The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 508 I Can't Wait!

Seeing that the matter had been exposed, the shopkeeper became anxious and wanted to rush forward to grab the bank notes and receipts in the hands of the corporal squad leader, but was smashed back by the butt of a gun by a soldier next to him.

"Defy the king's order and slander His Royal Highness the Regent, all the people in the store will be taken away!" The corporal squad leader ordered loudly.

The soldiers escorted the pale shopkeeper and several dejected fellows out.

"You will regret it, this is not a place for you to run wild..." The shopkeeper was unwilling, but before he could finish speaking, he was hit on the mouth by the butt of a gun, and his two front teeth flew out.

"Brother Bing, should we return the banknotes? We still need to go to the next store to buy things." The young woman said to the corporal squad leader with a smile.

The corporal squad leader naturally understood the identity of the other party, and returned the bank note in his hand to her.

The two female relatives led the maid out of the store, and walked slowly towards a silk shop not far away.

He ordered the remaining soldiers to close the store door, General Tie locked the door, and pasted two seals crosswise on the door panel.

……

The same thing is happening in the shops on Lion Street and other high streets.

It's just that some people with a better attitude and a little more cleverness can avoid the pain of flesh and blood and the disaster of prison.

Of course, there are also a small number of people with higher awareness who have not been seized, but have exchanged part of the legal currency for transitional use.

Of course, many people prepared for the worst when exchanging this fiat currency.

This method of fishing and law enforcement was also thought up by Jiang Chuan. These female relatives dressed as noble ladies are all maids and mothers-in-law in the palace.

Jiang Chuan doesn't care about the means, what he wants is to promote the legal currency as soon as possible.

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When the prohibited activities were investigated and punished everywhere in the city, there were crowds of people in front of the household bank in Tiemu Hutong.

Today is the day when officials in the capital pay their salaries.

In the original history, the salaries of officials were divided into two parts: salary and Lumi.

In layman's terms, it is silver and food.

But in the Ming Dynasty of this era, because the grain output was not bad, and there were also crops such as potatoes and corn, the price of grain was generally not high.

Therefore, all salaries of officials are converted into cash and distributed.

Officials' salaries are paid on the first day of each month, and the salary of the previous month is issued today, which happens to be the first day of the new year.

In fact, before Jiang Chuan entered Beijing, the entire imperial court had been in arrears of salaries for three months because of the emptiness of the national treasury, and officials in some places had been in arrears for half a year.

Although the officials were very dissatisfied, the imperial court at that time was already in danger and could not afford to pay their salaries.

After Jiang Chuan came to Beijing, the regent did not make up the salaries owed by these officials from the beginning. There were too many places to spend the money, and these people were not worried, and they didn't care about them at all at the time.

These officials did not dare to ask for their salaries, after all, the previous salaries had nothing to do with Jiang Chuan.

When the reform of the banking system and the issuance of legal currency were announced at the Dachao Conference last time, Jiang Chuan announced that he would supplement the salaries of the officials, and that the salaries would be distributed as usual in the future.

So today the officials were looking forward to it, and gathered in front of the bank of the Ministry of Households early in the morning to wait for the salary.

Speaking of receiving money, throughout the ages, both officials and ordinary people have almost the same appearance, with excitement in their eyes.

But today's Ming officials are not only excited, but also full of apprehension, anxiety and other emotions.

Because they know that what they are most likely to receive today is a pile of banknotes.

In front of the bank, there was already a row of tables, but the people sitting behind the tables were not the household officials familiar to the officials, but a group of strangers in short clothes and short hair.

In later generations, this kind of short jacket is the Chinese tunic suit, which was designed by Jiang Chuan and produced by a bedding factory to be worn by non-military public officials.

The person who came to pay these officials today is the person sent by the Zhongzhou Bank.

Seeing these unfamiliar faces, the officials became even more anxious.

Moreover, there was a group of heavily armed new army soldiers maintaining order, lined up on both sides, watching these officials with eager eyes.

This situation made the atmosphere even more tense.

Salaries are distributed according to each yamen, and each yamen corresponds to a bank worker behind the desk, and people belonging to the same yamen line up in a long line and are paid according to the official rank.

The masters and ministers also formed their own teams.

A bank worker in a Chinese tunic stood up and glanced at the beasts in clothes and clothes. He looked serious and seemed to be the person in charge at the scene.

The officials at the scene talked a lot, and the scene was very noisy.

"Be quiet, everyone be quiet!" The bank manager shouted loudly, but the effect was obviously limited.

He had no choice but to turn his head and wink at the lieutenant company commander of the new army who was leading the team next to him.

The lieutenant company commander understood, took out the pistol on his waist, loaded the bullet, and made two "pops".

The crowd looked around in panic, and suddenly fell silent.

"Quiet, Director Zhou has something to say. If there is any more noise, it will be taken down on the spot for provoking trouble!" The captain and company commander roared fiercely.

Angry expressions appeared on the faces of many officials, but no one dared to speak out.

If it was an ordinary soldier, he wouldn't dare to scold them like this.

Even a first-rank military officer would not dare to do this.

In the Ming Dynasty, civil servants were noble and military officials were inferior to you, so these civil servants were used to their nostrils turned upside down.

But that was in the past, these direct descendants of Jiang Chuan didn't care about them at all, even if they were the first rank in front of them, these soldiers would take care of them and ignore them.

The scene became quiet, and Director Zhou said loudly: "Listen up, everyone. From now on, Zhongzhou Bank will distribute all the salaries on its behalf, and the household department will no longer have to handle this matter. In addition, everyone should also understand that now the imperial court will issue all salaries. French currency, everyone’s salaries will be issued in legal currency starting today. The exchange rate will be one tael of silver to one yuan of legal currency. Did you hear me clearly?”

Director Zhou's words caused a commotion at the scene, and some people shouted in dissatisfaction: "I have worked so hard for the court, why should I use waste paper to perfuse it? I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"

"Yes, I don't accept it! Since ancient times, there has been no reason to use paper currency. If it is a silver ticket, it is acceptable, but any legal currency is absolutely not!"

"That's right, the imperial court is competing with the people for profit and seizing the property of the people. We will definitely not accept banknotes!"

……

One person took the lead, and soon someone clamored to join in, and the scene became a little chaotic and noisy again.

However, there are also some people who are watching the development of the situation with a cold eye, and do not echo.

That Supervisor Zhou was not in a hurry, obviously he had expected this situation long ago.

With a slight smile on his face, he waited for the scene to quiet down and said loudly: "Okay, all adults who are unwilling to accept legal currency, please stand in the open space on the left, and the imperial court will give you an explanation."

With that said, Director Zhou made a gesture of invitation.

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(End of this chapter)