The entry and exit of subordinates or stewards like them, unless they are old people who often come and go in the house, are generally not familiar maids, and they have to carry waist cards when they go out.

Otherwise, you won't let it in, which is also for the safety of the backyard.

When Xiaoju greeted the porter, Tianyan said goodbye to them and left.

Tilt Yan came out of the side door by herself, looking at the wide and deserted street in front of her.

Although this side is the end of West Street, it is different from the end of the road in Handcheng before.

Although there is also a clearing and a drainage ditch, the opposite side of the drainage ditch is not directly the city wall, but a forest, and the trees in it are not dense, probably for fear of hiding people in it.

Tilt Yan retracted her gaze and looked at the street again, it was a little wider than yesterday, it should be that it was not as bright as it was during the day.

There are not many people here, just a few people walking on the road, and the clothes on their bodies are very plain, they should be the subordinates who came out to do business in various mansions.

In ancient times, the class was strict, and ordinary people would not wander around the streets where large families gathered.

One is afraid that he will inadvertently bump into a noble person and cause an unwarranted disaster, and the other is afraid of being considered a malicious or thief.

Those people were doing their own things and didn't pay attention to others, but Tianyan, a little girl who didn't look like a subordinate at that stop, was still quite conspicuous, and people not far away subconsciously looked over.

Tilt Yan retracted her eyes and walked east the same way she had taken when she came here yesterday.

Her pace was very fast, because it was dark on the way here, although they were driving the donkey cart, they were groping forward, so they walked for more than half an hour to arrive, and she was now on the road alone, plus knowing the direction, and it took about twenty minutes to reach the intersection yesterday.

The intersection of people coming and going is much wider than that of Hancheng, and if the street on the side of Handcheng can say that three carriages can walk side by side, then four carriages can walk side by side, which will widen the distance of one carriage.

Standing at the crossroads, Qian Yan didn't need to be ugly and ugly to probe with her divine sense, she could see far away at a glance.

Sure enough, the east and south sides were also the most lively, they had come in from the north gate before, and they knew that there were no shops there, and it should be the place where some soldiers and their families who defended the city lived, and now it was the most deserted place except for the west.

Qian Yan quietly glanced at her watch, it was now 8:24 in the morning, the sun had already risen, but it was not too hot.

There are already a lot of people on the east side and the south side, especially on the south side, where you can see the crowd of people.

At this time, I heard Chouchou say to her: "Yanyan, this city is quite interesting, didn't we see a lot of villagers who went out from the north gate yesterday?" I thought they should have come in through the north gate today, but no, they came in through the south gate.

And I see that the city gate on the north gate is still closed, and it seems that the four city gates are not opened and closed at the same time.

The south side is like a farmer's market, all of which sell some grain, vegetables and the like, and the farmers who set up stalls will come before dawn, so the south city gate is the earliest to open, and it is estimated that in order to be well managed, it is closed early at night.

The city gate on the north side of the city opened late and closed late, and those who left the city later could only go out through the north gate. ”

Hearing this, Qian Yan asked curiously, "Can't you see these, right?" That's all guessing, you guess? ”

Ugly and proudly said: "Even if I guess, it should be eight or nine inseparable, don't you think it makes sense?" ”

Qian Yan nodded in agreement, "That's right, then do you see the West Gate and the East Gate?" What about the two gates? ”

Chou Chou looked at both sides and replied again: "The west gate is also closed now, and there are many fewer guards than the north gate, only six.

The east gate is open, and there are people and vehicles coming in and out, do you know, there is a big river not far from the east gate, and there is also a man-dug moat outside the city gate, it seems that that there is the main gate of the city. ”

Qian Yan thought about it for a while, when they came from Hancheng before, it seemed that they had been walking in the southwest direction, and the east gate was not necessarily due east, it could be northeast, just opposite there.

Generally speaking, except for some fortifications such as moats built around the entire city wall, moats and other fortifications are built in places where there is little water.

The back of this kind of city is usually either leaning against the mountain, or it is the city on its own side, as if it is a war, leaving the back to the comrades, and the shields and weapons are facing the front.

