Chapter 359: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
"Yes, you think about the silver, they can't take away a lot of silver tickets, and they are not anywhere, if they go to sneak attack over there, what will they do if they have a printing layout, they can print as many silver tickets as they want, and they have to rob the silver and silver tickets, it seems that these thieves are not stupid, there are masters behind the scenes, well, now we will not discuss it, immediately alert the printing workshop, whether there are thieves coming over or not, all the people will get up and be vigilant, from now on, all the printed engravings will be collected in the silver vault at night."
"Okay, sir, I'll go and call people up right now and arrange for them to go to the printing workshop," Lao Liu left the study after speaking, leaving only me and Liu Taoran inside
"Lord Lan, these thieves won't be so smart, if you don't grab the ready-made silver, you will grab a piece of engraving and go back, they won't be too troublesome."
"Lord Liu, this matter is not so simple, if our engraving is lost, once there is a fake silver ticket in the world, the credibility of our silver number will be over, then we will wait for the bankruptcy, when the public resentment is boiling, the emperor will not kill us."
Liu Taoran stuck out his tongue and said: "It's so serious, so be careful, let's go over and take a look."
The two of us also walked out of the study and walked to the back, now all the soldiers have been mobilized by Sui Jian's 'spring', three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, it is really heavily guarded, it seems that no one will dare to enter now
When the two of us came to the printing workshop, Lao Liu and a few of them also came, everyone did not enter, the workshop was built five steps away from the courtyard wall, the surrounding "flower" garden was built with logs, and the outside was "touched" with lime, which was also an expedient measure, the workshop was not very large, it was about the same as our courtyard, the whole workshop cycle has now been surrounded by our soldiers, there is no light inside, and the big "door" is also locked from the inside
Liu Taoran came to the big 'door' and said: "It's strange, I used to turn on the lights when I came at night, why did I turn off the lights today?"
"Brother Liu, go knock on the 'door' and pay attention to safety"
Lao Liu came to the big wooden 'door' in the workshop, knocked a few times with his fist, there was no movement inside, Lao Liu saw that there was no movement, knocked a few times and shouted: "Get up inside, hurry up and open the 'door', Lord Lan and Lord Liu are outside."
There is still no movement inside, and now everyone knows that something must have happened inside, or it wouldn't be like this, even if one person is asleep, and where is the other person?
Lao Liu came over and asked, "What should I do now?"
"Sui Jian's 'Chun', you first send someone to surround me, don't let one go, Brother Liu, you find a few soldiers for me, knock the 'door' open, everyone, be careful"
"Lan Daren, is there something wrong with the people inside," Liu Taoran is a civil official, and he doesn't know the seriousness of the matter, if the engraving in this workshop is stolen, then our only remedy is to replace the new silver tickets, so that we have to take back the millions of silver tickets circulating in the market and reprint new ones, but the consequence of this is that the silver number will be closed. The door is a long time, from the new silver ticket design and printing to the replacement of the new silver ticket, it is not a month or two months to complete, the blow to the credibility is even greater, we have just established the market has also disappeared, it is really a hundred secrets, I only think that as long as the silver and silver tickets are protected, you can not think of this most powerful trick
Lao Liu found more than a dozen soldiers, carrying a log to the big 'gate', the big 'gate' was also designed to be very sturdy according to the anti-theft design, and it was knocked open after more than a dozen times before it was knocked open, and no one dared to go in the workshop looking at the black 'hole' and 'hole'
At this time, Sui Jian's 'Chun' also came back from behind, and saw that the big 'gate' had been opened, and shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, go in first, all five of them carry lanterns, and they are all flammable, and be careful to walk in the water."
After Sui Jian's 'spring' and 'handover' were finished, several soldiers carried lanterns and walked cautiously into the workshop, and as soon as they entered the 'door', they heard a few screams, the first two soldiers fell to the ground, and the three soldiers in the back threw down the lanterns and ran back
"What if it looks like there are thieves inside," Sui Jian 'Chun' asked
As long as the thief is still inside, it means that there is no problem with our engraving, I am not afraid that they will destroy the engraving, I am afraid that they will run out with the engraving and destroy the engraving, and the master who does the engraving is still making another set, at most it can be delayed for more than ten days, but if they take it away, then we don't have to do it
"Guard the surroundings and be careful not to let the thieves escape, now you go and shout and say that they are surrounded, come out and surrender, spare them from death"
Sui Jian'chun came to a place not far from the big 'gate' according to my instructions, and shouted: "The people inside, listen that you have been surrounded, now put down your weapons and obediently come out and surrender, my lord said that you can let you go, if you don't come out and wait for us to attack, then you will be sent to the East Factory to enjoy the blessings, you also know that few people in the East Factory can come out alive."
