Chapter 685 This king opened a bank, are you willing to save money?
Seeing this, Zheng Fu and the guards behind him tensed up, and immediately pulled out the steel knife from their waists!
Keep an eye on the Goguryeo man running over and the Goguryeo thieves!
"Your Majesty, this is too much of a coincidence, you need to be more cautious!"
As he spoke, he remembered something, and Zheng Fu took off the round steel shield from his back, stood in front of Li Xuan with a solemn face, and looked around closely at the same time.
Soon, the Goguryeo man who was still holding the box tightly in his arms discovered Li Xuan and others.
A hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
He ran towards Li Xuan violently, shouting as he ran.
Behind them, the Goguryeo thieves heard the voice of the herb picker in front and noticed Li Xuan and others. However, they seemed reluctant to part with the money in the wooden box of the Goguryeo herb picker in front. With fierce eyes, they also rushed towards them.
Come up.
As expected, the Goguryeo medicine collector couldn't run very far with his small wooden box weighing 100 kilograms.
After arriving in front of Li Xuan and others, they stumbled.
Taking advantage of the situation, he threw the wooden box in his hand heavily to the ground, looking exhausted.
However, seeing the group of thieves chasing after him, the herb collector quickly struggled to get up and knelt in front of Li Xuan, pleading with his face.
"Wuliula..."
When the thieves who were chasing after him saw Li Xuan, their faces were filled with flattery. They kept talking and pointed at the box on the ground, trying to explain that the box belonged to them.
Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but sneer.
It seems that he encountered a different kind of bloody plot.
Zheng Fu and the guards also relaxed a little.
However, there were still a few people holding round shields in front of Li Xuan, while another group of people stepped forward and captured all the thieves.
Originally, the thieves wanted to resist bravely, but after putting a pair of gleaming steel knives on their necks, they could only drop the wooden sticks in their hands and let the guards kill them.
Tie it up.
Then, like a public parade, he led a group of people, including the Goguryeo herb collector, back to the palace.
In the palace, there were countless officials and translators who could speak Goguryeo.
Even Gao Jianwu and Yuan Gaisuwen came out to watch the fun.
After some interrogation, Li Xuan also figured out the whole story.
It turned out that these thieves who dared to steal money openly on the street were all subordinates of the medicine shop owner.
Anyone who can open such a large medicine shop in Pyongyang City naturally has a lot of power behind him. Not only does he have people who specialize in picking medicines, but the people who collect the medicines also have a group of guards in the house.
The shopkeeper of the herbal medicine shop felt that something was wrong after Li Xuan took Ti Guizhi into the tea shop. Therefore, he quickly summoned more than a dozen of his subordinates to guard around the medicinal shop.
Di Guizhi was the Goguryeo man who sold Li Xuan two old wild ginseng plants.
After Di Guizhi came out with a heavy wooden box, the shopkeeper of the medicinal material shop knew that this humble mountain man had actually sold wild ginseng to the noble man of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, he quickly ordered a group of guards to follow Tie Guizhi out of the West City and came to a remote place before starting to take action.
However, Ti Guizhi had been hunting and gathering medicine in the mountains for many years, and his keen observation ability directly discovered something wrong when these thieves were just about to take action. In addition, his skills were also very good.
Before the guards could surround him, he started to run away.
In Pyongyang, this kind of thing was very common. The Goguryeo people on the streets regarded it as a lively event, and no one came to stop it.
So, in despair, Takayuki thought of Li Xuan in the tea shop.
He fled into a small alley with few passers-by, and after running around for a long time, he finally saw Li Xuan at the end of a small alley.
Li Xuan knew everything that happened after that.
After hearing this, Li Xuan and those around him, including Li Yuanjing, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Yuan Gaisuwen, Gao Jianwu and others, couldn't help but be startled.
Immediately, Li Xuan sneered and looked at Gao Jianwu and Yuengai Suwen with mocking expressions.
"In broad daylight, not only did they buy and sell by force, but they also commanded a group of subordinates to carry out robbery. This is the city of Pyongyang under the rule of these two people who have always boasted in front of me.
Moreover, when the people on the street saw this, they not only did not stop it or reported it to the officials, but also watched the excitement from the sidelines, tut tut...
This is the case even in the royal city of Goguryeo. I can no longer believe it. What would it be like in other cities?
Is it possible that those powerful people can already rob it openly?"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Ji on the side directly raised his hands and said.
"Um?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but be startled.
"Really?"
"King Qi, this is really the case!"
Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie and others all nodded slowly.
"In Goguryeo, the common people and villagers at the bottom did not dare to have any good objects or money at home. As soon as they were seen by the dignitaries and officials, they would take them away at least, or kill them first and then take them away!"
"It's good but unethical!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but his face darkened.
"Brother Three Princes, don't worry. This time we, the Tang Dynasty, will govern Goguryeo, and these violence will definitely be reduced a lot!"
Li Yuanjing said slowly from the side.
"not enough!"
Li Xuan frowned and shook his head slowly.
"not enough?"
Li Yuanjing, Li Ji and others were all stunned.
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly and looked at Tsui Takayuki, who was still kneeling below.
"Your Majesty, if I open a bank in Pyongyang City, would you be willing to store your money in my bank?"
Hearing this, the expressions of Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Li Yuanjing, and even Gao Jianwu, Yuan Gaisuwen and others changed slightly.
What is a bank?
Why do these people still keep their money in banks?
As for Tsutsumi Takayuki, who was kneeling on the ground, his expression changed drastically after hearing what the translator said.
However, thinking that it was Li Xuan who saved him today, and now that he was still in the palace and his life and death were controlled by this noble man, he immediately kowtowed and was willing to dedicate all the money in his hand to Li Xuan to thank him for saving his life.
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but be startled, and felt a little dumbfounded.
"Don't worry, I won't rob you of your more than one hundred coins. I have countless money in my family, and together they have more money than the entire Goguryeo!"
The translator on the side quickly translated Li Xuan's words to Di Guizhi.
Tsukiyuki's expression gradually calmed down.
Li Xuan continued: "The bank I want to open is also a shop, a shop that is more luxurious and expensive than that tea shop.
This is because, after the king's bank was opened, it was dedicated to keeping money for you and other Goguryeo people who had extra money.
As long as you deposit your money in our bank, no one will know how much money you have, and no one can steal your money.
The simplest example is that you just sold two old wild ginseng plants today for 160 guan.
However, these one hundred and sixty coins were extremely heavy, difficult to handle, and easy for the powerful to see and snatch them away.
And you only need to deposit this one hundred and sixty coins in my bank, and no one can snatch this one hundred and sixty coins from you.
At the same time, my bank will also issue you a bill as evidence that you deposit money in the bank..."