Chapter 171: If there is a second, behead
When it comes to counterfeit money, most people don't think much about it.
The risk is too high, the return is too low.
Those who can make counterfeit money, those who have the courage to make counterfeit money, none of them are good at stubble, but Datang is not heavy on cracking down on counterfeit money, and he can't even cut off his head.
In this case, unless it is an official with a strong sense of responsibility, he will take care of it, and some officials who are not very strong in willpower will go around how far and how far they will go, unless someone comes to the door and has to take care of it.
Hearing Sun Fujia's words, the white-haired old man panicked instantly.
It didn't tell him that there was a problem with the money, but as a person who has lived for so many years, at least he still has the knowledge.
The weight of these money is not the same, and it is not much thicker than normal money, which is obviously problematic.
Now Sun Fujia has stood up, and he is also a person from Dali Temple, this is a big guy who can reach the sky!
He didn't know if the head of the family was okay, but he definitely wouldn't be fine.
Sun Fujia didn't take the money that was placed on the table, but just looked at it with the naked eye, and from the perspective of color and body shape, he couldn't see any problems, except for being too new.
"How do you tell there's something wrong with the money?" Sun Fujia asked directly, thought about it, and added: "Think clearly before answering, if the official finds out that there is fraud afterwards, he will not be spared." ”
"There's a problem with the weight!" Ma Zhou smiled slightly, there was no need to think about this question at all.
Directly beckoned to the counter to take out some standard Kaiyuan Tongbao, the pre-Sui period due to Yang Guang's extravagance in the later period, resulting in the collapse of the monetary mechanism in a short period of time.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan reformed the currency and reformulated new standards.
Finally, in the fourth year of Wude, a new currency was promulgated, Kaiyuan Tongbao, and the specifications for the currency are also extremely strict, one tael for every ten coins, one tael for each penny, and six catties and four taels for every thousand coins.
Converting the weight of a thousand coins will be twenty-four more than the regulations, which is mainly for the convenience of statistics, and in addition, considering that the money is used more, there will inevitably be some wear and tear, and some more weight will be produced, which is also to make the money last longer, so as not to have to recycle and recast the weight is too low.
If it is recast, the loss will be great, but the standard is such a standard, and the money taken out by the money village cannot be regarded as the most standard, but at least it meets the regulations of the imperial court.
Sun Fujia put two different coins in his hand in an orderly manner and turned them upside down, and found that the feeling was not obvious, so he counted ten more pieces one by one.
Sun Fujia's perception of weight is not so bad, and he can feel the difference in weight of one dollar at once, but if ten dollars are together, the feeling is still quite obvious.
"Smash it open!" Sun Fujia's face darkened, and he commanded towards the air.
However, the officials of Dali Temple who came with Sun Fujia were a little helpless, they came to handle the case, not to test the quality, how could there be tools to smash at this time? Is it difficult to bite with your teeth?
Li Yuanjing beckoned to Liu Hu, Liu Hu understood, strode forward directly, dispersed the people around him a little, and put a few problematic coins on the table.
Pulling out the big sword at his waist, he clicked down a few times, and the copper coin in question broke in response.
Of course, the rift is not so neat, but this does not prevent observing the internal situation.
"It's lead! Whole block of lead! After Liu Hu cut off the copper coin, the officials of Dali Temple immediately stepped forward to pick it up and looked at it carefully, and through the fracture, they could clearly see that there was a layer of silver-white items inlaid inside.
Everyone is actually no stranger to this kind of item, especially those who are elderly, and even more so.
During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang in order to make more money to spend, not only constantly reduce the weight of the money, but even added a large amount of lead to the back, the money in this period is called five baht white money, from the surface it is silvery-white, the copper content is very low, but the weight is heavier than the copper coin.
If you study more carefully and the equipment is more advanced, you will find that these leads also contain a certain amount of copper.
In fact, this is the five-baht white coin that is melted directly into the mold, and then forcibly added to it when making the copper coin.
The news in Qian Zhuang was instantly transmitted to the outside layer by layer, and even the voice gradually carried a trace of fear.
That's Dali Temple, I know if there is a problem with the money in my hand, once I am caught by Dali Temple, the whole person will be finished in an instant.
Most of these people present are just ordinary farmers, who can't read a single big character, and even most of them don't know, what is Datang's punishment for counterfeiting? There are still many people who think that it should be beheaded, Zhu clan!
So, at this time, the formation outside began to panic.
Since they have been discovered by the other party, what reason do they have to rush to their deaths?
No culture doesn't mean no brains, everyone can run when it's time to run.
'Stepping on ......'
Columns of troops came out of the shadows in an orderly manner, a hundred on each side of the east and west, although there were hundreds of people in the middle, far outnumbering the number of troops.
But there is such a little benefit between the markets, it is useless to have a lot of people, there is a wall at both ends, and the people in the middle can only surrender with their hands tied, and they can't find a place to run.
"Everyone line up, cooperate with the investigation of Dali Temple, if there is a mistake, behead!" The officers who led the two teams began to shout loudly.
Of course, they don't have the power to cut it directly, but it's scary, it's all the same thing.
The people who were blocked in the street instantly panicked, but there was continuous pressure from the army at both ends, as well as continuous shouting, at this time they could only tremble and line up, waiting for Dali Temple to check.
Some people even take advantage of this opportunity to quietly throw away the money on their bodies, catch thieves and catch stolen goods, and when the time comes, they will not be able to cure their own crimes if they have no money on them.
But they ignored why Li Yuanjing sent 200 people to block the road, and the road at both ends added up to less than 20 meters in length, with an average of 10 people in one meter, why?
Of course, in order to catch the stolen money, those soldiers who are not in a hurry to deal with the counterfeit money will naturally not touch them, but those who are not determined enough and choose to deal with the counterfeit money at this time will be directly pulled out and taken away by the guards who have split into countless squads, along with the money they just threw away.
For a while, when dozens of people were arrested, the rest of the people were instantly stunned, and now they still have to be arrested, and they will be arrested if they don't throw it away, which is very urgent! What should I do?
"Ah...... Someone fainted......"
A panicked voice came, and I saw a man in his thirties lying stiffly on the ground, convulsing all over his body.
The soldiers who were staring at the crowd also quickly noticed this and hurriedly ran over.
"Get up, it's useless to pretend to be dead!" The soldiers didn't come here to save people, but in this situation, there is a high probability that the goods on the ground are a counterfeit money holder, and this kind of movement is most likely to be able to escape this catastrophe.
"He didn't pretend, I saw him eat a lot of money just now......"
Several men who were going to take this way were stunned, and subconsciously stuffed back a handful of copper coins in their hands......