The early spring sunshine is not very warm, but it is so bright, making people's faces smile with brilliance, and everything looks so beautiful.

With a lot of copper coins, followed by Ruyi Langjun, he strolled in the West Market. The smile on Ping'er's face is so bright, life seems to have climbed to the pinnacle of happiness.

Yang Zhishou's legs were sore, and he was already trembling slightly. He carried a lot of things in large bags and small bags in his hands, and followed Ping'er around the West Market for nearly two hours, which made him how to eat when he didn't work weekdays.

However, he did not dare to complain. The gold list was not named, but Ping'er hugged her beloved. This flying Yanfu, even if he is unwilling, he has to accept it. The water in the Grand Nullah is still very cold in early spring, and as a southerner, he is very afraid of the cold.

Seeing Ping'er's figure flickering, she disappeared into a jade shop again. Yang Zhishou turned his head and smiled bitterly at the two men in Tsing Yi who had been following him, and hurriedly followed.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this piece of jade?" Ping'er took a piece of beautiful jade and asked while competing on Yang Zhishou's poof.

"Five thousand copper coins, a lot of money." The middle-aged shopkeeper glanced at Ping'er and Yang Zhishou, and answered lukewarmly.

"The jade you had here a few days ago was the most expensive and worth the price. The texture of this piece of jade is not high-grade, why do you suddenly sell it for such an expensive price. This is the West Market, not the East Market, which specializes in fine jade. Ping'er put the jade back in the box and complained dissatisfied.

"Higashi? Jade in the East Market is now more expensive. It's too expensive, you can not buy it. The shopkeeper walked over, picked up the box and put it back on the shelf, and didn't even look at Ping'er and Yang Zhishou anymore.

In front of her favorite lover, being looked down upon so much, Ping'er was a little embarrassed for a while. gritted his teeth, and was ready to buy this piece of jade at a loss.

"Shopkeeper, buy jade, as long as the uncle I can see it, as many as I want." A richly dressed young man, with four or five servants, walked in, glanced at them with contempt, and then sat down on a chair with a big grin, and shook his folding fan lightly.

"Although the store is small, there are still a lot of high-quality jade, guest officer, take a look, can you still get into the eye?" The shopkeeper smiled all over his face, took out a few boxes, and piled them in front of the young man.

The young man glanced at it casually and waved his fan: "Wrap it up, wrap it all up for me." A few of you go and take a look, if there are any good jades, I will buy them all, uncle. ”

Including the piece of beautiful jade that was photographed by Ping'er, it was stacked next to the young man. I saw him nod slightly, and one of the servants brought a large bag of copper and threw it in front of the shopkeeper.

Ping'er saw that the beautiful jade in her photo was also bought, and she couldn't help but want to theorize. Yang Zhishou grabbed the corner of her clothes, glanced at her, and the two walked out of the shop in a gloomy manner.

The bright sunlight was a little dazzling, Yang Zhishou buried his head and walked out of the West Market with Ping'er quickly.

"What the hell is going on with you? As a dignified scholar, he is so afraid of things. Obviously, I took a fancy to the fast jade first, so I can't go and say two words! ”

Ping'er shook off Yang Zhishou's hand and stared at him angrily.

"What a woman's view! What kind of place is this Chang'an City, if you are not careful, you will cause trouble, can the two of us afford to be offended? Don't you see, the copper coins that the young man took out were all strings of copper coins with holes, and there were a lot of white coins mixed in them. There is no power behind him, dare to openly use such inferior money? ”

Yang Zhishou flicked his sleeves, stared back a few times, and walked forward quickly.

Ping'er knew that she didn't have the knowledge of a scholar, so she was bluffed by Yang Zhishou's words, and trotted to follow.

Ping'er, who redeemed herself, with

Yang Zhishou temporarily rented a small courtyard in Shengping Fang. Back in the room, she carefully counted her money. Recalling the situation of shopping in the West Market today, I became confused for a while.

In just a few days, the price of many things has risen a lot. I think I have 300,000 private money, but I don't care much about my wealth. When I got home, I didn't think it was right. How did his net worth suddenly become a lot less. Where did the copper coins that I lost go?

At the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, the courtyard is deep, and there is a separate garden carved with a fence. Qi Dagui, a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, sat in the flower hall and drank fragrant tea. The sunlight shines through the window, casting dappled light and shadow on the ground, like a place of money.

The fat hand groped on the big and conspicuous white jade wrench, squinting slightly, staring at the money all over the ground for a long time, satisfied. Perhaps, it won't be long before the name of the richest man in the Tang Dynasty will fall on his head Qi Dagui.

"Starting tomorrow, the copper coins brought this time will begin to be put into the West Market. To make Chang'an City circulate copper coins, at least 20% of the copper coins minted by my Jiangnan Qi family. ”

Qi Dagui's chubby hand waved vigorously, and he had the power of a battlefield general.

Adjacent to the Shengye Fang of Yongxing Palace, I sat on the second floor of the cyclamen wine shop, looking at the opposite side of the wine shop while drinking, the vermilion wall is high and deep, and the ancient wood is shady with a mansion, which is one of the five houses of the Yang family, the residence of Mrs. Qin Guo.

"I heard that although Mrs. Qin Guo is older, her skin is smooth and delicate, smooth and clean like jade, and even His Majesty the Sage can't put it down. Your kid Yanfu is really not shallow, not only sleeping with His Majesty the Sage with a woman, but also becoming the cheap old father-in-law of the king of Guangping County. You say, if this news spreads, how many people will envy you. ”

As he passed, he looked at Yang Zhishou on the side with a playful expression.

