Chapter 312: Fake Banknotes

After returning to Qixia Town, it was as if what happened in the God of Wealth Inn had never happened. In fact, it was indeed thrilling at the time, but it would not be known to the world as news spread too slowly. Even with something like the Jianghu Monthly Report, it still took time to summarize.

And it has to be that nothing big happens in the world. If the incident is small, you are not worthy.

On the contrary, Hongyezhai, Baixiaosheng, and various underworld organizations may collect and sell this information. Of course, it is only the information on the surface, the kind that everyone knows and can be used as a topic of conversation after dinner.

Now, people in Hengyang still don’t know about Shen Qingzhou’s stay at the God of Wealth Inn. There is only one reason for this: he is not worthy. No one in Hengyang knows that there are such people at the border.

Various news has not yet been passed on, but with the return of Chief Escort Zhao and Shen Qingzhou, these things will naturally spread in Hengyang. After all, they are local matters and may be published in the Hengyang Weekly.

Jianghu Monthly is an intelligence organization in “Wulin Wai Zhuan”. In this world, it is the propaganda department of the Ming Dynasty.

The Six Gates, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the East Factory, the West Factory, the Ghost King’s Palace, and other organizations related to the imperial court and the underworld work together to provide intelligence and distribute it to the world.

Sometimes, some major events in other countries are also published, but they are all information related to the underworld.

Some things are worth making famous. For example, there is a piece of news that has been widely circulated in the martial arts world recently. The white-path masters such as Guo Juxia and Mingjian Villa have fought with the King Xiaoyao who became famous twenty years ago in the desert. The outcome is unknown. This is a big deal. Everyone doesn’t know that this is related to the God of Wealth Inn. Everyone is fighting over the way to govern the world.

However, even if you can’t go to the God of Wealth Inn, there is no problem in going to the Hengyang Weekly. You may not care about other places, but you must care about the local area.

After returning to Qixia Town, Shen Qingzhou began to retreat. He wanted to learn the “Vajra Kung Fu”, which has a complete set of skills and is the dumbest defensive skill. Even if people complain about it being stacked armor, he was happy that it could improve his defense.

【Vajra Power: (65325/80000】

In Shen Qingzhou’s training room, Shen Qingzhou let out a light breath, then suddenly reached out and patted his chest. Suddenly, there was a sound like the collision of iron. Looking at the white mark on his chest, Shen Qingzhou nodded with satisfaction.

Just a moment ago, his skin seemed to have turned golden. This is the Vajra Kung Fu. The Thirteen Taibao’s Golden Bell Cover is actually two parts. The Golden Bell Cover is a defensive weapon, and the Thirteen Taibao is composed of various martial arts beginning with the word “iron” such as Iron Head Kung Fu, which are used to defend against attacks such as sticks.

Although someone in the Qian family refined this technique and turned it into something magical, the essence of the technique is still too low. The Iron Shirt and Golden Bell Cover cannot be said to be commonplace, but it is not particularly difficult to learn.

Vajra Kung Fu is different. It is similar to the Golden Bell Cover, but it is stronger than the Golden Bell Cover. There is a legend that there is a magical Golden Bell Cover in Shaolin Temple, which was taught by Bodhidharma himself. After breaking through the twelve levels, one can be invincible, but this is definitely not it.

Shen Qingzhou also knew the origin of Vajra Gong. There was a sect in the Western Regions called Vajra Sect. It was based on the Golden Bell Cover and used various magical drugs to smear and hammer to make people invulnerable to swords and guns.

Shen Qingzhou naturally did not have the medical conditions to do so. Although the martial arts method also taught how to configure it, he had the Jade Book of Martial Arts, so he could just increase his proficiency.

All of Shen Qingzhou’s current proficiency has been added to this Vajra Skill, but it is still almost perfect.

He could feel that in addition to the improvement in defense, the internal force he had perfected with the Thirteen Guardians seemed to be running a little faster.

Two days later, Shen Qingzhou familiarized himself with his current abilities, came out of seclusion, and acquired some current information.

