Compete for the Song Dynasty

|Pure text|| Outside Xingqing Mansion of Xixia, Li Liangzuo is leading a brigade with heavy steps, trying to approach Song Dynasty step by step, but the capital city at this time is a different scene

There is a long queue at the gate of the Pacific Insurance Bank. Whether it is rich or not, the rich or ordinary people in the capital are all watching the speed of the line. Every once in a while, someone will come out of the bank excitedly, and some people in the line will go towards the bank. He asked: "How did you buy it?" The people who came out held some vouchers printed on special paper by the imperial court and responded loudly: "I bought it now." Some people then asked: "Are there many that have not been sold?" There are many people in the line whispering: "Don't buy more than the ones in front of Amitabha, or today will be in vain again."

A sedan chair passed by the team, and the person in the sedan chair lifted the curtain to look outside, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a gust of cool wind blew into the sedan chair, and the person in the sedan chair couldn't help coughing, he hurriedly put down the curtain of the sedan chair Go around the front of the Taibao Bank and pass through an alley next to it. Behind the Taibao Bank is a huge guarded house. The sedan chair stops at the gate of the courtyard. Follow the attendants of the sedan chair to the door and talk to the guards in front of the door. Then the guards dodged the gate and the bearer carried the sedan chair into the courtyard

Finally, the sedan chair was gently put down under the corridor of the hall, and the sedan chair curtain was lifted, and the attendant helped King Cai Xiang, who was still coughing and wheezing, and hurried down the steps: "Brother Junmo, why are you here in person?" Alright?" He let Cai Xiang into the hall and helped Cai Xiang to sit down

Cai Xiang finally stopped coughing and panting: "Hey, you are too old to raise such a large amount of money to the bank, you must have been busy for a long time, and I heard that you are leaving in two days, so I will hurry over to see you" [

Wang Pang said: "Brother, you have come to discuss the matter of military expenditures for several days. I heard that you have stayed up for several nights. On my side, you put it down. Today, I have sent people to escort silver taels into the palace. The imperial court will spend a penny on sending troops. This is the most important thing." thing"

Cai Xiang smiled: "I don't have any worries about what you do. When I passed by the gate of your Taibao Bank just now, I didn't expect that the people would approve of this Song debt so much. The queue is so long in this cold weather." He coughed again after he covered his mouth with a handkerchief, glanced at the handkerchief, put the handkerchief back into his sleeve pocket, looked at Cai Xiang's withered complexion and bony shoulders, Wang Pang knew that Cai Xiang was seriously ill, so he asked, "Brother When did your cough start? Did you ask the doctor to have a look?"

"It's been a long time ago, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the climate of the capital, it's not a hindrance, it's not a hindrance." He coughed without a word

Now the king has nothing to do, he comforted him and said: "If there are too many good doctors in the capital, I will ask the emperor to send an imperial doctor to treat the old man."

Cai Xiang waved his hand: "Oh, you have enough things, don't worry about me, just look at you, I'm relieved, wait for you to come back from Xixia, let's ask the drunkard to have a good drink, since today you will escort the money raised by the Song debt When I arrive in the imperial city, I will immediately arrange for the judge and others to count and enter the account, and I will ask the holy majesty to decree to allocate military expenses, so I will leave first."

Wang Pang sighed softly and personally sent Cai Xiang out of the hall. Seeing Cai Xiang get into the sedan chair, he returned to the room. And when the handover with Duzhidu was completed, Wang Pang let out a sigh of relief. In the afternoon, the sky was cloudy and snowflakes began to float in the sky. Issuing 5000 million taels of bonds for the imperial court, our bank will bear 2000% and the remaining 2000 million taels have been advanced by the bank and have all been sent to the imperial city. Now the [-] million taels of bonds have been sold for three days and half have been sold.”

Wang Pang nodded, "Well, it will be completed in a few days at such a speed."

Jia Xian asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, there is one thing that I don't understand. The Song debt is sold so well. Why do you set the face value so low when you sell it out? You can buy it with ten taels of silver at the beginning. There are so many big and rich people in the capital who want to buy more." You also limit the amount of each person to a maximum of 100 taels of silver, will this be too troublesome?"

After listening to Jia Xian's series of questions, Wang Pang smiled, stood up and said to Tong Guan and He Zhu behind him, "Go get the clothes, let's go to the front and have a look." Tong Guan responded and went to get Wang Pang's cloak, Wang Pang said Jia Xian said: "You are smarter than anyone else in calculations, but you don't understand people's hearts"

Several people followed Wang Pang out of the courtyard. Wang Pang pointed to the dozen or so guards behind him and said to Zhe Kejun, "Let them go back to the mansion first, let's take a stroll." Zhe Kejun turned his head and said to the guards behind him, "You don't have to follow first Go back to the palace and obey orders." "Yes" a dozen or so guards agreed in unison.

There are always more than a dozen people by his side, they are very conspicuous no matter where he goes, which makes Wang Pang feel uncomfortable, especially today he is going to lead troops to Xixia. Walking on the street, listening to people greeting themselves or occasionally joking with acquaintances

Although the sky was gloomy and the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, there were still many people lined up at the door of the bank. Wang Pang stepped into the bank, but there were not many people. There were only about three people waiting in front of the bank's six or seven gates. Most of them were stopped by the bank's guards. outside the door

"What's going on?" Wang Pang looked at Jia Xian and asked.

