The blindfolded man kept pulling out the shuriken and shooting towards the girl, accompanied by the cold light and the terrifying sound of "grabbing", the shuriken kept nailing to the girl's side, and soon, the outline of a human figure was outlined on the wooden board.

At this time, the white cloth had been tightened by the shuriken, and the girl under the white cloth gradually couldn't move.

Ito Hirobumi thought that the shuriken-throwing performance was over, and there should be some other performance next, but he didn't expect that the blindfolded man pulled out two more shurikens, raised his hands, and shot straight at the girl under the white cloth!

Two cold lights flashed, and only two soft sounds of "poof" were heard, and the two shurikens pierced the white cloth and pierced the girl's body fiercely!

Seeing this terrible scene, the crowd erupted in exclamation.

Ito Hirobumi was also surprised, he stared at the girl's body, and saw the two blood stains on the white cloth constantly expanding, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

"Murder! Kill! Call the police! Someone in the crowd shouted.

The blindfolded man jerked off the black cloth that covered his eyes, and when he saw the blood on the white cloth, he jumped to the girl's side and tore the white cloth off the board.

The crowd let out another exclamation.

Ito was also shocked to see that the girl on the wooden board who had been tied by ropes was gone, and was replaced by a humanoid doll made of cloth.

The man clapped his hands, and the girl smiled and walked out from behind the plank, bowing to the onlookers.

Seeing the girl alive, Ito Hirobumi breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl came up to the man, ripped off his mask, and grabbed the man's face with her hand as if in anger.

The man wanted to push her away, but she grabbed his face and didn't let go, and the two of them pulled up, and Ito Hirobumi was shocked to see that the man's face was deformed and distorted.

If the face is pulled like this, can people still stand it?

The girl's hand was forced, and she pulled it down violently, and Ito Hirobumi saw a large piece of flesh-colored skin-like thing torn off, and the man just now disappeared, turning into a delicate girl who was also fifteen or sixteen years old.

Seeing this thrilling and wonderful ninjutsu performance, the crowd instantly erupted in thunderstorm-like applause.

The two girls bowed to the audience together, and then each held a small wooden bowl and came to the crowd, and the audience took out copper coins and threw them into the bowl in the girl's hand.

Hirofumi Ito breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he realize that beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead because of the tension just now.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, thought for a while, took out his wallet, took out two "Meiji Tongbao Gold One Yuan" banknotes and a handful of "Meiji Tongbao" copper coins from it, handed them to his entourage, and motioned for him to give the money to the two girls.

The attendant jumped out of the carriage, squeezed into the crowd, came to the two girls, divided the banknotes and copper coins into two equal parts, and put them into the bowls in the hands of the two girls, and the two girls were all surprised to see the large denominations.

Ito Hirobumi saw them bow deeply to the entourage, as if asking for something like the entourage, the attendant first waved his hand, then turned his head and pointed in the direction where he was, and the two girls turned their heads in unison and looked at Ito Hirobumi.

Seeing the eyes of these two handsome girls full of gratitude, Ito Hirobumi smiled at them, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The appearance of the two girls receiving the banknotes reminded Ito of the past when he and Okuma Shigenobu worked together to deal with the currency reform.

As early as July of the Meiji era, ministers from various Western countries proposed to the new Japanese government how to deal with the problem of bad currency at the end of the Edo period and how to introduce a Western-style currency system to integrate it with international standards. In the early Meiji period, serious currency chaos caused serious damage to the interests of merchants from various countries in Japan. At that time, Japan was also a "nocturnal journey" in terms of currency circulation, and unlike the Qianguo countries separated by a sea, the Qianguo circulation was all "good money," while Japan was "bad money" and "fake money," and various countries continued to put pressure on the Meiji government.

At the end of the Edo period, due to the serious outflow of gold and silver, the shogunate was forced to mint gold and silver coins in poor condition, and as a result, foreign merchants were forced to sign a tax reform treaty, agreeing that they would not continue to reduce the quality of gold and silver, and that a Western-style monetary system would be introduced in the future. The Shogunate also minted low-quality gold and silver coins to pay for their expenses. In addition, each feudal domain had a tradition of minting bad coins in the past. So bad money is running rampant. The imitation of two-cent gold is particularly powerful, there are gold cast outside and silver in the middle, and there is a layer of gold plated outside with copper casting, and so on, up to twelve or thirteen. After the Restoration, the new government secretly continued to mint bad coins that violated the tax reform treaty due to various circumstances that caused the financial foundation to be unstable. The chaotic situation in the circulation of money not only made the lives of the Japanese people extremely miserable, hindered the development of Japan's economy, but also aroused the anger of foreign countries.

The British first noticed this behavior of the new Meiji government, and the British were extremely angry and demanded that the new Meiji government must reform the currency system. At that time, Japan's own economy was also severely hit by the rampant bad currency. Merchants at home and abroad suffered huge losses. In the second year of the Meiji era, British Minister Parks and the ministers of France, the United States, Italy, and Germany issued an official statement, demanding that the new government immediately come up with a plan to expel bad currency and put an end to all kinds of things that harm the interests of foreign businessmen on the grounds that the Japanese Civil War had ended. The new government was taken aback by the statement and hurriedly began to organize the negotiating team. At that time, the people in charge of the negotiations were Shigenobu Okuma and Hirobumi Ito.

However, at this time, the problem faced by Shigenobu Okuma was not only from abroad, but also from within the country. In order to defuse Parks' offensive. On February 5, Meiji 2, Shigenobu Okuma and Foreign Governor Date Munejo conspired to send a statement to Parks, claiming that the government would issue a statement on February 5 about the future issuance of a new currency, but this was really just a delaying ploy by Shigenobu Okuma. Parks was furious when he saw this, and immediately issued a strongly worded statement, demanding that the new administration explain what had happened. In desperation, Date Munejo issued a signed statement to the five countries on 30 February, in which Date Munejo admitted that the new government had made bad money and promised to put an end to it. The statement also formally promised that the government would issue a sufficient amount of new currency, and that the new currency would be exchanged for the equivalent value of the banknotes issued at the time, the Taisei Guanshu, and that it would be strictly forbidden for any private or feudal person to mint gold and silver coins except for the government itself.

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