Chapter 73 The copper coins that ran away
When the entire Tang Dynasty was shocked due to the arrest of An Xiuren, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was in the final sprint in Chang'an City.
"Haha, Brother Wang stops. Xuanling goes back and counts first. In seven days, Brother Wang can come to Datang Money House to get back the deposit."
At the gate of the palace, Fang Xuanling was chatting and laughing with a rich middle-aged man with a smile.
Behind the two, dozens of carriages filled with copper coins were slowly leaving.
"Haha, then I will be taken care of by the Chief Designer of Laifang from now on! Hahaha, Brother Fang, if you have time tonight, let's go to Changlefang to listen to the music and watch the singing and dancing?"
The rich middle-aged man looked happy and shook his eyes, suggesting that there was a good product to introduce to Fang Xuanling.
"Brother Wang was joking. The money house also deposited 20,000 guan of copper coins for each company. All of them were almost 3 million guan. The counting time was only seven days. Fang would suffer these seven days."
(Yinjin copper coins are about 4kg, 20,000 guan is 80 tons, and 3 million guan is 12,000 tons, imagine it)
Fang Xuanling shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"That's a pity. Recently, Fanlou has entered many beautiful Western Regions who have not yet been given a good deal. That feeling, tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
"Haha, the future is long. Brother Wang, there are more opportunities in the future. You must be drunk with Brother Wang before you can stop. By the way, Brother Wang, have you taken the coal mine in Bingzhou (Taiyuan) yet?"
"Bingzhou is the ancestral home of the Wang family. Who can get the coal mines there besides the Wang family? Isn't it just that it costs some money? The Wang family can still afford this amount of money?"
The rich middle-aged man smiled and his eyes turned slightly: "How about Brother Fang, who is there a way in Luliang?"
"Luliang."
Fang Xuanling pretended to think: "Brother Wang, you have to hurry up. The Cui family in Luliang has also paid attention to it. There is also the Lu family. If you go late, you may not even be able to drink the soup."
"I thought there was such a thing. I thought the transportation there was inconvenient, and the Cui Lu family should not look down on it." The rich middle-aged man frowned, as if he was considering a solution.
"Actually, Brother Wang can sit down and talk to Cui Lu's family. After all, Luliang is close to Bingzhou. If Cui Lu's family wants to take the mines in Luliang, how can they not be supported by the Wang family? The miners, trucks for trucks to pull goods, and even drive mountains... Haha, they all need to rely on the Wang family. I won't say much about the rest. It's not too early, Xuanling will say goodbye."
Fang Xuanling gave a gift and followed the carriage in front of him with a smile. The rich middle-aged man's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He obviously had already thought of a solution.
The convoy circled around and finally drove out of Chang'an City slowly from the north gate. Fang Xuanling looked back and saw that no one was catching up with him, his face immediately sank.
"Hurry, everyone is going to rush forward!"
Fang Xuanling looked solemn and shouted fiercely. The entire convoy became tense in an instant, and his speed of travel increased by more than twice. At the same time, on both sides of the official road, countless Eastern Palace troops appeared from hidden places, and their swords and guns were unsheathed, and they were escorting the convoy at full speed to the edge of the Wei River.
At this time, an abandoned pier by the Wei River had been repaired at some point, and dozens of ships of all sizes filled the entire water.
Xu Houzhao stood on the boat on the side of the wharf, looking at the road coming to Chang'an from afar. A long convoy was lined up on the entire mud road that had just been widened. Countless boatmen were carrying copper coins from the carriage onto the boat in sacks. Every time a boat was filled, they immediately went east along the Wei River.
On both sides of the road, thousands of Eastern Palace soldiers holding long swords and crossbows of gods. Each of them stared at the distance, staring at the coachman's every move.
Under the bright steel knife, the coachmen were ready to move their hearts and cooled down. They were organized secretly five days ago. Their daily task was to carry copper coins and they could not go home after they finished.
Everyone was taken care of by these soldiers, providing food, drink, and sleeping places. This kind of life has lasted for 5 days, and they have never seen so many copper coins in their lives.
"Quick, hurry!"
At this time, Fang Xuanling caught up from behind, looked at the long convoy with concern, and hurriedly got on the ship where Xu Houzhao was.
"Old Fang, has the last family collected it?"
When Xu Houzhao saw Fang Xuanling coming up, he gave a gift from his junior.
"Well, the deposit is fine. I won't ask them if they want it. They are all rushing to send it to the money house. These people are afraid of losing the qualification to participate in the [Hongwei New City] bidding."
Fang Xuanling came over, and his tense nerves and high-intensity journey of dozens of kilometers a day had already made this old man nearly 50 years old tired.
He took the warm tea handed over by his subordinates and took a big sip.
"Houzhao, how long will it take to get ready!"
"Even if you work overnight today, the fastest and fastest will be tomorrow morning!"
Xu Houzhao frowned and looked at the continuous convoy of horse and carriages.
"We have to step up. On the way I came, I saw that the people from the Propaganda Department had taken action." Fang Xuanling looked at Xu Houzhao deeply, and the latter looked over as if he had some awareness.
Fang Xuanling is one of the most outstanding figures of this era in history. Since he has participated in the [Take the Mobility of Copper Coins], with his intelligence, as long as he combines some clues and speculates a little, he can guess it will be almost impossible to match.
So Li Chengdao was not going to hide it from him, and even asked some questions about Fang Xuanling, and Xu Houzhao would tell him without reservation. The reason was that for a wise man like Fang Xuanling, it would be useless to hide it from him. It would be better to say it openly so that he would not be disgusted in his heart.
"There is no way, it's already the fastest speed. The copper coins are too heavy. We must try our best to avoid the sight of ordinary people and prevent the news from spreading. It's too difficult."
Xu Houzhao frowned.
"But it's almost there. Even if it is exposed on the last day, I believe His Royal Highness will suppress it. As long as the more than one million taxes escape from Chang'an, then the big thing is settled!"
Chapter completed!