Look at the crowded crowd outside, and then look at Butler Chen who is urging him loudly in the quiet room. Shopkeeper Zhu made up his mind.
He suddenly pushed open the quiet room door, and the chaotic sounds of the farmers outside the door instantly came in.
Butler Chen, who was unprepared, was immediately startled.
Before Butler Chen could recover, Shopkeeper Zhu shouted in the loudest voice
: "The money that Uncle Pingjiang wants to withdraw today has been delivered. It totals 20,000 taels. Please count it, Butler Chen."
Shopkeeper Zhu yelled and motioned to the guards to bring the silver box closer.
Before Butler Chen could speak, Shopkeeper Zhu shouted loudly: "Open the box and ask Butler Chen to check the fineness of the silver and check the quantity."
Before anyone could react, shopkeeper Zhu grabbed the waist knife from the guard's waist and split a box open with one blow.
There was a loud "bang", followed by a huge cracking sound, and white silver fell from the box to the floor.
The farmers crowded outside the door first heard shopkeeper Zhu's shout, and then saw the silver box broken and silver scattered all over the floor.
There is money all over the place. When have farmers seen so much money? The farmers who saw this scene shut up at the same time. In the bank, there was an eerie silence for an instant.
Farmers who couldn't see any money outside their doors were attracted by this atmosphere, and the news spread quickly among whispers. The crowd slowly calmed down.
The guards unsheathed their swords and closely guarded the money, for fear of being robbed.
Butler Chen came to his senses at this time and secretly scolded Shopkeeper Zhu for being cunning. But although shopkeeper Zhu's approach was a bit drastic, he couldn't find any major faults. The only fault he could find was probably that the box was damaged.
In desperation, Butler Chen had no choice but to count the money as usual. A box of silver consists of neat silver ingots, totaling 5,000 taels. A total of 4 boxes of 20,000 taels.
Butler Chen noticed that there were a total of ten boxes brought this time, but he was only given 4 boxes. The rest, except for the damaged box, there are 5 boxes placed aside. Shopkeeper Zhu did not clean up the damaged box, and the money was still scattered on the ground.
"Why do they pull so many cars?" Butler Chen was surprised by the amount of money.
Since the goal could no longer be achieved, Butler Chen sighed and returned to his normal demeanor. He bowed to Shopkeeper Zhu, turned around and left. He knew that at least this branch would be fine for the time being.
Shopkeeper Zhu looked at Butler Chen's back and hurriedly called to the silver car escort, "Quick, go to another store to deliver the letter. Just tell me Plan A."
Plan A is the first of Qiming Bank’s many plans. It is a plan specially formulated to deal with the bank run.
Plan A is actually very simple. It is to place the cash box in a conspicuous place on the counter. The silver box was deliberately opened so that the top silver was revealed to the farmer.
At the same time, all channels for large-amount withdrawals (more than 10 taels of silver) were closed and were allowed to be withdrawn at the Qiming Bank headquarters.
Argue as much as possible with the customer withdrawing money and hold on until the transport team arrives.
Of course, Plan A is also a plan to secretly transport silver. But these have nothing to do with the shopkeepers.
At the Xuanwumen store of Qiming Bank, Butler Li shouted loudly like a rogue: "What's the matter? You can't get any money from the store, and you still want to use our Lord Marquis's money for emergencies. I tell you, stop dreaming, and get your money as soon as possible Bring it. Otherwise, I will burn this shabby shop of yours."
Shopkeeper Wang stood aside with a grimace. How could he have imagined that with just a simple question, Butler Li jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on and yelled such ugly words.
How could I have squandered his money? Looking at the dense crowd outside the quiet room, Shopkeeper Wang thought to himself, "A good shoe will not crush the dog. Forget it, send him away quickly."
Faced with Butler Li's arrogance, shopkeeper Wang's face was still full of smiles, "Since Butler Li is unwilling, then I will bring the money and ask Butler Li to check it."
Seeing that the silver box was really brought over, Butler Li shouted arrogantly: "No need, I don't dare to miss you even if I weigh you."
Having said that, Butler Li took a look at each box to make sure that there was really silver in the box before he dared to close the lid.
Arranging for servants to carry the box away, Butler Li deliberately walked last. Before going out, he shouted loudly, intentionally or unintentionally: "If you don't have the strength, how can you open a bank? We, the Marquis of Wuqing, don't dare to deposit money into your house anymore."
Someone in the crowd immediately answered, "Did you see that Wu Qinghou didn't even worry about taking the money away?" The crowd was in an uproar, and the farmers were even more excited. In the crowd, the counters squeaked.
Hearing these obviously provocative words, Shopkeeper Wang was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
He suddenly came to his senses, this time it was really a run on people, and it was obvious that the Marquis of Wu Qing was also involved.
Looking at the commotion of the crowd, shopkeeper Wang secretly rejoiced, "Fortunately, there are still four boxes of silver left."
Under the arrangement of shopkeeper Wang, the silver box was carried into the counter through the back door, and the silver box was deliberately placed in a conspicuous place. Shopkeeper Wang deliberately opened the silver box to expose the money to the farmer.
The power of silver is great.
No rumors are as good as real money. When the farmers saw the big box of silver, they immediately felt much calmer.
Each branch of the bank received a summons from Shopkeeper Zhu, and Plan A was launched.
Each branch followed the plan and placed all the money in the store in a conspicuous place on the counter.
I saw a lot of white silver and a heavy silver box falling below.
The rioting crowd was calmed down temporarily by security guards.
At the same time, various shopkeepers announced that in order to ensure the safety of customers withdrawing large amounts of money, all withdrawals of more than 10 taels of silver should be collected at the Qiming Bank head office near Xinwang Mansion.
Although some people raised objections for a while, most people remained silent. After all, where did ordinary people get the huge sum of 10 taels of silver?
News from all over the place came to the tea house and reached Zheng Yingtai's ears.
Looking at the faces of everyone in the teahouse, Zheng Yingtai sighed.
After all, King Xin is behind the bank.
Now it seems that it is impossible to defeat Qiming Bank without bloodshed.
According to the latest news Zheng Yingtai received, there were still 7 cars of silver in the fleet of silver cars that had previously driven out from Wang Xin's residence.
The fleet of silver cars seemed to have no intention of splitting up, as if they were preparing to send money to one store after another.
If according to the news from Prince Pingjiang's Mansion, one of their carts can hold 50,000 taels of silver, this batch contains 500,000 taels of silver.
Zheng Yingtai sighed again, Xin Wangdi responded so quickly, this speed was somewhat beyond his expectation.
If this batch of money is successfully transported to various stores, even if the forces in the teahouse launch a banknote offensive, they will not be able to achieve the expected goal today. what to do?
Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone in the teahouse, Zheng Yingtai made up his mind. He told his entourage with a sullen face: "Go, tell the savages to take action, delay the silver chariot action, and allow them to see blood, but be careful not to kill anyone."
