This was the first time Li Cai saw Fu Xiaoguan angry, and he felt a little nervous. He followed Fu Xiaoguan out of the imperial city, got on the carriage, and returned to the Fu Mansion.
Only then did Fu Xiaoguan laugh. He patted Li Cai on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to my house for a drink."
Li Cai looked up at the sky. It was only 12:00 PM. "Sir, the court hasn't left yet."
"Remember, the Ministry of Commerce is not affected by the hours of court. As long as you complete your duties, I won't blame you if you stay in Hongxiu Zhao every day."
Li Cai was stunned for a moment. This was quite new. Then he smiled and said, "That's great!"
In fact, all the ministers in the court had many complaints about the rules of reporting for work and staying at the watch after get off work, but this was a rule that had existed for thousands of years and no one dared to change it.
And now Fu Xiaoguan obviously wants to make changes. As for Li Cai, he thinks that since the Ministry of Commerce is newly established, even if there are many things to do, he believes that he can handle it without much effort with his own abilities.
From now on, I will have more time to go home and spend time with my wife and children!
Li Cai thought so as he followed Fu Xiaoguan into the Fu Mansion, but he never expected that in the years to come, he would have difficulty even seeing his wife and children.
This is a later story. At this moment, they walked into the Fu Mansion, and Yu Wenjun was greeting them with a smile.
Li Cai hurriedly bowed to Yu Wenjun, but Yu Wenjun didn't take it seriously. "Don't be polite when you come to my house... My husband, Mr. Li is waiting in Qingxin Pavilion."
"Done?"
"Of course, if I take action, there's no way I can't succeed!"
Yu Wenjun looked very proud, and Fu Xiaoguan was overjoyed. He hugged her and kissed her. Li Cai was stunned and turned his head away hurriedly.
Yu Wenjun blushed, punched Fu Xiaoguan, and turned away shyly.
Fu Xiaoguan laughed heartily and said to Li Cai, "Let's go meet your father!"
Li Cai was shocked again... Ever since he followed Fu Xiaoguan, he felt that his little heart couldn't take it!
"My dad? Why is my dad here with you?"
Fu Xiaoguan whispered mysteriously, "I dug up your father too!"
Li Cai was startled again and took a breath of cold air, "This, this..."
His father is the head manager of Baolong Money House, and he is in charge of not only a money house, but also the issuance of Yu Dynasty silver bills!
How could Queen Shang let his father go!
Apart from his father, who else could be qualified for this position?
Fu Xiaoguan didn't care about Li Cai's surprise. He took Li Cai into Qingxin Pavilion. Li Jindou was sitting there with a sad face and in fear.
He has been thinking about one question - did he offend Fu Xiaoguan last night!
How come this morning, Queen Shang sent someone to ask her to put aside all matters concerning Baolong Money House and go to Fu Mansion... The person who came was the eunuch Nian in the palace. He was someone close to Queen Shang, so he must be a real person.
Without any reason or explanation, he was dismissed from his position as the head manager of Baolong Money House - was it because his performance last night did not satisfy Fu Xiaoguan?
The gifts given to Mr. Fu by his four sons are quite expensive. If converted into silver, it would be at least 60,000 taels. Could it be that Mr. Fu has an even bigger appetite?
For unknown reasons, Li Jindou was restless. He knew very well that if he offended Fu Xiaoguan, his Li Mansion would be destroyed in an instant.
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and cold sweat even broke out on my forehead.
Just at this moment, Fu Xiaoguan and Li Cai walked in.
Li Jindou looked up, stood up immediately, took a step forward, and knelt down with a plop. "Master, please be magnanimous. If I have offended you..."
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned, his face bewildered. He quickly helped Li Jindou up and asked in surprise, "No, Mr. Li, what injustice have you suffered?"
Li Jindou was suddenly confused. Don’t you know the grievances I have suffered?
As expected, Fu Xiaoguan laughed and said, "Is it about Baolong Bank? I asked the Ninth Princess to do this."
Li Jindou's face changed. It turned out that it was Fu Xiaoguan who had done something wrong. He swallowed his saliva and pleaded, "Sir, please have mercy on me and spare my family!"
Li Cai was even more confused. Fu Xiaoguan just said that he had dug his father out. Did he want to bury his father?
What should I do?
He also quickly bowed and pleaded, "Master Fu, my father is old..."
"Wait, wait, wait! Wait, all of you, come on, sit down!"
Li Jindou and Li Cai looked at each other and carefully sat down opposite Fu Xiaoguan.
"This matter has caused so much trouble..." Fu Xiaoguan patted his forehead and said to Li Jindou sincerely, "This is the case. I am planning to set up a Sitong Bank. I am very busy, so naturally I need to find someone to help me manage it. And the person in Jinling who is most proficient in this area is none other than you, Mr. Li.
So I asked the Ninth Princess to ask Queen Shang to dig you over. From now on, you will naturally no longer be the head manager of Baolong Money House, but you will be the head manager of my Sitong Money House!
Whatever treatment Baolong gives you, I, Sitong, will give you a 20% bonus, but you must be the head manager of Sitong Money House, there is no room for negotiation!
I won't ask for your opinion, but I hope you can sincerely help me manage this bank, because its future will be even more glorious than Baolong Bank!"
Fu Xiaoguan's words made Li Jindou and his son understand the whole story - it turned out that it was not because they offended Fu Xiaoguan, but because Fu Xiaoguan took a liking to them!
But why have I never heard of this Sitong Money House?
Li Jindou's apprehensive heart finally settled. After all, he was the head shopkeeper, so he was naturally happy to help Fu Xiaoguan. So he asked, "Excuse me, Master Fu, where is this Sitong Bank located?"
Fu Xiaoguan made some tea and said with a smile, "You know those two new buildings in Qingluan Lane, they're mine. They're already finished, and I'm planning to open the Sitong Bank in one of them, in the best location. What do you think, Mr. Li?"
Li Jindou was shocked, this meant that nothing had been decided yet!
"That position is certainly excellent, but I'd like to ask, how much gold and silver do you plan to inject into the bank's reserves?"
Fu Xiaoguan didn't even look up. He was pouring tea and said casually, "We don't know how much gold and silver there will be..."
Li Jindou felt a chill in his heart. This young master probably didn't know what a money house was!
But Fu Xiaoguan continued, "I'm afraid it's not less. We'll know roughly tonight. I estimate it's no less than five million taels of silver."
For a money shop, five million taels is not a big deal, but at least with five million taels as a foundation, it can barely operate on a small scale.
"Young Master wants to issue silver notes, but this amount of silver is not enough."
Fu Xiaoguan handed over two cups of tea and said, "I know, so I asked you to come because I want to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"This Sitong Bank is not issuing silver bills, but stocks!"
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