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Only a hero like King Liang, who appears only once in a hundred generations,

Only then would they dare to overturn all the old rules.

Ignoring the powerful and wealthy,

To establish the dynasty they desire.

Though there be millions, I will go.

What a magnificent spirit!

Thinking of this,

Ren Jinnu was completely convinced.

Seeing the tea beside her, she asked,

Would the Prince of Liang like some tea?

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "No need."

Ren Jinnu heard Zhao Yuan say no,

Then he stopped being polite.

Pick up the teacup.

Then the cow began to drink.

The tea in the cup had long since gone cold.

However, Ren Jinnu felt that even the cold tea couldn't quell her fiery passion.

If it weren't for general weakness,

She was willing to stay with King Liang until the end of time.

After finishing a cup of tea,

Ren Jinnu felt his throat was a little better and said lazily,

"Where did you say just now?"

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "I told you that Yelü Dashi of the Liao Kingdom came looking for you."

Ren Jinnu nodded and said, "Yes."

"He not only came looking for me,"

"I heard he visited all the powerful and influential people in the city,"

"However, no one dared to accept his gift."

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "You know that too?"

Ren Jinnu hurriedly replied, "It's not that I want to pry into politics,"

"These things have been reported in the tabloids,"

"The people in the city were also talking about it."

After a moment's thought, Zhao Yuan smiled and said...

"It's rare that our Central Plains can make the Liao Kingdom submit,"

"The people are naturally happy,"

“These kinds of things are published in tabloids,”

"That's a major selling point."

"If you agree to open a branch in the Liao Kingdom,"

"I'm afraid the powerful and influential in the city will soon accept gifts from Yelü Dashi,"

"The court has begun to support peace talks between the two countries."

Chapter 1705 Opening a Branch Account

Ren Jinnu thought for a moment.

He understood and nodded.

"Yelü Dashi is trying to take advantage of the Liang King's power,"

"A peace agreement has been reached, but unfortunately, I dare not make the final decision."

"None of the officials in the city dared to step forward,"

"So he had no choice but to return in a sorry state."

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "You did a good job this time."

"Let's not talk about him anymore; the Liao Dynasty is already in its twilight years."

Even if my Great Liang doesn't send troops to attack,

"The Liao Kingdom won't last many more years."

"Let's talk about our bank instead,"

"Thirty-three branches,"

"Do we have the final ledger now?"

Ren Jinnu turned to the last page of the account book.

"Our delivery system is still under construction,"

“Now, it takes ten days for the accounts from more distant branches to be transmitted back.”

"I have received all the accounts as of today,"

"All the banks have a deposit of 28 million strings of cash,"

"A loan of 26 million strings of cash was issued."

"Of these, the Ministry of Revenue held ten million strings of cash,"

"The remainder was saved by the people."

Even after removing all expenses,

"We can earn nearly 200,000 strings of cash a month,"

"That's over two million strings of cash a year,"

"And this is only after we opened branches on three routes."

Although it is still far from the number Zhao Yuan had in mind.

However, Zhao Yuan was still quite surprised.

After all, he was thinking about the numbers after spreading them across all the prefectures and cities in the country.

"Why were so many loans issued?"

Ren Jinnu smiled and said, "The imperial court is currently selling off confiscated properties and large tracts of land in various prefectures and cities."

"It attracted many wealthy individuals and businessmen to borrow money to purchase it."

The officials and wealthy families executed by the Liang dynasty were mostly powerful figures from the Song dynasty.

Their properties and land are undoubtedly the best in the area.

During the Song Dynasty, contiguous land was extremely scarce.

The Song Dynasty did not suppress land annexation.

This leads to frequent changes in landownership.

There is a saying that a field lasts for a thousand years and has eight hundred owners.

Landowners change frequently.

Large tracts of land are often subdivided and sold to many people.

Even for wealthy families, buying all the land is not easy.

Apart from the circles drawn on the map indicating the expansion sites, the land that can be connected into one continuous area...

They are truly the families of the powerful and wealthy.

No matter how many owners a piece of land has.

They all have ways to buy them all.

You won't be extorted.

Of course, what these two possessed was not something that ordinary wealthy people could even dream of.

Now that Daliang is offering up this land...

Those wealthy households were naturally very tempted.

They were willing to borrow money to buy these things that they couldn't buy before.

The imperial court comprehensively established orphanages, nursing homes, almshouses, and sanatoriums for the needy.

Adding to this year's natural disasters and war,

The imperial court's expenditures were enormous.

Moreover, a large number of properties were confiscated.

The imperial court didn't have that many people to manage it.

Therefore, after discussing it with everyone, Zhao Yuan...

So he decided to sell most of the houses and a small portion of the farmland.

Firstly, to replenish the national treasury;

Both also reduced the burden of government administration.

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "I see."

"However, this income cannot last,"

"We also need to expedite the establishment of branch offices,"

"Only then can the income of the money exchange be stabilized."

Ren Jinnu said, "The King of Liang is currently at the height of his power."

"Opening branch offices is easy,"

"We just don't have enough manpower,"

"Half of the palace maids trained in the palace have already been used,"

"We want to open branches in every state capital,"

"The people in the palace alone are clearly not enough."

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "There aren't enough people in the palace."

"Just hire someone from outside,"

"You should hire a group of literate people later,"

"Training for a period of time,"

"Then it will be usable."

Ren Jinnu came from a merchant family.

He naturally knew that many of the shopkeepers were hired.

She had this idea for a while.

However, without the King of Liang's approval,

She dared not make any arrangements.

Now that he heard the King of Liang agree, he was delighted.