Cao Zhengyang was a little panicked, and just as the merchant ship he was riding was about to depart, a group of soldiers in silver armor boarded the ship and surrounded him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Shopkeeper Cao, I'm afraid you're going to have to come with us." The leading guard held the helmet at his side with one hand, and looked at Cao Zhengyang with the other hand pinching his waist.

"Di Ying!" Cao Zhengyang's eyes narrowed.

The person who came was Di Ying, the general who was once stationed in Bashu, and the people were killed and injured a lot in the Bashu war, and the Manchu civil and military were indignant, and Di Ying could only bear this responsibility.

After the court meeting, he was dismissed from the army and transferred to the guard post and became a five-rank commander.

The official system of the guard station, the guard of each state has one governor, three products, two commanders and four products, two commanders and five products, and there are thousands of households and hundreds of households under the command.

Di Ying also had no complaints about this grade, because he knew very well that he was able to stay in the court because of the mercy of the emperor and those old friends, and even if he was stationed in Songzhou at that time, he could not resist the barbarians.

It's just that someone must be responsible for the battle of Bashu, otherwise it will be difficult for the people to be angry, and he can only drink this cup of bitter wine by himself.

"I didn't expect Shopkeeper Cao to remember it, it's really an honor, but even so, this commander still wants to take you back." Di Ying had a straw stalk in her mouth, looking bohemian.

Cao Zhengyang's heart seemed to be held in his hands, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he argued loudly: "I haven't broken any law, why are you arresting me, aren't you afraid that I will personally complain to the emperor?" “

Di Ying pursed her lips, "When Lao Tzu was killing the enemy on the battlefield, you were still lying in a woman's arms and breastfeeding!" Scare me? You're not qualified enough, come on, take me away, and detain this merchant ship!"

"Yes!"

After receiving Di Ying's order, a hundred guards immediately rushed to the ship.

Cao Zhengyang fell into despair, he understood that the imperial court had been watching over them, and the current saint had never really trusted him.

"Do it!"

When the guards were boarding the ship, Cao Zhengyang suddenly shouted, he had to make a last fight, otherwise he would never be able to leave Qingzhou again.

As soon as his words fell, the crew members who were already busy on the ship suddenly picked up their swords from all over the merchant ship and killed the guards, and Cao Zhengyang also put his hand into the sleeve cage.

Di Ying was sharpened from the war, and such an unexpected event was just a small scene for him, and at the same time as Cao Zhengyang's movements, he took out a Mitsubishi thorn from his waist and put it on Cao Zhengyang's chin.

"This thing is called Mitsubishi thorn, it was produced by the military factory not long ago, as long as you stab it so lightly, your blood will flow like a stream until you die." Di Ying said with a gloomy face.

Cao Zhengyang is just a businessman, and at the moment of life and death, he is not at all comparable to a person like Di Ying who is accustomed to seeing life and death, and his movements immediately stopped.

Di Ying laughed twice, put his hand into Cao Zhengyang's sleeve, and a short-barreled musket was touched out by him.

"Muskets! The imperial court strictly prohibits people from carrying guns, Cao Zhengyang, it seems that you have a lot of plans this time. ”

Di Ying said that he saw a text on the musket that he did not recognize, and in his opinion that the musket was not made in the country of Dayu.

As he spoke, the guards wrapped in armor easily dealt with the crew members who tried to resist.

Although these guards are not part of the army, they are also highly trained before they can be served, and they can easily deal with ordinary thugs.

Cao Zhengyang closed his eyes when he heard this, this time the Cao family's business in the north was completely finished.

At the same time as the arrest of Cao Zhengyang, the post general galloped day and night to transmit the order to intercept the merchant ship to Jinling City, and immediately Jinling Mansion immediately sent guards to the river to intercept the Cao family's merchant ship that was about to enter the river of Jinling City.

The news soon spread to Qingzhou, and the Cao family's conspiracy was completely smashed within six days.

"Your Majesty, the silver seized in Jinling City is a total of eight million taels, and now this silver is returning to Qingzhou."

In the imperial study, Li San reported to Xiao Ming on the current implementation.

"Eight million taels, this Cao family can really do it, this is equivalent to hollowing out half of the cash on the market." Xiao Ming snorted.

"Indeed, fortunately, the emperor let the secret guards keep an eye on it, otherwise this time the Cao family would really succeed." Li San had palpitations.

Xiao Ming frowned, in fact, this is a headache, the backwardness of this era makes the imperial court's supervision of the people very weak.

After all, even the capitalists who fled with money in modern times cannot put an end to it, let alone here.

"I just noticed that Cao Zhengyang was a little abnormal, and his remarks were almost the same as his father's remarks in Lin'an." Xiao Ming said lightly: "By the way, how is the Cao family's property seized?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the Cao family's mines, money villages, and workshops have all been seized, but because this incident is too sudden, it has caused panic among many merchants and people, and now many people are asking to exchange silver in front of the Cao family's money house." Li San said.

Xiao Ming had already anticipated this problem, "I have my own way to deal with this matter, after you go back, continue to grope along the line of Cao Zhengyang, the King of Chu and the Cao family are so deliberate, I am afraid that a lot of shadows have been buried in Qingzhou, you can dig out as much as you can?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li San bowed in response.

Let Li San leave, Xiao Ming immediately called Pang Yukun over, the Cao family has a lot of assets in the north, and these assets must be dealt with in a timely manner, especially the Cao family's money bank, otherwise it is easy to make trouble.

Pang Yukun quickly arrived at the imperial study, and he was relieved to learn that Yinzi had been stopped.

"It's really a blessing, this time the emperor asked the old minister to come for the Cao family's family property." Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Pang Yukun has always been able to think of a piece with him, he said: "I don't want to affect the development of industry and commerce because of the Cao family's affairs, in this way, for the Cao family's mines and workshops, you immediately send officials to take over, replace the Cao family's management, and then auction them to other merchants after they are stabilized, as for the Cao family's money bank, it will be directly renamed Qingzhou Bank and exist as a branch of Qingzhou Bank." “

Pang Yukun thought about the same as Xiao Ming, and he said: "As for the people and merchants who asked for the exchange of silver, the lower officials thought that they should openly tell them in the newspaper that the silver tickets in their hands would not affect their use, so as not to cause chaos. “

"Well, it can be handled like this." Xiao Ming groaned for a moment.

In fact, he asked Pang Yukun to come this time for a more important thing, which is the matter of the monetary system, and now the Bank of Qingzhou has entered Goryeo, and his goal is to make Dayu a world-class currency in the future.

So after completely erasing the Cao family's money bank, he felt that the time had come.

After a pause, he said: "Actually, I have an idea, that is, to take advantage of this incident to issue the unified banknotes of the Great Yu Kingdom. “