Rich families are different from ordinary people. People can easily find tens of thousands of guan by searching at home. How can a small family with a few hundred or two or three guan compare?
If large banks collectively request exchange, it will easily cause a run and put huge pressure on the supply of new banknotes. This is what Li Dan is most worried about.
So he immediately introduced new regulations and commentators appeared in newspapers.
On the one hand, it informs everyone about the convenience, beauty and anti-counterfeiting features of the new banknotes. On the other hand, it explains to readers that if they want to exchange new banknotes or handle withdrawals of more than 1,000 yuan at the counter, users are asked to apply at the corresponding branch twelve hours in advance. After preparing enough banknotes, they will be delivered within twelve hours from the agreed time.
In addition, several examples were given by reporters from the public’s use to illustrate how favorably everyone feels about the new banknotes.
On the other hand, the banknote printing plant in Chitou began trial printing the first batch of new banknotes, and the mint also began to produce auxiliary coins to ensure the supply of banks.
There is a platform in the southeast of Xi'an Fucheng, which is called Hongguyuan. It is the location of the Du Tomb of Han Xuan Emperor Liu Xun, the protagonist of "The Legend of the Sword". Duyi is the largest residential area here and is also the location of Duling's mausoleum.
The surging Chan River flows southeast of the cemetery. The small fisherman's courtyard beside the river emits a faint light from oil lamps, attracting the attention of the local inspection department.
"Did you really see clearly? How many people are there in total?" Cen Guo, a tall patrol inspector with a pockmarked face, asked the patrolman who came to report the news while reaching out to take off the Yanling knife from the wall.
"Sir, I bet my head that there are no less than twelve people in that room!" the patrolman replied.
"So many?" Cen Guo stroked his beard: "Then we don't have enough manpower!"
"Sir, there's no need to arrest them all." The patrolman is a local man and knows everyone well.
"I saw Shan Yao Qi was there too. No matter what the guy said, he was actually a soft persimmon, and his eyes were bright even if he did some good things.
As long as we take him down and subdue him, not only can we get some words out of him, but we may also be able to use this guy as a hidden stake. "
"What a great idea!" Cen Guo slapped his thigh and said, "You still have some brains. If you really succeed, I'll take credit for you!" After saying that, he took off his white felt hat with red tassels and said, "Call everyone, let's go!"
A group of seven or eight of them arrived in the dark behind a sheltered earth cliff on the river beach. From here, they could see the thatched hut more than 300 steps away reflected in the bright moonlight, with a very faint light coming from inside.
"Why stop this?" Cen Guo asked dissatisfied.
"Sir, he has a dog at home, so he doesn't dare to come forward." The patrolman who was keeping watch in the dark field came up and answered.
Cen Guo stopped asking questions and looked into the hut. He retracted and said to himself: "Mom, you are quite smart. If you have a dog at a party here, I won't be able to get close to you. What should I do?" He thought about it. Ask: "Are there any weapons in this group?"
The patrols naturally knew what his intention was, but they looked at each other and replied: "I didn't see any weapons, they were all empty-handed."
"This is not easy to handle!" Cen Guo smacked his lips. Without weapons, you have no legitimate reason to arrest people even if they are partying late at night. How can you not charge them with "not sleeping at night"?
"Master, Yam Qi." The one who came to deliver the letter reminded me.
"Yes!" This reminded Cen Guo, and he immediately said: "Just capture Yao Qi. If there are strangers, follow them first, and leave others alone. Do you hear me clearly?"
After less than half an hour, the lights went out, and the people in the room carefully walked into the moonlight one by one and quickly dispersed upstream and downstream along the river. Cen Guo and his men could see clearly from the cliff and followed quietly.
Shanyao Qi is a poor local farmer. The grain he harvests is not enough to eat. He makes a living by doing odd jobs and digging yams on hills and selling them. He is very familiar with the local area, and he will not fall even if there is no moonlight walking in the ditch, but today is an exception.
"Damn it!" He muttered and was about to get up to see what was going on. Suddenly a heavy object pressed down on his back, something was quickly stuffed into his mouth, his hands were behind his back, and a hemp rope was put around his shoulders. .
"Oops, I got caught!" In a flash of thought, he was hit on the neck, and his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, water was dripping from his head. Cen Guo’s big black face is scary
It made him tremble all over! "Do you know where this is?" Cen Guo hit him under the forehead with the handle of the dagger.
