He almost lost his breath and looked dazed. It took him a long time to regain consciousness. At this time, Wang Yansheng was extremely depressed, but he still tried his best to restrain himself.
Wrapped in endless disappointment, but having been pretending to be Hutu for more than ten years, his mind was exceptionally sober. He pushed away the few people who were surrounding him with expressions of concern, Wang Yansheng stood up and picked up another account, his tone
"Calmly" asked: "If these accounts are true, the monthly expenses of the house are so huge, even five thousand or ten thousand guan, you can spend it completely. This account is less than 1,000 guan, how long can it last?"
It’s just the beginning of a year, but the rest of the year won’t be able to go by? There must be something wrong with this account, tell me, where is the problem?”
Hearing Wang Yansheng mention this, the three Wang Yinghao brothers and the stewards looked at each other, but Wang Yinghao said in a low voice: "The salary from the imperial court is allocated according to the time every month, and the industries operated outside the government can also be paid, so it can still be done."
Supportive..."
Of course, Wang Yansheng could not be convinced by this explanation. He said fiercely: "Including your brother's salary, it is only five hundred guan per month. What can this money be used for? What kind of industry income can you get? How much can you make?
There must be something you are hiding from me, tell me the truth!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yinghao looked troubled. After hesitating for a while, he still lowered his head and advised: "Father, don't worry about it. I can take care of things at home. I will also find a way to raise the expenses for the trip to Nanyang as soon as possible!"
"What method, steal? Cheat? Or rob?" Wang Yansheng exploded completely, turned the hilt of the sword, and hit Wang Yinghao hard: "To this point, you still want to trick me, you really think I am Lao Hu
Tu, can I be bullied?"
Wang Yinghao was in pain and fell to the ground with a grin on his face, but he didn't care about it. He knelt down on the spot and worshiped: "Father, calm down! I don't dare!"
After saying that, he kowtowed his head very hard, making a loud noise. After a few times, he felt dizzy and his scalp was bruised. He still kept kowtowing. He probably had never been so cruel to himself in his life. He looked at it.
The eldest son would rather harm himself than tell the truth. Wang Yansheng's heart couldn't help but sink.
Kicked him over and turned to look at the other two sons: "You tell me!"
The two sons looked like dogs, but when faced with their old father in such a state, they were completely intimidated. They looked at each other, lowered their heads at the same time, pretending not to hear, and refused to say a word.
Seeing the two people's reactions, Wang Yansheng immediately understood that the two traitors had a share in the problem of the family's lack of money. He turned away from the two men and slowly walked up to an official with a gray beard and raised his head.
He raised his sword and put it on his neck: "Wang Jin, you have been following me for more than forty years. You will not lie to me. Tell me!"
Looking at the old master who was already a little crazy, the old servant named Wang Jin also showed a bit of unbearable color in his eyes. He was not afraid of the sharp weapon around his neck, but was concerned about his body. He really couldn't be stimulated anymore.
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However, Wang Yansheng became cruel. The master, who was also disowned by his relatives, saw that he was silent and looked as if he was going to wipe his neck. Wang Yinghao, who was more awake, got up and shouted "no", trying to seize the sword in Wang Yansheng's hand. As a result,
He was kicked over again.
At this point, Wang Jin couldn't stand it any longer. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to tell the truth: "The government is short of money, and we have some foreign debts to make up for it..."
At this time, Wang Yansheng was completely stunned. He never expected that he would get such an answer. His skinny hands were particularly strong at this time, and he grabbed his chest fiercely and stared at the butler fiercely: "Is this true?"
"Yes!" Wang Jin sighed, a little ashamed on his face.
When Wang Yinghao saw the old butler telling the truth, he couldn't help but slumped there. He couldn't get up at all, and was dejected. With two "clicks", the sharp sword in his hand fell to the ground. Wang Yansheng laughed twice, with a hint of laughter.
Some desolation: "I have lived a heroic life, but I still have to suffer such humiliation in my later years. The dignified government has to rely on debt to survive. It makes people laugh at generosity, and it makes people laugh at generosity!"
Wang Yansheng was very angry and puzzled at the same time. How could this happen? It stands to reason that even just relying on the annual salary of his county father would be enough to support this large family. Of course, the huge expenditure items came to mind.
, this idea that should be taken for granted quickly turned gray...
Even as strong as Wang Yansheng, faced with such a situation, he couldn't bear it any longer. He sat down again, lost his mind for a while, raised his eyes and asked, with endless exhaustion in his tone: "Who did you borrow money from?"
Wang Jin whispered: "There are some prominent officials and wealthy businessmen in the village, and the other is Kang Ning, a big businessman in Luoyang."
"Kang Ning!" Wang Yansheng recalled for a moment and said, "That leather goods seller?"
"Yes!" Wang Jin said.
"Has he started borrowing money?" Wang Yansheng asked calmly.
