I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The situation in the north has calmed down for the time being.

There are still conflicts among the ethnic minorities in the northern desert, but after mediation by Jiang Zuo, both sides have restrained themselves a lot.

"Tomorrow is the Prairie Armistice Day. Each tribe can send envoys to Zhenbei Pass to negotiate and exchange supplies."

Jiangzuo once again sent out news of peace talks.

"Sir, the financial report for the past half month doesn't look good."

At this time, Master Guo also arrived at Zhenbei Pass and reported the situation in Anding County to Jiangzuo on a daily basis.

"How much did you lose?"

Jiang Zuo had expected this.

After all, a cannon shot is worth a fortune. They had been trapped in Zhenbei Pass for half a month and consumed a lot of supplies.

"Most of the northern barbarians no longer buy supplies from us, and we have to spend a lot of money every week to buy labor from them. We are unable to make ends meet, sir."

Master Guo stared at the account book with a worried look on his face.

"We didn't plan to make much money, we just wanted to strike a blow to the grassland people. Besides, they will have to buy salt from us in the future, and we will make it back by then."

Jiang Zuo's expression was calm.

"But I am worried that after this winter, those northern barbarians will return to their true nature and start plundering our border and stop doing business with us."

Master Guo said worriedly.

These concerns are not without reason. In fact, everyone knows that the reason these people from Mobei are willing to cooperate with them is nothing more than a delaying tactic. Only if they are given definite benefits will this group of people be willing to cooperate with the State of Yan wholeheartedly.

"Tomorrow I will invite those people from Mobei to come to Zhenbei Pass. This time, I will definitely be able to get some benefits from them."

Jiang Zuo said this and took out a gold ingot from his pocket.

This time, he wants to develop the financial industry here in Zhenbeiguan.

The next day.

In the early morning, the sky was gray and cold.

At this moment, the area outside Zhenbei Pass was already crowded with merchants from Mobei, as well as envoys sent by many tribal leaders.

At this moment, they were waiting for the city gate to open so that they could enter Zhenbei Pass to do business.

When the city gate was opened, they passed the inspection in an orderly manner and entered Zhenbei Pass.

Today, the entire Zhenbei Pass is filled with goods from Anding County.

The envoy of Igna also met Jiang Zuo with the order of his leader.

"Our Khan said that he is willing to cooperate with you. I wonder if you can sell some salt and weapons to our Geer tribe."

The messenger inquired.

Ever since the battle of Zhenbei Pass, the group of Yan people represented by Zhang Li have stopped supporting Igna. Now Igna is in urgent need of more supplies.

"Of course you can. As long as you have money or high-quality furs, you can also do business with us in Anding County."

Jiang Zuo said.

He knew very well that Igna was not sincere in the negotiations.

They were preparing to attack Zhenbei Pass aggressively before, how could they change their temper so quickly? They just wanted to delay Jiangzuo while the Geer tribe dealt with Di Zhen first.

In this case, Jiang Zuo also intends to continue this drama.

At this moment, someone was heard shouting loudly.

"Everyone, I have a big deal and I want to cooperate with you. I wonder if you are interested."

The man's voice was extremely loud and quickly attracted the attention of others.

This group of Mobei people who were still doing business couldn't help but cast their eyes on the man standing on the high place.

"Who is he?"

The messenger asked doubtfully.

"This is the largest salt merchant in Anding County, Boss Pangli."

Jiang Zuo introduced.

Pang Li continued, "I am a salt merchant in Daizhou. I have a large amount of salt that has not been mined yet. Because I am short of funds, I need some silver to transport the salt to Jiangnan to sell. I wonder if you are interested in investing. It will take ten days, and I will return the principal and interest to you. If you don't believe me, you can write a note as proof, or you can use my goods as collateral..."

This person said a lot, and the people around him were stunned.

Nowadays, this trading port is almost entirely populated by people from Mobei.

Faced with the promise of this Yan merchant, I was skeptical.

At this time, Jiang Zuo stepped forward and asked, "You said both the principal and interest, I wonder how much the interest is?"

"One percent, that is, I lend you ten taels, and after ten days, I return you eleven taels."

Pang Li patted his chest and assured.

"10% interest? That's so high!"

Jiang Zuo was surprised.

"Is it really that good?"

The messenger from Igna also began to doubt at this moment.

"Really return it on time in ten days?"

Jiang Zuo was suspicious again.

Pang Li nodded: "Definitely in ten days."

"What if you don't admit it then?"

Jiang Zuo questioned.

This is also everyone's concern.

After all, the profit is so high, how could it be such a good thing?

Pang Li said repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir. My shop business is all in Anding County. Are you afraid that I can run away? As long as ten days, I will sell all my salt and make a lot of money. Then I can return the principal and pay the interest to you."

Jiang Zuo suddenly became serious and said, "If you dare to cheat us of even a penny, I will raid your house."

"Don't worry, sir. Even if I had ten thousand guts, I wouldn't dare to lie to you in front of so many people. If you are really worried, I can mortgage some goods to you first, so you don't have to worry that I will run away."

Pang Li's tone was quite serious, and it seemed that he was not joking.

Others nodded and felt that this made sense.

"I will lend you one thousand taels. After ten days, I will charge you one hundred taels as interest."

As Jiang Zuo spoke, he took out a silver note worth one thousand taels from his pocket and handed it to Pang Li.

Pang Li hurriedly ordered his men to take out the account, wrote it down, and wrote a copy of it. He handed it to Jiang Zuo and said, "Master Jiang, this is the proof. If I fail to pay the money back on time, you can arrest me. I will not complain no matter what crime you convict me of."

"I don't need your promise. I only care about money. If you don't have 1,100 taels in ten days, I'll do it."

Even Jiang Zuo chose to believe it, so doesn’t that mean Anding County can serve as a guarantee?

Others watching were quite moved, but also very conflicted.

This 10% profit is really too tempting.

Moreover, you can receive it ten days later. In this way, you can make a lot of money in a month.

"Then I'll lend you a hundred taels, too, and give it a try."

At this time, someone else stood up and took out one hundred taels of silver from his purse.

For a moment, many people in the Zhenbei Pass turned their attention here.

Since everyone chooses to believe it, there won't be much loss.

Driven by the herd mentality, everyone took out some money and prepared to give it a try. Even if they were cheated, they would not lose much.

"Then let's start with you and develop the financial industry in our Anding County."

Jiang Zuo said again.

"Sir, what is the financial industry?"

Someone bystander asked.

"What you are doing now is to make a lot of money together!"