When Chai Yugui heard this, his eyes were a little dazed, and he sat in a chair in a daze.
There was a sneer on Chen Xiaomu's lips, and he spoke slowly: "Shopkeeper Chai, you can't have your cake and eat it too since ancient times. You have to think clearly. If you plan to enter the officialdom as an official, you have to stand on the government's side. Qian Don’t try to play a double-headed snake, it’s a good thing to get a bargain and still act well!”
When Chen Xiaomu told him what he was thinking, Chai Yugui's expression became very embarrassed. After weighing it again and again, he still gritted his teeth and said: "Master Chen, please forgive me for not obeying my orders! Farewell." After saying that, he cupped his hands at Chen Xiaomu, turned around and lifted the door curtain. He gave Chen Xiaomu a slap in the face and left in a hurry. "
Seeing the swaying door curtain left behind by Chai Yugui after he left, Chen Xiaomu snorted: "Master Ye, take the book yesterday signed by Wu Guanglu to plead guilty and punished, and go to Risheng Qianzhuang with me."
"Sir, is there something wrong with this?" Upon hearing this, Ye Duzheng hurriedly took a step closer to Chen Xiaomu and suggested, "Before we find out whether Wu Guanglu has any money saved at Risheng Money Manor, or how much money he has, We rashly went to investigate, but if it turns out to be in vain and we don't say anything, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction from the Jin royal family!"
"Oh! How do you say this?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Duzheng, who looked anxious.
Ye Duzheng said helplessly: "Sir, there is something going on at Risheng Qianzhuang that you may not know about!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded slightly and said, "Tell me and listen."
Ye Duzheng swallowed his saliva and continued: "Sir, in fact, the main name of Sunshine Money Village is in Qizhou, the capital of the Jin State. The one in the new capital of the Zheng State is just a semicolon, and it is in all the capitals of various countries today. It has its semicolon. It is said that the people who are really in charge of Risheng Money Bank behind the scenes are the third prince Ji Shang and the eldest princess Ji Jiang of Qi. Therefore, even when people from Chu came to the new capital, other banks were somewhat affected. The only way to lose money was to Risheng Qianzhuang. Not only did Qiu not do anything wrong, but he sent troops to protect the bank. In this way, Risheng Qianzhuang became famous in Zheng State, and in a very short time it became Zheng's official name. The largest bank in the country.”
After saying this, Ye Duzheng looked at Chen Xiaomu nervously, for fear that he would insist on going to Risheng Qianzhuang again, but Chen Xiaomu only said to him lightly: "Master Ye, that's all, is it gone?"
Ye Duzheng swallowed involuntarily again and said in a solemn voice: "Sir, it's gone. This is all I know!"
"Okay!" Chen Xiaomu waved his hand gently and said resolutely: "Hurry up and get the confession document that Wu Guanglu drew. Since I am going to Risheng Qianzhuang, I will do it in a reasonable and well-founded way. Then I will Let’s see what else they have to say!”
"No..." Seeing that Chen Xiaomu still insisted on going to Risheng Money Manor, Ye Duzheng hurriedly moved closer and lowered his voice and said hastily: "Sir, I think it is better to find out how much Wu Guanglu has in Risheng Money Manor first. It would be better to save some money and then face Chai Yugui directly!"
"Haha" Chen Xiaomu looked at Ye Duzheng with a smile and said calmly: "Master Ye, the Chai shopkeeper of Risheng Qianzhuang just now would rather spend more than 30,000 taels of silver to buy a small official, rather than tell the story of Wu Guanglu's money deposit at the bank. Xiangqing, from this we can see that Wu Guanglu’s silver deposits at Risheng Money Manor are definitely not a small amount, and may even exceed one million taels!”
Ye Duzheng doubted the letter and said: "Sir, Wu Guanglu is an out-and-out human being. He would put his eggs in one basket and save so much money in a bank?"
Chen Xiaomu patted Ye Duzheng on the shoulder and said in an unquestionable tone: "Okay! Stop asking so many questions. We are delaying. When the shopkeeper Chai returns to the bank, if he thinks about it carefully, he will definitely wake up and get some ideas. The remedial measures may make it more difficult for us to investigate and deal with it."
