In a secret manor outside Chang'an City, an old craftsman led two young people to be nervously busy, if there is a Confucian journal here, he will definitely exclaim, the leader is actually the missing old craftsman.

"No, at this level, even ordinary people can't hide it." The old craftsman looked at the newly printed fake silver tickets, shook his head helplessly, and said, now outside Chang'an City, everyone knows the anti-counterfeiting secret skills of silver tickets, and they can't print the previous silver tickets at all.

"Father, but we don't know the secret recipe of the Mo family at all, and it's already the limit to be able to do this." A young craftsman said helplessly.

"Big brother is right! Father! The second son of the old craftsman interjected.

If outsiders were here, they would definitely be surprised that the fake silver ticket that stirred up the storm in Chang'an City was actually made by a family.

"Besides, didn't the second owner say it? The Mo family has begun to prepare to abandon Chu paper and use mulberry paper to print silver tickets, what is the use of the fake silver tickets made of Chu paper that we have now? The eldest son was not convinced.

"What's the use?" The old craftsman sneered, "The so-called one-pass Baitong, the Mo family is to use mulberry paper to print silver tickets, and its anti-counterfeiting secret skills are also ever-changing.

"Well said!"

With a cheer, the big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qian Zhuang accompanied the second owner of the Ziqian family into the secret room.

"Second Young Master!" The old craftsman's family hurriedly bowed and said.

"Liu Lao is really an old man, with ambitions for thousands of miles, admire and admire!" The second owner of the Ziqian family said with a compliment, looking at his expression, it was obvious that he knew the old craftsman Liu.

"The second owner has won the prize!" Old craftsman Liu said respectfully.

"These days, Liu Lao has worked hard, and today this owner will bring you a lot of good things." The second owner of the Ziqian family waved his hand, and the big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qian Zhuang immediately presented a box.

Behind him, his two sons immediately stepped forward to take it with interest.

Old craftsman Liu stepped forward to open it and took a look, only to see that the first box was full of silver ingots, and he couldn't help revealing a trace of greed, and hesitated: "This is ......"

The second owner of the Ziqian family said loudly: "This is Liu Lao's reward, this time the Ziqian family has made a lot of profits, Liu Lao should be the first to take the lead, this is what you deserve." ”

Old craftsman Liu suddenly smiled, handed over the silver taels in his hand to his son on the side, and said, "The owner is polite." ”

He agreed to imitate the silver ticket for the sake of money, and naturally he would not push away the money he received.

"However, there is also bad news, I hope Liu Lao Mo will be angry, now the imperial court has found Liu Lao's hometown, and now Liu Lao is wanted by the whole country, and Liu Lao's hometown may not be able to go back." The second owner of the Ziqian family said with a sad face.

"This ......" Liu Laojiang's family couldn't help but sink in their hearts, although they thought of such a day, they didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Then we're not dead!" The eldest son of the Liu family said in a trembling voice. When the family was not involved in the counterfeiting of counterfeit silver tickets, they were just ordinary craftsmen, who never thought that they would one day become wanted.

The big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang on the side took advantage of the situation and said: "Of course not, the Mo family is now at the end of the crossbow, as long as the Mo family is defeated, with the relationship of the young master, take a little bit, and revoke the wanted This matter is not a problem at all, no matter how bad it is, you can rearrange your identity for you, but you can avoid the limelight during this period of time." ”

"Defeat the Mo family!" The eyes of the old craftsman Liu's family suddenly lit up, and it seemed that this was the last way out.

Seeing this, the second proprietor of the Ziqian family gestured slightly, and the big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qian Zhuang continued: "This is the new version of the banknote of Mojia Village, as long as you can imitate a new type of silver ticket, it can not only defeat Mojia Village, but also allow you to get ten times the income." ”

The old craftsman Liu's family suddenly breathed rapidly, and now they have become grasshoppers in the same line as the Ziqian family, and now there is only one way to go dark.

At the moment, the old craftsman Liu took over the new silver ticket of Mojia Village, and as soon as he got started, he couldn't help frowning, this paper alone was already better than the first generation of silver tickets, and he didn't know how much, the more he looked at him, the more dignified he became.

"If you want to imitate a new type of silver ticket, the royal tribute mulberry paper is indispensable." Old craftsman Liu hesitated, this condition alone is already a violation of the king's law, but their family has been wanted, and they don't care about these anymore.

The second owner of the Ziqian family waved his hand, and the big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang immediately held a stack of thick mulberry paper, and said solemnly: "This is a thousand pieces of mulberry paper, and it will be sent in a steady stream later." ”

I have to say that the power of the Ziqian family is indeed very great, and they can get the royal tribute mulberry paper so quickly, although there are only a thousand pieces, which are not of much use in other places, but it is enough to make palm-sized silver tickets.

