My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 309: Japanese pirates take action, counterfeit currency appears

When Jiang Li heard the news, he frowned, then clasped his fists and said to the two men, "I still have some government affairs to deal with, so I'll leave now. Please forgive me, seniors!"

As he said this, he asked someone to take a few people around to take a look at the humanities and geography of Nanxi County, while he himself went to the Government Affairs Hall with a serious expression.

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When he arrived at the Government Hall, he saw a bank manager and a person from the Mint.

He waved his hand to interrupt their useless courtesy, "Tell me what happened. Who found the counterfeit money? How much is it?"

Upon hearing this, the bank manager immediately stepped forward to report, "Commander, we found these counterfeit bills in Nanxi County yesterday morning. There are not many of them, only two with a face value of fifty yuan."

"But this is only what has been discovered. As for how much more is hidden in the dark, it is unknown!"

"The other person holding the counterfeit money has been arrested. He is a shop owner. He said he got the two counterfeit bills from a merchant!"

"After he got the two banknotes, he went to the bank to exchange them for silver dollars because he was afraid that the banknotes would depreciate. That's when he was caught by our people."

Then he took out three banknotes and said, "Commander, please look, this one is the real banknote we produced, and the other two are the counterfeit banknotes we received this time!"

After Jiang Li took it, he held it in his hand and examined it carefully, only to find that the counterfeit money was extremely realistic and he could hardly tell the difference.

So he looked up and asked the man at the Mint, "Tell me, what is the difference between these coins?"

Hearing this, the man from the banknote factory immediately stepped forward to explain to Jiang Li. However, after he said this, Jiang Li frowned even more tightly.

"Commander, you just saw that these counterfeit bills are very well made. Not only are the various anti-counterfeiting marks on them, but even the material of the banknotes is exactly the same."

"If they couldn't crack the ink formula of our Mint, maybe even our Mint wouldn't be able to tell the difference. So those who make counterfeit coins must be organized and premeditated."

"In my opinion, they have been targeting us for a long time, otherwise it wouldn't be possible. Our banknotes have only been issued for more than a month, and they immediately produced counterfeit banknotes that are almost the same as ours!"

Afterwards, he carefully compared the real and fake coins under the explanation of the person from the Mint, and finally he felt out the slight difference on the surface of the banknote with his hands.

Obviously, ordinary people cannot detect this subtle difference.

Afterwards, he stopped paying attention to how real the counterfeit money was and instead asked the question that concerned him most, "Has the person who holds the counterfeit money been found?"

However, he once again received a disappointing answer, "Commander, our people are searching in secret, but there has been no progress so far!"

When Jiang Li heard that the person had not been caught yet, he frowned and casually sent the two away, and told them not to make any noise so as not to alert the enemy.

Watching the two people leave, he immediately entered the office with the banknotes.

After closing the door, he took out the altar from the storage ring and placed it on the table. Then he folded two counterfeit bills into the shape of paper cranes and began to perform the tracking technique.

Jiang Li was seen making seals with his hands and muttering something. As he chanted, the incense stick in the incense burner on the altar burned rapidly, and three long columns of smoke rose upwards.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Li immediately changed his magic spell, and saw the three smoke columns suddenly move downwards and disappear into the three paper cranes he had prepared in the blink of an eye.

As soon as the smoke entered the paper crane, he immediately stretched out his right hand, tapped the crane's head with his index finger, and then injected magic power into it.

As a ray of light sank into the paper crane, two red lights suddenly lit up in its eyes.

When a red light flashed on its head, the talisman paper seemed to come to life, flapping its wings and spiraling upward. After it stabilized its body, it flew around the altar.

Seeing the paper crane take off, Jiang Li once again pointed his sword and chanted the spell, "Come from where you came from, go where you are going, the universe is your guide, hurry up and obey the command!"

As Jiang Li finished speaking, the two paper cranes flapped their wings and flew out the door.

Seeing this, he immediately put away the altar and took his men to follow the paper crane.

However, the embarrassing thing was that when he followed the paper crane to find the person, it turned out to be a middle-aged fat man. This person was none other than the businessman who received the counterfeit money.

At this time, he was tied to a chair and was being questioned and examined by the Security Bureau!

After Jiang Li went forward and looked through the interrogation records, he confirmed that this person was not the one he was looking for.

So he turned around and left with his men. However, this scene confused the people from the Security Bureau. They didn't know what was going on with their boss. They just looked at him for a few seconds and turned and left without asking a single question.

But Jiang Li didn't care what they thought. He chanted the spell again and injected magic power into the paper crane. The paper crane flapped its wings again and flew in another direction.

Seeing this, Jiang Li continued to lead his men to track it. After flying for about an hour, the paper crane finally flew into a dilapidated house.

Seeing this, Jiang Li waved his hand, and several Taoist soldiers took out their pistols, carefully walked forward and knocked on the door, while he himself retreated to a distance, intentionally or unintentionally hiding in the blind spot of this house.

When the Taoist soldiers saw that no one came to open the door, they looked at each other and nodded. One of them took a step back and kicked the wooden door away.

Then several people came in with guns, but after they entered, they found that it was an empty room and there was no one in sight.

After a careful search, he found that it was indeed the case, so he came back to report to Jiang Li.

"Commander, we just checked and found that there was no one in the room. What should we do next?"

Jiang Li shook his head upon hearing this. The tracking technique pointed to this place. The person should be here. Go search again to see if there is any secret room or tunnel!"

Upon hearing this, several people immediately turned around and entered the room again to search it carefully.

As expected by Jiang Li, just ten minutes after they entered, fierce gunfire broke out in the house.

After two or three minutes, the gunfire in the house finally stopped, and soon the Taoist soldiers came over, dragging a few people.

When Jiang Li looked, he saw that two Taoist soldiers were injured. Fortunately, their injuries were not too serious and they were able to come over to report.

"Commander, we just found a secret room in the house. After opening it, we found these five people hiding inside. After a gunfight, we killed three and captured two. We are here to report now!"

"In addition to this, we also found two boxes of banknotes and a lot of food and water in that secret room. Please make your decision, Commander."

Jiang Li nodded when he heard this, and then asked the injured to be dealt with first, and he personally interrogated the two injured guys.

But after some questioning, they were completely unmoved and didn't say a word.