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Chapter 197 Fire Gate

Zheng Huchen can be said to be the busiest person in the royal palace except the prince. Now all departments have set up airs and put into work. He does not need to run around to collect information everywhere. In order to cope with the information that has been flocking to various places, the headquarters of the Affairs Bureau has also been reorganized for management, so as to coordinate the work of each branch, train and train intelligence personnel, and set up five departments: the General Affairs Office, the Intelligence Office, the Training Office, the Transportation Office, and the Operation Team. At the same time, the Special Service Office was established at the request of the prince, but now there is only one meteorological team and a procurement team dedicated to searching for and buying strange items and talents for His Highness.

After arriving in Qiong, the residence of the royal mansion was too small to arrange so many people to settle in. Zheng Huchen was busy finding a secluded house near the royal mansion as an office place. He also selected a remote place for the training office outside the city to build a training base so that he could start training intelligence personnel as soon as possible to meet more and more tasks. He was called by His Highness again as soon as he came back today, but he was used to it, who made him his Highness's third hand!

After Zheng Huchen came, he was not surprised when he heard His Highness’s idea, because he was already numbed by his strange thoughts. Now let alone printing counterfeit coins, he is not new to heaven and earth. Two days ago, His Highness designed something called an underwater respirator. After putting it on, people can breathe without having to expose themselves and snoop under the water for a long time, so as not to be seen by people on the water surface, which makes everyone feel magical, especially welcomed by the water ghosts at the action site.

Zheng Huchen was not surprised to let him take charge of this matter. It was shameful to make counterfeit money. Not to mention the Tartars, even the great scholars in the mansion could wash His Highness and eat raw when they knew about it. As his highness's invisible "black hand", who would he do it? But he also thought that this was a huge profit. This would not only disrupt the enemy's economy, but also enrich himself and reduce the burden on the people. Anyway, Kublai Khan paid for everything in the end, and everyone didn't even need to say thank you...

"Your Highness, the Bureau of Affairs just bought a piece of land to build a farm. It is very remote and difficult to see people within ten miles. There are heavy troops guarding it. There is no problem in keeping it confidential. The location is set up there without a ghost. What do you think?" Zheng Huchen immediately thought of the rebuilding training base, which only needs to be separated from an independent area. Anyway, the place is very big.

"Is it convenient to enter and exit there?" Zhao Bing thought it was good, but after spending money, he didn't know where the land was. Thinking that the raw materials and finished products need to be transported in and out, the transportation must be convenient.

"Your Highness, you don't need to worry. Although there is no 6 routes there, there is a waterway that can connect to a small boat, so it's quite convenient to enter and exit." Zheng Huchen replied.

"Okay, there is a place, and the person responsible for the carving board should be found as soon as possible, otherwise the work will not be started. Should we select a few from the capital school?" Zhao Bing paid attention to collecting various craftsmen when he was in Jiazi Town. It can be said that all five elements and eight works are complete, so it should not be difficult to find a few carving workers.

"Your Highness, this is easy to solve!" Zheng Huchen said.

"Oh, you know where such a skilled craftsman is there? We can hire you with a lot of money!" Zhao Bing said in surprise. He was worried about this, but he didn't expect that it was not a problem in Zheng Huchen's eyes.

"Your Highness, you don't need to pay a lot of money to hire. As long as they can eat enough, they will be grateful!" Zheng Huchen waved his hand and said.

"There are such things?" Zhao Bing was even more surprised. Everyone is willing to do good things in the world that work but not pay.

"Your Highness, there are people from the Fire Sect in Qiongzhou. Just find them and you will have everything!" Zheng Huchen said with a smile.

"Huomen? What do they do!" Zhao Bing was confused. What does it have to do with fake coins and Huomen!

"Oh, I'm taking the liberty. Fire Sect is the name of the minters in the martial arts world..." Zheng Huchen immediately woke up when he saw this. His Highness was born in the palace. He didn't know what happened in the martial arts world, nor did he know these obscure slander words, so he explained in detail.

It turned out that as early as the Han Dynasty, counterfeit currency had already become a disaster, and the situation was particularly serious in the Jianghuai area. The flood of counterfeit currency seriously disrupted the financial order and had a bad impact on the country's economic life. The government was forced to adopt severe punishments. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, hundreds of thousands of people were sentenced to death. The currencies of all dynasties were mainly metal currency, and they needed to be smelted when counterfeiting, so the counterfeit banknotes had an nickname - Huomen. Later, Huomen became a synonym for counterfeiting banknotes, including the act of counterfeiting paper money in later generations.

"There are indeed many capable people in the fire gate. They did not all of them use copper plates. They could be cast from lead tins, and some were carved from hardwood or even tiles. The paper used was the "Guanhui" of Song Dynasty paper money that had been invalidated, and some were printed with white or ordinary paper after being smoked and roasted. In addition, they could also use methods such as picking, repairing, and digging to make the face value larger from small and turning old into new, making it difficult for people to identify, making it difficult for the government to guard against!"

"Haha, they are indeed capable, so they can also make Zhongtong money?" Zhao Bing laughed when he heard this. It turned out that counterfeiting coins also had a heritage, and later 'industry' counterfeiting was nothing more than using these methods.

"Your Highness doesn't know that because the Zhongtong banknotes can be exchanged for silver, of course, it is also the ones that the Huomen likes to take care of. Not only these paper banknotes, but also salt, tea, and customs are all among them!" Zheng Huchen said.

"Master Zheng is still knowledgeable. He knows all these secret matters very well. I will give more advice in the future!" Zhuang Shilin Gong bowed. He was a businessman and naturally couldn't receive fake money. He knew that someone had made a fake, but he knew very little. He didn't expect that there were so many tricks in it. He said arrogantly that he could get started soon. He was really ashamed to think about it. Fortunately, Zheng Huchen came, otherwise he would have made a big joke!

"The owner of the manor praised it. Mr. Zheng was a county magistrate in his early years and was responsible for arresting bandits. Therefore, he only knew a little about these secrets in the world." Zheng Huchen returned the courtesy.

"In this way, Master Zheng has contact with the people in the Huomen, so let them make money together!" Zhao Bing said with his eyes shining. He knew that the Huomen was a gang crime. Not only were there people who were proficient in fraud, but they must also have channels for selling stolen goods and were familiar with the loopholes in the system. Only in this way can they succeed repeatedly. With the help of these professional talents, things will be much easier.
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