Wen Ji smiled slightly: "Your Highness wants to do this, but it's actually as easy as a snap!" ”

Guo Song immediately asked, "Counselor Wen, please say, how can it be so easy?" ”

"Your Highness, the eunuchs are different from Zhu Zhu, the eunuchs have no descendants, they don't think about the things after their deaths, they value the money and power in front of them more, as for what will happen to the Southern Tang Dynasty in the end, they don't care at all? Your Highness, for eunuchs, there is nothing more amiable than gold and silver. ”

"Counselor Wen wants me to use money to buy them off?"

Wen Ji said with a smile: "Actually, as long as you buy Huo Xianming or Dou Wenchang, and we don't have to pay, I remember that the last time the money was issued, the big shopkeeper of the Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop told me that a lot of Song Chaofeng's money was stored in the Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop, so that the people from the Chengdu Intelligence Station secretly visited Huo Xianming or Dou Wenchang, and asked them to put Guo Shu and their families back to Chang'an, and we transferred Song Chaofeng's money to their names." ”

Guo Song became even more interested, and immediately smiled: "The main store of Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop is very close to us, we might as well go directly to the Cabinet Workshop to find out." ”

Baoyuan cabinet is the first cabinet in Chang'an, but also the world's largest cabinet, founded in the Kaiyuan period, opened by the famous rich Wang Yuanbao in Chang'an, after a variety of major events, Baoyuan cabinet is still standing, which is also directly related to their decades of not interfering in politics, not involved in politics.

The head office of Baoyuan Cabinet Fang is in the East Market, and directly opposite the jewelry store is its store, covering an area of five acres, with a large underground warehouse.

Guo Song, Du You, Wen Ji and three people, escorted by hundreds of cavalry, respectively took a carriage to the Baoyuan cabinet shop, the cabinet shop Pan Da shopkeeper heard that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was coming, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the proprietor, and he himself greeted His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the arrival of the two Xiangguo at the gate.

The shopkeeper Pan was quite worried in his heart, he didn't know why His Royal Highness the King of Jin came, and he didn't report it in advance, so he was not prepared at all.

At this time, two carriages slowly drove under the escort of hundreds of cavalry, the first carriage stopped, the soldiers opened the door, Guo Song came out of the carriage, and the shopkeeper Pan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Your Highness is coming, making the small shop shine!" ”

"Makes you nervous, doesn't it?" Guo Song said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Pan smiled awkwardly and said, "The main thing is that there is no preparation at all, of course I will be a little nervous." ”

"Don't be too nervous, let's just find out about Song Chaofeng's savings in the cabinet."

The shopkeeper of Pan sighed in his heart, last night, the proprietor also specially learned about Song Chaofeng's wealth, and wanted to transfer his wealth away, but he repeatedly persuaded that the government would definitely come to investigate, don't make trouble for himself, and the proprietor reluctantly accepted his advice.

Unexpectedly, it was only one night, and the matter really came, and it was King Jin who came to investigate in person, and the shopkeeper Pan was secretly glad that he had dissuaded the proprietor, otherwise today's trouble would be big.

He hurriedly said: "Song Chaofeng was our customer thirty years ago, and there is still a lot of money deposited with us. ”

Guo Song nodded, and took Du You and Wen Ji into the cabinet shop, they were invited to sit in your guest room, and a maid served them tea.

"How's the gold and silver money issued?" Guo Song asked.

Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop contracted 800,000 yuan worth of gold and silver coins, although they had already handed over the copper coins to the silver treasury in full, but Guo Song was still very concerned about the current situation of the gold and silver coins.

Chief Steward Pan hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness, the gold and silver money has not yet arrived in the cabinet, but the customers who got the news have come to the door to ask for purchases, we finally made an appointment with forty old customers, and the gold and silver money worth 800,000 yuan was sold out. ”

Guo Song smiled faintly: "You can make an appointment for next year, the gold and silver coins issued next year will increase a lot compared to this year, worth five million yuan, so that more customers can buy it, but the premise is that Baoyuan Cabinet Fang does not make a mistake." ”

This last sentence faintly carried a hint of threat, and the shopkeeper Pan wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said: "The small shop is law-abiding, and will never dare to have the slightest illegal behavior." ”

"I'll find out until we talk about this!"

The last sentence happened to be heard by Wang Ling, the proprietor who hurriedly walked into the guest hall, and his heart suddenly became nervous, and King Jin was afraid that the person who came was not good.

"Wang Ling, see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!"

Guo nodded and said bluntly: "I'm here today for the matter of Song Chaofeng, the proprietor should know, right?" ”

The proprietor Wang Ling is the great-grandson of Wang Yuanbao, the founder of the cabinet workshop, who is in his early fifties this year and was made an earl by Emperor Daizong, but the Wang family has always been very low-key in Chang'an.

In fact, the Wang family is rich and rivals the country, among the top ten restaurants in Chang'an, three are opened by the Wang family, including the famous Taibai Restaurant, and countless land granges, but their five large granges in Chang'an were distributed to the people by Zhu Jun, and they couldn't get it back, and they lost at least one million yuan, which was very heavy, and they didn't dare to appeal, so they could only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

Of course, Wang Ling already knew what the King of Jin was here for today, he gave Guo Song a salute, and said respectfully: "Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Song Chaofeng has a lot of wealth in Chang'an and Chengdu, but these two have become dead accounts and have no owner." ”

"Why do you say that?" Guo Song asked puzzled.

