Zhao Zhen is getting older and has recently established a queen and officially become an adult. However, in this way, some people have discussed in private whether Liu E should return the power to Zhao Zhen. This is just that this matter is too sensitive. If Liu E doesn't mention it himself, others dare not say it in person. Even Lu Zongdao, who is known as the Prime Minister of Fish Head, dare not mention it because he is worried that it will cause a split between the two palaces and cause turmoil in the court.

Of course, not everyone dared to mention it. For example, Li Zhang knew that in a few years, when Zhao Zhen was almost twenty years old, a young man who had just entered the court wrote to Liu E and asked her to return the power to Zhao Zhen. As a result, this young man was demoted immediately, and this young man was the famous Fan Zhongyan in later generations.

Li Zhang did not have Fan Zhongyan's courage and was unwilling to provoke a fight between Liu E and Zhao Zhen, so he concealed the real reason why Liu E was unwilling to take risks. Zhao Zhen was still too young after all, and he had no doubts. After all, he was not very familiar with government affairs, so it was normal for Liu E to reject a proposal.

"Will Jiaozi really bring such great convenience?" Finally, Zhao Zhen asked curiously. He usually doesn't use money, so he has no idea about copper coins and other things, and naturally he doesn't know the impact of paper money.

"Of course, Jiaozi is actually a paper currency, and paper currency is actually a credit currency, while copper coins are a physical currency. There are huge differences between them. I will tell you carefully..."

Li Zhang now popularized some basic knowledge of economics to Zhao Zhen. Although he was only half-tongued, he was much better than ancient people like Zhao Zhen. After all, the financial economy in later generations was so developed that even an ordinary person would understand some basic economic principles.

However, Zhao Zhen really had no idea about economics, and he didn't understand what Li Zhang said, but he understood one thing, that is, the emergence of paper money can solve the problem of money shortage, and the copper saved can make a very powerful firearm, which made him excited and said, "Cousin, since paper money is so important, otherwise I would ask the eldest lady to change her mind?"

"Don't, don't go!" Li Zhang was shocked when he heard Zhao Zhen's words and hurriedly persuaded that Liu E had become obsessed with the imperial power and was very suspicious. If Zhao Zhen directly persuaded her to change her resolution on Jiaozi, it would probably only make Liu E suspicious of Zhao Zhen, which he would not want to see anyway.

"Why?" Zhao Zhen asked in confusion as he looked at Li Zhang's anxious look.

"This... the eldest lady's attitude is very firm. In addition, many ministers in the court believe that currency is of great importance and must not be moved lightly, so the force of opposing this matter is also very strong. This is also the main reason why the eldest lady is unwilling to set up a junta in the capital, so it may be useless if you go there." Li Zhang made up a reason and explained, of course what he said cannot be wrong.

Zhao Zhen finally nodded and whispered, "This is true. The matter of coins is of great importance, especially the relationship with the people. If something happens, it may cause chaos. It is normal for the ministers in the court to have this concern, but they cannot be conservative. If it weren't for your cousin, where would you come from the musket?"

Li Zhang was also very pleased to hear Zhao Zhen's words, because Zhao Zhen had realized the benefits of new things, which was also a good thing for him, because he would bring more new things to the Song Dynasty in the future, and Zhao Zhen also had to learn to adapt. Now he has the awareness of this aspect.

"Actually, even if the eldest lady doesn't agree to set up a military service in the capital, I have other solutions." Li Zhang suddenly smiled at this time. When he was rejected by Liu E, he was a little depressed, but when he was playing cards just now, he suddenly thought of a solution.

"What method?" Zhao Zhen said with great interest again.

"Do you want to do some other business?" Li Zhang suddenly smiled strangely at this time.

"I think, is it like Huiweizhai's business?" Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard Li Zhang's words. He used to invest in Huiweizhai, but he could get a lot of dividends every year. Although he couldn't use the money, the people around him needed money, but the cost in the palace was clear. He wanted to reward the people around him or spend some extra expenses, so he had to spend his own money. Huiweizhai's dividend also made him much more abundant.

"Just make money. See how much money you can spend in the past two days. Leave it to me at that time. I'm going to play a big game this time!" Li Zhang said immediately.

"Okay!" Zhao Zhen agreed without hesitation when he heard this. He had unconditional trust in Li Zhang, and he even agreed without asking what business Li Zhang used for.

It was getting late, and Li Zhang also said goodbye and left the palace. As soon as he got home, he immediately asked someone to call Chou Niang and Huo Zi, and there were Xiuxiu, Douzi and brothers. Xiuxiu is the housekeeper of the family. She knew the best of how many family assets there were. Douzi had accumulated a lot of experience with Li Yonghe before, but he was too young, so he mainly stayed at home and helped Xiuxiu manage the accounts in the past two years.

