I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"You are a man, but you are so courageous? Thanks to you, you still know that Lin Qianru is a womanizer. When something happens, you push a woman out and run away first. Now you still have the face to complain!"

Zhuang Yunxiao didn't expect his own father to speak to an outsider, so he hurriedly explained: "Father, my son was worried about your old body at the time, so I lost my mind..."

"Shut up, Ru'er did nothing wrong with this matter. Li Wei is a bastard emperor. If he is in a hurry, he dares to do anything. If our banker's mansion is smashed, the bank is confiscated, and the signboard is taken off, it will be regarded as the bank. It won't fall, but the position of the number one bank in the world will also be given up, and the family's foundation for hundreds of years cannot be ruined for a rebellious son! Immediately send someone to take Zhuang Yunyi, that rebellious son, to the palace, and let the emperor punish him. We lost, but the victory or defeat is still unknown, Ru'er's method of cutting silver dollars is very good, let the emperor know that we are experts in playing with silver dollars."

With the approval of the head of the family, Lin Qianru finally breathed a sigh of relief, this test has finally passed.

After Lin Qianru left, Zhuang Yunxiao said dissatisfiedly, "Father, when will it be her turn for a woman with a foreign surname to be the master of our dealer?"

Looking at his eldest son, Zhuang Zhiming closed his eyes in disappointment.

He really couldn't understand how the Zhuang family was passed down to his own generation, how could the sons be more idiots than the other, but fortunately the third son who was studying abroad was more competitive.

When the turmoil is over, let the third child come back and marry Lin Qianru. In the future, the third child will inherit the family business. With the help of Lin Qianru, a financial expert, the banker can at least guarantee that the country will not be lost. As for the eldest son, after the third child returns, he will be far away far away.

Seeking justice for the innocent woman, and insisting on ruling the country according to law, Li Wei gained a lot of popularity among the people. These days, people's favorite topic after dinner is Li Wei's benevolence.

A simple compliment from the common people is more comfortable than the minister's long words of flattery. Walking in the crowd, the smile on Li Wei's face never stopped.

Prices are the benchmark that can most directly reflect the lives of the people and the level of economic development in the Great Qin Dynasty. Li Wei's statement made the cabinet ministers stunned.

In the name of inspecting prices in Chang'an, Li Wei not only can go out of the palace smoothly every time, but also justifiably bring a large cart of things back to the palace.

Seeing that Li Wei was full, the sixth father-in-law immediately went to pay the bill, put in five silver dollars, and said with a smile, "There's no need to look for it."

"The guest officer was joking, the money you gave is not enough to pay the bill, and you still want us to give you change?"

"What do you mean? The price is clearly marked on the menu. I calculated it, but it's only two taels of silver. I'll give you five silver dollars. This is more than two taels of silver. How can it be less?"

After carefully looking at the sixth father-in-law to make sure that he didn't deliberately find fault, the shopkeeper of the restaurant said with a smile: "Guest officer, one silver dollar is only worth three cents and six cents now, and five is not enough."

Li Wei, who was about to leave, hurried over upon hearing this.

"A silver dollar weighs five cents. Why did it become three cents and six cents when it came to you? Your words are more powerful than imperial edicts?"

"My lord, it's hard for me to challenge the imperial court. Silver dollars are not as important as five renminbi. If you insist on counting according to five renminbi, you will be bullying people."

"You bastard, in broad daylight, dare to open your eyes and talk nonsense, I don't think you want to open this shop!"

Chapter 592 New Inventions

As the head of the inner court, Liu Gonggong's aura is not something ordinary people can bear. The shopkeeper saw that he was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly explained.

"Gentlemen, I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, let's weigh them."

After weighing Liu Gonggong's silver dollars, the shopkeeper's expression changed immediately.

"Five coins are heavy, what else do you have to say?"

"You, yours is different from mine. Mine is lighter. If you don't believe me, take a look."

Li Wei stopped Xiaoliuzi, watched quietly as the shopkeeper took out the silver dollars from the restaurant, and when he weighed them, it really weighed three cents and six cents.

After gesturing, the sixth father-in-law exclaimed: "Your Majesty... Mr. Bi, this silver dollar is a circle smaller than ours, and it has been cut!"

