The water of the Qiantang River presents a white line in the sky and rushes to the shore, and after a while, a huge river wave surges, and for a time the waves are shocking, and the water splashes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cao Kun looked at the tide of the Qiantang River that appears every year, and looked at the tide that appeared and disappeared in the river with interest, and the corners of his mouth gradually showed a smile.

"Only brave people can become the trendsetters in the middle of the river, if you want to get wealth and power, it is necessary to take risks, if the Great Chongqing Kingdom wants to really develop, it is necessary to let merchants rule the country, only in this way, the country will be rich and strong."

"I have to say that there are few people as enlightened as you in Dayu, and we French people will stand with you." A strange color flashed in Richard's eyes.

What France needed now was a divided kingdom of Chongqing, and he and Brazil had witnessed how the emperors of the north had conquered the peoples of the land.

At the same time, they also learned what kind of weapons the emperor's army used, and if the emperor was given a rich south, the army from the north would continue to move south and fight them in Indochina.

And this is something that their country cannot tolerate.

Of course, they are also making preparations with both hands, secretly supporting the state of Chu, and they are also ready to negotiate with this emperor at any time.

If the emperor could not interfere with their colonies in Indochina, they might have established relations with him.

Instead, they will fight the emperor to the end, even if they can only fight from a long distance across the sea.

"With your words, I feel at ease." Cao Kun laughed, he didn't take Richard's words seriously.

He understands these Western countries, and it is better to believe in their promises than to believe that the sow will go to the tree, and it is better to rely on himself than to rely on others, and now the French have exported a lot of valuable technology to the Chu State, and this is what he needs.

Richard laughed in unison, like a golden fox.

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Qingzhou.

As the news about the currency in the newspapers spread two days ago, many people and businessmen flocked to it.

These merchants and ordinary people are all people who once deposited the silver in the Cao family's money, and since the Cao's money village was sealed, they are in a panic all day long, and they will go to the government office almost every day to inquire about the silver.

Because of the impact of this incident, even Qingzhou Bank also had a wave of exchange, and people went to Qingzhou Bank with silver bills and deposit receipts to ask for silver and gold, and for a time the entire Qingzhou Mansion was in a hurry.

However, the effects of this event were eventually brought to an end, and the imperial court formally promised to fully accept the debts of the Cao family bank, and all the Cao family money houses were renamed the Qingzhou Bank.

Moreover, in order to prevent the private money bank from causing damage to the industry and commerce of the Great Chongqing State again, from now on, private individuals were prohibited from opening money banks, and only the imperial court could build banks.

This news caused some dismay among some businessmen who tried to open banks, but it was approved by most businessmen and ordinary people.

Because of the affairs of the Cao family, they only believe in the imperial court now, because in the past few days, everyone who goes to Qingzhou Bank to exchange money has received silver, and a copper coin is not a lot.

"What is this, didn't it say that the silver was returned to us?"

The crowd in the branch of Qingzhou Bank, which was rebuilt by Caojia Qianzhuang, was excited, because when they arrived at Qingzhou Bank, they knew that what the imperial court gave them was a completely unfamiliar currency.

Although they learned the news in advance from the newspapers, it was still difficult to accept when they actually got the currency.

The bank staff behind the glass counter are always smiling, and they are all highly trained before entering the bank.

He said without humility or arrogance: "These are the currencies issued by the Qingzhou Bank, approved by the emperor and the cabinet personally, and the new currency must be used in any trade in the Dayu Kingdom in the future, and the silver you deposited in the previous money village is equal to three thousand gold dragons, which is three thousand gold dragon coins, there is nothing wrong, and the gold content of the golden dragon is ninety, and only one percent of other metals increase the hardness." ”

The merchant grabbed a handful of gold dragon coins from his bag, each of which was the size of a thumb cap, and it must be said that the shape was very exquisite.

"Gold!" When the merchant learned that these golden dragon coins were gold, his mood gradually stabilized, but the size of the golden dragon coins made him a little dissatisfied.

The bank employee smiled and nodded.

Now the noisy merchants and people settled down, and one by one they stretched their heads to look at the currency in front of the counter, and in addition to the gold coins, the bank staff introduced the silver and copper coins.

Finally, the bank clerk took out a banknote and said, "This is a banknote worth a hundred gold dragons, which can be exchanged by those who need a large trade, it is much more beautiful than a silver ticket, and it is also more practical than a bank." ”

"Made of paper? Only a fool will exchange it. Someone in the crowd shouted.

As soon as his voice fell, an opposing voice sounded, "I am willing to change, this Cao Zhengyang escaped with the silver, and it was recovered by the imperial court for us, to say a word of conscience, if the previous imperial court will return the silver to you?" That's because you deserve to put the silver in the wrong place, you can only consider yourself unlucky, now the silver is lost, some people are picky, in this case, don't come to Qingzhou Bank, go to the south to find your Cao family bank. ”

The people in the bank were silent for a moment, come and look at me, I look at you, and many people have a look of shame on their faces.

At this time, the voice sounded again, "You covet the benefits that the Great Yu Kingdom brought to you when it was strong, but now you are unwilling to lose a little personal interest and take a little risk for the sake of the imperial court. ”

The voice got closer and closer to the counter, and a young man walked towards the center of the crowd, and the people around him automatically got out of the way.

The businessman who spoke just now saw that the young scholar was a little annoyed and angry, "People don't die for themselves, the emperor has only been on the throne for a few years, and now many officials have begun to blackmail us who are doing business, such a court will be finished sooner or later, it is better to think more about yourself." ”

When the young scholar heard this, not only was he not angry, but he laughed, "It is wrong for the official eunuch to corrupt the imperial court, but if it weren't for the frequent gifts given by you people for convenience, how could you cultivate a group of officials who don't do things without receiving gifts." ”

"Hehe, you are quite good at excusing the court, but in the end, everything is the people." The merchant sneered.

The young man said: "No, no, what I am talking about is that only the court and the people are one, and all of them can work together to get rid of the ills of the Great Yu Kingdom for thousands of years, and the court will punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but we can't give gifts for convenience." ”

The merchant frowned, "Hmph, you're so big-mouthed, who do you think you are?" ”

The young man shook the paper fan lightly and said indifferently: "I am not talented in Xia, but I am a person from the Confucian Mansion in Qufu." ”

As soon as his voice fell, the whole hall was shocked.

Seeing this, the young man's face turned pale, and today's bank matter was the best gift he had given to the emperor.