Chapter 58: The Dowry of the Silver Deed
1820,000 silver, weighing more than 11,000 catties, divided into three carriages, each carriage plus its own weight, there are more than 4,000 catties.
Four horses pulled a cart, nearly 40 stone load, ruts rolled over the paved road, "rattling" sound, in the world must be regarded as a heavy-duty carriage. This kind of car can only walk on paved stone roads in the city, and it will cost an extra penny of horsepower to walk on hard dirt roads; On a rainy day, the road becomes muddy, and it is even more lying on the ground - at this time, it caused a false alarm on the side of Jiyunju.
The southern meanders are dense, with more boats and fewer vehicles; However, it is also strange to say that in the north, where the multi-purpose vehicle is used for travel, there are only two-wheeled mule carts with the axle in the center of the body.
Regardless of the load capacity, considering only the stability, the four-wheel structure is much stronger than the two-wheel. It's just that compared with two-wheeled vehicles, four-wheeled carriages are not simply adding a pair of wheels, and their mechanical structure is much more complex.
Lin Jian deliberately abolished the sedan chair that could better reflect the sense of official position, and last year he offered a reward of 1,000 taels of silver in Chongzhou, and asked the world's craftsmen to build a four-wheeled car.
Si Tian's young eunuch Jiang Yuechun asked someone to send a set of patterns, and Chongzhou sent people to try out the drawings according to the patterns, and I don't know if it can be done. In short, this kind of thing, don't be in a hurry, don't expect to be able to compete at one time, maybe it will take two or three generations of accumulation before the technology will mature.
Since it was a false alarm, it was natural to remove the guard and return to normal night guards; Lin Mengde commanded the manpower to move the packaged silver box into the courtyard.
There is a lot of silver, but one official ingot weighs fifty taels, ten pieces are one, and ten are sealed in a box, which is only thirty-six boxes of silver. The two of them moved a box, and in the blink of an eye, they all moved it to the front yard and put it away, and then moved it to the Jinchuan estuary after dawn.
Lin Jian invited Mu Guogong Zeng Mingxin to come into the house to speak, and Su Mei and Xiaoman also came out to say goodbye, standing aside to make tea and wait.
Su Mei is also shy, she stayed overnight, and she has only not been close to Xiaoman for a while, but when she meets outsiders, the meaning is completely different. Zeng Mingxin has a great kindness to the Su family, Su Mei can't hide from it, no matter how generous she usually is, she is also ashamed at this time.
After a while, Lin Mengde came in with the deed, stood on the side, and said respectfully: "I have to let the old grandfather know that there are two ways to raise money in the money bank, and there are two ways to do it now: one is to enter the principal, and the money bank will issue the silver deed as a certificate." This silver deed is in triplicate, and both Qian Zhuang and Huaidong Military Division will be seized. The bank calculates the profit and loss every year, takes out part of the surplus, and distributes bonus interest according to the amount of principal invested by each family. In addition to the dismantling of the bank, the principal cannot be recovered, but the silver deed, like the house deed and the land deed, can be resold to others, and only need to report to the money village and the Huaidong Military Division. The second way is to deposit money to eat interest, and the annual interest is tentatively set at six cents, which will be adjusted according to the situation in the future, which may be higher or lower. The money bank issued a silver ticket, and you can withdraw the cash from the bank at any time with the silver ticket in the future, and the money interest is counted as a day a day, and it can be settled once a year, and it can be settled at the end of the cash withdrawal! ”
Zeng Mingxin was not busy taking the deed, and asked Lin Jian sideways: "Eat money and interest, do you calculate it according to the price of the field?" ”
"The old country's grandfather has a very vicious eye," Lin Jian said with a smile, "The matter of Qianzhuang is the first trip, and there are many details, it is difficult to think thoroughly for a while, and now I can only try it out according to ......the field affairs."
