Prices of daily necessities such as grain, vegetables, and cotton cloth are slowly falling due to the strong intervention of Biianfang. However, the number of people coming to Dahan Bank to borrow money or exchange gold has increased instead of decreasing. I don’t know where these people came from.
The news I got from my mouth is that there is not much gold in the bank. If there is no gold, the transaction of bulk goods will be very troublesome. Maybe gold will no longer be used as evidence for bulk transactions, and it will be very troublesome to continue trading in the future.
Ever since, the run on gold officially started. On the first day, Dahan Bank exchanged tens of thousands of gold, which made Sang Hongyang break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, everything was within the expected range, which was not the case.
Not very nervous.
In the teahouse opposite the bank, Luan Da, Ding Yi, Li Shizong and Zhao Zhou were drinking tea while watching the bustling bank. They were very happy for those who came in and out, especially when they saw someone
Use a big cart to pull the cartloads of gold out of the bank, and the joy on your face will become even more intense.
"I heard that Sang Hongyang transferred a large amount of gold from other places to Beijing yesterday. Although they were very cautious, they did not hide it from my eyes and ears. My people could see clearly that the operation was carried out in Xicheng
The delivery amount is about one hundred thousand gold." Ding Yi was very excited. This time he worked hard to do this. If the matter is completed, he will get unexpected wealth. Over the years, Ding Yi has become more and more interested in being an official.
He had no hope, so money and women became his most important pursuits.
Luan Da nodded: "It seems that the bank's savings are not much, so we should start the next plan. Now is the New Year's Eve, and after the New Year, we will have to spend a lot of money."
The joy on Ding Yi's face became even stronger: "Don't worry, General Luan, I have already sent people to do it. I believe there will be changes in a few days."
Although the voices of the two people were not loud, they could hear clearly because there were only four of them at the same table. Li Shizong frowned: "I'm still a little worried. Seeing that the bank is still doing well, there should be some savings left.
, if we can’t take out all the money in the bank, our plan won’t be foolproof, and you’d better not forget who we want to scare.”
Ding Yi was very dissatisfied with Li Shizong's words of overestimating other people's ambitions and destroying his own prestige: "What about Su Ren? I have also studied this person specifically. His methods are not clever, he is just lucky. If I were to come, it would not be possible."
No!"
"Do you think Su Ren is lucky?" Li Shizong was also a little angry. He learned a very important saying in the academy, that is, he is not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs. Now it seems that there is one beside him: "
If you were placed in any of the situations Su Ren was in before, would you be able to do such a thing?"
"Why can't you? That's because His Majesty didn't give me a chance!" Ding Yi frowned: "Just be optimistic this time! I will definitely ruin Su Ren's reputation!"
Zhao Zhou was a little puzzled: "Speaking of Ding Hou, you seem to have a sworn hatred with Su Ren. Why don't I remember that Su Ren offended you? What's going on? Tell me!"
Luan Da laughed: "It's all trivial matters, and Ding Hou doesn't have to be like this. Su Ren has never targeted you or me, but we have lost a lot because of Su Ren. I can't understand his behavior this time."
Acting like the world can't do without him is just to vent your anger for Your Majesty, nothing more! Su Ren is the hussar general of Yong'an, and he is also an important minister of the country. Don't force each other too much. Come, come, sit down, sit down."
Li Shizong glanced at Ding Yi, but Ding Yi still looked unhappy. The queue at the bank entrance was even longer, almost reaching the street entrance. This was something that had never happened since the establishment of Dahan Bank. In the past, there were only
Window No. 10 handles loans. In order to deal with this incident, Sang Hongyang deliberately opened a few more windows to meet the needs of more people.
Liu Zhi and Huo Guang have been staying at the bank, staring at the sharply changing numbers on the account books every day. Watching the numbers getting smaller and smaller, Liu Zhi is already a little anxious. If they continue at the current speed, the gold they have obtained will
I'm afraid it's only enough to hold on for about ten days. If it's still like it is now, the bank will face the biggest crisis.
"Huo Guang, what else can I do?"
Huo Guang shook his head: "In order to stabilize the ratio of gold and copper coins, the bank has been exchanging at the normal price, but Shangguan Jie said yesterday that there are already people on the market who have speculated on the price of gold. Although the amplitude is not large, it is worthy of vigilance.
If the bank stops exchanging gold in ten days, the entire city of Chang'an will be in chaos, let alone the bank."
"How about I go into the palace and borrow some from my father?"
Huo Guang still shook his head: "I'm afraid your Majesty won't agree."
"Then I will go find the Queen Mother!"
Sang Hongyang was always beside the two of them and said to Liu Ju: "Your Highness, don't be anxious. It's all you who have been working hard so far, and Mr. Su hasn't taken action yet. Everyone in this big man knows that Su Zhai is the richest."
Nobles, but no one knows how much money Mr. Su has, just wait, wait a few more days and see!"
