She recounted the two attacks in detail, concluding, "I always felt that these two groups were working together, specifically after our money. Fortunately, this time they delivered commercial drafts instead of real cash, otherwise they would have truly succeeded."
Xie Danqiu frowned: "There are still such madmen in the capital region? Have you reported it to the authorities? I've never heard you mention such a big deal. Do you need my help?"
"We sent people to investigate, and they said it was handled very cleanly. We only have suspicions; we can't be sure."
"who?"
Gu Yaoniang glanced at Wang Zhilan and Xie Danqiu, who were also there, hesitated, and shook her head: "Since it's just a suspicion, let's not say anything more."
Xie Danqiu laughed from the side, "Look at you all! And you're talking about me. She's the same way, unwilling to ask you for help, isn't she?"
Gu Yaoniang clicked her tongue softly, reached out and gently pushed Xie Danqiu's elbow, scolding, "Ah Qiu!"
Wang Zhilan's focus, however, was not on this matter. Unaware of the specific details of the commercial draft, she asked curiously, "Commercial draft? What is a commercial draft? Why was it that nothing happened even though it was a commercial draft that was stolen?"
Gu Yaoniang pursed her lips and smiled softly: "The commercial draft was something Jinchuan and I came up with. Last time, the silver was almost stolen, so we came up with the idea of using a kind of bill to replace the silver. We named this kind of draft 'commercial draft.' Only when our two families mutually recognize and trust each other can we take the commercial draft to each other's banks to exchange for silver."
This way, there's no need to constantly carry silver and copper coins back and forth; the target is much smaller, and therefore it's safer.
Wang Zhilan's eyes lit up: "If only we could use these kinds of commercial drafts to buy things on a regular basis!"
She subconsciously weighed the purse hanging at her waist—it was really heavy! It would be much lighter if she exchanged it for commercial drafts.
"When exchanging silver, do you and Brother Lu still skim profits from each other?"
Xie Danqiu asked curiously. Similar silver shops on the market all take a 20% or 30% cut of the silver deposit.
Hearing Xie Danqiu's somewhat bandit-like words, Gu Yaoniang's lips curled into a smile: "Of course not! A money-grubber like me, if using commercial drafts would make Boss Lu give me less money, I'd rather risk it all and give it to him in real cash!"
Princess Ruining smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that your cousin will cheat you and not give you the money?"
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