"What this master said is very true. At the beginning, silver dollars were quite good. They were all five coins, and they were easy to use. Now, there are four coins, three coins and eight, three coins and four, and even three coins. I still have to say that many merchants didn't know it at first, but they were tricked.

As for the shopkeeper Zhao of the cloth shop at the end of the street, he was scammed by this method for a full 60 taels. Many merchants dare not accept silver dollars now. "

Li Wei didn't bother to listen to the restaurant manager's explanation, so he led people straight to the Royal Bank.

When he arrived at the place, the sixth father-in-law smiled at the carriage and said, "Your Majesty, today I know that the benevolent is invincible. With the blessing of His Majesty's benevolence, even the reform of the currency system can be passed smoothly. People who exchange silver dollars at the Daqin Royal Bank, There's a long queue."

"Hehe, that is, in my name, the monsters and monsters are not... What are you talking about? Long queues?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, look, how long is the line ahead."

The sixth father-in-law pointed at the door of the Royal Bank and smiled.

Lifting the curtain of the car and taking a look, the smile on Li Wei's face froze immediately.

The benefits of silver dollars can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. It is inevitable that the people like it, but when did the people in Chang'an become so rich?

Everyone who came out of the Royal Bank held a cloth bag in their arms, which contained at least five or six hundred silver dollars.

The promotion of silver dollars is only a matter of time, but in the early days, it will never be so smooth. Li Wei does not believe that the bank has no resistance at all.

"Go back to the palace immediately!"

That afternoon, Shang Kaiping and Wei Yongjie were sitting on pins and needles, their official uniforms already soaked in cold sweat.

As the officials in charge of currency reform, it is their serious dereliction of duty that they did not discover such a huge problem.

Seeing Ding Xi walk in, Li Wei immediately asked, "How is the situation?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the situation... is very bad. The market is full of cut silver dollars, which are considered conscientious if they weigh four cents, but the worst thing is that there are still silver dollars weighing less than three cents.

Wei Chen personally went to Jingzhaoyin Yamen to check, and the official said that two silver dollars can be exchanged for one tael of silver, which is stipulated by Your Majesty, so they collect taxes according to this ratio, and two silver dollars less than four taels are still worth one tael . "

Hearing this, everyone understood that the interests of the common people would be damaged if the silver dollars were cut, but as long as they were weighed and settled, they could barely continue, and the real culprit was the court.

The [-]% profit of casting silver dollars is not enough to lose money.

"How long will it take to crack down on this kind of behavior?"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. There is no way to deal with this kind of thing. Cutting silver dollars is not like counterfeiting silver dollars. As long as there are scissors, everyone can do it. The profits are too great to be banned at all."

As soon as the words fell, Shang Kaiping immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, you can no longer mint silver dollars. In this way, not only the court will be damaged, but the money administration will also be in chaos."

"Without minting silver dollars, the reform of the currency system will be abolished directly?"

Sensing the coldness in Li Wei's words, Shang Kaiping bit the bullet and said, "At least until this matter is resolved, we can't continue."

Wei Yongjie next to him was not reconciled, but he could only let out a long sigh and had nothing to say.

Li Wei finally understood why the bank was not resisting. I am afraid that they are behind the scenes this time, making a lot of money and at the same time putting the currency reform in trouble.

If you continue to mint silver dollars, the court will continue to lose money, and the shrinking silver dollars will be hated by the people, but if you don't mint silver dollars, it will be tantamount to declaring the complete failure of the currency system reform.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help feeling dizzy.

In the history of later generations, silver dollars have been used for decades, and there was no such problem at that time. Could it be that the people of later generations are stupid, and the people of today are smart?

As a loser of later generations, Li Wei has never seen real silver dollars, but he has bought several imitations on the street stalls, and Daqin silver dollars are constantly playing with them in his hands, trying hard to find a way.

As his fingers brushed against the edge of the silver dollar, Li Wei suddenly made a smart move, no, the edge of the imitation silver dollar he bought in later generations was not so smooth.

