On the wharf of Chang'an Rice City, more than 20 grain boats docked on the shore, and the people were busy unloading and carrying bags of rice into the warehouse on the shore.

On the shore, a middle-aged and wealthy man is smiling and chatting with people, he is Chen Yongdao, the proprietor of the Chen Ji rice shop next to him, after this batch of goods is unloaded, he will go to Jiangnan to buy rice.

"Chen Dongzhu, have you decided? When to leave for Gangnam? The merchant he was chatting with asked with a smile.

"Let's go tomorrow! I heard that the price of rice in Jiangnan is good, so I have to hurry. ”

At this time, a guy came running and said, "Proprietor, I have time to go to the store, someone from Baoyuan Cabinet is looking for you!" ”

"What's the matter with me in the cabinet?"

Chen Yongdao waved his hand impatiently and said, "I'm busy!" There was no time to pay attention to them. ”

As soon as the words fell, a team of people came over, and the leader was the big shopkeeper of Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop, and he smiled and said: "Boss Chen, you're busy!" ”

It was actually the shopkeeper of the cabinet shopkeeper who came, Chen Yongdao couldn't be lazy, he hurriedly smiled and said: "The shopkeeper Wang is here, please sit in the store!" ”

Chen Yongdao invited the group back to the rice shop, everyone sat down in the inner hall, Chen Yongdao instructed the guys to serve tea, and the shopkeeper said: "There is one thing I want to trouble Chen Dongzhu today, someone came to the counter to exchange silver tickets in the morning, and the guy found that this silver ticket number was duplicated with a silver ticket of Chen Dongzhu, but there was no transfer signature of Chen Dongzhu behind it, so let's confirm it." ”

Chen Yongdao was stunned, "Which silver ticket?" ”

The shopkeeper handed him a piece of paper, on which was the number of the silver ticket, Chen Yongdao hurriedly took out the silver ticket from his arms and found the same silver ticket from inside.

"It's the same number!"

Chen Yongdao handed the silver ticket to the shopkeeper Wang, who looked at it carefully, and it was issued by their cabinet and had not been transferred and used.

The shopkeeper Wang pondered and asked, "Has the proprietor Chen shown the silver ticket in his hand?" ”

Chen Yongdao hid a trace of panic in his eyes, and shook his head like a rattle, "The silver ticket has been in my arms since it was exchanged, and it must have not been shown to anyone, not even my wife." ”

"I see, it should just be a coincidence!"

Shopkeeper Wang handed the silver ticket to Chen Yongdao, "Chen Dong, please take it, we won't bother." ”

Chen Yongdao was a little worried: "Big shopkeeper, this silver ticket is no problem!" ”

The shopkeeper Wang laughed, "It's not a big deal, it's just a coincidence when printing, just two silver tickets with the same number, although Chen Dongzhu can use it with confidence!" ”

The group said goodbye and left, Chen Yongdao hesitated in the store for a long time, said hello to the guy, and left in a hurry.

Chen Yongdao didn't know that someone was following him from afar........

After dinner, Guo Song drank tea with his family in the living hall on the second floor and chatted about Jiaozi, his family was a little late for two days, and today he also got 50 Jiaozi, Guo Song specially told them to take out the expenses.

Xue Tao took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This afternoon, I took everyone to the Lion and Tiger Park, and it took a total of more than a dozen jiaozi, some stores collected it, and many stores did not accept it, especially small traders, and they jumped up and shouted, saying that we used pieces of paper to deceive him, and shouted to report to the official!" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "Although it is the third day of the issuance of Jiaozi today, most people still haven't seen it, and the shops that receive Jiaozi have explained it in advance, so they are willing to accept it, and the stall vendors haven't seen it, so they must be in a hurry!" ”

Guo Weiwei hurriedly said: "Daddy, I don't think you think it's too thoughtful!" ”

"Xiaowei, let's talk about it, where are we not thinking about it?"

Guo Weiwei untied a small money bag from her waist and shook it, and the copper coins inside jingled.

"Daddy did you see it, our broken silver and copper coins are usually put in the money bag, but what about Jiaozi? We couldn't find a place to put it today, so we finally found a big leather bag and put a stack of Jiaozi in it, I think the imperial court should take it into account and let everyone put Jiaozi in it. ”

Guo Song nodded, her daughter did remind herself that she should design a leather wallet to put Jiaozi, not that it is not good to put the skin, but many low-level people will pinch it into a ball and stuff it in their pockets, which will easily rot over time.

"I know, Xiaowei's opinion is very good, I will convey it to the court."

Guo Song smiled again and asked, "Do you think Jiaozi will be accepted by the people?" ”

"I guess it's okay!"

