The Ming Dynasty had very strict supervision over banks and silver minting, and every ingot of silver was signed.

Once there is a problem, if the money is missing or mixed with other impurities, it will be traced based on the payment of the money, and all relevant people will be involved.

Therefore, banks in various places are very cautious about casting silver.

Moreover, the bank only has the right to mint silver, but not the right to print silver notes.

There is only one place that is qualified to print the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, and that is the Ministry of Works. All the banknotes in the country are produced by the Ministry of Works.

The Ministry of Industry prints money, and the Ministry of Accounts manages money.

The Ministry of Accounts is equivalent to the China Banking Regulatory Commission, which supervises all banks across the country.

Lu Xiucai also knew the seriousness of the matter. As long as official silver was involved, it was no small matter. He inspected it very carefully, and inspected almost every ingot of silver with his own hands.

Zhou Xian Cheng sat next to him, not worried at all, waiting patiently, and even reminded Xiucai to be more serious about the inspection. Once the delivery is completed, the county government will not be responsible for any problems.

It took the scholar an entire hour to inspect all the silver.

After closing the box and re-sealing it, he said to Ji Chen, "No problem."

Zhou County Cheng said: "Since there is no problem, then the tax money will be handed over to you."

He also took out the key to the warehouse and gave it to the scholar.

Next comes the formalities handover, signatures and deposits.

After doing this, Zhou Xiancheng clasped his fists at Ji Chen and said: "Since the tax payment has been completed, I will leave first."

After speaking, the county magistrate turned and left.

This place now belongs to Jin Yiwei, and no one is allowed to stay without Jin Yiwei's consent.

Looking at the back of the county magistrate leaving, Ji Chen felt a little suspicious. Could it be that his suspicion was wrong?

They didn't tamper with the tax bill?

Are you trying to steal tax money?

Ji Chen shook his head and rejected this idea. He really couldn't think of anyone who would be so bold as to dare to rob tax money.

Even in the nineteen years since Ji Chen traveled back in time, he has never heard of any tax money being robbed there.

This is just like robbing a deposit car in the previous life. Even if you look at the few people who paid the deposit, there are really not many people who have the courage to rob it.

Especially this is a world of high martial arts. Once you find out, the mountain will be leveled for you.

"Sir, what should we do now?" Bai Zhantang asked.

"Hold still for now. The scholar will go back and tell Xiao Guo to come over. You and Xiao Guo will stay here in Zhantang and never leave."

"The police will be here soon. I want to see what tricks they want to play."

Ji Chen and Xiucai returned to Jinyiwei, and then transferred Guo Furong to the tax bank to guard the tax bank.

The next two days were uneventful, and Ji Chen also visited the tax bank every day.

On the third day, after Ji Chen inspected the Treasury, he returned home. When he was about to open the door, he suddenly found that something was wrong with the door.

Every time he goes out, he puts a hair in the keyhole.

But at this moment, the hair in the keyhole disappeared.

In other words, someone has entered the yard.

Ji Chen was on guard, unlocked the door, and walked in.

Everything is going on in the yard, no one is there

Ji Chen let go of his senses and sensed them carefully.

At this moment, his ears and eyes became sharper, and the sounds of insects around him could be clearly transmitted to his ears.

There was no sound of breathing, which meant that there was no one hiding in the yard.

Ji Chen began to inspect the house.

When he opened the door to the main room, his eyes suddenly froze.

In the main room, there are more than a dozen boxes placed.

Ji Chen suddenly understood something, so he quickly stepped forward, split the lock on the box with a knife, and opened the box.

The white silver glittered in Ji Chen's eyes.

He picked up a piece of silver and turned it over. The bottom was engraved with the word "official silver" and the signature was Daming Bank No. 187.

He came over in an instant, and it turned out that Lou Zhixian was waiting for him here!

It's not about evading tax money, or stealing tax money, but framing him for tax money theft.

Ji Chen's eyes flashed with murderous intent!

Stealing taxes and money, killing the nine tribes, Qixia Town's Jinyiwei, including Tongfu Inn, and everyone related to it, will all be implicated.

The Ming Dynasty had extremely strict control over the tax bank, and any contact with it would be a capital offense. Otherwise, there were so many corrupt officials in the entire Ming Dynasty, but none of them would dare to touch the tax bank, and even the people in the world would not dare to touch the tax bank.

Without any time to think, Ji Chen put the horizontal knife back into its scabbard, lifted a box with one hand, came to the yard, and threw the box directly into the well.

He was very fast, and in just a few dozen breaths, he threw all the dozen boxes into the well.

As soon as he finished doing this, Ji Chen heard dense footsteps ringing around the yard, approaching from far away.

Ji Chen quickly returned to the house and picked up the dragon stick.

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and dozens of ferocious government officials with swords broke into the yard.

On the courtyard wall, many government officials holding giant crossbows also appeared.

Each one of them has a deep aura, and at first glance, they are martial artists who have entered the mainstream. At least they are all at the level of "first glimpse of the door".

Ji Chen raised his eyebrows, these government servants were all pretended to be people from the Jianghu.

When he came to the courtyard, he saw Lou Zhixian, dressed in official robes, walking out of the crowd with a cold expression on his face, followed by four government officials with deep breaths following him.

One person is holding an iron claw, one is carrying a single sword on his back, and the other two are using swords.

Ji Chen's eyes narrowed, these four people are masters.

None of the yamen servants in the courtyard are real yamen servants of the county government, they are all pretenders.

"Ji Chen!"

Lou Zhixian stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "I received a tip that you stole tax money and hid it in your home. Now I want to search your residence."

"Ha!" Ji Chen smiled coldly.

"Lord Lou, do you really think that Qixia Town is your world, and you can search my Ji Chen's residence as you please!"

"Master Ji, you should know how to read!"

Lou Zhixian's hand shook, and a collection order was unfolded.

"How about a search warrant, signed by me personally?"

After saying that, Magistrate Lou threw the search order on the ground and waved his hand.

"Search for me, anyone who dares to stop me will be shot to death!"

The four government officials, whose auras were heavy, separated in a flash and entered the house to start searching.

Soon, the four people searched all the houses, returned to the yard, and shook their heads at Lou Zhixian.

"No!"

Lou Zhixian's face instantly darkened.

"Jichen, where did you hide the tax money? Please tell me quickly."

A hint of sneer appeared on Ji Chen's face, "Master Lou, if you are a thief, catch the dirty one, if you catch the adulterer, catch the double! You can't just talk nonsense with your two mouths!"

"Also, you led someone to break into my residence without any evidence. We are not done yet!"

Lou Zhixian's face was as gloomy as water, and he said coldly: "Jichen, I don't know how you hid the tax money in such a short period of time, but do you think you have won? You are still a little green!"

"Do you want evidence?"

Lou Zhixian took a package from the government servant behind him and threw it into the yard.

"Snapped!"

The package fell apart, and more than a dozen ingots of tax silver fell out.

"Ji Chen stole tax money and got both the stolen goods and the stolen goods. Take them down for me. If you dare to resist, I will kill you without mercy."

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