I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"Wait a minute, Master, take a closer look. These are all valuable treasures. My mother said that these are her dowry items, and they are priceless. Why did you give me such a small amount of money?"

Huang Zhongtao secretly laughed in his heart when he actually stole his mother's dowry to pay for the money. This way, things would be easier to handle. Even if the asking price was low, they would not dare to make trouble.

"My lord, you don't know something. There are a lot of treasures in the market now, mainly because there are prices but no market. To be honest, I don't want to accept some treasures, but it's not that you are also in a hurry to use money."

Chen Yuzhou nodded when he heard it, "That's right, I'm really in a hurry to use the money now, that's all right, just look at it, my boss, how much higher, these are genuine treasures, I guarantee that the ones on the market are incomparable to them .”

That's natural, Huang Zhongtao replied in his heart, still pretending to be indifferent on the surface, "Don't worry, I have carefully looked at these treasures, some small pearl hairpins are actually not worth much, and the styles are not very good. It’s not novel enough, and even ladies from official families may not like it, so I’ll give it to you at the normal market price.”

"Do you have 300 taels?"

Chen Yuzhou seemed a little anxious.

Huang Zhongtao shook his head, "No, these are up to 200 taels."

"What? Only 200 taels!"

Chen Yuzhou looked at him in surprise. At this time, Da Chaofeng interjected: "If you don't believe me, you can go to another pawnshop to compare. This is already the limit."

"You are all like dogs, why don't you just arrest your family, okay, 250 taels, don't say anything."

Huang Zhongtao looked resolute, "It's only 200 taels, one tael more will not work."

Seeing Huang Zhongtao's refusal to compromise, Chen Yuzhou wanted to get angry at first, but he thought that he could not speak up about his sale of property, so he had to compromise in the end, "That's fine, fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you, I'm not bad, so let's do it."

After some bargaining, Huang Zhongtao succeeded in accepting Chen Yuzhou's astonishing treasures at the lowest price.

"Hehe, I don't know which dandy it is. The things passed down by the ancestors are just sold. The prince has to make a lot of people recently. These things are just right for use."

Huang Zhongtao said with a proud face.

After nightfall, Lin Qianru returned to the mansion, and met a maid head-on.

"Miss Lin, have you ever been there?"

"As you ordered, go."

Lin Qianru was a little angry.

She made a bet with Li Wei before, and if she lost, she would do something for Li Wei, but Lin Qianru could never have imagined that what Li Wei made herself do was so weird, it was clearly exposing the scars in her heart.

"Miss Lin, did you find out?"

"No one at all, what did I find?"

"Originally, there were people. Where was a death row prisoner, but he didn't even have a chance to speak, so he was assassinated. After all his belongings were searched, his body was thrown into a dry well.

The inner guard originally wanted to take down the assassin, but His Majesty was worried that Zhuang Zhiming would be shocked, which would be detrimental to Miss Lin's safety. In addition, the servant who sent you a message from the mansion also disappeared. "

Lin Qianru was already puzzled by what Li Wei asked her to do, but now after hearing these words, everything is connected in series.

Back then, I was ransacked and beheaded by my family, and I had an old family member who survived by chance. Only I, the messenger maid, the messenger servant and Zhuang Zhiming knew about this nonsense. Could it be Zhuang Zhiming?Why is he reacting so much?Could it be that what happened back then has something to do with him? "Hmph, I know what you want to say, but how can you guarantee that this is not Li Wei's intentional setup?"

"Yes or no, with Ms. Lin's intelligence, how can she not know? Your Majesty has said that the truth cannot be false, and the false cannot be true. Everything can only be judged by public opinion."

After saluting Lin Qianru, the maid left directly, leaving Lin Qianru alone in a daze.

The next day, the capital of the Great Chu Kingdom, above the court.

"I report to Your Majesty that I have something important to do."

