Chapter Sixty-nine [Fate to meet thousands of miles away]
It has passed the season of continuous spring rain, but among the bustling crowds on the street there are still many people wearing bamboo hats and holding paper umbrellas. Duan Fei's heart moved. He spent ten cents to buy a bamboo hat and put it on, lowering the edge.
Covering his face, he walked slowly into the Yangzhou store of Datong Bank.
The banks these days are a bit similar to modern banks, but in the Ming Dynasty, banks were exclusively dedicated to serving the rich. It was not easy for ordinary people to earn a few taels of silver. How could a large amount of money be stored in a bank?
?So when Duan Fei walked into the Yinzhuang, it was empty. Except for two powerful guys who were wiping here and there with feather dusters, there was not a single customer.
Duan Fei estimated that those two guys were actually the security guards of the bank. If anyone dared to have evil intentions towards the bank, these two servants would knock them down without hesitation.
Duan Fei secretly looked at them, and the two people were also looking at him. The shopkeeper of the bank stood behind the counter, and smiled at Duan Fei through the wide counter and thick windows: "Sir, this is Datong Bank.
Yangzhou store, do you need any help?"
Duan Fei walked to the counter, took out a jade plaque from his pocket, handed it in through the railing, and said, "I want to withdraw two hundred thousand taels of silver and exchange it for ten thousand taels of silver notes."
Two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. The shopkeeper immediately looked up to Duan Fei in awe. His attitude was completely different from his professional smile just now. He took the jade token, examined it, and shouted to the two people outside: "Xiao Lizi,
Please wait in the VIP room and enjoy the best Longjing!"
After giving the instructions, he said to Duan Fei: "My guest, two hundred thousand is not a small amount. I want to ask the big shopkeeper to check the account and verify the token before I can handle it. I also ask the guest to go to the private room to rest for a while. The big shopkeeper doesn't want to do it."
Arriving soon."
Duan Fei nodded and followed Little Li Zi into a patio from the side door in the corner. Hundreds of flowers were blooming in the patio, most of which were varieties that Duan Fei had never seen before. Little Plum led Duan Fei into a pavilion on one side of the patio.
In the room with a thick Persian red carpet, Duan Fei was asked to sit on a chair covered with thick cushions and said respectfully: "If you need anything, please let me know. The young one will be waiting outside the door."
Duan Fei nodded, and Xiao Lizi quietly retreated out. This VIP room was quite quiet, and the faint fragrance of flowers continued to float in from the window, which made people feel refreshed, but Duan Fei couldn't calm down in his heart. He thought
He couldn't help but feel short of breath and guilty about the possible consequences. What he was doing now might lead to big trouble. A large number of police officers might rush in outside the door at any time. Even if Shi Yufeng led the team, they might not be merciful.
Can be talked about.
That day, I got a small wooden box in the middle of the reeds outside Hai'an Town. In addition to a few banknotes, there was also a jade plaque and two pieces of paper, one large and one small. The small one had a sentimental message written on it.
It was a large poem with some words scrawled on it. Duan Fei had no problem recognizing traditional Chinese characters now. He found that it was an instruction manual explaining the function of the jade card.
The Japanese pirates made countless fortunes, and most of them were stored in Datong Bank.
When Wang found someone chasing her, she knew she couldn't escape, so she left this note in the box and prayed to the sky in the hope that her fellow Japanese pirates would see her when they came again. However, she didn't expect that the box would be given to Duan Fei.
He committed suicide, and Wang bit her tongue and committed suicide that night after being caught. At most, only the few girls who were bought as slaves knew this secret. Even if they told the secret, who would know that the box was taken by Duan Fei?
Is it gone? If you can't find it, you will probably think that the Japanese pirates took it away.
Duan Fei was very satisfied with the five silver notes. He didn't want to take the risk of using the jade card to withdraw money, but the incident of the Yue family brothers made him realize that relying on the appreciation of one or two people was not enough. Without a strong backer, Duan Fei was very satisfied.
