"Xuan Shuai! Does it really matter? That's the Khitan Emperor himself! ”

"If you don't withdraw the troops from Jiehe Hebei City first, it will be the land of Daliao ......"

"Now there are still a lot of Liao people in the city, if you really want to fight, will you cause chaos in the city?"

"Our timber, grain, cattle and sheep, furs, medicinal materials, Beizhu and so on all have to be supplied by the Northern Dynasties, and there are millions of transactions a year.

"These days, many people are running away from Jingdong Market! The real estate in Jiehe Commercial City has fallen by three percent...... Or spend money to buy off the Khitans. Anyway, it's two or three million things! ”

"Can't you let the Khitans retreat, they retreated our red bricks, plaster, weapons, armor, and war horses and sell them for a good price? That's a big deal in the tens of millions! ”

"But the house in Jiehe has fallen too much......"

Wu Haogu was in the office of the government office in the fortress of the Xuanfu Division, and the elders of Jiehe Shang City were in a chaotic voice. The news of Yelu Yanxi's army going south and the interruption of trade with the Liao State spread, and the patriarchs, who were originally quite determined, couldn't sit still. They all rushed to Wu Haogu to ask for an explanation.

Although from the first day of the establishment of Jiehe Shang City, Wu Haogu was preparing for war. Moreover, after ten years of operation, it has really turned Jiehe Commercial Market into a strong city with strong city defense, and a huge military industrial system has been built in the commercial market, and there are countless strong men from Tiannan and Haibei looking for opportunities in the city.

But when the war really approached. The people in the city, especially some wealthy merchants with millions of fortunes, still couldn't suppress the fear of the Khitans in their hearts, and ran to the Xuanfusi Castle to ask for comfort.

For such a situation, Wu Haogu actually expected it a long time ago. Everyone has their first time! It's normal to be afraid, and if you experience more murder and arson in the future, you will get used to it.

Looking at the chaotic appearance of the people below, Wu Haogu suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, his reaction startled the whole room-what do you mean? Was Wu Xuanshuai scared crazy? Not really, right?

The room was quiet, and Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Everyone is flocking to Wu, you must be worried about the city defense of our commercial market, right?" It's better to bring your families and gold and silver treasures and live in this fortress of Xuanfusi. Don't look at the fortress of Xuanfusi, but it is a hard walnut, the reserves in the city are very sufficient, the defenders are also the most elite, there are deep trenches outside the city, and there are all kinds of war equipment on the city wall. I promise not to let the Khitans hurt you! ”

That seems like a good suggestion!

Not all the patriarchs came today, they were all more timid patriarchs, not the hardcore of Wu Haogu, and not even the leading figures in the Senate of the Shang City, so they were so afraid. Therefore, it will be taken for granted that the Xuanfusi fortress where Wuhao Gu worked must be very strong, and the Khitans can't fight it at all.

Seeing that everyone's hearts were moved, Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, you can all live in peace of mind...... There is also a large treasury of the Jiehe Bank, which is now open to you for free, so don't leave your money in the market, and deposit it all in. Then just live in peace, at most a year, Yelu Yanxi will retire. ”

"A year?" The patriarch sent by the Cao family of Kaifeng Mansion was stunned, "This is too long, right?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "A year is not a long time...... This time, the enemy is Da Liao! It can only be long-lasting, not a quick battle. But don't worry about buying and selling in the Jiehe Trading Market. A war is a war, and a trade is a sale. Before the Jiehe River froze, the Liao people could not cross the river. You can control the trading of the trading market remotely in the fortress of Xuanfu Division, and it is absolutely foolproof. Even if the boundary river is frozen, Yelu Yanxi will not be able to break our commercial market, let alone move the fortress of Xuanfu Division, you don't have to worry. ”

After the war is over, Wu Haogu's business will not be easy to do!

Moreover, the entire Hebei province needs to have external pressure to shift from a hundred years of peace to all-out war preparations. Considering the efficiency of the Northern Song Dynasty scholars, a year of protracted war may not be enough to force them to do a few things that are really conducive to the war. So Wu Haogu still wants to fight for a few more years!

After pacifying a group of nervous elders, giving them a house in the fort of the pacification division, and sending them out of the fort, it was almost time to eat.

"Xuan Shuai, Su Dalang of the City Ship Bank and Director Zhang of the Finance Department of the Shang City have arrived in the inner hall."

Wu Haogu's Yuan followed Wu Haopeng to report to him at this time.

As the focus of Wu Haogu's business shifted from Kaifeng Prefecture to Jiehe Commercial Market, the headquarters of the Republic Bank was also relocated not long ago, from Kaifeng Prefecture to Jiehe Commercial City. As the big shopkeeper, Su Dalang naturally moved his family to Jiehe Commercial Market. In addition, the original shopkeeper of the Shibo Division, Ximen Yu of the Ximen family, retired not long ago due to old illness. Therefore, the position of the chief shopkeeper of the City Ship Division Commercial Bank was also vacant, and Wu Haogu simply let Su Dalang take on two positions and serve as the chief treasurer of the City Ship Division Commercial Bank.

And Zhang Xizai, who came with him today, is also an old man who has been working diligently with Wu Haogu for more than ten years. Although he is not as good at management as Su Dalang, he is honest and reliable, he has managed the financial power of Jiehe Commercial City for so many years, and he has not been corrupt or bribed, and he is a rare "clean official", so Wu Haogu let him concurrently serve as the big treasurer of Jiehe Bank, and he also has two positions.