“Xiao Shen, you’ve made great progress and never brought shame to your parents.” When he first arrived on the street, many of the folks seemed very familiar to him, so he was not surprised.

The Jianghu Monthly Report has not arrived yet, and the Hengyang Weekly Report may have to wait for confirmation, but Chief Escort Zhao has returned, and the owner of Hengyang’s Lu Family Bank has also returned, so the information they themselves have is also credible.

Shen Qingzhou has demonstrated his abilities, so the Lu family and Huwei Escort Agency would naturally not offend him, and they even wanted to cooperate with him.

I remember that on the night I just returned to Qixia Town, someone from Hengyang came from the Lu Family Bank. Not only did they take the initiative to deliver silver bills, they also invited Shen Qingzhou to a small gathering when he came to Hengyang. This is a resource.

Chief Escort Zhao also sent a gift, a silver note for five hundred taels. Normally, the escort mission this time is worth two thousand taels of silver, half for each family. However, Chief Escort Zhao’s meaning was very clear. You deserved most of the credit for our return.

If Chief Escort Zhao didn’t want to support the escort agency, the people he brought with him would cost money at most, and he might have sent all of them to Shen Qingzhou.

Came to Tongfu Inn.

“Madam boss, I’m busy. Let my cousin serve me a few dishes and tell him that I’m here.” Shen Qingzhou said.

“Xiao Shen, you’re out of confinement. Big Mouth, Big Mouth, make a few big dishes, choose the expensive ones. Since you’re here, what should you bring?” Tong Xiangyu was counting the bills. Seeing Shen Qingzhou coming, she had a gossipy look on her face, but she still subconsciously asked Big Mouth to make some expensive dishes, as he was addicted to making money, and directly took the things from Shen Qingzhou’s hand.

“I heard that Xiaobei went to the academy. This is a gift to make up for it.” He also knew some things that happened in Tongfu Inn during this period. Nothing serious happened. Guo Furong was lazy and settled down. Then Xiaobei went to the academy. He heard from the people in the escort agency that Manager Tong stopped doing business to let Xiaobei go to school and let everyone go to school with Xiaobei.

“Captain Shen.” The other diners were also very enthusiastic. These days, the biggest news in Qixia Town, or Pinggu County, was that he had done a lot of great things at the border.

“Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang.” What the escort agency wants is connections, and Shen Qingzhou has dealt with them more or less.

“Xiao Shen, please sit down. I heard that you did great things at the border.” Tong Xiangyu said mysteriously.

“Yes, tell me.” Bai Zhantang and Guo Furong also came over.

“What? What do you want to know?” Shen Qingzhou asked. He wanted to see how the story turned out.

“Stop pretending. You and the proprietress of the God of Wealth Inn heard that you were a hero and saved the beauty. The proprietress of the God of Wealth Inn wanted to marry you.” Tong Xiangyu said this and Bai Yuting and Guo Furong’s faces lit up.

“What a mess, Manager Tong. I have to congratulate you. Your Longmen Escort Agency has made a big splash this time. Wen Lianggong is of noble status, has great martial arts skills, and is a hero who saves the damsel in distress. And there is also our senior brother Li Ruohai, the evil spirit. Longmen Escort Agency has gained a new arm.” Shen Qingzhou said.

“That’s my father’s business, don’t change the subject.” Tong Xiangyu was happy to hear that, but still wanted to gossip.

“The proprietress of the God of Fortune Inn and I are just acquaintances, and we don’t have any messy relationship.” What else could Shen Qingzhou say? He had to tell the truth.

“Really, what else happened? Didn’t several imperial officials go there?” It was clear that everyone was a little disappointed.

“It seems that you all know about Tie Wuqing’s embezzlement. Let’s talk about something different. Brother Bai, a female police chief named Zhan from the Six Gates asked me to bring you a good news.” Shen Qingzhou’s words made Bai Zhantang’s legs go weak. “You also know the female police chief?” Tong Xiangyu felt uncomfortable at that time.

