In the New Year of the 11th year of Tianbao, the whole Chang'an was filled with a festive situation, with the issuance and circulation of Datang gold and silver coins, the four seas money village was born, and instantly became the most lively and crowded place in Chang'an.

From the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the headquarters of Sihai Qianzhuang in Chang'an East City, as well as the five branches of the West Market, Jinchengfang, Anxingfang, Yong'anfang, and Zhaoguofang, were surrounded by the people of Chang'an who came to exchange Datang gold and silver coins.

Fortunately, Xiao Qubing had the foresight, and he thought of dispatching Chang'an early in the morning, and the officials of the two counties in Wannian maintained order, so there was no chaos. After the initial chaos, the people and merchants also learned to queue for the first time, and the scene was lively but orderly.

A notice was posted at the gate of the Xishi Qianzhuang, and the steward of the Qianzhuang shouted: "All people can exchange with their households, and each household is limited to two Datang gold coins, fifty Datang silver coins, and forty silver beans."

Each gold coin is worth ten thousand, silver is worth five hundred, and silver beans are fifty. Everyone should pay attention, Sihai Money Village does not accept bad money, please check by yourself if you use Kaiyuan Tongbao to exchange, if we find a bad money, it will not be exchanged.

Those who exchange silk silk, please also check yourself, if the silk is found to be sandwiched with ash powder or shoddy, it will not be exchanged, and you will line up in vain. ”

The Tang Dynasty has money and silk at the same time, money has bad money, silk silk also has bad silk, the imperial court stipulates that a silk shall not be less than twelve taels, so there are a small number of people to sprinkle ash powder in the silk silk to gain weight. For this reason, the Tang Dynasty city order was strictly managed and supervised, and if the two parties to the transaction had a disagreement on the quality and value of the silk silk, they could ask the officials of the city order to adjudicate. It can be seen how troublesome it was for the Tang Dynasty to use money.

Ten long queues. A rich man lined up for more than an hour. When he finally came to the counter, the strong man beside him who was carrying something hurriedly put one hundred and four silk silks on the counter.

The rich man took out the household, took out a money bag and two strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao, and said loudly: "One hundred and four horses of good silk, two hundred copper coins, a total of forty-seven thousand yuan, I want to exchange a full set." ”

Five employees of Qianzhuang hurriedly counted the number, and randomly selected ten horses to check the quality, and each time ten horses were tried in turn. After everything was correct, the salesman at the counter handed over a bag of Datang gold coins, silver coins, and silver beans that had already been ordered to the scribe.

The rich man came to the side with the money bag, took out a Datang silver coin from it, pinched the center of a silver coin with his thumb and index finger, blew hard, put it in his ear and listened carefully, a clear and long trill came, and then he walked out of the gate of the money bank with a smile on his face.

The strong man followed. Very dogged: "Ah Lang, the money bag is heavy." Do you want me to carry it? ”

"It's less than two pounds, how can it be heavy?" The rich man took out a Datang silver coin and a silver bean from the money bag, and said with a smile and disgust: "I know that you just carried more than 100 horses of silk and worked hard, so I will give you a sound, and the silver beans will reward you." ”

The attendant took the silver coin and the silver bean, blew and blew, listened and listened, and the whole person laughed so much that he could not see his teeth.

This Datang gold and silver coin is good, just now I was carrying eighty catties of things, I was so tired that I was half dead, after exchanging it into Datang gold and silver coins, it was not even two catties, it was small and light, and Ah Lang hung it directly on the belt.

After the popularization of Datang gold and silver coins, he followed Ah Lang to somewhere, and he no longer had to carry dozens of catties of silk silk or copper coins, thinking about how beautiful it was.

"Ah Lang, go back now?"

The rich man who was about thirty years old listened to the discussions of the people in line all the way, frowned, and said, "Go to the restaurant." ”

The two walked to a restaurant, the time was late noon, the restaurant was crowded with diners drinking and dining, and the two had to share a table with a ranger swordsman in Datang.

The rich family ordered the wine and food, and the cousin enthusiastically introduced: "The guest officer has just exchanged the Tang gold and silver coins from the Four Seas Money Village?" ”

The rich man nodded: "What?" ”

The cousin said loudly: "That's the case, if we use Datang silver coins to pay the bill here, each silver coin can be used as five hundred and seventy wen." The guest officer, your meal fee is a total of 730 Wen, if the guest officer pays the bill with Datang silver coins, he only needs to pay one silver coin and three silver beans, and we will find you 11 Wen. ”

The rich man smiled lightly: "It has risen rapidly, yesterday it was still a silver coin as 550 wen, and now it is 570 wen." ”

The cousin said happily: "Isn't it? How convenient this silver coin is, it is light and simple, and it also has a credit guarantee, so you don't have to worry about fakes. Compared with copper coins and silk silks, which are heavy and troublesome, naturally everyone is willing to accept silver coins. Guest officer, are you? ”

"I use silver coins."

The cousin left happily, and the strong man hurriedly said, "Ah Lang, I was on the road just now, but I heard someone talking about it, saying that the black market price of a silver coin is now almost 580 Wen. ”

"It's okay, it's not bad for this money." The rich man said with a smile, he was deaf and clear-sighted, and of course he had heard it a long time ago.

The two began to bow their heads to drink and eat food, the rich man was obviously very good to the servants, the strong man ate the same wine and food as him, not to mention, he ate a lot, and the rich man didn't care, he ate in small bites, and listened carefully to the conversation in the restaurant.

As one of the most lively restaurants in the West Market, Huayuelou has always been a distribution center for all kinds of news, and those who get the latest news also love to show off to others in Huayuelou.

During this time, the most talked about in Chang'an City was naturally the issuance of gold and silver coins in the Tang Dynasty, followed by the news at the Yuan Day Dynasty, but the most eye-catching thing was about Xiao Qu's illness.

"I heard that the price of Datang silver coins in the black market is still rising, and speaking of which, we can now have convenient silver coins, and it is not all thanks to the Anxi Army and Liang Guogong.

Especially Liang Guogong, if it weren't for him, I am afraid that this silver coin would not be like Kaiyuan Tongbao, and there would be a flood of bad money. Liang Guogong has done a great thing for our merchants, but now he is unlucky. A chubby wealthy businessman was crying out loudly for Xiao Qu's illness.

"You don't know yet? He is no longer Liang Guogong, and on the first day after the end of the holiday yesterday, the messenger on his body was cleaned up by the emperor.

Even the title of Duke of Liang failed to keep, and he was demoted from the Duke of Guogong from the first rank to the Shouchang County man from the fifth grade, and the errand also became the palace from the fifth grade.

From a general who commanded all the forbidden troops in Chang'an, he became an inappropriate petty official who was responsible for taking care of the emperor's diet and daily life. "A man from a family who looks like a son.

A student looked worried: "You say, can he still get up this time?" Didn't he also be grounded by His Majesty last time and bullied by Wang Jie, but suddenly reversed within a day? (To be continued.) )