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Chapter 1348: Shocking the Cold State
After killing all the people in Qianchongdu, Suning obtained an official ship controlled by Lao Jinzu and his men. Then they set fire to all the corpses and left by boat.

The huge ship sailing in the Yellow River suddenly shook violently. A huge and mysterious beast suddenly appeared and then disappeared. Naturally, everyone on the ship realized that the trouble was far from over.

Su Ning deduced that this mysterious creature was the man-eating five-unlike creature in the original drama. Pei Xijun was still in shock, but the ferocious beast appeared again, the boat was shaking, and everyone almost fell into the river.

Suning thought quickly and threw meat to lure the beast. All the horse meat in the cabin was taken out, and they finally had a moment of peace. Then everyone saw the true face of the beast.

However, a gleaming lance immediately appeared in Suning's hand. He jumped up and stabbed the beast's head with the lance. However, the beast's head, which was as strong as a solid wall, was easily pierced by Suning.

The beast struggled desperately in the severe pain, but it was only the last madness of its life. It soon turned into a corpse without any consciousness and was rescued by Suning's guards.

Pei Xijun, who was still in shock, immediately grabbed Su Ning's arm and said, "Suning, you scared me when you jumped down just now."

"Haha, that little beast is no match for my horse spear." However, Su Ning said with a smug smile as if he had the beauty in his arms.

"Hehe, Suning, you are really amazing!"

After Suning eliminated the ferocious beast that was causing trouble for the official ship, the ship was naturally no longer in any danger and continued to sail towards the other side of the river.

When the official ship that Suning was on reached the other side of the Yellow River, the dock belonging to Hanzhou was immediately in commotion. You know, the people living near Qianchongdu were all tortured by this ferocious beast.

Upon receiving the news, Tian Chou, the chief officer of Hanzhou, immediately reported it to Liao Xin, the governor of Hanzhou, and realized that Suning, the new commander-in-chief, was a mighty dragon crossing the river.

Then, Hanzhou Governor Liao Xin brought a group of officials from the Hanzhou government office to welcome Suning. Of course, the former Grand Commander Lu Sian, who lived in seclusion, was also there, but the face of the former Grand Commander Lu Sian was full of worry.

Liao Xin, who was standing by, naturally noticed the disappointment on Lu Sian's face. Then, he asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Grand Commander, you've been in Hanzhou for less than a year. Why has the court appointed a new Grand Commander?"

"The court's arrangements naturally have their own rules, and we, as subjects, must obey unconditionally." At this time, Lu Sian responded while suppressing his displeasure.

"Haha, the Grand Commander is indeed loyal and noble. Liao admires him immensely."

"Governor Liao, you are too kind! These are what we, as subjects, should do."

Soon, Suning, Pei Xijun and his group appeared. However, the most eye-catching thing was the ferocious beast pulled by a carriage. This ferocious beast really meant a lot to the people of Hanzhou.

Liao Xin was the first to step forward and salute Su Ning, saying, "General Su, I am Liao Xin, the governor of Hanzhou."

"Hello, Governor Liao! Please take care of me in the future." Suning then looked at this strange guy and bowed. You know, this guy in the original drama was an extreme and greedy guy.

Then Liao Xin looked at the beast's corpse on the carriage beside him and said, "General Su, you are too polite! You have just arrived in Hanzhou and have brought a surprise to our people. You should know that this beast in the Yellow River has been a problem for many years."

"It just happened to happen! Naturally, I just destroyed it."

Liao Xin suddenly bowed solemnly to Su Ning. A politician cannot survive without acting. "General Su, please accept my thanks on behalf of the people of Hanzhou."

"Governor Liao, you can't do that."

Then, the former Grand Admiral Lu Sian, who was standing beside him, looked at Su Ning with a complicated expression and saluted, "Grand Admiral Su, I am Lu Sian."

"Commander Lu, I'm sorry to cause you trouble next." Su Ning said with a meaningful smile while looking at Lu Sian in front of him.

"General Su, you are so polite! Please come into the city, and we will complete the handover procedures immediately."

"it is good."

Then Su Ning followed Liao Xin and Lu Sian into Hanzhou City, and went directly to the Hanzhou Grand Marshal's Mansion, and completed the handover procedures with Lu Sian as soon as possible.

