readx; The crowd in front of the East City Juhai Xing Cabinet Workshop, the news that this Cabinet Workshop has interest on money has spread in Chang'an, for several days, the Cabinet Workshop lined up every day before yesterday, the ox cart that transports money even blocked the traffic, countless businessmen and ordinary people from all over the world are vying to deposit money into this Cabinet Workshop, this grand occasion has continued until yesterday, the famous Wang Bao Ji Cabinet Workshop in Beijing finally could not withstand the pressure of running copper coins, and announced that it also began to save money to calculate interest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Baoji began, and the rest of the cabinet shops who watched also followed up, and implemented new methods to give a certain interest on deposits, which was originally a fee for saving money, but now it is the other way around, saving money upside down, so that the profits of each cabinet shop will be greatly reduced, and Juhaixing has become the enemy of the public.

Li Qingan came to Dongshi early in the morning, and he wanted to see the circulation of silver coins with his own eyes.

"General, do you think King Qing will really be sent to Anxi?" On the way, his personal soldier Yu Sheng asked with some concern.

"It doesn't matter who goes, it's the same for us."

Li Qingan saw that his face was full of worry, so he asked and smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about so much, the so-called planning is in people, and success is in heaven." ”

"However, when the prince goes to Anxi, he will inevitably seize the power of the general, and even if he can't seize power, they will also hinder the general, which is like putting sand in the meal, deliberately making us not eat well."

"You don't care about the sand, you have to see, the original court only gave us a small bowl of rice, but now we can give a big pot to let us eat, in fact, it is good to put a few sands, so that we don't eat too quickly and choke."

While speaking, they came to the gate of Dongshi, and they saw the traffic at the gate of Juhaixing from afar, and the business was extremely hot.

Li Qingan saw that the crowd was crowded, he nodded and smiled: "Business is good!" ”

"General, shall we go in and have a look?"

"Since you're here, of course you're going, go through the back door."

A group of people entered the cabinet from the back door, the cabinet workshop covers an area of more than ten acres, divided into two floors on the ground, one floor underground, there are more than 20 people with clerks, and 50 guards, in addition, there is a pigeon building in the backyard, and there are special people to raise carrier pigeons.

At this moment, the cabinet is very busy, the guys count the copper coins, put the money into the cabinet, and then send it to the underground warehouse, some are responsible for saving money, some are responsible for borrowing money, some are responsible for bookkeeping, and some are issuing flying money, the shopkeeper Li Yunfeng is busy inside and out, his eyes are red, and his voice is hoarse.

"Shopkeeper Li, the general is here."

Someone shouted, Li Yunfeng ran out of the front desk, and hurriedly saluted: "General, why are you here today?" ”

"I'll find out."

"Good! The general invited him to sit in the room. ”

Li Yunfeng invited Li Qingan into the room, poured him a cup of tea, and went to get an account book back.

"General, since the opening of the cabinet in the eastern and western cities, we have accumulated 500,000 copper coins and put 30,000 coins, and our underground treasury is almost full, ready to be transferred to the Atami Ju money bank."

"Isn't it possible to put millions of dollars in the underground warehouse? How can 500,000 guan be full? ”

"The general doesn't know, these are just saving money, and there is also silver money exchange, which is also a big head."

"And how is the silver money exchange now?" Li Qing'an is most concerned about money, which is related to his future in Anxi.

"The silver money is very well exchanged, in fact, the black market has long begun to exchange gold and silver, but now it is made public, the silver money is light and easy to carry, very popular, the official price is one to one hundred Wen, but I heard that the black market price has been exchanged to one hundred and ten Wen, the two days have dropped slightly, it is one hundred and five Wen, our six thousand silver coins have just been delivered, and three thousand Guan were exchanged on the first day, this is this is 300,000 copper coins!"

"What about money? Does anyone redeem it? ”

"The money is not very good, a money is consistent, after all, the price is too high, ordinary people exchange money, our 100 pieces of money, so far only 15 times, most of them are dignitaries to enjoy the fun, I heard that many shops also refuse to accept money, only accept cash."

