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"What's this?"

Zhang Chao asked at the box that Shisanniang asked Zhuzi to carry in.

"You open it and take a look." Thirteen Niang smiled slightly.

Zhuzi and Hongshi brother and sister retreated, and only Zhang Chao and Shisanniang were left in Zhuyuexuan, as well as the box. Zhang Chao opened it, and there was a golden light inside.

gold.

A box of gold.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Chao asked. The gold was made into pig's waist-shaped gold tines, with seals on it, and ten taels of gold.

"This is three hundred taels of gold, my father gave me the dowry." When Thirteen Niang said this, she was not disdainful. This money was her mother's dowry, which has been used as loans for many years. I have long known how much interest I have been born. Twenty years ago, a thousand guan capital was worth a thousand guan. Now, the profits have been made in a lot of money, not to mention the added shops and farmland industries.

But now the Cui family only gave him three hundred taels of gold.

"My father gave me a contract between a restaurant, a silk and satin farm, and a grain shop, all in Xingyang."

The Cui family is indeed a bit too much. They have to plot against their daughter. They are simply deliberate and crazy. They have all calculated to this point, and not only have most of them destroyed, but the part they took out has become a property far away in Xingyang.

Even the three hundred taels of gold were probably taken out under the pressure of the Zheng family and the Crown Princess. Zhang Chao estimated that all the industries in Xingyang could be emptied, and there were probably only empty spaces left.

Zhang Chao was silent for a while. People said that it was the most ruthless imperial family, but the wealthy families were also intrigue. Not only would there be wives and concubines competing for favor, but his mother was also the stepmother and ex-wife and daughter competing for dowry.

The two of them remained silent for a long time, just drinking ginger tea and looking at the green bamboo in the cold winter.

The cold wind blew across the bamboo forest, rustling, and dead leaves fell.

After a long period of silence, Thiran Niang pinched her right hand into a fist, and suddenly pounded her left palm with a crazily force until the blow turned red. Then she stared at her red palm without moving.

"I hate the Cui family, I hate them." She said.

"Don't be angry anymore, that will only make you angry."

Zhang Chao got up and turned to her side and sat down, grabbed her hands into the palms and covered them.

"You have come here for more than ten years. It won't take long to leave there. I will definitely take you as a treasure in the future."

Thirteen Niang turned anger into joy, nodded, and let her hands hold in Zhang Chao's hand.

"What did you do to me with the gold? Will I keep it for you?"

"No." She shook her head, "I heard that you spent a lot of money on land last time and sold 10% of the soap shop shares to my father. I heard that you have a lot of money now and owed a lot of money to collect grain from the villagers. It just so happened that the Cui family gave me all the gold, so I will give it to you. You should pay the owed money first."

"No, really." Zhang Chao smiled and gently stroked Thirteen Niang's hand with his thumb.

"I do ow some money now but it's not a debt, it's just some business money. I spent a lot of money to buy land last time, but it was a good business. I didn't lose even if I sold the soap shop shares to your father. To tell you the truth, I only received 1,000 guan for 20% of the shares to the Shangdang County Magistrate, but I bought 3,000 guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan for one guan."

"Then he made a profit, so the soap is so famous now."

"Don't worry about me. I just got the reward recently, and it's 100 taels of gold. It's almost enough for me to pay part of the grain collection that I owe to the villagers and buy the bathing ditch. Anyway, I'm going to pay in installments. As for the cost of building caves, building workshops, digging wells, etc., it's not a one-time payment. I'll tell you that I have many shops, and I have a lot of income every day, and the net profit is tens of thousands of yuan a day."

Thirteen Niang smiled and said, "Anyway, it's useless to put this money in me for the time being, so you should use it first."

Seeing that Zhang Chao was still about to speak, Thirteen Niang said unhappily, "What do you want to distinguish yourself from me so clearly? I hate such a clear person who is calculating the most. My father is like this. Do you want to be like him?"

As soon as this was said, Zhang Chao really couldn't say anything more.

Thinking about it, it’s true that the money of my fiancée was not cheated by me, and she was willing to use it for herself. This is a good thing. I don’t cheat, and I don’t rely on this to make a living. Why should the family calculate so clearly?

A husband and wife are not brothers, brothers have to settle the score clearly, because brothers will also break up, but husband and wife are one.

"Okay, then I'll accept it. Of course, keep it for the time being. If you believe me, I can help you manage your finances. If there is a suitable opportunity, I can help you take the money to participate in the business, buy land, or lend money to collect interest."

"I've left it to you, what do you do."

"Cui Yan, the shopkeeper of Fumanlou, has accepted my conditions. He has convinced the people in Fumanlou to come and fight us."

Zhang Chao smiled and told Shisanniang about good news.

With money, the conditions given by Zhang Chao were quite generous and attractive, and Cui Cong was finally moved. He acted very quickly and quickly got the people in Fumanlou.

"Now, as long as I say something, Fumanlou will be closed immediately."

"Are you really going to open a Zuixian Building in West City?" asked Thirteen Niang.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chao shook his head and opened the Zuixianlou. It was just Zhang Chao who fooled Manager Cui. In fact, he had no plans to open any restaurant.

