"Fifth sister, this morning, various people came to the county office to report the counterfeit money issue. The county magistrate handed the case over to me to investigate, but…" Chu Xujin scratched his head awkwardly, his lips pursed in a slight smile, looking quite distressed. "I'm at a loss on how to proceed…"
After a while, Chu Qingzhi spoke, "Do you have any of the counterfeit banknotes?"
Chu Xujin quickly replied, "Yes, I've asked people to bring in the counterfeit banknotes for recording. We've already collected several thousand of them."
Chu Qingzhi nodded and said, "You can start with the banknotes."
"Firstly, producing banknotes requires paper, and the paper for these banknotes needs specific trees. Where do these trees come from? Which workshop produces them? Or who has been cutting down these trees in large quantities?"
