Lu Ming

Chapter 363

The content of the accommodation guide is divided into several parts.

The first part is to introduce the facilities in the hotel and suites.The text in this booklet is the same as all the texts Master Bu saw after he came to Da Yuan, they are all vulgar characters with few strokes.

After Mr. Bu read the first part of the booklet fluently, he learned what he learned and sold it now. He directed the boy to go to the bathroom and put hot water for him. The old man wanted to take a bath.

Lying in the pure white bathtub, feeling the delicate touch of white porcelain, accompanied by the steaming mist, Master Bu let out a long and comfortable sigh.

Naturally, a large bathtub of more than one meter will not be made of porcelain. Not to mention the high difficulty, even if it is fired out of porcelain, it will not be able to bear the weight of water and the human body.In fact, Master Bu regarded the enamel surface as white porcelain.Ming people bathed in wooden barrels or stone pools, so it is normal that Master Bu has never seen the bathtubs of later generations.

This kind of bathtub, which is the most common in later generations, has a very high technical content in this era.Due to the lack of welding technology trees, the sanitary ware factory needs to first use sheet metal technology to make the whole piece of thin steel into the shape of the bathtub, and then spray the surface to enamellize the inside and outside of the bathtub to make the finished product.

The bathtub, which is no more common in later generations, is currently not exported except for personal use due to many technical difficulties and high scrap rate, which is why Master Bu has never seen it.

After taking a comfortable bath and calling the servants to come in and rub his back, Master Bu found that his only regret was that he didn't bring a maid with him this time - usually these jobs are done by the little girls.

Putting on a moon white single and rush sandals and slippers provided by the hotel, Mr. Bu sat on the single sofa, took a sip of the orange-flavored soda in a classic Coca-Cola glass bottle, and then opened the accommodation guide to continue studying.

The second part of the guide lists all the attractions in Tainan in detail.These attractions include the famous Taijiang Night Market, industrial tourism in Kiln District, and the beautiful natural lagoon, as well as some high-end local restaurants and shopping malls.

The guidebook not only marked the locations and sketches of the above-mentioned places, but also wrote out various bus stops, private car rentals, and walking tours, which is very considerate.

"I'm not afraid of people thinking about it." After Master Bu muttered, he turned to the next page.

This page is full of caveats.Including hotel accommodation, hygiene inspection, emergency help, etc.

After Master Bu finished reading all the contents, he called the long attendant and the young servant over again, and told them to go to the service desk downstairs, and exchange all the money they brought with them into local currency.

Although Mr. Bu said that he despises Cao's gang in terms of ideology, it doesn't mean that he has no wisdom in life.On the contrary, the old cynic is still very clear about the truth of being under the roof, especially a square person like him who is used to doing things according to the rules.

So when he saw the currency exchange instructions in the guidebook, he followed suit in time: During the period of residence in Dayuan, foreign business travelers must exchange the money on hand to the local currency at the designated place before consumption.This kind of exchange is two-way, and the money can also be exchanged back before the business traveler leaves.

This article is essentially a monetary policy of abolishing the two yuan and changing the yuan. It was implemented after the general assembly was held at the beginning of this year: since January 1629, within the territory directly under the empire (Taiwan Island), national daily consumption is no longer allowed to use The old silver money was forced to convert to a mixed currency system of silver coins + banknotes.

The long follower and the young servant went downstairs carrying the burden of money.There are many places designated by the Ministry of Finance to exchange money, including banks in commercial areas, savings points in residential areas, and the front desks of foreign-related institutions such as Taijiang Hotel.

So the two servants left for about half an hour before returning.

After a "crash", Chang Sui Bugui dumped the banknotes and silver dollars in the bag onto the table: "Master, all of them have been changed."

"Well, let me take a look." Master Bu put down the tea bowl at this moment, sat up, and picked out a shiny silver coin from the pile of banknotes on the table with two fingers.

What caught Master Bu's eyes was a silver pancake the size of a walnut with no hole in the middle.

First, there is a dense circle of straight teeth on the edge of the silver cake.On the next outer ring, a flying dragon with complete horns and claws is engraved inside; this lifelike, scaled and bearded flying dragon just circled the silver coin, connecting its head and tail, looking very delicate.

The following is the pattern that surprised Mr. Bu: in the center of the silver coin is a head portrait of a man who is about [-] years old.This man wears a crown on his head and a gown with bare neck, his resolute gaze squints into the distance, solemn and domineering, not angry and majestic.

Although Mr. Bu said that he used copper coins and silver ingots on weekdays, he immediately guessed the purpose of this head portrait by relying on his keen political sense: this is to announce the year, just like the Emperor Tongbao on the copper coins. A word is a truth!
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Master Bu turned the silver coin over with trembling fingers.

There is also a flying dragon on the outer ring on the reverse side, but the dragon head and tail are opposite to the front side.The pattern in the middle of the silver coin is simple and clear: the traditional Chinese character "Yiyuan" surrounded by ears of wheat and rice.

Underneath the two big characters "One Garden" written vertically, are the Arabic numerals "1850" in the new calendar that Master Bu doesn't know.

