The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 89 Thief

While Zhao Tong was developing new weapons, Huang Jingchen was making a fortune in the capital. After he replaced the old banknotes he purchased in the early stage with new ones, he immediately arranged for people to sell them. Even if they were sold at a par price, the profit increased by four to five times.

Times, just like in the current stock market, a junk stock costing only a few dollars in the bear market catches up with the policy market, and immediately turns into a phoenix, hitting the daily limit continuously, and becoming a dark horse stock.

Half of the salt banknotes were still exchanged for the backlog of supplies in Zuozang's warehouse. Huang Jingchen's earlier investment immediately took effect. These people also knew which end of the kang was hot. The things in the warehouse seemed to have become moldy overnight.

The new became old, and the old became rags. As a result, one hundred thousand salt notes were exchanged for two hundred thousand things, and these things were all good things like silk, spices, ivory, and gems.

It doesn't look like much, but it is worth a lot of money. If these things were sold, it would conservatively cost twice as much.

Huang Jingchen followed Zhao Tong's instructions and asked for hard currency when selling. Gold and silver are the best, but copper coins are also acceptable, but banknotes are not allowed. Looking at the gold and silver treasures in the house, the old man was once again stunned by the prince's foresight.

When he sold the salt banknotes in his hand as quickly as possible and moved the things back, the imperial court's Zuozang warehouse did not have so many utensils for the salt merchants to exchange. The one who exchanged them first took advantage, and there was no way.

The only person who wanted to exchange it was Lei Feng. As soon as the news came out, the new salt banknotes immediately devalued and no one cared about them anymore.

Monopoly will always be popular, and collusion between government and businessmen will always make you rich. Those salt merchants who got on the first train were the first to receive salt banknotes from the cargo management department. They quickly completed the procedures, received the delivery certificate, and went to the salt field to collect the salt and transport it to the salt-deficient areas.

Selling in the region gave them a head start. Salt merchants were welcomed by officials in various prefectures and counties. In order to achieve political success and keep their officialdom, they tried every means to win over merchants, worked hard to help sell salt, and forced distribution. In some places,

Salt is given orally to babies as soon as they are born. In some areas in the north, even livestock are included.

The annual output of salt is limited. When new banknotes are issued and old banknotes are exchanged, the sum of several years of salt banknotes must be excessive. The pioneers have already begun to make a lot of money, and those who have taken the last step are unlucky.

The eggs looked at the salt banknotes they bought for hundreds of thousands of guan, but they felt like crying. It would have to wait until a few years later to get the salt. Even if the policy did not change, you would have to add more money when you change the banknotes; to change things,

When they went there, the warehouse was cleaner than a rice bowl that a dog had licked; no fool would want to sell it again.

A few days ago, these people were very wealthy. In the blink of an eye, they only had a few pieces of paper to wipe their butts. They went to petition to inquire about the goods. There was a large piece of paper stuck on it, saying, "Small purchases make you happy, big purchases hurt people." They were suddenly bankrupt.

Salt merchants walk all over the streets. Those with good mental quality can still go home begging for food with a stick, while those with poor mental quality can just jump into the river and hang themselves!

Some people are happy and some are worried. Officials in salt-producing areas are very angry. Most of their office expenses originally depended on salt taxes, which was one of the main sources of local finance. Now they have been wiped out by the new salt banknote law. This

It's like breaking their necks, so what should we do? Fortunately, there are rules to follow. What was done a few years ago, and what should we do now? It's just like implementing the Green Crops Law and the Protection of Armor Law to pass on the crisis, and then peeling off the salt merchants.

For one skin, you can’t withdraw the salt with the salt banknotes from the capital. You have to buy it again or add some more taxes. In short, you have to give some blood and let us pluck a few hairs.

The salt merchants did not want to suffer a loss, so they immediately raised the price of salt. A bag of salt cost 300 kilograms, from 11,000 to more than 30,000. The salt also contained sand and dust, making it inferior in quality and high in price. Anyway, the price was high.

The local government helped sell the goods. As a result, the people were miserable. However, Wei Bochu presided over the cargo management in the capital. At this time, merchants gathered again, and the income from salt banknotes skyrocketed. The highest annual income reached 40 million yuan. This income alone

, more than double the total annual income during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, and equivalent to two-thirds of the total annual income during the Yuanfeng period of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. They are really a group of thieves comparable to murderers and arsonists.

