Chapter 396: A fatal blow

The sudden knock on the door made the lobby quiet. Everyone looked at each other and was so nervous that they were about to jump out. The shopkeeper hurriedly whispered: "Master, what should I do?"

"Don't pay attention to them and transport the money away immediately." Yang Huahua said decisively.

"Master, I'm afraid it's too late, there are six hundred big boxes!"

Tonight they will transport 40,000 guan, which is more than 240,000 jin. If they fill 400 jin in one bite, they will need 600 boxes, and more than a dozen ships will be transported to transport them all. Now they have just loaded more than 100 boxes, so where is it time?

"Open the door!"

The sound of smashing the door outside increased again, and the door was smashed and almost smashed. Yang Huahua secretly hated her. If Li Longji was still in power, who would dare to be rude to the Yang family like this, she had to say to everyone: "You find something to cover up the money and I'll deal with it."

Accompanied by several friends, she came to the gate and said to the friend: "Open the side door!"

The two guys opened the side door, and there was a loud bang, and the side door was kicked open, and a flame appeared outside. A chief officer raised his leg and kicked the guy who opened the door, cursing: "Damn, I'm actually neglecting me!"

"presumptuous!"

Yang Huahua was furious and walked over quickly, glaring at the officer and said, "You have eaten the courage of Xiongxin and leopards. This is the cabinet of the Yang family. Do you dare to be so rude?"

"Do not care about your Yang family and Niu family, you must undergo inspection!"

Seeing that there was a gorgeous young woman in front of him, the officer immediately smiled and reached out to pinch her face, and laughed: "Little lady, you're pretty! Why not follow the military master..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Huahua was furious and slapped him in the face, pointed at his nose and cursed: "Your dog eyes are blind, you dare to tease me."

The commander was beaten to death and lost face in front of his soldiers. He couldn't help but be furious and drew his sword and roared: "Rebel, rebel, resist, kill those who resist, come! Take this woman away."

At this time, another officer behind him knew Yang Huahua, and hurriedly pulled the commander officer over and whispered in his ear: "This woman is Lady Guoguo."

Yang Huahua's power was so powerful that even Li Linfu had to give way when he saw her carriage. Although it had declined now, she was still a first-class lady after all. Yang Guozhong was still the right prime minister, and his power was still there. The chief officer did not expect Yang Huahua to be here, thinking that she was just the concubine of the shopkeeper. After knowing Yang Huahua's true identity, he was so scared that although Lady Guo had no power, he would still lose his head when he reported to the emperor.

"Husband...Madam, the official is rude!"

He hurriedly bowed, his face burning and he couldn't care about it.

Yang Huahua pointed outside and said, "Get out!"

The officers of the commander were in a difficult situation. They received an order to investigate no matter who they were. However, when they encountered a powerful lady like Lady Guo, they did not dare to be arrogant, but if they did not investigate, they could not explain to the higher authorities. At this time, the officer behind them hurriedly said: "Let's go now, let's go now!"

He pulled the captain officer and walked out of the side door. The side door immediately closed with a 'boom'. The captain officer couldn't help but blame his companions and said, "If you don't check, how can we explain to the superiors?"

The officer whispered: "Since Lady Guo is here, there must be something in the cabinet, and it will be bad to tear her face apart. We just surround the cabinet and prevent them from transporting it away, and then report to General Changsun."

"Well! Your method is good, let's do it like this."

The captain officer waved his hand and said, "Everything!"

Hundreds of soldiers ran quickly and surrounded the cabinet house, especially a small river close to the back door. More than a dozen small boats waiting to transport money in the river saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately drove away.

The door of the cabinet was closed, and dozens of friends were waiting for Yang Huahua's orders. At this time, a friend came to report in panic: "Madam, those soldiers surrounded the cabinet and the boats in the river also left, what should I do?"

"These bastards!"

Yang Huahua had no choice but to say, "Transfer all the money back to the warehouse, I'll go find Yang Xiangguo."

The guys started to move money, Yang Huahua hurried out, and in the dark, her carriage drove towards Yang Guozhong's mansion.

Yang Huahua didn't know that as soon as she left, the East and West cities began to impose a curfew. Changsun Quanxu also rushed to her cabinet. He ordered the gate of Yang's cabinet. The soldiers rushed in and drove all the servants and shopkeepers into the dark room and locked them up, and moved her 40,000 guan of copper coins. This was the biggest gain in the operation that night.

The sky gradually became brighter, and the East and West Markets that had been chaotic all night finally calmed down, but the curfew was still not lifted. The gates of the two cities were closed, and only soldiers were patrolling back and forth on the streets in the market, and people in the shops were not allowed to come out. The vicinity of the West City Bureau was even more cautious. Thousands of fully armed soldiers patrolled back and forth, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering the city bureau. In the wide lobby of the city bureau, various boxes were piled up like mountains, and each box had the name of the shop. This was a night when copper coins were searched for from each shop. Dozens of accountants were busy keeping accounts. After the money was shipped, they would exchange it for one to thirty to return it to everyone. This was forced exchange.

