Chapter 681: The torture technique that even put Qiu Shenji in crisis of unemployment
"It's quite secretive..."
Under Xiao Hei's guidance, Li Yan came to Tong Guan's seventh house, which was also the most secretive stronghold.
Compared with the first six mansions and compounds, this is an ordinary home, with civilians living in most of the place. They also provide daily food and supplies. The five godsons are only responsible for guarding the secret room at the back.
That is to say, the coming and going of cats under Xiao Hei's command did not attract anyone's attention. Instead, it was searched by officers and soldiers. The five eunuchs hid in the secret room and could not find it at all.
Li Yan transformed into a half-man, half-ghost state and floated in. He saw five eunuchs looking around Jiaozi, looking worried.
"Boss Jia, can I get money for this exchange? Just this piece of paper is worth five hundred coins. I always feel uneasy!"
"Don't worry, this is a Jiaozi issued by the Sichuan Xia Guild. Although ten thousand guan is a lot of money, it won't cause the six major chambers of commerce to lose their credibility. Even the adults trust it when they are here."
"But after the adults left, they didn't admit it..."
"Businessmen and merchants are all like this. What's more, we didn't get the payment from the adults, only the receipt, so naturally we can't get the money. Now that we have the payment, we are not afraid that they won't give it!"
Li Yan listened silently.
Jiaozi, which appeared in Sichuan in the early Song Dynasty, is considered to be the earliest paper currency in the world. However, this is not actually an advanced civilization achievement, but a forced and helpless move.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has tried to extract and plunder as much as possible in terms of tax collection. This was especially true when it was wiping out the southern regime. Among them, Sichuan was the most severely plundered. After Shu was destroyed, all its gold, silver, silk and satin were transported to Bianjing.
, this is understandable, the key is that even the copper coins were not spared, and they were all moved into Bianjing, so that the people of Sichuan did not even have to use copper coins, they could only use iron coins.
And iron money is too heavy. For example, buying a fine piece of silk or a horse at that time required 20,000 yuan of iron money, which weighed more than 100 kilograms. It was equivalent to carrying a big living person to buy things, plus
Sichuan's papermaking industry was developed, and with Feiqian as a reference, banknotes such as "Jiaozi" were born. At the same time, peasant uprisings broke out one after another.
After the Song Dynasty skillfully suppressed the peasant uprising, it also felt that it could not continue like this. In order to stabilize the region and promote commercial circulation, it began to implement the alliance between government and business. Since then, "Jiaozi" has been recognized by the government.
This is the same as the emergence of Feiqian after the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty. It has a specific historical background and development factors. With the lessons learned from the previous lack of copper coins, Sichuan merchants later used "Jiaozi" during the Song-Xia war.
", earning ten times the profit from the imperial court, and hoarding the copper coins obtained, so that the imperial court had a money shortage.
The key is that the initial sum of money that was looted from Bianjing was basically burned in the Rongwang Palace fire, which is quite ironic.
This is the background of the times. Now, the scope of use of Jiaozi has gradually expanded beyond Sichuan and is now used all over the country. Although it is impossible to replace copper coins, it does have a certain market.
This is closely related to the promotion behind the scenes by the Sichuan Xia Guild among the six major chambers of commerce.
At this time, Li Yan looked at "Jiaozi" at close range and found that the paper, printing and pictures were all very fine, and the seal of the Sichuan Gorge Guild was used to prevent counterfeiting. Compared with the Jiaozi used by ordinary people, it only cost 500 Wen and consistent.
There are two denominations, issued internally by the chamber of commerce, and one can be worth five hundred guan, making it very convenient for large-money transactions.
Of course, for ancient people, a huge fortune turned into twenty pieces of paper, which was indeed unsettling. The leader of the five eunuchs, Jia Boss, seemed confident on the surface, and the first thing he said after calming people's hearts was:
"Xiao Wu will go to the Sichuan Gorge Guild tomorrow and exchange it for a thousand guan first."
Xiao Wu's face changed slightly after being named: "Boss, these days, Yang Jian and Lan Congxi's people have been searching for our whereabouts. I'm going alone, I'm afraid there will be no one to take care of us..."
Jia Laodaodao: "You have never shown your face in the palace before. Yang Jian and Lan Congxi's people don't recognize you. What's there to worry about?"
Xiao Wu frowned and said, "Having said that, they suddenly started searching for our whereabouts, and the Western thieves found us again. I'm still worried..."
Boss Jia said in a deep voice: "Are you worried that someone among the five of us will leak this information?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. The four eunuchs looked at each other with scrutiny and suspicion in their eyes.
Only Boss Jia was unmoved and said coldly: "After your death, the five of us are the only ones who know the secret. If we become suspicious again and civil strife breaks out, how many of us will survive?"
"I said the same thing to the Western thieves, and I say the same thing to you. The reason why we are alive today is because we are not greedy. Each of us has a fortune of 100,000 yuan. Going back to the countryside to become a wealthy squire and enjoying life is no better than hiding in this small house.
How much stronger is it inside?"
"I don't care who leaked the secret before, but now that the transaction has officially started, if anyone dares to disrupt it again, don't blame me for not remembering the old relationship!"
