Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, this is a famous saying in the collecting world. Although the ancients also had a hobby of collecting antiques, since the An Lushan Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, for more than 200 years, there have been wars and chaos on the land of China, and the antique market has long existed in name only.

Therefore, whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, their wealth is stored in the form of money.

More than 200 years, the accumulation of several generations, even in times of war, still accumulated a huge amount of wealth. And the ancient money saving institution: the money bank. More greedy than the banks of later generations. When they deposit money in the bank, they will not only not pay interest, but they will also charge a lot of storage fees according to the amount of money.

That is to say, the grandparents saved a sum of money in the bank, and when it comes to the grandchildren, the money is basically all owned by the bank.

Such a wronged thing, if it were not for the long-distance business and the last resort, even a fool would not give away his own money.

Money is capital, and it naturally has all the characteristics of capital, among which the demand for appreciation is one of the greatest characteristics of capital.

Although the depreciation of money in ancient times was very slow, it still showed a trend of depreciation. During the period of Li Shimin in the former Tang Dynasty, the price of grain was only three wen a catty, but in the period of Zhou Shizong in the previous dynasty, even with the three orders of the imperial court, the grain still reached more than ten wen per catty.

Seeing that the wealth of his family is shrinking every day, it is really a very painful thing.

Ordinary people may not have too deep feelings about this, but they feel that the money they earned a few years ago could have bought more than a dozen catties of rice, but after storing the money for a period of time, they couldn't buy ten catties of rice.

Such a little error is really dispensable, but it is such a little error, for those wealthy families with millions of family assets, it is the loss of a large amount of money.

During the war, business was restricted, and although some people may have made a lot of war money, such people must have strong strength and backstage to rely on, and they are not allowed to fail, otherwise there will be a disaster of extermination.

A large amount of money needs a way to vent, and now someone is finally not afraid of death to come out and provoke, giving wealth a chance to increase its value, and more importantly, the new dynasty's two devastating and withering counterinsurgency gave these wealth owners endless confidence.

Everyone thinks that the new dynasty will not be as short-lived as the previous dynasties, and the new Song emperor, with a strong and soft personality, is really lacking in his decisive killing.

Even if the court blames it in the future, I'm afraid it will only be the first evil.

Since someone has a bigger head and likes the top cylinder, it must be fulfilled. Moreover, among the Jingshi, almost all the nobles are involved in this matter, even the emperor, I am afraid that there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the law does not blame the public, and the country of the new dynasty still needs to be maintained by everyone.

For Wen Qihang, collecting antiques is not something ordinary people can do. Even if he likes to collect some ancient coins in later generations, it is only because in addition to this, other antiques are often hundreds of thousands, millions of prices, and even more than 100 million, which is not something that ordinary people can participate in.

Now in ancient times, the world is full of all kinds of ancient money, in some places, the people are still using the Yonghui coins of the Tang Gaozong Li Zhi period, and even several dynasties before the Song Dynasty have not had time to issue their own currency, and continue to use the currency of the previous dynasty until its demise. Even the current Great Song Dynasty is still using the currency of the previous dynasty.

When the eyes are full of all kinds of ancient coins, and you can have as many as you want, you don't know what the future generations are so hard to accumulate those ancient coins for.

In ancient times, the only thing that can be called a hard currency is gold, and now Wen Qihang likes to put a few gold ingots in the bag he carries with him, in case of emergency, and he completely sneers at all kinds of copper coins.

Looking at the servant in front of him who was smiling like Maitreya Buddha, he sighed in his heart when he heard Qihang, and it seemed that he was going to lose a lot of money today.

Just let Ping Shiyuan's little pepper take away a big gold ingot, and now the only big gold ingot left in the bag seems to be unable to keep it.

"Congratulations to Lord Wen, congratulations to Lord Wen!" Wang Jien, the chamberlain holding Buddha Chen, smiled and bowed to Wen Qihang.

"What is Benjue's pleasure? You can't be scolding Benjue, are you? Wen Qihang said angrily. In an instant, there are no two big gold ingots, and I'm afraid anyone will be unhappy.

"........" Wang Jien rolled his eyes when he was angry, this damn thing smells like everything, especially in terms of money, it is called a generous, and meeting is a gold ingot. It's a pity that this broken mouth is really not welcome.

