"Yuechan, did you sleep well last night? Could it be that you miss me so much that you can't sleep at night? Sin, this king is too handsome, it is really a sin!”
When Li You saw Wei Yuechan again, he noticed a pair of big dark circles under her eyes on her beautiful face. He immediately started to flirt with her.
"Tsk, he's even a prince of the Imperial Court.”Wei Yuechan chided.
If Wei Yuechan had been an innocent girl who had fallen into the evil clutches of a tyrant when she first met Li You yesterday, then she was now on the verge of turning the tables around.
Originally, it was already an unchangeable fact that Wei Yuechan was married to Li You as Consort Qi after Li Er's betrothal. Furthermore, Wei Yuechan had witnessed Li You's true capabilities yesterday.
"To be honest, I couldn't sleep because of the matter with the Tang Bank and those copper mines. I've been worried for the whole night," she said. There are many details that can't be resolved."
"For example?"
"When commoners deposit and withdraw money from the bank, they have to sign a contract, right? However, if he only deposited a few coins each time and re-established a contract, wouldn't the teacher who signed the contract die of exhaustion? Besides, this isn't enough for Sir's salary!”
"This king was wondering what the question was. This is simple. For small amounts of money, such as one coin, five coins, or ten coins, the Great Tang Bank could hire a skilled craftsman to carve a plate like a seal and then print it into a receipt with special paper. There was no need to register or rewrite the documents every time. In the future, these documents could be exchanged for copper coins at any time and could also be freely circulated among the people. Hmm, these documents shall be called silver notes.”
"However, what if someone forges banknotes?”
"You don't have to worry about that. A small amount of forgery would not affect the overall situation. If we forge too many of them, don't forget that this is a business of the imperial court. Do you really think the imperial court's knife is not good?”
"Also, what if many people withdraw money at the same time and the bank lends out the money?”
"You can set a maximum amount of money per person per day. If they exceeded this limit, they would have to make an appointment a few days in advance. If more people made reservations, they could raise the money earlier.”
"What if someone doesn't want to pay back?"
"That depends on whether this person is deliberately not paying back or if he doesn't have the ability to repay. Those who had the ability to repay the debt would be punished according to the laws set by the imperial court. It was fine if he really did not have the ability to repay. After all, in business, there were profits and losses. As long as the bad debts were controlled to a certain extent, it would be fine.”
……
In short, Wei Yuechan posed more than ten questions, and Li You answered all of them fluently.
What a joke. If you haven't eaten pork, have you never seen a pig run? How could some simple questions about the bank be difficult for him?
However, note that these simple questions are actually not easy to solve.
For example, engraving printing banknotes. In this era, engraving printing did not appear. Only seals appeared.
What kind of concept was it to casually say that engraving printing was one of the four great inventions of the Celestial Empire?
It was simply miraculous!
Also, the various systems of the bank were formulated based on countless lessons of blood and tears in the future. It sounded simple, but it seemed like a layer of window paper. However, if I don't tell you directly, I'm afraid you won't be able to think of it even if you break your head!
Although Wei Yuechan acknowledged Li You as a genius who was skilled in both martial arts and literature, his ability to earn money was far above hers. However, she still retained a little pride in her heart. She had been in business for many years, and when it came to handling daily affairs, she was definitely above Li You.
Only now did he realize that it was far more than that!
Li You answered the question that he had been thinking about all night without any hesitation!
In the beginning, she wanted to find Li You to discuss these issues. In the end, the discussion turned into asking for advice.
"Your Highness is so powerful!"
"So it can be like this!"
"Why didn't I think of that?"
……
Wei Yuechan cried out in surprise. Li You was overjoyed to hear that. Until the end…
"Are there any other questions?" Li You asked.”
"No more." Wei Yuechan stood up and said,"I'll go home now and write down the specific regulations of the bank."?Then, he quickly arranged for people to buy those gall water ores.”
"Hey, why are you in such a hurry? Stay here for two more days.”
"No! As you said, the gall water ore can be used to refine copper. It was recorded in ancient books. What if someone discovered these bile water ores? Also, the Datang Bank will lose a lot of money if it opens a day later. I can't wait any longer.”
"It won't happen. The ancient book had been written for hundreds of years, so it was not a big deal.”
"That won't do. It's better to be safe than sorry."
……
All in all, after Li You persuaded her for a while, Wei Yuechan insisted on leaving.
Li You could tell that Wei Yuechan was more interested in earning money than anything else. Even if the money earned by Datang Bank was not her money, it was still the same! What she liked was the process of making money.
Otherwise, Wei Yuechan wouldn't have stayed up all night thinking about the bank.
Since that was the case, he would let her go home early. It was useless for him to force her to stay. Besides, Wei Yuechan was not married yet, and she had to stay in the Qi Prince's mansion all the time. It was not good for her reputation.
"Then we should eat some snacks (breakfast) before leaving, right?" Li You said. I've already sent someone to do it. According to the time, it should be here by now. No matter how anxious you are, it won't take long.”
"Alright…why isn't he here yet…"
Dong dong dong ~~
At this moment, the sound of light footsteps could be heard.
"Your Highness, today's snacks are ready. Do you want me to bring it in now?" It was Shen Shan Chang's voice.
Li You was slightly puzzled.
Shen Shan Chang was the food officer in the wang fu, a ninth rank, and had a large group of people under him. Logically speaking, there was no need for him to personally deliver food.
"Come in."
"Yes."
Shen Shan Chang pushed open the door and placed a food box on the table.
Li You was surprised to find that the old man had changed into a brand new official robe. He couldn't help but think to himself,'Good heavens, Shen Shan Zhang is old but not old at heart. He's quite vain.'
However, it turned out that Li You had misunderstood.
After the greetings, Shen Shan Zhang bowed slightly to Li You and Wei Yuechan and said seriously,""Reporting to King Qi and Princess Consort. In order to welcome wangfei's arrival, this lowly official bathed and changed clothes today. I personally cooked and made a peerless delicacy for the two of you to taste.”
"Peerless delicacy? How delicious was it? Was it comparable to Meng Yuanniang's Golden Jade Slices?”Wei Yuechan asked curiously.
"Wangfei, please taste it."
Wei Yuechan opened the food container and said,""Don't keep calling me princess consort. I haven't married yet. Uh…Are you sure? Isn't this just an ordinary soup cake?"
The beauty's expression changed!
The so-called soup cake was the noodles of the future.
Now, there were only two bowls of noodles placed neatly in the food box. There were no vegetables or eggs. It was just ordinary plain water noodles with some oil and salt added!
"This is the snack of our Imperial Residence?" Li You was also slightly stunned. This…this was too shabby, right? What…what kind of peerless delicacy was this?”
Shen Shan Chang shook his head slightly." Of course I'm not mistaken. This is what I meant by 'peerless delicacies.'" You two…have a taste."
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