As soon as the morning court started, Zou Yuntao walked out and stood in the center of the court hall, and said solemnly: "My minister, please play, abolish the domestic lottery business."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused a commotion in the court, and everyone began to whisper. Seeing this, Emperor Chu coughed in dissatisfaction, and then gradually calmed down.

"The lottery business is just the business of the merchants, it has little influence, and the court does not need to interfere."

Emperor Chu thought that what Zou Yuntao wanted to do was such an important matter, but he didn't expect it to be such an insignificant matter.

Seeing Emperor Chu's disdainful face, Zou Yuntao was dissatisfied, so he had to explain to him patiently.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. Although the lottery business seems to be prosperous now and promotes the economic development of Dachu, it will inevitably lead to the decline of people's livelihood in the long run!"

Hearing Zou Yuntao's words, Du Zunming sneered, "It's an unheard of joke!"

Seeing Du Zunming stand up, Zou Yuntao already had some guesses in his heart, but he still insisted on his point of view, "This is not alarmist talk. The lottery business plunders people's wealth. If things go on like this, the people will inevitably suffer from poverty and chaos."

"It's nonsense! Since the lottery ticket has been issued, how many people have been benefited, and how much trouble has been saved for the court by helping those poor people. Why don't you say these things? Also, the lottery ticket can also increase the tax revenue of the court. What about this?"

"Yeah, since our country has a lottery business, all indicators have been rising, which clearly reflects the prosperity of a country."

"I agree."

The rest of the officials in the court began to help Du Zunming one after another. No one thought there was anything wrong with the lottery business that could make them money. Zou Yuntao was alone and helpless at the moment. Seeing Du Zunming's humble face, he felt even more angry.

"In my opinion, the lottery business is developing so well that the court should not only not interfere, but should also support it."

After Du Zunming finished speaking, everyone applauded and applauded. After hearing this, Emperor Chu also felt that everything he said was reasonable.

Seeing that his proposal was ruthlessly shot down like this, Zou Yuntao couldn't bear it anymore, so he directly expressed what was in his heart.

"At this point, I have no choice but to say it straight. I found out that people from Qin were involved in the lottery business. I feel that this is Da Qin's method to seize the wealth of Da Chu, so I have to guard against it."

Before Emperor Chu could speak, Du Zunming began to retort: ​​"What do you know, it's just some normal business. Even if there are people from Qin, our country has not explicitly prohibited people from other countries from doing business, right?"

Du Zunming's words hit Emperor Chu's mind, he nodded, and looked at Du Zunming appreciatively, "Prime Minister is right, our country is indeed not so stingy, it's just a business, it's not as serious as you said. "

What a bunch of ignorant fools!Zou Yuntao cursed in his heart.

"Yeah, don't make too much of a fuss. You don't have any achievements on weekdays. Do you just want to make such a mess to win His Majesty's attention?"

Du Zunming saw that Zou Yuntao didn't take reason no matter what he said, so he began to laugh and sarcasm in front of Zou Yuntao.

"Why, when I mentioned the abolition of lottery tickets, the Prime Minister was so anxious to defend? Do you have any ulterior relationship with this lottery business?"

Suddenly asked by Zou Yuntao, Du Zunming sneered in embarrassment, and quickly explained: "What does it have to do with me, and what does this have to do with me, is it wrong for me to think only for Da Chu's sake?"

"The matter has come to this point, and I will not hide it anymore. Since the prime minister said that it is for the sake of Da Chu, then please Your Majesty behead the prime minister."

After finishing speaking, there was a sudden chaos in the courtroom, and everyone accused Zou Yuntao of what stupid things he said.

Zou Yuntao straightened his back, and continued: "Du Zunming colluded with lottery tickets, everyone knows, not only that, but also colluded with the people of Qin, and plundered our country's wealth. Isn't such a crime deserved to be punished?"

At this moment, Du Zunming was completely enraged by Zou Yuntao, he rushed to Zou Yuntao regardless of everyone's objection, pointed at his nose and cursed: "No wonder you want to blame me for this crime, so you are the most suspicious."

