The restaurant by the riverside in Xiangyang was named Wang Xiao, the largest restaurant in our residence. The restaurant is close to the street in the south and Hanshui in the north. Guests can enjoy the scenery while drinking. The managers, chefs and servants in the store are all employees of the government and have good salaries. Since the restaurant is open, there are many customers here every day. People with status in the city are proud to come here to drink and eat.

That morning, it was not the time to eat, and there was no business. However, people kept coming in and sat at the table. The servant next to him took tea and retreated to the side. Several officials were busy and kept counting the number.

Several guests gathered around a table, drank tea and chatted.

One said: "I heard that the two Grand Marshals Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan arrested the officials in Yangzhou, supported the new king, controlled the government affairs, and made chaos in the court. At this time, if the court is in chaos, can the world still be dealt with?"

After saying that, he kept shaking his head there.

Another said: "Recently, I heard that there were Gong Lu and Gong Zhang in Pingjiang to preside over the overall situation to serve the king, and there were two generals Liu Taiwei and Han Taiwei to send troops. Miao and Liu must not be able to resist the enemy. This chaos will be pacified soon."

After hearing this, the others came up to ask who Mr. Lu was, who Mr. Zhang was, and which generals were. They discussed each other, but it was extremely lively for a while. The people here were far away from the court, but they were still very interested in court affairs.

The recent big event in the world is the Miao and Liu mutiny. After these days, it has spread all over the world and everyone knows it. However, outsiders do not know what the situation is in Yangzhou. They can only use their imagination and enjoy their mouths.

Suddenly, someone said, "Today, the government recruited us here, don't know what's going on?"

After hearing this, the few people were stunned and couldn't speak. They only knew that the government recruited these big merchants from the city to the restaurant by the river today, but they didn't know what to do. In the past few months, the society of Xiangyang Prefecture has been stable, and the government has launched many new businesses, and everyone has made money.

Just when everyone was in chaos, Chen Yuyi walked in. He stopped in front and whispered: "Today I call you here, I have something to ask everyone. The day before yesterday I received an order from the commander of the commander, saying that many things will be spent a lot of money this year. However, the government has not many ways to make money, and now it is inevitable that there will be some deficits. Remember when the commander of the commander came to govern Xiangyang, the government said that the tax collection is clear, without additional charges, and it is not random. Now it is difficult to deal with the deficits in the government. I can only ask you to help me."

The shopkeeper Lu below said: "The official is joking. If you ask us for money, don't you have to increase taxes!"

Chen Yuyi said: "No. Everyone, what Observer said will never change! Observer is not a person who breaks his promise. Now he is in deficit, and to be honest, he can only rely on your help. Observer gives two methods, and you can choose your own choice."

Someone asked below: "I wonder what the solution is?"

Chen Yuyi said: "One method is to borrow from you. I will give you a loan note, 10% interest, and borrow for six months. Don't worry, as long as you observe, you will never lose a penny. There is another method. If you have business dealings with the government's industries, you can pay the money, which is considered to be an extremely noble customer of these industries. In the future, you will be charged at a 10% discount. Of course, this money will be paid every year. Moreover, you must first make some payments to the government and repay them month by month."

After Chen Yuyi finished speaking, he talked a lot below and couldn't stop.

After thinking about it, Wang Xiaolie said that he had no capital now and said that he would not increase taxes to the people, so he seemed to have to borrow money. Unfortunately, his rise was too short and his credit was not high, so he didn't know whether the people would like to lend it to him.

In theory, this is a treasury bond, and the interest should not be high. However, since your credit has not been established, you can only calculate the private interest and annual interest of 20%. As long as these few months pass, what is the interest of 10%?

Looking at everyone, Chen Yuyi was ups and downs, not knowing what they thought. To be honest, Wang Xiaolie wanted to borrow money and could borrow it no matter what. It was so soft that he would not be hard? But using tough means, he would damage his own credit. The credit of the government is very valuable, and once it is destroyed, it would be difficult to recover. For some people, they think that there are tough means available and they are unscrupulous in doing things, which will eventually lead to their credit bankruptcy.

After a cup of tea, someone below asked loudly: "Official, I wonder how much money I will borrow for this observation?"

Chen Yuyi said: "The most important thing is the salary of officials. I really don't have cash. After a rough calculation, our Xiangyang Prefecture needs 30,000 guan to be enough. We also need to help other prefectures, which should be enough for 100,000 guan."

"Hundreds of thousands of coins?" The person below took a breath. "This is too much!"

Chen Yuyi sighed: "There is no way. If you don't find the money, many officials can't get rid of it. But don't worry, when you collect summer tax and autumn tax, you will definitely repay it to you with the principal and the profit!"

After hearing this, the members below started to talk again. The sound was noisy and they couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.

After a while, a official stood up and bowed to Chen Yuyi: "The official, in Shimotaying, there is a restaurant, a silk shop, and a gold and silver shop in the city. The family is considered to be a little wealth. Just now, the official said that we are short of money now. We discuss that we should pay for help. Who should observe? When the Jin soldiers came, they brought the village soldiers to Beijing to serve the king. Later, when the hometown was guarding their hometown, the thief Yang Jin rebelled and chased the Han River to wipe out Yang Jin. Without observation, wouldn't we all let Yang Jin fish? But if it was 30,000 guan, it would be okay for us to make up one, and 100,000 guan was too much. Why not do this? Even if 30,000 guan was the money we helped the government, how about the remaining 70,000 guan? "

After hearing this, Chen Yuyi was stunned. After a while, he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, what's wrong with this? It's rare that you are so generous, the government will bear the affection! I will report to the observation and will definitely thank you in the future!"

Tian Ying said: "Officials, we have a sensible love and can see everything clearly. Since we observed Xiangyang, no one has caused trouble, the market is prosperous, and everyone has money to make money. At this time, it is already very rare. Moreover, we should observe tax reduction and exemption, and bad people are not allowed to nourish our business. Everyone has received a lot of benefits. We are short of money for a while, so we should work hard."

Chen Yuyi didn't know what he should say for a while. As an official of the Song Dynasty, he would not be too surprised by the current situation. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Taizu had a famous saying that he had rich people. At the critical moment, the money of these wealthy families was the money of the court. For example, the Jin soldiers besieged the city. In order to get the Jin army to retreat, the wealthy families in Kaifeng Prefecture donated a lot to the court. The official shortage of money for a while, and it was not rare to ask the big families to donate. This has the characteristics of the times and cannot be compared with later generations. However, when Wang Xiaoliu wrote a letter, he felt that this matter was very difficult and said it seriously, which made Chen Yuyi feel that it was not clear. Wang Xiaoliu did not emphasize it, but he would not be so nervous.

In Wang Xiaoli's impression, the so-called big households must be fishing people, scheming and cunning. It is difficult to ask them to donate money and buy national debts. But they don't know that society is developing and wealthy households are not always like this. At least in the Northern Song Dynasty, many people who honestly do business did not mind helping each other when the official difficulties were in trouble.

Businessmen and power families do not completely overlap. At least in this era, it has not been through intense inclusivity and reliance on doing business seriously, which is not a rare thing. A few days ago, Wang Xiaoli dealt with mostly local snakes. If they are gone, the businessmen's business will be easier to do. Psychologically, they recognize Wang Xiaoli.
Chapter completed!