At this time, Di Wuqi came to the city office with several officials. He found Changsun Quanxu and bowed to him, "The Lord ordered me to check the situation. I want to know how many copper coins have I collected now?"

Changsun Quanxu looked at a preliminary list in his hand and said, "A total of 240,000 copper coins were collected."

Wu Qi frowned. It was only 240,000 guan. Today, 20,000 guan silver coins were issued. According to 1 to 30, 600,000 guan copper coins should be enough. According to previous data, the stock of copper coins in the two cities, including the cabinet shop, should be more than 3 million guan. Why is it less than 10% now?

Changsun Quanxu seemed to know what he thought, sighed and said, "We are still one step late. Most of the shops have transferred the money away. Wang Baoji Cabinet has only 200 guan of money to save money. Anxi Cabinet has closed it and not a single piece of paper is left. However, Yang's Cabinet has obtained 40,000 guan of copper coins. I guess Mrs. Guoguo will not agree."

"What about silver dollars? Have you found some?"

Changsun Quanxu shook his head and said, "Silver dollars are easy to carry, and they are pitifully fewer. They are basically transferred away, and only six thousand coins were found."

"this......"

Wu Qi was stunned. He was only 240,000 yuan, less than half of it. How could he explain this to the emperor?

At this time, an official from the Ministry of Revenue next to him said dissatisfied: "I think it's because there are too many favors. General Changsun did not do his best!"

"Bad!" Changsun Quanxu was furious and pointed at the official and cursed: "Brothers haven't been sleeping all night, and they are porters and robbers. The backbone is almost broken. You pampered bastards, will you just fart if you don't do anything?"

Wu Qi was also a little unhappy and said in a long voice: "General Changsun, it's mainly because he has too little money and cannot explain it!"

"That's because you're too slow. They've escaped for two days before you reacted, what do you have to do with me?"

Changsun Quanxu was extremely disgusted with the fifth Qi in front of him. He believed that this was not actually what the priest meant, but the result of the instigation of the slanderous ministers like Diwu Qi, which ruined the reputation of the priest.

Changsun Quanxu restrained his anger and said in a deep voice: "Fifth Doctor, please forgive me for your frankness. This kind of forced search for shops overnight is tantamount to robbers. You can only do it occasionally. Please tell the emperor that this move will not only lose the people's hearts, but merchants will move to Jianghuai, Bashu. In the long run, Chang'an will have no business to say. Who is willing to transport grain, rice, oil and tea to Chang'an? It is tantamount to killing chickens to get eggs."

Wu Qi thought that the issuance of silver money was almost a failure, so he had to say helplessly: "It's boring to say these things now. The silver money will be shipped soon. Let's exchange it first! Let's see what the exchange will happen before reporting to the emperor."

He sighed and turned around and left. Changsun Quanxu looked at his back and walked away, and couldn't help but spit hard, "Bah! The slander."

More than a dozen carriages finally slowly drove into the gate of Xishi City. The carriages were covered with tarpaulin, and dozens of guards were followed on the left and right of each carriage, and the guards were extremely tight.

About a hundred steps away from the gate of the West City, a large group of people who heard the news were crowding together to watch the fun. Many merchants gathered in the same place and whispered about hundreds of people. Most of them were the owners of shops living outside. I heard that the two cities had conducted curfew searches last night, and they all came to check the situation. Some were very anxious, while others were secretly glad that the anxious people were because the money had not been completely withdrawn from the store, so the lucky people naturally had already transferred the money away.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers walked quickly with notices in their hands. They walked to the side of a restaurant on the side of the road, which was a place for posting notices. The soldiers painted paste on the wall and pasted a notice with a bright red seal onto the wall. The merchants rushed up to look up at the notice that was related to their lives.

It was indeed a notice of issuing silver coins. Someone said, "This country's use is not enough, and the currency is heavy and the goods are less expensive. So I asked to mint the Dali silver coins and run it in parallel with the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins. One is used as thirty lines......"

"One to thirty!" someone exclaimed.

"Damn, they must have been forcibly exchanging money last night!"

Someone shouted and scolded, and the crowd was infuriating. Hundreds of merchants turned around and ran towards the west market. After running a few steps, dozens of horses rushed to the front. The head officer whispered to the merchants: "You all go back for now. The curfew will be lifted at noon. Come again at noon!"

A businessman plucked up his courage and asked, "Master Jun, is our money safe now?"

"Your money is safe, we won't take your money."

The officer paused and said, "Don't worry! I'll pay you a lot of money."

As soon as this sentence was released, the merchants were a little upset. The implicit meaning of the officer was that their money had been taken away, which really fulfilled their worries. The court was going to issue silver coins forcibly. They took their own copper coins and returned them must be silver coins. The dozen carriages contained silver coins. The merchants immediately started to curse, but the officer ignored them, turned their heads and left.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted behind his back: "Don't worry, Anxi will compensate you for your losses."