Yang Zhishou, who was pulled to recognize the way, turned pale, and after hearing the words of the road, he stood unsteadily, slumped on the ground weakly, and his mind was blank.

"Mrs. Qin Guo, this old lady is really slamming the door, she ate you such a tender scholar alive, and she only threw you 30,000 copper coins, and she gave him back his mother's money! You must know that His Majesty the Sage, who is getting older and more romantic, gives the Yang sisters millions of dollars every year. ”

The road was deflated, and she spurned the behavior of Mrs. Qin Guo, an old lady.

"Yesterday, Ping'er and I were shopping for things in the West Market, and I met a wealthy son who was buying jade in a jade shop. The money he took out was all perforated money, not to mention a lot of white money. If you look at this, there will be something strange. ”

Yang Zhi kept his mind steady, and when he saw the road, he would no longer embarrass himself, so he flattered and told what he had seen.

"Huh!" When he heard the words, he covered his chin and thought about it. In the past few days, the prices in Chang'an have risen, and at the beginning of the road, I thought it was because the Tang Dynasty had suffered several defeats in a row and the treasury was tight. Now it seems that there is another reason for this.

Hurried home, in this regard, it is better to ask his own lady Wang Liuli.

As soon as I walked into the room where Wang Liuli was dealing with affairs, I saw her raise the abacus plate and slam it on the ground angrily.

He lowered his body and picked up an abacus bead that was rolling beside him, and looked blankly at Wang Liuli, who was still kicking roughly.

"What's wrong, you're so angry?"

"Do you know that Chang'an City was first in the East Market, and there were perforated money and white money filled with lead and tin, which disturbed prices. Today, countless such bad money poured out of Lixi City, and in just a few days, the loss of our Four Seas Chamber of Commerce reached 20%. I don't know where the unscrupulous and evil businessmen came from, and suddenly brought so much

's bad money, this Chang'an's market, is about to be completely destroyed. ”

Wang Liuli covered her stomach, and it seemed that she was very angry.

I was shocked when I passed by, this kind of behavior of using evil money to make good money destroyed not only the commercial market of Chang'an, but also the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

No, no, we must find out this evil business and stop such evil deeds. Otherwise, this evil money will spread in Chang'an, and Datang's economy will be completely finished.

"Uncle, aunt! My lord ordered the villain to come and inform you to go to Wang's house as soon as possible, and there is something important to discuss. "A steward of the Wang family was brought over by his subordinates.

Wang Liuli's heart was slightly sour, I don't know when those old guys have important things, and they always summon the way over, and he, the big shopkeeper of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, has become a decoration.

However, what is there to compete with his own Lang Jun, Wang Liuli comforted himself. sighed slightly, feeling very lost.

In the Lixian room of the Wangjia Golden Grotto, Wang Yuanbao, Yang Chongyi, and Guo Wanjin, the three wealthy friends of Chang'an, all had gloomy faces, almost dripping water.

"Damn, as much evil money as he has, he will collect as much as his labor. I don't believe it, the combined wealth of the three of us old guys, there are still people who can compare. Guo Wanjin couldn't hold his breath and said angrily.

"No! Never. Even if we collect all the bad money in the market and stop the flood of bad money for a while, it is not a long-term solution. If you think about it, we have received the evil money, and it is we who have lost, but it is the evil merchant who has gained. Not long after, he trafficked a large amount of bad money into Chang'an, and how much net worth we have is not enough to compensate! ”

Yang Chongyi waved his hand again and again, completely disagreeing with Guo Wanjin's reckless approach.

"What Uncle Yang said is very true, Uncle Guo's approach is not to kill the enemy, but to fund the enemy. It is impossible to defeat such evil business practices by relying only on normal business practices. Now the only way to rely on the power of the government is to seize this evil businessman and declare his evil deeds. Only by the imperial court can the imperial court come forward and buy the evil money on the market to fundamentally prevent such evil from happening again. ”

After passing by, he walked in quickly, saluted the three elders, and then talked eloquently.

"In my opinion, ** said, the best policy. Now we are waiting for our own shops, and we are trying our best to suppress the goods, so that the bad businessman will not be able to buy the goods even if he has money. On the other hand, go all out to find out where the bad money came from. I, the merchants of Chang'an, will collectively report this matter to the court, and the court will come forward to solve it. ”

Wang Yuanbao took a sip of the teacup, and a trace of worry flashed on his face.

"I have been waiting for these years to sponsor some poor scholars to become officials in the court, but most of them have low official positions and are soft-spoken. I'm afraid I can't talk about such a big thing! Guo Wanjin was sullen and shook his head again and again.

"Directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion, when the Prime Minister Li Linfu Li is the prime minister, he has been the prime minister for 19 years, and he is the most credible. For such evil deeds that undermine my Datang foundation, I think he will not sit idly by. ”

The road said with confidence.

"So, let's take one step at a time. We'll work together to find out this evil businessman first. Wang Yuanbao nodded and set the policy for this gathering.

"Fuck! According to what Brother Lu said, as long as this evil businessman keeps casting evil money filled with lead and tin, a few hard-earned money from the people of Li will disappear in the blink of an eye? It's worse than robbers. No, no, no, this thief must be caught, I, Guo Yan, have five ladies to raise. ”

married two daughters-in-law, Guo Yan, the young beggar gang leader, with a look of righteous indignation.