Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1336

The accountant had wanted to report it for a long time, but the manager had been dragging his feet. Now that he heard this, how could he disagree?

So much so that after the shopkeeper finished speaking, he agreed without the slightest hesitation.

"No problem, I'll go to the west side of the city myself and communicate with them. Then we'll report to both sides together!"

As they were talking, the accountant was about to leave, but at that moment, the manager spoke up again to stop him.

"Wait first!"

Upon hearing the shopkeeper's voice, the accountant immediately turned around, looking at the shopkeeper with a somewhat puzzled expression.

But although the shopkeeper stopped the accountant, he didn't look at him. Instead, he turned to the waiter beside him and asked:

"Do you know the name of the person who exchanged the silver?"

"Know!"

The man quickly nodded in response, and then continued to explain what he knew.

“He acted very strangely when he first came to exchange cash a few days ago, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was very rich.”

"When he was talking to us, he deliberately said his name, something like Li something... Oh right, Li Erda!"

After hearing the shop assistant's answer, the shopkeeper slowly nodded and then looked at the accountant and said:

"Report this Li Erda's name. This man has a serious problem. When the higher-ups send people over, you'd better keep an eye on him and investigate!"

The accountant had initially thought the manager had changed his mind, but upon hearing his words, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I will definitely report this Li Erda to the authorities!"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded without speaking. He was so exhausted that he didn't want to care about anything anymore and decided to leave it to his superiors.

Once everything was decided, the accountant didn't linger and immediately went to the money exchange in the west of the city to discuss how to report it.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement and then sent people to board a large ship bound for the capital.

In fact, it wasn't just Suzhou; banks in other cities within the Ming Dynasty also sent people to the capital in different ways.

However, apart from Haizhou, which already has a railway, many other people heading to the capital are still on their way.

While these people were heading to the capital, Wei Wu's helicopter had already landed at the Academy of Sciences.

Having been away from home for over a month, Wei Wu's longing to return home can only be described as an intense yearning.

However, he had just jumped out of the cabin when he immediately saw a person dressed as a eunuch running towards him.

"No way! I just landed and Lao Zhu already received the news? Does Lao Zhu have some kind of precognitive ability?"

"Even so, in the past they would at least wait until I got home before sending someone over, but now, I can't even go home!"

Watching the eunuch rushing towards him, Wei Wu silently complained to himself.

Just as he was complaining, the eunuch ran up to him.

"This servant pays homage to His Excellency the Duke of Zhenguo!"

"Alright, you don't need to attend the ceremony yet."

Wei Wu waved his hand helplessly, then, without waiting for the eunuch to speak, he said directly:

"Tell me, I've only just landed, how did you know I was back?"

"Um... Your Excellency, I saw your iron bird return from the horizon and land."

The eunuch didn't know what a helicopter was, so he could only describe it as an iron bird, but Wei Wu didn't care.

However, he sensed another problem in the eunuch's words, so he immediately asked.

"You said you saw my iron bird return, which means you've been waiting for me at the Academy of Science and Technology?"

Upon hearing this, the eunuch dared not conceal anything and immediately began to explain:

"Yes, Your Excellency, His Majesty has decreed that I shall remain at the Academy of Science and Technology every day, awaiting Your Excellency's return to the capital."

"His Majesty said that as soon as he sees you return, he will remind you to immediately contact His Majesty via telepathy or go directly to the palace."

No way! What's wrong with Lao Zhu? What happened that made him so anxious to contact me?

As he silently pondered this, Wei Wu suddenly recalled the words Yao Guangxiao had spoken before his death.

"Could it be about what Yao Guangxiao mentioned? But even if it is, this happened far too quickly!"

While thinking this to himself, Wei Wu didn't forget that the eunuch was still waiting for his response, so he spoke up:

"Okay, I understand. I'll contact His Majesty right now."

After saying this, Wei Wu put his hand into his robe and pretended to take out a walkie-talkie from the system repository, turn it on, and adjust the channel.

After finishing, he immediately pressed the call button, put the walkie-talkie to his mouth, and whispered:

"Uncle Zhu, are you there? I've already returned to the capital. Please respond if you receive this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was usually busy with state affairs and might not hear it immediately, so Wei Wu shouted the words twice.

He called out every five seconds, but there was no response. He then put the walkie-talkie to his mouth again, ready to call out a third time.

But at that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.

"Xiao Wu, it's good that you're back. Quickly, hurry into the palace. There are some things I need to tell you in person!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu sighed softly and said in a somewhat troubled tone:

"Um... Uncle Zhu, is it something extremely urgent? If it's not something that needs to be resolved immediately, please give me some time."

"I've been away from home for a long time and just got back. I was thinking of going back to check on Yuxuan!"

After he finished speaking, there was a silence of about five seconds on the other end of the walkie-talkie, and then only four words came through.

"It's urgent!"

"Okay, I got it, I'm coming!"

After hanging up, Wei Wu shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly before looking at the eunuch beside him.

"Let's go! Let's go to the palace."

"Yes, Your Excellency, please come with me!"

The eunuch responded and then quickly turned around to lead the way for Wei Wu. Before long, the two entered the palace.

Upon entering the rear hall of Fengxian Hall, one immediately sees Zhu Yuanzhang sitting at a table, his brows furrowed, reading memorials.

Upon seeing Wei Wu enter, he immediately waved for all the palace servants to leave, and then handed the memorial in his hand to Wei Wu.

"see this!"

Wei Wu took the memorial, but it would have been better if he hadn't read it. After reading it, his brows furrowed even more deeply than Zhu Yuanzhang's had before.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang disliked lengthy discourses, officials' memorials were usually written in a concise style.

This memorial was short, simply stating that large amounts of silver were being exchanged frequently at money shops in various regions.

Others might not understand what this meant, but Wei Wu understood it perfectly; simply put, it was equivalent to a bank run in later times.

This is a very serious matter. To put it bluntly, a single misstep could destroy the entire money exchange system.