Yu Sangu has returned to her mother's house in Jiaogang, Ren Yuer doesn't know why her father, who has always been cautious, didn't stop Yu Sangu, but she only knows that as soon as Yu Sangu comes back from her mother's house, she will make a big joke!

She didn't dare not report this shameful thing to Master Han, but it was not easy to speak in front of Cuihua, until Cuihua washed her clothes and dried them, and went to the street to buy vegetables with a basket, she gritted her silver teeth, mustered up her courage, and reported to Master Han nervously.

Han Xiufeng had just finished reading the official document sent by Wang Qianbu in the morning, and he was playing with the copper coins poured out of the briefcase as if he were playing with antiques, and he was very attentive, Ren Yu'er thought he didn't hear it, and said with embarrassment: "Fourth brother, I'm really not a person who likes to chew my tongue, I really didn't mean to." I knew that the third aunt was so snobbish, and I dared not to talk nonsense if I was killed......"

"It's not a secret, there's nothing you can't say." Han Xiufeng put down the copper coin, turned around and smiled: "And the third aunt is not a snob, she wants to give her cousin and cousin to the big head, and she wants her cousin and cousin in the countryside to be an official wife for a good life, there is nothing wrong with this." ”

"Fourth brother, why are you also facing her?" Ren Yu'er asked with a smile.

"I'm not looking at her, I'm just talking about it. When the man is married, the woman is married, and the big head and Ji Daji are not small, thinking that it is time to marry a daughter-in-law and become a family. If you hadn't said that the third aunt was going to help them matchmaking, I wouldn't have remembered any of this. Fortunately, the third aunt was enthusiastic, otherwise they would have really delayed their lifelong events. ”

"Fourth brother, you ...... You're not looking at her, you know if she brought all those cousins and cousins from the country, she would make a big joke! ”

"Who would dare to laugh if I don't laugh?" Thinking of the scene where Yu Sangu led a group of country girls to kill and rob men in the town, Han Xiufeng actually felt very funny in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "It's just that Sangu is enthusiastic and enthusiastic, but she doesn't think about doing things, and she doesn't come to ask the main owners if they are there these days before she goes back to her parents' house." It's good now, everyone went to Shao Bo on an errand with Master Yu and Master Wang, and she couldn't come back in ten days and a half months, it looks like she is going to fight in the air! ”

Ren Yu'er suddenly remembered that Datou and Ji Daji Er had taken a boat to Taizhou early in the morning, and then they had to go to Shao Boti to commit crimes, and the stone hanging in her heart finally fell, patted her chest and snickered: "Fourth brother, don't you say that I almost forgot, no one is at home, she can't toss!" ”

"So it's a pity."

"It's a pity, it's the best, it scared me to death just now!"

"How can you be scared to death, that's a good thing."

"Fourth brother, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, it's naturally a good thing for you, Yuan Qian and Ji Zong, but it's not a good thing for me and my dad. If she really makes trouble, how will my dad and I go out to meet people in the future? ”

As she said, if Yu Sangu really made such a fuss, it would be a shame for the Ren family. Han Xiufeng knew what Yu Sangu was like, no matter how spicy she was, she didn't dare not listen to Ren Yaen, and Ren Yaen knew that she would be embarrassed but didn't stop her, Han Xiufeng felt very strange, and then thought of how Yu'er came to her side, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Ren Yu'er thought that she had said the wrong thing just now, and hurriedly said, "Fourth brother, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked nonsense to her." Don't worry, I won't dare to tell her anything about you in the future, and I won't tell anyone! ”

"Again, it's not a problem at all." Han Xiufeng glanced at her sympathetically, and then pointed to the copper coin on the table and asked, "Yu'er, you grew up in Yangzhou City, and you have more knowledge than me, help me see if I have seen such money before." ”

Ren Yu'er was stunned for a moment, picked up the copper coin and asked, "Fourth brother, what's wrong with this money?" ”

Han Xiufeng smiled: "You take a closer look." ”

The size of these copper coins is much different from the "Daoguang Tongbao" and "Xianfeng Tongbao" circulating on the market, and the texture is even thicker than "Xianfeng Tongbao", only the color of the coin is slightly light brown, not as bright as "Xianfeng Tongbao". Look at the words on the surface of the coin, the obverse is actually "Yongkuan Tongbao", and the back is the pattern of the money string.

The more Ren Yu'er looked at it, the more confused she became, put down the money and muttered, "What is the era name of Yongkuan, why have I never heard of it." ”

"I haven't heard of it either."

"And where did the money come from?"

Han Xiufeng was about to speak, Dean Gu walked into the courtyard humming a local tune, and as soon as he entered the door, he arched his hand and said, "Master Han, what are you busy with?" ”

"Dean Gu, you are just in time for your old age, you are always well-informed, please help me look at this money."

"What's so nice about money?"

"You'll know it if you look at it."

Dean Gu took the money and looked at it, and was really surprised: "It's lonely and unheard, and it's the first time I've seen this money." Yu'er, you are also a full reader of sage books, do you know the origin of the name 'Yongkuan'? ”

"You always know how to make fun of Yu'er, although Yu'er has read a few books, but she can't be called a full sage book, and Yu'er doesn't know the origin of this Yongkuan." Ren Yu'er didn't dare to be rude anymore, squatted slightly and said a thousand blessings, and went to help make tea.