"Wars in other counties are frequent, and many people have gathered in Jiangning to avoid disasters," Zeng Mingxin sighed, "No matter how rich the family wealth is, if you stay in the city and don't do anything, you will sit on the mountain." Buying land for rent or putting money on prints to eat interest are all old ways to maintain the family business. Many people will only hold on to the defects, rigid and do not know how to change, only Huaidong can push through the old ways and bring forth the new, this is the atmosphere of a big career! There are too many other houses as Huaidong......"
Lin Jian smiled, this kind of topic can't be discussed in depth with anyone.
When wars were frequent, a large amount of land in other counties was abandoned, but the situation in Jiangning has been stable, and a large number of wealthy households have poured in, making the price of land rise again and again. The best ripe fields, thirteen or fourteen taels of silver can not buy an acre, compared with Lin Tie when he first entered Jiangning, the price of the field has more than doubled.
The landlords in Jiangning City rarely run their own businesses, and more bought fields and handed them over to the rent collection stacks to operate, and the landlords borrowed the land deeds to collect rent from the rent collection stacks every year, and rarely had a relationship with the tenant farmers. If you buy land and collect rent, you can get a maximum of six cents of profit when the year is good.
Huaidong running a money village is a new thing, but many characteristics of the money village can be found from the existing things such as rent collection stacks, printing money, and warehouse flying tickets. These are the actual soil of the new money bank, and any new thing, if it wants to be successful, it cannot be a castle in the air.
Even if there is no Lin Tie to promote, in a few years, on the basis of rent collection stacks, printed money, and warehouse flying tickets, the circulation of commodities will further prosper, and institutions similar to the nature of money banks will spontaneously appear.
"This silver will not be used for a while, and it will still be used as the principal," Zeng Mingxin said, with his old and spicy eyes, he also knew that Huaidong Qianzhuang needed more principal. After all, the silver thrown into the money and interest is unstable, once the Huaidong army suffers a defeat, those people who eat money and interest are like macaques that fall down and scatter, and they are not in a hurry to leave Huaidong, which is not the foundation of Huaidong, and he said to Lin Mengde, "I dream that you will give me another silver deed, Su Mei, this girl, usually does not know how to be thrifty, I want to leave her a dowry!" ”
Lin Jian and the others never imagined that the old grandfather would have such an arrangement, Su Mei and Xiaoman knelt down together, moved to tears, choked up and said: "Grandpa Guo has a great kindness to Su Men for recreation, this kindness, Su Mei and his sister will never forget, and they dare not bear more ......"
"Silly girl, get up and speak," Zeng Mingxin said with emotion, "I treat your father with all sincerity, but your Su family is full of beheading, I can't do anything, I regret it in my heart." No matter how much I do, it just makes me feel better. This silver deed was originally owed to you by the Su family. And a silver deed......"
Zeng Mingxin turned his head sideways and said to Lin Bin: "The Great Yue Dynasty is already terminally ill, Emperor Qingyu at that time, there is still a chance for Zhongxing, as soon as Chen Tangyi is defeated, his vitality will be completely injured." Now the north side is supported by Li Zhuo alone, and there are countless people pulling his hind legs, how can he hold on? It's a pity that the juniors don't know the height of the sky, and they think that my old man is a rotten man all day long, and he still lives and doesn't give way to his juniors - I also leave a way back for them. ”
Lin Jian sighed in his heart, the eunuchs are noble, and there are mostly moths, but there are also characters like Zeng Mingxin who can clearly see through the world situation. For them, the status of the lord is a kind of constraint, so that they have no opportunity to make contributions, but can only live in silence without a name. is like Yuan returning to politics, and he is also a person who is not willing to be lonely.
At first, Lin Jian couldn't figure out what Yuan Guizheng was so active, what was he planning; However, Emperor Chongguan made King Ning out of Jiangdong, intending to establish King Ning as his heir, so he vaguely guessed some eyebrows.