Chapter 632 The Final Battle

Seeing the two people confronting each other, Emperor Chu was not in a hurry to try to persuade them to fight. He wanted to see what secrets these two people were hiding.

"I, Zou Yuntao, behave upright, no matter what you say."

Seeing that Du Zunming was in a panic, Zou Yuntao felt a little dark in his heart, thinking that he would not be able to say one, two, three.

"Then let's take a look. You have represented Da Chu as an envoy to Da Qin before, do you remember?"

It is true, Zou Yuntao nodded, "I don't deny it, so what."

"As we all know, Daqin was very enthusiastic about you at that time. I heard that when it was time to return to the country, you kept finding excuses to delay it. Could it be that Daqin gave you benefits that made you so tempted that you didn't want to come back?"

"You spit out blood!"

"If you want to say that you had contact with Qin people, wouldn't you be even more suspicious? Who would know what happened to you during that time? Besides, if you really surrendered to the enemy and treason, Da Qin will definitely not treat you badly."

"Hey, if you put it this way, it is clear that Zou Yuntao is going to ask His Majesty to abolish the lottery ticket in the court today."

At this time, other ministers stood up and helped Du Zunming to accuse Zou Yuntao.

"Your Majesty, there is a misunderstanding here, not what the prime minister said."

Zou Yuntao was about to explain, but was interrupted by Du Zunming.

"Aren't you in a hurry to explain something and want to cover it up? You are not fools. You see that the lottery business poses a threat to Daqin, so you are going to slander me for having an affair with the Qin people. It is a good idea to kill two birds with one stone."

"I remembered what the prime minister said. I saw people from Qin visiting his mansion before. I wondered why there were people from Qin. So..."

"I really didn't expect that, Zou Yuntao, you actually hid it so deeply."

With the help of the ministers, Zou Yuntao felt that the situation was not good at the moment. He noticed a subtle change in the expression of the Emperor Chu, so he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, please believe me, it is not what they said, the reason why The reason for the stay is that there are still some matters that have not been dealt with, and I have also told you."

"Excuses are not something you can easily come up with..."

Du Zunming added fuel to the fire.

At this moment, the Emperor Chu heard that the ministers said that Zou Yuntao had a problem, and he couldn't help but start to have doubts, "Zou Yuntao, it's not that I don't believe you. Everyone says you have a problem. How can I believe this? Someone, arrest him for me." stand up."

"You are wronged, Your Majesty! Don't listen to the villain's words!"

"According to me, you are the heart of a villain. I didn't expect that I would treat you wholeheartedly, but you are so unwilling to serve the country. You are a sinner. You say that Qin has a conspiracy? Okay, I will send you to Qin to discuss As for the business and repairs, you also happen to go to see what kind of conspiracy Qin is up to, go home and prepare to go to Qin!"

In the court, there was never any secret at all, Zou Yuntao's request to abolish the lottery ticket soon reached Zhu Xufeng's ears.

After listening to his subordinates' report, Zhu Xufeng also stopped his calculations, "Zou Yuntao was born in a large family of Chu State, and he is known as a good minister of Chu State. It is really not simple, and we can see His Majesty's arrangement."

"Sir, do you want to get rid of him?"

A virtuous minister of the enemy country is the biggest threat to the country, so it is natural to kill them quickly.

"It's not my turn to decide this matter, so I will send back Zou Yuntao's detailed information immediately. In addition, the caravan will return to Chang'an soon, right?"

"A messenger came back last night. According to the time and itinerary, we can enter Chang'an today."

"I'm afraid today is the day for the decisive battle between His Majesty and the Qianzhuang Alliance. I hope His Majesty can clear the night."

At the same time, a terrible news made people in Chang'an panic.

Early in the morning, each bank announced the latest exchange rate for silver coins. Originally, it could be exchanged for 440 mints of silver dollars, but now it can be exchanged for [-] mints.

