Sangu Yu returned to her parents' home in Jiao Gang. Ren Yu'er didn't know why her always cautious father didn't stop her. She only knew that she would make a big joke when she came back from her parents' home!

She didn't dare not report this embarrassing thing to Master Han, but she couldn't say anything in front of Cuihua. It wasn't until Cuihua washed her clothes and hung them up to dry, and went to the street to buy groceries with a basket in her hand, that she finally bit the silver bullet.

Ya, mustered up the courage and reported to Mr. Han anxiously.

Han Xiufeng had just finished reading the official document sent by Wang Qianbu, the commander of the shop, in the morning. He was playing with the few copper coins poured out of the briefcase like antiques. He was playing with them so intently that Ren Yuer thought he didn't hear it, and then

He said with great embarrassment: "Fourth Brother, I'm really not a person who likes to talk nonsense. I really didn't mean it. If I had known that Third Aunt was so snobbish, I would have dared to stop talking nonsense..."

"It's not a secret, there's nothing that can't be said." Han Xiufeng put down the copper coins, turned around and said with a smile: "And the third aunt is not snobbish. She wants to marry her cousin to Datou and the others, and wants to marry her cousin in the country.

There is nothing wrong with living a good life as an official's wife."

"Fourth brother, why are you facing her?" Ren Yu'er asked, dumbfounded.

"I didn't say anything to her. I was just talking about the matter. It's time for boys to get married and girls to get married. Da Tou and Ji Da Ji Er are not young anymore. They think it's time to marry a wife and start a family. If you hadn't said that Third Aunt was planning to help

They were talking about matchmaking, but I can't even remember any of this. Fortunately, Sangu was so enthusiastic, otherwise their life-long event would have been delayed."

"Fourth brother, you...are you not looking for her? Do you know that if she brings all her cousins ​​from the countryside, she will make a big joke!"

"Who dares to laugh if I don't laugh?" Thinking of the scene where Yu Sangu led a group of country girls to kill men in the town, Han Xiufeng actually felt it was funny in his heart, and couldn't help laughing and said: "It's just that Sangu is enthusiastic about her work.

However, she was a little careless and didn't even bother to ask if the principals were there these days before returning to her parents' home. It's good now. They all went to Shao Bo with Mr. Yu and Mr. Wang on errands. They won't be back in ten and a half days. It seems like

She's going to miss it!"

Ren Yu'er suddenly remembered that Datou and Ji Dajier had taken a boat to Taizhou early in the morning, and then went to Shaobo to deal with the prisoners. The stone hanging in his heart finally fell, and he patted his chest and snickered: "Four

Brother, if you don’t tell me, I almost forgot. No one is at home, so she can’t do anything!”

"So it's a bit of a pity."

"What a pity, this is the best, it really scared me to death just now!"

"Why are you scared to death? This is a good thing."

"Fourth brother, you can stand and talk without hurting your back. It is naturally a good thing for you, Mr. Yuan Qian and Mr. Jiba, but it is not a good thing for my father and me. If she really lets her make trouble, my father and I will be

How do you go out and meet people?”

As she said, it would be really embarrassing for the Ren family if San Aunt Yu really caused this trouble. Han Xiufeng knew what San Aunt Yu was like, and no matter how shrewd she was, she would not dare to disobey Ren Yaen.

, and Ren Yaen did not stop her even though she knew she would be embarrassed, Han Xiufeng felt very strange, and when he thought about how Yu'er got to him, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Ren Yuer thought she had just said the wrong thing and said quickly: "Fourth brother, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said nonsense to her. Don't worry, I will never dare to tell her or anyone else about your affairs in the future."

I can’t tell!”

"Here we go again, this is nothing." Han Xiufeng glanced at her without sympathy, then pointed to the copper coins on the table and asked: "Yu'er, you grew up in Yangzhou City, and you are more knowledgeable than me.

, help me see if I have seen such money before."

Ren Yuer was stunned, picked up the copper coin and asked: "Fourth brother, what happened to the money?"

Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "Take a closer look."

The size of these copper coins is quite different from the "Daoguang Tongbao Xianfeng Tongbao" circulating in the market, and the texture is even thicker than the "Xianfeng Tongbao". Only the color of the coins is slightly light brown, not as bright as the "Xianfeng Tongbao". Look again

Looking at the words on the coin, it turns out that the front is "Yongkuan Tongbao" and the back is the pattern of a money string.

Ren Yuer became more and more confused as she read. She put down her money and murmured, "What is the reign of Yongkuan? Why have I never heard of it?"

"I haven't heard of it either."

"Then where does this money come from?"

Just as Han Xiufeng was about to speak, Dean Gu strolled into the courtyard humming a local tune. As soon as he entered the door, he held up his hands and said, "Mr. Han, what are you busy with?"

"Dean Gu, you are here at the right time. You are well-informed. Could you please help me take a look at this money?"

“What’s so good about money?”

"You'll know it just by looking at it."

Dean Gu took the money and looked at it, and he was really surprised: "I am ignorant, this is the first time I have seen this money. Yu'er, you have read the books of sages, do you know the origin of the year name 'Yongkuan'?"

