The shopkeeper was so frightened that the situation was about to get out of control again. Several strong men with sticks finally ran over in a hurry!
Quickly standing between the shopkeeper and the crowd, the leader, a man with a long scar on his face, took a step forward and shouted at the crowd: "Hey! Bold thief! Do you still want to rob in broad daylight?"
"We...we want money! We are not trying to steal money!"
He took a step back with a guilty conscience. He had been crowding the crowd aggressively just now, but after facing these strong men with fierce looks, he immediately gave up.
The angry fools who were mixed in the crowd gnashed their teeth and wished they could kick these cowards one by one.
"Bang bang..." Scarface smashed the stick on the ground with a loud bang, then glared at everyone and shouted angrily: "If you want money, you need money! I didn't say I won't give it to you! Everybody line up! Come one by one! Otherwise
We have invited the government to punish you for causing trouble and send you to jail to eat!"
"good……"
Facing the domineering strong man, the people in front naturally softened, and they wanted to stand in a row as they said with a guilty conscience. But at this moment, someone from behind suddenly pushed forward hard.
, and immediately pushed the first few people to the ground!
"Huh? Why did you fall?" The strong man at the head was stunned when he saw several people falling down. Just as he subconsciously leaned over to pull those people up, suddenly someone in the crowd screamed loudly:
"They are beating people! Buhang is beating people! They don't want to exchange the money and want to beat us away!"
"Huh? No! I..." The man was stunned for a moment and didn't care about pulling anyone else. Just when he was about to raise his head and stand up to explain, a heavy slap hit him on the back of the head!
Just listen to the sound of "Duang...".
The man only felt that his head was like a water and land dojo, with chimes, cymbals, and cymbals ringing all at once!
Then, without a second blow, his body fell down softly.
The last scene he saw in his big eyes was that of a stocky young man rubbing his palms together and smiling honestly at himself, his smile extremely genuine.
"Boy, how dare you!"
The other men were right behind the man, and they could see the fool's movements clearly! In shock, they didn't care about anything else, and stretched out their hands to catch the fool.
However, how could they catch this fool? He shrank back, ducked into the crowd behind, and disappeared.
The men stretched out their hands to grab the empty space, but the grabbing action was firmly in everyone's eyes, and then, the space froze...
"Dare to take action? Folks, beat him to death!" This time it was really not someone arranged by Xiao Han who shouted this, it was actually people's own feelings!
It is said that the folk customs in the north are tough, but in fact, if you put them in Yangzhou, they are not bad at all!
With that loud shout, several men were immediately overwhelmed by the angry crowd, and their fists and big feet were smashed down like raindrops! Those who were left behind couldn't even look at it, let alone their feet.
To the men who fell to the ground.
When the shopkeeper of the cloth shop hurried to the store, the angry crowd had already dispersed.
Only a few men with bruises and swollen faces were left lying on the ground groaning. The shop was in a mess, with cloth and silk scattered all over the floor. Even the tables and stools were missing, not to mention the goods, which had long been taken advantage of.
, took it home.
"How did it become like this!"
After getting off his horse, the shopkeeper staggered into the shop. Seeing the scene as if it had been looted by bandits, his lips were trembling with anger.
"The big shopkeeper..."
Something moved behind the counter, and then someone crawled out. When he saw the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, the man immediately burst into tears.
"What's wrong! What's wrong?"
After careful identification, the big shopkeeper recognized that this embarrassed man was the shopkeeper. He couldn't help but rush up to him, grabbed the man's collar and asked angrily.
The shopkeeper had a sad face and kept swaying his body: "Ugh... the boss..."
"Snapped……"
Seeing that the man was hesitating for a long time without saying anything, the shopkeeper couldn't help but slap the shopkeeper hard on the face! Then he roared again: "Say! What's going on!"
At this time, the store manager may have been stunned by the slap. He covered his face that was rapidly red and swollen for a long time before he finally reacted: "Yes... someone is running on the copper coins, saying that we are defrauding their money by issuing silver notes! In fact, we
The family has no copper coins at all, all their hard-earned money has been stolen and spent by us, replacing them with these waste papers."
"Bah! Waste!"
The shopkeeper of the cloth store opened his eyes angrily, and shook the man away with all his strength. Just as he was about to walk out, several clerks ran in from outside in a panic.
"Big shopkeeper, it's bad! Several of our shops are surrounded by people!"
"What!"
When the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, who was about to go out, heard the news, he suddenly felt dizzy. He swayed, and finally managed to stabilize his body. Then he asked anxiously: "Have you reported to the official? Where are the people from the government office?"
"Reported!" The waiter who spoke at the beginning replied anxiously: "But the government said that all their yamen servants had gone to Qili Village to investigate the missing cow incident early in the morning! Only two or three were left in the yamen.
The government officials have no control over those people."
"Qili Village? Xiao Family?"
When the big shopkeeper heard about Qili Village, the name Xiao Family immediately came to mind. Then he opened his eyes angrily and shouted at the clerk: "Quick, take me to the main store!"
Yangzhou City is in chaos today!
The streets are full of anxious people. Occasionally, some people rush home, rummage through the cabinets, take out the banknotes hidden at the bottom of the cabinets or in the cracks in the walls, and then rush out to the street without waiting for the mother-in-law to ask.
Go up and join the crowd that is trying to squeeze out copper coins.
As a new thing, banknotes have not appeared in Yangzhou for a long time, it can even be said to be very short!
But, because of its convenience and safety!
Many businessmen readily accepted it and quickly replaced copper coins as the first choice for business transactions.
Once the things in this world are accepted by merchants, other people will receive them or use them regardless of whether they are willing or not. This is the truth!
Don't say stupid things like "I want copper coins, or scraps of paper!"
How many people living in Yangzhou City make a living by farming?
If you don’t farm, you have to rely on business or work to survive!
So, here, whether you are working, raising silkworms, weaving, or doing some small business.
When someone comes to collect your things, the person who hired you thinks that a banknote is convenient, so he pays you with a banknote, but you don't accept it?
Well, I won’t use you anymore, I’ll use someone else. What will you do then?
Therefore, when the run planned by Xiao Han began, it immediately evolved into a major event in Yangzhou. The speed and scale were jaw-dropping.