Dugu Youlan said with a smile: "Today, Minqiu also asked a shopkeeper, can you accept the payment of the bill?" ”

"Oh? What did the man say? Guo Song immediately asked Min Qiu with interest.

Min Qiu smiled and said, "The shopkeeper said, of course you can, anyway, you can go to the cabinet to exchange money." ”

Liu Caichun hesitated and said: "Husband, I think the people at the bottom may be resistant, even if they finally accept it, it will be many years later, and it will definitely be a very long-term process to promote Jiaozi." ”

Guo Song sighed softly, "You're right, the biggest difficulty is still the people at the bottom, the day before yesterday, the eldest sister also said the same, this is the first time I have done something without a bottom in my heart, and I can only take one step at a time." ”

At this time, the housekeeper's wife reported at the door: "Lord Wang, the king asks to see you!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Let the guards take him to the Qilin Hall for a while, I'll be here right away!" ”

.........

Soon, Guo Song met Wang Yue in the Qilin Palace, Wang Yue had been investigating the case for three days, and Guo Song also wanted to know the progress of his investigation.

"The lowly soldiers are divided into three ways to investigate the case, one is Chen Yongdao, a rice merchant, one is to investigate the leakage of secrets, and the other is to investigate the counterfeit silver bills.

"Why did you think of revealing secrets in the cabinet shop?" Guo Song asked.

Wang Yue bowed and said: "Your Highness, we suspect that this is a large number of leaks, as His Highness said, this fraud is not a silver ticket, since there are multiple silver tickets, the people behind the scenes are likely to get the number list of the entire batch of silver tickets, this thing is not difficult to get, almost every branch of the cabinet shop has it." ”

Guo Song smiled again and asked: "Since every cabinet shop has branches, can the source of the leak be found?" ”

Wang Yue shook his head, "We have almost no way to start, the other party copied a copy, and we don't know where to copy it from?" This road does not work. ”

"Since it can't get through, give up decisively."

"That's what we decided, and now everyone's energy is focused on the first and third points, and it's really successful!"

"Wait!"

Guo Song interrupted him and asked strangely, "Aren't your first and second contradictory?" Since it is suspected that it was leaked in large quantities, it should have nothing to do with Chen Yongdao, right? ”

"His Royal Highness Qiqi, in fact, there is no contradiction, Chen Yongdao is the first fake silver ticket, and then they got the inventory of the fake silver tickets later, both of them."

Guo Song nodded, "Go on!" What did Chen Yongdao find there? ”

"The big shopkeeper of the Baoyuan cabinet arranged for the humble post went to find Chen Yongdao yesterday, Chen Yongdao denied that he had lent his silver ticket to others, but after the shopkeeper Wang left, Chen Yongdao quietly went out, and the humble office sent someone to follow him, and found that he went to a tavern, he should have gone to find someone, but he didn't find it, it can be seen that he is very anxious, he set off to Jiangnan today to buy rice, and the humble post has sent someone to follow, and will secretly arrest and interrogate him halfway, there is no news yet."

"Then let's talk about the third way!" Guo Song smiled and said.

Wang Yue perked up, took out a report, and presented it: "There is a breakthrough in the third way. ”

Guo Song took the report and flipped through it, frowning and said, "Who is Bian Laoliu?" ”

"His Royal Highness Qiqi, we identified the silver ticket through a master of forging fake paintings, he thinks that this silver ticket is drawn by a fake master called Bian Lao Liu, and he will also be good at carving seals and engraving printing, so to speak, all the skills required to make this kind of silver ticket, Bian Lao Liu is very proficient."

"Papermaking too?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"Paper is not, but we have also found the source of the paper, and it is also made by a papermaking workshop in Xuancheng County, called Guhuai paper, which is sold in the capital, and the quality of Guhuai paper is very high, but it is still a lot worse than Changqing paper."

"Has this Bian Lao Liu found it?"

Wang Yue shook his head, "He has been missing for almost a month, and his whereabouts are unknown!" ”

Guo Song groaned and said: "That Chen Yongdao went to find someone, wouldn't he just go to find this Bian Lao Liu?" ”

"It is very likely that the tavern where Chen Yongdao is looking for someone is the place where Bian Lao Liu often haunts."

Guo Song took two steps and asked, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

"The humble decision has decided to mobilize the local snakes in Chang'an to find Bian Lao Liu, as long as he appears, he will be discovered immediately."

"But this will startle the snake!"

"Your Highness, although it will startle the snake, the second, third, and later silver tickets will not appear easily, so that it will not cause a bad influence among the merchants, and it is also a advantage!"

Guo Song nodded, "That's right!" There are disadvantages and advantages, I just asked, you just let it go! ”

"Obey the order!"