"

"You always know how to make fun of Yu'er. Although Yu'er has read a few books, he can't be called a well-read sage. Yu'er also doesn't know the origin of Yong Kuan." Ren Yu'er didn't dare to be rude again, slightly

As soon as he squatted down and said a long blessing, he went to help make tea.

Dean Gu looked back at her, then sat down and said, "Mr. Han, was this made privately?"

"It is impossible for the Beijing Bureau and the provinces to mint such money. It must be minted privately." Han Xiufeng picked up the money again and said solemnly: "It's just that the person who minted this money privately is too courageous. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, it was minted privately."

Those who cast more than one million are Lingchi, those who cast more than one hundred thousand

Those who have less than 100,000 and more than 10,000 will be executed in prison, and those who buy, sell, use or hide the money will be transported for three thousand miles. This is a heinous crime, but the person who minted the money privately even made up a reign name. This is not only disrespectful.

, this is clearly a rebellion!”

How could Dean Gu not know this and subconsciously asked: "Could it be foreign money? It is said that there is a lot of foreign money circulating in the markets of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian."

"Not only have I heard of this, but I have also seen it in the capital. However, the foreign money is all written in foreign characters, and most of the foreign money is silver dollars."

"It looks like this money is not newly minted."

"So we should not take it lightly. If you think about it, the Taiping bandits did not appear suddenly. Many officials discovered the clues before raising the flag for rebellion, but no one took it seriously, and the results happened again and again.

We missed the opportunity to wipe it out in one fell swoop, leading to the current situation."

Thinking that it was not just the Taiping bandits who were causing trouble, but also the Tiandihui in the south, the White Lotus Sect in the southwest, and the Nian bandits in the north. It was hard to say whether there were other bandits in Jiangsu who wanted to rebel. Dean Gu realized the seriousness of the problem and eagerly

Question: "Mr. Han, where did this money come from?"

Han Xiufeng pointed to the letter on the table and said solemnly: "This money was discovered by Ambassador Lu Sichang of the Salt Department. It was not much at first. He didn't dare to say anything. He just asked his family to go around the street. When he found one, he confiscated it.

As a result, more and more coins were confiscated. More than 10,000 coins were confiscated in each village in Lu Sichang alone. The day before yesterday, Mr. Guo inspected Lu Sichang. The officer realized that paper could not contain the fire, and welcomed Mr. Guo in.

The Yamen will kneel down and apologize."

"More than 10,000 pieces, there are so many!"

"This was only found in Lusi Field, and there are probably many in the surrounding fields." Han Xiufeng picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and said helplessly: "Most of the people are illiterate, so as long as it's money, they will take it.

Therefore, no one can tell how much such money is on the market and where it is circulated."

"No, no, I have to ask someone to check if we have any in Hai'an!"

"We must investigate, but the top priority is to find out the origin of the money."

"Mr. Han, how can you find out where the money came from without checking." Dean Gu thought about it and asked: "By the way, what does Mr. Guo mean?"

"Master Guo wants to revitalize the salt affairs of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, so he can't take care of these things. Besides, this matter is not big or small. If we report it to the court like this, the court will definitely order an investigation. The Taiping bandits are still in Yangzhou City, Yun Si

Yamendu

We had to move to Taizhou. It was already chaotic enough. Mr. Guo didn’t want to add fuel to the fire, so he gave me this job and asked me to investigate and investigate the origin of the money and who secretly minted it.

.”

"Even if we can find the people who used the money, they still don't know anything about it and have no clue at all. How on earth will this case be investigated?"

"So we can only start with this year number to see if we can first figure out what 'Yongkuan' means or where it comes from." Han Xiufeng paused and continued: "You can see it, too.

The money doesn't look like it was newly minted, it must have been there for a few years, so I thought about checking the classics I can find first to see if there is any record of 'Yongkuan' in the classics."

"Okay, I'll go to the academy right now and let the students help me look it up."

"Dean Ren has a lot of books there. Could you please go there and ask dean Ren to check them out too."

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

As soon as Dean Gu picked up the two copper coins and left, Ren Yuer couldn't help but remind him: "Fourth brother, how many books are there in Hai'an? If you want to find out the origin of this year name from the classics, you should send someone to Taizhou.

Taizhou has a prosperous literary style and has produced several great Confucians and countless scholars, so the collection of books will naturally be large."

"It's true, but I have to recuperate now and it's not convenient to go to Taizhou." Han Xiufeng thought for a while and then smiled: "Yu'er, help me write a letter to Zhang Guangcheng and ask him to help me collect all the books he can.

.If people are willing to sell it, just spend money to buy it. If they are willing to sell it or not, just borrow it. If they are not even willing to borrow it, then find someone to help copy it."

"This is so troublesome. Can't you just ask Mr. Zhang to find a few scholars to help you look it up?"

"No, this is not a trivial matter and cannot be made public."

"Are you worried about alerting the enemy?"

"Rather than trying to alert others, I'm more worried about being known by those superior officials. Not only am I worried, Master Guo is even more worried."

Thinking that Yangzhou City has not yet been recovered, the Taiping bandits still occupy Yangzhou, Yizhen, Guazhou and even Jiangning, and even split their troops to go to the capital. Everything must be focused on attacking and chasing down the Taiping bandits. Yu'er nodded subconsciously: "
Chapter completed!