"Sir, I've been counting with the officials of the treasury for the past few days...... We may be issuing the first silver banknotes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Lu Ren froze: "So fast? Although we have been preparing to issue banknotes for a long time, I expect it to be a year or two away. ”

Zhen Mi took the account book and reported a large number of values, and explained: "The gold, silver, and grain reserves in the treasury are gradually increasing, and the population of Yi and Quanzhou in the past few years has far exceeded our expectations. Especially in this Yizhou Festival, there were many incidents where people had to barter because of insufficient currency.

"Especially for some large-scale transactions, whether it is the merchants who come to our Yizhou to trade, or the residents of Yizhou, they all feel that it is very inconvenient to carry a large amount of money and goods with them, and even in the people, there have been two parties who write down money and property contracts for trading, so I am afraid that it is easy to get into trouble. In the words of your previous gentleman, rather than allowing the private sector to carry out such a difficult and trouble-prone contract transaction, it is better for the government to issue silver bills, which can save a lot of trouble. The people are psychologically acceptable. ”

Lu Ren groaned: "This is it." The development of Yizhou was already very fast, and now Quanzhou has been added...... Do you have a count of the relevant gold and silver? ”

Zhen Mi handed the account book to Lu Ren: "It's been calculated, please take a look at it." ”

Lu Ren glanced at it, nodded and asked, "Everyone is leaving, right?" ”

"They have all returned to their respective homes, and the rest of the guards and soldiers are now outside the courtyard."

Lu Ren stood up, groped in his arms and said, "Okay, let's go get the silver ticket steel plate." Seriously, we've got this thing ready for a long time, just before this last chance. ”

After the two flashed into the screen, after confirming that there was no one around, Lu Ren pressed the mechanism, and a secret door on the wall opened silently, and after Lu Ren and Zhen Mi entered the secret passage, they returned to their original state, and others couldn't see it at all. Lu Ren has always been very careful about this matter, the main steel plate that printed the Yizhou silver ticket is constipated and hidden in the secret room under the secret passage, and this secret passage is only known to Lu Ren and Zhen Mi, and then there is also a Shirley.

Of course, in order to keep the secret of this secret passage, Lu Ren didn't want to play the bad trick of the feudal emperor to kill people in order to keep it secret, so he spent a lot of time before and after, and in some places he even used his own hands. Now, even if the craftsmen who participated in the construction of the secret passage are called, they will still think that they are from the government...... Sewage channel!

After turning around, Lu Ren and Zhen Mi came to the door of the secret room where the steel plate of the silver ticket was stored, and each took out a key and inserted it into the keyhole to open the secret door and enter the room. By the light of the ever-bright lantern, the two of them opened the iron box again, and the few steel plates soaked in soybean oil in the box were the things they wanted to use.

Lu Ren rolled up his sleeves, carefully took out the steel plate in the oil and put it on the wooden cart in the room, and quipped while taking him back: "Okay, I have to ask the maid to wash my clothes a few more times before I can wear them." Oil stains are not so good to wash drips!

Zhen Mi smiled, in order to facilitate her work, she took off her wide-sleeved blouse, and she didn't need to roll up her sleeves when she was wearing a sleeveless suit, but she couldn't move the steel plate, so she could only help Lu Ren correct the steel plate put on the cart. The number of printed steel plates is not much, but it is also a lot, and Lu Ren barely finished it with sweat. looked at his hands full of soybean oil, shook his head and smiled: "Look at my memory, and I don't remember to bring a hand cloth in...... Hey, no way. ”

Squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, barely removed some soybean oil, and rubbed it on the wall a few times, and the oil stains were almost gone. He didn't care, Zhen Mi was a little embarrassed, and it seemed a little ...... for Zhen Mi to reach out and grab the soil and remove the oil In fact, Zhen Mi is a woman, and she carries a handkerchief with her to wipe the oil stains, but she is also a hand of oil, and she will suffer when she reaches into her arms to get the clothes. It's not good to ask Lu Ren for help, the handkerchief can be placed on the chest! After thinking about it, Zhen Mi simply did the same, and threw away everyone's beautiful demeanor first, and no one saw it anyway, so he squatted down and wiped the oil stains on the ground.

Lu Ren found a clean place to sit down and rest, and sighed lightly: "It seems that I am really lacking exercise, but I am actually tired and sweaty from fishing these steel plates, and I have to sit down and rest." ”

Zhen Mi was still squatting there carefully wiping the oil stains, for fear that the hard sand and stone would wear down her jade hands if she was not careful, but a few wipes aroused her playfulness, and the sand and soil were gathered into a pile and gently wiped away. After hearing Lu Ren's words, Zhen Mi raised her head and smiled: "Sir, you are always so tired, you really should pay more attention to your body." ”

Lu Ren smiled and prepared to stand up and leave the secret room. It's just that Lu Ren just stood up and suddenly felt a little shaking in front of him, and the person was also a little unstable on his feet, so he reached out to support the wall in a hurry, and said with a forced smile: "You see that my body is really a lot worse, and I am top-heavy when I just move something." ”

Over there, Zhen Mi frowned and said, "No, sir, do you feel as if the ground is shaking?" I feel it too. ”

"The ground shakes? Oops! ”

Lu Ren was shocked, the ground shook and it was the prelude to the earthquake, but he was so tired because of this day, he actually thought it was a physical adverse reaction that he was too tired. In a panic, Lu Ren hurriedly shouted: "Xiao Mi, go out with me, this is going to be an earthquake!" ”

"Earthquake!?"