"It depends on the original savings agreement, the property of Chengdu Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop, Song Chaofeng agreed that only he can take it away, and the wealth of Chang'an Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop can be taken by him or his nephew Song Yu himself, but Song Chaofeng died, and his nephew Song Yu was also killed."

"Didn't you agree on any documents to take the property?" Guo Song asked again.

Wang Ling shook his head and said: "There are two ways to save money in the cabinet, one is to leave a voucher and a password, and half a jade pendant is the most, and the other way is to withdraw money in person, and you have to check your fingerprints, and Song Chaofeng agreed on the second way." ”

Du You smiled: "Unless he cuts off his fingers, he will be completely finished as soon as he dies?" ”

Du Xiangguo laughed, in fact, it is useless to cut off his finger, because the killer does not know which finger is used.

At this time, Pan Da shopkeeper walked in with a plate, and in the plate were two scrolls of cloth, both of which were one foot long, and he slowly unfolded one of the cloths on the table, and introduced: "This is Song Chaofeng's deposit record in Chang'an Cabinet Workshop, which must be taken by him or his nephew Song Yu himself, with the thumb print of his left hand." ”

"How much money do you have?"

"Song Chaofeng is the sixtieth treasury, there are three million taels of silver, two hundred thousand taels of gold, and twenty large boxes of gold and jewelry, all of which are the wealth accumulated before the Jingyuan Mutiny, and the accumulation of more than 20 years."

"What about Chengdu?" Guo Song asked again.

The shopkeeper Pan picked up another cloth scroll, "This is the deposit record of the Chengdu cabinet factory, and it was only delivered last night!" ”

He slowly unfolded the cloth, and unlike just now, there was only one finger print on this cloth, and the shopkeeper Pan said: "In the seventh warehouse of Chengdu Cabinet Fang, there are 1.2 million taels of silver, 100,000 taels of gold, no jewelry and jade, and no copper coins." ”

Guo Song frowned, "Why is the number of cabinets in Chengdu so small?" ”

Pan Da shopkeeper said: "Your Highness, Song Chaofeng secretly transported a batch of money to Chang'an the year before last, and he felt that Chengdu was not safe. ”

Guo Song nodded, Song Chaofeng's feeling was not wrong, Chengdu was indeed unsafe for him.

At this time, Guo Song asked, "How to deal with this ownerless wealth?" ”

Wang Ling bowed and said: "The regulations of each cabinet are different, at the beginning of the establishment of the Baoji cabinet workshop, my great-grandfather agreed with Emperor Xuanzong that the ownerless wealth would be handed over to the imperial court. ”

This is interesting, Guo Song asked lightly: "Which court does the proprietor Wang refer to?" Chang'an or Chengdu? ”

Wang Ling saw sweat on his forehead, and he hurriedly said: "The headquarters of Baoyuan Cabinet Fang is in Chang'an, so it is naturally handed over to the Chang'an Imperial Court. ”

This answer is almost the same, at this time, the shopkeeper Pan suddenly realized something, and hurriedly added: "After the cabinet shop has a dead account, it will wait for another three years, and no one will come to claim it, and the cabinet will deal with it!" ”

Guo Song's face changed slightly, and he said coldly: "I don't know how many people and people have been looted by Song Chaofeng's wealth, and I don't know how many people have been ruined, and Baoyuan Cabinet Fang still plans to hand it over to his family?" ”

This was said very seriously, Wang Ling was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness misunderstood, the rules that the big shopkeeper said are aimed at legal and legitimate wealth, and the wealth of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who collect the people's fat and people's ointment is not within this regulation, and Song Chaofeng's wealth is the same, not within the rules of Baoyuan Cabinet Fang." ”

After speaking, Wang Ling glared at the shopkeeper Pan, he couldn't even see the most basic situation, and he was still a big shopkeeper? Today, the king of Jin made it clear that he was here to collect the wealth of Song Chaofeng.

Guo Song nodded, "Very good, Counselor Du and Counselor Wen, the two of you will deal with this matter!" ”

The two hurriedly agreed, Guo Song got up and left, and Wen Ji said in a low voice: "Your Highness, is the price of the transaction too high?" ”

Guo Song laughed, "Why not give him more?" Huo Xianming is just keeping it for us, and sooner or later it will be ours. ”

Wen Ji was stunned for a moment, and said ashamedly: "It's still Your Highness smart!" ”

Everyone kept sending King Jin out of the gate, looking at King Jin's carriage away, Wang Ling wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked Du You in a low voice, "Du Xiangguo, is King Jin going to severely punish Baoyuan Cabinet?" ”

The Du family is a famous family in Chang'an, and they are more familiar with the Wang family, Du You smiled: "As long as you properly handle Song Chaoen's wealth, you don't have to worry too much." ”

Wang Ling nodded, "I hope Du Xiangguo will give me more advice!" ”

(End of chapter)