All eyes looked back and saw a few men in black riding horses. One man continued: "This time the imperial court used coercive means to exchange for everyone's copper coins, which caused many people to suffer losses. So this time Anxi will use Anxi silver dollars to exchange for the silver dollars you were forced to get at an appropriate price to reduce your losses, but this time."

Although everyone was skeptical, most people couldn't help but cheer, and someone asked, "What price should we use for our money?"

The leader among the men in black was Hu Peiyun. He just received a letter from Li Qing'an's Feige last night, and his mission has increased. Not only to destroy the issuance of silver by the imperial court, but also to prevent the Dali silver from circulating in the market. Then purchasing the silver from merchants is an excellent way.

Hearing someone asking about the purchase price, Hu Peiyun stepped forward and said, "We cannot recover it at the original price. You also know that the issuance price is 100, so we can only recover it at the price of 1000. Of course, if you think the price is low, you can not sell it. We will not force it. Moreover, we only charge for five days, and it will not be overdue. Starting this afternoon, Anxi Guifang will officially check in cash."

Everyone was disappointed again, that is to say, they would lose ten cents. There were those who sighed, those who stamped their feet and cursed their wives, and all the ancestors of Diwuqi were scolded by the eighteen generations.

Just in Xiling Lane next to Xicheng City, Rehai Ibis Restaurant still exists, but the business is even colder, and it is rare for a few guests to come to have dinner all day long. This is still one of the strongholds of the Han and Tang Dynasties in Chang'an. At this time, a young man hurried into the restaurant. He shook a silver medal and walked straight into the inner courtyard. After saying a few words to a man who looked like a guy, the servant immediately took him to a house in the inner courtyard and knocked on the door.

"Zhengtang Hu, he is here."

"Come in!"

The guy opened the door and said to the young man: "Get in!"

The young man flashed in, and the door was closed gently. There were no windows in the room and the light was dim. Although it was morning, the room was still lit with lights. There were more than a dozen people sitting in the middle. It was Hu Peiyun. He had just received the news that the first batch of silver dollars scattered from Shuofang had arrived in Fengtian County. He immediately summoned the backbone and was discussing how to transport the silver dollars into Beijing.

In fact, there are many ways to transport silver dollars into Beijing. You can transport them through the canal and the city gates. The key is to use the most reliable method. In fact, the safest method is to buy the city guarding army. The city guarding army is mostly 20,000 soldiers recruited by Li Qing'an at the beginning of the year. Although the military power was seized by Li Yu, many middle-level officers were interested in Anxi and were easily bribed. Now the Fangmen is no longer closed at night. As long as the city guarding army is bribed and transporting silver dollars into the city at night is almost a small task.

The plan had been finalized. At this time, the young man walked in, bowed to Hu Peiyun, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and handed it to him respectfully, "Please see the main hall!"

The chief hall was the former name of the Han and Tang dynasties. Hu Peiyun was the leader of the Luoyang chief hall, so everyone was used to calling him Hu Zongtang. Hu Peiyun took the cloth bag, spread it out on the table, and smiled and said, "Everyone come and have a look!"

Everyone gathered together. Under the light, they saw more than a dozen silver coins in the cloth bag, and the two words "Da Li" were cast on the surface, "Da Li silver coins!" Someone exclaimed.

Dali silver coins are the new silver coins to be issued today, and this has not been issued yet! They have it here.

"This is the Dali silver coins we cast. Do you think it looks like it?"

As he said that, Hu Yunpei took out a small box and opened it. There were two Dali silver coins inside, but this was real money. It was a sample secretly brought to them by Zheng Shaoyou, the Chief of the Metallurgical Office.

Hu Yunpei took a fake money and put it together, and smiled and said, "Let's see what's the difference?"

Everyone checked carefully and found that the two silver coins were exactly the same size. The front was the pattern of Hanyuan Hall, and the back was the four words "Dali Tongbao". The middle was engraved with a word "Silver" to indicate that it was silver coins. There was no difference between these patterns and two coins.

"It's really similar! I can't tell it."

"It's still a little different, look at the color."

Only then did everyone notice that the color of real money was dimmer, while the fake money was a little newer, but it was probably different for the time to cast it. When the time was longer, it would not be able to be separated.

Hu Yunpei smiled and said, "In fact, the weight is different. The real money is silver, one copper, six lead, and three, which is a little bit silver. Our fake money is half copper and half white lead, which does not contain a little silver. It is heavier. It is just a layer of silver on the surface, which will be worn off over time."

He asked the young man again, "How many have been cast now?"

"Report to the chief hall, we are now minting a hundred stakes, and in ten days we will strive to mint another 2,000 stakes. Now 100 stakes of fake silver coins are outside the city."

"No need to cast it anymore." Hu Yunpei smiled and said, "One hundred silos is enough. In fact, just one small stone is enough to stir up troubles. Go! Just transport one hundred silos into the city."

"As for the order!" The young man bowed and hurried away.

Hu Yunpei stood up and said to everyone: "Now I will start assigning tasks."
To be continued...