Iron Dynasty

Cao Zhengyang was a little panicked. Just as the merchant ship he was on was about to set off, a group of soldiers in silver armor boarded the ship and surrounded him.

Boss Cao, I'm afraid you have to come with us. The leading guard held his helmet beside him with one hand, and looked at Cao Zhengyang with the other hand on his waist.

Di Ying! Cao Zhengyang's eyes narrowed.

The person who came was Di Ying, the general who used to be stationed in Bashu. There were many casualties in the battle of Bashu. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were indignant, and Di Ying could only bear the guilt.

After a decision by the court, he was dismissed from the army to the guard station and became a fifth-rank commander.

The official system of the guard station, the guard station of each state has one governor, three rank, two admirals, four ranks, two commanders, five ranks, and there are thousands of households, hundreds of households, etc. under the commander.

For this rank, Di Ying has no complaints, because he is very clear that the reason why he can stay in the imperial court is because the emperor and those old friends showed mercy, and even if he was stationed in Songzhou at that time, he could not resist the barbarians.

It's just that someone must be responsible for the Battle of Bashu, otherwise it will be difficult for the people to be angry. He can only drink this cup of bitter wine by himself.

I didn't expect that Mr. Cao still remembered to be here. It's really an honor, but even so, this commander will take you back. Di Ying held a straw in his mouth, looking like a bohemian.

Cao Zhengyang's heart seemed to be held in his hand, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He argued loudly: I didn't violate any laws, why do you arrest me? Aren't you afraid that I will sue the emperor in person?

Di Ying pouted and said, You are still lying in the arms of a woman while I kill the enemy on the battlefield! Scare me? You are not qualified, come here, take me away and detain this merchant ship!

Yes!

After receiving Di Ying's order, a hundred guards rushed aboard immediately.

Cao Zhengyang fell into despair, he understood that the imperial court had been monitoring them, and the current sage had never really trusted him.

Go!

When the guards were boarding the ship, Cao Zhengyang suddenly shouted that he had to make a last attempt, otherwise he would never be able to leave Qingzhou again.

His voice fell, and the crew members who were busy on the ship suddenly picked up swords from all over the merchant ship and killed the guards. Cao Zhengyang also put his hand into the sleeve.

Di Ying was honed from the war, and such an emergency was just a small scene for him. Just as Cao Zhengyang was moving, he pulled out a Mitsubishi thorn from his waist and put it on Cao Zhengyang's chin.

This thing is called Mitsubishi thorn. It was produced by the military workshop not long ago. As long as it is stabbed like this, your blood will flow like a stream until you die. Di Ying said with a gloomy face.

Cao Zhengyang is just a businessman. At the moment of life and death, he is not comparable to someone like Di Ying who is used to life and death. His movements stopped immediately.

Di Ying laughed twice, put his hand into Cao Zhengyang's arm cage, and he took out a short-barreled musket.

Firearms! The court strictly prohibits civilians from carrying firearms. Cao Zhengyang, it seems that you have a big plan this time.

Di Ying said that he had seen words he did not know on the musket, and in his opinion the musket was not from the Great Yu Kingdom.

As he spoke, the guards, covered in armor, easily dealt with the crew who were trying to resist.

Although these guards do not belong to the army, they can only serve after receiving strict training, and it is very easy to deal with ordinary villains.

Cao Zhengyang closed his eyes when he heard the words, this time the operation of the Cao family in the north is over.

While arresting Cao Zhengyang, the post general galloped day and night to pass the order to intercept the merchant ships to Jinling City. Immediately, Jinling Prefecture sent guards to the river channel to intercept the merchant ship Cao Jiashang who was about to enter the Jinling City river channel.

Immediately, the news spread to Qingzhou, and the Cao family's conspiracy was completely smashed within six days.

Your Majesty, the total amount of silver seized in Jinling City is 8 million taels, and now this money is returning to Qingzhou.

In the imperial study, Li San reported the current implementation to Xiao Ming.

Eight million taels, the Cao family can really do it. This is equivalent to emptying out half of the cash in the market. Xiao Ming snorted.

Indeed, it is fortunate that the emperor kept the secret guards watching, otherwise the Cao family would have succeeded this time. Li San had lingering fears.

Xiao Ming frowned. In fact, this is a headache. The backwardness of this era makes the government's supervision of the people very weak.

After all, the capitalists who are still fleeing with money in modern times cannot be eliminated, let alone here.

I just found that Cao Zhengyang is a little unusual. His remarks are almost the same as his father's remarks in Lin'an. Xiao Ming said lightly: By the way, how is the Cao family's property seized?

Back to the emperor, the Cao family's mines, banks, and workshops have all been closed down. It's just because this incident has caused panic among many businessmen and people. Now many people go to the Cao family bank to ask for money to be exchanged. Li San said.

Xiao Ming had long anticipated this problem, I have a solution for this matter. After you go back, continue to follow the line of Cao Zhengyang. The King of Chu and the Cao family are so deliberate, I'm afraid they will bury a lot of secrets in Qingzhou. How much can be dug out?

Yes, Your Majesty. Li San bowed in response.

Let Li San leave, Xiao Ming immediately called Pang Yukun over. The Cao family has a lot of assets in the north, and these assets must be dealt with in time, especially the Cao family bank, otherwise it is easy to cause trouble.

Pang Yukun quickly arrived at the imperial study, and he was relieved when he learned that Yin Zi was stopped.

It's really fortunate that this time the emperor asked the old minister to come for the Cao family's property. Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Pang Yukun always thought of something with him, he said: I don't want to affect the development of industry and commerce because of the affairs of the Cao family. In this way, for the mines and workshops of the Cao family, you immediately send officials to take over and replace Cao. It is managed by the family, and then auctioned to other merchants after it is stabilized. As for the Caojia Bank, it was directly renamed Qingzhou Bank and existed as a sub-branch of Qingzhou Bank.”

Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming thought about the same thing. He said: As for the common people and businessmen who asked to exchange the money, the lower officials thought that Dang would tell them publicly in the newspaper that the silver notes in their hands would not affect their use, so as to avoid chaos.

Well, it can be handled like this. Xiao Ming pondered for a while.

In fact, this time he asked Pang Yukun to come here for a more important matter. This is the matter of the currency system. Now that the Bank of Qingzhou has entered Korea, his goal is to make the Great Yu Kingdom a world-class currency in the future.

So after completely erasing the Cao Family Bank, he felt that the time had come.

After a pause, he said, Actually, I have an idea, and that is to take advantage of this incident to issue the unified banknotes of the Great Yu Kingdom.