"Master, I, I," Yao Qi rolled his eyes: "I remember I was walking at night, and then everything went dark. Why did I get here?"
"you do not know?"
Yam Qi's head shook like a rattle.
"You two, help him remember, remember, this kid can't remember."
Hearing what Cen Guo said, two tall and round patrolmen came over with smiles. One of them set up a yam Qi, hung the rope that tied his hands on a hook, and then pulled hard on the other end of the rope on the wooden gourd.
Shan Yao Qi was hung in the air with only the tips of his toes touching the ground. He was so frightened that he shouted: "Master Cen, please forgive me. We have something to talk about, so there is no need to do anything!"
"Really? I want to say it nicely, but haven't you forgotten everything?"
"Well, I still remember a little bit, it seems that I have been to the river."
"Fishing?"
"Fishing..." Yam Yao Qi just said one word, his feet were already off the ground, and he shouted again: "We are going to the fishing old man's house!"
"Dating his wife?"
"Master Cen, don't be joking. He is all alone. Where did he get his wife?"
"That's it, then what are you going to do?"
"Well……."
Cen Guo stepped aside and pointed at him: "Did you see this soldering iron? It's prepared for you.
If you don't answer honestly, I will treat you with this. If the answer satisfies me, did you see the mutton head meat, mash wine and braised noodles on the table? It tastes much better than a soldering iron! Which one do you want to try first? "
"I, I," Yao Qi's lips trembled for a while, and suddenly softened like a deflated sheepskin raft: "I said, I said everything...!"
Wei Xiong rushed into the room like a gust of wind, attracting the attention of everyone who was discussing the matter. "What, something happened?" Li Dan looked at him and asked calmly. Wei Xiong nodded.
Wu Mao made a gesture, and everyone retreated. Only Gu Da, Yang Yi, Liu Hongsheng and Zhao Jingzi remained.
"Old Wei, what happened?" Yang Yi, an old acquaintance of Wei Xiong, looked at his bright eyes and knew that something was serious.
Wei Xiong unfolded the map in his hand and said, "The Duyi Inspection Department reported that an inspector named Cen Guo discovered a group of people gathering at night by the Chan River. He managed to capture one of them and learned from the prisoner. I know they are a branch of the Zodiac Sect."
Upon hearing this, several people in the room gathered around. "Why, are they going to rebel after a party at night?" Gu Da asked.
He is now an officer of the regiment, wearing official robes, and imitating Li Dan's calm and dignified demeanor. He does not speak as arrogantly as before, and he has also begun to read and write.
"Mr. Gu, you are right, they do want to rebel. But they are not planning to attack the city, but to destroy the banknote factory!"
"What?" Several people were very surprised.
"The banknote factory? Raising troops just to destroy the banknote factory? This is so strange!" Yang Yi frowned: "Shouldn't the rebels attack the prefectural city?"
Zhao Jingzi began to understand. He turned to Li Dan and Wu Mao: "There must be someone who can give them ideas and advice, and then there must be someone who can coordinate with them. This kind of idea is more likely to be thought up by businessmen!"
"Xianfu (Zhao Jingzi) is right! This is definitely not what ordinary people can imagine, not to mention that new banknotes have just been issued. If the source of our banknotes is cut off and a run is launched, the consequences will be disastrous!" Wu Mao Say it softly.
Li Dan also thought of this. The entrustment of Liaoning to print new banknotes is top secret.
In order to prevent accidents during the long transportation, the convoy from Liaoning changed its guards twice midway, so the last guard only knew that it was escorting the royal cargo, but had no idea what was in the car.
As for Xi'an Mansion, only less than ten people knew about this matter. In other words, almost the officials and citizens of Xi'an Prefecture thought that the new banknotes were printed and minted by the newly built banknote factory from the beginning.
So the locals naturally thought that destroying the banknote factory would cut off the source of new banknotes! Therefore, this person must be a local and familiar with government affairs.
Officials or wealthy businessmen.
"Go and invite Mr. Xiao, Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Lin to come over." Li Dan ordered Cao Junyou.