If the tax is paid in silver dollars, it means that the value of the copper coins in hand has greatly appreciated, and the exchange rate is still rising. In less than two hours, it has risen to the level of one silver dollar for five hundred coins.

Even if the brain is stupid at this time, they will not exchange the copper coins in their hands for silver dollars, but hold them tightly in their hands, waiting for the continued appreciation.

The tea merchants and salt merchants in Chang'an City also officially announced that they would no longer buy tea and salt, and the policy of using tickets as copper coins failed completely. Countless people took the tickets in their hands and rushed to the Royal Bank to exchange them for copper coins of the same value.

The copper coins that Li Wei got from selling lottery tickets and extorting Buddhism were usually cashed out.

The DPRK and the Central Committee have long followed the officials who have been running together to knock on the que collectively, and a large number of people have also been mobilized to come together.

There were thousands of people blocking the door of his house. If he could bear it, it would be Li Wei. Li Wei, who was not at all afraid, put on armor, rode on a horse, and walked out of the palace with five hundred relatives.

Sitting on the horseback, looking at the officials with their own ulterior motives, Li Wei said coldly: "Tell me, why do you want to see me so urgently?"

"Your Majesty, the copper shortage in Chang'an City is getting worse, doesn't Your Majesty know?"

"The people have no money to use, and it has reached the point of bartering. Many people have been damaged because of this. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have ruined their homes!"

"Your Majesty, due to the economic impact, the public security in Chang'an is in chaos. There have been many incidents of beatings, smashing and robbery. Your Majesty, this cannot continue!"

Someone took the lead, and the officials shouted one after another, and the people behind them saw that someone was supporting them, and they also made noise endlessly.

"Are you here for the people?"

The good thing about gaining reputation is naturally not to be reconciled to others. Several officials rushed to stand up, "Your Majesty, water can carry a boat and also capsize it. You must not put thousands in water and fire!"

"If Your Majesty doesn't make an order today, I will die here and remonstrate with the King!"

"What do you want me to do?"

Hearing Li Wei's words, the officials all looked at Zhuang Zhiming who was standing in the middle. At this time, after Zhuang Zhiming took the elixir of Guiyuandao, he felt refreshed and no longer sick.

"Your Majesty, Zhuang Zhiming, a grassroots man, came here on behalf of all the banks in Chang'an, and begged His Majesty to abandon the reform, let some return to the old track, and the world will be at peace."

Li Wei's reforms are beneficial to the country and the people, but they are not conducive to officials. The officials whose interests have been seriously damaged have echoed and asked Li Wei to stop the reform.

And the people behind him, although they will benefit from the reform, but the reform has just started, before the benefits come, the troubles will come first, they don't have any good impression of Li Wei's new deal, and they are also willing to abolish the new deal.

"hold on."

Qingliu leader Gao Deqing immediately stood up and asked: "Wait, how long does His Majesty want us to wait, one year? Two years? Or ten years, twenty years?"

"Half an hour, after half an hour, I will only give you an explanation!"

After all, Li Wei is the emperor, if he refuses to wait even half an hour, the danger cannot be justified. After everyone discusses it, they can only wait for half an hour temporarily.

At the same time, a group of people directly surrounded the pawnshop.

Hearing the movement, Huang Zhongtao came out cursing, "Where did Qiu Ba come from, doesn't he have eyes? This is the property of His Royal Highness Kang Wang. What do you want to do?"

"Shopkeeper, do you still know me?"

Chen Yuzhou, the "prodigal son"

He just made himself a fortune yesterday, how could he not know him?Huang Zhongtao said angrily: "Good boy, I'm playing fairy jumping! Why, can't you take back all your pawned things?"

"Shopkeeper, what you said is wrong. I didn't pawn anything from you. That's my brother."

Hearing this, Huang Zhongtao laughed angrily, "You take me for a fool? You are you, what a shit brother, I can tell the truth of things hundreds of years ago, and I can't recognize a living person Come?"