"My father asked you to catch the murderer, why did you come to me?"
Li Chengqian looked at Changsun Wuji with a puzzled face.
Changsun Wuji said with an indifferent expression: "Why, as an uncle, I can't sit in my nephew's mansion anymore?"
"If you can come, you can come."
"But I always feel that your coming will definitely do nothing good."
Li Chengqian said bitterly: "Uncle, I can tell you in advance that your nephew really doesn't have the ability to investigate cases, so don't even think about asking me to help..."
Seeing this, Changsun Wuji was happy.
"How did you know that I came here just to investigate the case?"
"Is not it?"
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at Changsun Wuji.
"of course not."
Changsun Wuji slowly stood up and walked out, shouting to the door of the mansion: "Bring it in."
Following his shout, more than twenty sturdy men walked in from outside, carrying more than ten huge wooden boxes.
Seeing this wooden box, a smile suddenly appeared on Li Chengqian's face.
He looked up at Changsun Wuji and said, "So uncle is here to give me money..."
"Of course."
Changsun Wuji chuckled and said: "This is only part of it. There will be more after the liquidation is completed tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, he looked down at Li Chengqian and said, "Besides, your treasury is now richer than your father's private treasury."
"hey-hey."
Li Chengqian smiled proudly: "If my father lets me do business, I guarantee that I will become the richest man in the Tang Dynasty in two or three years."
"If you had said this a few years ago, I would not have believed it."
"But now, I really believe it."
First there are fireworks, then there are furniture, and then there are desserts.
What really made the Changsun family skyrocket was the sale of books and paper.
Nowadays, the money Changsun Wuji earns from selling books fills up countless warehouses.
As a partner, Li Chengqian Two large warehouses were built to store copper coins.
Of course, there were too many copper coins and nowhere to put them, which also made Li Chengqian very distressed.
As we all know, during the Tang Dynasty, gold and silver were not the main currencies in circulation.
Regardless of whether the transaction is large or small, the only currency that can be paid to the seller is copper coins.
If I had to pull out another thing that could be used as currency to pay, the only option would be silk cloth.
In his previous life, Li Chengqian once saw a painting describing a market in the Tang Dynasty.
There are two ladies in the painting, talking and laughing while walking.
Behind the lady, there were two strong men carrying a wooden stick with several coins on it.
At that time, he thought the painting was a joke.
But he only discovered it when he actually came to this era.
Not only is this not fiction, but it also contains some indescribable dilemmas of this era.
Take the little Chuzi as an example. If he wanted to take people to the streets to purchase supplies for the house, he would directly ask the groom to hitch a cart and pull a whole box of copper coins there.
In this era, a pound of pork costs two to three hundred Wen, and a pound of rice costs more than ten Wen.
Often they would go out with a cart of copper coins and turn that cart of copper coins into a cart of supplies when they came back.
Li Chengqian pursed his lips, glanced at Changsun Wuji and said, "Uncle, I have an idea."
"Um?"
Changsun Wuji raised his eyebrows: "What other evil ideas do you have?"
"I want to solve the current situation where we have too much money..."
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "For example, opening a bank or something."
"Qianzhuang?"
Changsun Wuji asked in confusion: "What is that?"
"It's just a place for currency exchange and storage."
"For example, if my uncle has a hundred copper coins and no place to put them, he can take them to me, pay me some storage fees, and hand them over to me.
I'll keep it."
"Afterwards, I will give my uncle a receipt for one hundred copper coins."
"With this receipt, uncle can take out the one hundred copper coins at any time."
"Similarly, my uncle can also transfer this receipt to others and let others collect the hundred copper coins."
Li Chengqian looked up at Changsun Wuji and said, "In this way, you only need to store all the copper coins with me, and you won't have to carry so many copper coins when you go out in the future."
"oh?"
Hearing these words, Changsun Wuji also felt strange.
"Then what if your bank is in Chang'an and I need money in Jiangnan?"
"No need to worry about this." .??.
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "If the bank can be built, we can open the bank all over the Tang Dynasty."
"Not to mention more than a thousand county towns, at least these four hundred state capitals must be included."
Li Chengqian looked at Changsun Wuji and said: "Some people may not believe us in the early stage, causing the bank to lose money, but in the future this will definitely become a trend."
"Um……"
Changsun Wuji pondered for a while and asked: "Then if someone forges receipts to withdraw money, wouldn't we suffer a huge loss?"
"I've thought about this a long time ago."
Li Chengqian said: "When I was in Mobei, I discovered a very special fuel."
"If this fuel does not touch water, it will always be transparent. As soon as it touches water, it will immediately turn blue. When it dries again, it will become transparent again."
"We can definitely use this fuel as an anti-counterfeiting mark to verify authenticity."
Hearing these words...
Changsun Wuji was really moved.
Moreover, he can also think of some things that Li Chengqian could not think of.
If the bank can really succeed in the future, all the wealth in the world will belong to the bank.
Will the eldest grandson's family still be short of money at that time?
Or, who in the world dares to grow up with Is the Sun family right?
He looked at Li Chengqian and said: "If we can really prepare everything, this matter is not impossible..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian slowly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "If uncle doesn't have any objections, I will go find Mr. Lu later."
"If Mr. Lu agrees, let's join forces with the three families again. What do you think?"
"Of course I have no objection."
Changsun Wuji raised his head and said: "If this matter can be accomplished, I will be willing to contribute half of the money spent on purchasing real estate and opening a bank."
"Uncle is really grand."
Li Chengqian gave a thumbs up to Changsun Wuji.
…
Wait until later.
Li Chengqian went directly to Lu Mansion to discuss the matter with Lu Qing.
When Lu Qing heard Li Chengqian's account of the bank, he was also greatly moved.
However, he still hesitated.
He looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "Although this is a good move, after all, we are three families working together."
"It's okay if we lose money, and the three of us will bear it together, but has Your Highness ever thought about how to divide the accounts in the future if we make a profit?"
"This is simple."
"You and your uncle will take 30% of the annual income, while my father will take 40%."
"What?"
Hearing this, Lu Qing was a little shocked: "Your Majesty also wants to participate?"
"Of course."
Li Chengqian said bluntly: "After all, this is a major event related to the national economy. Of course, my father must be personally involved."
"You are also a smart person, and you can definitely see the secret behind this, so I won't talk to you too much about this matter."
"But don't worry, I won't participate in the sharing."
Lu Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Isn't this tantamount to bribing Li Shimin with money?
But can he agree?
Lu Qing said with a bitter look on his face: "In that case, then I have no problem, and everything will be at your disposal..."