Seeing Hu Liangcheng and Wang Yan cowering and looking hesitant, Chai Yugui was so angry that he was about to lose his temper and scold them, when he suddenly heard a faint pigeon whistle coming from the window.

He was startled for a moment by the sound, then immediately opened the window and stretched his head to look out the window at the blue sky. Sure enough, under the boundless blue sky, a white dove was bathed in the golden morning light and kept flapping its wings in the air.

Chai Yugui crooked his index finger and put it into his mouth, puffed up his cheeks, and blew suddenly. A sharp whistle suddenly sounded. The pigeons in the sky seemed to understand the whistle. After adjusting their flying posture in the air, they faced this

He glided over through the open window, and in the blink of an eye, he fluttered his wings and landed on Chai Yugui's palm stretched out outside the window. He cooed and tilted his head to look at Chai Yugui.

Chai Yugui stretched out his hand to catch the pigeon into the house, then skillfully removed the calf muff from the pigeon's leg, and then used his little finger with long nails to gently pick at the inner wall of the muff.

He pinched the end of the paper with one finger and slowly pulled it out. A note written on thin paper was pulled out completely.

Chai Yugui carefully opened the folded note. As soon as he took a look, his expression froze. Opposite him, Hu Liangcheng, who was good at observing colors, quickly asked: "Shopkeeper Chai, this is the note from the main office."

?What happened?"

"Oh! It's nothing serious. We should urge us to transfer the deposits to the main account as soon as possible!" After saying that, Chai Yugui shook the note in his hand as if no one else was there, then took out a fire note from his arms and spoke to it with his mouth.

He blew the fire gently, and a ball of flame came out from Huo Zhezi's head. He leaned the note against the fire, and the note suddenly turned into a faint puff of smoke.

Although Hu Liangcheng had doubts in his heart, he couldn't ask Chai Yugui directly, so he had to turn around and frowned as if talking to himself: "Didn't I just get a note from you this morning? There's not even two hours between them.

Come, why are you here again?"

Upon hearing this, Chai Yugui sighed and said with a wry smile: "I think the head office doesn't know our current situation yet, so they have sent us repeated letters to urge us!"

"Haha." Hu Liangcheng sneered: "It's easy to say, two million taels of silver is not a small amount, so it can be transported away if you can! The 4.5 million taels of silver escorted by Zhenwei Escort yesterday

, we took ten days to prepare before setting off, and the two million taels of silver must have taken four or five days to prepare! Besides, the government is about to come to audit the accounts, and we are now like the Clay Bodhisattva crossing the river by ourselves

It’s hard to guarantee, and it’s hard to say whether a person can escape, so why talk about transporting money!”

"Okay, okay, Old Hu, stop complaining." Chai Yugui advised: "Let's hurry up and plan the matter at hand first. The head office just said in the letter that according to them, they have the most reliable information.

According to the news, the State of Qi will start a war with the State of Zheng within half a month. Now the storm is about to come. In my opinion, no matter how much money you have, you will have to spend it in life. Why don't we destroy the account first?

, and then fled to the Jin State for a while, and then came back after the Qi people captured the new capital. By then, the Zheng State had been annexed by the Qi State, who would remember our little trouble!"

"Hey! It's a pity that we have two million taels of silver!" Hearing that he really had to leave two million taels of silver behind, Hu Liangcheng sighed with great reluctance: "When we come back, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep even one tael!"

Chai Yugui patted him on the shoulder and consoled him: "Old Hu, please be clear. This is not our money in the first place. If you lose it, it will be lost. Just wait for us to come back and report to the officials sent by Qi State to take over the new capital. Let's say

The actual amount of silver stored in the bank's treasury at that time was 6.5 million taels, wouldn't it be better to fish in troubled waters."

These words woke up the dreamer. Hu Liangcheng suddenly turned from worry to joy. He couldn't help but slapped his palms on the table and said happily: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Shopkeeper Chai was so thoughtful. I really admire you!"

"After speaking, he arched his hands and made a straight bow to Chai Yugui.

Chai Yugui laughed loudly, waved his hands and said proudly: "Old Hu, this is not over yet! We can't give all the two million taels of silver in our bank to that little tongpan. Next, I will find a big car to come over.

Let’s move as much money as possible from the bank to the car. In short, no matter how much money we take away this time, it will be our net profit. What do you think?”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Liangcheng could not wait to kneel down and kowtow to Chai Yugui to express his inner admiration. He then bent down and bowed his hands deeply: "I will let Shopkeeper Chai decide everything!"

"Well, that's very good!" Chai Yugui nodded happily and said: "I'll go down and arrange the cart. You and Lao Wang will take down all the account books on the wooden frame and pile them up. Then pour some lamp oil on them and wait for me.

Go to the treasury and load up the money, then go downstairs and blow the whistle, you two will quickly light the account books on fire, then go downstairs and get in the car, and we will escape back to Jin together!"

Hu Liangcheng was more thoughtful. When he heard what Chai Yugui said, he was afraid that he would leave him and Wang Yan alone and run away alone, so he immediately said: "Shopkeeper Chai, you see it is more than enough for Lao Wang to handle these account books alone. Why don't I do it here?"

I'll go with you to the bank to carry the silver. With so many people, we can carry more silver and take it away."

Chai Yugui pondered for a moment and replied: "Okay, I'll go downstairs to find the car first, and you can help Lao Wang move the books on the shelf to the ground and stack them, pour some lamp oil on them, and then you can go directly

The bank is looking for me."

