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Chapter 539 Unpredictable Intent (Part [-])
What is this old thing trying to do?

The roll paper given by Xiao Lufeng recorded the names, addresses and identities of people, not many, only a few dozen in total, but all of them are important backbones of the White Lotus Sect. When it comes to the level of detail, it is even more detailed than before. There is more information sent by He Tao. Obviously, this information should be true. The problem is that it is hard to say what Xiao Lufeng's intention is, at least for now Hong Qing can't do it for a while. See through why he did this.

"Shopkeeper Xiao's ability to serve the court's heart is probably not a good thing. It's just that this matter involves a lot, so it must not be joked. If something goes wrong, the consequences may be dire. Can Shopkeeper Xiao ensure that there is no danger?"

The 20 cash requested by Xiao Lufeng may be an astronomical figure that cannot be added to others, but it is not too difficult for Hong Qing, whether it is "Eight Banners Company" or "Qilin Company", They can be easily transferred. In fact, there is no less than 30 taels of cash in the Shanxi branch of the "Kirin Firm" - the 20 taels of cash transferred from the "Risheng Bank" have never been touched at all. Satisfying Xiao Lufeng's request is a piece of cake, but before finding out Xiao Lufeng's real intentions, Hong Qing didn't intend to agree easily, but frowned and asked a question with a very serious expression.

"If you go back to the prince, the grass people dare to guarantee their lives. There is absolutely no falsehood in this list."

Xiao Lufeng responded quickly, and as soon as Hong Qing's words fell, he gave a guarantee like a curse.

"Oh? This king is very curious. I don't know where shopkeeper Xiao's confidence comes from?"

Naturally, there will be no fakes in the list. Compared with the information given by He Tao, Hong Qing knows it well, but she will never show it at this moment. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and looked down suspiciously. asked.

"Your Majesty, the grass-roots saved the life of the incense master of the White Lotus Sect by a coincidence. They didn't know that he was a member of the White Lotus Sect, so they confusedly took him under his command. How dare the White Lotus Sect make trouble now? Assassinating the prince is really treasonous and immoral. All the people in Shanxi are filled with righteous indignation. Caomin's subordinate feels the righteousness and is determined to abandon the dark and turn to the light. And because he is grateful for Caomin's life-saving grace, he wants to give this merit to Caomin. This is how it happened. With such a list in the hands of the lord, everything that Cao Min said is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood."

Facing Hong Qing's questioning, Xiao Lufeng didn't panic at all, and gave an explanation confidently.

"Well, it's rare for this person to have such a clear understanding. Forget it, let me and Li Futai discuss this matter before making a decision. As for Shopkeeper Xiao's request, it's not too difficult. After the matter is over, Shopkeeper Xiao can make a decision." Prepare the pledged things, I will plan something for you, so as not to disappoint shopkeeper Xiao."

After several questions and answers, Hong Qing had seen that Xiao Lufeng was thoughtful and thoughtful, and it would be difficult to get any useful information from him, so she was too lazy to say any more, so she nodded thoughtfully, and gave Xiao Lufeng gave a clear answer.

"Thank you, Lord Long En, the grassroots should remember it forever, and they will not dare to forget it from generation to generation."

Hearing Hong Qing's words, Xiao Lufeng immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.

"That's all, let's go back and wait for the news, come and see off the guests."

After Hong Qing allowed Xiao Lufeng to kowtow for a few times, he slowly raised his hand and gave the order to chase away the guests in a full of official style.

"Thank you, Lord Long En, the grassroots will leave."

As soon as Hong Qing's words fell, Li Minxing, who was waiting outside the study door, walked in immediately. Seeing this, Xiao Lufeng dared not say any more, and after knocking his head heavily, he left the study , went home on his own.

What kind of tricks is this old thing playing? Is it planning to lose the car to protect the handsome man, or a strong man cut off his wrist, or is he trying to hide the truth?

Hong Qing didn't believe Xiao Lufeng's various explanations from the bottom of her heart, and Hong Qing didn't even take her request of borrowing 20 taels of cash in her heart. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary wealthy businessmen to mobilize them in a short period of time, but for Xiao Lufeng who has the support of Ba Ye, it may not be so difficult. Hong Qing dares to assert that even if she does not agree to Xiao Lufeng's Please ask, his bank will not really encounter any serious problems, if so, his intentions to come to lead the White Lotus Sect this time are very doubtful.

