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The origin of the word "boss" is related to "money board". There was a man named Wang Yanxi in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, who made big iron coins, with Kaiyuan Tongbao as the text, and the five hundred Wen as the consistency, commonly known as the money board.

In the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, the private casting of private money is flourishing, the traders in the capital call the money "baner", the coinage of the Song Dynasty, each plate is sixty-four Wen, and the provinces call this kind of big money the old official board. This is different from the coins minted by ordinary private workshops, where businessmen and ordinary people are willing to ask for money from the boss because it is more reliable than ordinary private money.

In business, shopkeepers often have "old official boards" in their hands, so over time people have become accustomed to calling these owners or managers "bosses". However, this title only refers to the owners of these banks, and the owners of other industries cannot be called bosses.

The owner of Wanyuanhao Tongshang Silver Store is called Jin Dashun, but not many people know the name "Dashun", because people are used to calling him by his nickname, and Jin Dashun has a very loud nickname: Jin Million.

Legend has it that his family fortune has already exceeded one million, and outsiders do not know how much, but before the opening of Huitong Bank, his family's Wanyuan Tongshang Silver Shop was the largest money bank in Jinling City, which is recognized by everyone.

This time, everyone can unite to deal with Huitong Bank, that is, relying on the gold million to take the lead, and the people sitting in the flower hall at this moment are all looking forward to the gold million, but when the matter comes, everyone can't help but suffer from gains and losses.

"Boss Jin, I want to think about it, if Father-in-law Han comes forward then, I'm afraid there will be another wave." Liu Jing, the owner of Fugui Qianzhuang, said worriedly.

Jin Million looked calm, picked up the teacup and gently opened the floating tea leaves with the lid, took a sip unhurriedly, and then replied: "Boss Liu, I said everything that should be said, but the big guy said it was okay to participate in it." Don't quit halfway, what we do is a reputation, is it possible for Boss Liu to want to go back on his word? ”

"Boss Jin, I didn't mean that, it's just that we have to be cautious when we deposit so much silver into Huitong Bank."

"You don't have to worry about this, Han Zanzhou really came forward to maintain Huitong Bank, what can you do then? There is no way to investigate the rumors in this market, and there is no basis for this. Who can do anything with us? Besides, this Jinling City is not something that Han Zanzhou can cover the sky with one hand. ”

While everyone was eagerly waiting, Jin Changfu, the old housekeeper of the Jin family, hurriedly walked into the flower hall and reported to Jin Million: "Master, the silver boat of Huitong Bank has gone out of the city, there are a total of thirteen boats, and another fifteen boats are responsible for escorting, and they have gone up the river. ”

After listening to Jin Changfu's words, the expressions of the people present were moved. Looking at Jin Wan with a brush, Qu Weisheng, the boss of Juyuan Qianzhuang, couldn't help but ask: "Boss Jin, so far, you should tell everyone the truth." Did you reveal the news of Huitong Bank Yinchuan to Langlijiao? ”

Nowadays, in this world, there are bandits everywhere, how can the Yangtze River waterway be an exception, Langlijiao is the leader of the largest group of water bandits on the Yangtze River waterway. None of you are stupid. Judging from some indications, in order to bring down Huitong Bank, ninety percent of the money was leaked to the bandits about the silver ship of Huitong Bank.

Liu Jing's face changed slightly. Hurriedly said: "Boss Jin, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, you can no longer hide it, if you really reveal the news of the silver ship to Langlijiao or other masters, we have to hurry to Huitong Bank to cash out, otherwise once the news of the robbery of the silver ship of Huitong Bank comes, the people in the city will rush to Huitong Bank to cash out, and then we will be miserable." ”

"Yes, yes, Boss Jin, have you revealed the news?"

"If you don't make it clear, I don't care, and this will be honored."

Everyone got up one after another, and Jin Million said: "Everyone, I am the one who has deposited the most silver in Huitong Bank, is it possible that my silver is not silver?" Now the silver ship is not far from Jinling, go and cash it now, isn't this a scareless, our previous efforts will be in vain;

As for what Langlijiao I revealed the news of the silver boat to, that is nothing, how could I, Jin Dashun, have any dealings with the bandits? However, Xu Yingjie made such a big move, transporting thirteen boats of silver back to Ganzhou at one time, such a big move, I think it can't be hidden from someone with a heart;

But don't worry, I've already sent someone behind the silver boat, and if something happens to the silver boat, my people will naturally release the carrier pigeon, and then it's not too late for us to send someone to cash it out, isn't that right? Then the news of the robbery of the silver ship came back, and we didn't even need to let people spread any rumors in the market, wouldn't it be more seamless? ”

Although Jin Million denied that he had a connection with the water bandits, Liu Jing and the others did not believe it in their hearts, in fact, most of the people sitting here were also engaged in other industries.

