Qiao Hui was stunned for a moment, then became happy - Xianjin mentioned getting married!
Although no one knows when, he will have a status soon!
excited!
Qiao Hui was excited, but Xianjin was not excited at all.
A penny can kill a hero, although it is not a penny, it is one thousand taels...
Even Chen Fu was trying to find a way out - he compromised and signed a contract with a bookstore he didn't like very much but was very wealthy for the exclusive rights to the book "Two Officials and Fourteen Days" for eighty-seven taels.
Although Chen Fu tried very hard, it was still a drop in the bucket.
When Chen Fu was enduring the humiliation and considering whether to sell himself to the bookstore for three hundred taels for a period of three years, Qiao Fangzhi appeared and successfully saved his life.
During the meal, Chen Fu sighed for the eighteenth time. Qiao Fangzhi put down his bowl, carefully arranged his chopsticks, and looked at Xianjin: "Before, I finished compiling the Great Wei Law, and His Highness was very happy and gave me 1,500 taels of silver and some gold. You know that I am not good at general affairs. After the sea ban was lifted, and the Jiaozi was printed, the purchasing power of silver must be much less than it is now. The silver is just sitting there anyway - you have always been smart, do you have any good suggestions?"
At that time, Qiao Hui was training his troops in the Xishan camp. It was said that the Tibetan fox Liangliang would go for an examination soon. Although "this was a group of losers", adhering to the principle of sharpening one's spear before a battle, Qiao Hui also stayed in Xishan for the past few days.
Without Qiao Hui's signal, Xianjin immediately put down her chopsticks respectfully, placed her hands neatly between her knees, and started talking loudly in front of Dao'er - her heart was excited, her hands were trembling, it was so hard for her to get lucky and come across a topic that she was good at!
"My disciple believes that the depreciation of silver, oh, that is, the decline in purchasing power as you said, is a major trend, an inevitable trend in a period of stable development. We have seen this trend since the Zhenguan Reign, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty! In the Tang Dynasty, one hundred coins could buy twenty dan of rice, but in the Song Dynasty, one hundred coins could only buy three dou of rice and take three baths..."
Qiao Fangzhi: ...It is impolite for him to eat while his beloved disciple is talking.
However, if the braised pork is eaten cold, will it be too greasy?
Qiao Fangzhi wanted to say something but stopped himself, but in the end he did not interrupt.
Xianjin said with high morale: "...So, if you want to preserve your value, investing in real estate, ancient books and famous paintings is the safest choice. It's really hard to think about it, so let's buy gold bars! Buy in large chunks! Buy as much as you can!"
Finally, he licked his lips, still unsatisfied, and said, "Alas, today's time is too short. So, I will hand you an article later. Please review it."
Qiao Fangzhi: ...
I provide you with food, shelter and drink, and it’s fine if you’re not grateful, but you also want to attack me with academic garbage?
“Pah, pah, pah—”
Chen Fu, who had been eating free meals at Qiao's house for a long time, praised loudly: "Well said! Very knowledgeable! Really amazing!"
Xianjin was encouraged and wanted to say more.
Qiao Fangzhi looked at the braised pork which had already cooled down with grief and anger: "No need, the explanation just now is already very detailed..."
Seeing his beloved disciple and his useless father constantly attacking him, Qiao Fangzhi finally changed his bad habit of beating around the bush and said through gritted teeth, "Master, what I mean is, is your shop still short of money? Master can invest some money, and if it makes a profit later, you can repay it according to the proportion and interest... It can also be regarded as preserving the value of Master's money."
Xianjin suddenly realized what was going on and immediately became alert: "Could it be that the Grand Princess sent you to help out?"
Qiao Fangzhi was so angry that he wanted to curse: "Do you want to see when the money comes in?"
Xianjin frowned and nodded: "Take a look, I'll feel more at ease." He added: "Since you don't want to acknowledge that ancestor, you shouldn't take advantage of him. Although your beloved disciple is a scoundrel in business, he is a very decent person."
Chen Fu continued to applaud: "What a real talent! It's all because of my good teaching! What a good girl!"
Qiao Fangzhi picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Chen Fu's bowl.
He also asked someone to bring the account book.
Xianjin carefully checked the time, took out a reed pen from his pocket, tore a piece of paper, wrote and calculated, and pushed it in front of Qiao Fangzhi: "Master, this is the silver I lend you, a total of 2,700 taels. For three years, I will give you this amount every month."
Qiao Fangzhi took a look and was a little surprised: this is almost as much as the Qiao family spends in a month.
Xianjin wrote another number: "Three years later, I will give you this number."
Qiao Fangzhi was even more surprised: "I'm not asking you to pay it back soon, you can pay it back slowly--"
When his disappointing eldest son gets married, he will have nothing to pay back.
"You've paid back everything you've earned, do you still have the capital to operate?" Qiao Fangzhi waved his hand: "I still have monthly salary from the court, and tribute from the Qiao family's sacrificial fields. Even if I raise another Baozhu, you——"
Qiao Fangzhi looked at Chen Fu, who was chewing the braised pork without any hesitation. "And your father."
I don't know what the customs are in other places, but in their place, the father-in-law really doesn't marry with the daughter.
Qiao Fangzhi retracted his gaze: "We can afford them all."
Xianjin was surprised: "Who told you that this is all the profit I calculated?"
Qiao Fangzhi was even more surprised: "Is business so profitable?!"
Xianjin thought about it after hearing this, dipped his index finger in the tea, and tapped on the table: "If my sales path only focuses on one city, then naturally the income and profit will be limited-"
Xianjin drew more than a dozen lines with the dot as the center: "If I use the capital as the center, spread the reputation of Xuan paper, and sell it to all corners of China, even to Java, Laos, Ryukyu, Goguryeo, and Japan... Just think about it, how much profit will this make?"
Qiao Fangzhi was greatly shocked: "North and South Zhili are connected by a canal. Isn't the transportation cost to other areas too high?"
Xianjin nodded: "So, I will take the southern and northern Zhili as the core, and wait until the road is completed, and then plan slowly - this is why the profit I give you is divided into three years."
Qiao Fangzhi narrowed his eyes and said, "Wait for the road to be built? Who told you that you have been preparing to build the road all these years?"
Xianjin shook his head: "No one told me." He paused and said: "But based on my understanding of the Grand Princess, she will definitely build roads first to ensure smooth travel. Otherwise, it will be meaningless for her to risk the world's disapproval and start sea transportation first - after all, if you want to get rich, you have to build roads first."
Qiao Fangzhi murmured: "If you want to be rich, build roads first..."
After a while, Qiao Fangzhi looked up at Xianjin, his expression unclear: "...Do you really just want to sell paper?"
Xianjin was stunned for a moment, then nodded firmly: "For now, for the past 20 years, I have only wanted to do business - I have been drawing this blueprint for six years, and I cannot abandon it."
Let’s go back to the present.
When Qiao Hui heard Qiao Fangzhi say that he had invested all his money in Xianjin's shop, he couldn't help but laugh.
Okay.
His father helped him with the dowry.
He went in and out of Xianjin's room at night without any burden - before, he was always worried that Xianjin would eat him up and run away...
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