The most worrying situation has emerged. I don’t know from what channel. It came out that there was a lot of fake information about Rishengchang’s 10-tael silver notes. People took their banknotes to the door of Rishengchang bank and queued up early in the morning.
It was time to exchange cash, and the ticket office didn't open very early, so there were more and more people at the door. Pedestrians passing by were curious and asked them why they were queuing up. After getting the answer, they hurried home to search for ten dollars in their homes.
Banknotes of two denominations.
Silver notes with a face value of ten taels are the most widely circulated among the people. Ordinary people can only make ten taels of silver by working hard for a month. If anyone has a banknote with a face value of ten taels, they will hide it like a treasure.
,,For fear of being stolen by thieves, even the rich can't do without this kind of banknote. They don't use large denominations of more than a hundred taels for daily consumption. Twelve taels are the most common payment method. Now there are rumors that there are a lot of 10 taels.
Counterfeiting had to frighten the people. If the banknotes they collected were fake, they would be in serious trouble. No one dared to take this risk, so a large number of people flocked to Rishengchang to exchange cash for cash.
, having a heavy amount of money in hand is more secure than a banknote.
The rumor was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. When it was time for Rishengchang to open the door, the boy who wanted to come out to remove the door panel saw the crowd of people on the street and was too scared to open the door. He quickly reported it to the shopkeeper.
They did not dare to neglect, and sent someone to report to shopkeeper Hu. Naturally, they did not dare to open the ticket office again, because as soon as it opened, it would be overwhelmed by the surging flow of people, and the losses would be immeasurable.
The fact that the banknotes were not open only aggravated the uneasy people, who even more suspected that the banknotes in their hands were fake. The panicked and uneasy people did not think about who had forged these fake banknotes, but complained about the ticket numbers.
Without opening the door, in anger, some people began to smash the door of the ticket office and shouted loudly for the people inside to open the door.
The large-scale massacre naturally attracted the attention of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. Li Yan had already issued an order, and the ticket number was a key protection target. However, the hundreds of patrol soldiers who came after hearing the news were just...
It was just a drop in the bucket, and the ranks of the people were still growing. Rishengchang's three branches in the capital were all affected.
At the critical moment, shopkeeper Hu Da resolutely ordered the door to be opened for cashing. In order to quell the rumors, all banknotes were cashed regardless of whether they were true or false. People from the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities were responsible for maintaining public order. Anyone who jumped in line and made a fuss would be picked out and taken away. At the same time, from the capital
The bank allocates a large amount of cash to be transported to the ticket number for redemption.
Seeing that the people at the front received the snow-white filament spindles, the crowd at the back calmed down a little, but this did not alleviate their worries. Only when the white and heavy silver was held in their hands could they truly feel at ease. As the flow of people slowed down,
Slowly moving, a large number of banknotes were withdrawn, and the corresponding silver was distributed. However, the bank inventory in the capital was short of silver due to the large amount of redemption some time ago. The only few hundred thousand banknotes were about to be distributed.
The waiters at the bank account were sweating profusely and tried to delay the cash payment, waiting for the shopkeeper to come up with countermeasures.
Some time ago, due to the influx of a large number of northern cultural relics into the capital, these counterfeiters only accepted cash and did not ask for banknotes. Therefore, many dignitaries who wanted to buy cultural relics cashed their large promissory notes. The bank in the capital
As a result, it was half empty, and a run broke out before the general warehouse in Hefei had time to transport the money. This was unexpected by everyone.
Hu Yimin was sitting in Rishengchang in the capital, with a calm face and the demeanor of everyone. When the guys saw that the big shopkeeper was so calm, they couldn't help but calm down. In fact, the big shopkeeper Hu was also very nervous. If this incident was not handled properly, it would be inevitable.
It will affect the credibility of Rishengchang. Without credibility, how can we open a ticket number? Now the situation is out of control. No matter how many rumors are refuted, it will not alleviate the panic of the people. The only thing that can reassure the people is money, endless money!
The bank has bottomed out, and there are still a lot of people queuing up outside. Nearly 30% of the 10-tael banknotes recovered were counterfeit. However, in order not to affect Rishengchang's reputation, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and collect all the counterfeit banknotes.
If they don't do this, the impact will be even worse. The people who took the counterfeit money are innocent. They don't care who made the counterfeit money. As long as they don't give them money, they will go crazy.
"Big shopkeeper, I saw a few familiar faces come here several times, each time taking several hundred taels of counterfeit notes. According to your instructions, we did not act rashly." A waiter ran over and reported.
"Very good, you can go down." Shopkeeper Hu nodded calmly. Ri Shengchang was not a vegetarian. He had raised so many masters and used them at this time. There is no doubt that the run was artificially instigated. Among the common people,
It is certain that there are some troublesome bad guys among them. Rishengchang's security personnel have already focused on several suspected counterfeit banknote holders. Once they are found guilty, they will be arrested and tortured, trying to find out the behind-the-scenes instigators as soon as possible.