Dean Gu glanced back at her, then sat down and said, "Master Han, is this privately cast by someone?" ”

"It is impossible for the Beijing Bureau and the provinces to mint such money, it must be privately minted," Han Xiufeng picked up the money again and said solemnly: "It's just that the people who privately mint this money are too bold." According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, those who privately minted more than one million were killed, those who were more than 100,000 were decided, those who were less than 100,000 were beheaded and imprisoned, and those who were bought, sold, used and concealed were exiled for 3,000 miles, which was a heinous crime. ”

How could Dean Gu not know this, and subconsciously asked: "Could it be foreign money, it is said that there is a lot of foreign money circulating in the market in Liangguang and Fujian." ”

"Not only have I heard of this, but I have also seen it in this capital, but the foreign coins are all in foreign languages, and most of the foreign coins are silver dollars."

"Look at this money, it shouldn't be newly minted."

"So you can't take it lightly, you always think about it, the Taiping bandits didn't appear out of nowhere, before the flag was raised, many officials found out, but no one took it seriously, and as a result, they missed the opportunity to exterminate it in one fell swoop again and again, so that it became like this."

Thinking that it was not only the Taiping bandits who committed the rebellion, but also the Heaven and Earth Society in the south, the White Lotus Sect in the southwest, and the twist bandits in the north, it was difficult to say whether there were other bandits in Jiangsu who wanted to rebel, Dean Gu realized the seriousness of the problem and asked eagerly: "Master Han, where did this money come from?" ”

Han Xiufeng pointed to the letter on the table, and said solemnly: "This money was discovered by the ambassador of the Salt Division of Lu Sichang, it was not much at first, he didn't dare to say anything, he just asked his family to go around the street, and found that one was confiscated, and the more it was collected, the more it was collected, and more than 10,000 coins were collected in each Zhuang town of Lu Sichang alone. Guo Da Da inspected Lu Sichang the day before yesterday, and the field official realized that the paper could not contain the fire, and as soon as Guo Daren was welcomed into the yamen, he knelt down and pleaded guilty. ”

"More than 10,000 pieces, there are so many!"

"This is only found in Lu Sichang, and it is estimated that there will be no less surrounding fields." Han Xiufeng took a sip of tea from his cup, and said helplessly: "Most of the people are illiterate, as long as it is money, they will collect it and use it, so no one can say how much such money there is on the market and where it has been circulated." ”

"No, no, no, I have to ask someone to check if we have Hai'an!"

"The investigation must be investigated, but the top priority is to find out the origin of this money."

"Master Han, how can you figure out where this money came from without checking." Dean Gu thought about it and asked, "By the way, what does Master Guo mean?" ”

"Lord Guo wants to revitalize the Lianghuai salt business, how can he take care of this. What's more, this matter can be big or small, if it is reported to the court like this, the court will definitely order it to be investigated. The Taiping bandits are still in Yangzhou City, and the Yunsi Yamen have to move to Taizhou, and now it is chaotic enough, and Lord Guo doesn't want to add fuel to the fire, so he handed over this errand to me, and let me investigate and secretly visit to trace the origin of this money, and find out who made this money privately. ”

"Even if you can find the people who use the money, the people don't know anything, and they don't have a clue, how can this case be investigated?"

"So I can only start from this era name and see if I can first figure out what 'Yongkuan' means, or where it comes from." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "You can also see that this money doesn't look like it was newly minted, it should be a few years old, I pondered first to check the classics that I could find, and see if there was any record of 'Yongkuan' in the classics." ”

"Okay, I'll go to the academy and let the students help check it."

"There are a lot of books on Dean Ren's side, so I'm sorry for you to go for a long time, so please ask Dean Ren to help check it out."

"Okay, I'll go over here."

As soon as Dean Gu picked up the two copper coins and left, Ren Yu'er couldn't help but remind: "Fourth brother, Hai'an can have a few books, if you want to check the source of this era name from the classics, you should send someone to Taizhou." Taizhou's literary style is prosperous, there have been several great Confucians, and there are countless readers, and the collection of books will naturally not be less. ”

"It's true, but I have to recuperate now, so it's not convenient to go to Taizhou," Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then smiled: "Yu'er, help my brother write a letter to Zhang Guangcheng and ask him to help me collect all the books I can collect." If people are willing to sell, they will spend money to buy, and if they are willing to sell if they are not willing to borrow, they will find someone to help them copy. ”

"It's so troublesome, just ask Second Young Master Zhang to find a few readers to help you check it."

"No, it's not a trivial matter, and you can't make a noise."

"You're worried about startling the snake?"

"Compared with startling the snake, I am more worried about being known by those officials, not only I am worried, but Lord Guo is more worried."

Thinking that Yangzhou City had not been recovered, and the Taiping bandits still occupied Yangzhou, Yizhen, Guazhou and even Jiangning, and even divided their troops to go to the capital, everything had to be focused on attacking and chasing the Taiping bandits, Yu'er nodded subconsciously: "Okay, I'll write it." ”

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