Chapter 049: The Treasure of the Town Store
"Zheng Gongzi, you can't say that, right?"
Let a postnatal boy scold like this, and the shopkeeper is also a little displeased. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, he opened the door to do business, so it was naturally inconvenient to offend these "gentlemen", so he had to restrain the resentment in his heart, and continued calmly: "What the old man said is fair, and this rule is also set by the two sons. ”
"You ......"
Zheng Yao was still arguing, but Liang Wenhan on the side spoke at this time: "Brother Zheng doesn't need to say it anymore, it's me who lost!" ”
When Lu Cheng heard this, he was a little impressed by this Liang Wenhan.
Those who are willing to gamble and lose are worthy of their own admiration.
Liang Wenhan smiled bitterly in his heart, he forced others to try his piano skills, but he didn't expect it to be such an ending, but he was convinced that he lost, so he got up and said: "Lu Gongzi's song is really good, and he is willing to bow down!" ”
Lu Cheng also got up and saluted back, and said modestly: "Agreed!" ”
Liang Wenhan was also refreshed, turned his head to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, bring me the best piano in your store, I bought it." ”
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper said: "Liang Gongzi, in fact, the piano that Lu Xianggong used just now is the best piano in our store, and it is not usually displayed, do you think you should buy this piano, or go to the store to choose the best one?" ”
Liang Wenhan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
This instrument?
This piano is not cheap, according to his estimates, this piano will cost a hundred taels of silver!
Previously, Liang Wenhan looked at the piano displayed in the piano shop, but it was not as good as the one he used, so he would add such a color to compete with Lu Cheng.
Now, he's kind of sorry.
However, if a gentleman says a word, he will whip the horse quickly, and what he has said will naturally be counted. He just wanted to open his mouth to ask about the price, but Zheng Yao on the side scolded again: "I said that you old horseman, Cheng wants to blackmail us, right?" Since it's the best instrument in your shop, why not put it out for people to see? Hmph, the color heads that Brother Liang just said are those that are put out in your store, not this one! ”
"Zheng Gongzi, what you said is a bit excessive, right?"
Lu Cheng found that Zheng Yao's qi was too narrow, and his mouth was not clean, so he couldn't help but sarcastically say: "This color head was proposed by you yourself, and now that you have compared, the victory and defeat are also known, so you are going to repay the debt?" I'm not very rare with this piano, but you behave like this, do you deserve the word gentleman? ”
The shopkeeper listened to his words, and was secretly grateful in his heart: "This Xiucai is really different from Xiucai, and the one surnamed Zheng is really not educated at all!" ”
"That's it!"
Liang Wenhan grabbed Zheng Yao's mouth, stopped him loudly, and then asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, how much do you sell this piano?" ”
The shopkeeper pondered for a while before replying: "This piano is the treasure of our store, and it sells for a whole number of dollars!" But ......"
He glanced at Lu Cheng and said with a smile: "If Liang Gongzi buys this piano and gives it to Lu Xianggong, the old man can give you a discount, how about eighty yuan?" ”
Lu Cheng was surprised when he heard this, and said that there was no business or treachery, but he didn't expect that this shopkeeper would be willing to look at his face and give a discount.
Speaking of which, I just helped him say something.
Lu Cheng naturally understands that people who do business can't lose money, this piano sells for eighty taels, and the shopkeeper should still be very profitable, otherwise it would be impossible to sell it at this price.
Liang Wenhan nodded, and turned to Zheng Yao and said, "Brother Zheng, I didn't bring so many entanglements with me when I went out this time, can you borrow some from me?" ”
"Are you crazy?"
Zheng Yao lost his voice and said, "Brother Liang, do you really want to buy this piano and give it to Lu Cheng?" ”
After he said this, he didn't forget to glance at Lu Cheng contemptuously, with a very disdainful expression.
"Brother Zheng doesn't need to persuade again, how can a gentleman be untrustworthy?"
