Book 46 - Chapter 6 – Crossing Verbal Swords (1/2)
In the quiet inner hall of the Rong Da Da Ya, Xu Ziling was receiving his second lesson after his arrival in Chang’an Yesterday he was yao’s local conditions and custoyao accent In ter had innate talent, they could quickly speak Tujue language, learning a bit of local accent naturally did not pose any problem for his such as ‘pawn-money card’, ‘money ticket’, ‘account book’ and so on, ite was dazzled upon seeing all these things, Chen Fu, sitting on the other side of the table, said, “Our pawn industry could be described in four words, which are ‘yi cai sheng cai’ [using money to make money]: to use wealth to provide loans and h interest, using trust to borrow or lendcollateral to provide loans The security could vary from moveable property, for example pearl and jewel, jade and stone, to immovable property like real estate: house and land, so much so that a person could be used as collateral” Translated by foxs
Stunned, Xu Ziling said, “How can a person be a collateral? If there is nowe can sell the person?”
Chen Fu’s build was slie, his considerably high sideburns were so the question, he revealed a vague smile and responded in low voice, “Debt must be paid with money, if no money, then they can work to pay the debts; if the collateral is a pretty wo’an Rong Da will never do such things; however, in the villages or sos will not happen Since it is a overnment authorities to interfere What’s more, we open a pawnshop, the first critical phase is open access to the government officials; one side keeps a low profile, the other side has one eye open, the other eye closed, everybody lives together in har’s confidence increased steeply;person as collateral, it should be greatly attractive to the Xiang Fa and selling people “How did the pawn industry begin?” he asked with a frown
Sketching it in light shades, Chen Fu replied, “The pawn industry was ra the Northern and Southern dynasties [420-589], it originated from the Buddhist te asked, “How could it relate to the Buddhist temple? How could Buddhist teo against the people-who-left-their-homes’ principle of four elements are vanity?”
Chen Fu smiled and said, “Don’t the people-who-left-their-homes need to eat? Monastery, via various social classes’ Dana [Buddhist practice of giving], areat amount of wealth, in order to maintain nuious activities, to maintain and extend the monastery All these are not possible without ious way of usingloans to make a profit”
After a short pause, he went on, “As for whether it goes against the original idea of Buddhism, as far as I know, it does not However, at least in the Buddhist scripture and law, there are records of ‘endless storehouse’, also ‘continuous habitation, inexhaustible benefit’, ‘at that tiations, either taking, or with, or raw, or qualitative’ [sorry, no idea … I can only deduce froe is from Tripitaka], so that theloans to obtain profit as sacrificial offering to be used by Buddha, Dharha, the Three Precious Treasures” Translated by foxs
Listening to that, Xu Ziling’s horizon was greatly broadened; he asked, “Such a profitable business, the couish hiest pawnshop business?”
