The cold wind was howling and heavy snow was falling. Li Jie was also in deep thought when he looked at the wind and snow outside the car window. It was also his first year to spend the winter in Beijing. When he came to Beijing last time, although the weather began to get colder, it was still tolerated. However, when it entered the severe winter, Li Jie found that Beijing was not only cold, but also very dry. Even if it snowed, it would not make the air moist. Every morning, I felt uncomfortable when I woke up.

Unfortunately, there is no humidifier now, and Li Jie can only let someone put a few basins of water in the room every day to increase the temperature of the air. The main reason is that Zhu Yuning is pregnant now and has a severe morning sickness, so Li Jie is also very careful and spends most of her time staying at home with her.

However, Li Jie had to go out today because something happened to the bank and Zhu Xueqing couldn't handle it alone, so he had to go there too.

The carriage ran along the street, because the entire Beijing city was rebuilt. Even the north city of the old city was still re-planned, and the roads were covered with cement and hardened. So now you can travel regardless of rain or snow. For example, there are still many vendors on the streets who are braved to do business in the snow, and they are unwilling to leave even if they are trembling all over.

Li Jie couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he looked at the scene outside, "Everyone is suffering." Whether it is the patent department or the bank, he has the opportunity to contact more people at the bottom. The living conditions of these people are probably beyond the imagination of later generations. Even the poorest mountainous areas in later generations may not be compared with some people of this era.

However, the more this happens, the more Li Jie urged himself in his heart. There is no way out just to stay in the Ming Dynasty. The only way out is to let the people of the Central Plains go out. Zhu Di and Zhang Dingbian have taken the first step. If they can bring back potatoes or sweet potatoes from the Americas, they can at least solve the food problem in the Central Plains.

While pondering, the carriage also left Zhengyang Gate and came to the bank's gate. Although it was snowing, there were still many people in the bank handling business. Of course, some ragged clothes were not allowed to go out. These were beggars in Beijing. There was a stove in the bank's hall, so the hall was very warm, which attracted many beggars to stay in the bank and not leave.

When Li Jie saw the beggars in the hall, he also frowned. It was not that he hated beggars, but that the bank was not a Shantang after all. Countless people came here to handle business every day. These beggars gathered in the bank hall, saying that it was serious and it was also a safety hazard. Even if these beggars were just here to keep warm, it would also affect the bank's business.

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However, Li Jie was not dealing with these beggars today. He quickly stepped into the bank. Zhu Xueqing immediately came out to greet her after receiving the news. She was accompanied by several women in men's clothing. These women were all maids around her, but now she was trained to become helpers in the bank. After all, it was inconvenient for her to stay in the bank, so she trained the maids around her to join the bank.

"How is it? Are there any losses?" Li Jie immediately asked when he saw Zhu Xueqing.

The reason why Li Jie came to the bank in the wind and snow was because he received news from Zhu Xueqing that something happened to the bank's bank treasury. You should know that there was a lot of silver and valuables in the bank treasury, and even the new treasure banknotes were stored in it. There must be no mistakes, so Li Jie hurried over.

"Don't worry, brother-in-law, you personally supervised the construction of the banknote. Such a solid banknote would be impossible to dig through unless they were blown up with gunpowder!" Zhu Xueqing smiled relaxedly.

When Li Jie first established a bank, he considered the security of the bank. After all, banks in later generations had a vault with high security levels for storing cash or valuables.

The bank's bank gutter is a semi-underground structure, and the whole body is made of cement. The amount of cement alone is enough to build a long road. After all, everyone knows that there is money in the bank, and the safety of this money must be guaranteed. Therefore, the bank gutter is not only very large, but also has a wall of half a meter thick. In this era, it is impossible to dig it out with manpower.

Li Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then asked about the details, and Zhu Xueqing also told the story.

It turned out that just yesterday evening, Zhu Xueqing inspected the silver warehouse routinely as usual, but found that some powder residue fell on the ground on the wall inside the silver warehouse. The walls of the silver warehouse were extremely strong, so this should not happen.

This abnormality immediately attracted Zhu Xueqing's attention, but she did not make any noise. Instead, after the inspection, she sent someone to guard the wall. As a result, at night, the waiter actually heard the sound of knocking from the outside of the wall. It seemed that someone was digging the wall. So the waiter immediately reported to Zhu Xueqing, and Zhu Xueqing also immediately notified Li Jie.

"Let's go to the Yinkuang!" Li Jie immediately spoke after hearing this.

Zhu Xueqing immediately led the way. The two of them followed an exclusive passage to the gate of the silver warehouse. The gate was also specially made and made of pig iron. The door lock was also designed by skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Works. Two different keys were needed to open, and they were controlled by Zhu Xueqing and another bank official.

Zhu Xueqing called another official. Originally, the opening of the bank deposit had a fixed time, and the other time could not be opened at will. This was mainly for the safety of the bank deposit. However, Li Jie was of course not subject to this limitation. Moreover, the official in charge of the other key also knew what happened to the bank deposit, so he immediately handed over the key. Li Jie and Zhu Xueqing opened the bank deposit together.

Li Jie and Zhu Xueqing stepped into the silver treasury, and saw that the shelves around the silver treasury were filled with silver ingots, and there were even a lot of gold and other property. These were mainly deposited by customers, and there were also several boxes of treasure notes that were not opened. These treasures were just sent from the printing factory.

Faced with so much wealth, many people may lose their minds. This is also the reason why the bank deposit is so strict. There are special people responsible for entering and leaving the bank deposit, and other people cannot get in at all.

However, although this money is attractive, people like Li Jie and others have been watching it for a long time and don’t think it’s anything. After all, it’s just some metal and paper. They are only given some meaning by the world, so they have value.

Through the priceless property, Li Jie and Zhu Xueqing finally came to the innermost wall, and some powder was indeed falling under the wall.

Li Jie walked up to pick up a piece of powder and looked at it. Then he reached out and touched the wall. As a result, Li Jie was surprised and exclaimed: "This wall is a bit strange!"
Chapter completed!