Su Dalang and Zhang Xizai have become Wu Haogu's henchmen who are responsible for managing money and finance.

The Republic Bank, Jiehe City Bosi Commercial Bank, Jiehe Commercial City Finance Office, and Jiehe Bank are all rich now, and the assets controlled by the four have long exceeded 10,000,000 yuan, which is richer than Ji Yi's Hebei capital transfer envoy.

To put it mildly, if one day Wu Haogu's career in Cangzhou does not have the support of the Great Song Dynasty, the assets managed by Su Dalang and Zhang Xizai alone can still be maintained! It can even expand the army to more than 100,000......

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Although the current Wu Haogu has thousands of wealth, he is very economical in terms of food and clothing. A lunch is just a few simple side dishes, a bowl of white rice. Today, because I talked about things with Su Dalang and Zhang Xizai while eating. Only then did he order the kitchen to add wine and food, and the three of them didn't need Mei Ji to serve, so they were in the restaurant upstairs of Wu Haogu's mansion, eating and talking about money.

Capitalists, you can't forget your money at any time! Even if it is a war, it is an opportunity to make a fortune.

And the opportunity for Su Dalang and Zhang Xizai to discuss with Wu Haogu today is related to the Liao people in Jiehe Shang City.

Jiehe Commercial Market was originally a Song-Liao partnership, although it has always been dominated by Song Dynasty capital, but the Liao magnates also have a large amount of capital in the commercial market.

With the tension between Song and Liao, these Liao capitals are seeking ways to exit.

"Let them go!" Wu Haogu smiled, "They are friends, the deal can't be done, benevolence and righteousness are still there, we can't ruin the brand of the business market for a little money." Besides, how many people can they take with them? Most of the northern warriors who followed them south had settled down in Jiehe Shang City, and it was impossible to take them all with them. Let's just give them Cangzhou household registration and hire them as soldiers. ”

The confiscation, freezing, or disclosure of the assets of the Liao magnates in Jiehe Commercial City is not the work of a wealthy chamber of commerce based on honesty like Wu Haogu.

Besides, the reactionary Liao emperor, who now can't get along with the Jiehe Shang City, is not a progressive Khitan capitalist. How could Wu Haogu punish the capitalists of the Liao State because the emperor of the Liao State was wrong?

Moreover, this group of powerful people from the Liao Kingdom who ran away from the country have taken a group of doormen and thugs, and they have lived in Jiehe Shang City for so many years, and they have all taken root, not just leaving.

If their master leaves, there will be no one to feed them, and Wu Haogu is just taking over! In addition, if those Liao magnates sell their industries at a low price, Wu Haogu will also be an official and take over.

"And this money won't go back to Liao," Wu Hao Gudao, "It's all money that is used to freedom, why are you willing to go back to the cage to stay?" The sign of protecting private property in our Jiehe Commercial City has long been erected, not to mention Xijin Mansion, even Kaifeng Mansion cannot be compared with us. ”

Although the Jiehe commercial market is jointly established by bureaucratic capital and private capital, the bureaucratic capital of the commercial market does not come from a single country, so there have been constraints for a long time - the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are afraid of Liao, let alone bureaucratic capital? And the capital of the Liao State was restricted by the maritime capital of the Song Dynasty, and the jobs of Xijin Mansion were all in the hands of these maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty! The Liao bureaucrats in Nanjing and Tokyo were also unwilling to tear their faces with the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants.

Therefore, it has become a consensus to protect the property rights of all parties in Jiehe Commercial City. In the course of more than ten years of development, the Senate of Jiehe Shang City passed and promulgated a series of decrees to protect private property.

"You can let them go to the Shadow Island Market." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "The Absolute Shadow Island Commercial Market is leased by Liao, and it has also developed in the past few years, and the nobles of the Liao Kingdom who don't want to stay in the Jiehe Commercial Market and don't want to go back to the Liao Kingdom (some of them can't go back) might as well go to the Absolute Shadow Island."

In addition, there are Jingdong Commercial City and Jinjiang Commercial Market in Quanzhou are good, and the system is based on the Jiehe, and if those nobles of the Liao Kingdom want to go, we can also provide convenience. Cangzhou's household registration can also be arranged for them, allowing them to go south as Cangzhou merchants. In this way, the Cangzhou Association will be able to help. ”

Jinjiang Commercial Market was set up by Su Zhe in Quanzhou on the basis of Thornton Port, and also implemented the autonomy of the Chamber of Commerce, and all systems refer to Jiehe Commercial City and Jingdong Commercial City.

As for the Cangzhou Association, it is a tool for Jiehe Capital to expand outward. Because the land in the south of Jieheshang City belongs to Qingchi County, Cangzhou, the name of the Cangzhou Association is used. Moreover, the imperial knights of Cangzhou, the Yuntai Academy Palace of Jiehe, and the power of the doctoral group also participated, forming a group that spanned the military, political and business circles.

Ordinary local forces really don't dare to provoke the Cangzhou Fellow Townsmen Association!

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiehe Bank also happened to expand to Jueying Island and Quanzhou." Wu Haogu then said, "Those Khitans can't take gold, silver, silk and silk on the road, right?" You have to use flying money! ”