Chapter 277 Meet Huahua again

In front of Juhaixing Cabinet House in Dongshi, the news that this Cabinet House has interest in saving money has spread in Chang'an. For several days, there were long queues in the cabinet house every day, and the ox carts carrying money even blocked traffic. Countless merchants and ordinary people who came from all directions rushed to deposit money into this Cabinet House. This grand occasion continued until yesterday. The famous Wang Baoji Cabinet House in the capital finally could not withstand the pressure of running copper coins and announced that it also began to save money and calculate interest.

Wang Baoji started, and the rest of the watch shops that were waiting and watching also followed suit and implemented new methods to give a certain interest on saving money. Originally, it was a charge for saving money, but now it is the opposite. Saving money will be paid. In this way, the profits of the shops will be greatly reduced, and Juhaixing will become the target of public criticism.

Li Qingan came to Dongshi early in the morning, and he wanted to see the circulation of money with his own eyes.

"General, do you think King Qing will be sent to Anxi?" On the way, his personal soldier Yu Sheng asked with some concern.

"No matter who goes, it's actually the same for us."

Seeing that he was worried, Li Qingan asked and smiled: "You don't have to worry so much. It's said that planning is up to people, and success is up to heaven."

"But when the prince goes to Anxi, he will inevitably seize the power of the general. Even if he cannot seize power, they will also restrain the general. It is like putting sand in the meal, intentionally making us unable to eat well."

"Just don't worry about the sand. You have to see that the court used to give us only a small bowl of rice, but now it can give us a large bowl of rice, which can make us full. In fact, it's better to put a few pieces of sand, so we won't eat too fast and choke."

While speaking, they arrived at the entrance of Dongshi City and saw the traffic at Juhaixing from afar and business was extremely booming.

Seeing the crowds, Li Qingan nodded and smiled, "The business is good!"

"General, should we go in and take a look?"

"Since you're here, of course you have to go, go in through the back door."

The group entered the cabinet shop through the back door. The cabinet shop covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, divided into two floors on the ground and one floor on the ground. There are more than 20 clerks and fifty guards. In addition, there is a pigeon building in the backyard, where people specialize in raising carrier pigeons.

At this moment, the cabinet shop was very busy. The guys counted the copper coins, put them in the cabinet, and then sent them to the underground warehouse. Some were responsible for saving money, some were responsible for borrowing money, some were dedicated to accounting, and some were issued flying money. The shopkeeper Li Yunfeng was busy inside and outside, his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse.

"Shopkeeper Li, the general is here."

Someone shouted, Li Yunfeng ran out of the front desk and hurriedly said, "General, why are you here today?"

"I'll find out what's going on."

"Okay! General, please sit in the house."

Li Yunfeng invited Li Qing'an into the room, poured him a cup of tea, and then took out another account book.

"General, since the opening of the cabinet shops in the east and west cities, they have accumulated 500,000 guan of copper coins and 30,000 guan. Our underground warehouse is almost full and we are ready to transfer to the Rehaiju currency warehouse."

"Can't you put millions of guan in the underground warehouse? Why is it full of 500,000 yuan?"

"The general doesn't know that these are just saving money, and there is also silver exchange, which is also a big deal."

"Then how is the exchange of silver and money now?" Li Qingan was most concerned about money, which was related to his future in Anxi.

"The silver and money have been exchanged very well. In fact, the black market has already started to exchange gold and silver, but now it is publicized. The silver and money are easy to carry and are very popular. The official price is 1 to 100 cents, but I heard that the black market price has been exchanged for 110 cents. In the past two days, it has dropped slightly, which is 105 cents. As soon as our 6,000 cents of silver was delivered, it was exchanged for 3,000 cents of silver on the first day. This is 300,000 cents of copper coins!"

"What about the money? Is anyone giving it back?"

"Money is not very good. One qian is used for one qian. After all, the price is too high. Ordinary people exchange silver and money. Our 100 qian has only been used for 15 qian. Most of them are used for the most valuable people to enjoy. I heard that many shops refuse to accept money and only check cash."

Speaking of this, Li Yunfeng ordered people to take a handful of silver and put them on the table one by one and smiled: "General, please see, these silver and money are different."

