Great Zhou Empress

Haitang was assigned a new task.

However, Haitang said that there is a more suitable candidate at the bottom of their dark guards. She is suitable for half of the tasks, and that person is suitable for the other half.

Xue Zhijing saw that man, his name was Ming Shouyi, a very upright name, but he looked like, how should I put it, sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks?Anyway, just looking at it makes people unhappy.

Because the time has lasted for too long, the hidden guards of the Yuan family absorbed quite a lot of people, but most of the time it was a bit wasted.

So in Yuan Hanzhang's generation, there were less than a hundred secret guards, and most of them were bodyguards for Yuan Hanzhang.

According to Xue Zhijing's opinion, a character like the dark guard should be a collection of secret agents + various professionals + bodyguards.

But who made her a person who runs a large-scale business kingdom? Yuan Hanzhang's energy is spent on the court, and he is following the upright conspiracy route. Many things can be done by the court, so the dark guard can only do it. Do some bodyguard work.

Therefore, people with special talents like Ming Shouyi were marginalized.

This time, it's up to him.

That day, the whole palace was in a mess, as if something had been lost, but the whole palace kept secret.

At the same time, there were forbidden soldiers running back and forth in Jiankang City, as if they were looking for something.

The court is guessing, is there something missing in the palace?

After a while, there was a gossip that the Jade Turtle, a treasure previously tributed by the sea merchants, was lost.

How could it be lost?

There was a lot of publicity before, saying that the jade tortoise was an item of Qin Shihuang, and it was a sacred object. If the court and the royal family got this jade tortoise, it was the destiny of heaven.

There are a large number of courtiers who think that this is the destiny of the royal family. The rebellious Qin Guogong in the west, the Maitreya Sect in the southwest, and the Liao Kingdom in the north are all paper tigers, and they will be wiped out every minute.

I have to say that sometimes mysticism is a bit useful.

But how could it be lost?

Could it be that the fate is not in the royal family?

This kind of gossip spread to Liu Mian, the Duke of Qin in the west, as quickly as possible. When Liu Mian heard it, he was so happy that he danced and drank for three days.

He just said, how could it be that the sick little emperor and the old woman were destined by fate.

Not long after, someone contacted him and said he wanted to make a deal with him, and only said two words "turtle".

Upon hearing this word, Liu Mian quickly thought of the jade turtle that disappeared.

He hurriedly summoned that person to hear if it was what he thought.

That man had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Looking at it, he thought he was a thief, but Liu Mian believed it three-pointed. If he said that the jade turtle would be stolen, it must be stolen by such a person.

People's abilities are often consistent with their appearance. For example, Liu Mian thinks that he is tall and mighty, so he is wise and powerful, and he is a born emperor.And the person in front of him looks so wretched, his eyes are rolling around, and he has a lot of eyes at a glance. Isn't it like this for all thieves?

"Come on, what are you looking for with this king, what kind of turtle?" Liu Mian said pretendingly.

Ming Shouyi smiled obsequiously, "His Royal Highness, you should have heard about the theft of the jade turtle in Jiankang City. Hehe, the jade turtle is in my hands right now."

Liu Mian subconsciously took a deep breath, but on the surface he still looked calm and indifferent, "Heh! Are you so good?"

Ming Shouyi chuckled, took out a piece of paper from his arms, the attendants around took it, and handed it to Liu Mian.

When I opened it, it turned out to be a painting.

But Liu Mian has never seen such a perspective painting.

From the perspective of appreciation of oriental painting art, this painting is really not wonderful. After all, oriental art pays attention to an artistic conception. It is best to add a beautiful poem and some strong calligraphy to make it a good work.

What is this?

It just looks lifelike.

This is Xue Zhijing's request. The turtle must be drawn as it can be seen by the human eye, that is, as it is in the photo.

The painter's skills were much higher than her requirements. Not only did he trace the appearance of the jade turtle, but also made the whole turtle look like it was dyed with a layer of holy light through the light and dark changes of the color.

Seeing this painting, Liu Mian's expression became a little restless.

Ming Shouyi said, "Actually, I didn't expect to be able to steal this jade turtle. But His Royal Highness, you should also know that the palace in Jiankang City used to be the residence of a Duke. It just so happened that they repaired the residence before." At that time, my brothers and I just joined it, and I still know a lot of secret ways, this time, I sneaked in by relying on this secret way, and easily stole this jade turtle."

Liu Mian believed a little bit, but although he was full of confidence, he was not a fool.

"Oh? Then why did you come to me, don't tell me what it is because you think my destiny belongs to you."

Ming Shouyi rubbed his hands, "His Royal Highness, the villain really thinks that you are the destiny, so I worked so hard to transport it here. But, the villain wants money more. The villain likes to gamble. Wife and children They all ran away with others, no, they fought their backs, just thinking of making some money so they can get another wife."

Liu Mian raised her eyebrows and laughed loudly, "Good to gamble? Haha, your bet is here with me. Okay, tell me, how much do you want?"

Ming Shouyi stretched out two fingers, "200 million guan."

"what?"

This is not a small sum, which is equivalent to the annual income of Qin Guogong's current income in the area controlled by him.

"You think I'm stupid?"

Ming Shouyi was kicked out of the palace by Liu Mian.

But in the next few days, Liu Mian began to receive some information, saying that the Jiankang court had now sent a secret message, asking officials and people from all corners of the country to provide information about the jade turtle.

These messages kept bombarding Liu Mian, making him think about that jade turtle every day.

