A few days later, Xue Shao and Yu Hongye traveled south from Yangzhou and sailed in Hangou, preparing to go to Beichenjin under the rule of Chuzhou.

Hangou is an important waterway connecting the Yangtze River and Huaishui, and Chuzhou Beichenjin is a hub of the Jiangnan trough transportation network, and the commercial trade is extremely developed. Whether it is merchants from the Silk Road or foreign merchants from across the sea, they will concentrate on the trade of large brown here.

This is also the last stop of Xue Shao and Yu Hongye's trip to Jiangnan.

At this time, Xue Shao no longer concealed his identity, and he issued an order to summon Huangfu Jie, an important hall master of the Hongmen stationed in Jiangnan, who was also one of Xue Shao's subordinates.

Huang Fujie's family has been a businessman walking in Jianghuai for generations, and is very familiar with the trough waterways in Yangzhou. When Huang Fujie was fifteen years old, his father died in a hurricane when he went to sea, so he wandered with his mother to Guanzhong to join his relatives and later joined the army and met Xue Shao. Xue Shao found that he was very good at financial management and was very familiar with the trough water transportation system, so sending him to Hongmen was really a "professional counterpart".

Huang Fujie really did not disappoint Xue Shao, after he joined Hongmen, he returned to his hometown to rectify the trough transportation waterway, and soon let Hongmen unify the rivers and formulate a unified "gray trough transportation law". Now, all commercial ships floating on the water in Yangzhou will plant a Hongmen flag on the bow of the ship. What is commendable is that the relationship between Huang Fujie and the government is also well managed. In recent years, the governments of the prefectures and counties in Yangzhou will be willing to ask for the power of Hongmen if they want to pay official grain or taxes.

There are two reasons for this, saving time and effort, and being safe and secure.

Huang Fujie thus became a well-known figure in Yangzhou, and the rivers and lakes regarded him as the leader of Jianghuai, and the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion Shi and other feudal officials of this level regarded him as a guest of honor. Among all the people in Hongmen, Huang Fujie's fame is the biggest and the best. There are even rumors that Helian Guchuan is a little tired of the rivers and lakes, and he wants to take his lover back to the mountains and forests, so as to completely hand over Hongmen to Huangfujie to take care of.

Now it seems that Huang Fujie is indeed very likely to become the second master of Hongmen. His age is only the same as Xue Shao.

At such an age, it is easy for ordinary people to get carried away. But Huang Fujie still maintains his style in the army, simple, calm, cautious, and humble, and he will be meticulous in everything, big or small. This is also what he likes most about Xue Shao, people with this kind of quality can endure poverty and keep wealth.

Huang Fujie was invited to sail south with Xue Shaoyu Hongye, and the three of them talked a lot on the boat. Some of them even have "epoch-making" significance. Because Xue Shao planned to integrate the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce and the power of Hongmen into one, and open a bank together.

Xue Shao remembered that it was only in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty that the ancestor of the bank, the "counter shop", appeared, and issued paper checks "flying money". The copper coins and silk coins used for trading now are relatively heavy, making transportation difficult, and it is easy to be robbed on the road. The cabinet is to facilitate businessmen to travel without having to carry too much money, and they can withdraw money from other places with the "flying money" check issued by the cabinet. Therefore, instead of paying interest like banks, the cabinet will also charge a part of the custody fee. But there is also a big problem here, "flying money" is particularly easy to be counterfeited, and there are many records in history of the trouble caused by counterfeiting flying money.

But for Xue Shao, this is definitely not a problem. The ticket numbers issued by the Jin merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties were difficult to forge because they used "password anti-counterfeiting" technology. And this technology Xue Shao has been used in the military as early as ten years ago, it is called - Lantian secret code.

Now there are no cabinets, let alone banks. Therefore, Xue Shao decided to name this new thing as an easy-to-understand - Qian Zhuang.

Huang Fujie and Yu Hongye are both knowledgeable people and smart people. After listening to Xue Shao's detailed explanation for two days on the way to the boat, they agreed that it was absolutely feasible to open a money village in an important town along the Grand Canal. Not to mention absorbing the money and goods of foreign merchants for their own use, it is a great convenience to facilitate their own chambers of commerce to go north and south. Yu Hongye has the most say in this, she said that when I returned to Beijing from Helong, I carried dozens of carts of copper coins and silk with me. If there is flying money issued by the bank, I can take a bill with me and go. This not only saves a lot of manpower, animal power and travel expenses, but also saves a lot of time and is much safer and more reliable.

"Then do it!" Xue Shaodao, "In the beginning, we only opened money banks in a few important towns with the most developed business and tourism, such as the West and East markets in Chang'an, the North Market in Luoyang, and the large markets in Bianzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Chuzhou. After the trial, we felt that it was convenient and advantageous, and then we slowly expanded the business scope of the bank. ”

"Good!" Huang Fujie and Yu Hongye both praised and were quite excited.

