Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 300 Bank
Jin Dong stood at the door of the East Palace Hall, looking a little nervous.

The other three young eunuchs secretly glanced at Li Qiang from time to time, and then quickly looked away.

The Li Qiang they were looking at was dressed very strangely at the moment.

Li Qiang was wearing a Buddhist robe obtained from a mangy monk, and spinning one hundred and eight Buddhist beads in her hand.

As a prince and the future Emperor of Daqian, if outsiders find out that he is so passionate about Buddhism, he will be criticized a lot.

Li Qiang didn't care about this kind of thing. To be honest, even the emperor who became Daqian didn't realize the importance of 'Shen Zu Tong'.

Although with Jia Gong and the divine war horse, he can reach any place in Daqian in one hour, but compared to the 'divine foot power' that can play a key role in the battle and save his life, Jia Gong and the divine war horse The limitations of war horses are still too great.

In front of him, a piece of incense was lit, and a faint smoke rose.

This is the incense used in the palace, which has the effect of calming the soul.

Li Qiang also found out that there was such a good thing in the palace after asking Jin Dong.

"The Queen Mother came here today and had a conversation with the Crown Princess. The other girls have just left!" Xue Yan followed the door and reported to Li Qianghui.

Jin Dong can get some information that Li Qiang needs from this intelligence network.

However, several days have passed since this document entered the cabinet, and it has not yet reached Li Qiang's hands.

"When Sister Lin gives birth, no matter where I am or what I am doing, please send someone to notify me immediately!" Li Qiang thought of something important and warned her carefully.

Lighting this kind of incense can make it easier for his mind to penetrate into the Dharma and master the knowledge of 'Shen Zu Tong' more quickly.

In addition, in order to ensure safety, the East Palace Dormitory where Li Qiang lives is surrounded by open squares like the main hall.

"The Crown Princess just went to bed!" Xue Yan said with a salute.

Li Qiang put away the Buddhist beads in her hand and took off her Buddhist robe.

"Jin Dong, can you find the chamber of commerce that has the closest relationship with Deng Zhongtang?" Li Qiang asked Jin Dong beside him.

In the palace, except for the royal garden, there are very few trees in other places, also to prevent intruders from hiding.

She could feel Li Qiang's care for Lin Daiyu from Li Qiang's words. While Li Qiang was working hard on government affairs, he also cared about every detail of Lin Daiyu.

"It's almost time, let the midwives in the palace get ready, and then invite the famous midwives from the capital to watch together!" Li Qiang said in a deep voice.

Every time after practicing Buddhism, Li Qiang would clean herself up before going to see Lin Daiyu.

Although the intelligence network in the hands of the Supreme Emperor was not completely handed over to Li Qiang, Jin Dong was studying with Dai Quan, and Jin Dong had access to this intelligence network.

He came to the princess's bedroom and saw Xue Yan who was just leaving the palace.

Seeing that everything was normal with Lin Daiyu, he smiled and lay gently beside Lin Daiyu.

As for the environmental issue, there is nothing we can do about it.

His action made Jin Dong who was guarding the door breathe a sigh of relief and quickly directed the other three eunuchs to come over and serve.

He had just taken over the position of prince and was still performing the duties of emperor. He was afraid that Xue Yan would not dare to disturb him, thus delaying Lin Daiyu's safety.

If there were old eunuchs like Tao Chi, the eunuch in charge of rituals, he would suggest to Li Qiang that the prince should not sleep here, but should sleep in the East Palace.

But Li Qiang is not a rule-abiding person. If a husband and wife are restricted from hugging each other and sleeping together, the prince will not be happy in front of him!

"What's going on today?" Li Qiang asked again.

"Is Sister Lin asleep?" Li Qiang asked.

Like the East Palace where Li Qiang lived, it was impossible to build an ornamental garden like the Grand View Garden. It had to be solemn and befitting the status of the prince of Daqian.

"You stay here while I go to see the Crown Princess!" Li Qiang ordered after cleaning the scent of incense from her body.

Arriving at the West Warm Room, Lin Daiyu was lying on her side on the bed.

Five days later, Li Qiang, through Lin Ruhai's relationship, had asked a minister to submit a letter regarding the status of Daqian craftsmen a few days ago.

Li Qiang thought about it and realized that this was the cabinet's intention to show its strength.

This is to prevent someone from sneaking into the dormitory and assassinating him.

The reason why Li Qiang wanted to investigate the relationship between the great scholar Deng and the great scholar was because he knew that the great scholar Deng went to the Daming Palace to meet the emperor, and the time happened to be right after he left.

