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After the Liang army entered the city,
Zhao Yuan then ordered Shi Qian to lead a team of spies to keep an eye on the officials and wealthy households in the city.
To prevent them from causing trouble.
Under Shi Qian's guidance, Lin Chong did indeed capture some remnants of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Yuan hadn't expected Shi Qian's spies to have developed to this extent.
He even noticed such a small thing, he chuckled.
"Talk about it."
"Several of them are pawnshops,"
"After they learned that the King was going to open a royal bank,"
"We discussed it privately, and decided to test how much money the royal family had put in."
"If there are too many, they are prepared to honestly accept some odds and ends that the royal family does not accept."
"If it's not a large sum, they can use up all the money in the bank."
"The Royal Bank has run out of money to lend, so the people still have no choice but to go there."
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "They're not stupid."
Shi Qian retorted, "These audacious madmen even dare to plot against the royal family."
"Should I teach them a lesson?"
Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "No need, just open the door and do business."
"There's no reason to be picky about customers."
“I’ll lend them money as long as they have collateral,”
"They could bury all the money underground, I wouldn't care,"
"As long as they pay the interest on time, that's fine."
Upon hearing this, Shi Qian smiled and said, "That's true."
"Those fools borrowed 500,000 strings of cash,"
"Five thousand strings of cash must be given to the king every month,"
"It was still split among the various families,"
"I don't think they can hold out for much longer."
Zhao Yuan laughed and asked, "Who else wants to borrow money?"
Shi Qian said, "There is another kind of person whose intentions are despicable."
"There are a few wealthy families who believe that my Great Liang might not necessarily be able to unify the world,"
"They're coming to borrow money now, thinking that if the Song Dynasty were to retake it,"
"Then you won't have to pay me back the money from Daliang."
"What's left are businessmen who want to expand their businesses,"
"This time, the imperial court confiscated the property of some powerful and wealthy individuals,"
"Several major businessmen in various industries have perished,"
"They want to borrow money to expand their business."
Commerce was already highly developed in the Song Dynasty.
In addition, Zhao Yuan released all the soldiers working in the Imperial Guards of Tokyo.
Let them become professional businessmen.
Tokyo's commerce, however, was largely unaffected by the change of dynasty.
Clever businessmen, on the contrary, saw the business opportunities brought about by the change of dynasties.
Ready to unleash my full potential.
As long as there is profit
Businessmen tend to have fewer concerns than most people.
Don't even mention that half the world already belongs to the Great Liang.
Even though the Great Liang only had one city, Tokyo,
As long as there is enough profit
Merchants will then take risks.
They even risked being beheaded.
Chapter 1755 Borrowing Money
If a businessman grows powerful enough to influence a country...
So in order to make a profit
They might encourage unrest.
Profiting immensely from the war.
Moreover, the official gazette of Daliang,
Every day, the number of new prefectures added to the Great Liang Dynasty is announced.
This made the people of Tokyo realize that the unification of the world by the Great Liang Dynasty was an unstoppable trend.
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "Don't worry about them."
"As long as you pay interest, you're a customer."
"Whether or not my Great Liang can unify the world is not up to them to decide."
"How's your undercover work going?"
Shi Qian scratched his head and said,
"After taking Tokyo,"
"They're busy monitoring the powerful and wealthy in Tokyo,"
"The people we recruited are all in Tokyo,"
"JD.com has recruited a lot of staff,"
"Other states cannot monitor it."
Zhao Yuan nodded.
"Tokyo is of paramount importance,"
"Let's take it slow with the other places."
"Alright, I'll go to the palace to get some savings so I can lend them out."
"I'm not afraid of them coming to borrow, I'm afraid no one will come to borrow."
Shi Qian praised, "Your Majesty is wise. I shall take my leave now."
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "Go."
Shi Qianchong cupped his hands in greeting to Zhao Yuan.
With a leap, he darted out of the window.
They climbed onto the roof by clinging to the eaves.
Zhao Yuan left his office.
Then Ren Jinnu came up from the second floor.
"Your Majesty, the money has all been borrowed."
"There are also customers who want to borrow money."
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "Let them wait."
"I'm going to the palace to withdraw my deposits."
Ren Jinnu's eyes gleamed with golden light as he nodded.
"Another few hundred thousand strings of cash,"
"I estimate it can be lent out today."
Zhao Yuan touched Ren Jinnu's thigh.
"You're such a gold-lover."
"Yes, isn't this servant making money for Your Majesty?"
Ren Jinnu chuckled and said, "Respectfully seeing off Your Majesty."
……
The royal bank's personal guards,
Seeing Zhao Yuan come out,
He hurriedly followed.
The security of the bank was also handled by Zhao Yuan's personal guards.
Although the bank was located on Imperial Street
It's not too far from the palace.
But money can be a powerful motivator.
It was still truckloads of money coming in and going out.
Who knows, someone might risk their life to pull off such a heist.
Zhao Yuan, accompanied by two personal guards, weaved through the crowds on both sides of the Imperial Street.
The Imperial Street was a royal road exclusively for the emperor's travels.
Although the imperial road was deserted.
However, Zhao Yuan did not want to be looked at like a monkey by the pedestrians on both sides.
Entering the palace,
Zhao Yuan sent someone to find Xu Guanzhong.
"Your Majesty, isn't today the opening day of the Royal Bank?"
Xu Guanzhong asked in confusion,
"What brings you to me?"
"Could it be that there are no customers?"
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "You guessed wrong."
"There are many guests, which is why I came to the palace."
Xu Guanzhong asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "We lent out 850,000 strings of cash this morning."
“Many people still need to borrow money,”
"But I'm out of money, so I'm asking you to lend me some of your savings, hehe."
Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial treasury is almost empty."
"Depositing it in probably won't do any good."
Zhao Yuan said directly, "What I want is the national treasury's deposits."
Xu Guanzhong immediately objected.