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Chapter 262

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The words had barely fallen.

A black-market peddler hidden in the crowd instantly recognized Su Qiao.

Isn't this the young man who has been exchanging silver in Jin Ling recently?

So the precious banknotes exchanged recently all flowed out from his hands?

"Everyone, do not believe him! The silver the court has exchanged for us recently was all bought from the black market!"

"The court has run out of money!"

"..."

The people, already restless and agitated,

instantly became lively and noisy.

Looking at these people before him,

Su Qiao could not help but raise his voice and shout: 0.3

"Fellow villagers, I, this official, have only one thing to say!"

"The Great Ming court is right here in Jin Ling, and the Son of Heaven is in the Forbidden City behind you. We will exchange money sincerely; the court will not be short of a single coin for you!"

"But I must warn those with ulterior motives: do not play with fire, for playing with fire will surely lead to one's own destruction!"

"Do not say I did not warn you! Farewell!"

Having spoken, Su Qiao left the Exchange Depot without looking back.

Leaving behind a crowd of people standing there, dumbfounded.

Su Qiao's words,

sounded like a threat.

But upon careful thought,

Su Qiao's appearance was exactly like a donkey running out of tricks!

In an instant, these people exploded like a boiling pot.

"Let's go! We must submit a memorial to Your Majesty! Today we will definitely strike the Drum of Appeals!"

Inside the Jusiya Sect.

The Deputy Director and a group of officials pressed against the Viceroy Yamen gate, looking at Su Qiao with terrified expressions and asking,

"My lord, the people are everywhere outside."

"What should we do next?"

Su Qiao lifted a tea cup from the desk, took a sip, and suddenly said,

"Take the money and exchange it for precious banknotes on the black market!"

"The more precious banknotes you exchange, the better!"

The group of officials at the Jusiya Sect instantly went dumbfounded.

Closing the Exchange Depot's redemption.

Going to the black market to buy precious banknotes?

Are they crazy?!

The Exchange Depot stopped accepting banknotes, and a huge amount of precious banknotes on the black market were left in people's hands.

In just one night, the Great Ming precious banknotes seemed to have completed a roller coaster ride.

They not only returned to the state before Su Qiao took over the Jusiya Sect,

but even on top of that, they started a price plunge!

Seeing this scene, the entire court of civil and military officials

instantly realized that the opportunity to kill Su Qiao had arrived!

151, Buy! Buy even if you have to sell your pots and pans!

All the officials of the Jusiya Sect immediately sprang into action.

They rushed into the black market and began buying up the Great Ming precious banknotes in Jin Ling on a large scale.

Especially those black-market merchants who had hoarded precious banknotes,

were like someone grabbing a lifeline.

The large amount of precious banknotes they had accumulated in their hands

were all dumped into Su Qiao's hands in one go.

In just ten days,

Su Qiao had collected over ten million Guan worth of precious banknotes.

The newly and temporarily built Precious Banknote Depot was instantly filled to the brim.

Just as Su Qiao was crazily shearing the black-market merchants,

the Memorials to the throne impeaching Su Qiao were already almost as numerous as the Great Ming precious banknotes in the Jusiya Sect!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the pile of Memorials to the throne standing as high as a person before him.

His expression gradually grew gloomy.

"Is there any Viceroy Yamen that has not impeached Su Qiao?"

Zhu Yunwen and the young Zhu Di slowly raised their heads and whispered,

"There is..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was momentarily stunned.

"Which Viceroy Yamen?"

The young Zhu Di smiled bitterly.

"The Bureau of Paper Money."

Zhu Yuanzhang's old face darkened.

"Keep it in the inner court and do not report it."

"If that boy Su Qiao has any conscience, he'd better hurry up his actions."

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh and said,

"I do not know how much longer I can hold on."

In the eyes of the entire court of civil and military officials,

Su Qiao was already like a grasshopper after autumn, unable to jump for many more days.

Therefore, they chose not to press them step by step.

Nine days later.

Tomorrow is the day the Exchange Warehouse resumes exchanging for silver.

However, the copper coins and silver currently in the entire Bureau of Paper Money have almost all been exchanged away by Su Qiao.

Su Qiao used the lowest price.

And took back the most paper money.

Gazing at the pile of paper money stacked like a small mountain before him, Su Qiao could not help but let out a long sigh and asked,

"How much cash can our paper money exchange for outside now?"

"Reporting to my lord, now one string of paper money is worth only three hundred and fifty cash."

"Since the day before yesterday, the merchants on the streets have already stopped accepting paper money."

"Even these three hundred and fifty cash are only because the exchange opens tomorrow, so the price rose by fifty cash."

Seventy percent of the price.

This is already the limit of the Bureau of Paper Money.

The Deputy Director 28 looked at Su Qiao in the main hall and asked,

"My lord, shall we open the exchange as usual tomorrow?"

Su Qiao looked at the crowd before him and smiled, saying,

"Of course we will open the exchange normally!"

"You Menzhe Gang have grown too lazy recently; starting tomorrow, roll call shall proceed as usual."

All the officials in the Bureau of Paper Money exchanged glances with one another.

Was that laziness?

That was plainly not knowing how to die properly!

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