People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 407: Catch him! Punish him severely after catching him!
The old man's skills are quite comprehensive, and this man is also quite powerful.

But what he lacked was the future knowledge like Chen Han. He didn't know that Arabic numerals were actually used to record years, so he lost out.

He saw the numbers on it, but he couldn't understand them and didn't know what they meant.

After Mr. Liang and his men got the silver bills back, they did not have consecutive numbers, so when he compared each bill one by one, he found that some two or three had the same numbers on them, but some were different and had no connection, and he did not recognize these numbers.

So he had to be bold and represent all these numbers with the same number.

Maybe he was betting that no one would notice this detail, or maybe he actually noticed it, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Anyway, after he got these silver bills and took them to the Imperial Bank, they were immediately discovered and reported to Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning An went directly to the Imperial Bank. They had been guarding it for almost two months, and 500,000 taels of silver notes had already been taken out. They had to pay an additional 50,000 taels of silver.

In order to catch the counterfeiter, 50,000 taels of silver were directly taken out.

If the Imperial Bank did not have sufficient capital, no one would dare to do such a thing.

When the third shopkeeper told Princess Ning'an about this, he was actually very excited.

"Your Highness, we have waited for more than two months, and finally got the fake banknotes made by this guy. These fake banknotes are really indistinguishable from the real ones.

If we all didn't recognize this kind of silver note, ordinary people would definitely suffer a great loss if they couldn't recognize it when it was sold on the market.

We haven't released this batch of silver bills into the market yet, but we just held this one redemption activity that made everyone excited and caught such a big fish.

At first I thought it was a waste to spend so much money. "

He said and looked towards Li Hai.

Li Hai's face was full of pride at this moment.

Because he was the one who launched this activity, he actually also bears the risks.

Five hundred thousand taels of silver were taken out, and in the end an extra 50,000 taels of silver would have to be paid. If the counterfeiter was not caught, who would be responsible for the loss of 50,000 taels of silver?
How much is fifty thousand taels of silver?
It was enough for hundreds of thousands of people to live on for a year. Such a huge sum of money, such a big investment, if it weren't for Princess Ning'an to back him up, he would have to hang himself to atone for spending so much money without getting any return.

In fact, who was suffering the most during the duration of this activity? Li Hai was suffering the most.

He was in agony and fear, and felt his head was unstable.

But he finally waited, he kept his composure, he did not give up, and he caught the fake banknote.

After they were caught, they discovered that the fake banknotes were so real that they could be mistaken for the real thing.

Fortunately, they organized this event and caught the people who made the fake silver bills. Otherwise, if these fake silver bills were allowed to circulate in the market, it would definitely disrupt the market and even affect the credibility of the Imperial Bank.

So he went from almost causing the Imperial Bank to lose 50,000 taels of silver to being a major contributor to the Imperial Bank.

This ups and downs of the plot made Li Hai's heart beat faster and his face flushed.

If we were to ask who would be the happiest about catching the fake banknotes, it would be him.

In particular, the more the third shopkeeper described the fake banknotes during his statement, and the more they looked real, the greater his contribution.

Because the greater the harm caused by the fake banknotes, the greater the contribution of his activities.

If he hadn't caught the maker of the fake banknotes this time, everyone would have been in trouble.

Then Princess Ning'an asked the third shopkeeper: "Has the person been caught?"

The third shopkeeper quickly replied, "Your Highness, we have already spotted the person who came to exchange the banknotes.

We didn’t see who came to redeem the first, second, and third card, but by the fourth chapter, we increased our vigilance and arranged for people to wait on the side.

When someone comes to exchange fake silver notes, we immediately send someone to investigate.

The people who tracked them down are our brothers from the Tax Inspection Department."

Princess Ning'an felt relieved when she heard that it was people from the Tax Inspection Department who were tracking them.

Because those people are Jinyiwei, they are experts in reconnaissance and have strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, so now they are waiting for the people from the Tax Inspection Department to come.

During this process, Princess Ning An looked at Li Hai beside her.

Seeing that Li Hai was so proud at this time, he felt very emotional.

In fact, she was also very tormented during this period of time. If the person who forged the banknotes could not be caught, it would firstly show that their judgment was wrong and that there was something wrong with their ability.

