When Zhao Hao sent Cai Zhifu back to the mansion and went to Lengxiangyuan again, it was already the third watch.

He called to open the door, and planned to quietly go back to the house to sleep, but when he walked to the edge of the pool, he saw that the lights were still on in the Shuiyun Pavilion.

Just hesitated to say hello, Jiang Xueying had already heard the report, put on an off-white cloak, and hurriedly came out of the pavilion.

"Brother has worked hard all the way." Seeing Zhao Hao, the look of concern on Jiang Xueying's little face turned into a reassuring smile.

"Has my sister been waiting for me?" Zhao Gongzi couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

"Thinking that tomorrow the bank opens, my brother may come back." Jiang Xueying smiled a little shyly: "There are still a lot of things to be busy, and Ben can't go to bed early." ”

"Brother, let's go into the house and talk." With that, she asked Xiao Yun'er to call the kitchen and quickly deliver the prepared supper.

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In the Shuiyun Pavilion, Zhao Hao took off the brocade robe, changed into a small Songjiang cloth jacket and warm thin cotton pants at home, and sat down at the dining table.

At this time, supper also came up, and there were small wontons with thin skin like gauze and a little pink meat filling in the middle; There are fish-flavored spring rolls that are yellow on the outside and tender on the inside, fragrant and juicy; There are also red bean balls and chicken head rice...... It's all prepared to his liking.

Zhao Gongzi scooped a spoonful of small wontons carved with pink and jade, and ate the delicious soup, while obsessively admiring Jiang Xueying...... Take the silver ticket to him.

Half of the two is aqua green; One or two are indigo. The two are crimson. Five taels are purple, and ten taels are amber.

Five denominations, five colors, with a strong luster, just like five works of art, beautiful!

The pattern of each one is so fine, the complex lines, and the three or four auxiliary colors, the watermark of the word 'Jiangnan', are enough to make the counterfeiter cry and faint in the toilet.

"It's amazing, it can be printed in such a short time, such a high-quality silver ticket." Zhao Gongzi praised him sincerely.

"How can it be so fast?" Jiang Xueying couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This is Wu Ji's master, a handmade sample banknote."

Saying that, she smiled lightly and said, "You have to ask the big boss to make a slap, so you can pay Zi, right?" ”

"No problem, let's go and print it." After Zhao Hao finished speaking, he was a little worried: "Can you catch up with the opening?" ”

"It would take ten days and half a month to get it printed." Jiang Xueying said: "But don't worry, it will be completed before the end of the month without delay." ”

When it comes to business management, Zhao Hao can't catch up with Sister Jiang, and when she says this, he is relieved not to ask more.

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The eighth day of the next day, the auspicious day of the zodiac.

In the center of Suzhou City, on Leqiao Wolong Street at the junction of the two counties, gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing in unison, lion and dragon dances are danced, and there are crowds of people.

Today is the day of the opening ceremony of Jiangnan Bank, which can be described as a gathering of talents and guests.

Wuxi Hua family, Taicang Erwang family, Jinling Xu family, Suzhou local Lu family, Gu family, Shen family, Zhu family, Pinghu Pan family, Jiaxing Xiang family, Dongting Chamber of Commerce, Yangzhou salt merchants, and Hui merchants in the leading figures, almost all of them came.

In addition, Cai Guoxi, the prefect of Suzhou, the two prefects of Changzhou in Wu County, and Su Songdu Grain Road also brought their respective subordinate officials to the scene.

Such a lively scene is very rare even in the city of Suzhou. Especially after last month's riots, it is even more commendable.

Seeing the lively people blocking the entire Wolong Street, the officials who maintained order were crowded and crooked, and there was no human form.

It's just such a glorious occasion, not only did Zhao Gongzi not come, but even Jiang Xueying was unwilling to show his face.

As a result, the designated mascot of Jiangnan Group, Chairman Hua Cha, went into battle again, and pulled down the red silk cloth on the plaque with Cai Guoxi, the prefect of Suzhou.

When the applause and cheers stopped, Cai Guoxi delivered an enthusiastic speech. First of all, he thanked Jiangnan Group for its strong support to Suzhou Prefecture. And announced that as part of the reform of the old and the new after last month's riots - from the beginning of next month, Suzhou Prefecture and its subordinate seven counties will no longer collect any cash!

All the tax silver and poor silver owned by the people and merchants must be deposited in the Jiangnan Bank first, and the silver bills will be delivered to the government.

In order to put an end to the vicious servants of the cunning officials, on the grounds that the silver handed over by the people was not of sufficient quality, they wantonly extorted money.

When the citizens heard this, they suddenly felt that it made a lot of sense. Almost all of them have been extorted in a similar way, often in addition to the tax amount of one tael of silver, and pay three or four more yuan for fire, and the people are unbearable.

According to this new method, although it is a little troublesome, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials will not be able to blackmail them on the grounds of fire consumption.

The citizens asked loudly: "How much fire does Jiangnan Bank charge?" ”

Governor Cai looked at the mascot...... Oh Buhua, Chairman Buhua, he heard Huacha tremble and said: "No more than half of it." ”

"Wow!" The citizens were immediately excited. "Really?"

"Seriously." Hua Cha nodded with a smile and secretly praised that the young man is courageous.

The citizens cheered, and suddenly felt that the Cai Governor's Mansion was not so hateful, and Jiangnan Bank was a living bodhisattva who rescued the suffering.

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In fact, the loss of broken silver smelting is about one to two percent. Jiangnan Bank closed five points, which is already three or four points higher than the average bank store and bank dealer.

In fact, according to Zhao Hao's original intention, it is enough to only charge one or two points to ensure that there is no loss.

But after thinking about it, he still took the initiative to tell Cai Guoxi that the bank would charge five points for fire consumption and pay three points to the government as a 'franchise fee'.

Of course, Cai Guoxi is happy, the Ming officials are meager, and they all rely on bad rules and conventions to live.

Of course, his dignified prefect didn't look down on that little bit of fire and silver, but the people below still pointed to this little bit of food.

However, if Governor Cai knew that Jiangnan was about to implement a whip law, then his attitude towards this franchise fee would definitely not be so frivolous.

~~

After the ceremony outside, Huacha father and son and a group of senior executives of Jiangnan Group invited all the guests to visit the business hall on the first floor of the bank.

The space is limited, so the people can only come in another day to enjoy themselves.

In fact, there is nothing to see inside, the high counter iron fence is almost the same as the original pattern of Wu Kee, except that there are many more benches for people to sit on business.

However, when guests go up to the VIP floor on the second floor, they can't help but be amazed, and the decoration and furnishings on this floor are much more luxurious.

Inside, there is a spacious and bright lounge with a blue jacquard carpet on the floor. On the carpet is a circle of chairs, and on the table next to the chairs are delicate refreshments and fruits for the dignitaries waiting to do business.

Outside the lounge door is a long corridor with six single business rooms on each side, all separated by thick mahogany. As soon as the door is closed, there is no way to know what business the customer is doing.

The VIPs were full of praise when they saw this. The lounge is nothing, and other houses also have special areas for distinguished guests, and the conditions are much better than Jiangnan Bank. But this kind of single-person business room brings people a great sense of security.

On the spot, several VIPs said that they would transfer the deposit bank to Jiangnan Bank.

ps. Second Update.