The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1544

[1544. Chapter 1466 Dragnet]

Fang Jifan’s words gave everyone a glimmer of hope.

Can people… really be found?

So much money…

But all this seemed to be within Fang Jifan’s expectation.

After the news came out, at least the capital was a little more settled.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Jifan and Wang Bushi got together.

Five million taels of silver came out. With such a large sum of money and the trace still missing, Wang Bushi still looked really indifferent.

In fact, he didn’t really care about it.

Once a person knows how to make money, as long as he has enough capital, he can always make it back easily.

But the more money a person has, it is precisely the time when he is most uneasy. If he can do something for the world, it is not a bad thing.

So over the years, Wang Bushi has generously supported many people and opened many charity houses. Of course, compared to the speed at which he makes money, this expenditure is still too slow.

Wang Bushi sat down, Shi Ran held the tea cup, and took a leisurely sip of tea.

Fang Jifan had a bad temper and ignored him.

The king was not official and was not angry.

Perhaps… the biggest benefit of the mentally ill Fang’s successor is that he doesn’t have to spend time trying to figure out people’s hearts and ponder the so-called art of speaking.

When I was young, I was like this, how about it?

Everyone laughed it off because the child was still mentally retarded and not as knowledgeable as him.

Now, as they get older, these people who laugh it off, no matter how they think Fang Jifan thinks, he shouldn’t be a child, but they are used to it. Once again, once again, no matter how outrageous Fang Jifan did, everyone would not take it seriously.

The hurried police officers filed in and began to report the case.

Fang Jifan only squinted his eyes and looked sleepy. He sat in his chair and seemed not to care about these latest reports.

His Majesty ordered the results to be found out in three days, so… naturally it will be three days.

Wang Bushi was not in a hurry. He still looked calm and composed. He gently took off his big sunglasses and breathed at the mirror. Then he took out the silk handkerchief and wiped it carefully.

But…

suddenly, Fang Jifan seemed to wake up, opened his eyes, looked slightly to the side, crossed his legs and said: “What do you think about this case?”

Wang Bushi said with a smile: “I don’t have any opinions. , With Qi Guogong, he can be easily captured. “

This guy… talks very nicely.

Fang Jifan nodded naturally: “This is natural, otherwise I would be sorry for your five million taels of silver. We must recover the stolen money.”

Wang Bushi smiled and said: “Five million taels is not a small amount, but it can be compared with Compared with the important things of the family and the country, they are nothing.”

Fang Jifan’s eyes flashed with surprise. He looked at Wang Bushi strangely and couldn’t help but said, “You don’t love money?”

“Wang Bushi.” Shi shook his head directly.

Fang Jifan looked unbelieving.

Wang Bushi then explained: “There is a saying among sages. If you are poor, you will be good for yourself. If you are rich, you will help the world. Xiaguan is a disciple of the sage, so he understands this truth. What’s more, no matter how much money Xiaguan earns, it is just hair. There are many things in the world that are much more important than money. To be honest with the Duke of Qi, I do have some extravagant wealth. Because of this, I have some confidence and know the easiest thing in the world. This is exactly what money can solve.”

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, this person is very enlightened, almost surpassing me.

Fang Jifan was somewhat interested in talking and said: “This is your opinion. The problems you think money can solve are trivial matters. But there are still many people in the world who love money as much as their lives. They regard wealth as a More important than life, this is because… human life is too miserable, with no clothes to cover the body and no food to eat. For them, life is worse than death.”

Wang Bushi looked at Fang Jifan thoughtfully. , and then said: “I have been taught a lesson. But I think Duke Qi seems to have something on his mind.”

Fang Jifan sighed and said: “I can’t eat or sleep when I think of many people suffering from the traitors. Your Majesty ordered us to capture this criminal, but what happens after we capture and return the stolen goods? Has Scholar Wang ever thought about how to return the stolen goods? You must know that all the recovered stolen goods will definitely not be recovered. All the money was returned to the victim. This traitor has been rampant for a year, and I don’t know how much it has spent.”

Wang Bushi understood, and said in a concise and concise manner: “Of course, everything should be done with the guidance of the Duke of Qi.”

“Okay. Fang Jifan snapped at the table excitedly: “I know you are a conscientious person”…

Baoding

Prefecture Xishan Bank.

A man came to redeem a sum of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

The man was dressed like a merchant and handed the banknotes to the counter.

After the clerk behind the counter took the banknote, he only glanced at it. While registering it, he winked at the bank guard aside.

Ming Dynasty banknotes are issued based on the credit of gold and silver.

To be precise, it is a currency based on silver.

Because of this, Xishan Bank guarantees that anyone with treasure banknotes can come to the bank to exchange for a full amount of silver.