Originally, Hu Liangcheng wanted to offer to go look for a car with him, but now that Chai Yugui said this, if he brought it up again, it would be obvious that he did not believe in Chai Yugui's character. After all, it would be no good to anyone if he really fell out on the spot.

Chai Bo and the coachman who were guarding the stairs downstairs saw Chai Yugui coming downstairs. They immediately greeted him. When they were about to speak, Chai Yugui immediately raised his index finger and made a silent gesture, and then three words

After everyone whispered to each other, Chai Yugui walked away.

The street where Risheng Qianzhuang is located is officially called Jade Street because it contains almost all the large-scale jade merchants’ shops in Zheng State. The entire Jade Street is only two miles long and no more than three feet wide.

I actually squeezed through thirty or forty jade shops. Since jade is a precious jewelry, a large amount of gold and silver is needed to participate in the transaction. In addition, the technology for printing banknotes was not mature at this time. Although there are anti-counterfeiting marks on the banknotes,

This anti-counterfeiting mark has no technical content and is easy to imitate. Therefore, in many jade transactions, we often find counterfeit banknotes that are printed so realistically that it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish between real and fake ones, causing merchants to complain and cry!

Later, many jade merchants who had received fake banknotes directly refused customers who used the banknotes to trade, and instead accepted real gold and silver. However, a new problem arose again. There were large jade shops that just sold jade of high quality.

The bracelets are sold for one or two thousand taels of silver. If you think about it, if the one or two thousand taels of silver are converted into kilograms, it will weigh one or two hundred kilograms. It is definitely not possible to carry such a heavy amount of silver on the back of a horse. There is no way to show wealth in vain.

, it is very easy to be noticed by criminals, and there are some top-grade rubies, emeralds, luminous pearls and the like, which can easily cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands taels! Therefore, if you want to trade such a large sum of money, you must

It takes a lot of trouble in the middle.

In the end, this business opportunity was discovered by a Qin bank owner who came to buy jade. He immediately gave up his plan to buy jade and used the money he planned to buy jade to buy a large house facing the street on Jade Street. Then he reported it to the government after passing

After a series of procedures such as preparing, recruiting manpower, opening a bank, and printing banknotes, the first bank named Hengchang finally opened on Yushi Street a month later. At the beginning, the money was exchanged for banknotes or

The handling fee for exchanging banknotes for silver was as high as two taels for every one hundred taels. However, even with such a high handling fee, compared with hiring a bodyguard to escort the silver, it still saves a lot of intermediate fees! For a time, Hengchang Bank

There is a bustling market and business is booming.

After the news spread through the merchants who came to buy jewelry and jade, other banks were jealous and rushed to Jade Street to open banks. As a result, in less than a year, nearly twenty more banks of various sizes appeared on Jade Street.

Every day, gold and silver are flowing everywhere on this street. The people in the new capital city simply renamed this Jade Street Jinbao Street. Since Zheng Guo was small and weak, most of these jade stones had the support of various complex forces.

Business control is much looser than in other countries, so there are more and more jewelry and jade shops and banks gathering on this street. If it were not for the damage caused by the Zhengchu War a few days ago, this Jinbao Street would be what it is today.

The jewelry and jade center of the world.

At around 1:00 in the morning, Zeng San, a clerk at the Changxingyuan Jewelry and Jade Store, the largest jewelry and jade store on Jinbao Street, yawned while removing the door panel from the store door. Just as he turned around to find a broom, he cleaned up the simple things in the store.

He cleaned up before welcoming customers. At this moment, a figure flashed behind him and walked into the store.

Generally, the clerks in jewelry stores are more alert. When he heard the slight footsteps behind him, Zeng San quickly turned around and looked back. He saw Chai Yugui standing behind him and looking at him with a smile on his hands. Zeng San was relieved and immediately

He bowed and saluted: "Good morning, Shopkeeper Chai."

Chai Yugui nodded perfunctorily and said: "Well, morning, go and help me find the owner of your shop, Shangguan, and tell me I'm waiting for him in the shop."

"Hey, hey!" Zeng San bowed and responded repeatedly. It was an honor for Chai Daguan, a man with a greater reputation in Xinli City, to send him to do something.

At that moment, Zeng San didn't even bother to look after the store. He turned around and ran towards the yard behind the jewelry store. He was afraid that if he was a little late, he would make Mr. Chai Daguan unhappy!

Zeng San had not been in the store for a long time. He was an old man about fifty years old, wearing a scarf hat and a floral silk robe. He came out from the backyard of the store. As soon as he walked in, he cupped his fists at Chai Yugui and said with a smile: "Ouch

, Shopkeeper Chai arrived, but he missed the greeting from afar, guilty, guilty!"

Chai Yugui waved his hand and said seriously: "Shangguan store owner, don't let me do these useless things. I came here mainly to discuss business with you."

"Oh! Then please hurry up." Upon hearing this, Shangguan's shopkeeper hurriedly stepped aside to let out the door to the backyard. He knew that if a big boss like Chai Yugui came to discuss business, it must be no small matter.

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Sure enough, in an elegantly decorated and private room in the backyard, after the two of them were seated as guest and host, and then waited for the maid to finish serving the tea and exit, Chai Yugui said straight to the point: "I wonder if Mr. Shangguan has top-notch treasures in his hands now?

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"Top treasures?" The owner of the Shangguan store was stunned when he heard this, and then asked cautiously: "I wonder what the top treasures that shopkeeper Chai refers to?"
Chapter completed!