Old man Wu is a farmer in Caoxian County, Shandong Province. He stood in the lobby of Jinqi Bank in Caoxian County, holding five counterfeit banknotes, very nervous.
He is fifty-three years old and has two sons. His family originally lived on fifteen acres of land, but in recent years the Duke of Tianjin has equalized the land tax, allowing three members of his family to eat at once.
After he was full, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, his eldest son was assigned 20 acres of dry farm land in Dingtao County next door.
He has twenty acres of farmland to cultivate, and his life is just enough for food and clothing. The year before last, his eldest son was introduced to him by a matchmaker, and this year he gave birth to a grandson.
The other younger son was more courageous and went to Tianjin with a package. A large number of farmers in Tianjin were trained and educated by the Duke of Tianjin to become soldiers, workers and government officials. The city was very short of manpower. Old man Wu’s younger son was in Tianjin
Wei Cheng found a job as a waiter in a restaurant, earning twenty-five cents of silver a month, and he lived a well-fed and well-fed life.
Old man Wu's wife died of illness, and his sons went out to make a living, so he stayed at home and farmed the fields alone. He was in good health, and his life was not bad at first, but who knew that he had received ten counterfeit banknotes these days, a total of ten
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The counterfeit banknote was given to him by a grain merchant from other provinces, and it was the price of four stones of rice and noodles. Old man Wu looked at the banknote and thought it was OK. At that time, just to be safe, he even asked his next door neighbor to check it for him.
, they all said it was real money, so Old Man Wu sold the rice noodles to those businessmen.
Who would have thought that news would come out today that those grain merchants from other provinces were swindlers. Those swindlers bought more than 700 kilograms of rice noodles within a ten-mile radius nearby, and the banknotes they used were all fake. There was nothing wrong with them on the surface.
But the number is wrong and it's a counterfeit note.
When Old Man Wu heard the news, he almost fainted.
He cultivated fifteen acres of thin farmland, and thanks to the average land tax granted by the Duke of Jin, he earned more than thirty taels of silver a year from the seeds and land tax. His younger son was already thirty, and Old Man Wu was thinking about saving more money every day.
How can the younger son accept being defrauded out of ten taels of silver when he buys a house and marries a wife? The next half year will be in vain.
Old man Wu couldn't eat or sleep these days, so he was thinking about how to find that damn profiteer and get his four stones of rice and noodles back.
However, the villagers said that after those profiteers bought the grain, they hurriedly transported it to other provinces and never came back. I'm afraid it won't be found.
Old man Wu could only beat his chest helplessly, sighing that he was in a bad year and had been deceived by a traitor.
Merchants from other provinces are all profiteers!
It seems that in the future we will no longer be able to collect banknotes, we will still have to collect cash. Although there are fake coins, you can always tell if you are careful.
Just when Old Man Wu thought he had lost ten taels of silver in vain, news came from the county that the Duke of Jin accepted counterfeit banknotes for his money. As long as it was a counterfeit banknote that could not be distinguished, the Duke of Jin would be responsible to the end and exchange all the money for silver.
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Old Man Wu was very excited when he heard the news. He teamed up with several neighbors who had also been deceived and rushed to the bank in the county town with the counterfeit money.
The decoration in the bank was very grand, and the clerks were all polite and polite, with a dignity that Old Man Wu had never seen before. When Old Man Wu nervously handed over his twelve taels of banknotes, the clerk could tell at a glance.
"This is counterfeit money!"
Old Man Wu looked back at the two neighbors and saw that both of them were very nervous. Old Man Wu nodded and asked carefully: "Can these counterfeit bills be exchanged for silver?"
The clerk laughed happily and said: "Don't worry, old man, the Duke of Jin has issued an order that counterfeit banknotes will be accepted at any counter of Jinqi Bank."
Old man Wu suddenly grinned and asked, "Really?"
"Is this still false?"
The clerk said nothing more, and took out a small silver ingot from behind the counter. He weighed it on a scale and handed it to Old Man Wu.
Old man Wu was so excited that his face was red and tears came out of his eyes. Ten taels of silver came back in no time!
We still have to rely on the Duke of Jin to make the decision for the people.
Old Man Wu stood up with the silver ingot and showed it to the two neighbors behind him. The two neighbors also had counterfeit money to exchange. Their eyes lit up when they looked at the barefoot silver in Old Man Wu's hand.
"The Duke of Tianjin even recognizes counterfeit banknotes. He really doesn't want us ordinary people to suffer any loss!"
"Follow Mr. Jin, there is no risk at all!"
When other people in the bank saw this scene, they also started talking about it. The Duke of Jin used a thunderous method to get rid of the counterfeit money, which made everyone's confidence in the banknotes very high. Their support for the Duke of Jin also increased invisibly.
Old man Wu weighed the silver and suddenly shook his head. He sat back at the counter and said, "Brother, this silver is too heavy to handle. You'd better change it into banknotes for me!" After thinking about it,
Thinking about it, Old Man Wu was afraid that the bank clerk would misunderstand his meaning, so he added: "Change it to real banknotes!"
The bank teller smiled and asked, "Bills are better?"
Old Man Wu nodded and replied: "The Duke of the country has given us the details. We are twelve people and can use banknotes at ease. These banknotes are much easier to use than silver."
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On November 20th, Ruan Dacheng and a boy stood at the junction of South Zhili and Shandong Province, looking at the soldiers of the Huben Army in the distance with frowning expressions.
Looking at the soldiers of the Tiger Army with live ammunition, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help but curse: "God damn Li Thief, there are troops stationed on such a mountain road to block the road."
The guy next to Ruan Dacheng said: "My boss, all the roads near Shandong and Tianjin have been blocked by Li Zhi. Li Zhi sent an unknown number of soldiers to do this. Not a single fly is allowed to fly across the border. We are smuggling fake goods.
All the people who bring banknotes into Shandong and Tianjin are now blocked outside. Counterfeit banknotes cannot get in, and property purchased with counterfeit banknotes cannot come out."
Ruan Dacheng thought for a while and asked: "How many counterfeit banknotes have we put out this time?"
The guy said: "We worked for six days before we were completely stopped, and more than 400,000 taels of silver were invested."
"Originally, we thought that placing so many counterfeit banknotes would cause chaos in Li Zhi's territory, but we didn't expect that Li Zhi ate all our counterfeit banknotes with one stroke of his pen. More than 400,000 taels of silver was not a big figure for Li Zhi.
Now there is no disturbance in Li Zhi's territory, and the people trust Li Zhi's money even more after this incident."
Because it took time for orders to be conveyed on the road, Li Zhi's border blockade was gradually implemented from north to south. Therefore, Ruan Dacheng only sent more than 400,000 taels of counterfeit banknotes to Li Zhi's collar in six days.
Ruan Dacheng frowned and thought to himself that he was unlucky. He came up with such a clever plan, spent so much energy and hired thousands of market men to do it in disguise, but in the end he only earned 400,000 taels?
Ruan Dacheng is a man with a lofty ambition, and he will never be satisfied with earning 400,000 taels. This is the opportunity to severely injure Li Zhi with a sword, and Ruan Dacheng decides to take some risks.
Ruan Dacheng gritted his teeth and said: "The land route is not the same as the water route. I don't believe that Li Zhi can block all the coasts. You organize a fleet, and we will transport counterfeit banknotes in from the sea and transport the goods out from the sea." chaptererror;
