"I want to take out the 3.6 million taels of silver that Mr. Nanzhai has stored here. I believe Taiping Bank does not want this money to continue to lie in your warehouse."
Hearing Lu Jing's request, Manager Qu couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Master Lu, you hold Mr. Nanzhai's tokens and handwriting, and you already have the right to dispose of these 3.6 million taels of silver, so you have to take them all out naturally." It's okay, but 3.6 million taels is not a small amount.
"If you want to withdraw all the real money, we need to give our bank a few days to prepare. In addition, I don't know where you plan to transport the money. If it is far away, you need to contact the escort agency and the horse bank in advance..."
Lu Jing interrupted Manager Qu and said directly, "If I want to leave today, do you have any suggestions?"
"Well, Taiping Bank does provide similar exchanges. We can exchange silver into gold, jewelry, and even more valuable things such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but the price will probably be slightly lower than the market, and to be honest, 3.6 million Two, even if it were replaced with jewelry, calligraphy and painting, it would still cost several carts.”
Lu Jing quietly waited for the other party's next words.
Sure enough, Manager Qu paused for a moment, then continued, "If Master Lu can still trust us, I can help you exchange this money into a banknote."
Lu Jing frowned when he heard this, "What's the difference?"
"Yes, please listen to me explain in detail. What I am accepting for you this time is a small-denomination bank note with a face value of one hundred taels to five hundred taels. It is also the most widely circulated Taiping Bank bank note on the market, and it is not Registered, recognizing the vote but not the person, it is almost impossible to be traced.
"However, there are also disadvantages, that is, once the item is lost or damaged, the bank will not compensate. After all, we cannot verify whether the customer's item was really lost or fake, and whether someone else may have picked it up."
Lu Jing thought for a while, "Then change it to this kind of bearer banknote."
"In this case, you can get the money in half an hour at most, Master Lu." Seeing that the matter had been agreed upon, Manager Qu planned to go and get the banknote for Lu Jing in person.
But unexpectedly, the latter said, "Wait a minute, after talking about the 3.6 million taels of silver, let's talk about the lost 200,000 taels."
Guanshi Qu was slightly startled.
Seeing the expression on the other party's face, Lu Jing also raised his eyebrows, half-smiling but not smiling, "Why, you still want to tell me that this matter has nothing to do with Taiping Bank?
"I thought it was ridiculous when I heard you say it before, because as far as I know, this half piece of jade has not been touched by Mr. Nanzhai for more than 40 years. If there is any problem, it must be at Taiping Bank. It was caused by this, but at the time I wasn’t sure whether it was the work of some people in the bank or the intention of your boss, so I decided to go and do it myself.”
"But there was something I couldn't figure out while we were on the road, so I asked Guanshi Qu to help me figure it out."
"What's going on?" Manager Qu was slightly frightened, but still said in a deep voice.
"If, if, Manager Qu, you are not lying, there really is such a person. He did not know what means he used to steal half of the jade pendant from Mr. Nanzhai, and learned to imitate Mr. Nanzhai's notes, thus hiding the truth from Taiping. Qianzhuang, then I would like to ask why he only took away 200,000 taels of silver from the bank in the end.
"Is it because I can't bear it, or because my conscience has discovered it, I feel that I should leave the remaining 3.6 million taels of silver to Mr. Nan Zhai to spend his old age. After all the hard work, I only need to take a small amount. "
Guanshi Qu was speechless.
Lu Jing also continued, "When I asked myself this question, it was easy to think that this matter was just a trap from beginning to end. It doesn't matter. You don't have to admit it. After all, the above are just my conjectures. , and I don’t have any substantial evidence on hand.
"But justice prevails in people's hearts. I only need to tell you the 'facts' you told me, as well as my own conjectures. Coupled with my current reputation in the world, what does Manager Qu think other people will think of Taiping Bank?" When they want to save money, especially large sums of money, will they first consider Taiping Bank, which has a century-old reputation?"
Manager Qu heard the threat in Lu Jing's words and sighed, "It is true that the two hundred thousand taels of silver are no longer in the Taiping Bank, but what you said makes sense. This incident is indeed the negligence of our Taiping Bank. This part of the loss should also be borne by us.
"Let's do this. I'll give Lu Daxia another 200,000 taels in silver notes to make up for Mr. Nan Zhai's savings with us."
Lu Jing knew that this was almost the bottom line of Taiping Bank, and he wanted to use this matter to pay himself a huge compensation.
But in the final analysis, there is still a rationale for Jianghu matters.
The key is that he does not have any substantial evidence on hand that can prove that Taiping Bank is indeed related to the group of people who attacked him previously.
He could find loopholes in the story told by Guanshi Qu and use Taiping Bank's reputation to threaten the other party to spit out the 200,000 taels of silver that had mysteriously disappeared. But if he asked for more hush money, then Taiping Bank would You can also bite back and say that Lu Jing was framed for money.
After that, the two sides will have a war of words.
Of course, if Lu Jing was really upset, he could flip the table over.
But after all, he is not a member of the devil's path, and this is not the Wild West of America. He can rob anyone he wants. If Lu Jing does not plan to change camps in the near future, then the basic rules must still be followed.
Therefore, the final solution was decided. Lu Jing helped Hanshanke get back all the money he had at Taiping Bank. In this way, he could be considered worthy of his opponent's love for refining elixirs for him.
As for whether Hanshanke still had money in other banks, whether the money would be discovered and would no longer be under Lu Jing's control.
In the end, Guanshi Qu issued a total of 10,000 banknotes totaling 3.8 million taels for Lu Dingding.
According to Lu Jing's request, he exchanged pearls worth 700 taels and 100 taels of cash for her. Those silver notes alone filled two large sacks.
Fortunately, this weight was nothing to Lu Jing. He felt like he was back in the days when he was a porter in the Qingzhu Gang. He picked up a sack on his shoulder and strode out.
After going out, Lu Jing did not rush back to Hengji Coffin Shop. Instead, he first found a place with few people and put down the sack. Then he turned to look at the black cat beside him and said curiously.
"What kind of luck did you get from that guy named Li just now?"
It stands to reason that this guy has had enough to eat today and is no longer interested in general luck. However, it still remembers helping Lu Jing change his life. It was originally eyeing Princess Fu'an.
But Lu Jing thought that the two sides would at least get along, and Princess Fu'an and Gu Caiwei had a good relationship, so he still didn't have the heart to take action until he met Li Guanshi again at the bank, and Black Cat's reaction became very strong.
So Lu Jing opened his mouth and stopped Li Guanshi who was about to go out.