"Is this money exchanged at the counter? Is there a name?" After carefully looking at the silver coins, Master Bu closed his eyes for a while to catch his breath, then slowly opened his eyes and opened his mouth to ask.

Seeing the master's question, the chief follower, Bu Gui, hurriedly replied, "Master, I exchanged money from the cabinet. I heard from the imperial court that the money official's name is Yinyang, and his nickname is Cao Datou."

"Cao Datou hum Cao Datou." Master Bu laughed angrily at this moment: "I can't get away from that General Cao, what a proper name!"

The boy beside him, Bu Mo, is not very old, so he is not good at winking.Seeing his master laughing, the child thought that the master really liked this exquisite silver pancake, so Bu Mo quickly picked up a piece of silver pan with two fingers, puffed up his cheeks and blew it vigorously by his mouth, and then put the silver coin on the master as if offering a treasure. Ear: "My lord, listen to this tone! The imperial court said that it is anti-counterfeit, anti-counterfeiting, no other family can make such a loud one."

"Do you still need to listen to it?" Master Bu shook his head, driving the long echo from the silver coins out of his ears, then he stared at the fine hair molded out of Mr. Cao's image, and said leisurely: "It's the pattern and color, which craftsman in Ming Dynasty can cast it? Hmph, this one can be exchanged for a tael of silver, right?"

The chief follower, Bu Gui, had already sensed the master's displeasure at this time, so he hurriedly replied respectfully: "Yes, the total amount of silver in this garden is seven cents and two cents, and we exchanged one tael of silver on the counter."

Master Bu snorted coldly and said: "It's not a loss, this kind of work, seven yuan is worth one or two."

Comrade Bu Daxing's words subconsciously pointed out the real price of Yinyang right now.In fact, since this "Cao Datou" was released at the beginning of the year, its exchange rate with ordinary silver taels has never fallen below 110%.

That is to say, in private exchange activities other than official exchange points, each silver dollar can always be exchanged for more than one tael and one penny of silver.

Exquisite patterns, precise and consistent individual weights, anti-scratch teeth on the edge, and the unique buzzing sound, these technological contents attached to silver coins, just like the ZIPPO windproof lighter to the scythe, were quickly discovered. People discovered and recognized it, making the price of Cao Datou firm for a long time.

After checking the silver coins, Master Bu looked at the pile of colorful banknotes on the table one by one.

The patterns on the banknotes are similar to those of the silver coins. On the front is a bust of Mr. Cao, and on the back are the banknote denominations in traditional characters and various flowers.

It’s just that according to the denominations, these images have also been changed into marshal uniforms, suits, Chinese tunic suits and other clothing, and someone’s head shape is also constantly switching among styles such as big back, thirty-seven points, and middle points. It seems that Mr. Cao this time I really put my heart into it. I was afraid that there would be no materials for future generations to issue new banknotes, so I took many high-definition electronic version digital photos.

Master Bu quickly saw the trick from the pile of banknotes: the larger the denomination, the larger the volume of the banknotes.Except for the smallest "one-point" denomination, which is a middle-aged man in his 40s with a big back, the patterns on the other yuan-jiaofen, although the costumes have changed, are still General Cao.

After carefully reading all the banknotes, Master Bu laughed again.

However, the master was not laughed at this time.Mr. Bu is a scholar-bureaucrat, and he is well aware of the series of scandalous operations after the issuance of "precious banknotes" in Ming Dynasty.Including the insane behavior of the government not accepting the treasure banknotes issued by itself when collecting taxes, including the failure of the treasure banknotes to die, Mr. Bu is very clear about it.

So when he saw the banknotes on the table, he easily thought of the nature of the banknotes: they were "treasure banknotes", no matter how beautifully printed they were, they were evil things used to search for the people's favor.

"Let's see how it ends!" Master Bu couldn't help but feel much better after he smirked twice. He was already imagining how these unlearned and incompetent pirates and officials would be devastated in the future.

After inspecting the banknotes, Master Bu became in a better mood.Stretching, I turned my head and looked out the window, and found that the sky was covered with fire clouds, and the Taijiang River was shrouded in golden light—it was time for dinner.

"Lock Yinyang, bring some banknotes, let's go to the restaurant!"

After knocking on the apartment opposite the door of the corridor and calling Tang Jing's master and servant, Master Bu and his party went downstairs to look for food.

Taking out the accommodation guide in his sleeve, and following the map along the way, Master Bu easily found the nearby food street.Then, at the instigation of Fang Tangjing, the master entered a century-old Xingang Society indigenous shop with a white-bearded old man as a signboard.

This fried chicken shop opened by a naturalized Xingang Society member has a very good business.Mr. Bu and his party sat on the novelty train seat, ate the signature Savage ancestral fried chicken, ate burgers, ate old Newport chicken rolls, drank homemade Coke and coffee, and finally ate ice cream.

Afterwards, everyone unanimously expressed their opinion: It seems that the naturalization of the savages of the Xingang Society is still meaningful, and the fried chicken tastes quite good.

(End of this chapter)