Jianzhong is a special case, and it is also Zu Mu's plan for the death of these merchants in advance according to Tianhao's request. Of course, Jianzhong himself did not know anything about this. His mind was full of beautiful yearning for wealth, and he came to Rock City with a good hope for a better future, and he did give enough money to Zumu, fifty taels of gold was not a lot at all.

Jianzhong did not lie.

He is indeed a relative of His Majesty the Lion King...... Distant relatives, the kind that hardly moves, are so far away that the Lion King doesn't remember that there is such a person in the family, but this does not prevent Jianzhong from becoming a special peat supplier for the Lion royal family on the grounds of royal blood.

Everyone wants to maximize profits, and Tianhao is no exception.

The wholesale price of peat he set was not too high, but he had to set a threshold for it. This is the same as the interpretation of the word "nobility", rare and noble, and only those who meet certain conditions are eligible to join.

Zumu is the first threshold, and only those who have paid up the gold and silver can get a letter of introduction.

Not every rich person can participate in it, "anti-counterfeiting" is the second threshold, and it is also a public performance agreed between Tianhao and Zumu.

The letter of introduction in Jianzhong was indeed from Zumu's hand. Compared to the other ten letters of introduction, this document was poorly papered and not stamped. Zu Mu wouldn't tell Jianzhong that this was a pit, a tragic mystery that had to be reached in Rock City to be uncovered in public. The young lord needs a liar, so you have to swagger and show it to everyone with a fake document that is obviously flawed.

It's actually a gamble.

Letters of introduction are precious and are a secret that is exclusive to every merchant who has exchanged real money for the purchase of peat from Zumu. Of course, such an important thing should be carried with you, and even if the merchants traveled together, it was extremely unlikely that they would take it out and show off to each other. Even old friends, no matter how close they are, keep leaking their hole cards in the face of financial interests. I know you have it, and you know I have it, so hold on to it, and everyone will go their own way.

That's what Tianhao means by "communication".

Jianzhong never showed his letter of introduction to others along the way, and neither did others. He didn't know that he had spent a lot of money on a fake.

"You have the audacity to deceive me." Tianhao gave a fierce order to the guards: "Cut off his head and hang it on the city gate for public display." ”

Crying and struggling had no effect, and no one would stand up to help Jianzhong speak at this time. No one is blind, everyone clearly saw that it was Jianzhong who took out the letter of introduction, and the traces of forgery were too obvious...... It's no wonder that people who are bent on getting rich tend to act crazy and stupid. He definitely didn't go through the formal channels to spend money on Zumu, but used other ideas to find out the style and text content of the letter of introduction from other people, and forged a copy of it, and as a result, it was exposed to the young lord.

Even if there are no real forgers now, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will use their brains in this area in the future. A living example is more effective than any verbal deterrence. No one is afraid of doctrine on paper, and dead man's head speaks louder than any words.

The grinning human head was quickly sent up, the severed neck was plastered with lime, the eyes rolled over, the slightly swollen lips, the horror and unwillingness that were forever frozen on the face...... All this seemed meaningless to the living, and a few merchants even let out a silent sneer, secretly celebrating the absence of another competitor.

"Now, let's talk about our business!" Tianhao announced loudly and sat back in his chair.

Wu Ji walked into the hall through the side door with three young priests, all of them holding various weighing utensils.

There was no long bargaining, and Tianhao's pricing was not too high, and even slightly lower than the psychological expectations of the merchants, which ensured that they had good profits, and the Rock City side could also empty the yard in a short period of time, and there was no longer a backlog of peat.

Everything went smoothly until both parties agreed on how to pay.

The young lord's attitude was very resolute: "Rock City does not accept lion currency, I only need gold and silver. ”

He paused: "And this kind of money. ”

Tianhao casually took out a few newly minted gold and silver coins from his pocket, handed them to the Eagle Clan merchant standing nearby, and distributed them to the others.

The fine coins immediately caused an exclamation among the merchants.

"I've never seen this kind of money before, and it's really good."

