"Crime? Why should I commit a crime?" He glanced at Shopkeeper Liu who had a sincere face. Now, the man looked confused and looked at him in confusion.
"What! You, aren't you here to rob the bank?"
After hearing the man's answer, shopkeeper Liu was immediately shocked. He widened his eyes and looked hard at the people outside.
By this time, he also faintly noticed that something was wrong!
Which robber is such an idiot? They are already at the door. Instead of taking action quickly, they keep talking to themselves for a long time!
Is this because they are afraid that the police officers will not be able to catch them?
"Robbing a bank? Who! Who dares?!"
A low cry came, but the man was so frightened by Shopkeeper Liu that he trembled on the spot, then quickly turned his head and looked around.
As a result, when he saw the confused expressions of the people around him, he reacted belatedly, pointed at his nose and asked: "You...could you mean we rob a bank?"
"Ahem, I made a mistake?"
"Nonsense! We are here to lend money to the court, who said we are here to steal money!"
Well, things are finally clear!
It turned out that this group of people were not here to take advantage of the situation.
It was the first time they heard about the strange existence of a bank after Xiao Han went on a street parade today.
So curiosity prompted them to find out what this place was about.
Wait until the inquiry comes, then go and inquire.
They finally learned from some "well-informed people" that this was a loan from the royal family!
As for the reason why the royal court was forced to borrow money: it was to raise more money to help the poor people who were in dire straits due to the severe cold this year!
God can tell you!
In this world, the kindest and most grateful person.
Often they are not those great Confucians who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, nor are they fat monks who spend all their time Amitabha Buddha, nor are they the high-ranking officials in the temple!
But these ordinary people in front of us!
Maybe they haven't read any books and can't explain any great truths, but they can feel with their hearts the painstaking efforts from the court and the emperor!
It’s no secret that this year is a disaster year!
In the past, when there were disaster years and people were unable to live a sustainable life and were displaced, the imperial court would at most open a few warehouses and store some grain, or else build some porridge sheds to give porridge to the refugees.
As for whether these refugees can have enough to eat, or whether they can have enough to eat? That doesn’t matter to the court. Anyway, I did it, and no one can blame me!
However, this year it seems that things will be different this year with the replacement of their most beloved Majesty the Khan.
In order to cope with the famine, the emperor had issued several imperial edicts to prohibit the increase in food prices, and ordered the official warehouse to provide food at a flat price to calm the food prices!
In order to deal with possible disasters and victims in the future, the imperial court would rather go out of its way to borrow money from the private sector than resort to arbitrary pretexts and extortionate taxes!
This move has touched the hearts of the people!
So, after learning about this, countless Chang'an people resolutely contributed their own strength in order to repay their Majesty the Khan, even if this strength was very small!
"I heard that many areas outside will have no harvest due to the severe cold this year! That's why the imperial court will borrow money to help the people! Although my family is not very rich, I can still live well. These ten dollars! I will lend it to the imperial court, etc.
If you have money, pay it back, if you don’t have money...if you don’t have money, forget it!”
He took off the green cloth gauze from his back and put it directly into the hands of shopkeeper Liu who was still in a daze. The man laughed boldly, turned around and left!
"etc!"
Seeing that the man was about to squeeze into the crowd, Shopkeeper Liu, who was holding a heavy robe, finally realized what he was doing and hurriedly called out to him!
"Oh? What else is there?" The man stopped and turned around and asked.
"Um..." Shopkeeper Liu looked at the man. He originally wanted to say that he had raised enough money for disaster relief and didn't need you to worry anymore.
But when he saw the man's face filled with a sincere smile, he unknowingly swallowed the words that came to his mouth and changed them to: "Um, I wonder where the strong man Gao's name lives?
When the court gets through this crisis, how should we repay you the money?"
Being able to become the bank's big shopkeeper, Shopkeeper Liu is naturally not comparable to those who used to have wine bags and rice bags in the imperial shop.
In fact, even in the palace, he is one of the most trusted servants around Xiao Li!
And compared with others, Shopkeeper Liu is cautious by nature, yet flexible and changeable, so he was assigned to such an important position!
It was precisely because of this characteristic that he suddenly realized at that moment that this was not a simple transaction! It was the legendary, true will of the people and the true support of all the people!
When faced with the sincerity of the people, refusal must be the stupidest way to respond!
The best way to deal with it is to accept it calmly and then think about the rewards!
Leave the person who delivered the thing behind and issue a bond on the spot!
Don’t have a small amount of treasury bonds prepared?
Then tear up the account book and write it down on the spot!
Is someone here carrying grain and poultry? Take it, too! Write it down directly in the account book, so-and-so borrows a big fat goose! An egg-laying hen!
In this way, I wrote from afternoon until dark, and it was not until the sound of drums cleaning the streets that the people outside finally dispersed.
In front of a table temporarily moved by the bank, with the faint light of an oil lamp, shopkeeper Liu finished writing the last word, carefully dried it and gave it to his subordinates to leave notes.
After finishing all this, shopkeeper Liu threw the bald pen out of his hand and burst into laughter looking at the messy bank lobby!
"Come here, prepare the car, our family is going to the palace!"
After shouting happily, someone in the bank naturally agreed in a hurry. When shopkeeper Liu stood up with difficulty, he found that the clerk who smiled like a flower was the boy who had falsely spread the news before!
"Damn it, uncle! It's not your kid who's causing this trouble!" Recognizing this person, Shopkeeper Liu raised his leg and gave the kid a kick! However, although he scolded loudly, the joy in his eyebrows was unmistakable.
Can't cover it up.
"Ouch~ Shopkeeper, please forgive me!"
The guy received a kick and immediately let out an exaggerated yell. Then he rolled on the ground a few times, until he bumped into a piggy behind him, and then he stopped. His embarrassed appearance caused a lot of uproar among the people around him.
laugh.
In fact, the guy also knew that it was his previous fuss that almost caused a disaster!
He was a little uneasy at first, but after receiving this kick, he knew that the shopkeeper would not hold him accountable, so he acted like this out of surprise.
"Stop playing tricks and hurry up and drive me to the palace! The others will continue to clean up this place. When our family comes back, we will give you rewards!"
Shopkeeper Liu also had a smile on his face, carefully dodged a flying duck, and strode towards the backyard of the bank.
