"Oh, brother Xingsun, why didn't I see you in Hangzhou a few days ago?" Li Jingfang complained a little strangely.

It is a coincidence that Li Jingfang's biological mother, Kong, passed away in the first month of the year, so he had been keeping filial piety for his mother in his hometown in Anhui. It was not until Chen Tianhua's marriage that he came to Hangzhou.

Therefore, he naturally knew nothing about what happened in Shanghai.

"Oh, how can you talk about such unflattering things in such a joyful wedding ceremony?" Sheng Xuanhuai explained.

A big shot like him is very particular about appearance and appearance. During the wedding, even beating him to death would keep him silent about unhappy topics.

"I think we need to ask our clan brother Li Cunzhi to help with this matter. The Japanese concession of Gongchenqiao is in the city. He is the co-commander of the Zhejiang New Army. He has thousands of officers and soldiers under his command. Isn't it easy to find a few capable people with unique skills?"

Li Jingfang said.

Sheng Xuanhuai couldn't help but nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Therefore, Sheng Xuanhuai and Li Jingfang jointly sent a telegram to Li Cunzhi, roughly explaining their intentions.

When Li Cunzhi received the telegram, his heart pounded.

Although the Japanese Concession of Gongchenqiao was on the border of Hangzhou, the Zhejiang New Army and the Japanese defenders in the Concession had never violated the river.

He has never sent any spies to conduct reconnaissance at Gongchen Bridge, so he knows nothing about the situation there.

Sun Yong actually has a special agent platoon of forty people, but these people are still not very good at being secret agents.

After thinking about it, Li Cunzhi thought of his all-powerful third son-in-law Chen Tianhua. He could ask him to go to Shanghai from Jiangning Mansion to figure out the counterfeit currency case in Shanghai first.

Hence, the urgent telegram in the middle of the night.

Li Jingfang and Sheng Xuanhuai were of course very happy to know that Li Cunzhi sent Chen Tianhua to Shanghai.

They all know that this young man has special skills and is very intelligent. If he takes charge of this investigation and gets to the bottom of it, he will definitely be able to get to the bottom of it.

"Sheng Shanda people, how did you know that this was done by Japanese ronin? Where are these ronin?" Chen Tianhua didn't bother to drink tea and got straight to the point.

"This matter started more than a month ago." Sheng Xuanhuai took a sip of hot tea and told Chen Tianhua how he discovered the clues to the matter.

Counterfeit banknotes appeared at the Commercial Bank of China, which troubled HSBC, which is responsible for printing banknotes.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will affect their reputation as a British town and the good cooperative relationship they have established with the Shengxuanhuai Group.

So, they sent a number of spies to secretly go to the counters of each branch to investigate.

Coincidentally, one afternoon in late February, just before closing time, a Japanese man came to the HSBC Bank business hall with 4,000 yuan in banknotes to exchange.

The bank teller identified him and was discovered on the spot.

Since the counter staff had received instructions in advance to catch the counterfeiters, they calmly made up a reason, saying that Yin Yang had finished cashing out today, and asked him to come back to redeem the money tomorrow morning.

The counter staff is sincere and four thousand dollars is not a small amount of money.

Although the Japanese was a little disappointed, he didn't notice anything, so he nodded and left.

Subsequently, HSBC spies secretly followed him. After finding out where the Japanese lived in Shanghai, they reported back to the Concession Patrol Office.

The British Concession Patrol Office immediately dispatched dozens of people to surround and arrest the Japanese, and found a large amount of unused counterfeit money at his residence.

These counterfeit banknotes were of five-yuan and ten-yuan denominations from the Commercial Bank of China, and both witnesses and physical evidence were present.

After interrogation, he confessed that his name was Nakai Ginosuke and he was a Japanese ronin.

According to his confession, the counterfeit banknotes were made by a friend of his, also a Japanese ronin named Chutaro Yamashita, who knew printing.

Yamashita Chutaro lived in the Japanese Concession of Gongchenqiao in Hangzhou. After he printed about 400,000 yuan of counterfeit banknotes, he transported them in batches to Nakai Ginosuke's house in Shanghai, and then secretly flowed them into the market through Japanese trading companies in Shanghai.

It is said that the number of counterfeit coins secretly flowing into the market exceeds 250,000 yuan.

Sheng Xuanhuai and the British side simultaneously requested the Japanese side to arrest Yamashita Chutaro and others who printed counterfeit banknotes.

Unexpectedly, the Consul General of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, Hisanosuke Oda, personally approached the British Concession and requested the extradition of Gichinosuke Nakai.

He claimed that the Gongchenqiao Japanese Concession Police had arrested Yamashita Chutaro and destroyed printing machines, master plates, counterfeit coins, etc., and provided some photos to support it.

Now, he wants to send Yamashita Chutaro, Nakai Ginosuke and others back home.

Since there are extradition regulations in the concession and Japanese citizens are in the extradition country, the British side cannot continue to detain the Japanese personnel and prepares to hand him over to Japan.

After Sheng Xuanhuai heard the news, he asked Shanghai Daotai Yamen to negotiate with the British and Japanese sides.

Because the pseudo-second case occurred within the territory of the Qing Dynasty and violated the rights of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government officials tried and dealt with it according to the laws of the country.

However, Consul General Oda Hisanosuke took a tough stance and insisted that the British hand over Nakai Yoshinosuke to the Japanese side in accordance with the Concession Convention.

Although the British concession authorities sympathized with Sheng Xuanhuai, they did not want to confront Japan head-on because of this, so they agreed to the extradition.

This incident deeply affected Sheng Xuanhuai and others. The extradition of the criminal means that they can continue to commit crimes in the future, and the cost of crime is zero anyway.

"This incident is definitely not about a few Japanese rogues forging banknotes issued by the Commercial Bank for illegal gains. It should be to disrupt the financial order of the Qing Dynasty in Shanghai, especially to tarnish the reputation of the Commercial Bank and to attack the daily business activities of the Commercial Bank.

." Chen Tianhua pointed it out without much thought.

Sheng Xuanhuai and Li Jingfang looked at each other and nodded in agreement, "Hua Zhixiang, can you tell me the reason?"

"This is a very good reason, because this kind of counterfeit currency is very crudely made, and the authenticity can be identified only with the naked eye, touch, and fading with water. This means that its circulation is very poor and its lifespan is very short."

Chen Tianhua had seen counterfeit coins at Li's Mansion and had identified them. In addition, he had investigated international counterfeit banknote cases in his previous life, so he had great experience in this area.

"It can be seen that this kind of rough counterfeit currency is definitely not done by a professional counterfeiting gang, because the gain outweighs the loss. It is obvious that someone jumped over the wall and implemented it in a hurry for some purpose such as revenge."

"They are not trying to make profits through counterfeit currency. They only spent a few hundred thousand yuan to mobilize troops and mobilize people, which is known all over the world. Their real purpose is to attack the Commerce Bank, or you, Shanda Ren."

Why do holders of such counterfeit currency, which is easily identifiable, panic and run after the bank declares it?

First, it shows that someone is deliberately fanning the flames of trouble in the market, creating distrust and panic towards ICBC, creating a butterfly effect of following the trend.

Second, the counterfeit currency is so fake that ordinary people can identify it with a little attention. Those merchants, bank bank accounts, etc. who accidentally received the counterfeit currency in the early stage will naturally understand that this kind of counterfeit currency cannot be used again.
Chapter completed!