Liu Ju sighed. Since Su Ren had left this matter to them and had paved the way for them, if they still couldn't handle the matter beautifully, don't say Su Ren would look down on them.
Even they will underestimate themselves. This is the biggest thing they have done since they were born, and it is also the stage of building confidence. If they can get through it, there will no longer be any obstacles in the future. If they fail this time, they will also
Really useless.
Dinner was still held in the East Palace, and the news gathered from everywhere was not good, so the few people were no longer in the noisy mood of the past, and everyone ate in silence with their heads down, making the scene a bit depressing.
Liu Ju lost his appetite after taking two mouthfuls, and threw the bowls and chopsticks heavily on the table: "It's not even a month to go from Suzhou to Chang'an. Ten days is too short. Is it possible that we really want to go there?"
Teacher, please ask for help? I have no shame!"
Shangguan Jie also gave up his job: "I will send people to detect where those guys store the gold. After finding it, Your Highness can take photos of the crown prince's personal guards and seal it directly to see what else they can do!"
Tian Qianqiu shook his head: "That's not appropriate. Sir, defining this matter as a business matter is to minimize the impact of this matter. If the prince's personal guards are moved, let alone His Majesty's guess, the teacher may not agree."
"Then what should we do?" Shangguan Jie said angrily: "Just sit back and wait for death!"
Jin Rixi said slowly at this time: "I have an opinion. When I checked on the dock these days, except for the few companies we focused on reducing supply in Chang'an, most of the nobles and merchants did not
The number of shipping ships has not changed, and a few have even increased a lot.”
"What do you mean?" Shangguan Jie was very unhappy with the appearance of Jin Rixi's mother-in-law: "If you have an idea, just tell me."
Huo Guang understood first: "What do you mean..."
Jin Rixi nodded: "Since it has been determined that only a small number of nobles are involved in this matter, it means that other nobles do not necessarily agree. This incident is a conspiracy against Mr. in a small way, but in a big way it is
This incident has caused harm to the country and the people. Why don't Your Highness go to those nobles and show their affection and reason? Even if they don't all agree, it would be good to win over a few, just like the horses on the grassland, just grab one and turn it towards others.
Wherever you go, there will always be horses following behind you.”
Liu Ju's eyes lit up and he nodded: "This is a good idea. In the past few days, we focused all our attention on the circle that Taifu drew for us, but we forgot that Taifu just gave us an example. There is no need to
It’s limited to this!” The more he talked about it, the better his mood became: “Come on, come on, eat quickly. After eating, we will go through the distinguished officials one by one to see how much we can get. Eat quickly, eat quickly!”
Liu Zheng spent three whole days and visited almost every part of Chang'an City. According to him, although he was the prince, he had not observed Chang'an City very carefully. This time he had a thorough look at it from the inside out.
Liu Zhi met with many people and divided the Manchu nobles into three levels according to the lists they listed. The first was those who had a close relationship with the prince's palace or the emperor and would never participate in events that harmed the interests of the Han Dynasty.
, and the person in charge is smart and has an understanding and grasp of the current situation. If these people need to be moved with affection and understanding, they can be completely win over. The second one is those who are hesitant to wait and see, these
People believed what Ding Yi and his group said and wanted to make a lot of money from this incident, but they were worried about the emperor settling the score later, so they hesitated. They had to not only present facts and reason to these people, but also coerce and induce them, without asking for anything.
They all voted in, at least to divide some of them, increase their hesitation time, and buy more time for themselves. The third is Ding Yi's party. This group has already made up their mind, so there is no need to save them at all.
When Ding Yi discovered that Prince Liu Ju had made some move, he was startled. He even thought that the emperor had some relapse, so he hurriedly went to Luan Da and others to discuss it.
"It's bad, we have been keeping an eye on Su Ren, but we didn't expect that the one who is going to fight us this time is actually the prince!"
Zhao Zhou was also frightened: "You mean, Your Majesty..."
Luan Da shook his head: "No, His Majesty summoned me today and didn't say anything."
"Then why did the prince get involved?"
Li Shizong looked sad: "Hey! We overestimated ourselves. We thought that making such a big noise would be hard for Su Ren to resist, but I didn't know that Su Ren didn't take us seriously.
Release some students from the academy to compete with us."
"You mean the prince was pushed out by Su Ren on purpose?"
Li Shizong smiled helplessly: "What do you think? Su Ren has a good plan. The fact that the prince came forward to win this matter is certainly a sign of the prince's ability and political integrity. If he loses and he steps in to clean up the mess, even if His Majesty blames him, it was the prince's fault.
It's a disaster, for the sake of your own son, Your Majesty won't say a word more."
"This..." Zhao Zhou was speechless: "This is Su Ren's vicious plan! If the prince cannot bear it and asks for help from your majesty, we will be in danger!"
Li Shizong still looked dead: "Who says it's not the case? No matter whether we win or lose, it has nothing to do with Su Ren, and I'm afraid we will never turn around." (To be continued)