Li Qingan immediately became interested and hurriedly came forward to take a closer look. From the appearance, the silver coins were almost the same. They were all Kaiyuan Tongbao silver coins cast from the same mold. But if you look closely, you can see that these silver coins are indeed different. The fronts are the same. The four characters of Kaiyuan Tongbao are in the official script, but the backs are different. The backs are in the Anxi silver coins, with four small characters of Anxi Supervisor, while the court has patterns such as stars and moons. However, even the imperial court's silver coins are different. Some are very standardized and have very beautiful workmanship, but there are also several coins with obvious thin meat and light weight and rough workmanship.

"The general has discovered it too! Some people are minting private money and cutting corners. These coins are private minting. It is obvious that they are not of sufficient quality. I suspect there is white copper mixed in it."

Li Qing'an picked up a few privately cast silver coins, and it felt different. The flesh was thin and heavy. The density of silver was lighter than that of copper. In this case, it might be mixed with white copper.

Unexpectedly, fake silver coins were issued so soon. Li Qing'an suddenly realized a serious problem. If silver coins were allowed to be minted privately, someone would definitely take the opportunity to mint fake coins. In the past, copper coins were of little value and had little impact, but silver coins were different. A fake silver coins could cause heavy losses, which affected the credibility of silver coins, and finally made the people no longer believe in silver coins. At that time, Anxi was the one who suffered the most heavy losses.

It seems that the most severe criminal law must be used to prevent people from minting silver coins, but if it is privately cast by the powerful, will the criminal law be useful? The princes and nobles have a large amount of gold and silver in their hands. In order to make the gold and silver valuable, they will of course cast silver into silver coins. But during the casting process, will they be honestly cast enough silver? Perhaps some people will, but most people will not. They must be mixed with other metals to make huge profits. Even if Anxi does not make fakes, it will be easy to cast fake Anxi coins. At that time, Li Gui drove away Li Kui, who would dare to use his Anxi silver coins?

So how can it be impossible to make a fake? Li Qingan suddenly remembered Yuan Datou in later generations, pinched it with his nails, blew it hard to put it in his ears and listened, making a sound. This is a good silver dollar. This is the characteristic of silver, which is almost impossible to make fake. Why did he have to cast Kaiyuan Tongbao coins instead of making the Anxi silver dollar that can be blown? As for technology, he believed that the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty could definitely solve it under heavy rewards.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Li Yunfeng: "Don't exchange the silver and money for the time being, I want to send a quick letter to Anxi."

Li Yunfeng did not dare to be negligent, so he immediately took the fine brush and gauze silk. After pondering, Li Qing'an wrote a pigeon letter, pressed the seal, rolled it up, put it in a red thin bamboo tube, and handed it to Li Yunfeng: "Send someone to send it to Rehaiju immediately and send it to Anxi with pigeon letter."

Li Yunfeng immediately found someone to do it, and Li Qingan had no intention of going to visit Dongshi again. He reminded Li Yunfeng a few more words and then left the counter.

As soon as he came out of the closet, a middle-aged man came up to him, "General, my boss is welcome!"

"Who is your boss?"

The man pointed to the distance, "My boss is there."

Li Qing'anshun looked in the direction and saw a woman standing at the door of Yang Jigufang, dressed up in a colorful manner, extremely charming, but who wasn't Yang Huahua?

Seeing Li Qing'an looking at her, she couldn't help but stand up with her tall breasts and raised her pretty face. She also came to inspect the cabinet today, but happened to see Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan smiled and walked forward and said, "Where will we meet again in life? Madam, we have met again."

Yang Huahua bit her lips, and Li Qingan actually walked up to her as if nothing had happened. She was as if nothing had happened. Could it be that the past things and the grievances of the past really blew like the wind, without taking away any trace? Yang Huahua suddenly felt a little sad in her heart. She would rather Li Qingan walk in anger, at least he still had his own shadow in his heart, but now, his eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger.

She hid her inner feelings and laughed sweetly: "I want to invite General Li to dinner. I wonder if I have this honor?"

"The third lady invited me to dinner, it should be my honor for Li Qing'an, and the guest will follow the host."

Yang Huahua pointed at a restaurant a hundred steps away, "Okay, there is a Hu Ji restaurant in front of us, let's go there for lunch!"

"Please, madam!"

More than a dozen maids and servants surrounded Yang Huahua and walked towards the restaurant. Li Qingan also turned over and came to the restaurant with more than 20 followers. He turned over and got off the horse, looked up at the banner, and saw the words "That color wave" written on the banner.