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"Have the people from the South Factory and the Ministry of Household Affairs arrived?" Hu Dazhang asked. The only ones he could count on in an emergency were his allies Liu Ziguang and his own uncle. There must be someone behind the scenes of such a large-scale incident. Naturally, it was necessary to
When powerful organs of the imperial court like Nanchang took action, Rishengchang's strength alone could not cope with the large-scale run, and it also needed support from the Ministry of Revenue's treasury bank.
"Go back to the shopkeeper. The Second Master of the Ministry of Finance sent someone to deliver a letter." The subordinate handed over a letter. Hu Yimin took it out and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning. This was a letter from her uncle Hu Xuezhai, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. The letter said that he
It is no longer possible to mobilize the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance. The real power has been taken away by two ministers. There are also a bunch of censors staring at him all day long. There is really no way to help. It is no wonder that Hu Xuezhai is not very suitable for being an official.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was only the result of the division of spoils after the coup, but the Donglin Party was no longer satisfied that the financial power of the Ministry of Finance continued to be in the hands of outsiders, so it has been suppressing it openly and covertly, ostracizing Hu Xuezhai, and severing the relationship between the Ministry of Finance and Rishengchang.
"Second Master told us not to panic. We have the Ministry of Revenue to back us up, so we won't be afraid if the sky falls." Hu Yimin folded the letter and put it away, and calmly said to the sweaty shopkeepers below.
After listening to the big shopkeeper's words, everyone calmed down a little and went out to deal with the people. After being busy for a while, it was time for lunch break. When the clerk at the ticket counter was about to go to the door, he had just waited for several hours and just arrived.
The common people were anxious and grabbed the waiters to prevent them from closing the door. They had to wait for their banknotes to be cashed out. If one person makes trouble, many people will make trouble, not to mention that there are people with ulterior motives hiding in the crowd and shouting: "
There is no money left in Rishengchang, our banknotes have all turned into waste paper, fellow villagers, hurry in and grab them!"
Some excited people were bewitched and began to pick up debris on the ground and throw it at the ticket number. Some people shouted together: "Give me back my money!" The scene once got out of control. Under the impact of tens of thousands of people, the solid
It seemed that the building with a ticket number could not hold on for long. Through the glazed windows that were smashed by debris, Hu Yimin had a look of worry that could not be concealed. This was a series of plots against Rishengchang. How could he not see through it?
The soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division who maintained law and order had been overwhelmed by the people and could not organize an effective line of defense. Just as the people were about to rush into the ticket office, they suddenly heard a loud noise and the sound of whips, and a group of carriages
After rushing over from afar, when they saw the silver car arriving, the common people spontaneously separated a road so that the car could enter the ticket number smoothly.
"Big shopkeeper, this doesn't look like our silver car." Someone said suspiciously in front of Hu Yimin.
This is indeed not a real Rishengchang silver car, but a modified chariot from the Nanchang Factory. The lid of the wide iron car is wide open, revealing a mountain of silver ingots inside. Each car is filled to the brim.
Just like transporting coal, the rubber pneumatic wheels of the silver cart were crushed by the heavy load, and the Mikawa Kenma pulling the cart could not move very fast, which showed that there was indeed something in the silver cart.
"It doesn't matter whose silver car it is, let's put it in." Hu Yimin raised her eyebrows. In fact, she had already seen that the leader of the carriage was sitting in Liu Ziguang who had changed into casual clothes. When the carriage arrived at the door of the ticket office, Liu Ziguang shouted
Said: "Save the money! The shopkeeper will come out to receive you."
Hu Yimin didn't expect Liu Ziguang to help him in this way. It was really timely. Such a large amount of money must have given psychological hints to the people who lined up. Rishengchang's reputation and strength are still reliable.
"Announce to the outside world that we will not rest at noon, and we will give money to anyone who wants it, no ambiguity!" Hu Yimin estimated that this batch of silver carts would cost at least several hundred thousand taels, which would at least relieve the pressure in the evening. By then, Hefei
This crisis can be solved by bringing in the treasury silver.
"The big shopkeeper is indeed very courageous, but my few carts of parallel-imported money can't last that long." Liu Ziguang had already entered the back room of the bank account. He got the news early in the morning and spent the whole morning setting up tasks to try to catch the counterfeit banknotes.
The person behind the case has now personally brought the silver car here, partly for emergency relief, and partly to discuss the case with shopkeeper Hu Da.
"How much money did you bring?" Hu Yimin asked.
"It's not too much to say too much, and it's not too much to say too little. Only the hidden layer on each car is filled with iron blocks. Alas, we in the South Factory and the Red Shirt Group are the ones who support Rishengchang the most.
"Yes, I like to use banknotes for all economic transactions, so I have very little money in my family and I really can't use it, so I can only use this trick to deceive people, hoping to stabilize people's hearts." Liu Ziguang replied.
"Ah, it turns out you also have a silver-like wax gun tip." Hu Yimin said with disappointment.