“What else did she say?”

“No more, how did you two know each other?” Shen Qingzhou asked deliberately.

“Haha, old friend, old friend.”

Shen Qingzhou did not say much. Captain Zhao did not recognize many of the people who came that time. They were too far away and did not take any action. Their presence was not felt much. The subsequent inquiries were also asked by the miscellaneous soldiers.

Shen Qingzhou got to know some people based on the plot and their names, or because they saw that he had a promising future, many people took the initiative to get to know him.

He doesn’t need to rely on other people’s names to show off now, so he won’t talk about it.

That night, Shen Qingzhou had dinner with Li Dazui and asked for leave for Li Dazui as he wanted to go see Xuanyuan the Broken Finger.

“Your parents just want you to live a simple life, and they don’t know whether this is right or wrong.” The next day, after arriving at Lijia Village and directing Li Dazui to work, Shen Qingzhou told Duanzhi Xuanyuan about what happened this time.

Broken-fingered Xuanyuan is quite skilled in martial arts. When Shen Qingzhou was just forming the Thirteen Guardians, Broken-fingered Xuanyuan discovered it and told him about his parents’ expectations of him. She also explained that the old Shen couple were very mysterious and she didn’t know where they had gone. She only knew that there was no danger.

She also taught Shen Qingzhou a lot of underworld experience, such as how to identify cheaters. She would not teach Shen Qingzhou gambling skills because she was afraid that he would become addicted, but she taught him how to identify cheaters, which could be considered underworld experience.

After meeting Xuanyuan with the Broken Finger, Shen Qingzhou went to Hengyang City again, and was treated as a distinguished guest by the three shopkeepers of the Lu family’s bank. Naturally, in the following days, the Tianxia Escort Agency received a lot of business from the Lu family.

Of course, they are all small businesses, but the profits are not low. The Lu family is in the bill business, which is directly related to silver, that is, a money shop.

It is often necessary to send the silver stored in various counties to Hengyang, or send the silver to various places from Hengyang. Although the Lu family also has guards, in order to be safe, they have long-term cooperation with many escort agencies. Now, Tianxia Escort Agency has also entered this list, and it is one of the top ones.

Of course, what they are looking at is not the current strength of Tianxia Escort Agency, but Shen Qingzhou’s personal martial arts. At the very least, Shen Qingzhou has a good personal relationship with the God of Wealth Inn. Even if the God of Wealth Inn is affected now, mainly because a group of gangsters were arrested, it is impossible for it to be unable to recover. It can still survive despite being framed by Jin Buer, Tie Wuqing and others. It is amazing.

Especially after knowing the lineup for catching gangsters, many gangsters may have more trust. The Jinyiwei, the Six Gates, the East Factory, the West Factory, and the Hulong Villa have all gone. In the Ming Dynasty, few people have the strength to resist.

Shen Qingzhou returned to Pinggu County and personally guarded the escort. He went to Cuiwei Mountain and Taiping Mountain several times. If there were robbers, he would fight them back directly. He asked them to bring a message and give them convenience in the future. He did not attack directly on the mountain. That’s not how the escort agency does it. Both connections and force are needed.

He couldn’t attack directly on the mountain, mainly because there were many mountain strongholds. If he did that, he would have to stop doing anything else and just do the court’s work.

A month later, the reward from the court arrived. Jin Buer, Yu Feng, and Tang Ao all received rewards. Tie Wuqing and Nine-tailed Fox had little to do with him, but he captured the others.

Especially Jin Buer, he alone received a bounty of more than 15,000 taels of silver. Together with Yu Feng and Tang Ao, Shen Qingzhou received 20,000 taels of silver notes from the Datong Bank.

Datong Money House, also one of the largest money houses in the Ming Dynasty, was managed by the Hua family in Jiangnan and was even stronger than the Lu family’s banknote house at that time.

In this world, money houses are quite strange, but it seems that most countries recognize them. For example, if you take the silver bills of Datong Money House to Lujia Bank, Lujia Bank will also recognize it and withdraw the silver directly. Money houses and banknotes should all be connected to each other.

