Chapter 201: The Horse and the Emperor

Xu Zengshou felt his blood boiling, as if the blood in his body was about to rush out. Maybe Daddy would have been like this when he waved his army to attack Dadu!

In these days in Suzhou, Xu Zengshou thoroughly understood Liu Chun's skills. He seemed to be strolling around and playing around, and inadvertently, he fell into a lot of shadows.

For example, the beggars on the streets, the people who bought the carriages and horses, and hired a whole bunch of tongues to spread the news everywhere......

When I first watched these moves, it was like a joke, and I didn't believe that Xu Zengshou was dead, and he could bring down Suzhou Qianzhuang.

But when Liu Chun was really in trouble, the speed was so fast and the shot was so fierce that he felt like he couldn't breathe. Let the Suzhou government come forward to withdraw money, and then create the illusion of a shipwreck, successfully set off a run wave, and then arrest people and spread rumors.

A daytime onslaught was completely pressing Suzhou Qianzhuang to fight again, not giving them time to breathe at all.

This kind of battle around a city and around a bank is more fierce and bloody than a real war, and the intensity and confrontation are fierce to an unprecedented extent.

In addition to being addicted, Xu Zengshou was worried about whether Liu Chun could win the final victory.

More than a dozen merchants all went out, and they took out real money and silver, cart by cart, and transported it to the money bank as a weapon for tomorrow.

Liu Chun calmed down instead, he just asked his subordinates to take out the 300,000 taels of silver they had brought in the morning from the box, he didn't want the silver, just the box.

These boxes are unique to Suzhou Qianzhuang and have markings on them.

Liu Chun asked people to load some bricks and throw them in some alleys.

"This trick can crack the mountains of gold and silver that those merchants are piling up? Isn't that too straightforward? Xu Zengshou expressed strong doubts.

Liu Chun smiled indifferently, "Brother Xu, you said that in Suzhou City, there are boxes of money houses everywhere, as well as bricks and stones, which clearly shows the bottom of the money village, what will you do if the merchants in Suzhou see it?" ”

Xu Zengshou scratched his head, "How do I know, I don't believe it anyway!" “

"Yes, you know in your heart that someone made the box on purpose, but what would you do?" Liu Chun continued to ask.

"Fake? Then I'll turn a blind eye, when there is no such thing! ”

Xu Zengshou's voice fell, and suddenly there was a dull voice, "No! You're wrong! ”

Everyone was startled, looked up, and found that it was Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao who came.

Xu Zengshou and Liu Chun were not surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Sit down." ”

After sitting down, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Chun: "Stinky boy, you are using this rotten trick to make the businessmen in Suzhou move?" ”

Liu Chun smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty Shengming, this little thought of the minister can't be hidden from Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart: "I haven't seen it through, I heard your question about Xu Zengshou, and I realized your kid's abacus!" ”

"Are you sure?" Zhu Yuanzhang was skeptical.

Liu Chun chuckled: "Your Majesty, the bank is very profitable, how can other businessmen in Suzhou turn a blind eye to it." The minister observed in the city that there were many moderately wealthy merchants in Suzhou, who were forced to deposit their money because of the power of the bank. Just give these people an excuse and they will definitely join the run. ”

"Will it?"

"Yes!" Liu Chun smiled and said: "The minister has asked Lord Huang Zicheng to issue a notice in the name of the Suzhou government to tell all the people, and the government believes that the banknotes issued by Suzhou Qian Zhuang are very unsafe and extremely easy to copy. Moreover, the government also made a few trial productions and displayed them publicly, so please be careful with depositors. ”

Hearing Liu Chun's words, the big guy thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it! The banknotes are not safe, and the government reminds the people that it is reasonable...... Wait, it's still Lao Zhu, he smelled a flaw, "Liu Chun, can you make fake banknotes?" ”

Liu Chun shrugged, "It's not difficult, the Royal Bank is ahead of Suzhou Money in terms of banknote technology." I asked Mr. Ru Taisu to help me try out a few fake banknotes. ”

"Since you can make a fake, why don't you print more and go to Suzhou Qianzhuang?" Zhu Yuanzhang scoffed.

Liu Chun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, counterfeiting coins is a criminal thing, how can the minister go back and do it?" Besides, counterfeiting also costs money, and I'm just reminding the people to pay attention out of kindness. ”

Several people turned their heads to the side together, too lazy to look at Liu Chun's shameless face.

You kid just work hard to bub the water, Suzhou Qianzhuang is also unlucky, how did you meet such a difficult guy, mourn for them first......