That night, Hanzhou Governor Liao Xin specially held a welcome banquet for Suning. At the welcome banquet, Lu Sian looked at Suning several times as if he wanted to say something but was hesitant. Suning, who noticed this, naturally guessed what was going on.

Sure enough, after the welcome banquet ended with both guests and hosts having a great time, as soon as he returned to the Hanzhou Grand Commander's Mansion, Lu Sian chose to confess to the new Grand Commander Su Ning.

Lu Sian personally brought out a large box, opened it in front of Su Ning, and revealed the gold cakes inside. "Grand Commander, since I came to Hanzhou to serve as the Grand Commander, a group of people would show up every month to give me nine gold cakes. In the past seven months, a total of sixty-three gold cakes are here."

"Taiyin Society?" Suning directly revealed the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Ah? General Su, you also know about Taiyin Society?" Sure enough, Lu Sian widened his eyes in shock at this moment.

"In fact, before I set off to Hanzhou in the Western Region to take up my post, I had already sent personnel to conduct scouting along the way. So I am not completely ignorant of what is happening in the Western Region. Naturally, I know about this illegal organization that has been entrenched in Hanzhou for many years."

"General Su, no wonder both His Majesty and the Emperor Retired hold you in high regard. There's absolutely no comparison between you and me. When I first arrived in Hanzhou, I was completely clueless. The first time I faced the nine gold cakes, I was completely bewildered."

"Actually, the reward the Taiyin Association gives you is ten gold cakes per month, but the middleman embezzled one of them."

"Ah? There's such a weird thing?"

"Brother Lu, this group of Taiyin rebels is just a bunch of rabble. I will definitely wipe them out completely next time."

"Huh? Commander Su, the Taiyin Society is very secretive. Although they bribed me a lot of time, I haven't seen a single contact."

"Haha, they're just hiding their true strength. Next, I'll let them see my true strength. Then they'll probably raise their bribes to a higher level."

"Uh……"

Lu Sian didn't know what to say at this point, but to be honest, Su Ning was indeed very powerful. He had already explored Hanzhou before even arriving. Lu Sian stopped playing the villain and said nothing more. After all, the Hanzhou Grand Commandery would have nothing to do with him in the future. Instead, he was more concerned about the fate of the sixty-three gold cakes.

Su Ning, who was standing by, naturally noticed Lu Sian's strange expression, and then took the initiative to tell him about the arrangement of the gold cakes. "Brother Lu, you can take these 63 gold cakes with you. You can't come to this frontier for nothing."

"No! I, Lu, am not a greedy person." However, at this time, Lu Sian resolutely refused.

"Huh? Brother Lu is so righteous! It seems that I misunderstood what you meant."

"That's all right! I believe we will get to know each other in the future."

"Brother Lu, I heard that there are many border defense troops in our Hanzhou territory, and they work very hard to guard the border for our Tang Dynasty. How about we exchange these 63 gold cakes for food, cloth and other supplies, and then distribute them to these soldiers who guard the border for our country."

"Good! This is really a good idea. It can be considered a gift from me, the commander, to them."

Then Lu Sian let go of the grudge in his heart and suddenly realized that Suning was indeed more suitable to be the Grand Commander than himself. You know, Hanzhou in the Western Regions is a very complicated place.

Although the former Grand Commander Lu Sian left Hanzhou, Suning did not make any big moves. Instead, he began to inspect important areas of Hanzhou.

However, the rapid replacement of the highest military commander in Hanzhou made the Taiyin Society in Hanzhou area nervous. They immediately sent spies to contact the insider of the Hanzhou government, simply to learn the information and temperament of the new commander-in-chief as soon as possible.

Then the spy of Taiyin Society met with an insider who was hiding his identity in a restaurant. This insider was Tian Chou, the chief official of Hanzhou government office. His half shoulder was too distinctive.

At this moment, Su Ning ascended a high vantage point, overlooking the entire Hanzhou City. Suddenly, he spotted a suspicious figure, and the atmosphere became tense again. He couldn't help but let out a meaningful smile.

The two men left after drinking, but one of Suning's guards came up to the attic and said, "Grand Commander, it turns out that the Taiyin Society's spies were dealing with the government officials."

"What exactly did they discuss?" Suning asked in a calm tone.

"Reporting to the Grand Commander, the conversation involved the Hanzhou Warehouse, a strategic location in our northwest. This warehouse is the lifeline of food and fodder for the Western Regions. It seems that the Taiyin Society's goal may be to attack the Hanzhou Warehouse."