"I didn't dare to let it in. On the first day, I didn't stop it. As a result, there were too many people and the counter was crowded. The people didn't know that you had a limit, and I was afraid that it would be sold out by the big customers, so I asked the guards to stop it. Come in a few," Jia Xian hurriedly explained

"It doesn't work, although you are doing it for safety, but it's not the best solution." Wang Bang shook his head.

Jia Xian lowered his head and didn't dare to say much. Wang Pang ordered: "You go and order someone to set up a table at the door, and someone will distribute the number there. There is a railing three feet away from the counter. The railing is called the security line. Find someone with a loud voice to stand there. Let him look at the counter there. Whenever the counter completes a person's business, he will call a new number to come in. Everyone who enters the security line will hand the number in his hand to the person with a loud voice, and he will call the number in order. Naturally, people will follow the order. go do it"

"My lord, you have more ways to do it right away." After hearing this, Jia Xian hurried to make arrangements for the temporary lack of railings, so he found a few pieces of red cloth and tied them to the pillars in the hall, which was just about three feet away from the counter, and then found a loud voice. A person stood at a reserved entrance, and then a staff member brought out a table and temporarily arranged for a person to write the number at the door of the bank.

After a stick of incense, all these things were done. Jia Xian returned to the king excitedly: "Can you start, my lord?"

"Okay, you can go back and make a thousand wooden plaques, each with a number engraved on it, so that it can be reused" [

"Of order." Jia Xian promised, turned and walked to the bank door and said to the people standing in line outside the door: "Listen up, my lord is sympathetic to everyone queuing up in the snow, so let everyone wait in the bank to do business. Don't be in a disorderly formation. Everyone arrives." Get the number here and shout out whoever has the number, then you can handle the business of buying and selling bonds, depositing and withdrawing silver.”

Those who had been waiting in line outside for a long time were all overjoyed to hear the news. It was a pain to wait in the cold and snowy weather. People filed in and got a temporary number at the entrance and stood in the so-called red cloth. Waiting outside the blocked security line for the number to be called with a loud voice. It didn't take long for the bank to be full of people who got the number and stayed in the room and felt happy. Some people saw Wang Pang and said excitedly: "Everyone Look, isn't that King Zhennan?"

I heard that when the King of Zhennan became excited, people followed the direction pointed by the speaker. Sure enough, everyone saw the energetic King in a cloak, and the crowd immediately came to surround him. Someone took the lead and shouted: "Thank you, Lord, for your compassion." Then Then someone should and Wang Pang hastily made a gesture of pressing down to appease everyone: "Quiet, quiet, thank you, elders, please try to keep quiet in the bank so that our staff can deal with everyone's needs faster and better."

"Quiet" "Quiet" Wang Pang's words in the crowd were echoed out like echoes, and the bank really became much quieter.

"My lord, let me ask for everyone." A middle-aged man stood up

Wang Pang nodded and smiled and asked him to say that he separated from the crowd and came out: "Everyone be quiet, I asked for everyone." Turning around, he said to Wang Pang, "My lord, we trusted you that time you issued the Yongzhou Construction Debt We didn’t buy it. I heard that some people have already recovered their principal and interest, so this time we have to queue up to buy it.”

"Thank you for your love." Wang Pang smiled and said politely. Don't look at the people who provoked him in the court, but as long as Wang Pang faces the people, he will never forget that he was also a grassroots.

"My lord is too modest. We also have a question. This time I heard that the debt was issued by the court for the purpose of fighting Xixia. If we win the war, we can say that if we lose the money, will we pay it back?" the middle-aged man asked.

"Hahaha, old man, don't worry, this is a bond issue, not a gamble, winning or losing, murdering people, paying debts, and repaying money. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, as long as there is my king and the Pacific Insurance Bank, everyone will not lose money." Wang Pang vowed. said

The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly someone in the crowd said: "Whether I win or lose, I will buy this debt."

Everyone turned their heads and looked at an old man in the crowd. He was carrying a package in one hand and leading a six or seven-year-old child in the other. Looking at the eyes of everyone, the old man said: "My son has joined the army, that is, this child's father When I went to Xixia, I tried my best to buy the debt. I hope that our Song Dynasty has the money and strength to fight with the Xixia party members. I also hope that my son can come back safely. My lord, you are a good old man who issued this debt. Not much but thoughtful”

"Yes, I am also my son and I also joined the army."

"My brother is in Yanzhou, I can't see him, so I will do my best."

There are more and more echoes from the crowd. Wang Pang looked back at Jia Xian. Jia Xian's eye circles turned red. No need for extra words. Wang Pang knew that Jia Xian understood his intentions and answered Jia Xian's series of questions just now

Finally, the king calmed down the crowd. They stepped on the snow and walked back to Zhennan King's Mansion. Under the steps of the gate of the mansion, there were several sedan chairs, horses, and groups of people who were blocked from outside the mansion. The prince's king walked past them. Most of these people didn't know each other. Suddenly a person walked over quickly from the king's side: "Second son, do you still recognize me?"

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