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The news of the call from the Liao people made the residents of the Song Dynasty extremely panicked, and as Chen Yuan expected, when a person in the middle of the Song Dynasty and the Liao State ripped off the last fig leaf, a long queue formed at the door of the bank, and the phenomenon of a run inevitably appeared.

There was a long queue of people at the three branches set up in Bianjing, this scene made the people who were not very panicked panic, even if Chen Yuan knew that the war could start at any time, he had already made a lot of silver reserves in Bianjing, and everyone who walked into the bank could take out the silver, but this still could not ease the mood of the residents.

Such emotions are already tormenting, and the anxiety caused by queuing makes every bank branch under great pressure. The people waiting at the door to withdraw money can move their fists to fight for a small thing the size of a sesame seed, Chen Yuan can only immediately ask Bao Zheng to send the Kaifeng Mansion to come and calm the situation, otherwise if the run turns into a robbery, the matter is really irreparable.

He spent the whole day running back and forth between the three branches and the docks, the first said, the Bianjing branch alone redeemed three million taels of small silver tickets, and the other more than four million large stubs have been placed on the counter to complete the exchange procedures, according to the regulations, after the fifth day, Chen Yuan will support more than four million.

It's just one day!

The news of the war spread too quickly, and Chen Yuan was a little caught off guard.

"How much silver is left in the warehouse now?" Chen Yuan still can't rest when the bank arrives to fight abroad, if the situation continues tomorrow and he can't come up with any good countermeasures, things will get very bad.

But tomorrow's situation will not continue today's, it will be worse than today!

Shopkeeper Yang used the speed of a trot to follow behind Chen Yuan: "It's not much, there are about 10 million taels, and some of them are silver nuggets that have just been transported from Dongying, and they have not been processed." ”

"Take it and process it right away."

"But the workshop of the imperial court has closed......."

"Let them work overtime, and I will go and tell them, give me all the silver nuggets to melt them into silver ingots tonight, and I must have them all. Also, is there any news from Penglai? ”

Chen Yuan also has a warehouse in Penglai Harbor, where a large number of silver nuggets are stored.

Shopkeeper Yang's tone was a little panting: "Amuda has already brought someone there, and it is estimated that he will be able to come back in a few days." ”

Chen Yuan nodded: "Okay, after eating, you let the guys settle the accounts, starting tomorrow, the window for cashing out each semicolon will be reduced from four to three, and let the guys slow down their hands and feet a little, and it will be a while if it can be delayed for a while." ”

Walking into the gate of the Horse Mansion, Pang Xi greeted him: "Brother Chen, the emperor has sent people to look for you several times, let you enter the palace as soon as you come back, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

Chen Yuan originally wanted to come back for a meal, but after hearing what Pang Xi said, he immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll go now, do you have steamed buns at home?" Bring me two. ”

got into the carriage with two steamed buns, and before leaving, he arranged for Chen Shizhong to meet those merchants. Let him immediately find those people to borrow money, and borrow cash from the hands of those merchants. I also want to tell those businessmen that he will inevitably be very difficult with the war, and at this time, ask those businessmen to help him, even if he doesn't help, he will definitely not be able to come to join in the fun, and their money will not be redeemed.

Chen Shizhong originally thought that this job would be difficult to do, but to his surprise, now the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce have understood what it means for them to fight. The first two times Chen Yuan used the carriage of war to bring them all rich, and now that the Liao people have started a war, they all know that this means that another carriage is coming, and taking this carriage will definitely make their business go to a higher level.

War is a carriage, the horse is the horse that pulls the cart, and the silver is the forage, and the forage must be sufficient at this time, so as to ensure that the horse always has the strength to pull the cart forward. It's good for them, the ones who get on the wagon.

Besides, the bank has indeed brought a lot of convenience to everyone, and from the perspective of prospects, this bank is a profitable business and worth supporting. Therefore, they swore to Chen Shizhong that they would definitely support Chen Shimei at this time.

When Chen Yuan came to the palace, Renzong's expression was indeed extremely excited: "Shimei, I sent someone to find you a few times, where have you been today?" ”

Chen Yuan smiled bitterly: "Long live, Wechen is busy moving silver today." ”

"Oh, I heard, didn't you say that your bank is very profitable, just give the money to those people." Renzong didn't realize Chen Yuan's difficulties at all, and what he was thinking about now was how to start a war with the Liao State.

Renzong was not very sure when the battle report came in the morning, but just now, Xiao Da's head was also sent. Renzong looked at Xiao Da's military uniform, weapons, and the holy decree, all of which were correct. So he wanted to arrange a pocket for the Liao people to get into.

