Chapter 137: Shengfeng Qianzhuang
The shopkeeper Huang of Shengfeng Qian Zhuang is a middle-aged man in his forties, he bows his head and fiddles with the abacus, and he looks like all the grandfathers, kind and shrewd.
Especially when he looked up and smiled at the guests, he seemed low-key and restrained, and no one would have thought that he was a lone thief who became famous twenty years ago.
It's a pity that the face of the shopkeeper Huang is not very good these days, and even the smile on his fat face is a little stiff.
Because Tang Qingqing was glaring at him, "You just said that my silver ticket is not from your Shengfeng Money?" ”
"Yes." There was always a smile on the face of the shopkeeper Huang, but it was slightly dry at the moment.
"Then why don't you exchange it for me?" Tang Qingqing didn't even have a smile on his face, he looked fierce.
"Auntie, you have come to me to exchange silver for the past few days, and each time you exchange 100,000 taels of silver, the least one is 80,000 taels, and now there is no cash in the treasury, why don't you go to another house to try?"
"Somewhere else, why should I go somewhere else? Besides, your Shengfeng is the largest money bank in Chang'an City, I saved the silver at the beginning, and now you have an urgent need, but you tell me that you can't take it out, how can there be such a statement? Come on, folks, you come to judge, do they do business? Tang Qingqing's ability to stir up trouble is really not small, and in a few words, he shouted a large number of people around the door of the money village.
In these years, which family will have some dealings with the money bank, hearing this kind of thing, of course, they have to come to join in the fun, who is not worried about their own silver being swept away?
Seeing that there were more and more onlookers, the voices of discussion were getting louder and louder, and the face of the shopkeeper Huang was becoming more and more gloomy.
"You extinguish the fire, wait a while, I'll go and ask our master." Shopkeeper Huang lifted the curtain next to him and walked in.
The inner courtyard of this money village was very large, and the road leading to it was paved with black and white stone slabs, and his steps were not big or small, and every step was just on the white stone slabs.
An old man with a dignified face was sitting on a Taishi chair in the courtyard, he looked to be sixty or seventy years old, but no one would regard him as an old man who was about to die.
Because he still looks dangerous.
His waist was still straight, his fingers were still strong, and his wrist didn't shake even the slightest, especially those eyes, which didn't look like an old man's eyes at all.
It was a pair of eyes full of wisdom, determination, cruelty, and loneliness, and it was hard to imagine that so many emotions could be seen in one person's eyes at the same time.
The old man's temples were slightly white, and the beard on his lips was also slightly white, and he was wearing a golden robe, and the crown of his hair was also golden.
His expression didn't look serious, even a little kind, but everyone could tell that he wasn't someone to take offense easily.
The old man's eyes were shining, and he looked at the shopkeeper Huang who was walking in from outside the courtyard.
Without his permission, no one would be able to step into this courtyard, not to mention those hidden masters, just the hundreds of hidden weapons arranged in the four places were enough to make it difficult for people to surpass the thunder pool by half a step.
But Shopkeeper Huang is an exception, he can come in whenever he wants.
"Yesterday the woman came again, and today she still took out 100,000 taels of silver, and there are only 3,785 taels of silver left in the treasury." The shopkeeper Huang bowed his head and reported it, and there were no superfluous words.
The old man in the yellow robe was listening.
Listening means not interrupting or interjecting, and motioning for others to continue.
"In the branch in the west of the city, there is a woman who keeps depositing money in the money bank these days, and the strange thing is that as much as she takes here, she deposits as much as she puts in there."
Obviously, these two women are in a gang, and their purpose is to cause trouble for Shengfeng Qianzhuang, which is something that even a three-year-old child knows, but Shopkeeper Huang mentioned it again, there must be a reason for him.
So the old man in the yellow robe has been listening, and people like him generally only listen to the results and never ask about the process.
Of course, there are exceptions.
"Yesterday you said that Xiao Ding suddenly disappeared?" The yellow-robed old man asked lightly.
"Yes, the subordinates arranged two pulls of people to spy on them, and one of them reported that Xiao Ding suddenly disappeared after leaving the city."
"Out of town?"
"Yes, and also, the strange thing is that Bai Gongzi can't be contacted, and he seems to have disappeared suddenly."
"Oh?" The yellow-robed old man put down the wine glass in his hand and moved his gaze into the distance.
In the distance, a blue mountain under the setting sun is illusory and ethereal.
"Increase the manpower and continue to bring back the cash silver from the west of the city."
"Yes."
The shopkeeper stepped back.
The old man in the yellow robe paced back and forth in the courtyard, as if thinking about something.
The method used by Xiao Ding may not be a good one, or even a stupid one.
But it works.
Money helps with staggering financial resources, but so does the cost.
A business like Qianzhuang is one of their main sources of income, especially for large businesses in Chang'an City, such as Shengfeng Qianzhuang and its branch in the west of the city, they will never give up easily. Not only will it not give up, but it must also be guaranteed to work.
The most important thing about the money bank is the word reputation, but once there is a bank that does not exchange silver taels for others in the business name of a money bank, then it will be completely abolished.
If you are not willing to give up the business of the bank, then the boss behind the scenes must come out to face it.
The method used by Xiao Ding was so simple, but the old man in the yellow robe seemed to have no choice.
The old man in the yellow robe has another way, that is, to find someone to secretly kill the person who stirs up trouble, but unfortunately, the person who planned this matter is Xiao Ding.
At this time, Xiao Ding can be said to be able to respond to every call in the rivers and lakes, surrounded by thousands of people, even if he kills these two women, what about the back?
Just sending a random gang of beggars out, Qian Zhuang is also tired of running, not to mention, how can those two women be easily dealt with?
When the shopkeeper Huang walked to the counter, he began to have a smirk on his face again.
"Please move to the inner hall and wait for a while, we have sent someone to the west branch of the city, and we can exchange silver taels for the girl later."
Tang Qingqing suddenly laughed, "Your inner hall is like a tiger's den in Longtan, I am a girl's house, I dare not enter it easily, and you are obviously angry to death in your heart, why do you have to smile at me?" ”
The corners of the Huang shopkeeper's mouth trembled violently, his eyes became gloomy, and he said coldly: "The answer that the girl wants is in the inner courtyard, why don't you go in and see it yourself?" ”
If Tang Qingqing is stimulated and enters the inner courtyard, she will definitely not have a chance to come out again, and at that time, she can be used to blackmail Xiaoding.
It's a pity that Tang Qingqing is not someone else, how can she not see through this little trick?
"Hurry up, this girl is still waiting to exchange silver taels." Tang Qingqing said with a smile.
So far, it can be basically concluded that Shengfeng Qianzhuang is undoubtedly the helmsman of the Money Gang.
Even if it's not, there are definitely important people in it.
At this time, a talented person came to the counter, he looked at the shopkeeper Huang and smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to get the silver, you just need to give this letter to the people inside, and I guarantee that you will have no worries immediately." ”
This showman, of course, is pretending to be a commonplace.
What about Xiao Ding, is he really missing?