Liang Wenhan replied to him, and then said to Lu Cheng: "Master Lu, there is another request below...... You can rest assured, whether you agree or not, this piano is yours. ”
As soon as he said this, Lu Cheng vaguely guessed what he wanted, and smiled generously: "Liang Gongzi wants this piano music, right?" It's just a tune, and it doesn't hurt to write it down for you. ”
Liang Wenhan's face was happy, and he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Lu!" ”
Lu Cheng was surprised to find that this Liang Wenhan's nature was actually not bad, but he was young and vigorous, and he was a little arrogant.
Liang Wenhan and Zheng Yao are both landlord families, and their families are relatively wealthy, although there are more than dozens of dollars, they can still get them.
In Kaifeng Mansion, Liang Wenhan naturally wouldn't carry so much money with him.
At this time, silver was not officially designated as a currency, and there were not many of them in circulation, and some small transactions were usually made in copper coins.
One or two pieces of silver can be folded into a thousand copper coins, that is, consistent money, which is not a small weight, and it will not be too easy to carry dozens or hundreds of dollars with you. However, there are some broken silver among the people, and the young master of the ordinary landlord's family has no problem with a dozen or twenty taels on his body, and he can exchange it for copper coins in the money bank.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court issued a kind of banknote - the Ming treasure banknote.
However, this treasure banknote is convenient, and it can also be used in the early Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court has regulations that gold and silver can be exchanged for treasure money, but treasure money cannot be exchanged for gold and silver.
In other words, the imperial court only issues and does not recycle, which is equivalent to issuing blank checks to the common people, which means that my silver ticket is worth so much money.
That's not all, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty didn't understand "economics", so there was a phenomenon of indiscriminate printing of treasure money, which in turn led to inflation. By now, it has been seriously depreciated, and the treasure banknote is only worth two cents.
The common people are not stupid, the depreciation of treasure money is worth so much, who is willing to accept this pile of waste paper as a treasure?
Therefore, the current Daming treasure banknotes cannot be circulated in the people at all.
Liang Wenhan's family is in Taikang County, so naturally he can't rush back to get money to buy the piano now, but Zheng Yao is from Lanyang County, and his home is in the county seat, so Liang Wenhan will borrow some money from him and make up eighty taels.
Although there were a thousand and ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, Zheng Yao still went home to get the money
Lu Cheng asked the shopkeeper for a pen and paper, and wrote down the score of "Sunset Drum". After writing, when he put down the pen in his hand and raised his head, he saw that the shopkeeper's eyes had been staring closely at the piece of paper, and he felt a burst of amusement in his heart, so he picked up the pen again and wrote out the second copy, handed it to him, and said, "The shopkeeper, this is what I gave you." ”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly thanked him, and took the score with both hands.
Without spending a penny, Lu Cheng took away the treasure of other people's town stores.
Taking such a big advantage and saying that you are not happy, it is fake.
While walking on the street, Lu Cheng asked, "Girl, today is the Begging Festival, what kind of gift do you want?" ”
"Huh? A gift? ”
Wang Xueyuan tilted her little head, thought about it very seriously, and said, "Brother, can you teach me to play the piano?" ”
"Okay, how did you come up with the idea to learn this?" Lu Cheng asked.
"Because...... Forget it, I won't tell you for the time being, hehe......"
After Wang Xueyuan finished speaking, she quickened her pace and walked forward, as if she was worried that Lu Cheng would be able to see some secret from her face.
Lu Cheng walked a few steps quickly to catch up with her and asked, "Why don't you buy something?" ”
"Then ......"
Wang Xueyuan tilted her little head again and thought about it before replying: "Buy two strings of rock sugar gourds!" ”
"Rock sugar gourd?"
Lu Cheng didn't expect that the little girl's request would be so simple, and she only needed two strings of rock sugar gourds to send it away.
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(PS: Recommend a book: "Recasting Tsinghua", a person travels through the story of Cixi's powerful country.) )