"Shimei, look at this holy decree, was it personally issued by Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom?"

Chen Yuan took the holy decree and looked at it: "That's right, the minister dares to conclude that this is written by Yelu Hongji himself, and the minister used to be his companion at the beginning, and he likes to write this horse character a little oblique when he writes the last stroke of this horse character since he was a child." ”

Renzong laughed when he heard it: "That's not wrong, I'll show you another head." ”

Xiao Da's population was placed in a brocade box, and in order to ensure that it would not rot, some herbs were coated on it, which looked sallow and sallow.

"Xiao Da?"

"You know him?"

Chen Yuan said: "Long live Hui, he was Yelu Hongji's guard at the beginning, and later I heard that he was the general of the Liao State, and I don't know what official position he has achieved over the years." Renzong is now more sure that the letters are genuine: "Good! Good! The general of the Liao State! I tell you that this time he was the vanguard of the Liao State, commanding an army of 50,000 to attack the Great Song Dynasty first, but was killed by the magistrate of Xin'an with a group of villagers. These things were also seized from him, Shimei, you can take a look. ”

Chen Yuan took the battle plan of the Liao State, as well as Yelu Hongji's letter to Xiao Da, and looked at it, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Renzong looked at him a little strangely: "What? Is there something wrong? ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "These are all true, but the minister is a little suspicious, and the minister feels that this Xiao Da carries all the letters on his body to the battlefield, especially such an important letter, which is a very unreasonable thing." ”

Renzong thought about it for a while, and finally did not give up the idea of arranging a pocket for the Liao people in Zhending Mansion, because if these things were true, then he would be able to easily solve the battle.

"I have already discussed with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and they believe that we can fight a great war of annihilation in the area of Zhendingfu." Renzong's expression was enough to show his insistence on this idea, and Chen Yuan didn't persuade him to say anything, after all, his inference was just a speculation of common sense, and common sense was something that often deceived people.

"Your Majesty, the minister is absolutely okay, but at the same time, we must tell Marshal Mu Guiying to let her act according to the predetermined plan, and our offensive on the Western Front must be in accordance with our original plan and cannot be changed."

Renzong said: "Lord Fan also said the same, now our reserve troops are all going to Zhending Mansion to wait for the Liao [***] team, and it is not too late to let Mu Guiying cut off their back road when the Liao State really calls." ”

Chen Yuan clenched his fists: "Long live the wise." ”

The next day, the bank opened as scheduled. Before the bank opened, the line was long, and the people leaning against the door kept banging their fists on the door, and as soon as the door opened, they rushed to the counter where the money was exchanged.

The guys at the counter were unhurriedly carrying out all kinds of formalities, and those waiting in line complained about the lack of a window to redeem money, but they really didn't notice that the guys were also a little slower than usual.

By noon, 1,400,000 taels of silver had flowed out of the three semicolons. The guys' hearts trembled when they saw that the queue outside was still waiting to exchange money. They knew very well how much silver they had in their cupboards, and they didn't know when the next cartload of silver would arrive.

"Excuse me, how much do you exchange?" The guy tried to calm his emotions a bit.

The man outside the counter took a large package: "Deposit silver, this is five hundred taels of gold, our master said, exchange it for silver and save it." ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, not only was he stunned, but the people in line behind him also looked at the guy who saved money like a monster, and someone shouted from afar: "Is your master sick?" Still saving money at this time? I heard that the Liao people have a million army this time, if they can't win, this money may be over, it is better to put five hundred taels of gold on the body. ”

The surrounding people echoed this, and even the guy looked at the person who saved the money, suspecting that his ears had just heard it wrong: "Master, do you really want to save money?" ”

The man nodded: "Our lord said to save it, I ran errands, but the eldest brother, let me tell you, our master is not sick, he is still the general judgment of Kaifeng Mansion, I didn't hear what you said just now, don't say it again." ”

The people around him no longer say anything, the officials and uncles, people are willing to save money, and they don't care so much anymore.

The man hurriedly wrote the stub, and the man took the stub and left. With five hundred taels of gold here, the man is somewhat relaxed, and it is enough to cope for a while. He looked at the next one: "Excuse me, how much do you want to redeem?" ”

This guy is very obese, and he didn't answer the guy directly, and pointed to the person who disappeared just now: "See, his master is the general judge of Kaifeng Mansion." ”

The man nodded, and the fat man pointed to himself: "My lord is a righteous doctor in the ministry, and one is sentenced to deposit a few hundred taels of gold, and my lord saves three thousand taels of silver!" Now you send someone to carry it with me, and tell you, bring all the ticket stubs, and count the money in the house, and don't look for us if it passes through your hands. ”

(To be continued)