Cao Zhengyang was a little panicked. Just as the merchant ship he was on started, a group of soldiers in silver armor boarded the ship and surrounded him.
"Shopkeeper Cao, I'm afraid you'll come with us." One hand of the leading guard encircles his helmet and the other hand pinches his waist to look at Cao Zhengyang.
”Diane Cao Zhengyang's eyes narrowed.
It was di Ying, a general who had been stationed in Bashu. The people were killed and wounded in the war in Bashu, and the Manchu Dynasty was indignant. Di Ying could only bear the responsibility.
After the meeting agreed, he was dismissed from the army to the guard house, and became a five grade commander.
There is an official system of guard post. Each state's guard post has one governor, three chief officers, two chief officers, four chief officers, two commanding officers and five chief officers. There are thousands of households and hundreds of households under the commanding officers.
For this rank, DIYing did not complain, because he knew that he could stay in the court because the emperor and his old friends were merciful, and even in Songzhou, he could not resist the barbarians.
It's just that someone must be responsible for the Bashu war, otherwise it's hard to calm the people's anger. He can only drink the bitter wine himself.
"I didn't expect shopkeeper Cao to remember me. It's a great honor, but even so, our commander will take you back. "Diane had a straw pole in her mouth. She looked like a bohemian.
Cao Zhengyang's heart seemed to be held in his hand, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He argued loudly: "I have not violated any law. Why do you arrest me? Are you not afraid that I will report to the emperor myself? "
DIYing curled her lips and said," when I killed the enemy in the battlefield, you were still lying in the arms of a woman sucking! Scare me? You are not qualified yet, come on, take it away for me and detain this merchant ship! "
" yes! "
At Diane's command, a hundred guards rushed on board immediately.
Cao Zhengyang was in despair. He knew that the imperial court had been watching them all the time, and the emperor had never really trusted him.
"Do it! "
as the guards were boarding the ship, Cao Zhengyang suddenly yelled that he would make the last fight, or he would never leave Qingzhou again.
His voice fell. The crew who was busy on the ship suddenly picked up their swords from all over the merchant ship and killed the guards. Cao Zhengyang also put his hand into the sleeve cage.
Di Ying is honed from the war, such an emergency is just a small scene for him, just as Cao Zhengyang moves, he takes out a Mitsubishi from his waist and stabs Cao Zhengyang on his chin.
"This thing is called Mitsubishi thorn. It was produced by the military workshop not long ago. With such a slight stab, your blood will flow like a stream until you die. "Said Dean, with a sullen face.
Cao Zhengyang is just a businessman. At the moment of life and death, he is not as good as di Ying, who is used to seeing life and death. His action stops immediately.
Di Ying laughs twice and puts her hand into Cao Zhengyang's sleeve cage. He touches out a short tube firearm.
"Muskets! The imperial court forbids people to carry guns. Cao Zhengyang, it seems that you are plotting a lot this time. "
DIYing said that he saw words he didn't know on the gun. In his opinion, the gun was not made in Chongqing.
As he spoke, the armored guards easily solved the problem of the crew who tried to resist.
Although these guards do not belong to the army, they are also strictly trained before they can take up their posts. It is easy to deal with ordinary villains.
Cao Zhengyang closed his eyes when he heard that the Cao family's business in the North was over.
At the same time of arresting Cao Zhengyang, the courier rushed day and night to deliver the order of intercepting the merchant ship to Jinling City. Immediately, Jinling government immediately sent guards to the river to intercept Cao Jiashang merchant ship who was preparing to enter the river of Jinling City.
Then the news quickly spread to Qingzhou, and the Cao family's plot was smashed within six days.
”Emperor, the total amount of silver seized by Jinling City is 8 million taels. Now the silver is returning to Qingzhou. "
in the imperial library, Li San reports the current implementation to Xiao Ming.
"Eight million taels, the Cao family can really do it. It's like hollowing out half of the cash on the market. "Xiao Ming snorted.
"Indeed, thanks to the emperor's keeping the secret guard's eyes on him, otherwise the Cao family will succeed this time. "Li San has a lingering fear.
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, modern capitalists who are still fleeing with money can not be eliminated, let alone here.
"I just found that Cao Zhengyang was abnormal. His remarks were just like his father's in Lin'an." Xiao Ming said faintly, "by the way, how is the property of the Cao family sealed up?"
"Back to the emperor, the mines, banks and workshops of the Cao family were all sealed up. It was just because this incident was so sudden that many businessmen and people panicked. Now many people come to the Cao family's banks and ask for silver." Li San said.
Xiao Ming had expected this problem for a long time. "I have my own way to deal with this matter. When you go back, you can continue to explore along the line of Cao Zhengyang. The king of Chu and Cao's family are so careful that they are afraid to bury many dark seeds in Qingzhou. You can dig as many as you can?""Yes, Emperor." Li San bowed and answered.
When Li San is asked to leave, Xiao Ming immediately calls Pang Yukun over. The Cao family has a lot of assets in the north. These assets must be dealt with in time, especially the Cao family's Bank. Otherwise, it is easy to cause trouble.
Pang Yukun soon arrived at the imperial study. He was relieved to learn that the silver had been stopped.
"Fortunately, the emperor asked me to come here for the property of the Cao family." Said Pang.
Xiao Ming nodded. Pang Yukun always thought of the same thing with him. He said, "I don't want to affect the development of industry and commerce because of the Cao family. In this way, for the Cao family's mines and workshops, you immediately send officials to take over and manage them instead of the Cao family. When they are stable, they will be auctioned to other merchants. As for the Cao family's Bank, it will be renamed as Qingzhou bank The branch of the bank exists. "
Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming thought about the same thing. He said:" as for the people and businessmen who want to exchange money, the lower officials think that they should tell them publicly in the newspapers that their banknotes will not affect their use, so as to avoid chaos. "
" well, it can be done like this. " Xiao Ming pondered for a moment.
In fact, there is a more important thing for Pang Yukun to come this time, which is the monetary system. Now Qingzhou bank has entered Korea, and his goal is to make Dayu a world-class currency in the future.
So after completely wiping out the Cao family's Bank, he felt that the time had come.
After a pause, he said, "in fact, I have an idea, that is, to take advantage of this incident to issue unified banknotes of the state of Dayu. “
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