Chen Fu cheerfully said, “In this aspect, anybody would ad boss]; the reason he can be so successful was sirain pawn’ and the issuance of ‘money ticket’, t businesses ‘Grain pawn’ is not lioods This is particularly popular in rural areas and villages Just think of exchanging grain goods for h the price is substantially lower than direct selling, but in terency, no other commercial method can compare”
“As for ‘money ticket’, it could be said as some kind of favor to business people The method is the pawnshop issued vouchers to take the place of currency in circulation in the market, which could be cashed in at any ti pre understood No wonder it was said that the pawn business attached most ih in ter Fa, but because of their pleasure house and casino trade, they couldwiped out and closed down by the government, so ould put their trust in the ‘ained understanding of the pawnshop industry, theFa Faolden opportunity to fully use their ‘changing-the-sky-exchanging-the-sun’ big zi’s turn to gain an in-depth understanding of our operation and business practices”
Inwardly Xu Ziling sether and rouse his spirit to focus his attention to listen, in order to be the best Situ Furong impersonator
Inside the i Dou Jiande’s secret letter, wang shi+chong, wearing full dragon robe, handed the letter to wang Xuanying, sitting on the lower right side’s head seat, to have hi, he said, “Why would Dou Jiande want to helphad any chance to respond, wang Xuanying, while still reading Dou Jiande’s letter, without even looking up, laughed coldly and said, “Perhaps it’s beating a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf coer flared up; he was about to brush his sleeve away and rise up, wang Xuanshu, sitting next to Kou Zhong, hurriedly interjected, “Currently Xia wang and our Great Zheng are as close as lips and teeth; if Luoyang fell, the next one …” Translated by foxs
“How can Luoyang fall?” wang shi+chong cut hi people byJinGang were defeated in his hands This ti to use that sa time without success and move his troops back, that will be the h Kou Zhong absolutely had no good i, he had to ady to deal with Li shi+ Army could hold fast to thatstared fixedly at Kou Zhong, but he did not i Xuanying carelessly tossed Dou Jiande’s letter on the small table by his side; with a hint of cold s in the head seat on wang shi+chong’s left wang Xuanshu revealed a helpless wry smile, but he kept silent The air inside the study roo shi+chong threw his head back in long laughter and said, “Shaoshuai is so concerned over ’s affair, I am very appreciative; if Li shi+ht act with confusion, but after a whole year of preparation against war, I have co has elite soldiers, a as we could hold out until the winter’s Great Snow [21st of the 24 solar terms], how could Li shi+reatly astonished; the last ti, at least on the surface, this old fox was giving him very deep deferential treate in attitude, what exactly was he relying on? Or just like he said, why did he have co was overco wryly, he said, “I wonder if Shengshang [courtier’s orXuanshu looked at his father
wang shi+chong sighed and said, “Shaoshuai is truly a figure that I admire veryshi+chong; the bigger problenan’s round as the enemy, he and I are as incompatible as fire and water Shaoshuai, please tellsaid, “Things have slight or i have complete confidence to put Li shi+ to say But the fact before our eyes is that in the end, everybody who had complete confidence to put Li shi+, I would not cutthe war That is all I have to say! As for how to do it, would Shengshang pleaseshi+chong s Li Mi down, this time naturally we could join hands todefeat, Shaoshuai must not be paranoid, but weXuanying spoke indifferently, “Beating back Li shi+ Shaoshuai?”
Kou Zhong really wanted to punch wang Xuanying’s face, to see ould his pale little face look like afterwards This person failed to see the larger issue, just because he suffered disgrace by being captured twice, he still harbored hard feelings toward Kou Zhong After taking a deep breath, he spoke in heavy voice, “How about we , what har revealed displeasure; letting out a cold snort, he said, “Shaoshuai, please explain your wise opinion”
Kou Zhong’s gaze ; he said, “If Luoyang falls, then Dou Jiande will be forced to retreat and defend Hebei At that tieneral fro as securely as a city protected by wall ofwater At that ti to kill will not be Dou Jiande, butsneered and said, “Perhaps Shaoshuai overestihty army division under Dou Jiande’s command reaches four hundred thousand men, Shao Shuai Army is merely several tens of thousands, plus there is no solid city wall and rugged terrain to defend”
Kou Zhong returned his aze, he smiled and said, “This is not a question of who is a bit y If Li shi+’s prestige would rise greatly, so that so the wind and steer the rudder accordingly [ie on the lookout] like Gao Kaidao, Luo Yizhi, and so on would have no choice but to rush to surrender to the House of Tang, which wouldthe enele step Li shi+ht lure Dou Jiande to toil his army in military expedition to attack him, while he himself calmly deploy his army to the south Once I am eliminated, he would establish his navy fleet in Bashu On top of that, there’s Du Fuwei’s Jianghuai Arehtered At that time, Dou Jiande’s only way to survive is to attack Luo, to meet the world’s best in city defense, Li shi+ ready to support him, ould the outcome be? There see Xuanying was du said was entirely the truth, and wang Xuanying had never thought about any of it
wang Xuanshu’s pair of eyes e expression, he repeatedly nodded his head