Therefore, it is normal that there are more soldiers guarding the city at the east and north gates.

Probably knowing the topography of this city, it is not good for Tilt Yan to stand on the side of the cross street all the time, and people must not suspect that she is a spy who came to survey the terrain of the city!

Especially her clothes, which are quite eye-catching, after all, there are soldiers patrolling the city from time to time.

Chouhou: "Where are we going now?" Is it going south or east? ”

"Of course, let's go to Dongdajie first, there are pawnshops and money farms over there, let's go and exchange the gold for silver tickets first, the province has a lot of long nights and dreams, and there are some temporary changes."

Tilt Yan said to it as she walked towards the east.

Ugly: "Yeon-yeon, I suddenly thought of a question. ”

Tilt Yan: "What's the problem?" ”

"You didn't tell Xue Minghua before, I still feel a little inappropriate to suddenly give her the silver ticket, or let's find another reason."

Of course, Qian Yan knows that it is a bit of a problem to give it directly, but it is not that she has not enough time to arrange it thoroughly, of course, even if she doesn't give it, it will be fine, anyway, no one knows that she took it, mainly because she can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

"Anyway, I'm going to give it out, just say that it was from the Chen family, she loves to believe it or not, and it doesn't mean to give it now, I'm too lazy to push it around with her, and when we leave, just stuff it for her and leave, and then I won't be able to find it if I want to."

Although Tilt Yan can also ask Chou Chou to help, silently put it in the baggage they carried before, but it is not good not to say it clearly, and it is more likely to cause misunderstandings.

Of course, you can also write a letter to her or leave it, but think about your own calligraphy, forget it, or don't be ashamed.

For traditional Chinese characters, Qian Yan can read, read, and write, which is almost meaningless, either missing arms or legs.

There are too many strokes in traditional Chinese characters, and she often misses them when she writes, and it is likely that the words will be different.

And she also mastered the brush is not very good, although she learned the brush with her father, but it is limited to writing couplets and blessing words during the New Year, so that she can write small letters on a small letter paper, she can't come, or give it in person.

"Wait a while, let's exchange the silver ticket, and then go around the East Street, and go around the shops to buy some things, and then let's go to the South Market to ask about the price of donkeys."

When the time comes, we will sell the donkey and the cart to him, we can't take it away anyway, I think they shouldn't be able to use Xue Minghua in this way, and when the time comes, the people in the Xue Mansion will definitely not want it, so it's better to sell it at all. ”

As she spoke, she was already standing in front of a shop with the word dang written on it, and Qian Yan walked in directly.

He said to the shopkeeper inside the high wooden fence counter: "Shopkeeper, how did you collect the gold here?" ”

The shopkeeper raised his head to look at Qian Yan, first looked at her clothes, and then slowly asked, "The girl wants to be gold?" You can take a look at the condition, and the price of good color is naturally higher. ”

Qian Yan took out a small piece of broken gold, and the shopkeeper took it and looked at it: "Your condition is excellent, the old man can give you a high price, one tael of gold and ten taels of silver, how many do you have?" This is the same as the money bank, absolutely not a loss. ”

Qian Yan didn't take back the piece of gold, and said to the shopkeeper: "Let's exchange this for silver first." ”

She didn't say anything to death, she was going to go to the money bank to ask again, if it was high over there, she would redeem it over there, if it was the same, see what the silver ticket was like there, and if it was new, come back here.

The main problem is the silver ticket, she is afraid that the money bank will give a new ticket like the bank in later generations, and it will be too fake at first glance, so she will come to the pawnshop first.

This silver ticket is older, and it is easy to say that it is used when it is used. Originally, she thought that even if there was a slight loss here, it would be here, but she didn't expect that one tael could be exchanged for ten taels, which would be the same as she expected.

In fact, this is also the tilt Yan does not understand the market, although most of the gold and silver are one-to-ten, it also depends on the purity, if the purity of gold is high, then the price will also be raised, according to this pawnshop, there must be a profit will receive your gold, if there is no profit is impossible.

The shopkeeper heard her say this, and knew that the other party might not have too much on him, so he used this piece to explore the way first, which was not bad, and he weighed this gold on the scale, which was exactly five taels.

