Chapter 507: Play the long game and catch big fish.
Under the moon, beside the bridge, under the shadow of bamboo.
"Can you see three legs?"
"Toad!"
Moonlight, Toad Palace, and Three-legged Golden Toad refer to money.
Zhu Gaoying clearly didn't send anyone over, and Su Wu didn't tell anyone about it. But at this moment, two figures in black were seen meeting each other deep in the bamboo forest.
"We already know what the provincial governor means. Our boss has expressed his willingness to accept asylum and offers 50% of the profits every year as a tribute!"
"This is a letter from our master to Mr. Sansi!"
The slightly shorter man in black took out an unknown letter, while the man in black on the other side nodded after taking the letter.
"After I report to our family, I will give you a reply within three days!"
"Okay! If you need to contact us at that time, you can place a wishing lamp under your feet, but the candle in the lamp needs to be a lard lamp and attached with red lamp paper."
"good!"
After the brief meeting, the two parties did not exchange any more information, but quickly left here.
However, what neither party expected was that these two black men had their own agendas and had their own unknown secrets.
After they left each other, they smiled gloomily, and they were secretly happy that the other party had fallen into their trap.
And the man in black who passed by Xinjian, after walking out for a few hundred steps, turned around and quietly came to the bridge again.
"Huh, luckily I have changed the letter and replaced the bamboo forest with a flower bed!"
At this time, he opened the envelope in his arms and saw the following words in the envelope:
What I did during the day was just to hide people's eyes and ears. I sincerely communicate with you sirs and Mr. Sansi, and I specially offer this jade as a token.
There is also a small package in the envelope, which is a flat three-legged golden toad carved from white marble!
Oops!
Seeing this small pendant, the man in black felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Damn it, this dog officer is so meticulous in his work!"
This letter actually stated that there will be many vendors selling such small pendants in the market tomorrow morning. If the other party is interested in cooperating, they only need to go to the market tomorrow and buy one of these small pendants and hang it during lunch.
Wear it on your waist and let the waiter in the store see it!
what to do?
This man in black belongs to another gang. They are a theft gang in the world. Although they claim to be great thieves, they specialize in robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
They came to Pingshou County a month ago and discovered the fake copper plates here. After some investigation and inquiries, they decided to steal the fake copper plates printed here.
During this period, although they successfully established other contacts with these people who minted counterfeit coins, they were only the last and most insignificant people.
As for who was behind the creation of these fakes, Yongle Tongbao and the others had no clue after investigating for a long time. Just when they were about to give up, they suddenly saw a turning point, which was the arrival of Zhu Gaodian and his party!
Just this morning, they saw a way to break the situation.
Just this morning, someone from the county government suddenly found one of their companions lurking in the inn and said that there was a letter that needed to be delivered to the two people yesterday.
So, they came up with the idea that someone would pretend to be the two foreigners, trick them into giving them fake money, and then leave.
Unexpectedly, this dog official was so cautious and actually took out a white marble three-legged golden cicada!
And let them use this jade pendant every time they come to exchange information or make transactions.
This pendant cannot be copied in a short time, and even if it is copied, people who are familiar with it can tell whether it is genuine or fake.
Mad, a duck that reaches its mouth can actually make him fly!
"No, we absolutely cannot clean the water and let them be prepared and alert!"
The black man quickly came up with a countermeasure in his mind.
"Now we are in the dark and they are in the light. As long as we stand still and observe their every move, we can find out when they are negligent!"
When we collect enough evidence, we will catch this gang that mints counterfeit coins and fly away with the money they made!
The man in black immediately walked towards the flowers on the other side of the bridge, but until dawn the next day, he didn't see anyone walking towards the flowers here!
"No, that guy didn't send anyone over?"
Don’t these people want to cooperate with this dog official?
"Where's the jade pendant?"
If someone asks them tomorrow if the jade pendant is not in the hands of those two people, then they will be exposed directly.
"Ah this..."
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After the other man in black left, he did not return to the cliff immediately. Instead, he went to a post station in the woods, hid a letter under a stone beside the house, and then rushed back to the county government office!
"Master, the letter has been delivered. The person said they will give a reply within three days!"
"Okay, since those people are here, it proves that they are willing to cooperate. I don't think we need to wait for three days. They will give us an accurate answer tonight, tonight!"
"Ha ha!"
On Zhu Gaotian's side, he had a good night's sleep.
"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Third Division saying that we can arrive in Pingshou County this afternoon!"
"Okay, when the time comes, let them focus their investigation on the origin of these fake Yongle Tongbao!"
The current witness is Boss Lan of this inn, and Zhu Gaotian still needs to find more other witnesses.
Witnesses alone are not enough, you also need to find the place where they minted the copper coins.
"This may be a bit difficult!"
Zhu Gaoying and Su Wu both had no clue about this.
"These counterfeit coins that were minted are very rare, and very few resources were used. There are no clues at all!"
Under normal circumstances, casting valuable coins requires a large amount of bronze, silver, or various metals and coal.
However, who knows when they produced this batch of currency, and who knows when they plan to produce it next time?
The production of small batches does not require a spacious place or a lot of work and rest. If you find a small workshop, recruit a few people at random, and make batches every now and then, no one will notice anything.
And the smoke coming out of the furnace is not even comparable to that of an ordinary blacksmith shop!
"That's why we need someone to cooperate with them and give them protection so that they can confidently and boldly make counterfeit coins without any worries!"
However, this should not be done too hastily, otherwise you may only catch a few fleas above the water.
The real big fish are still nesting under the water, waiting to see how the situation changes.
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