"It's still too little." Old craftsman Liu said regretfully.

The second proprietor of the Ziqian family waved his hand and said: "Then only make silver tickets that give up one point, and specially make one coin and one or two silver tickets." ”

Sure enough, as Merton said, the counterfeiter might lose money by making a penny of silver tickets?

Old craftsman Liu nodded, the anti-counterfeiting process used in the second generation of one-cent silver tickets is not less than that of other silver tickets, and it is indeed not worth forging.

"The color of the ink has changed, and it needs to be reformulated." Old craftsman Liu looked at the brand-new green silver ticket.

The second owner of the Ziqian family waved his hand and said: "You can rest assured, the new ink will be sent soon." ”

Old craftsman Liu nodded, he naturally knew that the Ziqian family was cunning and rabbit three holes, and he was only responsible for one of the links.

"In addition to paper, the Mohist technology of making paper uses mechanical embossing, which cannot be achieved by the old man's manual work alone, and it takes a long time to develop, and it is impossible to be as easy as the first generation of silver tickets." Old Craftsman Liu's eldest son frowned.

The second owner of the Ziqian family had long expected this, and the way of machinery was the strength of the Mo family, and it was not surprising that the Mo family applied it to silver tickets.

"In addition to the Mo family and the public losers, there are also many skilled craftsmen in the people, and the Ziqian family will naturally find candidates." The second owner of the Ziqian family said confidently, but he also knew that this time, he would not be able to make a second-generation fake silver ticket in a short period of time.

"And what about the fake silver ticket we made earlier?" The second son of the old craftsman Liu said distressedly, in their opinion, it was money spent in vain!

"What to do? That's a piece of waste paper, naturally? The second proprietor of the Ziqian family smiled strangely and said, "This is a silver ticket, just a piece of paper, but the Mo family has turned it into silver with the credit of the Mo family, what an amazing talent." ”

The second owner of the Ziqian family looked crazy, and threw stacks of fake silver tickets into the air, many of which floated into the furnace, and suddenly the furnace was blazing.

After a long time, the second owner of the Ziqian family regained his composure and said coldly: "Burn all these fake silver tickets for me!" Not a single one was left. ”

"Yes!" The people immediately received the order, which was the evidence of their guilt, and they were able to burn it in one fell swoop, and they naturally became more positive than the other.

"Collect the silver tickets of the children of the Ziqian family outside and destroy them, and keep the same one." The second owner of the Ziqian family ordered towards the big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang.

"Yes, Second Owner!" The big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qian Zhuang said solemnly.

"The second owner is not good, and the brother of the Qian family has been arrested." Suddenly, a child of the Qian family came to report with a panicked face.

"What's going on? Didn't I tell everyone to act rashly, how could I be arrested? The second owner of the Ziqian family said angrily.

The children of the Ziqian family said a little unnaturally: "The Mo family has issued the second generation of silver tickets, and the silver tickets in the hands of the brothers have become a pile of waste paper, and some brothers are unwilling, so they take advantage of the last opportunity to do it again, just once, but who knows that it was recognized and caught." ”

"Just once! Don't you know that this is a conspiracy of the Mo family, specifically to lure you into action? A bunch of idiots! The second owner of the Ziqian family trembled angrily.

He naturally saw the Mo family's conspiracy, but he didn't count his children's greedy desires, and finally let the Mo family seize the handle.

"Erdong, how should this be good, once the children of the Ziqian family are arrested, then Yuanxiang Qianzhuang may also be exposed!" The big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Qian Zhuang said in horror.

This time, the fake silver tickets were all leaked through Yuanxiang Qianzhuang, and once the children of the Ziqian family were exposed, they would definitely confess to him.

"In that case, then you don't have to come forward again, and you are specifically responsible for the imitation of the second-generation fake silver ticket here." The second owner of the Ziqian family waved his hand.

"I ............." The big shopkeeper of Yuanxiang Money Village wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but hang his head in despair, when was he, he was in charge of the sub-money business of Chang'an City, the scenery was infinite, and in the blink of an eye, he became an underground rat who did not dare to show his face.

"People's hearts are greedy like this, Mo Jiazi, this time you won a small game, but what you got was a ruin." The second owner of the Ziqian family looked at the fire and said with a hideous face.

The Mo family took advantage of the greed of the Ziqian family to let the children of the Ziqian family show their feet, but they didn't know that the second owner of the Ziqian family had already laid out, and the Yuanxiang Qianzhuang that stayed in Chang'an City was already an empty shell.

"It's out of the water!"

"Yuanxiang Qianzhuang, go to the water!"

With an exclamation, the people on both sides spontaneously came to put out the fire, thanks to the city-wide early warning system designed by Mojia Village, the alarm bell sounded loudly in an instant, and the water hook truck of the fire administration yamen immediately arrived at the fastest speed.

