"Ginger is still so hot!" Looking at Zhang Shiyi's back as he left, Li Xiu, who was standing in front of the door, actually spoke with emotion, and a smile that was very similar to Zhang Shiyi's face. .

Zhang Shiyi insisted on keeping Qi Niang. Although it seemed nothing wrong, Li Xiu felt something was wrong, because based on his understanding of Zhang Shiyi, he should not be so blatantly inconsistent with the Qiuyankee's opinion. After all, Qiuyankee's education of his son was very failed. As long as Qiuyankee makes a decision, Zhang Shiyi and his sons dare not have any objections.

It is precisely because of knowing the above that Li Xiu quickly saw something tricky, because the more Zhang Shiyi asked him to keep Qi Niang, he would become more hesitant and even develop a rebellious mentality. This is somewhat similar to the provocation method, but it is not exactly the same.

However, based on Li Xiu's understanding of Zhang Shiyi, he definitely did not have such a deep cunning. The only explanation was that the plan was based on the Guest Guest, because Guest Guest not only understood his personality, but also had a very deep cunning experience. It is very likely that his letter to Zhang Shiyi had already explained how he said and did what he did when he saw him.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile helplessly. It seemed that the bearded guest really wanted to match Chengdao and Qi Niang, so he spent this effort to make Zhang Shiyi motivate him according to his method. However, he neglected Li Xiu's understanding of Zhang Shiyi, which made Li Xiu see through.

Although he saw through the little actions of the Qiuyan Ke in this matter, Li Xiu was not angry. Speaking of which, although he had never met the Qiuyan Ke several times over the years, he could also feel that the Qiuyan Ke really liked Li Chengdao, the adopted son, and his love even surpassed Zhang Shiyi and other biological sons, so it was not surprising that he did such a thing.

The next morning, Zhang Shiyi indeed left Chang'an, and Li Xiu also took time to go to Baqiao to see him off. However, when sending him away, Li Xiu also specifically reminded him that Zhang Shiyi would have the opportunity to notify the Americas in the future. In the future, the Tang Dynasty would have a greater demand for gold and silver, so he hoped that they could increase the amount of gold and silver mining. After all, the Tang Dynasty would transform into the silver standard or even gold standard in the future, which required a large amount of gold and silver, but the Tang Dynasty did not produce a lot of gold and silver.

After seeing off Zhang Shiyi, Li Xiu rested at home for a few days, but he couldn't ignore it for a long time, so he could only start going back to the financial management office to do things. In fact, he didn't do anything in the past few days, but often went to Xinzhu Academy. Those people recruited from the public were training there. According to Tianchou's reaction, these people learned very seriously and probably had a great hope of passing the assessment in the future. However, this is also normal. After all, this is related to their future jobs, so they will naturally study desperately.

After not coming for a while, the financial management supervisor naturally accumulated a lot of things, but Li Xiu found a very interesting thing from it, that is, most of the things that were accumulated were from the bank. In other words, these were things that were accumulated by Xu Jingzong. In contrast, the money minting bureau that Liu Rengui was responsible for did not accumulate anything.

Of course, this does not mean that Liu Rengui has no need for Li Xiu to deal with. In fact, because the integration of the Money Making Bureau requires cooperation from multiple aspects, Li Xiu often needs to come forward. However, Li Xiu has been resting for nearly ten days, but the Money Making Bureau has not accumulated anything. This is a bit strange?

At that moment, Li Xiu dealt with some urgent matters first, and then he asked someone to check whether there were any major moves in the Money Making Bureau during the period when he was not around. After checking, Li Xiu found that the Money Making Bureau had cancelled three small Money Making Bureau during this period, and also presided over the merger of two larger Money Making Bureaus. However, for such a big thing, Liu Rengui did not delay Li Xiu's absence, but instead used his own ability to get things done.

"This Liu Rengui is not only impatient, but also straightforward. He has not considered the consequences of doing so at all. No wonder he has never been promoted in history!" After returning to the room, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head and smile and said to himself.

On the surface, Liu Rengui showed a very strong government affairs ability when the chief official was not present, but he violated a taboo in the officialdom. First of all, he did not leave a chance to show his performance, making the chief official feel that whether he was present or not did not seem to affect the affairs in the yamen. Generally, narrow-minded chief official would probably be a little unhappy with Liu Rengui. In addition, he made a decision without authorization by making the decision. This was actually robbing the power of the chief official, and naturally it violated the taboo of the chief official.

Fortunately, Liu Rengui works under Li Xiu. Firstly, Li Xiu is not a narrow-minded person, and secondly, he doesn't value the power in his hands very much, and even hopes that his subordinates can do it, so that he can be more idle, so that he is not afraid of his subordinates stealing power. Of course, not everyone in the entire officialdom has the same idea as him. It is estimated that this is also the reason why Liu Rengui has not been promoted in history. It was not until later that he became famous in the battle and finally became a minister.

