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Chapter 194

The sun was setting, only the afterglow was lingering in some places in the capital, and it was about to set.In a dark corner, there was a short man in thick clothes hiding in a shelter from the wind, looking down from time to time, obviously waiting for someone, and seemed a little anxious.

After waiting for a long time, a person who was also thickly dressed and had no obvious features from his appearance finally came.But when the waiting person saw it, he jumped out immediately and said in a low voice: "This matter is too worrying, I want more money!"

"What are you afraid of? The factory guards are all gangsters, who cares if you're a ruffian!" The visitor looked around, hid in a corner, and replied in a low voice.

The short man followed into the corner and argued: "But you asked me to speak ill of the emperor, and it also involved the chief assistant and the admiral of the East Factory. If I fail, I may be arrested by the factory guard. If you don't raise the price, I quit!"

The man listened to him firmly and understood that he was still afraid.The master thought that these words were almost spread in the capital, and it seemed that he could only agree to his request. Thinking of this, he immediately threw out a small piece of broken silver and said, "Do you understand that the law does not blame the public? Forget it, it involves temperature and adversity." Let’s forget about Cao Ni for now, and pass on the other words more, the risk is low, understand?”

When the short man took the money, he was already overjoyed, and when he heard this again, he suddenly became overjoyed, and quickly said with a flattering smile: "Don't worry, it's nothing, the villain will definitely talk about it. I found out, those people wouldn’t believe anything else, but there are quite a few people who believe that the emperor might like masonry work!”

When the visitor heard this, he left directly, as if he didn't want to stay longer, and he didn't want to talk to the short man, so as not to drop the price.

He turned around, and then turned to a dark corner far away, where there were people waiting for him, and after the same conversation, he finally disappeared into the night.

In a study room in a compound with high walls, this man bowed and reported the situation to an old man.

"Good job!" The old man boasted without emotion, and then ordered, "Don't worry about those people from now on, you can leave the capital and go back to Lijiazhuang after a few years!"

"Yes, sir!"

After watching him back out, the old man turned his head to look towards the direction of the imperial city, and muttered to himself: "We can't resist from the front, or if we use some tricks from behind, we won't make you think of us veterans!"

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, happened to report to the emperor the dynamics of public opinion in the capital.At the end, he said his thoughts: "Your Majesty, I feel that these remarks are definitely not made by the people spontaneously, it seems that someone deliberately made them!"

"Huh?" Hu Guang hummed, thinking about this in his mind.

In fact, he had already predicted this situation. At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, there were too many pig teammates. If the frontal attack could not succeed, they would often stumble secretly and drag the legs. There is no sense of the big picture anymore.

Naturally, Cao Huachun could see that the emperor was also thinking about this matter, so he continued to report: "However, the people in the capital don't seem to believe it very much. Many people refuted it after hearing it. It's just about one... one thing..."

Speaking of this, he was a little hesitant, after all, he was saying something bad about the emperor.

When Hu Guang heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "If you have something to say, don't hesitate, I won't engage in crimes for words!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun hurriedly replied after hearing this, "It is said that your majesty, like the former emperor, may be addicted to masons!"

"Hehe..." Hearing this, Hu Guang laughed. He pointed at Cao Huachun and said, "Others don't know, but don't you know what I was doing those days?"

When Cao Huachun heard this, he laughed along with him.

Hu Guang immediately waved his hand and said, "Let them talk about it. Now the Zhonglie Hall is working day and night, and part of the foundation will be dug tomorrow afternoon. At that time, it is time to break this rumor."

"Your Majesty is wise, the rumors are self-defeating, everyone must be very grateful to Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun heard this, and immediately offered a flattery.

Hu Guang smiled after hearing this, and waved Cao Huachun back, but remembering something, he still ordered: "My companion will check to see if there is someone behind this rumor. If there is someone, find him out."

This kind of thing is actually not very easy to check.Unless someone says to arrest someone, and then get him into the imperial prison to serve him well.But now many people outside are saying that under severe torture, it is also possible to randomly bite and bite, and it is likely to involve a lot of people.

If it was changed to before, Cao Huachun wouldn't care.But he knew that the emperor he was serving would not allow him to do this.After all, the emperor said that he would rather let a corrupt official go than wrong a good person.

This matter is a bit difficult to handle, Cao Huachun thought and withdrew.

Hu Guang watched him retreat, but in fact he didn't pay much attention to this matter.He even felt a little happy, explaining that his recent series of actions had caught those people off guard, and under the combination of kindness and force, no one dared to fool him in person, so he could only use these dirty tricks.

This kind of thing, let them do whatever they want, at most, their reputation will be damaged, and they can still bite themselves?Thinking of this, Hu Guang put the matter behind him and remembered the business.

King Qin's army in Changli has already arrived in the capital, and King Qin's army from other places will arrive in the capital soon.According to the news, Ma Shilong also came.Hehe, I'm just waiting for you to throw yourself into the trap, I've caught you, and when the white pole army arrives, it's time to complete the second task assigned by the system!

Now there are only 51 taels of silver in the treasury of the household department. This is the principal and cannot be moved.Cao Yubian's copy of the house, it is estimated that the results will be available in the next two days.However, the remaining cash should not be too much, it is just fixed assets and the like.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang focused on what happened after King Qin's army arrived in the capital.After all, this is the next major event, and it must be dealt with properly, and the preparation of the new army must also be put on the agenda.And all of this requires money!
All the problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty were all about money in the final analysis!Thinking of this, Hu Guang picked up a few small pieces of paper from the imperial case and looked at them.This is the new food stamp printed by Hu Zhengyan at the fastest speed.

The picture is a bunch of rice ears, and then the number of rice ears is used to represent the number, and different colors are used to divide the weight unit.Of course, there are also Chinese characters on the side to explain it.

Hu Zhengyan said that because of the rush to work, no more details have been added, otherwise it would be more difficult to forge.Based on this, he can guarantee that no one can make it with the bright color of this ink.

After reading it again, Hu Guang no longer worried, and immediately decreed to use these to completely replace the previous simple food stamps.Then, he took out seven or eight sketches that he had hidden, and it was time for Hu Zhengyan to print them.

(End of this chapter)