"This should be a special mold, very regular, the pattern on both sides is very beautiful, and here, you see, the polishing is very smooth, and it doesn't feel rough at all."

"It's heavy, it's mixed with gold, it's a real gold coin."

When the discussion gradually subsided, a tall merchant stepped out, he bowed to Tianhao, and asked seriously: "My lord, is this the newly minted currency of the Niu clan?" ”

Tianhao stared at him and did not answer directly: "This currency is currently only circulating in my territory. ”

The merchant had a look of surprise on his face, "In that case, why don't you accept the currency of our lion clan?" ”

"Because your money is so fake." A sarcastic smile appeared on Tianhao's face: "To put it simply, it is a lack of silver. ”

The Leon Clan merchant frowned, he reached out and took out a few Leon Silver Coins from his pocket, and placed them with the newly minted silver coins in his left hand: "Your Excellency, please see, this is our Leon Clan's silver coins. I'll admit that the Leon are not as good as you in terms of metalmaking technology and technology, but that's all there is to it, you can weigh the two silver coins, and the deficiencies can be listed separately and supplemented in the total amount of the transaction. ”

Tianhao stared at him: "You don't seem to understand what I mean." A piece of ordinary metal, a real piece of silver, can they be worth the same? ”

The lion merchant frowned: "My lord, I didn't mean to offend you, but I don't understand, the silver coin you just took out, whether it is the appearance or weight, is not much different from our lion silver coin, why do you say that our money does not contain silver?" ”

Tianhao sneered: "Do you want to know the answer?" No problem, I can tell you right now. ”

He snapped his fingers, and the priests walked forward quickly, Broken Tooth and the guards brought two tables from the side room, and a large wooden box. When they lifted the lid of the box, they saw that it contained a variety of familiar weighing utensils, as well as a heavy piece of bright silver metal.

"It's a piece of sterling silver." Tianhao pointed to the piece of metal and said seriously, "If you have any objections to this, you can test it in the way you think is correct. Don't worry, any method will do, breaking or cutting won't change its value. ”

"I'll try." The Eagle Merchant stepped forward with a dark eye, rolled up the sleeves of his clothes, cut some from the surface of the silver with his knife, and examined them carefully into the sunlight.

The merchants didn't know what kind of medicine Tian Hao was selling in his pocket, but they became interested in Tian Hao's methods and words, and gathered around Dark Eye, quickly determining that it was a piece of sterling silver.

Some people also felt unwilling: "This piece of silver should be smashed flat to see if there is adulteration in it." ”

No one agreed with him, although everyone thought he had some point.

Tianhao said calmly: "This piece of silver weighs a kilogram and is real sterling silver. ”

Including the dark eyes, the merchants nodded slightly, but they didn't understand what the young lord was trying to say.

Wu Ji walked over and took the silver from Darkeye's hand.

As he was doing this, one of the priests took a large wooden basin from the nearby ground and placed it on the table, while the other priest stooped down and took a small basin from the chest, put it into the large basin on the table, and poured water into the small basin, filling it up soon so that the water was just level with the edge of the basin.

In front of everyone, Wu He held the silver nugget with both hands and gently put it into the water, and as the silver nugget fell, the excess water was squeezed out, slowly flowing down the edge of the basin, and gathering in the large wooden basin at the bottom.

It's a very simple action, nothing surprising, anyone can do it. The merchants did not know what to do, but they watched as Wu and carefully grabbed the sides of the small tub with both hands, lifted it high, and took it out of the large tub. When he had done all this, the priest who was waiting beside him tilted the large wooden basin and poured the water into a clay cup.

"You've all seen it, it's a kilogram of sterling silver pressed out of a basin." Tian Hao's voice revealed an element of wisdom, and he looked at the lion merchant: "Next, you take out a kilogram of lion silver coins, redo the process just now, and let's see if we can press out the same amount of water from the basin?" ”

Archimedes was a great man, and he created a special method for checking the gold and silver content of the crown without damaging it.