After Chai Yugui left the Xinjing government office, he was hit by the cold wind outside, and shivered with ice cream all over his body. His mind suddenly became clearer. Suddenly he stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, shouting: "It's broken! I was hit just now." This little Tongpan’s trick!” Immediately, he quickly got into the carriage waiting outside and hurriedly ordered the coachman: “Quick, go back to the bank, the sooner the better!”
When the coachman heard this, he immediately waved his long whip and cracked the whip in the air. The packhorse pulling the cart heard the sound and raised its hooves, "Boom, boom, boom" and started running fast.
After the packhorse ran for a while, the carriage returned to the bank gate. It had not yet stopped and was still sliding forward slowly. Chai Yugui lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. Due to the inertia of the carriage, he stumbled. The moment he landed, he was thrown onto his back. Chai Bo, who had been waiting at the bank gate for a long time and was looking forward to good news, saw what had happened. He didn't bother to scold the coachman and quickly ran over in three steps at a time. He hurriedly helped him up and lay on the ground. The father, who was grinning, kept saying: "Dad, are you okay? Why are you so panicked? The car jumped out before it stopped!"
Chai Yugui gasped for air-conditioning and said anxiously: "Hurry, help me to the accounting room!"
"Dad, why don't you go see the doctor first?" Chai Bo asked with concern on his face.
"Damn it, don't you know how your father fell? Hurry up and help me to the accounting room!" Chai Yugui hurriedly scolded his son Chai Bo.
Chai Bo had no choice but to walk towards the bank's account with the two coachmen who ran over, one on each side, holding the groaning Chai Yugui.
Apart from the imperial palace, the building complex of Risheng Qianzhuang is unique in the entire New Capital. From a distance, the entire Qianzhuang building complex looks very grand and luxurious. Other Qianzhuangs facing the street are all the same without exception. There are rows of business buildings, but Risheng Qianzhuang faces the street with two majestic and solemn bronze gates. It is estimated that these two doors alone cost thousands of taels of silver to build. There are two doors with more than one person on each side. Gao Zhencai Stone Lion, the one on the left has its mouth open, and the one on the right has its mouth closed, symbolizing one attracting wealth and the other keeping wealth. After entering the gate, what comes to you is a row of copper-wrapped pillars. There are five ceremonial gates. In the middle of the ceremonial gate, there is a pattern of fortune, wealth and prosperity about ten meters long, which is carved and paved with white marble. Further inside, there is an open space paved with large blue bricks, with more than a dozen bolts erected around it. Horse post, this open space is roughly equivalent to the function of a parking lot in later generations. Currently, there are seven or eight tall horses tied to the horse post. The accounting office of Risheng Money Bank is located behind the open space in a building that looks like a handyman in a bank. The people lived in an inconspicuous two-story building with blue bricks and gray tiles.
When Chai Bo and the coachman carried Chai Yugui and panted into the small building, they happened to meet Hu Liangcheng, the senior gentleman in the bank's account room, and Wang Yan, the second gentleman, who went downstairs to have breakfast in the bank's kitchen. Suddenly they met The two of them were frightened by Chai Yugui's miserable look, and hurriedly approached him to ask what was going on. However, before they could speak, Chai Yugui urged: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up and check the first file in the accounting room." Pull out the No. 1 account book for me! Then make a fake No. 1 account book and fill it in!"
"Ah!" Hu Liangcheng was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't help but look at Wang Yan beside him, and stammered: "Chai, shopkeeper Chai, here you are, what happened?"
Chai Yugui waved his hand and said feebly: "Stop asking so many questions and do as I say quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"
"But, but, what happened? If you are found to be making false accounts and report it to the government, you will go to jail!" Hu Liangcheng was still suspicious, fearing that it was a trap! I just want to know what is going on. You must know that as the senior accountant of Risheng Money Bank, his status in the bank is second only to Chai Yugui, the shopkeeper. In addition, the head office of Risheng Money Bank has secretly given him the power to control Chai Yugui. Supervisory tasks, so he wanted to ask clearly. Even if Chai Yugui would be dissatisfied with him, he could not be punished!