If you want to open it, it will be a blessing.

However, this does not prevent Zhang Chao from taking the guise of opening the Zuixianlou. This can be considered as establishing a project first. Establishing a project first and then attracting investment is all the old routines in later generations.

Zhang Chao’s real idea was to use the guise of Kaizui Xianlou to dig up all the people in Fumanlou.

By then, Zhang Chao and the Cui family would have almost played well. Then the two sides negotiated again and forced the Cui family to hand over all the industries belonging to Thirteen Niang, so Zhang Chao would let the Cui family go.

At that time, Fumanlou was in the hands of Shisanniang. Zhang Chao found another reason to say that Zuixianlou would not open. At that time, Fatty Cui and the others would return to Fumanlou, and then use the Zhang family’s cooking as a new signature dish, and they would live together.

Of course, Zhang Chao would still cash out the salary increase and dividends of Fatty Cui and others.

But there is really no need to open another Zuixianlou.

"You are so bad!"

Zhang Chao smiled loudly.

"Don't move, your face is a little gray, I'll wipe it for you."

Zhang Chao moved his head closer, and Thirteen Niang's face became redder and her breathing became faster and faster.

Looking at the panicked look, Zhang Chao couldn't help but lower his head and print it lightly on her lips, and then took it back.

"ah!"

Thirteen Niang reached out to push Zhang Chao in panic, and Zhang Chao retreated.

"I can't help myself for a moment." Zhang Chao said with a smile.

"You!" Thirteen Niang blushed and said something unscrupulously. She kept wiping her mouth with her hands.

"I'm leaving, I'll ignore you." As he said that, Thirteen Niang trotted away with the corner of her skirt, like a fleeing deer in panic.

Looking at her back, Zhang Chao giggled silly.

The first time I just said a few words, I was able to get along alone when I met the second time, and the third time I had touched my little hand. This time, I finally kissed her lips.

I was so excited to think about it, and I was full of conquest step by step.

"Shuozi, I'm back home."

He called Shuanzi and brought three hundred taels of gold. Zhang Chao said to the monk in the farewell courtyard and returned to Zhangjiagou. The monk smiled and sent him to the gate of the temple, and told him that Zhu Yuexuan would be kept for Zhang Chao within three months.

When he returned to the village, Zhang Chao looked at his hundred taels of gold and Thirteen Niang's three hundred taels of gold, and felt that he would pay the money he owed to the villagers first, and everyone's salary should be paid.

"Young master, didn't you agree to pay the grain in the middle of this month? In addition, everyone's wages for work in the workshop were also agreed to pay one month and then bet for one month. It's not the day yet." Ma Zhou, the accountant, reminded him very diligently.

Zhang Chao now remembered who Mr. Ma Zhou was. The Zhenguan Dynasty was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. Later, he was finally promoted all the way and finally took the position of the Secretariat. He was the prime minister.

However, even if you know that Ma Zhou would become the prime minister in history, this does not prevent Zhang Chao from still using him as an accountant. To be fair, Ma Zhou's accountant is still very good.

He has a clear mind and accurate account work, and he can always keep up with Zhang Chao's ideas.

"Although it's not time yet, everyone has been looking forward to sending food and getting money, so let's send it a few days in advance. You can prepare your account book immediately and get the salary bill out, so don't make any mistakes."

"Write another notice to tell everyone to pay and pay for the food tomorrow afternoon, so that everyone can prepare to collect it."

"Is the time coming up?"

Ma Zhou thought about it, "It's time to reconcile and issue bills, but the family doesn't have so much food anymore. In addition, we have to prepare more copper coins for the payment of the food. We can't use gold all, right?"

"What you said makes sense. We pay for everyone's salary with grain, so we have to buy a batch of grain first. As for the grain payment, use gold to exchange for some silk and copper coins. For the above, we pay for silk, and the following fractions are as low as possible. We use copper coins."

Copper coins are too heavy and inconvenient to use. Large-scale transactions are made of silk, and sometimes gold and silver are used. However, when small-scale transactions are made, it is impossible to cut the silk into small pieces, so the value of the silk will be lost.

Both the Sui and Tang dynasties rectified copper coins, and the Sui dynasty cast high-quality Wuzhu coins, also known as good meat. The Tang dynasty cast Kaiyuan Tongbao, which heaviered the weight of copper coins and improved the quality.

Nowadays, the old and inferior money on the market are getting less and less. Although the new money is circulating very quickly, there is also a problem, that is, the amount of Kaiyuan Tongbao is insufficient. In addition, copper coins are very heavy, and copper coins are six jin and four jin. This forced the court to stipulate that for transactions of more than ten jin, silk must be used, and copper is prohibited. Silk, an important material that is both easy to use and light, has become an important component of the Tang Dynasty currency.

In the countryside, many people even use grain as currency in their daily lives. They buy fish, cut pieces of meat, and buy baskets of eggs. They may just exchange grain directly, and sometimes they use their own woven fabrics for transactions.

Zhang Chao has to pay his salary tomorrow, so he has to exchange gold for silk and copper first, then buy grain and use grain and silk as salary and payment for goods.

"Some troublesome." Zhang Chao said.
Chapter completed!