“…” Although Suning was well aware of the importance of Hanzhou Warehouse, there was no worry on his face.

If this were accomplished by the mysterious organization Taiyin Society, it would pose a major threat to the stability of the entire Tang Dynasty court. The main reason is that Guanzhong in the Western Regions is too close to Chang'an.

Then, Su Ning instructed the guard beside him, "Su Er, since the safety of Hanzhou Warehouse is of vital importance to the country, we must thoroughly investigate this matter and uncover the truth to ensure national peace."

"Yes! Grand Commander."

Su Ning had no interest in Song A Mi. She seemed like a silly woman who was constantly being deceived by men. Moreover, her appearance was not the type that Su Ning liked.

Besides, with his current status as the highest military commander of Hanzhou in the Western Region, it would be no problem for him to get any kind of woman he wanted. It is no exaggeration to say that even if he had a dream tonight, someone would help him realize it the next morning.

Of course, in order to let the Taiyin Society hiding in Hanzhou know that he was not afraid of the heat, Suning immediately ordered his border troops to go to the streets to search for members of the Taiyin Society. Anyone with a rhinoceros horn tattoo on his body was taken to prison for interrogation.

Of course, Suning also knew that it was impossible for all members of the Taiyin Society to have rhino horn tattoos on their bodies, but Suning was not prepared to wipe out the Taiyin Society in one go. His purpose was simply to give the Taiyin Society a warning.

As expected, due to the bold actions of Suning, the Grand Commander of Hanzhou, the entire Taiyin Society was in a state of panic. At the same time, the local prominent families of Hanzhou also came to visit, and brought what they thought were generous gifts.

At this moment, Su Ning looked at the crowd of Hanzhou celebrities and wealthy businessmen and said, "Everyone, since all the wealthy and famous people in Hanzhou have gathered here, I just happen to have a small matter that requires your help."

The wealthy and famous people in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment, and then someone stood up and flattered him, "Grand Commander, if you have any questions, just give us your instructions. Every household in Hanzhou will not refuse."

"Haha, okay! Actually it's not a big deal. It's just that a distant relative of my Su family wants to open a money shop in Hanzhou, so he urgently needs your full support." Then Su Ning gave a concise explanation to everyone.

"Huh? Money house?" As expected, the hall became lively again as soon as Suning finished speaking. They thought that Suning wanted to take the opportunity to make money and solicit bribes.

You have to know that the money shops in the Tang Dynasty were all gold and silver shops and counters that operated in parallel businesses. There were no specialized money shops, so these local rich people really didn't quite understand.

"That's right! As long as you deposit your gold, silver, and copper coins into the bank, they will issue corresponding banknotes for you. You can use these banknotes to exchange at banks in other states. This will not only facilitate your business and travel, but also allow the bank to earn a small commission to survive."

Soon, someone suppressed their distress and looked at Suning to flatter him, "What? Commander-in-Chief, this is a great thing that benefits the people! But it saves us the trouble of carrying gold, silver and money."

"Haha, that's right! This is the convenience of a money shop, and these are banknotes in my hand. You can pass them around to each other." Suning naturally understood that these people were insincere, and instead directly took out the banknotes printed in the space world.

As expected, the exquisite and beautiful banknotes made everyone's eyes light up. These banknotes are indeed valuable treasures just for collection. "Ah? Is this a banknote? It looks like paper but it's not. The pattern is really exquisite."

"Haha, everyone, you can rest assured that there will never be counterfeit banknotes in this world.

After all, the paper and printing technology used for banknotes are unique to the money houses.

The banknotes were denominated in one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred yuan. One yuan corresponded to one guan (one thousand copper coins) of the Tang Dynasty. There were also smaller denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred wen. These could be exchanged for gold, silver, and copper coins at any bank in any prefecture.

"..." At this moment, everyone present had seen the world, and they all began to breathe faster without any prior agreement.

Soon, a smart, famous, and wealthy businessman asked, "Grand Commander, what is the name of this bank?"

"Hanzhou Money House! At the same time, money houses in major cities like Chang'an and Luoyang are being opened. They will just be called Chang'an Money House and Luoyang Money House respectively. Then you won't have to worry about carrying gold and silver with you anymore."

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(End of this chapter)