However, not many people actually came to exchange money.

After all, Ming Dynasty banknotes have excellent credit and are easy to carry and trade.

But there are also a small number of people who are always worried about withdrawals and redemptions.

After a while, the merchant was invited to the back of the bank.

Before the man sat down, seven or eight warriors surrounded him. The leader said, “Your Majesty, you want ten thousand taels of silver?”

The merchant didn’t look too panicked and asked, “Yes, yes, Is there any problem?” “Yes, where did

this

treasure come from?”

“This… comes from business, why…”

“Huh… someone asked you to redeem it, right?”

Finally, he could no longer suppress the panic in his heart, his face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously wanted to escape.

It’s just a pity that there is no way to escape.

Someone had already restrained him.

The leading warrior shouted: “Interrogate carefully to trace the source of this treasure banknote, ha… do you know that the master behind you is a key criminal wanted by the court, and is closely related to Ruyi Bank. The Duke of Qi has already arranged it, and the secret is for people to know.” He invested five million taels from Ruyi Bank, all of which were new banknotes issued by Xishan Bank. These new banknotes were all marked. He had long expected that the prisoner would escape, not only to hide his name, but also to escape overseas. , but if you want to escape, you must redeem these treasure banknotes, but as everyone knows, these treasure banknotes are all secretly marked, ha… look…”

The merchant has been pushed to the ground.

The warrior stepped forward and stepped hard on the back of his hand with the heel of his boot.

The merchant howled.

The warrior’s expression was full of satisfaction, and he grinned: “Look, shouldn’t you say something about the case that Duke Qi personally handled? To tell you the truth, someone like you who is entrusted to come to collect money must definitely Quite a few, in order not to arouse suspicion, they must be scattered around the banks. Now… I’m afraid that all of them will be caught. You always have to give a little face to the Duke of Qi. If you don’t say it, some people will say it. Don’t regret it when the time comes. You know that Duke Qi has a bad temper.”

The merchant looked sad and gritted his teeth: “I don’t know anything. These treasures were picked up…”

The patience of the warrior. , reached the limit: “Fight for a few hours first!”

………

Tianjin Wei Liuji Pawnshop.

A man who looked like a businessman appeared and took out thirty thousand taels of silver banknotes.

This pawn shop is responsible for a wide range of transactions. In addition to pawns, they are also responsible for exchanging treasure notes.

Some treasure banknotes cannot be seen, and it is extremely cumbersome to go to a bank to exchange them. Therefore, if someone is in a hurry to use real money, they will bring the treasure banknotes directly to the pawn shop.

Pawn shops often have enough gold and silver. Of course, the prerequisite is that the pawn shop takes 10% of the profit, which is 30,000 taels of silver, and only exchanges for 27,000 taels of silver.

When the pawn shop clerk saw such a big deal, he didn’t dare to make the decision, so he immediately went to the backyard to inform the owner. Not long after, the

boss

came out. He met the merchant quietly, negotiated for a few words, and then said: “Such a large sum of money will take an hour or two to count and raise. Please wait a moment.”

He looked calm and nodded.

But not long after, a group of warriors rushed in.

Then, the merchant saw the owner of the pawn shop smiling meaningfully at him.

The warriors knocked the merchant to the ground unceremoniously.

The owner of the pawn shop said: “Brother, I’m sorry, there’s something wrong with your treasure money. Although I’m a businessman, there are certain transactions that I don’t dare to do.”

The merchant roared, but was soon stopped. The samurai took it away.

…………

One person began to be arrested.

It seems that something is wrong.

In a courtyard, Chen Zheng was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

His appearance has changed drastically.

Even…even the yellow book that proved his identity made him a different person.

He is now a small businessman belonging to Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province.

This year, he has been withdrawing money secretly.

Now I have accumulated a lot of silver.

But this time… five million taels of silver is a large amount of money, and it will definitely take a certain amount of time to withdraw it slowly.

But…this money must be redeemed.

To be precise, Chen Zheng was from Quanzhou.

His beard and hair are slightly curly and yellowish, his skin is exceptionally fair, and his nose is high.

According to the genealogy, Chen Zheng is a descendant of the Semu people from the Yuan Dynasty.

There were a large number of Semu merchants in Quanzhou at that time. When Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was there, the Semu people had resisted the Ming army with the Yuan people, so they massacred a number of them.

But even so, there are still many Semu people who have gradually assimilated. Many people are engaged in business, and their accents and customs are no different from the locals.

Most of these people are still doing their jobs.

I have long regarded myself as a Han Chinese.

Chen Zheng felt something was strange. So far, everything had been eerily quiet, with no movement at all. The more so, the more uneasy it made him.

(End of chapter)