At that moment, Chai Yugui had no choice but to say: "Oh, it's all my fault. Yesterday, I heard that Wu Guanglu was imprisoned by the government. Today, when I went to the government, I didn't even have the slightest bit of caution. I was easily tricked out by that little judge. There is a large amount of silver stored in Risheng Money Bank. I estimate that with the shrewdness of that little judge, he will soon bring someone over to check Wu Guanglu’s money stored in the bank!"
Hu Liangcheng couldn't help but trembled. Without saying a word, he turned around and ran upstairs. Mr. Wang Yan, the second accountant, hesitated for a moment. Chai Yugui waved to him and said: "Lao Wang, hurry up and help Lao Hu. Let's work together." Some! Wang Yan nodded and was about to turn around and go upstairs when he was called back by Chai Yugui. Chai Yugui slapped his thigh and said angrily: "The more anxious you are, the more chaotic you are. When you go up, you must first clear out all the things in the accounting room." People should be put aside first, especially the third Mr. Zeng Guang who was just recruited a few days ago. We don’t know him well, so he can’t be here. Do you understand? "
Wang Yan nodded: "I understand, I'll go up and take care of it right away."
Sure enough, not long after Wang Yan went upstairs, there were sounds of footsteps upstairs, and then five or six people walked down the stairs intermittently. When they saw Chai Yugui standing at the bottom of the stairs, they all greeted him with their hands. Chai Yugui also nodded and passed by one by one, silently counting the people upstairs who had almost left, then turned back to Chai Bo and the coachman and said: "You two are guarding here at the door. No one is allowed into the building. Chai Bo is worried." He said: "Dad, let me help you upstairs and then come down to guard you, right?" "
Chai Yugui glanced at him, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, just keep this door safe for me!" After saying that, he limped up the stairs. Chai Bo watched with fear from below, until Chai Yugui's back was stumbling. After disappearing at the stairwell of the second floor, I felt relieved! "
After going up to the second floor, Chai Yugui went directly to the account book room. At this time, Mr. Wang Yan, the second accountant, was lying on the table with a writing brush in his hand. He was flipping through a book full of words and writing in a blank book. The book was written hurriedly, but Hu Liangcheng was facing the hundreds of account books on a row of shelves beside the wall, sighing constantly.
Chai Yugui frowned when he saw this, and said angrily: "Lao Hu, do you think you have too much time? Should we work faster if we two do it together?"
Hu Liangcheng turned around when he heard the sound, looked at Chai Yugui with a bitter look on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Shopkeeper Chai, I'm afraid we're wasting our efforts this time with nothing in sight!"
Chai Yugui was startled when he heard this: "Why do you say this?"
Hu Liangcheng pointed to the densely packed account books on the wooden shelf beside the wall and said in despair: "Look at so many account books, you can't just take them down and redo them all, right? As you said, that little general judge is shrewd, he only needs to If you flip through a few books at random, you can see the trick. Originally, there were 6.5 million taels of cash in the bank's bank. Yesterday, it was reported by the head office on the grounds that Qi State was going to attack Zheng State. Four million and a half million taels of silver were transferred away. Now we still have a total of two million taels of silver in our bank. Even with this small amount of silver, there was another message from the head office today, saying that it would be transferred again. One and a half million taels. Now Wu Guanglu has deposited two million taels with us. You said that if there is a run or the little fantong takes these account books to the bank to check the real number, wouldn't we? Is everything exposed?"
Chai Yugui wanted to say, no, there are so many things going on in the government all day long, and they don't have time to check the bank's accounts. Although he was relieved, he changed his mind and thought that based on his performance in front of Xiao Tongpan just now, , if he could not find the amount of Wu Guanglu's silver deposits in the bank's account books, he would definitely take these account books to the bank to compare the cash in stock!
Chai Yugui was twirling his beard with one hand and holding his hand behind his back. He was deep in thought. Suddenly his eyes lit up. He slapped his thigh and laughed and said, "Old Hu, Old Wang, instead of us being worried here, it would be better not to do anything." If you don't stop doing it, set fire to the bank account and these account books, then divide the remaining two million taels of silver in the bank, and then everyone will leave Zheng Guoyuan and fly away! How about it?"
"This...!" Hu Liangcheng and Wang Yan were stunned by Chai Yugui's crazy idea. They looked at each other and were speechless.
