't help but feel frightened. He struggled for a moment and said, "My cousin is right. Let's do this. I am willing to spend millions of my family wealth to return it to nephew Shen Jing. I have to trouble my cousin to mediate."

When Shen Jie saw that he was relieved, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a happy face, "This is the right thing. Don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me!"

Shen Jie happily agreed. In fact, he wanted to mediate between the uncle and nephew not only for Shen Bin, but mainly because he had some ideas of his own. Now that Shen Jing, a good nephew, had hooked up with a big shot, he certainly wanted to use this relationship to gain some benefits for himself. After all, this Consort Li is a person who can even speak to the choice of minister.

If he can make this connection, he might be able to move up.

He is now a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The position of Yuanwailang originally meant an official other than a regular member. In fact, it was equivalent to what the Shen family had donated so much money to buy. Among the six departments, he was just a person with no authority. A powerless deputy.

But if he could be promoted and get a real job, it would be different. His status, and even the status of the entire Shen family, would be greatly improved.

"Thank you very much, cousin."

Shen Bin cupped his hands and thanked him.

"We are all a family, so you don't need to be so polite. By the way, don't leave in a hurry. I'll ask my servants to cook some more dishes, and you can stay and eat!"

Shen Jie's attitude changed from his previous impatience and he said enthusiastically.

Shen Bin did not refuse. Shen Jie invited the servants to say a few words, and then led him to the back hall. After a while, the wine and food were served, and the two began to exchange cups, in a harmonious manner of brothers and sisters. scene.

After the two reached an agreement, Shen Jie immediately took action and took him to Shen Jing's house for a visit the next day.

When Shen Jing heard the servant's report, his face suddenly darkened, but when he heard the servant said that Shen Bin was willing to return millions of family wealth, he was extremely surprised.

When their uncle and nephew divided the family property, Shen Bin got most of it, more than 500 million yuan, while he only got the smaller half, only 300 million yuan. Now that Shen Jing is willing to give 100 million yuan, it is equal to an equal share.

Due to Shen Bin's oppression and expropriation, the 300 million he shared in the family property was only about 200 million. It was not until he joined Li Wei's Minghuang Chamber of Commerce that he gradually recovered. Now that the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce is flourishing, he has regained his confidence and is confident that he will surpass Shen Bin in the next few years and regain his position as the owner.

But at this moment, Shen Bin gave in so quickly, which made him a little suspicious for a moment.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Jing asked someone to invite the two uncles in.

"I've met my cousin!"

After the two came in, Shen Jing first greeted Shen Jie. After all, he was a junior and had no direct conflict with Shen Jie, so he still had to give him face.

As for Shen Bin next to Shen Jie, he pretended not to see it.

Shen Jie looked a little embarrassed, but dared not say anything.

"We took the liberty of coming here. Didn't we disturb our nephew?" Shen Jie said very politely without relying on his status.

"What did my uncle say? Please take a seat."

Shen Jing also responded politely.

The three of them sat down. Shen Jie first praised Shen Jing a few words, and then explained his purpose.

Shen Jing was silent after hearing this. When his father and grandfather passed away one after another, the first thing his second uncle wanted to do was to snatch the family property. This made him very sad when he was still young at the time.

"It was my second uncle who did something wrong in the first place. My second uncle is here to apologize to you!"

Shen Bin took the initiative to stand up, cupped his hands and said, he had already taken out the money, so he didn't lack this little face.

Shen Jing took a long breath and said softly: "Forget it, let him let bygones be bygones."

Shen Jie and Shen Bin looked at each other and relaxed a lot after hearing this.

Shen Jie said happily: "That's right. After all, we are all a family. Why make trouble for some money? Second brother, please show your nephew the things you promised to return."

"it is good."

Shen Bin agreed, took out the prepared form from his sleeve, and handed it to Shen Jing. Shen Jing was not polite and took it and read it.

On it, there are 30 taels of cash, several farm shops, and some workshops.

Shen Jing didn't pay much attention to the previous ones, they were all expected, but these workshops made him a little surprised. If his expectations were correct, these should be built by Shen Bin after stealing the secret recipe from Wu Qi.

"Who are these workshops?" Shen Jing asked.

"Hey, I was confused and did something wrong before. I hope my nephew can say a few words in front of Li Huimai so that he won't blame the second uncle. The second uncle is willing to give out some more silver as compensation!"

Shen Bin said with a look of regret.

　I'm in a bad mood today. I found that I still prefer to write informal articles.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)