However, most of the people sitting here are human spirits, and such things will not be said to give people a handle. Jin Million's words are already obvious when you think about it carefully. But thinking about it, this time it was indeed he who deposited the most money in Huitong Bank, and everyone knew it.

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In the city of Yuezhou, Qin Mu took three hundred soldiers from the training battalion to train, and he was covered in stinky sweat, and as soon as he returned to his residence, Yan Gaofei came to him and reported that Zuo Liangyu had sent an envoy to ask for a meeting.

Qin Mu handed the Juque Sword to Niu Wanshan, and asked as he walked to the backyard, "Can you ask clearly about the specific intention of the envoy sent by Zuo Liangyu?" ”

"Back to my lord, my subordinates have asked, and the other party has to see the adults before he is willing to explain his intentions." Yan Gaofei was thin and small, and his steps were extremely light, although he was only slightly half a step behind Qin Mu, Qin Mu couldn't hear his footsteps.

Qin Mu said noncommittally: "You take people to the West Flower Hall first, let Yang Shen greet him, and the official will come out after freshening up, by the way, what is the new news from Nanjing?" ”

"Back to my lord, Xu Yingjie has already taken out 300,000 taels of silver to collect grain in the Jiangnan area according to my lord's orders, and there is no other news for the time being. However, my lord, as far as my subordinates know, there are often water robbers in the waters of the Yangtze River, especially in the Chaohu area, there are more than 800 bandits under his command, and they are impermanent, killing people and goods are extremely fierce, and the merchants in the past all talk about the change of tiger color. In the future, we will have to transport a large amount of grain back to Jiangxi and we can only take the waterway, my lord, this matter must be dealt with in advance. ”

Yang Mu unconsciously stopped when he heard this, thinking of Zheng He's huge fleet when he went to the Western Ocean, how exciting it was.

It's a pity that under the Ming Dynasty's policy of banning the sea, the imperial court now doesn't even have a decent sailor, and even the most important long river waterway is difficult to ensure the safety of the levy, allowing water bandits to run rampant. The Southern Song Dynasty relied on a water war by Yu Yunwen to extend the national lineage for more than 100 years. And Nan Ming doesn't mention it.

The training of the sailor is not an overnight thing, Qin Mu thought for a while and said: "You send someone to contact that Langlijiao, I will ask Meng Ke to cooperate with you as much as possible in this matter, and see if you can recruit An, and give Langlijiao a personal condition, you might as well be richer, remember, it is to give him personal conditions." Well, there are other small groups of water bandits, and they also have to think of recruiting An, the conditions are enough, I believe that there will always be people who accept Zhao'an, and when the big deal comes, we will use bandits to suppress bandits. ”

Qin Mu now has actually controlled Jiangxi and Huguang, and in the previous war, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu in a row, and his prestige was unique for a while.

"The subordinates will send someone to go, do you have any other orders?"

"Not yet."

Qin Mu returned to the backyard, this is a well-preserved haode compound, because Yuezhou City was burned down by Zhang Xianzhong more than sixty percent, and the government has also become a ruin, Qin Mu can only choose to settle in this compound.

Because every morning Qin Mu would go to lead the soldiers to train together, always covered in mud and sweat, it was inevitable to take a bath and change clothes after coming back, after a long time, Dong Xiaowan no longer needed him to shout as he did when he first came, and he had already prepared hot water and clothes to wait for him.

After Qin Mu hurriedly bathed and changed his clothes, he came to the West Flower Hall in the front yard, Yang Shen was here to greet Zuo Liangyu's envoy, this person was in his forties, with a mediocre appearance, and when he saw Qin Mu walking in in a three-grade official uniform, he immediately got up and said, "No, Zhao Xun, I have seen the governor." ”

"Mr. Zhao doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Qin Mu was still quite polite to him, the reason, Qin Mu also needs to recuperate now, but I don't know if Zuo Liangyu will give him a chance to recuperate.

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PS: On the third day of the Lunar New Year, everyone is in good health. Is there a guaranteed monthly pass? Ask for commuter pass support. (To be continued......)