Chapter 25: The Silver Ticket
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I saw a slightly older middle-aged man coming over with a silver ingot in his hand, and when he saw that someone had already bought it, his face changed, and he was busy: "This is my first fancy, I just went back to get the silver, you can't take it!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward to get the package.
Seeing this situation, Pei Ziyun had already determined that nine times out of ten, he went up and took it, and said, "It's just to take the silver, I have already paid, you can't fight with me." β
said, coldly looking at the somewhat moved lame man in front of him: "The silver and goods are clear, now it's just what I put in your hand, just take it." β
Saying that, he turned around with this statue, and then the man hurriedly chased after him and shouted: "Ten taels, ten taels, I bought it, you can earn five taels, I really like this statue, so I am willing to buy it, and I may not be willing to give ten taels for another person." β
Pei Ziyun glanced coldly at the man in front of him, the man's eyes flickered a little, and he wanted to follow.
"Hmph, are you an official?" Pei Ziyun asked as he looked at the person in front of him.
How dare this person pretend to be an official and say, "Little brother, you're laughing." β
"Then you have a reputation and are you a scholar?" Pei Ziyun asked, with a little murderous in his eyes: "Or are you a relative of a nobleman?"
Saying that, he patted his green shirt, which can only be worn by people with meritorious reputation, the middle-aged man suddenly froze, cold sweat flowed from his face, and he stumbled and was about to fall to the ground.
Pei Ziyun turned around and left at this time, everyone was frightened when they saw this man, and they all laughed for a while, the man stood up in embarrassment, unwilling, just looked at Pei Zi's figure from a distance, and didn't dare to follow.
"A ruffian, dare to fight with me?"
Pei Ziyun remembered that the original owner of the previous life who got the gold bead was a ruffian, maybe he heard the rumors, and even set a trap, but he didn't end up well, and was killed by the government for the crime of "thief and thief" in a blink of an eye.
Pei Ziyun returned to the inn, and the shopkeeper stopped and asked with a smile: "Guest officer, have you shopped?"
: The old man has a few vacant rooms in Dongzhimen, rented and lived. There was a rented house, and the family had Tianxing syndrome for four or five days, so Pei Ziyun said: "After shopping, people were crowded, so I came back and bought a bronze statue." β
As he spoke, he returned to his room, closed the door, looked at the bronze statue, looked carefully, and the copper color was brilliant, and he smiled: "Who knew that the outside was only wrapped in copper skin?"
He took out the dagger, cut it finely, and cut off the copper skin, which was a layer of fine wood, and when the fine wood was cut again, it revealed the golden light, and then he checked it: "This is gold, and this alone has ten taels of gold." β
Cutting it again against the gold, he saw that it was hollow inside, revealing some jewels, Pei Ziyun fell, and saw more than a dozen gems fall to the bed.
After taking a step, he saw that they were shining under the lamp, and he smiled and took out one: "This is an emerald, although it is a little smaller, it is worth five hundred taels of silver......
"The other jewels are not as expensive, but they add up to four thousand taels of silver. β
"This is a windfall, but I am a showman, and it is not difficult to sell it separately, just say that it is passed down from my ancestors, and now I am a showman, and I will finally see the light of day. β
"Everybody will understand. β
Seeing that there was a piece of red-lettered paper lined inside, Pei Ziyun took it out and looked at it, and wrote: "Dayongfang Xu's family, for the sake of future generations, hide gold and this, it will be difficult to take it in the future, don't hope that it will be difficult to save!"
After writing the year and month, there was a rhyme word underneath, Pei Ziyun looked at it and smiled: "It's a pity that the descendants are not angry, and even this secret word is estimated to have not been passed on, but it may be heard by outsiders." β
Counting the jewels, I have a number in my heart, and when I see that the time is not too late, I put it all in my pocket: "These ten taels of gold don't have to be exchanged, they can be used directly." β
"For jewelry, you can find Wu family jewelry. β
Pedestrians on the street, Pei Ziyun went straight to Wu Jiabao Shop, this shop is almost half closed, and it no longer accepts ordinary guests, Pei Ziyun slowly walked in.