In the mansion of the Zhuang mansion, by cutting silver dollars, Lin Qianru has gained the approval of many bank proprietors, and she has been able to sit in the main seat with confidence.

"Miss Lin is really smart, and the method is really good. Nowadays, many businesses in the folk are afraid to use silver dollars, and the higher-ups must be very satisfied."

"Proprietor Li deserves the award. This success is due to the sincere cooperation of all the proprietors. I am afraid that the reform of the imperial court's currency system will not be able to continue. We should discuss what to do next."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the proprietors of the bank became unsightly. Their peers are enemies, and the banker has been firmly seated on the throne of the No. [-] bank. These banks who are also supported by powerful people behind them are not convinced. Do you want to annex them? "Don't misunderstand everyone, everyone, don't forget that there is now a Royal Bank in Chang'an City. Even if the reform of the currency system cannot be implemented, the Royal Bank will still exist."

Since ancient times, fighting for profit with the country is the way to die, but if they don't fight, they won't have enough money to honor their backers, and they will die as well. The existence of the Royal Bank is a thorn in everyone's heart.

"The Royal Bank is only doing silver dollar exchange now, but if the exchange business is gone, who can guarantee that the Royal Bank will not start the lending business?"

Lin Qianru's words were immediately agreed by the owners of the bank. They opened the bank and naturally knew how profitable this business was. Even the emperor would be greedy.

"Miss Lin means..."

"Forcing the emperor to stop the reform of the currency system is only the first step. The next step is to unite and squeeze the Royal Bank to death!"

As soon as the words fell, there was immediate agreement. Seeing Lin Qianru pointing Jiangshan, Zhuang Yunxiao hated his teeth so much that he was the eldest son, and he was the heir to the family business. It's me, it's me!Lin Qianru, who is good at observing words and expressions, naturally noticed Zhuang Yunxiao's strangeness, but she didn't bother to pay attention.

Even if there is a common interest, there will often be internal strife due to the uneven distribution of spoils. Only a common enemy, and an enemy that is too powerful to be defeated, can truly unite everyone.

As long as he uses this opportunity to form a real bank alliance, no matter how dissatisfied Zhuang Yunxiao is with him, what can he do?After having someone put a document in front of each bank proprietor, Lin Qianru said with a smile: "All proprietors, this is a charter written by a little girl. There are many deficiencies in it, please correct me."

Just as Lin Qianru expected, in normal times, the proprietors would even watch, but now, the situation is stronger than others.

Just as Zhuang Yunxiao was gnashing his teeth and looking at the document in front of him, the treasurer He Shengchang hurried in.

"Miss, proprietors, something important has happened, and the emperor has issued a new order. Please read it."

Taking it over and looking at it, Lin Qianru couldn't help but gasped, "I really underestimated the emperor, I thought he would be a rascal and use power to overwhelm others, but I didn't expect to come up with such a good idea."

Hearing this, Li Dongzhu ignored the etiquette and directly snatched the imperial list from Lin Qianru's hand.

The imperial court has stopped the exchange of silver dollars, but it is only a suspension. The imperial court will cast a brand new silver dollar with small serrations around it. The small serrations are anti-counterfeiting marks, and any silver dollar lacking serrations around it will not be allowed to circulate.

Seeing the pattern of the new-style silver dollar drawn on the imperial list, Li Dongzhu couldn't help but smile wryly, with this little sawtooth, no one would even think about cutting silver dollars anymore.

Everyone was downcast, but Zhuang Yunxiao was extremely excited, as long as he saw Lin Qianru deflated, he would be happy.

"Let me just say, what good solution can a woman come up with? It's only been a few days, and the court has come up with a way to deal with it. After all, women can't do anything."

She was already annoyed, but when she heard Zhuang Yunxiao's words, Lin Qianru immediately exploded.

"Zhuang Yunxiao, shut up!"

"How dare you speak to me like that?"

"Do you think I don't know anything? I sent round scissors to the proprietors before. According to the size, one scissors can just cut off the outermost circle, and it won't attract much attention.

What about you?Lack of greed, turn down the scissors, once the scissors are cut down, there will be more than three silver dollars left. Businessmen who touch silver all the year round will find out if this is not the case, how could there be harm today? "

"What nonsense are you talking about? The silver dollar has been cut by scissors, and it will definitely be found. What does it matter if it is sooner or later?"