After Sui Jian's 'Chun' shouted, there was still no movement inside, Sui Jian's 'Chun' couldn't hold his breath, and instructed the soldiers around him: "Everyone go and prepare, prepare the shield, and the next moment we will go in, and the first one will be rewarded, whoever dares to give me a retreat and kill."
Liu Taoran said: "Lord Lan, I think so, let's fence this place, wait until dawn and then attack, anyway, these people can't run, now the attack is in vain, the black light is blind and the casualties are increasing, what do you think?"
"Yes, that's good, it's three hours before dawn, let's wait for dawn."
I shouted to Sui Jian's 'Chun', who was arranging for the soldiers to prepare for the attack: "Sui Qianhu, come here."
Sui Jian'chun ran to my side and asked, "What else do you have to order, my lord, I have already arranged for someone to get the shield, and we will go in after a while, I am not afraid that these thieves will not surrender."
"Forget it, don't let the soldiers go to the dead, the enemy is in the dark, I am in the dark, I will fight in the light, our casualties are not small, you arrange for the soldiers to fence this place, don't let them run out, just wait until tomorrow and we will attack, but we must not be careless and let the soldiers hold bows and arrows at the 'door', as long as someone wants to come out, you will release the arrows, now it doesn't matter if you live or die, as long as you don't let them run."
Sui Jian's 'Chun' heard that there was no need to attack, and he also said approvingly: "My lord is wise, now we are the turtles in the urn, we can be caught in the morning and later, it is easier to catch during the day, and now there will definitely be casualties in the attack at night, so I will arrange it now."
Li Taoran grabbed Sui Jian' Chun, who was just about to leave, and said: "Sui Qianhu, you wait here, the guards in other places can't be loosened, especially to prevent them from running off the roof, let the soldiers pay attention."
"Thank you, Lord Liu, for reminding me, thanks to you, I can't think of a weakness on the roof."
"Okay, you go and arrange it, I'll send someone to inform Manager Chen to send some more people over, these people are still few, it seems that we will add more people in the future."
Sui Jian's 'Chun' went to arrange for the soldiers, I saw that we didn't have anything to do here, so I returned to the study with Liu Taoran, and while walking, Liu Taoran said: "Lord Lan, there are so many thieves in the capital, it's incredible."
"Lord Liu, I'm afraid these people are not in the capital, but there is an internal response in the capital, it is certain that we must find out this internal should as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be stable here in the future."
"Lord Lan, this internal should be difficult to find, if you want to find out, it will take a lot of effort to find out, you can't go on like this."
"Yes, we must make efforts to find out this internal should be paid attention to in the future, and the silver treasury must be the most trusted person to master, and when we engraving the silver ticket in the future, we will 'get' a fake piece out, and put the fake one in the workshop at night, but this matter must be kept absolutely confidential, and we will investigate it secretly."
Back in the study, I arranged for Liu Lianjiang to go out and take my waist card to inform Chen Jiu and ask him to send reinforcements in
After waiting for two hours, Liu Taoran and I discussed how to develop in the future, Liu Lianjiang came back, and there was a team of eunuchs from Dongchang behind him, and asked Liu Lianjiang to bring the iron 'door' to the back, and then Liu Lianjiang returned to my study
"My lord, Manager Chen said that when we attack at dawn, he will personally bring people over."
Until dawn, Liu Taoran and I didn't sleep until the soldiers guarding the big 'gate' came in and reported that Chen Jiu had arrived, and Liu Taoran and I came to the big 'gate' to welcome Chen Jiu in, Chen Jiu hugged his fists and said embarrassedly: "Lord Lan, Lord Liu, I'm sorry, it's all my subordinates, I didn't find these thieves, if you weren't vigilant about 'sex', you would have let them run away tonight."
"Mr. Chen, I can't complain that they are these thieves, they are too cunning, who would have thought that they were attacking each other, it seems that they have been planning this matter for a long time."
While talking, we walked for a while, and when we came to the back, the whole workshop was surrounded by our soldiers and the eunuchs of the East Factory sent by Chen Jiu, and Sui Jian'chun, who had not left the scene all night, came over and asked, "Master Chen, Lord Lan, should we attack now?"
Seeing that the day was dawning, the soldiers were also gearing up to attack, and suddenly black smoke came out of the workshop, Chen Jiu shouted: "It's not good, they want to set fire to me, rush in, and the people outside are on guard to prevent them from escaping while they are 'chaotic'."
The soldiers and the eunuchs of the East Factory rushed up to attack the workshop and went to the workshop, the smoke was rising, fortunately, the fire was not very big, and there were also the shouts of the soldiers and the collision of weapons, Chen Jiu wanted to go in, but I stopped me, I said: "Brother Chen, don't go in, it's not only dangerous inside, you are the emperor's most powerful confidant, if there is an accident, how can I 'hand' it over, let's wait here, it is estimated that there are not many thieves inside, let them fight."