It had been two months since Lin Fei returned to Chang 'an from Shandong. In these two months, Lin Fei had become the most famous person in the Tang Empire. Some people might not know the name of the current Emperor, but they would definitely know that there was a Prince Consort in the Tang Empire called Lin Fei. Moreover, this Prince Consort Lin Fei had turned Chang' an upside down.
He invented paper money. No one else could make paper money like him. Those paper money could be exchanged for real gold and silver in the Tang Bank. As for the Great Tang Bank, it had been established over a month ago. Now, many important cities in the north of the Great Tang had already established branches.
Ordinary people could deposit their money in the bank. Not only did they not have to pay, but the bank would also give them money.
At first, the commoners did not believe it. However, half a month later, someone said that they had ten taels of silver in the bank. Half a month later, they had ten more copper coins.
Although 10 copper coins were not a lot, it was still a bit of profit for some ordinary families. Therefore, many commoners had deposited the money that they could not use in the bank for the time being. One month had passed, and the commoners who were still worried went to withdraw the money. They found that the bank really gave them interest. Although it was not a lot, it was still money.
As a result, many people who came to withdraw money had just withdrawn their money and saved it back.
However, the happiest people were not the common people, but some businessmen. Most of these businessmen wanted to expand their business, but they had no capital. After knowing that the bank could lend money at a low interest rate, those businessmen couldn't help but go to the bank to borrow money.
However, when those businessmen arrived at the bank, they found that the bank was good in everything except for the fact that they needed to be approved before they could borrow money. However, they could understand. After all, who would borrow money? Therefore, those merchants were very willing to cooperate with the bank.
If it was only because of this, it would not have made Lin Fei so famous. What really made Lin Fei famous was that half a month ago, Li Shiming announced that Lin Fei had found a grain that could produce more than 20 catties per mu, and it could be harvested twice a year in the north.
This news immediately caused an uproar in the north. The common people all knew what it meant to produce more than twenty piculs of grain per mu. This meant that from now on, no one in the Great Tang would ever starve to death because of insufficient food.
As for whether this kind of grain really existed, no one doubted it anymore, because when Li Shiming was harvesting potatoes, he invited many old people near Chang 'an to the palace to have a look. In the end, what Li Shiming said was true. He didn't say too much and even said that it was too little. Those old people felt that one mu could produce more than 25 catties, or even 30 catties.
After this series of events, Lin Fei became famous. Almost everyone in the north knew his name.
It was said that people were afraid of being famous, and pigs were afraid of being strong. Lin Fei was like this now. In the future, his door would always be empty. No one would come for ten days to half a month.
It was not an exaggeration to describe his door as crowded. The butler received gifts every day, but most of the people who came were businessmen. They felt that the idea of the bank was actually proposed by Lin Fei. With Lin Fei's good relationship, they could get a loan from the bank.
Therefore, many businessmen went to Lin Fei's house, hoping to get the payment they needed from Lin Fei.
Unfortunately, their gifts had been delivered, and Lin Fei's butler had also received the gifts. However, they could not see Lin Fei at all, let alone find Lin Fei's connections to get the payment.
After this situation continued for a few days, the number of people who came to Lin Fei for help gradually decreased. In the end, basically no one came. Lin Fei's door returned to its previous state. No one came for ten days to half a month.
However, today, there were more people in front of Lin Fei's door. This time, they were not businessmen but meritorious nobles in Chang 'an. Each of them could scare many people to death.
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