In fact, life has reached the height of Huang Fujie and Yu Hongye, and money is no longer the only thing they are chasing. Take Yu Hongye as an example, she will no longer earn a penny from today onwards, and she spends all her money on wine and wine every day, and it is difficult to spend all her money until she dies. People like them are already pursuing another height in life, such as creating a new world, leading the tide of the times, and even leaving a name in history to bless future generations for thousands of years. And these thoughts, including all the directions of their efforts, were carried out under the influence and leadership of Xue Shao, a traversing criminal.

After talking about these things, the ship was about to arrive at Beichenjin in Chuzhou.

Xue Shao stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the huge port like ships shuttling back and forth, and couldn't help but think: I remember someone said that the history of mankind is the history of the conversations of some important people. Who's to say it isn't?

These conversations I have with Huang Fujie and Yu Hongye in the past few days will very likely change the business pattern and people's business models in this era, and even change the economic context of this country. If one day I, Xue, accidentally grasp the economic lifeline of this country, so that even a white and unarmed soldier can be invincible. At that time, don't blame me, "the relevant departments", who told you not to take the lead?

After a few days of visiting Chuzhou, Xue Shao and Yu Hongye boarded the large loach boat unique to Wuyue and sailed to the sea, and really felt the majesty and vastness of the sea.

"Xue Lang, you say, what will the end of the sea look like?" Yu Hongye saw the vast sea for the first time in his life, and asked with deep feelings.

"That would be another landmass." Xue Shao said with a smile, "That's a land that is absolutely unfamiliar to us. There is a unique civilization and a lot of special production, some ingredients are far more spicy than dogwood, some grain can yield thousands of catties per mu, and there is something that can be rolled into a small tube of paper to light and smoke it, which can make people feel happy and addicted. ”

"So amazing?" Yu Hongye asked curiously, "Have you been there?" ”

"I've been." Xue Shao smiled faintly, and recalled in his heart that he had been in the jungles of South America in his previous life.

"When?"

"Last life."

Yu Hongye smiled, "Bragging again." ”

Xue Shao smiled and stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her fragrant shoulder, and said, "Now our ships and navigation skills are not enough to support us to reach the end of the ocean and land on another continent. But I believe that as long as we are willing to work hard, sooner or later there will be that day. ”

"I believe it too." Yu Hongye gently snuggled into his arms, smiled sweetly and said softly, "As long as you are here, everything can be changed, and everything is possible." ”

When the loach boat on which the two were riding returned home, another loach boat came to them. There was a guy standing on the bow of the boat and waving the flag desperately to Xue Shao, waving a few times and bending down to vomit profusely.

"Is he waving the flag of the army?" Yu Hongye was curious. has been in Helong for so long, Yu Hongye is no stranger to this.

"It's a flag language." Xue Shao smiled, "That seasick guy who vomited should be someone sent by the imperial court to find me." ”

"Who?"

"Half-tone god stick, Li Xianyuan."

Li Xianyuan vomited half to death, and he didn't recover after going ashore for half a day. Xue Shao came to see him the next day and asked him what was the matter?

"What else can I do? The drudgery of running errands was my turn. Li Xianyuan said with a sad face, "You have a good time crossing the river with beauty, so you really don't have to worry about the affairs of the court?" ”

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government." Xue Shao smiled and said, "I just want to take care of it, but I can't take care of it." ”

"Hey, the Empress and Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping sent me together to find you." Li Xianyuan said, "Da Zhou is about to start a war with Tubo, you should go back quickly!" ”

"That's it?"

"That's it!"

Xue Shao sneered and twisted Li Xianyuan's ears, "Don't think that if I resign, I won't be able to cure you, a little Liupindi official." If you don't tell the truth, I'll throw you on the loach boat and float out to sea, and then talk about it for half a year! ”

"Don't, don't, I say!" Li Xianyuan smiled bitterly and hugged his ears and said, "Xuanyunzi is back......

Xue Shao was slightly surprised, "What else?" ”

"Xue Chuyu is also back."

Xue Shao stood up suddenly, "Really? ”

"It's really, really, it can't be true!" Li Xianyuan hurriedly said, "How dare I lie to you about this kind of thing?" ”

"Chu Yu is fine, Chu Yu is back! That's great! Xue Shao was overjoyed and almost danced.

Li Xianyuan pouted, "Why don't you want to think about your marriage?" ”

Xue Shao immediately looked at Yu Hongye on the side. She just smiled faintly, "Don't look at me." State affairs matter. ”

Li Xianyuan immediately realized Xue Shao's intentions, so he whispered: "The Yu Dong family can just be used as a concubine, this ......"

"Shut up, it's not your turn yet." Xue Shao reprimanded and said, "What does the empress mean is that I will return to the dynasty to marry Xuan Yunzi, and then take advantage of the situation to come back to serve as an official?" ”

"That's pretty much, that's what it means...... Right? Li Xianyuan said cautiously.

Xue Shao snorted, it's another deal! Kidnapping Deals!