Shen Qingzhou is very rich now, and he also needs money. He wants to build a large escort agency and also open an escort agency in Hengyang City, both of which require a large sum of silver.

However, he vaguely remembered that those people wanted more than just this reward. But when he thought about it, Ji Wuming was killed by the scholar for only a hundred taels. It seemed that the silver in this world was more valuable than the silver in a single world. It was also because Jin Buer and his men had committed too many murders for money, and Ji Wuming was just a petty thief.

The bounty is not divided according to the level of martial arts, but according to the size of the work done, mainly because the White Jade Guanyin is too valuable.

It can be seen from this that these money houses are very useless. Jin Buer only received a bounty of tens of thousands of taels for killing so many people, while the Lu family bank only had one night pearl, which could increase the value tenfold with just one visit. Of course, only they could do this. If someone else did it, they wouldn’t have such a strong channel to sell it.

A month later, the Jianghu Monthly was published, and there was a piece of news about Shen Qingzhou, but his name was not on it. Instead, the God of Wealth Inn was mentioned.

Jin Bingyun of Cihang Jingzhai invited Mingjian from Mingjian Villa, and Guo Juxia, Cao Zhengchun, Qinglong and others to use the God of Wealth Inn and Chilong’er as bait, in an attempt to assassinate Xiaoyao King, a master from the Western Regions who had been eyeing the Ming Dynasty.

However, King Xiaoyao was a very skilled martial artist. If Yi Tianxing from Mingjian Villa and a master named Xiao Sanshao had not suddenly appeared and scared King Xiaoyao away, the King might have suffered heavy losses.

Daming didn’t mind writing this in the Jianghu Monthly. After all, masters like Tiedan Shenhou did not take any action, and even Guo Juxia was only slightly inferior to the Xiaoyao King.

The Jianghu Monthly reports all about this kind of things. Tie Wuqing and others are not worthy of being on the list. Qinglong is the third in command of the Jinyiwei, and Mingjian is the disciple that Yi Yun of Mingjian Villa personally adopted after his eldest son died and his youngest son Yi Tianxing broke with the villa. This name shows that he has high hopes for Yi Yun.

Guo Juxia is the leader of the Six Gates, Cao Zhengchun is the supervisor of the East Factory, both of them are big shots, and the only Jin Bingyun is the organizer of this event, and no one knows what methods he used.

However, there was also a rumor following the Jianghu Monthly, that Jin Bingyun seemed to have a purpose and wanted to provoke a fight between King Xiaoyao and Pang Ban, but this was just a rumor and not many people believed it.

Shen Qingzhou developed steadily and all the routes in Pinggu County were opened. The Hengyang Weekly also publicized the news that he captured Jin Buer and other masters at the God of Wealth Inn, which boosted people’s confidence.

He also bought a large courtyard in Hengyang City, which was the Hengyang office of the Tianxia Escort Agency. He also recruited a number of strong young men, but there were no martial arts masters who came to join him. That’s right, the money earned by being a escort leader was hard-earned.

Most of the cases we receive are scattered escorts, there aren’t that many big events, mainly because Hengyang is at the foot of Mount Hengshan, there aren’t that many blind people there.

However, on this day, the Lu Family Bank came to Qixia Town in person, and was accompanied by the person in charge of Datong Money House. Shen Qingzhou knew at a glance that a big deal was coming.

He guessed correctly. This time the escort was to transport 50,000 taels of silver to Mingzhou, where there was a bank run.

Of course, this is what they said to the outside world. This time when they asked Shen Qingzhou to be the escort leader, they must tell the truth. Fake silver bills appeared in the Datong Money House, but no one could tell the real from the fake. For the sake of reputation, they had to exchange them.

The escort silver was sent ahead of time in case the news got out and there was a run on the bank. This was what the third manager of the Lu family bank in Hengyang said to Shen Qingzhou in private.

(End of this chapter)