Li Qiang stepped lightly and entered the palace. He waved his hand to stop the maid and palace maid from saluting.

"It has been found out. This is Deng Zhongtang's information!" Jin Dong took out a stack of paper and said.

This was the first practical thing he did after becoming the crown prince, but he was blocked by the cabinet and had to discuss it with the two cabinet bachelors.

Lin Daiyu's nose has been particularly sensitive recently and she can't stand many smells, and this fragrant smell is one of them.

The content is that after discussion between Li Qiang and Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai drafted it, and then ministers related to the Lin family submitted a letter.

Obviously, the cabinet has delayed handling the fold. In addition, the cabinet's efficiency in handling government affairs has slowed down significantly in the past few days.

Li Qiang took the paper and found that it was all information about Bachelor Deng that Jin Dong had excerpted.

After moving into the East Palace, Li Qiang discovered that although the living environment of the palace was not as good as that of the Grand View Garden, the items used in it were all of high quality, many of which were rare to see outside the palace.

Academician Deng was born in a poor family. He showed intelligence beyond ordinary people since he was a child. He was spotted and invested by the Wu family, a big businessman.

"I will definitely inform the Crown Princess of the Crown Prince's feelings!" Xue Yan said with bright eyes.

"Listen to the prince!" Xue Yan responded with a smile.

During Deng Da's political experience after becoming a bachelor, the Wu family has been continuously supporting him.

This makes Bachelor Deng's political experience particularly excellent, and can almost be called a model of officialdom. With the efforts of the Wu family, he went from the capital to the local government smoothly, and then from the local government after ten years as a local official, he returned to the capital. .

Li Qiang then turned to the Wu family's information, and he saw a super business empire hidden in the dark.

The Wu family was not well-known outside, but the number of civil servants supported by the Wu family, like Bachelor Deng, was astonishing.

The Wu family's industry involves many aspects, the most important one is Datong Bank, which is the largest bank in Daqian.

Of course, Datong Bank is not unique to the Wu family, and is jointly controlled by five other large merchants. This is how everyone in Daqian has a Tonghui Money Ticket.

When Li Qiang saw this, he casually took out a large stack of banknotes and found that most of these banknotes belonged to this Chase Bank.

Jin Dong on the side was not surprised when he saw something suddenly appeared in Li Qiang's hand.

These days, he has long been accustomed to Li Qiang's magic. For example, when Li Qiang wants to change clothes to go to court, the clothes on her body automatically turn into a dragon robe for the court, or she holds something in her hand and the thing disappears inexplicably. The reason why Li Qiang dared to do this in the main hall of the East Palace was because all four eunuchs were 100% loyal to him and there was nothing to worry about.

But when Jin Dong saw clearly what Li Qiang was holding, his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.

He had never seen so many banknotes in his life. He saw the denomination of the top banknote. It was a banknote worth ten thousand taels.

If this stack of banknotes were all in denominations of 10,000 taels, how much money would there be here!

"This bank cannot fall into the hands of outsiders. How can Emperor Jingwen rest assured that businessmen can control Daqian's economic lifeline!" Li Qiang murmured to herself.

He also knew that he could not blame Emperor Jingwen. Datong Bank existed before Emperor Jingwen came to power. Emperor Jingwen did not have much power, so how could he take action against Datong Bank.

To attack the Wu family behind Bachelor Deng, Li Qiang planned to start from Chase Bank.

The bank was brought back to the imperial court. Such huge benefits would definitely make many people want to get involved, and even the emperor would have few options.

But this kind of thing is really not difficult in Li Qiang's hands. As long as he uses the 'Feng Yue Baojian' to bind the several big managers in charge of the bank to be 100% loyal, it can be solved perfectly.

"Assemble two hundred of the crown prince's guards to come out of the palace with me!" Li Qiang thought of this and gave the order.

The Prince's Guards were actually the former Guards of Prince Yichuan's Palace, but they just had a different name.

Li Qiang changed into casual clothes and drove out of the palace in the prince's car. Two hundred of the prince's guards had been waiting for her, and they protected the prince's car from the front and rear.

Datong Bank has three locations in Beijing, and Li Qiang went to the headquarters this time.

"Is this Datong Bank?" Li Qiang opened the car curtain and asked looking at the building in front of her.

The headquarters of Datong Bank is a shop with a length of more than fifty meters. It is located on the most prosperous street in the capital. Every inch of land is precious here, and Datong Bank has the largest shop among them.

