?Li Guolou’s mood was almost the same as that of Bao Tong next to him. He pursed his lips slightly, trying not to snicker. There was an expression of gloating on his face. He couldn’t escape the sharp eyes of Lin Qingxie next to him. He hoped that the Wanjia Bank’s downfall was at work. , a little man died, and he was as unmoved as the police officers. This case was a businessman's loss of huge sums of money, and it had little to do with the Ministry of Punishment. Although the Ministry of Punishment made a big move, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ministry of Punishment was The police did not do their best on this case.
But Li Guolou quickly adjusted his mentality and abandoned his dirty thoughts. To realize his ideals, the whole nation must unite and do a good job in economic construction, so that the Qing Dynasty can embark on the road to revival, and Wanjia Bank collapsed. It will do no harm to the Qing Dynasty, and the banking industry will not be dominated by foreigners.
Li Guolou asked the big shopkeeper Arina about the situation of Wanjia Bank at the time of the incident, and also asked the deceased Ji Rong's personal experience in detail. Before the incident, Wanjia Bank was calm and nothing unusual happened. As for Ji Rong, who seemed honest and honest, who I never thought that a young fellow would betray Wanjia's bank account and end up dead.
Li Guolou is not a fairy. Although he found several flaws in the thieves' behavior, the insider guarding Ku Yin died and the clues were cut off. He had to go to the living room of Wanjia Bank first.
While walking in the corridor, Li Guolou lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Bao, for the great cause of the nation and for our future success, we must let Wanjia Bank pass the hurdle!"
"Well, anyway, you can take care of the business matters. Just don't marry a rich widow and go home." Bao Yiyi did not forget to tease Li Guolou to calm down the tense and serious atmosphere.
"Hey... Mr. Bao, after happiness, there is a heavy burden. I regret it every day. It's so troublesome." Li Guolou looked at the charming young woman Xie Yunfang in the living room. He didn't feel any heartache. His mind was already gone. Relieve, I have already regarded Wanshou Lu and Xie Yunfang as friends.
"Hey, Mr. Li, have you cleaned yourself up?" Although Lin Qingxie next to him had a low official position, he and Li Guolou were old acquaintances, and he teased Li Guolou without any scruples.
"You two, if you focus on the case, will it be like wasting a whole day?" Li Guolou was extremely dissatisfied with the two old comrades beside him, and his head was full of dirty thoughts.
Wanshou Lu did not expect that Li Guolou would come. He was surprised and happy, and walked out of the living room quickly. At this time, he was no longer as arrogant as in the past, and regarded Li Guolou as a life-saving straw. He said shamelessly: "Master Li, do you want to Help me, I can only rely on you!"
Li Guolou nodded and said: "Don't worry, Wandong family, Wanjia Bank will get through the difficulties!"
"Xiaolou, there will be a run on Wanjia Bank in the past two days. I will shamelessly ask you to come into the bank to borrow 500,000 taels of silver. You won't have any objections, right?" Xie Yunfang handed a cup of fragrant tea to Li Guolou's almond-shaped eyes were bloodshot, as if Li Guolou would pounce on him and suck all his blood if he didn't agree.
Li Guolou said in shock: "Mrs. Xie, the thief only stole 300,000 taels of silver. He can't hurt the muscles and bones of Wanjia Bank. As for borrowing such a large sum of money!"
There is something in Xie Yunfang's words: "That's not how Mr. Li's accounts are calculated. I'm afraid of villains. Now, in order to please Mr. Li, the money stored in our Wanjia account is shrinking day by day. I'm afraid someone will spread rumors to slander us this time!"
Li Guolou lowered his head to drink tea and agreed vaguely, not daring to look at Xie Yunfang's face. He had seen many thick-skinned women, but he had never seen such a black-hearted woman. With one move, he wanted to borrow five hundred thousand taels from him. The silver is just for emergency relief. One hundred thousand taels of silver is already a huge amount. The price gap is too far from the price in my heart. Could it be that Wanjia Bank's business is in slump.
"Xiaolou, we are half fellow villagers, so please help us." Xie Yunfang hid her hidden secrets and stuck around Li Guolou, refusing to leave the living room.