The second was that the Imperial Bank’s first transaction failed and it ended up losing 50,000 taels of silver.

Although you can gain fame immediately, this kind of fame is not good.

And once the people knew that the Imperial Bank was on guard against people making counterfeit banknotes, what would they think?
The common people would certainly think, there must be such masters among the people. Can we safely deposit our silver in the Imperial Bank and exchange it for a paper silver note in the future?
By that time, it might be that the person who made the fake silver notes would circulate the fake silver notes in the market, and then we would receive them. We would have the fake silver notes but would not be able to exchange them for silver, and the loss would be huge at that time.

Especially those who do business, every time they do business, they may have dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver. If they get fake silver notes once, they may lose their lives and property. This kind of joke is not to be taken.

So Princess Ning'an is also under tremendous pressure.

If the fake banknotes had not surfaced this time, she would not have been able to explain to Chen Han.

So at this time, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

While everyone was waiting for the people from the Tax Inspection Department to come and report the situation, Princess Ning An said to Li Hai, "Li Tiju, you haven't had a good time in the past two months, have you?"

Li Hai really felt like a stone had fallen from his chest. When he heard Princess Ning'an ask this, he immediately replied, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I couldn't sleep or eat well in the past two months. I suffered from insomnia every day and had difficulty swallowing tea and food.

To be honest, I have lost more than ten pounds in the past two months."

After hearing what Li Hai said, everyone felt both pitiful and funny, because he was the one who proposed this activity, so he must be the one who bears the pressure.

But now he has made such a great contribution, and the credit belongs to him.

So everyone can only envy.

While the discussion was going on, someone from the Tax Inspection Department reported back.

At this time, Wang Cheng, the director of the Tax Inspection Department, was also there. Wang Cheng immediately asked, "How is the investigation going?"

The yamen runner replied: "According to your arrangement, we have tracked down a courtyard. You may also be surprised to hear this."

When he was about to report alone, Wang Cheng immediately said, "No one is an outsider here, so you report here."

The officer from the Tax Inspection Department said, "According to our investigation of the people around and those who entered the courtyard, we found that most of these people were implicated when the Duke was eradicating smugglers in the southeast.

They once engaged in smuggling with the big tycoons in Jiangnan, but were caught by the Duke. Most of the leaders were killed by the Duke, and only these small landlords and tycoons were left in Jiangnan.

They took advantage of this opportunity to find an old man who was once famous for making counterfeit banknotes in Jiangnan, and threatened him to help them print the fake silver notes.

That old man was very capable. After a period of observation, he used the raw materials and materials that the tycoons brought back from all over the place, and he made the fake silver notes that are so real today."

When these words were spoken, the more than 200 craftsmen present were a little surprised.

Only experts know how difficult it is to print silver notes.

More than 200 people worked day and night and overcame countless failures before they were able to print exquisite silver notes that could circulate in the market.

I didn't expect that they had figured out the secret in just over a month, and even printed out identical silver bills that were so real that they could be mistaken for the real thing.

If it weren’t for the Duke’s anti-counterfeiting technology, there would be no way to identify it.

So at the beginning these 200+ people boasted that it was impossible for anyone to forge a silver note, but now they have been slapped in the face.

The ten leading craftsmen came forward and knelt down in front of Princess Ning'an. "Your Highness, our craftsmanship is not good enough, and we have given you an opportunity to take advantage of us. We are guilty!"

Unexpectedly, Princess Ning An helped them up: "No, no, no, I saw the banknotes you printed, they are exquisite, and it is absolutely difficult for ordinary people to imitate, so it is not your fault that your skills are not good, I can only say that there are so many strange people and things in this world.

This strange man who can print fake silver bills is a genius. We must catch him, bring him into our team, and let him help us print more and better silver bills.

According to the investigation of the Tax Inspection Department, it is understandable that such a talented person was threatened by those remnants. "

Princess Ning'an even hadn't finished her words yet. Even if this person deliberately printed fake banknotes, he could still be recruited into the team because of his talent.