The prince's chariot style had alarmed the people of Chase Bank for a long time.

"Tan Baixuan, the big shopkeeper of Caomin Datong Bank, has met His Highness the Prince!" A rich middle-aged man in a brocade robe trotted to the front of the Prince's car and knelt down to kowtow.

"Talk about the shopkeeper's good eyesight!" Li Qiang got out of the car and said calmly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so majestic and majestic that people can tell he is extraordinary!" Shopkeeper Tan complimented.

Of course Shopkeeper Tan knew Li Qiang. As soon as Li Qiang became the crown prince, someone sent Li Qiang's portrait.

"Get up!" Li Qiang waved her hand and said.

Shopkeeper Tan stood up, made an invitation gesture, and let Li Qiang into the bank.

"Your Highness, please follow me to the second floor. There is a private room on the second floor!" Shopkeeper Tan said after entering the bank.

Li Qiang looked at the situation inside the bank. It was very busy here. There were eight counters to receive customers.

When we got to the second floor, the shopkeeper Tan asked someone to prepare tea again.

"I wonder what business your highness has come to Datong Bank?" Shopkeeper Tan asked cautiously.

Shopkeeper Tan was surprised by Li Qiang's sudden arrival.

"Some people said a few days ago that I can't do business. Since I can't do business, I thought of cashing the silver notes and keeping the money in the East Palace for the convenience of rewards!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the money issued by our bank is guaranteed to be redeemed immediately. This is the credibility of Datong Bank for hundreds of years!" Shopkeeper Tan couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, and he patted his chest and assured.

"That's good!" Li Qiang nodded and waved to Jin Dong.

Jin Dong looked at Shopkeeper Tan with pity in his eyes. The two eunuchs beside him were carrying a medium-sized wooden box together.

Jin Dong reached out and opened the medium-sized wooden box, revealing the banknotes inside.

Shopkeeper Tan's heart skipped a beat when he saw Jin Dong's gaze. Only when he saw the banknotes in the medium-sized wooden box did he understand what Jin Dong's gaze meant.

"Talking to the shopkeeper, the silver notes here can be converted into cash!" Jin Dong asked the two eunuchs to put the wooden box on the table.

Shopkeeper Tan reached out and took out a banknote. As soon as his hand touched the banknote, he knew it was a banknote issued by Chase Bank.

The paper used for the banknotes issued by Chase Bank is a special kind of paper that can only be produced by a secret workshop of Chase Bank.

Of course, the anti-counterfeiting of banknotes goes beyond that. He carefully checked the banknote in his hand and found that there was nothing wrong with it.

However, the amount of 10,000 taels made him break into a cold sweat. He took out a few more banknotes, all of which were in the amount of 10,000 taels.

"There are a total of 90 million taels of silver notes here!" Li Qiang said lightly.

After Shopkeeper Tan heard this amount, he couldn't help but swayed.

Since Chase Bank can issue banknotes of this amount, it is impossible that it does not have so much money.

But the problem is that it is impossible to keep so much cash in the capital.

Another point is that the six large merchants behind Chase Bank have a lot of their money buried deep in the ground. After a hundred years of operation, Chase Bank's reputation is extremely strong, making their banknotes almost equivalent to silver.

They will only keep a considerable amount in various banks to meet their daily needs.

As for Li Qiang's ninety million taels of silver, it is impossible to have such a huge amount of cash in any bank.

"His Royal Highness, this money is too much, I need some time to transfer it!" Shopkeeper Tan bowed and said carefully.

"How much time will it take? Can I wait?" Li Qiang asked nonchalantly.

"Six months!" Shopkeeper Tan muttered for a long time before gritting his teeth and telling a time.

Even if it takes six months, Mr. Tan is not sure that he can mobilize so much money.

Cash transfers from the north and south of the Yangtze River to the capital have to be transported by carriages, and they also need to be escorted by bodyguards.

The transportation alone required a huge scale, and at the same time, it also drained almost all the cash of Chase Bank, as well as the considerable accumulation of six large merchants.

"Do you need six months to exchange a silver note?" Li Qiang stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, the amount is really too big, six months is the shortest time!" Shopkeeper Tan tried his best to explain.

"Don't say that I am unkind. If you don't see my money in four months, you will have to deal with the consequences!" Li Qiang said a word, turned around and left Datong Bank.

Shopkeeper Tan was left standing there blankly. After a long time, he came back to his senses and shouted in a hurry.

After a while, many clerks ran out from Datong Bank, and they went to contact the principals of the six major merchants.

(End of this chapter)