However, the fire burned not only very suddenly, but also very quickly, and it was difficult to extinguish.

Mo Dun and Cao Zhutou looked at Yuanxiang Qianzhuang in the fire with gloomy faces, they didn't expect the other party to be so fast, they had just seized the clues, and the other party had already set fire to destroy the evidence.

"Fire Administration, when will the fire be extinguished, Yuanxiang Qianzhuang is seriously suspected of being involved in the fake silver ticket case?" Cao Zhutou came to the official of the Fire Administration Department and asked urgently.

The fire official on the side said helplessly: "Lord Cao, this fire is very fast, this Yuanxiang Qianzhuang can't be saved, the most important thing at the moment is to control the fire, can't let this fire spread, cause a bigger fire, otherwise this street can't be saved." ”

This street is a busy area, and there are all wooden houses, once the fire spreads, I am afraid that there is no way to stop it, and the damage caused is very huge.

"Have there ever been casualties in Yuanxiang Qianzhuang!" Merton asked softly.

The official of the Fire Administration Department hesitated and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the people didn't see anyone from Qianzhuang running out, but there were not many people in Yuanxiang Qianzhuang, and it was daytime at the moment, so no one must be trapped in it." ”

Merton nodded, if it was an accidental fire, how could Yuanxiang Qianzhuang not have a survivor, if it was deliberately arson, I am afraid that no one would be found at all now.

"Yuanxiang Qianzhuang!"

Merton watched as the raging fire devoured the signboard of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang, and suddenly, with a bang, a copper coin was directly burst out and landed at Merton's feet.

"Mohou be careful!" Cao Zhutou hurriedly stepped forward to protect Merton.

"It's fine!" Merton waved his hand, lowered his head and leaned over to pick up this hot Kaiyuan Tongbao from under his feet, and couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration in his heart.

"Ziqian family!"

Merton instantly connected everything together and couldn't help but blurt out.

With such a powerful energy, coupled with the greed for money, I am afraid that only the Ziqian family has such a motive, but although Merton guessed the Ziqian family, he only thought that it was just the instinct of the Ziqian family to pursue money and forged the silver ticket, and all knew that the Ziqian family actually had a plan to annex the bank and launder it.

"Master Hou! Could it be that you already know the person behind the scenes? Cao Zhutou didn't know about the mysterious Ziqian family, so he couldn't help but wonder.

Merton didn't explain, but shook his head and said: "Since Yuanxiang Qianzhuang has been found, and the other party has set fire to destroy the evidence, there is no doubt about it, but there was a background of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang." ”

Cao Zhutou pondered for a moment and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, although Yuanxiang Qianzhuang is large-scale, it is not well-known in Chang'an City, and it usually only puts money in prints and collects some pawns, and I don't pay much attention to it. ”

Merton nodded, which was in line with the mysterious signs of the Ziqian family.

"After the fire is extinguished, the humble post will be carefully investigated, but anyone who has dealings with Yuanxiang Qianzhuang will not let go." Cao Zhutou assured.

Merton looked at the skyrocketing flames and nodded, although he also knew that with the current detection methods, the chances of finding out were very small.

However, in the place where Merton could not see, the second owner of the Ziqian family also looked at the sky-high fire of Yuanxiang Qianzhuang, and his face looked particularly hideous under the reflection of the firelight.

"Mo Jiazi, you can't think of it! Yuanxiang Qianzhuang is just a golden cicada shell of the Ziqian family, and it is a big deal to start again, but the contest between you and me has just begun! The second owner of the Ziqian family said coldly, holding a copper coin in his hand, throwing it casually, and with a buzz, the copper coin in his hand spun and flew into the sky.

A trace of burning fire shone on the face of the second owner of the Ziqian family through the reversed copper coin, and a cold voice was heard,

"Money has a right, people have yin and yang, your Mo family is on the right path, the Mo family takes money as the way, creates ink skills, hires workers, and gets rich for thousands of families, and what you see through is the people's desire and pursuit of money.

And my son Qian's family hides in the dark places of the world, looking for the defects of human nature, distributing Yinzi money, harming the people and obtaining huge profits, and seeing through the greed and darkness of people's hearts for money. The game of a penny, that is the true meaning of the Ziqian family, the way of money in the world is only you, the Mo family, is my real opponent. ”

With a "ding" sound, the copper coin fell heavily on the ground, and a coin was round on the outside and square on the inside, but it exhausted the humanity of the world.

"What I left you with the Mo family is not just a fire, this battle between the Ziqian family and the Mo family has just begun." The second owner of the Ziqian family watched the fire in Yuanxiang Qianzhuang in the distance gradually extinguish, and with a wave of his big hand, he slowly hid in the shadows and disappeared into Chang'an City.