Half a month passed quickly. During this half month, Yan Liqiang did not enter the palace again. Instead, the Crown Prince came to Luyuan once and made a gesture to personally ask Yan Liqiang for advice on archery. Because of this, Yan Liqiang's status in Luyuan became special all of a sudden. Not to mention anything else, Little Leo came to pay his respects to Yan Liqiang every few days. Under such circumstances, everyone in Luyuan, from the civil manager to the officers, from ordinary sergeants to ordinary craftsmen and servants, after tasting the sweetness of the pass given by Yan Liqiang, were all dragged into the water by Yan Liqiang and boarded Yan Liqiang's Noah's Ark. Luyuan also became Yan Liqiang's base camp.
In half a month, the total number of travel permits that several people obtained from Yan Liqiang exceeded 200,000. Many of the first batch of "downlines" they developed were colleagues and friends they knew before. These people were all public employees and served in the city guards in the capital, the infantry of the Imperial Mabu Division, and government offices at all levels. In the entire capital, these people were also the most anxious and worried group of people. They were relatively well-informed. Seeing that the Emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court were about to leave the capital, they had to stay here, and even their families were not allowed to escape. These people did not dare to say anything, but in their hearts, they had already cursed and thought of ways to deal with it. At this time, a travel permit was like a life-saving straw for them.
As long as he spent a little money, he could give his family a chance to leave the capital. At this time, no one would refuse. And if he introduced a few more "reliable people", he could even make money from the money others spent on buying travel permits. The more people he introduced, the more travel permits he would get, and the more money he would make. The legendary heavenly calamity had not yet arrived, but with the money from selling travel permits, he could make a fortune and provide enough money for the old and young in his family who were preparing to leave the capital, so that they would have enough money to rely on in the future. Who would refuse such a thing
It was also during this half month that Yan Liqiang used various methods of pyramid selling, developing downlines layer by layer, supervising each other, guaranteeing each other, dividing profits, and giving priority to those who were paid by the emperor to join. In just half a month, a large network covering the middle and low-level officials and officers who stayed in the five major cities in the entire capital area had been laid out.
Yan Liqiang used the visit of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, his close relationship with Eunuch Liu and Sun Bingchen, and made those who vaguely knew that the pass came from the Deer Garden believe that the pass was absolutely real. It was possible that the Emperor wanted to open a loophole and let some people in the capital quietly leave after His Majesty and all the civil and military officials left the Imperial Capital. As many people as possible could escape...
Just like that, with everyone knowing it, this pyramid scheme network for selling "passes" began to operate efficiently before the emperor was about to leave Beijing. The fake passes that Fang Beidou made, which were more real than the real ones, were constantly transported to Luyuan from outside, and then Yan Liqiang used Luyuan as the center to digest and wholesale them through the "pyramid scheme channel" he had built...
Fake travel passes were distributed continuously, while silver poured into Yan Liqiang like a flood. In just half a month, the silver that gathered in Yan Liqiang's hands alone exceeded several million taels. This business was even more profitable than the wool monopoly. Yan Liqiang, who had never done fake certificate business in his previous life, finally understood why making fake certificates was so popular in his previous life. Selling fake travel passes was simply like printing money.
Yan Liqiang made the most money from the fake passers-by. Although the people he developed did not make as much as Yan Liqiang, they also made a lot of money. Several officers and managers of Luyuan made more money than they could imagine in their entire lives in just half a month. The subordinates at all levels also made a lot of money. With the money, the entire "pyramid scheme network" of fake passers-by flourished.
Yan Liqiang used fake pass to tear the imperial blockade into pieces, but he did not forget the more important thing...
On March 1st, before the hour of Yin, Yan Liqiang woke up...
Last night he did not stay in Luyuan, but in an inn in Dijing City. He had been waiting patiently for almost half a month for this day!
Yan Liqiang got up and tidied himself in the room. Then he gently pushed open a window in the room, and like a civet cat, he flipped over and jumped out of the window.
It was pitch black outside the window, and the sky was dotted with stars. Looking around, in the darkness, there were roof tiles and the outlines of houses everywhere.
A few dogs barked in the alley in the distance, and then the voice of the night watchman holding a lantern could be heard faintly, "Bang... Bang... Bang..."...
Leaping out of the window, Yan Liqiang tapped his foot on the windowsill and the whole person was on the roof. His figure was like a light smoke, and he flashed again. He was already twenty meters away and entered an alley. He ran quickly along the alley for fifty or sixty meters. With a tap of his foot, he climbed up the wall of a courtyard. After climbing up the wall, he ran quickly on the eaves for dozens of meters and climbed over the courtyards of two wealthy families that were no longer inhabited. Finally, Yan Liqiang flipped directly to the window sill on the second floor of an attic. He shook the attic window with his hand and flipped in.
There was no one in the attic. There was a layer of dust on the ground, and even a lot of furniture and furnishings had been moved away. Originally, a wealthy family lived here, but that family had left the Imperial Capital several months ago, and the yard was completely empty.