Zhuang Yunxiao argued.

"Why doesn't it matter? After all, the amount of silver dollars flowing into the world is limited. Now the mint is fully producing. If the court finds out one day later, we can collect one more day of silver dollars, and there will be tens of thousands more cut silver dollars on the market.

To issue new silver dollars, the old silver dollars must be recovered and exchanged one to one, otherwise the credit of the new silver dollars will not be established. As long as there are enough old silver dollars and the court’s losses are large enough, the censor will have an excuse to obstruct it, but now However, the number of old silver dollars is not enough, even if they wave their hands, the court can use the profit from casting silver dollars to offset it. "

"I, I... It can't be all my fault!"

"It's not your fault, who's to blame?"

Lin Qianru questioned.

"What are you doing!"

That's right, you can make money by cutting silver dollars, and the banks are naturally unwilling to just cut one dollar, but who dares to admit it now?

Whoever admits it will be blamed, Zhuang Yunxiao's words successfully aroused public outrage.

The proprietors of the various families spoke accusations one after another, and there was a tendency to ask Zhuang's old proprietor to kill the unscrupulous son. Naturally, Zhuang Yunxiao, who has always been tempered, would not be polite, and directly scolded them.

Chapter 593 A Comprehensive Counterattack

Seeing the chaotic scene, Lin Qianru breathed a sigh of relief. She had long known about Zhuang Yunxiao and the various banks' tricks, but she couldn't keep her word in Heshengchang, so she could only pretend that she couldn't see anything, and hoped Let the court find out later.

Now that the Dong Chuang incident happened, Li Wei thought of a solution so quickly. The only thing Lin Qianru could do was to throw the blame away, and thanks to the covetous bully beside her, otherwise, this level would be really difficult.

Zhuang Yunxiao is also a well-known man. He beat more than 20 bank owners by himself, and he didn't lose the time to fight a cup of tea. In the end, it was Lin Qianru who came forward to mediate, which made today's party break up unhappy.

Li Wei suffered a lot from recycling the old silver dollars that were not enough in weight. Li Wei, who has always let others suffer, naturally couldn't bear it, so he locked himself in the imperial study.

Li Wei thought of all the tricks that the Bank of the Later Generation could think of. He held it in for a whole night, and finally came up with a big move. The first shot against the Daqin Bank was also fired at the Royal Bank.

Looking at the majestic front of the Royal Bank, Old Man Wang's legs felt weak for a while, he wanted to leave but was reluctant, and wanted to go in but dared not.

"Old man, if you want to go in, go in."

Turning his head and taking a look, a gorgeously dressed nobleman actually called himself "Old Man"

, Old man Wang was so scared that he almost knelt down to plead guilty.

"Don't, don't call me that, I'm a bad old man, I can't take it."

"I, Great Qin, rule the world with filial piety. Even if the current emperor comes, I will treat you with courtesy."

The old man Wang didn't know that standing in front of him was the emperor slightly out of the palace, he said with a smile: "You are right, our emperor is a benevolent emperor, he will stand up for our people and love the people like a son, he will definitely not be in front of the people Putting on airs."

Li Wei greatly benefited from the old man's words, and said with a smile: "Old man, I happen to have something to go to the Royal Bank, shall we go together?"

Having a companion made old man Wang a lot more courageous, and he walked into the Royal Bank with Li Wei.

Every year, the palace releases the old eunuchs who cannot be driven out of the palace. It is good for these old and frail old eunuchs to have savings.

Li Wei couldn't bear to do this, so he sent them to the Royal Bank. They were old and illiterate, and they couldn't do other things well, but they had been serving people for a lifetime, and they would definitely let customers experience some imperial service.

Seeing Li Wei walk in, the old eunuch in the hall was about to kneel down, but fortunately, the sixth eunuch winked in time.

The old eunuch, who knew that the emperor likes to visit in private, could only pretend not to see Li Wei, and asked with a smile, "What business does the old man want to handle?"

"I, I want to, want to save, save..."

"You want to save money?"

"Correct."