Chapter 341 Performance

July 20, the first year of Chongzhen.

Inner City, Chongwenmenli Street, Huanghuafang, Shidaren Hutong, this alley has been under martial law today. The more martial law is, the more people are curious, and they go up to see what is going on, and more people gather at the entrance of the alley.

"I said, what's going on? Why did the martial law come to strict today? It seems that there are so many officers and soldiers?" asked a person standing at the entrance of the alley watching the fun.

In the crowd, another person immediately replied: "Well, what's wrong? Isn't it just that there is a Baoyuan Bureau in this Shida Hutong? People are going to pull silver coins after martial law." An "insider" immediately revealed the news.

The onlookers heard the "insider news" and immediately discussed it.

"I said, big brother, no, even if the Baoyuan Bureau pulls silver coins, there will be no martial law. The silver coins were not pulled that day? How many silver coins should I pull in this martial law?" The person who asked the question immediately asked curiously when he saw someone knowing the inside story. It is the nature of the Chinese people. Even when fighting, the people will move a bench to watch the battlefield. It is fierce.

"Hehe, you still need to ask. Is it necessary to use so many government troops to pull a little silver coin? Or the Jinyiwei. Apart from the current emperor, who can command the Jinyiwei?" The "insider" explained again.

When the masses heard this, they looked the same.

"I said, no wonder, for such a big battle today, it turns out that the Holy Emperor pulled silver coins! Tsk tsk, I don't know how many silver coins I pulled. It seems that I have to take more than a dozen cars, right?"

The "insider" did not reply, and another "insider" said: "A dozen cars? More than ten cars are worth martial law? You underestimate the Holy Emperor too much. That time the Holy Emperor is so petty when he does things? My brother-in-law, my elder brother-in-law, is working in the Jinyiwei, hehe, guess how many cars have you prepared this time?" The second "insider" continued to reveal the news.

The masses were also attracted by this person and started to make excuses.

"I said, big brother, there is a fifty car..." An old lady's eyes lit up when she heard someone chatting. When she saw others asking her to guess how many silver coins there were, she immediately reported the most cars in her mind.

The second "insider" looked contemptuous and shook his head. The aunt who was guessing the 50th car was embarrassed. She guessed the most cars, and others shook her head in despise. Obviously, she said that she guessed less, and the aunt's face suddenly turned red and she felt very uncomfortable.

"I said, brother, there shouldn't be eighty cars? Eighty cars are all big cars that can pull a thousand pounds..." An old man was also excited and followed others to make fun of them, guessing how many cars there were this time.

The masses stared at this "insider" with scorching eyes, seeing that he said too much or too little.

The second "insider" continued to shake his head with contempt, but this time, he said a few words: "This old man is right. The car is a big car, not a big car that can be pulled a thousand pounds. Hehe, it scares you all to death. They are all big cars that can be pulled a two thousand pounds..." The insider said in a mysterious way.

ah!

The crowd exclaimed!

"Two thousand jin, Oh my god! How many silver coins do you need?" The old man who guessed a 1,000-pound cart exclaimed, and he was indeed scared by the 2,000-pound cart.

Among the masses, many people didn't care about being decent or not, and started to settle accounts.

"Eighty cars, two thousand kilograms per car, that's 160,000 kilograms, and at least two to three million taels of silver..." A person who looks like a occupant is proficient in arithmetic and is the first to calculate the data.

"Old Zhang, you're not wrong. You can have at least two million taels of silver. If you want to exchange it for silver coins, you're afraid there will be three or four million silver coins..."

...

In the crowd, there were a lot of discussions about this batch of money at the beginning, and the scene was very lively.

"No, Mr. Zhang, you're calculating eighty cars, maybe more than eighty cars, right, brother, you're going to say a correct number, how many cars are there..." Someone in the crowd found that the number of eighty cars was not very accurate.

The masses once again pointed their hot eyes at the "insider".

The insider was also proud: "Ahem, well, actually, how many cars does this have? My brother's aunt's brother-in-law told me when he was drinking, but he also said that this seems to be a secret and must not be leaked, otherwise there will be trouble at that time..."

When the crowd heard that there was no specific news, they were very disappointed, and many people even made contemptuous voices.

