The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 1 The Guangxu Period
In the 34th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, November.

In Zishui County, Jingzhao Prefecture, Qin Province, at dawn, it was snowing in Bailu Township, and it was snowing heavily. Looking around, there were white crystals of snowflakes everywhere, covering the tender green wheat seedlings drilled out of the field, and covering the bare Hills, ravines.

Bai Gui tried his best to clutch the tattered fur, which was dirty and had a layer of chapped, and smelled a sour smell. He tried his best not to let the heat from the neckline be blown away by the cold wind.

The howling north wind blows.

Despite the felt hat, the top of his shaved head was still terribly cold.

He was carrying a bunch of mountain goods in his hand, strung with hemp rope.

Taking a quick look, there were four rabbits and two pheasants, all of which had been slaughtered not long ago, with blood dripping down their fur, jumping up and down from time to time, but when Bai Gui walked to the restaurant in the town, the rabbits were frozen stiff up.

The whole body of this pheasant is white, and it is a head bigger than ordinary domestic chickens.

"Yo! Little Guizi, are you going to the mountains to get wild goods again? You probably hunted down all the wild rabbits on the mountain." The shopkeeper Wang of the restaurant sat behind the counter, counting the abacus and the account book, when he heard the door He looked up at the sound coming from somewhere, and then jokingly said.

"Isn't this all luck! Not long after I went into the mountains, these stupid rabbits got into the noose and strangled themselves to death. I thought I had to bleed first, otherwise the rabbit meat couldn't be eaten... ..."

"These two pheasants were even more stupid, they hit the tree directly."

Bai Gui scratched his head, smiled honestly, and casually explained the reason why the throats of all these mountain goods were cut.

He walked two or three steps into the restaurant, and the staff of the restaurant calmly stopped him and blocked him outside the door.

Bai Gui frowned and didn't say much.

Although this Wangji restaurant has only two courtyards, the front hall is used as a canteen, and the back is a kitchen, and there are no private rooms as in the legend, and they are all dine-in.

But it is the only restaurant in the barren countryside.

The diners sitting inside were all wearing long-sleeved satin shirts, white cotton jackets, and melon caps.

If he goes in, it is estimated that it will affect the business.

The hot coal stove is burning, and the mutton soup is simmering on it, gurgling and steaming, and the smell of mutton mixed with the smell of meat rushes into people's noses.

Bai Gui listened carefully to their discussion, although they were in the countryside, the diners who might have spare money to go to the restaurant were not cheap, all of them were squires from the town, some were rich landlords, some were scholars and lords.

"Hey! Have you heard that Guo Juren of General Village exchanged seven buckets of wheat for a concubine?"

"That little concubine is so juicy, she's only 13 years old."

"It's useless to talk about these things. I heard from my distant cousin who came back from Yanjing to do business. The Queen Mother negotiated with Roosevelt of Ameiken Country through photo diplomacy and returned more than 1000 million knives in compensation!"

"More than 1000 million knives, why not kill people? Boxers are not so ruthless!"

"Knife! It's the currency of Ameiken, and it's called dollar in English!"

"Amei Kenguo must be using Ameikenguo's language, why use English? Nonsense! You are nonsense!"

"I heard that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill. She is over 70 years old. It looks like she is going to die..."

"Speak carefully! Speak carefully!"

"However, Guangxu is an ignorant person. Two years ago, he and the new party wanted to abolish the imperial examination. This is messing with the foundation of our Qing Dynasty and the law of our ancestors! This imperial examination has been in existence for more than 1000 years... Fortunately, the Queen Mother turned the tide and did not let it This group of new parties succeeded..."

"I heard that the tomb of the Empress Dowager West is being built in Gantian Town, Zhongnan Mountain..."

"Why, isn't it in Yanjing?"

"I heard that when the Empress Dowager Xi and Emperor Guangxu were hunting west, they felt that Yanjing was attacked by foreign devils, and the dragon energy dissipated, so they planned to build a mausoleum in Guanzhong camp, so as to preserve the health of thousands of years. I heard that there is dragon energy there Yes, Zhou's richest man in Qin Province donated 10 taels..."

"Which is the richest man of the week?"