"Master Li, we can still discuss cooperation in the future. This time I have the shamelessness to ask you for help. First, lend Wanjia Bank 500,000 taels of silver to help us survive this crisis." Wanshou Lu cupped his hands and offered support. , the couple sang together, not giving Li Guolou a chance to breathe.
Li Guolou remained silent, thinking about a solution. If there was a bank run, even lending 500,000 taels of silver to Wanjia Bank would not be able to solve the crisis. Wanjia Bank was one of the largest in the Qing Dynasty, with thirty banks. Due to the scale of the loan, the money loaned out will not be recovered so quickly, and those customers who saved money at Wanjia Bank heard about the theft of treasury banknotes and got wind of it, and they all came to withdraw money. It seems that Wanjia bank has been separated in one day Facing the dilemma, Wanshou Lu will borrow millions of silver, or even tens of millions of taels of silver, from various bank accounts, banks and big businessmen in the next period of time to survive this crisis.
After Li Guolou thought clearly, he put down the tea cup in his hand and said slowly: "Dong Wan, Mrs. Xie, I will definitely help you with this, and I will lend you the Wanjia ticket number at the minimum annual interest rate of 2%, for one year. It’s a term, but it requires a mortgage!”
Wanshou Lu was overjoyed when he heard that Li Guolou was willing to lend him 500,000 taels of silver at an annual interest rate of 2% and for a period of one year. You must know that interest is generally paid every three months, and the annual interest rate is more than 2.5%. Moreover, three months' interest was paid in advance. Li Guolou was willing to lend it to his peers at such a low interest rate, which was a great honor to him.
Wanshou Lu held up his hands and wanted to say a word of gratitude, but Xie Yunfang interjected: "Mr. Li, it's settled that our Wanjia Bank will first borrow 800,000 taels of silver from the invited bank and mortgage the five Wanjia Banks in Tianjin and Baoding. Please come into the bank, Mr. Li, now you can rest assured!"
Li Guolou shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mrs. Xie, Tianjin is now a stagnant water. You mortgaged three tepid bank accounts there to me and asked me to rest assured. How can I rest assured!"
"Heh heh heh heh." Xie Yunfang looked at her husband Wan Shou Lu with a lewd smile. She was still very good at business. With her inexplicable tricks and woman's charm, she borrowed two million taels of silver for Wanjia Bank, which was the largest in the history of Wanjia Bank. The crisis will be over soon.
Although Li Guolou has just entered the banking industry, he still understands the unspoken rules of this industry. This time there will be a lot of unfavorable news for Wanjia Bank. Regardless of whether the 300,000 silver is recovered or not, Wanjia Bank will The account will undergo a bloody massacre, and his "Please Come in to the Bank" will take advantage of the situation and build a financial empire.
Hundreds of police officers have been sent out to inquire about the news. Li Guolou comforted Wan Shou Lu with a few words and prepared to leave. Various news in the capital will come one after another. Whether it is true or false has to be checked, and it will take a day to figure it out.
Li Guolou and Bao Yiyi left Wanjia Ticket Office together, not wanting to spend time at the scene of the crime. Bao Yiyi pointed at the teahouse opposite and said: "Mr. Li, there are all your old brothers across the street, so stay here. Take command, I happen to be going to the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Office, leave the papers to me!"
Li Guolou had long been tired of the wrangling among various factions in the court. He went to the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Office just to hold meetings and give speeches to win all parties into his camp, and he had to endure the choking smell of the princes and nobles smoking.
"Okay, Mr. Bao, I'll give you face." Li Guolou couldn't let go of his love for solving crimes, so he put his own work aside and handed Bao Yiyi a note addressed to Prince Gong.
Li Guolou actually didn't want to leave the scene of the crime, but he didn't want to stay in Wanjia Bank. Wanshou Lu and Xie Yunfang were a perfect match. He couldn't stand the two of them working together to plot against him, so he happily accepted the package.
With the invitation, Ma Dequan and four other bodyguards entered the teahouse.
Ma Dequan greeted his old colleagues in a arrogant manner, showing off the brand new military uniform he was wearing. Li Guolou lowered his head in deep thought, focusing on the case and ignoring the people next to him who greeted him. All his old colleagues knew that he was
Get used to it, get used to it.