The insider said again: "But it will never be less than this number..." After that, the second insider raised his hand, pinched his index finger with his thumb, and raised the other three fingers.

ah!

oh……

The crowd exclaimed again. This number is three fingers, which means it will not be less than one hundred cars...

Everyone's eyes were completely brightened, making the light around them much brighter.

"I said, how many silver coins do you need to use a hundred carts to pull them? The Holy Emperor is indeed different from others when doing things! It's so grand, and there's nothing to say!" the masses said enviously.

"That's natural. The Holy Emperor's money is endless. The Holy Emperor's family has gold and silver. If you don't have silver, just move a little from the gold and silver... You don't see who transports the silver. If the silver is less, the Holy Emperor will not even look at it..." A crowd immediately agreed.

"Tsk tsk, it would be great if I could give me some of these money, I wouldn't have to worry about it for several lifetimes..."

"I said, these silver coins are not fake, right? Is the emperor so much money?" A man in a rich manner asked in confusion. This rich person heard that the Baoyuan Bureau had a martial law and had transported silver coins in an alley, so he rushed over to see it. As soon as he came, he saw a lot of people watching and was also talking about this matter. So he listened and prepared to ask about the situation.

This statement has stabbed the hornet's nest.

"Hey, I said, you are dressed well and a wealthy person. Why haven't you seen money? Can the Holy Emperor have no money? Do you think you don't have to pay the money for the 10 million taels of silver to provide disaster relief? The Holy Emperor can even take out 10 million to help the people in the world. What's the million taels..." Among the common people, someone immediately stood up for the emperor. The emperor's 10 million taels of silver to help the victims in the world made the people feel warm. Since this time he can use so much money to help others, if he suffers disaster in the future, the Holy Emperor should also help him, so of course he has to speak for the Holy Emperor.

"that is……"

"that is……"

There was immediately a voice of approval in the crowd, and they all condemned the person who questioned the emperor.

The rich man also followed the crowd and kept silent.

When the masses saw that the people who dared to question the emperor's money were not spoken, they regarded themselves as victorious and were proud.

At the entrance of Shida Ren Hutong, there were already three floors inside and three floors outside, and people were all here to knock on the fun and watch the money. In fact, if they hadn't had the car overturned in advance, they wouldn't have seen any money at all. In other words, they could only watch the fun and could only watch the fun.

Master Shun was teaching several eunuchs to "act" in Baoyuan Bureau.

"Oh, don't rob, don't rob, these silver coins are all the silver sent by His Majesty to the bank to protect military tickets. You guys who are killed in heaven dare to rob His Majesty of the silver coins, and you are impatient to live..." A little eunuch said softly, while waving the whisk with his hand, and shouting "screaming" in a motherly voice.

Master Shun watched and nodded. This performance was almost the same as what happened after the convoy was hit in his mind.

"Okay, Xiao Xuanzi, this time, it's almost done. Let's set off now. They can't wait outside. Remember, you follow the convoy that transports silver coins. If you are hit, you will rush there. At that time, someone will rob silver coins. You will pretend to be angry and scold those people. It will take some time for the official army to rush over. So, these words have to be said by you. Do you understand?" The task assigned to him by the emperor, and he found two more confidants to perform this matter. Be sure to do what the emperor assigned to him and give him enough face to give him the military ticket.

"If you say goodbye, I will remember it. Bao Zhun will not be bad." The eunuch, who was called Xiao Xuanzi, immediately said in a low voice.

"Okay, let's go now." Seeing that everything was ready, Master Shun set off immediately.

...

The Baoyuan Bureau's convoy finally started. The convoy was moving slowly like a long dragon, and it could hold a large cart of more than 2,000 kilograms. The things on the car were packed tightly in a unified large wooden box, and it was impossible to tell what it was. The car was also creaking and creaking by these things. It can be seen that the things on the car were absolutely not light.

At the entrance of Shida Ren Hutong, I don’t know who led the lead. From the first car passing by, someone shouted numbers. After passing by a car, one or two carriages, they shouted. Before they knew it, the masses shouted, because there were too many cars, and counting cars was also a thing worth showing off.

"Ninety-eight..."

"Ninety-nine..."

"one hundred……"

The crowd quickly exceeded one hundred. Looking at the back, the convoy was still a long dragon.