"Okay, you're drinking all night long, you're looking down on me!" On the roof of the watch room in the outer courtyard, a man hooked his feet up on the eaves and peeped at what was going on in the house with a golden clock hanging upside down, humming softly.

With.

"Yang Tou, I'm going out to take a pee!" A nurse said hello to Yang Feng, opened the door and walked out. As soon as he unbuttoned his pants, he saw a black shadow flashing away, "Who? Stop!" He asked

He shouted loudly while wearing his pants.

"What's going on?" Hearing the shout, several other people in the watch room immediately rushed out with knives.

"A dark shadow hung on our window and ran away when he saw me going to the room!" The nursing nurse who was peeing was frightened, held it back after peeing, and pulled up his pants and said.

"Search, we can't let him run away. The house is not peaceful these days. Yesterday, the warehouse was stolen again. Zhang Shengshang's calligraphy and painting were lost. I even asked the chief manager to scold him. What can I say today? Don't let him run away again.

!" Yang Feng ordered the guards to beat the gong immediately, and he led his people to start the search. The whole outer courtyard immediately became lively, lanterns everywhere were lit, and the guards on night patrol searched everywhere with torches.

Maybe it’s because the big tree attracts the wind. Since the New Year, the nursing home in the mansion will sometimes find black shadows appearing on the roof or in the corners. They are very fast and disappear in the blink of an eye. They often think that they are dazzled or that they are wandering around like wild cats.

.Some nursing homes said they saw someone and sounded the alarm, but after searching, they never found anything. After counting, nothing was missing in the home.

After a few troubles, everyone thought it was just a dazzle and no one took it seriously anymore. However, in recent days, the house has been robbed one after another, first in the chief steward's room and then in the warehouse, but no one saw the thief.

We also tidied up the warehouse, but no thief was found. Things were missing strangely. All we could do was to strengthen our vigilance and increase manpower. We even dispatched Zhuang Ding to guard the warehouse, but they still couldn't stop the thief.

Things are getting more and more valuable.

Later, the thief was discovered twice, but this guy was very skilled. He could jump through the house and jump across the ground as if he were walking on the ground. His speed was astonishing. By the time they moved the ladder up to the house, he had long disappeared. There were a few people in the house who knew how to use kung fu.

He also chased after him, but he got rid of them all. Even Meng Tao and Yang Feng, who had been in the martial arts world, couldn't keep up.

"The thief ran into the backyard, chase him quickly!" The lookout on the night watch on the corner tower discovered it first. He shouted and waved a lantern to guide the direction. The guards and villagers scattered everywhere immediately gathered together to guard each intersection.

Form a large encirclement.

"He's in the tree!" A guard found the thief and shouted loudly. Meng Tao bent his bow and shot an arrow. Everyone knew that he was an expert in archery and thought that the thief would not be able to escape the arrow. But the result

But people were shocked. The thief twisted his body, turned behind a tree branch, reached out and hit the arrow shaft, and actually knocked the arrow to the ground.

"Eh!" Meng Tao was very surprised. He drew out a second arrow and was about to shoot again, but the thief grabbed the branch with both hands and swung it violently. He jumped onto the courtyard wall, ran a few steps on the wall less than half a foot wide, and headed towards

He rushed forward, grabbed the eaves, climbed onto the roof, and hid behind the ridge. Seeing the target disappear, Meng Tao threw away his bow and arrow angrily, ran a few steps, grabbed the rafter head with his toes, and climbed up to the roof.

Two skilled nurses also rushed up with the help of their companions, but as soon as they showed their heads, they were hit by two flying tiles.

"Thief, look where you are going!" Meng Tao smashed the thrown tiles and shouted loudly. He could also clearly see that the thief was short in stature, wearing a black and gray night clothes, with only two eyes exposed.

, can’t see what it looks like.

The thief didn't seem to be afraid, and he jumped up and down on the roof. Meng Tao couldn't catch him for a while. After a few rounds, the thief accelerated violently and ran along the ridge of the roof.

Meng Tao looked at him and sneered, and then chased after him. This was a group of connected rooms in the east cross courtyard. When they heard the noise, the people living inside came out to check what was going on. The nursing staff also surrounded this place. As long as you go down, you can go wherever you want.

He would bump into people while running. If he didn't go down and he was behind, he would have to jump to the roof of another row, which was separated by a passage more than ten feet wide. After practicing for so many years, he didn't dare to say that he could

Jumping over, this little thief can't escape.