Speaking of this, Li Yunfeng ordered someone to take out a handful of silver coins, arranged them one by one on the table and said with a smile: "General, please look, these silver coins are different. ”

Li Qing'an suddenly became interested, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, from the appearance at first glance, these silver coins are almost the same, they are all Kaiyuan Tongbao silver coins cast in a mold, but if you look closely, you can see that these silver coins are indeed different, the front is the same, Kaiyuan Tongbao four Lishu words, but the back is different, Anxi silver coins have four small characters on the back of Anxi supervision, and the imperial court is the stars and moon and other patterns, but even the silver coins of the imperial court are also different, some are very standardized, and the workmanship is also very beautiful, but there are also a few coins that are obviously thin and light, Rough workmanship.

"The general has found out too! Someone is minting private money, cutting corners, these coins are privately minted, obviously not in good condition, I suspect that there is white copper in it. ”

Li Qingan picked up a few privately minted silver coins, and sure enough, the feel was different, the meat was thin and heavy, and the density of silver was lighter than that of copper, so it might indeed be mixed with white copper.

I didn't expect to be out of fake silver money so soon, Li Qingan suddenly realized a serious problem, if the silver money is allowed to be minted privately, someone will definitely take the opportunity to mint counterfeit money, the value of copper money is small, the impact is not great, but silver money is different, a fake silver coin can make people lose a lot, thus affecting the credibility of silver money, and finally make the people no longer believe in silver money, at that time the most heavy loss is still Anxi.

It seems that the harshest criminal law must be used to prevent people from minting money privately, but if it is minted by the powerful, will the criminal law be useful? Those kings and nobles have a large amount of gold and silver in their hands, and in order to make the gold and silver valuable, of course they will privately mint it into silver money, but in the casting process, will they honestly mint pure silver? Maybe someone will, but the vast majority of people won't, it must be doped with other metals to make huge profits, even if Anxi doesn't fake, but it's just as easy to cast fake Anxi money, and then Li Ghost drives away Li Kui, who would dare to use his Anxi's silver money.

So what makes it impossible to fake? Li Qing'an suddenly remembered the Yuan Datou of the later generations, pinched it with his fingernails, blew it violently and put it to his ears to listen, when it sounded, this is a good silver dollar, this is the special surname of the metal silver, it is almost impossible to fake, why does he have to mint Kaiyuan Tongbao money, but not make Anxi silver dollars that can be blown? As for the technology, he believed that the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty would definitely be able to solve it under heavy rewards.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Li Yunfeng: "Don't exchange the silver money for the time being, I want to send a quick letter to Anxi." ”

Li Yunfeng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately took a fine pen and silk, Li Qing'an groaned slightly, then wrote a pigeon letter, pressed the seal, rolled it and put it in a red thin bamboo tube, handed it to Li Yunfeng and said: "Send someone to Atahaiju immediately, and send it to Anxi with a pigeon letter." ”

Li Yunfeng immediately found someone to do it, and Li Qingan had no intention of going to the East Market again, so he told Li Yunfeng a few more words, and then went out of the cabinet.

As soon as he came out of the closet, a middle-aged man greeted him, "General, the owner of my family is invited!" ”

"Who is the proprietor of your house?"

The man gestured into the distance, "The proprietor of my house is there." ”

Li Qing'an looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a woman standing at the door of Yang Ji's cabinet, dressed in a fancy way, bewitching and abnormal, but who was not Yang Huahua?

When she saw Li Qing'an looking at her, she couldn't help but straighten her towering chest and raise her pretty face, she also came to inspect the cabinet shop today, but she happened to see Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan smiled, then stepped forward and said, "Where don't we meet in life, madam, we meet again." ”

Yang Huahua bit her lip, this Li Qingan actually walked in front of her as if nothing happened, as if nothing happened, could it be that the past things, past grievances and grievances, really blow like the wind, without taking away a trace? Yang Huahua suddenly felt a little sad in her heart, she would rather Li Qingan come with an angry face, at least he still had his own shadow in his heart, but now, his eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger.

She hid her inner feelings, and said with a coquettish smile: "I want to invite General Li to dinner, I wonder if there is such an honor?" ”

"The third lady invited me to dinner, it should be my honor Li Qingan, and the guest is as he pleases."

Yang Huahua pointed to a wine shop a hundred steps away, "Okay, there's an orchid wine shop in front, let's go there for lunch!" ”

"Madame, please!"

More than a dozen maids and attendants hugged Yang Huahua and walked towards the wine shop, Li Qingan also turned over and got on his horse, and came to the wine shop with more than 20 followers, he turned over and dismounted, looked up at the flag, and saw the words 'Nasebo' written on the wine flag.

Li Qing'an smiled, he knew that this was opened by the Sogdians of Xiaoshi Kingdom.