The fact that he could single-handedly defeat the silver bills printed by more than 200 experienced craftsmen is enough to show how talented this person is. It is such a waste to have such a person wandering around the world.

Princess Ning'an has the broad mind to absorb this person.

Princess Ning'an then ordered Li Hai and Wang Cheng: "Li Hai, Wang Cheng, listen to my orders!"

Li Hai and Wang Cheng immediately knelt in front of Princess Ning'an and said, "We will obey your orders!"

Princess Ning'an ordered, "I order you to arrest all the participants behind this and ensure the safety of the old man who printed the fake banknotes.

Since he is threatened, his family must also be threatened. You can rescue his family first, and then catch them all in one fell swoop to ensure that the old man's family is under our control."

Princess Ning'an is a very mature person, she is not simple-minded.

Since Mr. Liang and his people were able to capture the old man's family to threaten him, it shows that the old man values ​​his family very much, and this is their weak spot.

The bad guys like Mr. Liang can use his family as a weakness, and the same can be said for a good person like me.

Wang Cheng's actions were quite fast.

In particular, the Tax Inspection Department under Wang Cheng's control has long penetrated into every aspect of Ningbo City and is quite familiar with every street.

So quickly they led a group of people out of the city and came to the old man's house.

As expected, there were people arranged by Mr. Liang here to monitor the old man's family.

The person who was monitoring was knocked down while he was still gambling with Pai Gow in the house, and then the old man's family was taken out.

As soon as the old man's family was brought out, Wang Cheng on the other side immediately ordered the Jinyiwei to arrest him.

The Jinyiwei followed the clues and arrested all of Liang Yuanwai's men.

Let's go back in time here. What must be explained is that after Mr. Liang and his people exchanged the fake silver notes printed by the old man for more than one thousand taels of silver, they were so excited.

Because even though it was very difficult for them to get these raw materials, the cost was only one or two hundred taels of silver. However, now they have exchanged more than 1,300 vehicles, which is more than ten times the amount.

This is the result of their first experiment. If this business can achieve stability, printing tens of thousands of taels of silver notes every day in the future would not only make him a fortune, but would also be making money out of nothing.

So when Mr. Liang and his group of people were in the small courtyard, looking at the silver piled up like a small mountain, their eyes were actually emitting silver light.

Especially Mr. Liang, he really developed with the support of a big tycoon, but after the big tycoon above him was decisively cut off by Chen Han, he was also implicated.

Fortunately, he was arrested by local government officials. After paying all his family property worth tens of thousands of taels, he redeemed his life.

He had to thank that during the Wanli period, or perhaps in the periods before Wanli, the Ming Dynasty's bureaucratic system had become extremely corrupt and decadent.

Even if there is a decisive figure like Chen Han who takes down the big tigers at the top, these small flies below can still use their connections to get through to the government and save their lives.

Liang Yuanwai did not restrain himself after surviving. His hatred for Chen Han accumulated with every day, month and year. Now he finally found an opportunity to take revenge on Chen Han. That was to print fake silver bills and withdraw money from the Imperial Bank founded by Chen Han.

Liang Yuanwai looked at the mountain of silver and sneered, "Chen Han, Chen Han, even if you have great abilities, so what? You have worked so hard to bring back so much silver from Japan, and you have worked so hard to get so much silver from the landlords and officials. One day, we will use these fake silver notes to exchange them all away.

By then, you will have gained nothing, we will have made a fortune, and your reputation will be ruined. This is the fate of going against us."

But the old man was very cautious and there was still a worry look on his face.

Because only when he was printing fake silver bills, he found that he couldn't understand the series of numbers on the real silver bills. This was a bomb that could explode at any time.

So he reminded me, "Fellow officials, please don't be too happy too soon. We can get away with it now because there are too many silver bills exchanged at the same time, and the bank staff may not be able to distinguish them one by one. But once we have too many fake silver bills, we may be exposed."

Liang immediately raised his head, "Didn't you say that the fake can be mistaken for the real thing? When my men took the silver notes to exchange for silver, the other party didn't suspect anything. Are you hiding something from us?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, I didn't hide it from you. I just found that the design of this banknote is indeed ingenious. Even if I try my best, I can't copy it exactly."

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(End of this chapter)