C799 Financial espionage (1/2)
Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to meddle in the circulation of paper money, so they used evil tricks and wanted to use counterfeit money to sell. There was no need to guess, it must be the conservative factions such as Ci Xi, Yi Xiao and Yi Xuan, for them to want to seize authority, it would not be possible if they did not have money.
The printing plant soon appeared in front of everyone. The heavy metal door was filled with workers kneeling down to print money. When everyone saw that the prime minister had arrived, they were all so frightened that they trembled and did not dare move.
”Nonsense!” Everyone but one traitor? Do you want to build a prison? ” With that, he stretched out his hand to help an old craftsman up.
”Old man, do not be afraid. What are you in charge of in printing plant?”
The old man had never thought that one day he would be able to speak with the Prime Minister. His hands began to tremble with excitement, ”Prime minister, we really did not betray you. This old man swears by his ancestors that I really did not divulge this secret …”
”printing plant is scattered throughout the caves. The paper mill is in the valley to the east, and the ink machine is in the cave to the north. Right now, this cave is the printing workshop.”
”The final cutting work is done by the adults in the ISI... ”Although I am a master craftsman, I can only concoct part of the formula using ink. Everyone in printing plant is in charge of their own part, no one knows about all the craftsmanship …”
”Speaking of which, even if we wanted to sell it, no one would want it!”
The other blacksmiths also roughly knew what had happened. They each continued, ”Prime minister, other than the few head storekeepers at the bank, the only one who could have access to all the crafts in printing plant is Lord Yang! ”He's in charge of safety, he has the right to enter all the workshops …”
”We didn't pay attention to it before, but now that something has happened, we remember that Master Yang has been patrolling the workshop for the past few months, and has become more diligent than before …”
Xiao Letian nodded and walked into the printing plant's treasury. He looked at the bundles of uncut bonds and Military Ticket and remained silent.
Not long after, the criminal investigation team started to report the situation. The result was as expected, in the entire printing plant, only Yang Zhi was able to take away all the crafts.
Xiao Letian's face had already turned ashen, ”Did you escape at around 4 in the morning? ”Who found it …”
”It was discovered by the lamplighters early in the morning. Although 4 o'clock was very early, there were already many people who went to the dock to buy the most fresh seafood, so none of them took the addition of Yang Zhi in their hearts …”
On the streets of Ryukyu, new types of gas lamps had already started to be popular. However, in that era, there were no automatic lighting devices, which was why Europe and the Ryukyu all had a job called lighting people.
Every evening, they would walk around the street and light the gas lamps, and in the morning, they would extinguish them one by one. This was a special occupation of that era.
When Yang Zhi got on the fishing boat and went out to sea, the lamplit people were still wondering if it was 4 in the morning when the fishing boat that went to sea came back to deliver fresh seafood to the city. Why would there still be people going out to sea?