If he could rely on it, he might need to use a lot of money to clear the way in the future, so he went to Datong Bank to try to see if he could withdraw some money for use.
The note explained that this is an anonymous account. The maximum amount of money that can be withdrawn each time is 200,000. After withdrawing it once, it must wait at least three months before withdrawing it again. Generally speaking, anonymous accounts only recognize tokens and do not withdraw money.
It should be safer if you identify someone, but now that the Wang family has committed a crime, who knows if someone will secretly keep an eye on this account? So Duan Fei is still very nervous.
A little maid knocked on the door and came in, and gave Duan Fei a pot of good Longjing tea. Duan Fei couldn't taste it, and he wasn't in the mood to taste it. He just opened the lid of the Longjing tea and blew it to warm it up, then drank it all.
Give your dry lips and tongue a good rinse.
Finally, an old man of about sixty years old with a medium build and a bright red face walked in alone. It was not surprising to see Duan Fei in the secret room still wearing a bamboo hat with the brim of his hat lowered.
It's Xu Wenping, the big shopkeeper of Datong Yinzhuang Yangzhou store. He's old and dim, and he can't do things quickly enough. It took a while to check the account, which kept the distinguished customer waiting for a long time. There is a secret code in your account. As long as the secret code is correct, the two hundred thousand taels will be paid.
The banknote is ready and can be picked up immediately."
"Secret words?" Duan Fei thought for a while, and then said: "The jianjia is green, the white dew is like frost, the so-called love is on the side of the water, is this the poem?"
Shopkeeper Xu smiled happily and said: "Yes, that's right. This is the 200,000 taels of silver notes requested by the distinguished guest. Each one is 10,000 taels, twenty in total. Please count it. This is the withdrawal contract, in duplicate.
, please also ask the distinguished guest to stamp the amount in person after verification..."
Duan Fei counted the banknotes and found 20 banknotes that were universally accepted by Datong Bank across the country. He received a total of 200,000 taels of silver. After hiding the banknotes in his arms, Duan Fei took the jade medal and the contract and checked that they were correct.
, pushing the upper and lower sides of the jade tablet, the jade tablet was divided into two pieces. One of the bottoms was engraved with a cherry blossom. Duan Fei picked it up, boiled it with ink, and covered the part with two hundred thousand on the contract with a bright red flower.
Sakura, the procedure is now complete.
Duan Fei put away the banknote and stood up. Shopkeeper Xu gave a few more instructions. They all said that the next withdrawal would have to be three months later. If the deposit is less than 200,000, he must make up as soon as possible, otherwise he will be deported.
Reduce the one-time withdrawal limit, etc.
Duan Fei lowered his head and hurriedly walked out. He had no intention of listening to shopkeeper Xu's words. With a huge sum of money in his arms, he just wanted to leave as soon as possible. Just when he crossed the threshold and was about to leave Datong Bank, two girls happened to
Walking towards Datong Bank.
One of them was walking in front. She turned to talk to the girl dressed as a maid behind her and turned towards the gate of Datong Bank. Just when they were about to collide, the girl tiptoed and twisted her waist.
He actually moved a foot away from the ground without looking back, and narrowly escaped an unexpected ending.
Duan Fei was also startled, but he walked away quickly without raising his head. The maid in purple who was walking behind refused to follow him. She turned around and cursed at Duan Fei's back: "How can you walk like this?"
Yes, you don’t have eyes!”
The girl in the yellow shirt in front also turned back to look at Duan Fei, but she was not as angry as the maid, but frowned in thought.
The maid turned around and said without stopping: "It's really a declining world. You bump into someone and you don't even look back."
The lady said: "Stop talking so much nonsense, maybe someone is in an emergency..."
The maid then noticed that the young lady's expression was a little strange. Although she was speaking, her eyes were still looking at the person who had almost hit her who had walked away. The maid was surprised, and she turned to look at that person again.
, didn’t think there was anything strange, so he asked curiously: “Miss, what are you looking at?”
The young lady said, "Don't you think he looks familiar?"