System, help me become the empress

Chapter 141
Jiao Jiuyuan didn't expect the question raised by the owner to be so direct. After a few seconds of stunned, he replied in a low voice: "Master, the government doesn't seem to support the existence of banks..."

"Why don't you support the law?"

Jiao Jiuyuan thought about it for a while: "When the bank first opened, the business was not good. At first we thought it was because of insufficient publicity, so we arranged for the staff to go to the streets to give the people a detailed introduction to the bank, and launched some preferential deposit activities. "

"At that time, many people were interested in banknotes, and they exchanged a few banknotes with the broken silver on hand to try it out. We thought it would be a success, but the next morning, we exchanged banknotes a few days ago. People from all over the country came to the door one after another, asking for silver taels back, saying that none of the local shops recognized banknotes, and even accused the banknotes of being just waste paper!" Jiao Jiuyuan still feels extremely humiliated when he thinks about that day.

"Being forced by the promise, the bank exchanged the banknotes of those common people back to silver taels, but we thought that this was not an option, so we tried to ask the government to help post a notice, that is, to let them help convey that the 'banknotes' are the imperial court's Approved coins issued."

"It looks useless."

Xu Youxi took a sip of tea calmly.

Jiao Jiuyuan made a bitter face: "These officials didn't directly refuse, but they shirked one by one. Everyone said that they would report to their superiors. After a few months, the people couldn't believe the banknotes issued by the bank."

From Jiao Jiuyuan's description, Xu Youxi can basically understand why the 'bank' and 'one-whip' methods can no longer be implemented in the Lianghu area.

The officials themselves were unwilling to cooperate and shifted the responsibility to the common people.

"Have you reported this to the bank headquarters?" Xu Youxi asked directly.

"Not for the time being. The bank has just opened after all. It's not appropriate for us shopkeepers to complain to the owner. Just a while ago, we got acquainted with Hunan Admiral Xuezheng through a few acquaintances in public schools. He strongly supports and is willing to help us write articles and publish them in newspapers.”

Jiao Jiuyuan sighed as he spoke: "But it didn't work out. The lord was willing to help us, but he didn't have enough power. The situation in the two lakes is basically the same. Couldn't say a word. He later apologized to us for being incompetent, and he hasn't seen us since."

Xu Youxi thought about it for a while, and tapped the table with her fingertips.

"Treasurer Jiao, your spirit of trying every means to find a way out for the bank is really touching. But have you ever considered that if you report this situation directly, the matter will be better resolved instead?"

"This... But people don't fight with officials."

Jiao Jiuyuan's expression was extremely troubled.

"I didn't let you solve it, let the court handle it by itself. The bank was ordered by the court, and the banknotes were issued by the order of the emperor. It's just two chief envoys. If they don't cooperate, they will all be replaced."

Jiao Jiuyuan was almost dumbfounded by Xu Youxi's words: "Boss, we ordinary people, it's not easy to say such things."

Xu Youxi forcefully put down the teacup: "You said that the nearby shops don't accept banknotes, right? Which shop did I start with? I'll try it myself."

"This... I didn't know it from the beginning, but it opened tens of meters away from our bank, and it is the cloth shop of Qi Yuan's family, the largest rich man in the Lianghu area."

"Okay, take the banknotes with you."

Xu Youxi brought Jiao Jiuyuan and the team of a hundred people behind him to the door of Qi's cloth shop.

This mighty army immediately attracted the attention of most passers-by on the street, and many people also gathered around the door of the cloth shop out of curiosity.

The shopkeeper of the cloth shop heard the news and went out. He couldn't tell who Xu Youxi was just by looking at Xu Youxi's clothes.

"I heard that you don't trade for paper money when buying cloth at your house?"

The cloth shop manager was taken aback for a moment, and then saw Jiao Jiuyuan who was following Xu Youxi with his head buried. It turned out that the bank boss had brought someone to find a place!
"Yes, the Qijia Cloth Shop does not accept banknotes, only taels of silver."

"Why don't you accept paper currency transactions?"

The shopkeeper of the cloth shop was confident: "My lord, even if you make it difficult for me, there is nothing I can do. In the entire Lianghu area, you can ask which shop agrees to use banknotes for transactions. Since no one accepts them, the banknotes and waste What's the difference between paper!"

"I'll give you a chance to take back what I just said." Xu Youxi said calmly.

"Even if you bring more people here, can you still buy and sell by force!" The shopkeeper of the cloth shop also urged the people watching the fun, "Everyone is critical, my lord, these are all rules, you bring such a Many people are blocking the door, making the store unable to do business, you have to pay for the loss!"

The common people who were watching the excitement couldn't stand it anymore, and started to speak for the shopkeeper, as if Xu Youxi was the bully who bullied the common people because of the number of people.

Xu Youxi laughed: "Shopkeeper, I'll ask you three questions. After you answer them, all of us will leave immediately."

"Okay, then you can ask me."

The storekeeper of the cloth shop made a 'please' gesture.

"Who issued the banknotes?"

"bank?"

Xu Youxi pointed to the shopkeeper of the cloth shop: "You remember clearly! The banknotes were issued by the 'Son of Heaven'."

The storekeeper of the cloth shop thumped in his heart, knowing that the visitor was not kind, so he quickly gave the boy next to him a look and asked him to go and rescue the soldiers.

"Second question, does Qijia Cloth Shop admit that banknotes can be traded?"

"This……"

"The shopkeeper thinks it through before he speaks. The emperor issues banknotes, but some people say that the banknotes are waste paper. Doesn't it mean that the emperor's words are nonsense! It's a small matter not to recognize the banknotes, but it's not a trivial matter to not recognize the emperor."

Xu Youxi skillfully put on top hats for this group of people: "There are so many shops in the Lianghu area that collectively do not recognize the emperor. What are they trying to do? Thousands of people conspired to rebel together?"

This is too rampant!

The shopkeeper's last thought of "the law does not blame the public" was dispelled. This is the plan to bloodbath the merchants in the two lakes!
However, Jiao Jiuyuan, the treasurer of the bank, was also a little flustered, and couldn't help wiping cold sweat from his brow. How could his boss dare to say anything!
This, this, this, does she still have the ability to catch all the vendors who don't accept banknote transactions!
Xu Youxi added lightly: "The third question, does the shopkeeper know about rebellion and treason, and what is the general sentence?"

The shopkeeper felt at a loss: "This is an attempted crime! You say that the shop conspired to rebel, can you provide evidence?"

"Evidence!" Xu Youxi sneered, "Then do you admit the banknotes?"

"..."

"The shopkeeper hurry up to answer the question, you are in a hurry to do business, and our people are also in a hurry to leave." Xu Youxi took a look around at the people who joined in the fun, "There are still people who plan to uphold justice for the Qijia cloth shop, so hurry up and stand up? "

The onlookers instantly became silent.

At this moment, an army in full armor came in from the crowd with an arrogant expression: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, who is causing trouble!"

Yo, this familiar voice.

(End of this chapter)