"Sister Chou Niang, the Wang Dahu from East Street came to his son to propose marriage to his son yesterday. Don't you think about it?" Douzi saw Chou Niang and Huo Zi come in, and immediately said to Chou Niang with a smile.

Since Li Zhang released the news to propose marriage to Huozi and Chou Niang, although they were rejected by them, there were still a steady stream of people who came to propose marriage. After all, Li Zhang's family is powerful and powerful, and his financial resources are not bad. Although Chou Niang and Huozi are not Li Zhang's younger brothers and sisters, they are almost the same, so they have become popular among matchmakers. The big family on the East Street fell in love with Chou Niang. Although Chou Niang is a little ugly, she is capable and can make money. Behind him is Li Zhang, he has been trying to talk to his son several times.

"You guy dares to tease me. Do you believe it or not, I will ask the matchmaker to propose marriage to you tomorrow?" The ugly lady immediately twisted his ears and said, "Although Wang Dahu is rich, his son is not very good. He is ignorant to describe him as being light. Naturally, the ugly lady naturally looks down on him. In fact, Li Zhang looks down on him, so he doesn't even see this Wang Dahu, but the other party sticks to it like a dog-skin plaster.

"It hurts~, Sister Ugly shows mercy, but I am the only one left in our Dou family. I can get married early and have a good family." Douzi had a sharp-tongued look and said hard while screaming pain.

"Okay, Xu Butuhu, who delivered meat to our restaurant, has a daughter at home. She helped his father deliver meat last time, and you should have seen her, so why not just tell her to be your wife." The ugly lady was not easy to mess with, and immediately smiled again.

Douzi's face turned green when she heard the daughter of Xu Butuhu's family, because the butuhu's big and thick-looking man looked like a savage, and his daughter seemed to be carved from him and a mold. She was so strong that she could carry half a pig, so she couldn't bear such a woman.

Seeing that Douzi was defeated, the ugly lady couldn't help laughing. Li Zhang also joked a few times at this time, and then the few people sat down. Xiuxiu also prepared a few snacks very considerately, so everyone could eat and chat.

"I'm going to do a big business!" After chatting for a few words, Li Zhang suddenly spoke.

"What big business is going on, brother, please give me your order!" Huozi was also excited when he heard Li Zhang's words. In addition to being interested in women, what he was most interested in was making money. However, Huiweizhai's business has reached its peak now. He was planning to open several branches, but he was suffering from the lack of reliable personnel. Only by relying on Huiweizhai alone could no longer satisfy his desires.

"You should know Jiaozi, right?" Li Zhang smiled again. Before, whether it was a breakfast shop or a restaurant, they were actually just for Huozi and the others to practice. After all, they were young before and could not do any big business. They just used these to train them. Now Huozi and Chou Niang are already adults, so it is time to give them a bigger stage.

"Brother, do you want to open a Jiaozi Shop?" The ugly girl finally responded, and she couldn't help but be surprised. Before setting up Jiaozi Shop, Yizhou had all Jiaozi issued by Jiaozi Shop. However, due to the chaos in the industry, the famous minister Zhang Yong finally rectified the Jiaozi industry, and the Jiaozi was issued by sixteen merchants. The style of Jiaozi was also unified. Later, Jiaozi Shop was specially established to be responsible for issuing Jiaozi. Now Jiaozi Shop has also appeared in the capital, but because there is no government control, the entire industry also seems a bit chaotic.

"Not bad, but I don't plan to issue ordinary Jiaozi, but real banknotes, so naturally I can't call it Jiaozishop, so I'd just call it Qianxing!" Li Zhang said again with a smile.

Liu E didn't want to set up a Jiaozi business in the capital, but Jiaozi had appeared as a convenient banknote and could not be banned at all. So Li Zhang thought of setting up a private bank to issue the banknotes. Anyway, the bank may not necessarily be nationalized. For example, banks in many countries in later generations were private, and they also had the right to issue currency.

Of course, the name of a bank is definitely not available. In the later Ming and Qing dynasties, silver could be circulated as currency, so the name of a bank was found. However, silver was not allowed to be circulated as currency in the Song Dynasty. Copper is the legal currency, but it always feels a bit awkward to call it a copper bank, so I just want to call it a money bank.

"I naturally know that Jiaozi has also appeared in Beijing recently, especially some merchants in Yizhou who have experience. The Jiaozi shops they opened in Beijing are also very famous. Can we do better than them?" Huozi raised his own question at this time. Although he believed in Li Zhang, his previous knowledge of Jiaozi was limited, so he was also confused about this unfamiliar industry.
Chapter completed!