Although the relationship between Ba Ye and the White Lotus Sect is a secret, very few people know about it, but Hong Qing is an exception. As early as when she was handling the salt affairs case in Yangzhou, Hong Qing had already found out the root cause. The only thing she was not sure about was Ba Ye There is no other way to control the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect is said to be a sect, but in fact it is just a loose organization. The White Lotus Sect in each province or even the prefectures does not seem to be one. The connection is not very close at all, basically they are doing their own thing. Although Ba Ye is powerful, it is obviously impossible to unite all the White Lotus Sects in various places. The White Lotus Sect at the head is in the hands of Ba Ye, so there is bound to be a possibility that Xiao Lufeng is using a knife to kill people in order to seek control of the White Lotus Sect in Shanxi.

"Is this old thing really a problem for the master!"

Hong Qing thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the real intention of Xiao Lufeng's move, but no matter what, it was imperative to attack the White Lotus Sect. On this point, Hong Qing was There will be no hesitation at all, after a murmur, I stopped thinking about it, and turned to bury my head in the official document, scribbling quickly...

Doubts are fine, but there should be no delay in action. In order to prevent leakage of information, Hong Qing personally sat in the governor's yamen the next morning to supervise the arrest of the White Lotus Sect bandits. Following the orders issued one after another, Not only the servants from all the prefectures were dispatched together, but also all the banner camps and green camps were also attacking one after another. Like a thunderbolt sweeping holes, the vicinity of Taiyuan was turned upside down. After a while, the dust settled, but the result of the interrogation was somewhat beyond Hongqing's expectations - none of the Bailian disciples who were taken down knew the whole story of the assassination of Hongqing, and no one knew about the fact that the White Lotus sect was in Shanxi. The whereabouts of the leaders of the lineage, I only know that the leader of the Shanxi lineage of the White Lotus Sect is a man, who calls himself "The Great Emperor Wusheng", who usually dresses up as a Taoist priest, travels around in various villages and prefectures, and has many followers, but only kills himself As soon as the case was discovered, there was no trace of him, and no one knew where this person was hiding right now.

The clues were obviously broken. Not only were the captured White Lotus disciples unable to provide any valuable information, but even the "Sharp Knife" sub-rudder could not find the whereabouts of the "Inanimate Emperor". It is obviously impossible to find out the truth of the assassination case. At this point, Hong Qing has nothing to do. She dare not delay the important task of rectifying the financial order because of this case. She can only put the case aside first. He devoted himself fully to the merger of "Risheng Bank" and "Baqi Company".

"Risheng Bank" is the largest bank in the world, with branches all over the provinces. In every big city, there are basically bank branches. "Risheng Bank" has so many semicolons, but both its political influence and its own economic strength are much stronger than "Risheng Bank". The merger of the two giants is naturally not an easy matter Even though "Risheng Bank" was forced to sign the alliance under the city this time, when it came time to merge, for the sake of its own interests, it was inevitable that the negotiating teams of both sides would fight for a certain clause. His face was red and his ears were red, and noisy things happened frequently. Even with Hong Qing as an imperial envoy leading the battle, the progress of the negotiations was still unspeakably optimistic.

Time waits for no one. Back then, in front of tens of thousands of petitioners, Hong Qing made a promise to start withdrawing cash within three days. What's more, if the petitioners start to make trouble again, there may be a danger of civil uprising, and this is obviously not a burden that Hong Qing can bear. Because of this, after a day and a half of negotiations, Hong Qing did not make any further complaints. To give the negotiating teams of the two parties a chance to argue again, they used the identity of the imperial envoy prince to act dictatorially with incomparable strength, and made a final verdict on all disputed points.

No one would dare to object to Hongqing's dictatorship—the "Eight Banners Company" was established by Hongqing alone. Although Hongqing himself has no shares or positions in it, it is true that when it comes to influence and control No one can match his words, even the old man who bears the name of the chairman has no effect on the specific affairs of the "Eight Banners Company", and the "Eight Banners Company" came to negotiate Apart from accepting, the staff dared not even say a word of objection. As for Kang Wanming, he dared not mess with Hong Qing. Of course, Hong Qing's ruling was basically impartial. The two sides had nothing to argue about, so the matter was settled.

On July 52, 28 years of Kangxi, the reorganized "Risheng Bank" was renamed "Industrial and Commercial Bank of China". Withdrawing cash from the head office, 40 taels of silver was withdrawn in one day, and another 20 taels of cash was withdrawn the next day. However, from the third day onwards, the number of creditors who came to withdraw cash has gradually decreased, but there are many. Few people come to learn about deposit interest and exchange business news, and there are many people who try to deposit silver.

On the first day of August, the "Huicun Bank" also officially opened for business. Although there are some people who withdraw cash, they are not too many. The withdrawals in one day are less than 10 taels, and the next day is even less. So far, a scene has swept the country. Even if the current financial turmoil has subsided, although the aftermath is still there, it is an indisputable fact that the storm has passed.

(End of this chapter)