"This gold is five taels, and I will exchange it with you for fifty taels of silver."

He was just about to fetch a silver ingot for the little girl, when he heard the other party say, "Shopkeeper, can you exchange it for a silver ticket for me?" It's not convenient for me to carry the silver with me. ”

The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, then I'll get you a silver ticket of fifty taels." ”

He took a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the lock of a drawer on the back cabinet, and took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from it and handed it to Tilt Yan.

Qian Yan stretched out her hand to take a look, and sure enough, it was the same as she thought, this silver ticket is not brand new, and now she has to go to the money bank to see what it looks like, if it is also this kind of used silver ticket, it is higher than the exchange rate here, then it will be exchanged at the money bank.

thanked the shopkeeper, and Qian Yan took the silver ticket and happily walked out of the pawnshop.

The pawnshop here is not close to the money village, unlike the one in Handcheng, which is opposite, but walked more than a hundred meters to find one.

The money village here is much bigger than that in Handcheng, just like the difference between a head office and a branch.

When Qian Yan entered the inside, she still asked for the exchange rate of taking out a piece of broken gold, and the shopkeeper of the money village looked at the gold in her hand, checked the purity, and then said to Qian Yan: "Girl, this gold is of high purity, and one or two taels of gold in good condition can be exchanged for twelve taels of silver, how much do you want to exchange?" ”

Tilt Yan was stunned when she heard this, it was so much worse! I can't complain that the pawnshop shopkeeper is so happy, it turns out that he is so profitable, and he made ten taels at once!

Qian Yan sighed and said, "I'll exchange this piece first, and I'll go back and get the rest." ”

I still have to see what the silver ticket here looks like, and then say to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want to exchange it for a silver ticket, don't show silver." ”

The shopkeeper nodded in understanding, and like the pawnshop shopkeeper before, he took out the key and opened a cabinet behind the counter, and took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and ten taels from it.

Qian Yan took a look at the two silver tickets in her hand, fortunately it was the same as the previous silver tickets, it turned out that the silver tickets of this money bank were made now, and they were all made before.

The pattern is very complicated, and there are many details, which should be used for anti-counterfeiting, and there is no date on it.

She took the silver ticket out of the bank, and she was going to find a place where no one was around, and take out the gold and exchange it again.

Suddenly, I heard the ugly voice to her: "Yanyan, I suddenly thought of a very serious problem! ”

As she walked, she asked, "What questions do you have in mind again?" Let's talk about it. ”

Ugly: "I suddenly thought, now is the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, why are there silver tickets?" Shouldn't this silver ticket only appear during the Song Dynasty? ”

Qian Yan was directly fixed on the spot, and she suddenly reacted, right! Although she can only learn history, she was more interested in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at that time, and by the way, she also checked some information of the Song Dynasty, and she really knew this!

It's just that this has been ignored before, and the silver ticket should not be made by merchants until the Northern Song Dynasty, and even after a period of upgrading, it can be used to the extent that it can be used, and anti-counterfeiting is one of the most difficult to overcome.

can look at the silver ticket in his hand, as well as the silver ticket found on the dead spy before, it is obvious that the promotion and anti-counterfeiting process are already very proficient, so as to achieve the level of national exchange.

"Aren't we wearing the five dynasties and ten kingdoms in history? Rather, a parallel time and space? It's still a parallel time and space with a different development trajectory! ”

Ugly and ugly said a little unaffirmatively: "This is not good, after all, we have only found this one suspicion now, some major events here, the city, and some famous characters do not seem to have changed much."

Of course, we have only walked through two cities, and we have never seen any big people, even if some characters have changed, we can't see it.

In fact, many of the characters in history have been fabricated or exaggerated, not necessarily real people, at most there is a prototype.

If you want to explore this time and space, we can stay first, anyway, your vacation is more than a month, we can go back next month, so we don't have to be in such a hurry, Yanyan, what do you think? ”

"No, I still have to go to see the new school in advance, in case there is any accident, I can't go back next month, won't it delay my start of school."

Tilt Yan directly vetoed the proposal.