The Shen family has settled in Taiyuan for nearly twenty years. The house is naturally very large. It can be said that it is second only to the Jin Palace in Taiyuan City. After the vanguard army entered the city, the Huai'an Army was stationed in the Shen family.
To be precise, senior generals of the Huai'an Army such as Xue Wei and Wanzhong lived in the Shen Mansion and dealt with daily affairs.
Firstly, the Shen family is trustworthy and they don't have to worry about other accidents. Secondly, they want to improve the status of the Shen family so that it can be more convenient for the Shen family to manage Taiyuan.
However, at this time, Xue Wei and Wan Zhong had already led their troops out of the city to expand their scope of activities, and were not in Taiyuan City.
Ever since, Shen Xu, a young man, seemed to have transformed into the city lord of Taiyuan despite Shen Ming's deliberate indifference.
At this time, in the living room where Shen's family entertained guests, several middle-aged people wearing silk clothes were sitting under Shen Xu. After several people drank tea and exchanged greetings, Shen Xu looked at a few of them. Personally, he said with a smile: "Uncles, we are all acquaintances. Originally, when you arrived in Taiyuan, my father should come out to entertain you. But now, the situation in Taiyuan City is different, and my father is not very If it's convenient to come out and meet people, let my nephew come out and entertain some uncles."
Several people didn't even dare to say it.
One of the fat middle-aged men said with a smile: "Second Young Master, please call us brothers here. What are the regulations? Just give them the instructions directly. We have been friends with the Shen family for more than ten years. Use Don’t beat around the bush.”
Several other people agreed.
Shen Xu put down the tea cup, looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "What other regulations can there be? I just want to buy some food with a few uncles like before."
After saying that, he took out a stack of redemption notes from the bank from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "A few uncles took a look at the authenticity. These are all redemption notes from Yandu Huitong Bank. They took the redemption notes You can go directly to exchange the money."
Several old grain bosses looked at each other and then looked at the exchange of votes on the table. After hesitating for a moment, one of them said: "The exchange of votes from Yandu..."
Shen Xu saw the hesitation in his eyes, and collected the exchange tickets again, and said with a smile: "I know that there is a war now, and Yandu is probably not safe. The market is not what it used to be. If these uncles don't accept these To redeem the vote, I can give some uncles some cash."
"It's just the price of food..."
Shen Xu said with a smile: "If I pay in cash, my uncles will give me a cheaper price."
The middle-aged man closest to Shen Xu lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly looked up at Shen Xu and whispered: "Second Young Master, before we came here, we heard that Taiyuan had fallen. Can you tell us something? , what’s the situation in Taiyuan now?”
"oh."
Shen Xuyun was calm and smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm taking care of it for the time being."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man swallowed hard. He looked up at Shen Xu and continued: "There are rumors outside that the Shen of the Second Young Master and the Shen of Master Nan Chen are the same..."
Shen Xu did not answer the question directly, but just smiled faintly: "Is this a Shen, it doesn't seem to affect our business?"
The man's face became serious: "Natural influence."
He looked at Shen Xu, gritted his teeth and said, "Second Young Master, we have been friends for more than ten years. You might as well tell the truth to us old acquaintances."
"The Shen of the Shen family and the Shen of Marquis Shen are the same Shen."
He patted his chest and said, "How much food do you want here? I, surnamed Tao, will deliver it directly to you without taking a penny!"
After saying this, the middle-aged man surnamed Tao looked at Shen Xu and added: "But the second young master must report my family's name to Lord Shen..."
Hearing what he said, everyone present expressed their opinions one after another.
He expressed that he could supply food to Taiyuan free of charge.
Shen Xu pressed his hand and signaled them to stop first. After everyone calmed down, he said with a smile: "Don't worry about whether it is Shen or not. I can tell you that my family is indeed working for the Huai'an Army now. Otherwise, There’s no need to buy so much food.”
Hearing what Shen Xu said, everyone present looked slightly moved.
Shen Xu ignored them and continued.
"But no matter what, the money that should be given must still be given."
"The uncles don't want to take the money from Yandu Bank. I have some cash here, but I can't give you much, so let's find a compromise."