"No way, it's over 100, why is it still so long? It seems that half of it has passed, and this car is a little too many..." Many people said in surprise. Someone said 100 cars at the beginning, but they thought it would be a lot. Who knew that after 100, there was still a long dragon behind it, and there were quite a lot of cars.

The convoy was still moving slowly, from Shidarenren Hutong in Baoyuan Bureau to Chongwenmenli Street, to Dashiyongfang on Chang'an Street, six or seven miles away. On the way, there were more and more people watching the freshness, the excitement, and the strange crowd. Because it was rumored that millions of silver coins were transported by this time, I had to take a look at this strangeness, why did I have to take a look at it?

On Chang'an Street, someone spoke in the crowd watching the fun somewhere.

"I said, are these silver coins for transportation?"

"That's more, what's the silver coins that came out of Baoyuan Bureau?" An "insider" replied immediately.

"Who has such many silver coins?"

"I need to say, who else can use the Jinyiwei besides being a child today?" The insider said immediately.

When this group of people watching the fun saw someone chatting and revealing the news, they also listened with their sharp ears.

"That's right, I can see that the Holy Emperor has so many silver coins..."

"No, I heard from a friend of my brother-in-law's friend that this time I shipped so many silver coins to the bank, and were specially used for exchange for military tickets." The insider continued to reveal.

Many of the crowd looked at the insider with surprise.

"I said, big brother, how did you know?"

"How else can I know? My brother-in-law's friend's colleague drank too much and bragged about it. He said that His Majesty was mobilizing a large number of silver coins to use as guaranteed silver for military tickets to exchange silver coins for military tickets..."

ah!

The crowd exclaimed! Such a large amount of silver coins as guaranteed silver for military tickets was really unexpected.

"I'm afraid there are millions of silver coins."

"That's right, I heard from my brother-in-law's friend's colleague that this time, there are four or five million taels of silver, all of which will be turned into silver coins..." This insider continued to expose the news.

"I said, brother, so many silver coins are exchanged for military tickets? Is this a little too much?" asked a relatively sober passerby.

"Too many, not so much. I heard that there may be big moves in Shaanxi. The Holy Emperor has prepared so many silver coins to be used as military expenses. Otherwise, it would be impossible to convert five or six million silver coins at a time. Do you think it is?" The insider continued to reveal the news.

"That's good. The place in Shaanxi is a place that will be completely collected this year! Although the Holy Emperor has tens of millions of taels of silver to help immigrants, people have always rebelled after major disasters. This time, I'm afraid that the Holy Emperor has made preparations in advance... I heard that the north is not peaceful, I'm afraid that this time I'll cast so many silver coins, and it's also a sign of the possibility of something happening to the north..." This person has a wide range of knowledge and basically agrees with what the "insider" said, and he also made up for the possibility of something happening in the north.

After hearing this, the gossipers nodded, thinking it made sense. When they went back later, they could brag about it with their neighbors.

"No, I heard from my brother-in-law that the bank will go to Shaanxi to open a semicolon this year, and my brother-in-law's friend will also go there. Otherwise, how could I know about such a close thing..." the insider continued.

"Oh, I didn't realize that your brother-in-law's friend is still a person in the bank, that's a good place! There's so much money, so much money! It's so polite, so polite." Someone immediately got close to this "insider"...

...

The convoy turned to Chang'an Street, and an out-of-control carriage rushed towards the convoy that transported money. The highlight came.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the horse is frightened! Get out of the way, the horse is frightened!" The man driving the carriage stood on the horse and shouted wildly...

The crowd of people watching the fun suddenly rushed to watch even tighter, almost following the steps of the carriage, preparing to see how this guy ended this time. On one side was the emperor's convoy for silver coins, and on the other side was the crazy horse. In an instant, Chang'an Street was surrounded and scattered.

"Doway, dodge, the horse is frightened..." The man in the carriage still shouted wildly.

The silver transport team that was driving the road ahead saw a carriage led by two horses rushing towards him. Without saying a word, they immediately avoided it, and let the carriage continue to run wildly. However, the leader of the Jinyiwei began to sweat on his forehead, and pulled out his knife and shouted wildly: "Don't hit the carriage that transported silver, otherwise..."
To be continued...