Could that jade turtle really be a sacred object of Qin Shihuang?If I get the Jade Turtle, will I just look down on him, go straight to Jiankang, and sit on the throne?

"Come on, how is Ming Shouyi doing with you, have you seen what he has in his hand?"

After Ming Shouyi was driven out of the palace that day, Liu Mian asked someone to follow him.

The people under him said, "I followed, but I always followed halfway and lost it. I don't know where he went in the end, but he appeared every day, very mysterious."

Ming Shouyi didn't know that Liu Mian would let people follow him, but his anti-stalking skills are very good, if he doesn't let people find him, Liu Mian's people can't even touch the corner of his clothes.

Appearing every day is just to increase the sense of presence, so that Liu Mian will let people invite him into the palace again.

And the information that appeared around Liu Mian every day did not really spread throughout the Dacheng Dynasty, but it was just a small-scale information flow designed for Liu Mian personally.

After all, Liu Mian is just a person, without the perspective of God, he cannot see things in the world.

The way he obtains information, one is the information given by the people around him, including his attendants and officials, and the other is the information in the books and newspapers he sees and reads.

Just buy one or two attendants around him, and deliver books and tabloids engraved with the publications of Lichunyuan to his side in some reasonable way. It doesn’t take much. He can read one or two books every day and listen to a few words from the attendants. ,enough.

People's processing of information is very primitive. He doesn't have more data for comparison. He hears such a sentence or two every day, and in a short period of time he feels that the whole world is full of such information.

The so-called three people become a tiger.

As for him reacting after a period of time, then this trick has long since ended.

Ming Shouyi was once again invited into the palace by Liu Mian.

Liu Mian originally wanted to threaten Ming Shouyi, saying that he would kill him.

Ming Shouyi was very stubborn, "His Royal Highness, if you kill me, you will never get this jade turtle again. I am alone, and I will die when I die, but aren't you going to be the master of this world? Two million crowns , in exchange for thousands of miles of land, I think this business is very good."

In this way, 200 million Guan was agreed to be delivered to Ming Shouyi.

Liu Mian originally planned to rob halfway, but he didn't want Ming Shouyi to ask Liu Mian to send the 200 million yuan to a newly opened Shengfeng bank in Xianyang in exchange for the bank coupons of Shengfeng bank.

Ming Shouyi chuckled, "200 million guan, copper coins that can't fit in two boats, where can I get them? It's better to use bank notes. It is said that bank notes are already used in Liao and overseas, and they are very convenient. It's money."

After Ming Shouyi left, Liu Mian wanted to use his own power to loot the Shengfeng Bank, but found that they had already transported the 200 million copper coins away.

What speed is this?

Liu Mian was very angry, but the treasurer of Shengfeng Bank told him a lot about the bank's coupons.

He even secretly said that this "paper currency" is a good thing, it is created out of nothing, as long as you turn on the printing press, there will be money pouring in, you don't have to do anything, and the wealth of the whole world will be yours.

The truth does seem to be this truth. When a court issues paper money indiscriminately, it will indeed quickly absorb a large amount of social wealth within a period of time.

However, soon, when people reacted, no one really thought your banknotes were currency, and it was disgusting to wipe your ass.Inflation can reach the point where paper money depreciates as soon as it is issued.

At this time, people will naturally find some items to replace the functions of banknotes, such as traditional gold, silver and copper coins. If these are not available, people will use cloth and grain instead, or even barter.

No one is a fool.

But at the beginning, these powerful people often regarded everyone in the world as fools.

Under Liu Mian's "coercion", the shopkeeper of Shengfeng Bank was "forced" to help Liu Mian print banknotes.

Liu Mian still has a lot of smart people in his hands. They saw the characteristics of banknotes and persuaded Liu Mian not to print them casually. There must be gold, silver and copper coins in the warehouse as reserves, and they must be exchangeable.

Liu Mian had no choice but to set up a Qin Wang Bank with great fanfare, depositing all the gold, silver and copper coins in his warehouse, and then searched the money of many merchants, forcing them to save money, and giving them the bank notes of Qin Wang Bank .

Then, he paid salaries to the soldiers under his command, and instead of food and copper coins, he issued the bank notes.

At the beginning, Liu Mian saw that his treasury was full of gold, silver and copper coins, and felt that this was simply a profitable business. He seemed to see that he owned the wealth of the whole world, and relied on the wealth of the whole world to own Like the whole world.

The soldiers complained a lot, who wants to hold a piece of paper in their hands.

Liu Mian also forced the merchants under his jurisdiction to accept banknotes, that is, soldiers can use Qin Wang Bank coupons to buy food, food and other items.

The merchants had no choice but to accept it, but their hearts were broken.

They were forced to store gold and silver in King Qin's bank, and now they received a large amount of banknotes, and their heads hurt.

After all, when Xue Zhijing issued banknotes in the area controlled by the Dacheng Dynasty, they were issued as certificates for the storage of gold, silver and copper coins. By slowly accumulating credit, the banknotes became real, but Liu Mian not only skipped this step, but directly used coercion The method allows everyone to use it, who would like it.

Many businesses simply closed their doors.

Many people even directly said that they had no money, and those who could leave took the money and rushed to the actual control area of ​​​​the Dacheng Dynasty, and those who could not leave buried gold, silver and copper coins in the yard.

Suddenly, there were almost no gold, silver and copper coins circulating in the market in the entire region.

Instant deflation.