Suddenly, Li Guolou thought of a loophole and almost forgot about it. Li Guolou turned around and said: "Gao Yao is the boss, please take me to the room where the deceased Ji Rong lived." After speaking, Li Guolou went to Wanjia Bank.
Xing Xing, secretly ashamed, even said that he wanted to be a gentleman, but was confused by Xie Yunfang, and even forgot the clues to solve the case.
Gao Yao Wuyun said suspiciously: "Master Li, aren't all the relics of the deceased Ji Rong here?"
"No, I want to see the room where Ji Rong lived in person." Li Guolou found no valuable clues in the pile of Ji Rong's clothes and daily necessities, but he did not go to see the deceased Ji Rong's residence.
I can't let it go.
The room Ji Rong lives in is the west wing of the courtyard behind Wanjia Bank. The bank is home to the shopkeeper, clerks, bodyguards, and helpers. There are usually at least fifteen people. There are two small beds in the small room, where Ji Rong usually sleeps.
On the bed on the right, Wan Kangyong, another clerk in this room who looks mature and steady, introduces Ji Rong's unusual behaviors in daily life, but these bad habits cannot be used as clues to solve the case. He deals with money all day long.
It's normal for people to talk big words and have unreasonable thoughts. After leaving their hometown all the way, who doesn't want to sit on the throne of the shopkeeper and return to his hometown with honor in the future?
A small room of less than ten square meters, with no sight all day long, this is the boring life of the deceased Ji Rong, a cold mattress, roommates who can't get along, and a life without anyone caring about him. As for promotion, he is still out of reach.
People who cannot live in loneliness are tempted by others and want to make a fortune, but they end up on a dead end.
There are very few holidays in the bank account. In addition to the annual family leave, there are only two days of vacation per month. The deceased Ji Rong has worked at the Wanjia bank account headquarters and branches in Beijing for five years, and his income is much higher than that of ordinary people. Plus at the end of the year
The dividend is at least fifty or sixty taels of silver, but looking at the tens of thousands of taels of silver all day long gives rise to greed, but what are the triggering factors? Ji Rong was lured to this road of no return by theft, who will play the role
The decisive factor, besides money, is women. Ji Rong must have a woman he likes in the capital. The love token given to Ji Rong by that woman was also taken away by the murderer.
Li Guolou searched on the three-foot-long wooden bed. He took apart the quilt and pillows. A red sachet fell out of the pillow and fell to the floor with a "pop" sound, which immediately attracted exclamations of surprise.
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Gao Yao Wuyun rushed forward, picked up the sachet and looked at it. He sighed in disappointment: "Hey, there is no name written on it!"
Li Guolou took the sachet that concealed countless secrets. On the carefully crafted sachet, there were only two blooming peonies embroidered with gold thread on the front and back, and a residual musk scent. He put it to his nose and smelled it carefully. After hearing it, he said anxiously: "Captain Yao, buy me all the musk raw materials from the shop that sells rouge pollen in the capital. I want to know which shop made this musk. The smell is so familiar!" "
Yao Cuo looked at Li Guolou who was thinking hard, clasped his fists and said, "Zha, Mr. Li, once you come here, I won't have enough manpower!"
Li Guolou squinted and said: "Captain Yao, I solved the case and got thirty thousand taels of silver, but everyone wants to share it. I want to collect all the fragrant powder in the capital today. This is a death order!"
"Zha, I'll go make arrangements now." Yao Cuo left with a smile. He believed from the bottom of his heart that Li Guolou could solve the case. With so many subtle clues, he would always find the thief, not to mention that he had already solved the case. All the gangsters in the capital mobilized.
Li Guolou kept putting the sachet under the tip of his nose to smell the smell. His nose was naturally sensitive to smell. Where had he smelled this faint musky scent? Which beautiful lady had this smell? , Li Guolou was thinking in his mind, using the elimination method to exclude the women he knew one by one. He really knew too many women. Li Guolou couldn't remember them for a while, and kept walking back and forth in the small room. , which beautiful girl likes to use this musk? Li Guolou thought about the beautiful girls he knew in the romantic place. Most of the perfume used by the women in the romantic place was mixed by himself. This familiar musk scent, It seemed like it had lingered around him.