Sure enough, this treasure shop is very high-standard, three-storey, with a large courtyard at the back, with ten rooms, close to the canal.
When I entered the store, I was greeted by a middle-aged man: "Guest officer, this store has closed down." β
"I'm not out of business yet, I'm big business. Pei Ziyun came in and smiled calmly: "You are the court?"
The middle-aged man glanced at it and smiled: "It turned out to be a minister, I am here to worship, I have a business, I naturally want to do it, please sit down and serve tea." β
Seven hundred years ago, there was a court, the doctor was an official position, and then "Chaofeng" refers to the scholars, and there are also places to call the Xiangkun, to these two dynasties, the rich and the boss called the court, of course, the pawnshop shopkeeper is called the court, which means the same as the prime minister at the beginning, and now it is the same as the name of Xiucai, there is a popularization process.
Pei Ziyun smiled: "I am Pei Ziyun, my father is the lord of the previous dynasty, and my ancestor is the county order of the previous dynasty. β
The confession of this is not that Pei Ziyun is brainless, but on the contrary, it is wisdom, if he hides it, and as a result, people treat him as a scoundrel in the market, then he will cause a lot of trouble.
The middle-aged man was startled, and hurriedly said, "Please come in." β
Entering the room is indeed an elegant room, and Pei Ziyun also sprinkled the gold and gold beads in his pocket on the case, and the middle-aged man notified the shopkeeper on the one hand, and carefully appreciated and distinguished them on the other.
After a while, a person came in along the road, about fifty years old, walking briskly, and smiled as soon as he came in: "It turned out to be Pei Xianggong, who was only fifteen years old and showed talent, it is said that Xuezheng and the prefect both praised the article, and the government notified the county, and we have admired the name for a long time." β
"It's a privilege to be able to choose our store. This is obviously the boss, the middle-aged man whispered a few words, and the boss smiled: "This gold is ninety-eighty percent, eleven taels, and the store also has to make some money, and Xianggong can exchange it for ten taels now, how about it?"
"Yes!"
"The jewelry here, this emerald is the most expensive, worth four hundred taels of silver!" The boss pointed to the jewelry and squinted: "The rest is a total of three thousand five hundred taels, and the total amount is four thousand taels of silver, what do you think?"
If you are in business, the value of five thousand taels becomes four thousand taels, and you can earn one thousand taels, but this is actually very fair and polite, Pei Ziyun clapped his hands: "I have heard for a long time that Boss Tang has a good business, and his reputation is well deserved, I am willing to pay this price." β
Boss Tang was even more smiling: "Pei Gongziguo is refreshing, I don't know if I want gold or silver or silver tickets, gold and silver have to wait a few days." β
"The silver ticket is the silver ticket of the stone market money shop. β
Why is it said in this way, Pei Ziyun understands that this silver ticket is not a banknote, it is a "silver ticket shop" that is specially designed for businessmen who carry huge sums of money to operate cash custody business, and the depositor delivers cash to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper gives the silver ticket made of paper, and pays a 3% storage fee when withdrawing cash.
In the former dynasty, the powerful money bank set up silver ticket branches in various places, abide by the credit, take it at any time, the printed "silver ticket" pattern is exquisite, hidden as a mark, black and red error, handwritten words, difficult to forge, won a high reputation, and the money bank also found that the deposit will bring profits, so it is no longer required to pay 3% of the custody fee, one-to-one exchange, but the interest is gone - that is the capitalist era.
But not all silver ticket shops are law-abiding operations, abide by the credit, "silver bills" may not be able to cash, so the credibility of the money is very important, the capital and the bill of exchange is also one-to-one, a powerful bank, to give a month, can exchange 100,000 taels on the top of the sky, a single never more than 100 taels.