Xiao Gui, Zhou Zheng and Lin Yutang came soon and were shocked when they heard about this. Li Dan, who had already listened to Wei Xiong's full report, told them that the group planned to take action tomorrow night:
"The gathering place is in the valley between the east side of Qin Er's Mausoleum and Huangqukou. The number of people is expected to be about 4,000 to 6,000." After Li Dan finished speaking, he looked at everyone:
"I think this is a great opportunity to eradicate the Zodiac forces around Jingzhao. What do you think?" Everyone agreed.
"Sir, their rebellion should not only target the banknote factory." Zhou Zheng said thoughtfully.
"I agree with Zhou Tianwang's idea." Lin Yutang told everyone:
"I have news here. The rickshaw dealer reported that people acting suspiciously were walking around the bank branch. There is also news that similar situations were discovered near Yongning Gate (South Gate) and Changle Gate (East Gate). "
"Let's make a hypothesis. What would happen if the city's businessmen and the Zodiac Sect joined hands in the whole thing?" Zhao Jingzi asked.
"Shouldn't it?" Wu Mao frowned: "Rectifying the economy is beneficial to businessmen, why would he do this? It doesn't make sense!"
Li Dan thought for a while, raised his head and told Xiao Gui and Wei Xiong: "You two go back and arrange to closely monitor Yan Xin's family to check for any suspicious movements!"
"Do you doubt the Yan family?" Wu Mao asked in surprise: "Aren't they very active in participating in the New Deal?"
"Yan Xin has been seeing some unexplained guests recently. Moreover, I have just left Shangjing and before arriving in Xi'an, he actively went to the prefecture gate to express his willingness to donate the garden as a residence. This is very suspicious!"
Li Dan said: "No matter what, there is nothing wrong with being careful. As long as he doesn't act recklessly, I will never touch him for the sake of the Yan family's cooperation."
"Sir, I still have a worry." Wei Xiong suddenly said, pointing to the map after being encouraged by his speech: "The storage area in Huyi has just been built. The walls are not high and there are not many guards.
If I were a rebel, I would definitely not let this place go! Moreover, the guy who was caught also confessed that when they had a secret meeting, the master who came to announce it to them said something about the linkage between east and west, so that the government could not take care of each other.
We have already cracked this thing, what does that thing mean? Could it be a warehouse? "
"Hey, Old Wei can use his brain!" Gu Da boasted, and everyone laughed.
"Brother Wei is right, we must be on guard against this!" Li Dan stared at the map and nodded, "It seems that our opponent has prepared a big meal. Well, let's compete with him to see who has the biggest appetite. The other person swallows it into his stomach!"
He asked everyone to arrange and prepare separately, while he went to the Chief Envoy's Yamen to discuss the matter with Jiang Cunli in person.
He rode on Zao Liu'er and took Cao Junyou, Li Qin, Li Shuo and Du Shiji through Changle Gate towards Beimen Nei Street where the Chief Envoy Sigong's house was.
Passing Luoma Market, you can see the majestic Kaiyuan Temple Tower on the left front. This Tang Pagoda has a full and dignified shape, and the sound of the bronze bells on the tower can be heard in the wind.
Suddenly, Li Dan felt someone flash in his eyes, and based on his experience in battle formations, he instinctively turned sideways on his horse.
There was a "bang" sound, and an arrow caused him to fall from his horse into dust.
Cao Jun, who was behind, shouted: "There are assassins!" and immediately stepped forward to protect them. The soldiers behind him shouted: "There are people on the tower!" and rushed towards the temple. There was chaos on the street, and people hurriedly fled.
The bamboo whistle sounded, and soon there were multiple bamboo whistles blowing everywhere. After Li Dan entered Xi'an, he strengthened the control of the city and partially restored the bad commander system of the Tang Dynasty.
When something goes wrong in the city, there will be people patrolling the city, such as censors, inspectors, and bad commanders, who will lead various people to surround the place where the incident occurred, and each will perform their duties to search for suspects. Read the book
But Li Dan no longer knew what happened next. He was helped by everyone to get on the horse and lie down, surrounded by others, and the horse trotted all the way to the door of the Chief Secretary.
Everyone worked hard to carry Li Dan into the gate, and then quickly sent him to the back office. When the imperial envoy was assassinated, Jiang Cunli was shocked and ordered the whole city to be closed under martial law. No one could be approved by the commander of the capital.
No entry or exit allowed. The atmosphere in Xi'an Mansion suddenly became tense.
"Everyone, please vote for me!"