Soon it was dawn, and many people had not slept for the past night. Everyone was scared and spent the night. Some people simply ran to the outside of the money village to make a bunk, not leaving an inch.

In the middle of the night, they all saw the money being shipped to the bank, and the gang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they waited for half a day, they could get back the money that belonged to them.

But in the middle of the night, everyone's hearts were lifted again, and they heard that in many parts of the city, there were chests of money houses, and they were all filled with bricks.

Could it be that the first half of the night was a bluff? There is no money at all, is it made up with bricks?

It's not surprising that ordinary people think so, in the money village, those courtiers are going all out, explaining to the big customers, "Absolutely not, if you don't believe it, you can go to the silver treasury to take a look, someone is deliberately slandering." Everyone is from Suzhou, please be sure to have one heart, don't let those who have a heart calculate. “

Duan Peng was a silk merchant who had saved 12,000 taels of silver in Suzhou Qianzhuang.

Listening to Chaofeng's explanation, he sneered, "I believe what you say, but I want to ask you, there are your boxes everywhere, someone is going to deal with you, right?" Who is this person and what can you do? ”

The courtiers were suddenly dumbfounded, who wants to clean them up, no need to ask, it is the Suzhou Mansion! Everyone has been arrested, and there are still any questions.

But if they don't fight for power, what good is it for them to say it?

"This ......"

Duan Peng chuckled, "Everyone is a friend, needless to say." In a word, I save money to be on the safe side. Since you're no match for others, I can't risk my own money...... I don't want the interest, but the principal will be given to me immediately. For the sake of the face of my fellow villagers, I won't say a word to the outside world, and I will keep it secret for you! ”

The courtiers finally realized how terrible things were. Ordinary people may be attracted by interest when they deposit money in the bank, but for some people with net worth, they are more concerned about safety.

The Royal Bank can run its business smoothly, not just the principal of several million taels, what is really valuable is Emperor Zhu's signboard!

With this brand, no one dares to maliciously run on it, and no one believes that the emperor will go bankrupt, after all, the Son of Heaven is rich all over the world, and the whole world is his. This is the perception of the common people, but behind the Suzhou Qianzhuang, there is no emperor to endorse the credibility of the imperial court, and it is too weak to rely on the wealth of the merchants.

"No, we must ask the people above to come forward and put pressure on the Suzhou government to stop the surnamed Huang!" One of the pilgrims suggested.

Another little man muttered: "What kind of madness is that Huang Zicheng, is it because we don't honor him?" Do you want to send him a handful of money and ask him to raise his hand? ”

"This ......" Suzhou Qianzhuang spent a high price before to buy off the former prefect, who knew that just after the buy, the person was transferred away and got a Tanhualang.

They only knew that Huang Ziqing was from a clear background, and it seemed that he had done a good job in Daning, and he was praised, so he was promoted to the prefect of Suzhou. People like him shouldn't like money, or rather, just taking yellow and white can't buy him.

"Well, don't worry, there's nothing that can stop us, you guys are here to greet you, I'll talk about it."

……

The run continues, and many large depositors here have joined it, and everyone will take away thousands of taels, tens of thousands of taels, and the momentum is very fierce.

But in the afternoon, a group of Songjiang merchants appeared, there could be five or six, they took the money and deposited it in the bank, and one deposit was 180,000 taels!

Suzhou Qianzhuang seems to have regained its vitality, but in fact, the Songjiang merchants were hired by them, and the money was also paid by them. So there is no money at all, how much should be paid, or how much.

The next day, nearly 400,000 taels were squeezed, and notices were posted everywhere in the yamen, and the effect was already visible.

"Your Majesty, this is news from the Huang Governor's Mansion."

Liu Chun said to Lao Zhu: "It's Li Qi, please ask Governor Huang to come over and have a good talk with him." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had a dark face and took the gilded invitation, "Let's talk, what does he want to talk about?" ”

Liu Chun chuckled and said, "I don't know about this minister, but is Your Majesty interested in hearing it?" ”

"Of course, you have a way?" Lao Zhu said curiously.

Liu Chun smiled and said, "Of course there is a way, but I want to ask Your Majesty to be wronged." ”

"Grievance? What do you mean? ”

"Just ask Your Majesty to pretend to be a servant and serve the dinner, won't you be able to hear what they say?" Liu Chun said with a grin. Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened, rabbit cub, you really didn't have a good heart, let me be a servant, you can think of it? Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to smack Liu Chun's face.

"Your Majesty, this is the best opportunity to know the hearts and purposes of Li Qi's father and son, if Your Majesty is unwilling to be wronged, then there is no other way......"