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Chapter 718: Phantom of Changmen 6
For example, the new school run by Ma Jinglun in Tongzhou, and the new schools run by the Navy, Army, Songjiang Shipyard, Haihe Shipyard, Haihe Machinery Factory, and Luanzhou Iron and Steel Plant. But if you want to enter these schools, you really can't just have money. They either only accept students from within the school, or have age requirements, or need recommendations from acquaintances.

In fact, even if you enter these schools and learn a little bit in two or three years, you still can't understand the internal accounts of the Sun and Moon Bank. If you want to reach that level, there is only one place in the whole Ming Dynasty, to enter the Haihu Division in the capital and become the emperor's personal disciple.

Not to mention that there is no chance for his own children to enter the Haihu Division, even if someone dares to do it. The crime of deceiving the emperor is no joke, and Emperor Jingyang is not a benevolent monarch. That place is home to many of the top intelligence departments of the Ming Dynasty, such as the East Factory and the Jinyiwei. If you say the wrong thing, you may lose everything.

"…What are these little bug-like things? Master Wu is probably using them to get rid of us on purpose?" Wang Dan took a look and pushed them to Master Gao, grinning and starting to provoke him again.

Wu Jin looked down on him, and he looked down on him as well. What was he so arrogant about? He just relied on being the illegitimate son of Shen Shixing and having read a few tattered books, and pretended to be a talented and romantic scholar with a tattered fan all day long.

If your cheap father really loved you, he should have let you take the imperial examination instead of sending you to Wufang to live with money right after you got the title of scholar. He was just afraid that you would become too powerful and bring shame to the Shen family.

"Hey, Shopkeeper Wang, don't speak carelessly. Take a look, this paper... this handwriting... this ink... these are not ordinary things. I heard that His Majesty personally ordered the Time Workshop to make hundreds of pens, with steel as the tip, bone as the bladder, and oil as the feed, and they are no longer than the thickness of a palm or finger.

After a full meal, it can write several thousand words. Although it does not have the charm of a brush, it is suitable for accounting and copying. Your Majesty has seen this brush when he served in the court, and there are still a few original works of Your Majesty. Gao was fortunate enough to see the original, and the handwriting is exactly the same as the one written on this paper.

The Sun Moon Bank is a place full of tigers and wolves. It is not easy to tear off one or two pages from the internal account and send them to the bank. It is a pity that Gao is not very knowledgeable. It recognizes me, but I don’t recognize it. "

If we talk about being well-informed, we have to look at this smiling Maitreya-like Master Gao. He actually saw the original handwriting of Hong Tao written with a fountain pen, and used it as evidence to tactfully refute Wang Dan's accusation, and then slapped Wu Jin lightly. He really deserves to be around officials, and his basic skills are too solid.

"Tsk, how difficult is that? There are many skilled craftsmen who speak the Western language and have recently learned to do so in the Songjiang Shipyard and the spinning mill. If we find one or two of them and offer them a large sum of money, what's the problem? Master Wu, if you don't mind, I'll take care of it!"

What is a fountain pen, what is a font, Wang Dan was confused. But he also heard some useful content and had a countermeasure. If you say that someone who can support a large family business may be vulgar, but he is definitely not stupid.

Although the Wang family hated the New Deal, when they encountered the opportunity to purchase large quantities of raw silk and silk from the shipyard, they would never oppose the plan just because of their different ideals. As long as there was money to be made, they would have to have contact, and no less than others.

"Yes, Manager Wang is right. Speaking of which, Your Excellency does know a few colleagues in the capital who have this ability. Why don't you take it back and identify one or two?"

After Wang Dan said this, Master Gao also had some ideas. Who doesn't want to know the secrets of Sun Moon Bank? If you can understand some tricks from it, it will be beneficial to the development of your own bank. How can such a great harvest be enjoyed by Lord Cun Yi alone?

"Take it. I have tried this method many times, but to no avail. The master craftsman in the factory has learned some new knowledge, but he has no solution. If you want to solve this method, you can only find someone who has been taught by the emperor in the capital and specializes in advanced mathematics." After hearing the two people's methods, Wu Jin agreed without even turning his head. However, he still gave them some advice, advising them not to waste their efforts. He had thought of and tried all the methods he should have, but they were all useless.

"...We have strayed off topic. Let's talk about the Sun Moon Bank. The arrow is on the string now. Whether to fire it or not, you two big managers need to give us a plan." Rolling his eyes, Wang Dan thought he didn't have the ability to call the shots in the capital, so he simply let go and threw away the account page, then changed the subject and got back to the topic.

"...Mr. Wu..." Master Gao definitely would not make the decision. He was just here to listen. Whether to follow or not would have to go back and ask Big Head to decide.

"From the indications, it seems that Sun Moon Bank has reached the end of its rope and has to resort to this last resort of borrowing from the private sector to tide over the difficulties. But such an operation goes against common sense and it is difficult to decide." Master Wu slowly turned his head and paced slowly, his brows furrowed, as if it was difficult for him to make up his mind.

"Five million taels, five million, not five hundred thousand! The imperial court has just deployed troops in the north, and is also building roads and water conservancy projects. Which one doesn't require silver? Even if we are willing, we are powerless. If we don't act now, when will we act?"

Wang Dan finally couldn't help it, and counted on his fingers to give Master Wu a big account, with reason and evidence. It seems that as a landowner, he still has some vision, not only keeping an eye on his own small piece of land, but also knows to look up and see the road.

"Yes, although the Caojun rebellion has been suppressed, many villages on both sides of the canal from Northern Zhili to Yangzhou have been destroyed, and there are tens of thousands of victims. The court is raising funds for reconstruction, and I heard that the Ministry of Revenue can hardly pay even 500,000 taels immediately.

As long as we act quickly and create momentum, we can force the Sun Moon Bank to admit that its vaults are empty, triggering a run on the bank by depositors. Without waiting for any reaction from above, we will have already won this battle!"

For the first time, Master Gao supported Wang Dan's statement and added a piece of inside information he knew about the court. Then he turned his gaze to Master Wu, his eyes full of expectation and greed.

"...Since both of you think it's feasible, Wu will naturally not back down. Let's post a message and invite all the shopkeepers to gather in three days. Choose a secluded place and discuss the order and share of withdrawals. Then carefully work out a few emergency plans. Come, I wish you victory in this battle!"

After a slight hesitation, Wu Jin folded his folding fan, picked up the wine pot and filled the two people's glasses, stood up, raised his glass, and announced the start of the decisive battle in a low voice. Not only was there majesty, but there was also a hint of heroism, just like a general commanding thousands of troops on the battlefield.

If the rumors Wang Dan heard were true, then the Shen family was not disgraced by raising such an illegitimate child. If it was a biological child, even if it was just a concubine's child, he would definitely achieve something in the future.

(End of this chapter)