Lin Lian stood up, walked to Su Mei's side, knelt down for Zeng Mingxin together, and said, "Boy Lin Lian and Su Mei thank Grandpa Guo for the dowry!" ”
Su Mei tugged at Lin Lian's shirt and glared at him with disgust; Xiao Man smiled, tears still hanging on his face.
Zeng Mingxin stroked his silver beard, laughed, and calmly accepted Lin Binding's gift.
After Lin Lian, Su Mei, and Xiaoman got up and sat down again, Zeng Mingxin asked the young man who came with him to come to the front and said, "Chengsi, you come over and kowtow to the envoy, and when you go to Chongzhou in the future, you will have to rely on the envoy to take care of it!" But remember, you have to abide by the rules of Huaidong! He said to Lin Lian, "In this world, if there is anyone who can't stand it, it will be Chengen and his mother." In a few days, I will completely leave it alone, Chengen will stay in Jiangning, and he will not be comfortable, let him take his wife and children to Chongzhou with you......"
Lin Jian nodded, and also generously accepted Zeng Chengen's kowtow.
Lin Mengde quickly took another silver deed, and he stood next to him, and he had to admire Grandpa Guo's bearing. Looking at this young man named Zeng Chengen, he was not one of the sons of Zeng's Mansion, but he looked exactly like Zeng Mingxin, and he should be Zeng Mingxin's illegitimate son, but he didn't recognize Zeng's due status to Zeng's Mansion.
The illegitimate heirs of the maid and the favorite concubine are inferior to the status of the concubine's son, and the grandfather of the country holds the power and can take care of it. Once the title is inherited by the eldest son, or Zeng Mingxin dies, it is difficult to ensure that the contradictions between the houses do not intensify; The battle for family property is even more bloody and cruel.
Zeng Mingxin's move is also to arrange a way back for the Zeng family, and eggs can't always be put in one basket.
Before coming to Jiangning, Lin Jian and Lin Mengde set a goal, which was to raise one million taels of silver from Jiangning for Huaidong's bank.
Before leaving, Lin Mengde felt that this goal was extremely difficult, that is, the Lin family did not clearly state how much silver they would take, who would have thought that they would enter Jiangning on the second night, the two families that were not under consideration, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the Muguo Mansion, were the first to express their support for Huaidong to run a money bank, and they made up so much silver at once.
From this point of view, it is no longer difficult to raise one million taels of silver from Jiangning.
Zeng Mingxin took the silver deed from Lin Mengde's hand, in triplicate, two sets of six sheets, he spread the silver deed on the table, and filled it in with pen and ink. 180,000 taels of silver, divided into two, one deed owner to fill in Zeng Chengen, one deed owner to fill in Su Mei. Lin Mengde's side was also stamped with a special seal made for Huaidong Qianzhuang and a small seal that Lin Jian carried with him.
This is the case, Zeng Mingxin also took Zeng Chengen and left first.
Lin Mengde also returned to the front yard to rest, leaving Lin Jian to face Su Mei and Xiaoman under the candle.
Su Mei felt a lot of emotion in her heart, blocked her throat and couldn't speak, pinched the silver deed that had not yet dried the ink in her tender white hand, and sighed: "The Su family has too much affection, this silver deed really shouldn't be accepted......"
"That's it, that's it," Xiaoman's tears were still hanging on his face, but his mood was happy, and he echoed beside him, "Unlike some people, they forget everything when they see Yinzi, but my sister hasn't agreed to marry him yet, which door is he going to knock on?" ”
For Xiaoman's trouble, Su Meifen's face suddenly turned red with shame, glanced at Lin Lian, and saw that he was staring at him, so he turned his eyes away in a panic, as if he accepted his fate, threw the silver deed in front of Lin Lian, and said angrily: "You have nothing to say, but let me not say thank you?" This silver deed can only bother you to take care of it! ”
Lin Lian smiled shyly and took the silver deed and folded it. Only a few people know about the Sumen case, and Jun Xun doesn't know that the silver deed with Su Mei as the owner of the deed cannot be entered into the inner treasury, so he can only let Xiaoman collect it first.