"Hey, Mrs. Yipin Gaoming, the Empress Dowager recognized her as a righteous daughter when she was hunting west."

"..."

Bai Gui still wanted to listen carefully, but was interrupted by the yelling of the restaurant clerk.

The clerk took the rabbit meat in his hand, picked up the scale and weighed it quickly. Before Bai Gui could see it clearly, he shouted to shopkeeper Wang: "Fresh rabbit meat is 54 catties, [-] catties of fresh pheasant meat of different species Seven taels."

pat!pat!
Shopkeeper Wang fiddled with the abacus, and the abacus crackled, "It's snowing these days, and the rabbit meat can nourish the middle and nourish the Qi, and can sell more than usual. I'll give you thirteen cents a catty, which is two cents more than usual. In addition, this Exotic pheasant meat is a rare thing, you can count it at thirty cents a catty, nephew, what do you think?"

In the late Qing Dynasty, a catty of pork was about [-] renminbi, and rabbit meat was cheap and had a grassy smell, and [-] renminbi was considered appropriate.

As for the thirty texts of exotic pheasant...

It is obviously low!

Bai Gui pursed his lips for a while, but did not speak.

Shopkeeper Wang complained while talking: "This pheasant is white all over, and it is considered a rare bird. If it is alive, uncle will count you as one or two at least. Unfortunately... it is dead, and dead ones are worthless! "

He smashed his mouth, with a distressed look on his face.

In the past few years, this snow-white pheasant would be regarded as auspicious, and it could be reported to the capital and sent to the palace.Sending auspiciousness to the government can get hundreds of taels of silver at least.

But even if this snow-white pheasant is dead, it can still be sold for a good price in the town!

Auspicious!

If you eat it, you will be blessed!

He has already figured out how to promote this exotic pheasant.

The exotic pheasant that this foolish boy sent earlier was boiled whole by him. Fang Juren who was passing by heard this and felt very sorry. When he saw the few pieces of chicken left in the pot, he threw down a piece of silver nugget.

That silver nude weighs at least two and a half!

A few pieces of chicken cost two taels of silver, and those two exotic pheasants can be sold for at least 30 taels of silver!

"It's one thousand and sixty-three coins. Uncle will give you the whole calculation, and I will give you one tael." Shopkeeper Wang smiled and narrowed his eyes. He took out a silver ingot from the bag, weighed it with his hand, and then used scissors to pick it up. Cut off a corner and put it on a silver scale, one tael is exactly the same.

He was going to hand the silver with one corner cut off to Bai Gui.

Bai Gui didn't take the money, he was silent for a while, and asked: "Uncle, do you have Longyang here? I'll exchange one tael of silver for one Longyang."

"It's easy to say! I can't think of my nephew knowing about this novelty silver dollar. I happen to have silver dollars from diners who came from the city a few days ago." Hearing this, shopkeeper Wang quickly retracted his outstretched hand. return.

Since the two crows, foreign silver dollars have flowed into Xia Kingdom, because foreign silver dollars have the same shape, standard price, and are easy to use. Once they enter, they quickly lead to chaos in Xia Kingdom's financial system.The Qing Dynasty was unable to prevent the circulation of foreign silver dollars, and the circulation of foreign silver dollars was legally recognized in the 16th year of Daoguang.

Later, in the 15th year of Guangxu, that is, in 1889, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, opened the Guangdong Provincial Money Bureau to make a sample silver coin of seven cents and three cents in Kuping. .

Shopkeeper Wang smiled even more.

A silver dollar can't be worth a tael of silver, let alone a tael.

This thing is also a novelty.

He rummaged through the counter, finally found a Long Yang, and handed it to Bai Gui.

"Nephew, it's freezing outside here, why don't you stay and have a cup of tea before you go." Seeing that Bai Gui had earned him a lot of benefits, shopkeeper Wang also ignored Bai Gui's tattered fur, Kindly invite him in to do it.

"No! Uncle, I'll go to the grain store to get some rice and prepare it for Shuxiu."

Bai Gui muttered casually, strode out of the restaurant, and headed for the grain store in Bailu Town.

'read? '

'With your silly appearance, you still have the ability to read?If you want to get ahead in reading, drink!Pooh! '

(End of this chapter)