Zhen Mi was also frightened when she heard this word, and in a panic, Lu Ren pulled her up, and the two of them wanted to run out along the dark road. Unfortunately, after only a few steps, the earth beam of the hidden tunnel in front of him suddenly broke, and the mud and stone above collapsed......

Yizhou is located on the edge of the continental block, and earthquakes are actually commonplace, but the amplitude of the earthquake is relatively small, and many times people do not notice it. Occasionally, the ground shook a few times, and it was a moment away, and the residents of Yizhou had long been accustomed to it. This time, the shaking amplitude was slightly larger, but it passed in a while, and no one paid too much attention to it, but Lu Ren and Zhen Mi were unlucky because of this, and they were trapped in the secret room where the passage collapsed.

Alas, who is to blame for this? Who made Lu Ren ruthless at the beginning, and let the craftsmen dig such a "sewage channel" casually, and just give up after erecting a few beams. If this is a tofu scum project, the initiator is Lu Ren himself. What's even worse is that many places were secretly dug out by Lu Ren himself, and he unknowingly destroyed the integrity of some projects. People, sometimes I really can't be soft-hearted!

However, this is not a big deal for Lu Ren, although the passage entrance is sealed, Lu Ren can activate the chip and let Shirley bring someone over to move away, and Cai Yan and the others don't still have jewelry communicators on their bodies? Just shout at it. However, this secret passage is only known to Lu Ren and Zhen Mi, only Shirley knows, Cai Yan and their words will most likely not be able to find a place, if they bring people to dig indiscriminately, it will cause problems, so it is better to let Shirley bring people to dig to be safe. And the only trouble now is that Shirley went to the new city to take charge of some of the construction work of the station there, and I am afraid that she will not be able to come back for a while.

Lu Ren and Zhen Mi, who were trapped in the secret room, were sitting there a little weakly at the moment, mainly because they were tired just now. I don't know how long it has been, anyway, according to Lu Ren's calculations, it was almost dusk when they entered the secret room, and it was already dark for most of the day. Half-leaning against the wall, Lu Ren laughed a few times and laughed at himself: "I really didn't expect such a thing to happen...... This secret room was dug out by my own hand, almost by myself, and I didn't expect it to be like digging my own grave. Alas, it's a good thing there are ventilation ducts in this secret room, otherwise it wouldn't be long before we both die of gas. ”

With the light of the ever-bright lamp in the secret room, Zhen Mi saw Lu Ren's somewhat funny bitter gourd face clearly, and he wanted to laugh but couldn't. Sitting against the wall like Lu Ren, he asked Lu Ren worriedly: "Sir, we are trapped here now, and the outside world does not know, so will we ......?"

Saying that, Zhen Mi's body trembled involuntarily, obviously a little scared, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Lu Ren smiled and said, "You are confused, have you forgotten that I can 'transmit sound for thousands of miles' between me and Shirley and Wen Ji?" Now you haven't married properly, otherwise you'd have to bring a set of jewelry on your body that can communicate directly. ”

Zhen Mi was stunned, but immediately smiled embarrassedly. Although Zhen Mi has not officially married Lu Ren at this time, some things are already known. It's just that I was a little frightened just now, so I forgot about it.

Lu Ren found something else at this time, saving Zhen Mi from worrying here. I just said a few words......

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Lu Ren looked up in amazement, saw Zhen Mi bowing his head with an embarrassed expression, and said with a dumb smile: "Xiao Mi, are you hungry?" ”

Zhen Mi smiled astringently: "I didn't eat much at noon." One is that he is too busy with official business, and the other is ...... In order to maintain your figure. ”

Lu Ren smiled and shook his head, reached into his arms and groped for a while, and took out a wax-sealed oil paper bag and handed it to Zhen Mi. Zhen Mi glanced at it and said in amazement: "Compressed biscuits? Sir, do you still have this with you? ”

"You know that since I was in Cao Ying, I have often been studying government affairs everywhere, and it is common for me to neglect to eat, so I am used to always carrying some dry food with me in case of emergency. Well, let's do it for a moment. ”

Zhen Mi hesitated for a moment to take it, and then asked, "Sir, what about you?" ”

Lu Ren said: "I'm not hungry yet, and I still have three pieces on my body." Oh yes, we have a little bit of dry food, but there's no water here, so you don't have to eat too much at once, it's just going to get more thirsty. ”

Zhen Mi nodded, opened the oiled paper packet and carefully took a small bite of the compressed biscuit, chewing it for a long time according to Lu Ren's prompt before swallowing it carefully, because in this way he would not feel thirsty. After only eating about a quarter, Zhen Mi stopped, wrapped it up and put it aside. Looking at Lu Renzheng with one hand on his head, he sat there motionless as if he was asleep.

After another silence, Lu Ren seemed to remember something, suddenly stood up and extinguished two of the four everlasting lamps in the secret room, and listened to a few more ventilation pipes. Although Zhen Mi didn't know that these were modern common sense for self-help, she believed that Lu Ren must have his reason for doing so, so she didn't ask anything out loud...... (To be continued.) )