There is a courtyard wall on one side of the attic, and the wall faces the street. Standing in the room on the second floor of the attic and opening a window, you can see the street outside. That street is Zhuque Street. Walking straight for more than 300 meters from the outside is the Jinshui Bridge of the imperial palace. This place is a must-pass place for ministers to attend court meetings every time.
Today, March 1st, is the day of the grand court meeting, and all ministers who can attend the court will attend.
Gently pushing open the window on the street side of the attic, one could just see the street in the distance. Yan Liqiang stood behind the window, staring at the deserted street, touching the magic-detecting stone hanging on his chest, and waiting quietly, waiting for something to happen.
The ministers who can attend court will swarm out of the palace when the court is over, but on the way to the palace, they go in an orderly manner and do not come in all at once. Today is the first of the day, which is the day when the magic stone can be used.
This method is stupid, but very effective. If Yan Liqiang wants to determine who the evil demon is, he only needs to wait here. When the magic-detecting stone issues a warning, he can confirm which minister's carriage passes by outside.
Yan Liqiang did not wait too long in the house. Only half an hour later, the sound of turning wheels and crisp horse hooves came from the deserted street outside, and the first black four-wheeled carriage appeared outside.
The black four-wheeled carriage was manufactured by the manufacturing bureau. In front of the carriage, there were two brass lanterns hanging on the left and right sides of the coachman to illuminate the road. There were also several guards on horseback accompanying the carriage. The time for the grand court meeting was after three quarters past morning, which was around six o'clock, so before daybreak, some ministers of the court had already rushed to the palace.
The carriage left, and the magic-detecting stone did not respond. Yan Liqiang was still waiting quietly in the attic.
Two minutes after this carriage left, another four-wheeled carriage protected by two guards arrived, but the magic-detecting stone still did not move.
The four-wheeled carriages of the court ministers then appeared one after another, with casual guards, some dozens and some two or three. The carriages passed by the street outside. Yan Liqiang had been waiting quietly. After about thirty carriages had passed, suddenly, the magic-detecting stone on Yan Liqiang's chest began to heat up and began to transmit vibration signals to Yan Liqiang's sea of consciousness.
Yan Liqiang tensed up, squinted his eyes, focused his attention and looked out the window, he saw a four-wheeled carriage on the street a hundred meters away, under the protection of two guards, driving towards here slowly. The four-wheeled carriage was very low-key, painted with green water, and was a replica of the carriage manufactured by the bureau. It did not have a spring shock-absorbing mechanism, so the price was not high. The carriage was not pulled by rhinoceros horses, but two ordinary big black horses.
Generally speaking, those who ride in this kind of carriage to the court are not important officials of the six ministries or important figures in the court, but just ordinary officials who are qualified to attend the court, and they should be very inconspicuous...
Watching the carriage slowly approaching here, Yan Liqiang's mind raced, and with a glance, he saw a dog wandering in the alley on the side of the street, as if looking for food. He gently pinched the window next to him and picked out a small piece of wood from the solid wooden windowsill. When the carriage was about to pass the alley, he flicked his finger, and the small piece of wood flew out of his hand silently, turned in the air, and ricocheted into the alley not far away.
"Woof..." The dog barked and suddenly rushed out of the alley...
"Hiss, hirsut..." The horse pulling the carriage was startled by the dog that rushed out of the alley and started barking. The carriage stopped suddenly and the two guards who were protecting the carriage drew their swords. After they saw clearly that it was a wild dog that rushed out from the alley next to them, they breathed a sigh of relief and put their swords back into the sheaths.
"What happened outside?" A somewhat old voice came from the carriage.
"My Lord Doctor, it's alright. It's just that a stray dog suddenly ran out from the alley and startled the horses pulling the cart!"
"Well, I'm glad you're okay. Let's go!"
"Okay..." The green four-wheeled carriage slowly passed by the street outside the attic.
In the attic, Yan Liqiang's heart was almost tightened all of a sudden, and he was confused...
Medical Order, there is only one person with this title in the entire court, and that is the highest chief official of the Imperial Medical Service. His full title is Imperial Medical Order!
In addition to Prime Minister Lin Qingtian, the Imperial Physician is also an evil demon with the same origin as Lin Qingtian.
Lin Qingtian is the prime minister, why not promote him? The Imperial Physician Order is not a high-ranking official position. He is only in charge of the Imperial Hospital, has no soldiers and no power, and has only a few doctors under him. He is in charge of a large pharmacy. On weekdays, he only treats a few dignitaries. If there is a real chaos, a small flag with a flag of soldiers under it can close the Imperial Hospital...
For some reason, at this moment, Yan Liqiang suddenly remembered the vitality soup that the court had been letting the people in the entire capital area drink for more than a month. The Imperial Hospital said that this vitality soup could only be made by the Imperial Hospital, and the vitality soup that the people in other parts of the capital drank was brought from the Imperial Hospital with great difficulty. Yan Liqiang thought it was a little troublesome at the time, but he didn't think much about it. However, when he thought of the vitality soup at this moment, for some reason, Yan Liqiang suddenly shuddered...
I feel cold all over…
(End of this chapter)