"Welcome to our shop!"

The shopkeeper was also a Sogdian, fluent in Chinese, and when he saw that Yang Huahua and Li Qing'an had many servants and were extraordinary, he knew that a noble man was coming, and he hurriedly greeted him personally.

"Madam, please sit on the second floor, the second floor is quiet and elegant, and it will definitely satisfy Madame."

Yang Huahua smiled slightly, pointed at Li Qingan and smiled: "Do you know who he is?" He is your lord of Anthy. ”

The shopkeeper's eyes widened suddenly, and he stammered: "Guest.. Is it General Lee? ”

Li Qing'an glanced at Yang Huahua, she actually said that her lord of Anxi had ill intentions! He smiled and said in Turkic, "Feel free and don't be too enthusiastic." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, and immediately laughed and said, "Yes!" Be! General, please upstairs, Madame upstairs, please! ”

The entourage was all dining downstairs, only four personal soldiers followed upstairs, stood at the door of the private room, stood with knives on their shoulders, and no one was allowed to disturb them, Li Qingan walked into the room, and saw that the room was very elegantly arranged, he couldn't help but nod and sat down.

"Madame, please be seated!"

Yang Huahua Yingying sat down and asked curiously, "What did you tell him just now?" I don't understand. ”

Li Qingan smiled and said: "I told him, this is Mrs. Qiuguo, the second most beautiful woman in the world, and she must be served well." ”

"You're lying!"

Yang Huahua said with a smile: "If you really say that, he will definitely look at me a few more times, but this Hu man has never looked at me, you definitely don't talk about me." ”

Having said that, Yang Huahua heard Li Qingan call her the second beauty in the world, and she felt a little uncomfortable, of course she didn't want to be the first beauty, but Li Qingan ranked her after Yang Yuhuan, and she didn't like others to compare her with Yang Yuhuan the most.

"What, isn't it nice to call you the second beauty?" Li Qing'an saw a trace of anger in her eyes.

"There is nothing to be happy or unhappy, I am already old, my youth is no more, where do I dare to say the word 'world'."

Yang Huahua's mood darkened, although she was very well maintained, there were still a few fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and her face did not have the previous luster and elasticity, looking a little loose and dry.

She sighed secretly, picked up the flask and poured herself a glass, drank it in one gulp, and said with a forced smile: "Didn't General Li notice my changes?" ”

Li Qingan bowed slightly, and said with a diplomatic tone: "Madame is more beautiful than before." ”

"I don't allow you to talk to me like that!"

Yang Huahua's face was like a layer of frost, and she said coldly to Li Qing'an: "You and I are either friends or enemies, there will be no third possibility, let alone such boring boasting as you, if you forget, I will remind you that I wanted you to be my man back then, but you refused, so there will be your prison, which was the case in the past, and will be like this in the future?" ”

Li Qingan looked at the wine glass in his hand and said lightly: "Why do you say that you want me to be your man, not that you should be my woman, our contradiction lies in this." ”

"Shichiro, what if I'm willing to be your woman now?" Yang Huahua's voice suddenly trembled.

"Why should the third lady embarrass herself?"

Li Qingan sighed lightly: "You are Mrs. Qiuguo, your existence is to be alone, you are not attached to any man, you just want to do what you like, whether it is your scheming or your debauchery, that is your Yang Huahua's surname, if you do my Li Qing'an's woman, then you are not Yang Huahua, the same, my Li Qing'an's surname is a clear grievance, you once gave me a bow, I remember it to this day: but you also framed me and trapped me in prison, I also hold a grudge until now, I remember it because of my gratitude, So I won't take revenge on you, so I'll come to dinner with you, but because of the grudge, I can't accept you anymore, ma'am, do you understand? ”

Yang Huahua stared at Li Qingan for a long time, with a complicated look in her eyes, she suddenly laughed, poured herself another glass of wine, and said leisurely: "I'm just testing you, do you think I will really be your woman?" You dream! Unless I hide a knife, when you are most interested, I will slaughter you with a knife and let you die under my Yang Huahua's pomegranate skirt, Li Qilang, do you know? I've had this dream more than once, and how I longed for it to become a reality. ”

Li Qingan squinted his eyes and took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Dying under the pomegranate skirt, being a ghost is also romantic, and dying under the pomegranate skirt of the third lady is also my Li Qingan's dream, I hope it becomes a reality." ”

(To be continued)