Those who have read historical materials understand that without a large inflow of foreign bank, the normal imperial court has an income of several million taels a year, not to mention private banks?
But a few thousand taels is okay, Pei Ziyun said: "The silver ticket of the Shishi money shop is okay, I will take fifty taels of silver, and all the rest will be exchanged for silver tickets." β
Boss Tang clapped his hands: "It's easy!"
There was not much time, only to see a letter of silver, all five taels one, the bottom white and deep, the edge of the frost, serious nine or eight lines of silver, and there are silver tickets, each is fifty taels, a stack.
After the transaction was successfully completed, Pei Ziyun hired an ox cart and went to go.
Seeing Pei Ziyun go away, the middle-aged man was a little unwilling, and whispered: "Boss!"
"It's only four thousand taels, it's not worth it for a show. Boss Tang restrained his smile, his eyes flashed cold, but he sighed.
"Childe, where are you going?"
"Inspection Division. β
At this time, the founding of the country, the inspection is Wujin, not to mention the vigorous and resolute, but also loves money, as long as he is willing to give some silver, and then borrow a team of archers, he has a way to deal with the black wind thieves.
When I arrived at the inspection department, I handed over the post, saw the inspection, and then had a secret conversation, I didn't know what to say, and came out and said to myself with a smile: "Only fifty taels of silver came out, and the big thing is half of it at this moment, but today's matter is not over yet." β
Ordered the ox cart again: "Go to Weijiafang." β
At this time, gradually in April and May, walking along the street, the ox cart turned the street, and saw a small faΓ§ade, and there was a person sitting in the faΓ§ade, with a sad face, keeping accounts in the account book, as soon as he raised his head, he looked at Pei Ziyun with four eyes, and quickly changed his smiling face, and said, "Guest officer, what do you want to buy?"
Pei Ziyun looked at it, the goods were department stores, flipped through them, and there were some books, these books were old books, and asked with a smile: "Do you have any other books here?"
The peddler hurriedly said: "Guest officer, I can find any kind of book you want, I have some interesting books, and the guest officer will definitely like it." β
As he spoke, he took a book from inside and peeked out of it, and opened the small half of the page, only to see a woman's body drawn on it.
Pei Ziyun smiled dumbly when he saw it: "I don't want such a book, so I will ask you if you can find the books of the previous dynasty, especially the books written by scholars, talents and scholars." β
The peddler thought for a moment and said, "What do you want those books for, this guest officer?"
He looked a little hesitant as he spoke.
"You just say if you can, you don't have to do what I do. Pei Ziyun said impatiently.
"Autographed books written by famous scholars in the past are very expensive!" the peddler sat leaning over a box opposite, a little hesitant.
"There are always those who are down-and-out and sell the books of their ancestors. β
"Guest officer, no one has ever looked for these, you can find them, but I don't know if there are any. The peddler looked up and thought for a moment as he spoke.
"Okay, what's your name?"
"Villain Chen!"
"Chen Yuan, since there is such a way, you can find it for me, this is a deposit, if you find it, you will have more. After saying that, he threw a tael of silver to the door, and the peddler hurriedly picked it up and weighed it, and if it was really silver, this person was generous.
"If you find it, come to Woniu Village, you just say that if you look for Pei Xiucai, you can find me, I look suitable, and Yinliang will not miss you." After Pei Ziyun finished speaking, he turned around and left.
The peddler looked at Pei Ziyun who was far away, and was a little surprised, "This young man is still a showman?"
This Chen Yuan peddler is not completely random, this person made a fortune after five years, of course, it is not a big fortune, but the reputation of shrewdness and ability is famous in the middle and lower classes.
This person has some talents, and he is also in this line, and he will use him when he walks in the township.
Pei Ziyun went back to the hotel at this time, didn't say anything all night, and returned to his hometown tomorrow morning.