The four eunuchs looked solemn: "Please rest assured, brother, we will never leak the news!"
Jia Laodaodao: "Okay! Xiao Wu showed up at least. I will exchange two pieces of money tomorrow. On the one hand, I will verify the authenticity of this thing, and on the other hand, it will also be used as travel expenses. After the transaction is completed, we will immediately divide the money and disperse, and go back to different places. Understand
Yet?"
The atmosphere calmed down, and the four eunuchs nodded in unison: "You all listen to big brother!"
Boss Jia said earnestly and sincerely: "I am going to sort out the evidence that will be handed over to the West Thieves in the next few days. You can go and rest!"
The four eunuchs went away with peace of mind. Boss Jia came to the three neatly arranged boxes and checked the contents inside.
Li Yanpiao was behind, looking at this person.
What he said just now was really high-sounding. It would have been even more perfect if it weren't for the fact that the eunuch named Jia didn't have a magic weapon hidden in his body, and when he mentioned that the news was leaked, his heartbeat accelerated slightly.
What's even more interesting is that Li Yan took out the compass he had collected from Ling Zhen and found that a light spot was flashing, corresponding to the person in front of him.
He has verified that this compass cannot detect the aura of the remote armor, but it can locate the position of the bronze beast-controlling medal. Therefore, it is highly likely that the light point pointed by the compass must be a magical weapon refined from Jinjing Mountain.
If this speculation is correct, the magic weapon on Mr. Jia's body also comes from the Taoist blessed land that is good at refining weapons.
After getting these clues, Li Yan's eyes moved slightly, he returned to the ground, and began to recall the tone and voice of Tong Guan's words.
"The evidence that really convicts the Wang family can be given to Xixia in two parts..."
"No! Divided into three times! This family guards Daming Mansion. Although the main defense is against the Liao Kingdom, if Xixia can use it, it will also be beneficial to the front line. Thirty thousand guan is not much at all!"
"Of course, what Xixia wants most is the stain on the generals of the Western Army, hoping to use it to instigate the generals to rebel and turn defeat into victory. The most valuable part of it can be sold for at least two to three hundred thousand guan. That's a lot of money.
It's a pity that I gave them to my uncle long ago..."
Boss Jia was sorting out the charges, talking to himself, and sighing slightly, until a hand suddenly stretched out from his side, picked up a eucalyptus scroll, and flipped through it.
He suddenly froze and looked to his side subconsciously.
A mind-numbing scene appeared. There was no one around him, but the hand was still turning the eucalyptus roll.
No arms, no body, just one hand.
Just as Boss Jia was looking at the hand floating in the air, and all the blood in his body was rushing to his head, a familiar, powerful and masculine voice suddenly sounded: "Are you worthy of me?"
Boss Jia looked incredulous and said in a trembling voice: "Tong...Tong...Da...Sir?"
The hand suspended in mid-air was still flipping through the records casually: "I didn't expect that I mistakenly saw you during my lifetime and entrusted you with such a heavy responsibility. Only after I died could I know your true face!"
Boss Jia was finally sure that it was the voice of his adoptive father. His legs softened and he fell to his knees: "My lord! My lord, have mercy on me!"
The palm suddenly disappeared, the eucalyptus scroll fell into the box with a clatter, and the voice instantly appeared in the ear: "When I returned to the Yang world this time, it was Yama who said that I had sinned deeply and wanted to avoid going to the eighteenth level of hell.
We have to bring down those enemies who are most implicated, do you think I will spare you?"
A foul smell came from under his body. Obviously, for the eunuch who was already difficult to control, this kind of unresolved revenge was too exciting. The only thing that made him feel hopeful was that Tong Guan was preparing to take the deepest...
The enemy went down and said, "I was ordered by my uncle Jia Xiang. He asked me to steal these crimes secretly. If you want to take someone down to redeem your sins, you should also take my uncle with you. I am useless!"
Looking at this explanation at the speed of light, Li Yan happily discovered another major function of the Quiet You Armor. In view of the ancients' reverence for ghosts and gods, this magical weapon was so effective in torture that even Qiu Shenji was in danger of losing his job.
The man behind Jia Boss, Jia Xiang, was also a famous eunuch. In the early days of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Jia Xiang, He Xing, and Lan Congxi were the most powerful eunuchs.
In this world, after Tong Guan died, Yang Jian and Lan Congxi came to power. The remaining Jia Xiang and He Sui seemed unknown, but they were able to arrange their own people among Tong Guan's godson early. It was also not easy.
Li Yan smiled coldly and stretched out his palms: "Do you think Jia Xiang can escape? He alone is not enough, I want more sinners!"
Seeing two palms appearing out of thin air in front of him, the white jade-like palms did not look like flesh and blood at all. Boss Jia was so frightened that he screamed: "The money you saved at the Sichuan Gorge Guild was embezzled by them.
Sir, please take them down!"
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Li Yan's hands still reached out unswervingly: "Not enough! Not enough!"
Boss Jia was lying on the ground, shivering, and finally gritted his teeth and hissed: "The official family is committing treason by killing their mother. This matter is absolutely true. My uncle also collected the testimonies from the palace and planned to sell them to His Highness King Jian.