Twelve columns of silver dollars lay quietly in the "silver dollar board". It is a kind of wooden board carved with semicircular grooves, and each column can hold fifty silver dollars, and twelve columns are six hundred oceans.

With one hand gently copied into the groove, the fifty silver dollars stacked up more than a palm high fell into the palm of the palm, and they remained unmoving. I saw that this hand trembled slightly, and all the silver dollars moved forward in unison for a short while, and then immediately stopped, only the most advanced one continued to slide towards the fingertips. And just as the silver dollar was about to fall on the tip of his finger, the other hand held a silver dollar and struck it cleanly, and then, with a clear sound of "ding", the silver dollar fell on a small square tray covered with a felt carpet.

"Fifteen, ten, fifteen, twenty......" With the continuous movement of these two hands, and the soft singing, one silver dollar after another splashed down, and fifty silver dollars instantly covered the entire tray. At this time, there were guys next to him who came to remove the old plate and replace it with a new one.

Gao Yi stopped talking with the shopkeeper and was attracted by the human-shaped banknote counter.

In the more than half a year since he came to this era, Gao Yi has seen a total of three methods of measuring silver dollars, one is the "blowing" method known to women and children in later generations, that is, two fingers are clamped in the center of the silver dollar, and the real silver dollar will make a "Yin" sound, which is slight but clear and long, and there is no fake one.

Naturally, it is impossible for merchants to use this method to inspect money. Large commercial houses or money banks, silver money comes and goes, there is a special method when counting, the right hand holds a silver dollar, the left hand is stacked vertically, with the thumb to push out the silver dollar one after another, the right hand knocks on the side of the silver dollar one by one, knocks on one side and listens, hears the sound is not good, immediately remove the dollar, and then knock again, until the whole stack of silver dollars is identified.

Small shops have fewer access, and in the era of two cents and a pound of rice, it is rare to encounter the direct use of silver dollars in ordinary life. Whenever he encounters a transaction of one dollar, the guy will directly throw the money on the counter of the thick wood, and the sound is crisp, and if the sound is mute, he will ask the guest to change it.

It is the first time that Gao Yi has seen such a trick of counting money today, and it should logically belong to a variant of the second method, but I don't know if it can be regarded as the fourth method, or it can only be regarded as someone's unique skill.

This Guanghefeng, he has been here twice before, the first time it was just a small business of fifteen yuan, and the second time it was one hundred and thirty yuan, and the amount was not too large, and it was received by the shopkeeper on the counter, and it was counted directly by the guy. Today is a big deal of 600 yuan, not only was he invited into the general manager's office of this era - the inner study, but the bookkeeper also came to show off his skills in person.

After the silver dollars were ordered, the two men carefully wrapped them in a stack of fifty pieces of old newspaper and put them into a backpack that Gao Yi had brought.

This is a British army-style square backpack, which Gao Yi specially went to find. The single-handed bag he used was a second-hand item cut by a doctor, and it looked like it could hold a lot of things, but as long as it was a little heavier, he always rubbed his legs and stomach when he walked, and he felt very unhappy when he carried it for more than 100 yuan last time, not to mention that this time it was 600 oceans and weighed more than 30 catties.

Fifty silver dollars in a stack, three stacks of square military bags can be placed in one horizontal row, twelve stacks are arranged in four rows, and the bottom of the bag is not even filled. The two attentive men also padded newspapers on all sides to prevent the silver dollars from swaying.

In the face of everyone's surprised eyes, Gao Yi asked two guys to help him hang the square military bag on his chest.

Hang the bag on your chest for safety reasons. Although the current public concession is safe and secure compared to 20 or 30 years later, petty theft is inevitable. After earning more than 100 yuan last time, he often chartered a rickshaw, but the traffic in these years is mixed with people and vehicles, and it is a narrow street, so how can he hold the bag in his arms when he puts it on the footrest.

"Mr. Gao, you can ask the guys in our store to help you deliver it to the house, this is really ...... If you are seen by the industry, I am afraid that you will laugh at the poor hospitality of our store. The shopkeeper, who was shocked by this non-mainstream backpack method that transcends time and space, couldn't help but say.

In fact, when it comes to service, this era is only more detailed than later generations, but last time Gao Yi resolutely refused the help of the store, and this time he brought his own backpack over, and it was clear that he wanted to carry it himself, so the shopkeeper didn't mention this stubble just now.

"It's really not necessary." Gao Yi waved his hand. It's not that he is hypocritical, and when he takes the money, he will immediately go to buy the raw materials, so he wants cash instead of bankers. Although he pays attention to buying low and selling high in business, his profit is as high as five times, and it is really inconvenient for the other party to know the raw materials he buys.

It's just that excuses are really hard to find, and it's hard to explain why a person is a good VIP and has to be a cow and a horse.

"Shopkeeper Liao, it's not that I'm polite, it's just ......" Gao Yi used his hands hard, picked up the square bag in his arms and shook it, "Only in this way can I feel the truth." ”

Coming out of the inner study, there is a courtyard with two entrances, the yard is not big, and it is a few steps over. Out of the door is the front yard, which is even more cramped, the overall structure is in the shape of a pistol, the large courtyard that originally belonged to the first entrance has been given way to the shop next door, and the courtyard wall is almost built against the row of houses where the guys work, and the distance between them is just enough to push into a wheelbarrow. On the left-hand side, along the roots of the walls on either side, is a dark corridor that leads to the façade facing the street.

Shopkeeper Liao kept sending Gao Yi out of the second door, and was about to turn into this dark alley, but a guy hurriedly ran behind him, whispering something to the bookkeeper and others behind him, and the scene suddenly became a little commotion.

Gao Yi stopped when he saw it, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Liao, there seems to be something important coming from behind, you better ask first." ”

Shopkeeper Liao frowned a little when he saw this chaos, and then the bookkeeper took two steps to his ear and said a few words, so the frown became tighter and tighter.

Seeing this situation, Gao Yi was embarrassed to ask him to send it again, and said, "Shopkeeper Liao, it's important to deal with the matter, please stay." Seeing that the shopkeeper was still polite, he said: "I'm only a few steps away, will I still be lost, why should the shopkeeper be so polite, it's not good to delay the business." ”

Shopkeeper Liao nodded and said: "There is indeed something wrong behind our account, and Mr. Gao also knows that the affairs of major customers must not be neglected, so they can no longer be sent, please forgive me." With that, he arched his hand.

"Well said." Gao Yi also arched his hand, indicating understanding.

Guanghefeng is a cigarette paste shop, and the backyard workshop is the top priority, so the store site is located in the place facing the Suzhou Creek, and the back door is Baowen Wharf, and all large transactions can be completed directly in the backyard. On the contrary, the front façade is not very important because it is only used for retail, and it is only one room wide.

Shopkeeper Liao turned his head and ordered, "Ah Sheng, you accompany Mr. Gao to the door to see if there is anyone who needs help." He turned back to Gao Yi and said again: "Mr. Gao, thank you for your patronage, I am very honored to have my name, please go well." ”

"Where, but I will be blessed with your patronage." Gao Yiyan patted the square bag with silver dollars on his chest, and the two laughed and said goodbye to each other. Shopkeeper Liao led a group of people to rush inside, and Gao Yi led the way to the outside with Ah Sheng.