"Ahem." The old man at the head saw that as Elder Shen spoke, a depressed mood spread among the crowd, and couldn't help but interrupt.
He encouraged himself and said: "Since the Ming Dynasty can make this treasure banknote, I believe that we can also make it. It is just a matter of time. And no matter how difficult it is to make this treasure banknote, Mr. Shen must find a way to make it." Such treasure banknotes are made, otherwise..."
Otherwise, the leader of the old man did not say clearly. But everyone here knows it well.
Although these people have indeed made a lot of money in business over the years, doing business also has costs and risks. A business trip obviously looks like making money, but if something unexpected happens, you may lose all your money in an instant. In recent years, their biggest source of income has been from privately printing treasure banknotes. Privately printing treasure banknotes is not only more profitable than trading, but also the risks are relatively small. As long as they are not noticed by the Ming court, they basically have no risks and can easily obtain stable profits.
But now the Ming Dynasty has produced such a treasure banknote, which makes it impossible for them to imitate it. This is absolutely impossible. In recent years, they have gained a lot of wealth by privately printing treasure banknotes, and they just picked up the money while lying down. In the face of such massive wealth at their fingertips, individuals would become extremely extravagant and lustful. Even the tapestry used by the emperor to make robes could be used to stand on tiptoe. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After experiencing such a wealthy life, now the Ming Dynasty's new treasure banknotes are going to directly cut off their way to obtain wealth, how can they be willing to do so?
What should I do if I’m not willing to give in? Naturally, they continued to print treasure banknotes privately. If the Ming Dynasty could make such treasure banknotes, they naturally thought they could do it.
Just when everyone was somewhat comforted by the words of the old man, Mr. Shen poured a basin of cold water on everyone's hearts. "This is not a question of whether it is difficult or not, but a question of the old man simply not knowing how to start. The old man doesn't even know what material the paper is made of. There is also ink, and it must not be ordinary ink, otherwise it would not be possible at all. It's possible to print such delicate patterns. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so how can the old man start?"
After hearing this, the old man at the head pondered for a moment, then turned to ask a middle-aged man, "Jingzhai, do you have any news?"
When the middle-aged man saw the old man calling his name, he cupped his fists and saluted and replied: "As for the paper materials, although I don't have accurate information, I have a guess. Han Du has not been in office for a long time. Since he took office, he has only made a large amount of money." One thing he bought was cotton. He even offered several times the price to buy cotton, which caused a sensation in the capital. I was wondering, could the paper of this treasure note be made of cotton? "
Everyone was silent after hearing this. Especially Mr. Shen lowered his head and thought hard.
"Can't you get some accurate information from the craftsmen in the Baochao Lifting Department?" The old man at the head was obviously dissatisfied with the information Jingzhai had guessed.
"No." Jingzhai explained with a wry smile: "Although Han Du is young, he is as cunning as a fox. Although the treasure bank transfer department has changed people, let us focus on him. , but did not pay too much attention to the craftsmen below. In addition, this man deliberately diverted our attention with a hammer and a stick. As a result, when we found out that he wanted to re-make the treasure banknotes, we wanted to get information from the craftsmen. It was already too late, Han Du had already closely protected the craftsmen."
"Later we wanted to start with Han Du. We had already arranged everything and were waiting for him to take the bait. But we didn't expect that he would be so courageous. He was not even afraid of being haunted. Not only did he stay in the room as usual every day, Being able to sleep truly peacefully is also incredible.”
The process had already been arranged for Han Du, to scare Han Du with ghosts and make him fearful, preferably to the point of panic. In this way, as an official, Han Du would definitely not go around claiming that his home was haunted. In people's common thinking, if something like this happens at home and cannot be made public, some Taoist monks must be invited to the home to exorcise evil spirits. As long as Han Du starts to want to invite Taoist monks, he will take the bait and things will be much easier to handle. Whether it was threats or even kidnapping Han Du, he could get the secret of Baoqian out of Han Du's mouth.
It's a pity that Han Du didn't take the usual path and ignored their pretense. He had been threatening Han Du for so many days, but Han Du seemed not to have heard anything. He was eating and sleeping when he should, and he even took the initiative to stop the family from asking an expert to exorcise evil spirits.
In the end, they were not only helpless against Han Du, but they didn't even know why they attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention and got their own people involved. If he hadn't made a decisive decision and cut off the tail immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang might have followed the clues and found him.
"Now the capital is in turmoil. Zhu Yuanzhang has noticed us through that incident. Our people don't dare to act rashly in the capital, let alone inquire about the treasure." Jingzhai felt very troubled and sighed. Said angrily.
After hearing this, the leader of the old man said: "Zhu Yuanzhang noticed us, and it's not a matter of a day or two. It's just that he is very cunning, and he keeps all the news about us in his heart. Who knows?" He just didn’t tell us. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have suppressed the people we pushed out in the first place. He obviously contributed a lot, no less than the founding fathers of the country, but in the end, the two marquises didn’t get anything, and they just gave them painlessly. A count."
At this point, everyone present showed anger and resentment. These people didn't just come together today. Their organization has lasted for hundreds of years and has been passed down from generation to generation. In the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, various rebel armies emerged. As a force, although they did not end up personally, they were also bets by all parties. All rebel forces, no matter how big or small, have people arranged by them.
Originally, they thought that no matter who would win the final victory and dominate the world, they would always be on the side of the winner. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang was very smart. Without any evidence, they actually noticed something was wrong with the person they arranged, and suppressed him repeatedly. As a result, their plan to flex their muscles after the establishment of the new dynasty failed.