However, Li Xiu soon discovered that Liu Rengui was not completely unaware of being a human being. When he came back, the Money Making Bureau encountered some major decisions and he would still send them to Li Xiu. In fact, Li Xiu hoped that he could completely take charge of the Money Making Bureau, but now it is not the time to say this, so that Liu Rengui would not think too much.

Time passed quickly. In mid-August, the bank in front of Xishifangmen was finally completed, and the Financial Management Supervision Office also began to assess the people trained by Xinzhuxuetang. All those who passed the assessment, plus the mathematics students in Xinzhuxuetang and Imperial College, also began to enter the bank, and were really familiar with the bank's affairs from the actual situation and ready to start operations at any time.

"Save money!" Li Xiu strode to the bank counter, and there were two servants carrying boxes behind him. When his words were said, the two servants immediately opened the boxes, revealing the full copper coins, which were mixed with some gold, jewelry and so on.

"This guest, our bank only collects copper coins. If you want to deposit gold, silver and jewelry into the bank, I suggest you open a safe. After counting these gold, silver and jewelry, you will deposit them into the safe, and you can take them out at any time!" A young man sitting behind the counter introduced to Li Xiu with a smile on his face.

This is a simulated operation that Li Xiu had ingeniously done. He and the financial management officials played the role of guests, then came to the bank to deposit money, and then asked these trained tellers to come to receive them, so as to familiarize them with the business, and also discover some problems during actual operations, and then solve them in advance. It is worth mentioning that these tellers were personally designed and trained by Li Xiu. Of course, it is a bit ahead of time to promote smile services in this era, but at least necessary etiquette cannot be lacked, otherwise the tellers will be punished.

"Aren't these gold, silver and jewelry also money? Why can't they be saved?" Li Xiu was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him. There were other officials next to him who were also mocking at the counter at this time, and Li Xiu had instructed them in advance to use all the possibilities they thought so that the tellers could increase their ability to adapt.

"If the guest really wants to deposit gold, silver and jewelry into the bank as money, it is not impossible. We will have special people here to estimate these valuables and then convert them into copper coins. But the guests need to wait. We have free tea here for you to taste!" The young teller said with a smile again.

Of course, this young teller recognized Li Xiu. In fact, Li Xiu also recognized him because he was originally a student of Xinzhuan and had studied for four years. It can be said that he was grown up by Li Xiu. It is precisely because of this reason that the student was not nervous when he saw Li Xiu, and his performance was much better than the previous tellers.

"Okay, then let's make a estimation of the price. I don't need this to occupy things!" Li Xiu said proudly at this time, looking like a big businessman.

At that moment, Li Xiu was invited by the teller to have tea. Then a middle-aged man with a goatee walked over quickly and took out the gold, silver and jewelry in the box one by one to estimate the price. Although the things in the box were very complicated, the middle-aged man's vision was extremely accurate. Even the quality of gold and silver could be seen. The estimated value of each piece was similar to that on the market.

This middle-aged man is also a banker, but he is different from ordinary tellers. He is the Mr. Zhangyan who is specially recruited. In fact, he is the Mr. Chaofeng in the pawnshop. The pawnshop appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and is also closely related to the temple's Changshengku. It can even be said to be in the same industry, because the Changshengku not only lends money, but also accepts mortgages with goods, which is the most primitive pawnshop.

However, with the establishment of the monk and Taoist Records some time ago, the Tang Dynasty began to vigorously crack down on the temple industry. The initial reason for the bank was to target the Changshengku. At the beginning of the bank, Li Xiu sent people to the Changshengku to poach people at a high price, that is, these gentlemen. They knew the prices of various commodities on the market and specifically dealed with customers who wanted to exchange items for copper coins.

When the valuation was completed, Li Xiu felt that the price was appropriate, so all these items were converted into copper coins. At this time, Li Xiu provided his household registration name and other information, and then he could deposit the money in the bank.

Finally, Li Xiu got a certificate for saving money, and the bank had the root of saving money. In addition, Li Xiu could also set up a codeword for withdrawing money. When withdrawing money, he not only had to use the certificate for saving money, but also wrote the codeword. In fact, it was borrowing from the passwords of later generations. However, this codeword was not limited to numbers, but could also be a sentence, such as a poem, or a sentence that the depositor disrupted the order, meaningless words, etc.

Such simulated operations were held for several days, and many problems were found, but they were quickly resolved. At this time, the financial management supervisors also felt that it was time for the bank to officially open!
Chapter completed!