The northern barbarians' concept of weights and measures is genetic, and they have a deep understanding of length and weight. Balances have long been in existence, and all tribes have used lead weights, with the difference being that some have large scales, and the goods weighed sometimes weigh hundreds of kilograms.

Seeing that the water overflowing from the wooden basin far exceeded the amount in the pottery cup, the lion merchant couldn't help but be anxious, he did it several times in a row, each time he was very careful, but he couldn't change the fact in front of him.

"This is impossible, this is a silver coin personally approved by His Majesty the Lion King." He was annoyed and angry, and the volume of his speech suddenly increased: "There must be something wrong with this piece of silver, it must not be pure silver." ”

Tianhao smiled faintly: "I am a fair person. Since you think so, then I'll give you a suggestion. ”

He stood up from his throne and looked around: "You have come from afar to buy peat, and you must have brought some silver with you in addition to the lion money. So let's do it once with your silver, and I've got the tools here, and you cut it yourself, a kilogram of sterling silver, no more, no less. ”

No one refused, and that was indeed the fairest test.

A few minutes later, looking at the clear water in another pottery cup, the angry lion merchant completely lost his temper. He lowered his head, stared at the silver coin in front of him with a glazed gaze, and muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Why is this happening? His Majesty personally issued an edict, this is a real silver coin, a real silver! ”

Tianhao shattered the last line of defense in his heart with cold words: "You don't actually have much silver in your money. Iron, lead, and a few other things look like real silver on the surface, but they can be tested for non-damage in this way. Hum! In this world, many things can deceive our eyes, and only by touching them with our own hands and comparing and measuring them is the way to test truth and lies. ”

The other businessmen present looked solemn and silent.

In fact, they also have the same question in their hearts, but the lion silver coin has been used for so long, and the lion king himself issued an edict as a guarantee, and the subconscious has a psychology of acceptance of this currency. At this moment, this matter was exposed by Tianhao, and they felt that the entire values and logical framework were shaken.

The Eagle Clan merchant stepped forward with a dark eye and said respectfully to Tianhao, "My lord, I want to try it with the kind of newly minted silver coins you had before, I wonder if it is allowed?" ”

Tianhao smiled and nodded: "Do what you think!" ”

He then gestured to Broken Tooth, who turned away knowingly, and when he reappeared, he had a large money bag in his hand, which was opened to fill it with newly minted Ox Clan silver coins.

Comparisons can debunk lies and prove the strong value of the new coinage.

The measuring tools of the northern barbarians are far less accurate than those of the civilized era, but the error is still acceptable. The era of civilization lasted for thousands of years, and countless gold and silver forgers went forward and succeeded like moths to a fire to turn stones into gold, and they accumulated a lot of experience, whether it was the police or the government in later generations, they learned from the experience of gold and silver fraud cases, so as to amend the rules, and check and fill in the gaps in the constantly improving forgery methods and techniques.

Archimedes' volumetric displacement measurement, though brilliant, worked only in his time. In later generations, a large number of complex alloy formulas appeared, and the silver content of a single silver coin was even reduced to 40%, which can still be supplemented by alloys that have changed the molecular structure.

The high technology of the cattle family in metal forging and alloy ratio is reflected. After Tianhao's careful calculations, the silver content of a single coin of the new currency can be reduced to 65%. Coupled with the semi-automatic stamping process, exquisite patterns, and meticulous polishing, both in terms of quality and appearance, all of them are superior to the lion silver coins.

The left hand holds the test method, and the right hand grasps the value rules, which is the future market foundation that Tianhao needs.

The water discharge detection method is simple and clear, and who dares not believe it with a whole piece of pure gold and sterling silver as a witness?

It is not for nothing that scientists are fools and liars. At least in this barbaric era, Tianhao is indeed qualified to pretend to be a ghost.

"Pure gold, pure silver, or the newly minted Ox Clan's currency, only these three currencies can be accepted by Rock City."

Tianhao once again showed a charming smile on his face: "Of course, I can also accept grain and cloth of equal value, as well as other materials that have been negotiated and mutually recognized by both parties to the transaction. ”