Chapter 45 Currency Exchange

Yesterday I was a little tired, I slept soundly, I felt that my legs were heavy, and it seemed that a mountain was pressed on it. Ma Chao opened his eyes slightly, thinking about what was wrong, could it be that he was pressed by a ghost? Just as he was thinking about it, his eyes skimmed at his feet, and the huge tanuki was curled up on it, sleeping soundly. Ma Chao exposed his arm, the stove had been extinguished, and it was really cold.

However, Ma Chao couldn't take care of so much, he was angry, everyone slept, let this lazy cat guard the door, I didn't expect to sleep so unreliable. I was about to slap it hard, and my hands came out of the warm quilt, and my heart softened again.

sighed, touched the head of the big lazy cat, the big raccoon cat opened its eyes comfortably, looked at Ma Chao, and fell asleep again. At this time, Wang Wu walked in to see Ma Chao wake up, and asked Ma Chao what to do today? Ma Chao thought about it and said that the eldest lady is skilled in horses, and she should have arrived at the Shenzhou military camp last night, but even if the army is fast, it will not arrive in a day, and she can't wait today. also said that when that Lord Yang calmed down, he would definitely be able to guess that Ma Chao and these people were hiding in Xianping Mansion.

Wang Wu nodded, and said that the spicy girl roasted some dry food in the stove to satisfy her hunger for the time being. The hot girl has a bad temper, but she is careful in taking care of people, in addition to roasting dry food, she also fills the wine bag with milk, boiled water, and drinks some milk tea.

Ma Chao looked at the milk tea, and asked casually, are you from the grassland? The hot girl looked at Ma Chao and said that we are not familiar enough to tell you about our life experience. Ma Chao was silent, took a sip of milk tea, and ate the roasted buns. Ma Chao and Wang Wu said that they would go to Qianzhuang today.

Money banks were private in ancient times, not as good as now, there was interest on depositing money, and at that time there was a fee for exchanging copper coins. Ma Chao is not familiar with ancient currency and living prices, otherwise he would not have sold the house for 400 yuan. According to the price of goods, even if a house is in the village, it is worth at least four yuan, and if the horse is in a hurry, it will also cost two.

The first time I entered the money village, the money village was like a tube building, with strong local arms, Wang Wu also said that he could feel that in this money village, there were inner masters to protect him, and persuaded Ma Chao not to mess around. Ma Chao and Wang Wu said, you don't have confidence in yourself. When Wang Wu heard this, the sweat left down his forehead, and he quickly wiped it with his cuffs.

The money village was the most powerful place in ancient times, after all, this is the money transaction, if you can't even keep the money bank, who would dare to come here to do business. This time when he came to Qianzhuang, Ma Chao brought dozens of dollars and nearly 100 taels of silver.

The name of the money village is Jinlong Qianzhuang, and here is a rudder, and the Jinlong Qianzhuang is all over the Jin country, and even the Huizi of the Southern Song Dynasty can trade. Huizi was the paper money of the time, also called the banknote. There are large and small bills.

The large banknotes are fifty, thirty, and ten, and the small banknotes are consistent, five hundred, and one hundred.

Because he was not familiar with it, Ma Chao handed over the exchange to Wang Wu. Ma Chao himself held an appreciative attitude and watched this money village, which was airtight, with small windows and sealed horizontally and vertically with iron bars. The roof is high, there are two floors, and the outer wall is smooth, and it is impossible for anyone who does not have kung fu to climb it with his bare hands. After entering the door, the courtyard can see a rockery, which is called opening the door to the mountain, bypassing the rockery clear water, you can see the plaque, the plaque says the golden dragon money village, with the wild grass, the dragon flying phoenix dance of the lacquer gold characters are particularly magnificent. Along the plaque, you enter the coin exchange hall, where the stewards of the hall sit on high chairs, like pawnshops, and the exchangers need to look up.

For large exchanges, you need to bypass the hall, and in the single room built of iron and wood at the back, the single room is divided into heaven, earth and people. Ma Chao opened his eyes, and he was quite happy to see it, seeing that there were a few vicious dogs in the yard, and he was still close to the past.

The guards in the courtyard were surprised that the big black dog, who didn't even dare to approach his own family on weekdays, waged his tail at Ma Chao kindly, and Ma Chao touched the dog's forehead, revealing a surprised look. The burly guard walked over, and Ma Chao moved away from the dog.

At this time, Wang Wu walked out, his face flushed, and his breathing was uneven, obviously he had just been angry with others. Ma Chao asked what was wrong, and Wang Wu said that the people here guessed their identities and deliberately embarrassed.

Ma Chao was not angry, after all, this was money laundering. When asked how difficult it was, Wang Wu said that Qian Zhuang asked for seventy and a half. Ma Chao is still a little puzzled, what is this embarrassing, isn't the exchange rate like this?

There is a flood of banknotes, and if you exchange them, generally a thousand banknotes will only be exchanged for 750 copper coins, which is the so-called seventy and a half. So when Wang Wu said seventy and a half, Ma Chao was still wondering, what is this difficult, isn't this an ordinary level?

Wang Wu knew that Ma Chao had misunderstood, so he explained that seventy and a half percent of what he said was that Qian Zhuang used 750 banknotes to give them 1,000 copper coins, so that when they were upside down, half of the money in their hands would be lost. As soon as Ma Chao heard the explanation, he was annoyed, saying that he was looking for a theory that Qian Zhuang was in charge.

Wang Wu said that the person in charge was an old master, and he didn't understand bullshit. Wang Wu's temper is not good, he was forced to be anxious today, and quietly said to Ma Chao that let Ma Chao go first, he was going to make a big fuss in this money village. Ma Chao said that Wang Wu is a person who is inseparable from emotion and reason in his bones, and he still pretends to be old when he has nothing to do. Wang Wu was so angry by Ma Chao that he couldn't speak, Ma Chao walked up to a guard with a smile and said to the guard, let you take care of things to come and see me.

The guards ignored him and flipped Ma Chao with white smoke, which means, what kind of identity is the adult of our family, can I come to see you casually? Ma Chao was not in a hurry, and slowly said a few words to the guard, but the voice was not loud, and the guard's face was so frightened that he left in a hurry.

After a while, a scholar with an iron fracture fan walked out, said a few words of admiration, and introduced himself that his friends called him Mr. Stink. Ma Chao asked why it was called stinky and not fragrant, Mr. Stinky laughed, saying that he stayed with money all day and was contaminated with copper smell, so he called Mr. Stink, Mr. Stinky also said that he exchanged it with Ma Chao at the official price, and every money he spent was sending Ma Chao fifty bills. The more you exchange, the more you give, that is to say, Ma Chao can exchange 700 yuan for 1,000 yuan. Ma Chao said to exchange a small bill of 100 yuan, and Mr. Stinky said that there was no problem.

The old master in charge of the hall asked the number, invited Ma Chao and Wang Wu to the herringbone room, carefully counted the copper coins, and exchanged them. Wang Wu asked Ma Chao in wonder, what did he say to the guards? Why is that stinky gentleman so easy to speak, Ma Chao said, in fact, he just talked about the deployment of Qianzhuang's guards? He also added, it's very tight, and we will definitely not be able to grab it. The deployment of Qian Zhuang is the top secret of Qian Zhuang, where did Ma Chao know about it.

Ma Chao didn't explain, and guided Wang Wu's gaze with his hand, falling on the big black dogs that were chained.