Li Qingan smiled. He knew that this was opened by the Sogdians in Xiaoshi Country.

“Welcome to our store!”

The shopkeeper was also a Sogdian and could speak fluent Chinese. When he saw that Yang Huahua and Li Qing'an had many servants and were very imposing, he knew that a noble man had come, so he quickly greeted him in person.

"Madam, please sit on the second floor. The second floor is quiet and elegant, and it will definitely satisfy your wife."

Yang Huahua smiled slightly, pointed at Li Qing'an and said, "Do you know who he is? He is your Lord Anxi."

The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly widened and he stammered: "Guest... is General Li?"

Li Qing'an glanced at Yang Huahua. She actually said that her Lord Anxi had ulterior motives! He smiled and said in Turkic words: "Fast as you want, don't be too enthusiastic."

The shopkeeper was stunned and immediately smiled and said, "Yes! Yes! General, please come upstairs, and please come upstairs!"

The followers were all dining downstairs, and only four personal soldiers followed upstairs. They stood at the door of the Yashi room, holding a knife, and no one was allowed to disturb him. Li Qing'an walked into the room and saw that the house was decorated very elegantly, he nodded and sat down.

"Madam, please sit down!"

Yang Huahua Yingying sat down and asked curiously: "What did you say to him just now? I don't understand."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "I tell him that this is Lady Guo State, the second beauty in the world, and she must serve her well."

"You're lying!"

Yang Huahua smiled and said, "If you really say this, he will definitely look at me a few more times, but this Hu man never looked at me from beginning to end, so you will definitely not talk about me."

That being said, Yang Huahua felt a little uncomfortable when she heard Li Qing'an call her the second beauty in the world. Of course, she didn't want to be the number one beauty, but Li Qing'an ranked her behind Yang Yuhuan. She disliked others comparing her with Yang Yuhuan the most.

"What, are you unhappy with your second beauty?" Li Qingan saw a hint of anger in her eyes.

"There is nothing to be happy or not. I am old and I am no longer young. How dare I say "world"?"

Yang Huahua's mood became dull. Although she maintained her well, there were still a few fine wrinkles on the corners of her eyes, and her face no longer had the luster and elasticity of the past, and she looked a little loose and dry. In order to cover up this change, she always had plain faces and applied makeup.

She sighed secretly, picked up the wine pot and poured herself a glass, drank it in one sip, and said with a forced smile: "Did General Li not notice my changes?"

Li Qingan bowed slightly and smiled in a diplomatic tone, "Madam is more beautiful than before."

"I don't allow you to speak to me like this!"

Yang Huahua's face was as cold as a layer of frost. She said to Li Qing'an coldly: "You and I are either friends or enemies. There will be no third possibility, and there will be no boring flattery like you. If you forget, I will remind you that I wanted you to be my man back then, but you refused, so you will be in prison. This was the case before and the same will be the case in the future?"

Li Qingan looked at the wine glass in his hand and said lightly: "Why did we say that we were asked to be your man, not that we wanted you to be my woman? This is the contradiction between us."

"Qilang, what if I am willing to be your woman now?" Yang Huahua's voice suddenly trembled.

"Why did the third lady make things difficult for herself?"

Li Qing'an sighed softly: "You are the Lady of Guo State, your existence is to be unique. You do not rely on any man, you just want to do what you like to do. Whether it is your scheming or your unruly, that is your personality. If you become my Li Qing'an's woman, then you are not Yang Huahua. Similarly, my Li Qing'an's nature is clear in grudges. You once gave me a bow, and I remember my kindness to this day: But you have also framed me and put me in prison. I also hold grudges until now. Because I remember grudges, I will not take revenge on you, so I will come with you, but because I hold grudges, I will no longer accept you, Madam, do you understand?"

Yang Huahua stared at Li Qing'an for a while, with a complicated expression in her eyes. She suddenly chuckled, poured herself a glass of wine, and said leisurely: "I'm just testing you. Do you think I can really be your woman? You dream! Unless I hide a knife, when you are in the most interest, I will kill you with one knife and let you die under my Yang Huahua's pomegranate skirt. Li Qilang, do you know? I have done this dream more than once, how much I long for this dream to become a reality."
Chapter completed!