"He doesn't borrow money from ordinary people. It is said that many high-ranking officials and nobles have extended their hands to Kang Ning, and they are all willing to come..."
"Can't you see this kind of trick?" Wang Yansheng looked at his sons and old associates sarcastically.
Wang Yinghao spoke: "The government only borrowed 5,000 yuan from Kang Ning, and has already repaid part of it. The interest is not high, and Kang Ning has never made any excessive demands to the government!"
When he said this, Wang Yinghao even felt a little complacent, while Wang Yansheng's heart sank to the bottom of his head. Why did he give birth to such stupid sons? In the past, he felt that the eldest son was a little bit smart, but now it seems
, such a little cleverness will only bring disaster, it is better to be the two younger brothers of Mi Chong.
"When he opens his mouth, are you still allowed to refuse?" Wang Yansheng stared at Wang Yinghao coldly, without even the emotion of anger.
With a sullen face and thinking for a long time, Wang Yansheng looked at Wang Jin and ordered: "Go and tell the men who are preparing to go south, let them wait for two days with peace of mind, I will definitely prepare the money and expenses!"
"But, there really isn't much living money left in the house!" Wang Yansheng said so confidently, but Wang Jinke reminded worriedly without any confidence.
"Are you going to carry my order?" Wang Yansheng gave him an indifferent look.
"I don't dare, I will inform you immediately!"
Wang Yansheng ignored his three sons, picked up the sword on the ground, flipped it back into its sheath twice, called the warehouse managers, and headed towards the warehouse.
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Bafanglou, located in Luoyang North City, is a medium-sized restaurant with a good reputation and excellent dishes, especially delicacies from all over the world. Its owner is Luoyang Dashang Kangning.
The situation has changed over the past few decades, and the same is true for the business community of Han Dynasty. Against the historical background of the great development of handicraft industry and the great expansion of the commodity economy, batches of wealthy businessmen have emerged, and batches of wealthy businessmen have also fallen due to various reasons.
Another batch of big businessmen, and only those who can stand for decades are truly qualified to get the title of "big businessmen". What they rely on is not only smart minds who are good at business, but in people like Han Dynasty,
In a privileged society, background comes first.
Kang Ning is obviously such a person. His background is not ordinary. His original name is Kang Yanning, and he is the nephew of the former minister Kang Fu. Kang Fu is the father of Hechuan Bo Kang Yanze, and the Wang and Kang families were in trouble because of the conflict between their grandchildren.
relationship, and the relationship between Kang Yanze and Kang Ning does not seem to be very good, so the relationship is somewhat complicated.
Speaking of Kang Ning, he started very early. He was already engaged in business when he was still in the twelfth year of Tianfu. At that time, there was still war and chaos, and thieves were rising all over the world. Even the Liu family who had just entered Kaifeng had a problem with whether they could maintain their position in the world. Then
When doing business, you have to risk your life.
Thanks to his background and the capital to make a fortune, Kang Ning was bold. He took some tribesmen and bribed some thieves and refugees, and went to Huainan to collect (rob) and buy (rob) grain, and then transported it back to Kaifeng.
At that time, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from Hedong Province were newly recruited in Kaifeng. The most important thing was food, and the most lacking thing was food. A bucket of rice cost three hundred cents. As long as the food was successfully transported, it was a huge profit. It only took three trips, and Kang Ning's capital was doubled.
twice.
However, the profiteering business of grain was not a long-term solution. Although the imperial court acquiesced and even secretly supported them in raising grain from other places to fill the capital, Kang Ning had the foresight to make a change in advance.
Kang Ning's target was the "transportation industry" which was extremely profitable at the time, and its first customer was the Han Dynasty court. Relying on the Kang family's reputation, he directly approached Wang Zhang, the Prime Minister at the time, and expressed his willingness to help the court transport grain to the country.
On the front line, in order to gain trust, he first donated a hundred stones of flour. Wang Zhang, who was worried about the army's expedition, felt his "sincerity" and agreed to let him give it a try, and arranged for someone to assign part of the tasks to Kang Ning.
The road from Kaifeng to Yecheng is not far. Du Chongwei's rebels were trapped in Yuancheng by Gao Xing. Kang Ning's group also had rich experience in transporting grain. Together with his donation, the first batch of 500 shi
Military rations were successfully transported to the front line.
After the first time, everything went smoothly. After the whole "Pingdu" war, Kang Ning and his men helped the court transport more than 3,000 stones of military rations. This was no less important than an auxiliary military camp.
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As for the entire transportation business, not to mention making money, Kang Ning lost all the profits from the previous grain business. But it has to be said that this is the beginning of Kang Ning's fortune. Strictly speaking, Kang Ning is closely related to the imperial court and is the core power of the imperial court.
The department established a relationship much earlier than the Kang Yanze brothers, and there is nothing more secure and more profitable than doing business under official protection...