Shen Xu groped around in his arms and took out another stack of redemption notes. He looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Here are the redemption notes from Jiankang to Datong Bank. Take the redemption notes to Jiankang and you can exchange them for cash immediately." ."
"Do you want it?"
Everyone stood up one after another and bowed their heads to Shen Xu: "Second Young Master, we accept this exchange ticket!"
"How much food do you want? Just tell me!"
Shen Xu also stood up and looked at everyone.
"There's no rush, let's discuss it slowly, slowly."
It took a full half day for Shen Xu and several grain bosses to discuss the specific amount of grain, and then Shen Xu personally sent them out of Taiyuan.
Three days later, Xue Wei and Wan Zhong returned to Taiyuan City. Shen Xu came to see Xue Wei immediately, reported to Xue Wei the purchase of grain, and patted his chest and promised: "General, at most one month, The food will be in place."
Xue Wei smiled and said, "Eighth Young Master is really neat in doing things, but there is one thing that Xue doesn't quite understand."
Shen Xu quickly said: "General, please speak."
Xue Wei looked at him and asked with a smile: "During this period, the Eighth Young Master seems to have not left Taiyuan, and he has not heard that the Shen family still has property in the south. Where did the Jiankang vote come from?"
"This..."
Shen Xu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This is interesting to say. The seventh brother wrote to me and asked me to create this ticket out of thin air."
"Created out of thin air?"
Xue Wei scratched his head, a little confused.
Shen Xu smiled and said: "This is not difficult to imagine. The general can understand that we did not deposit so much money in Datong Bank."
"If they try to redeem the tickets now, they won't be able to redeem them."
"However, if these grain merchants want to go to the south, they won't be able to go for a while. It will take two or three years at least. After two or three years, they will take the money to redeem it, and then the imperial court will come forward to cash the money to them. , or discuss it with Datong Bank, deposit the corresponding amount into Datong Bank, and then Datong Bank will cash it to them."
"Those cashed bills used the bank's anti-counterfeiting methods. Although they are not from Chase Bank, they cannot be copied."
Shen Xu smiled and said: "According to the seventh brother, this is called credit lending."
Xue Da scratched his head.
He understood what Shen Xu said before, but he didn't understand what "credit loan" meant.
Of course, this kind of credit lending is not only based on the credit of Nanchen and Huai'an Army, but also based on the current war situation between the two countries.
To put it bluntly, these businessmen who were sitting on the fence started to place bets.
Otherwise, these profit-seeking businessmen would not be able to agree so happily.
After Shen Xu finished speaking, he looked at Xue Wei and asked, "When the general comes back so soon, have all the nearby prefectures and counties surrendered?"
"Don't mention it."
Xue Wei was a little annoyed and said in a low voice: "Before I had time to capture a few county towns, I received an urgent message from the Marquis. A Yandu Imperial Army from the Northern Qi Dynasty was rushing towards Taiyuan. It is estimated that it will not take a few days. You can get to Taiyuan nearby.”
"I have to come back to guard Taiyuan. There is no way to take care of the nearby prefectures and counties for the time being."
"ah?"
Shen Xu was a little surprised: "Yandu Forbidden Army?"
"Don't worry, there won't be too many people."
Xue Wei grinned: "It is estimated that there are only 20,000 people, or at most 30,000 people."
"I'm not worried about the crowd, but I'm worried that after the Imperial Army surrounds Taiyuan, the food we purchased won't be able to get in."
"Relax."
General Xue looked up at the sky and grunted: "There are only 20,000 to 30,000 people, not even as many as Xue's vanguard soldiers. With these people, you still want to surround Taiyuan?"
"When they arrive..."
General Xue narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "I want to go out and see if they are worthy of staying near Taiyuan and being our neighbors!"
Hearing his words, Wan Zhong couldn't help but frown: "General, Shen... The Marquis said that he wants you to act with caution."
He wanted to say Mr. Shen, but outsiders were present and he abruptly changed his words.
"I'm already very cautious."
Xue Mangzi looked back at Wan Zhong, then grinned: "If I wasn't careful, I wouldn't have returned to Taiyuan at this time."
"Instead, directly lead the troops to intercept and kill this bullshit Yandu Forbidden Army!"