"Wenjue, look at what you said, how dare the little one scold you?" For the sake of the big gold ingots, Wang Jien decided to endure it.

Wen Qihang sighed and said: "Benjue was not only fined by His Majesty for a year, but also grounded for a month, but the king's chamberlain said congratulations to Benjue, isn't he scolding Benjue?" ”

Wang Jien couldn't help but smile and said: "My Wenjue, I can be fined by His Majesty for a year, that is a rare grace, how did it come to you, but it became a punishment?" ”

What do you call my Wenjue! Hearing being shouted like this by a eunuch, Wen Qihang was suddenly a spirit, and grinned: "Ah! Is it a punishment for me, or a grace for me? Forgive Benjue for being stupid! ”

Wang Jien shook his head helplessly and said: "Wenjue, this official has achieved your position, who still relies on Yulu to eat, if you really rely on Yulu to eat, can you get such a gold ingot?" ”

"It's Benjue's hard-earned earnings." Wen Qihang stared directly at the gold ingots in Wang Jien's hand and said.

Seeing that Qihang seemed to have the posture of regaining the gold ingots, Wang Jien hurriedly took the gold ingots back into the sleeve cage, patted it, and saw that it was put away, before continuing: "You don't care about this, Your Majesty won't care, the reason why you are punished is actually to tell others in disguise." At least during the period of your penalty, your official position must be as secure as a mountain.

You know, the royal family doesn't have the habit of letting others owe debts, how can you let you go if you don't pay it off. ”

Wen Qihang smiled bitterly and said: "So, Benjue still has to work for His Majesty for free for three years?" ”

"Part-time job?" Wang Jien was stunned.

"Yes, in a short period of time, Benjue was fined by His Majesty for three years, which means that Benjue will have to be an official for at least three years before he can repay His Majesty's salary." Wen Qihang lamented.

"Ah, yes, but that's a good thing!" Wang Jien really doesn't understand what there is to be depressed about when he hears Qihang, isn't it good to continue to be an official?

"What a good! Benjue also plans to return to his hometown at the age of twenty, and then marry a few beautiful wives and concubines, give birth to some lovely children, and live a happy pastoral life from then on.

Look at the water flowing eastward, and watch the sun fall in the west at dusk.

........

From now on, only the mandarin duck is not envious, and there are no more trivial things in the world that burden him........"

Seeing that the sound of setting sail began to depict the pastoral life in the future, Wang Jien couldn't help but sigh. This damn Wen Qihang, at the age of less than twenty, is already a very human minister, comparable to the ancient Ganluo, it is the time when he needs to work hard and do his best for the country.

But he's good, his mind is full of what a leisurely life, a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine. Wang Jien has reason to believe that this is definitely not a whim of Wen Qihang, otherwise he would not be able to say that he has such a nose and eyes, which shows that this idea has been thinking about it in his heart for a long time.

"Wenjue, the little one is still down to business." Wang Jien helplessly interrupted the chatter and said.

"Ah, by the way, Ben Jue hasn't asked the king's chamberlain what is the matter?" Wen Qihang slapped his forehead and said.

"........" Wang Jien couldn't help sighing in his heart, this has been going on for a long time, and even he almost forgot why he came.

"That's like this, the Queen Mother, her old man, didn't she say that she wanted to talk about a family affair for you? Now, after thousands of selections, she finally has some satisfactory candidates. Those little ladies are all born like flowers and jade, and they are knowledgeable. In two days, your grounding period will come, and the Queen Mother and her old man mean to let you go to the palace in person to see if there is anything you like. Wang Jien said.

"........" After listening to Wang Jien's intention, he was stunned when he heard Qihang, it seems that this old lady Du still has no heart to die!

"Wenjue, this is a grace, if it is an ordinary person, the Queen Mother and her old man will be directly named, so what other opportunity can you give." Seeing and hearing that he set sail in a daze, Wang Jien emphasized.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Wen Qihang sighed.

Wang Jien laughed and said, "Your Majesty said, let you watch it yourself!" ”

"........" this damn Zhao Lao Er, if you don't agree, you won't agree, you still want to be a filial son. What does it mean to push the puzzle onto yourself now?

"Wen Jue, eating the king's fortune and sharing worries for the king is the duty of a human minister." Wang Jien comforted.

"The problem is that Ben Jue has never received a salary." Wen Qihang gritted his teeth.

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(End of chapter)