Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Servants or stewards like them come in and out, unless they are old people who come and go frequently in the mansion, they are generally not familiar faces, and they have to wear a waist card when they go out.

Otherwise, it would not be easy to let in. This is also for the safety of the backyard.

After Xiaoju greeted the concierge, Qingyan bid farewell to them and left.

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

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

Although there is also an open space and a drainage ditch, the opposite of the drainage ditch is not directly the city wall, but a forest. The trees inside are not dense, and it should be afraid of hiding people in it.

Qingyan withdrew her gaze and looked at the street again, which was wider than yesterday, probably because it was not as bright as it was during the day at night.

There are not many people here, just a few people walking on the road, the clothes on their bodies are very simple, they should be servants from various mansions who come out to handle errands.

In the ancient times, the hierarchy was strict, and ordinary common people would not wander around in the streets where rich families gathered.

One is afraid of bumping into some noble person unintentionally and causing innocent disasters, and the other is afraid of being considered a spy or a thief with ulterior motives.

Those people were all doing their own things and didn't pay attention to others, but Qingyan, a little girl who didn't look like a servant, was quite conspicuous at that station, and everyone not far away subconsciously looked over.

Qingyan withdrew her gaze from looking around, and walked east along the same route as when she came here yesterday.

Her pace was very fast. Because it was dark on the way here, even though they were driving the donkey cart, they were still groping forward, so they walked for more than half an hour to arrive, and now she was walking lightly alone, and she knew In the same direction, I walked for about [-] minutes and arrived at the intersection yesterday.

The crossroads where people come and go are much wider than those in Hancheng. If the street in Hancheng can accommodate three carriages abreast, the one on this side can accommodate four carriages abreast, which is one carriage wider. distance.

Standing at the crossroads, Qingyan didn't even need Chouchou to use her spiritual sense to probe, she could see far away at a glance.

Sure enough, the east and south sides are also the busiest. They came in from the north gate before, and they knew that there were no shops there. It should be the place where some guards and their families lived. Now it is the most deserted place except the west side.

Qingyan glanced at her watch quietly, it was 24:[-] in the morning, the sun had already risen high, but it wasn't too hot yet.

There are already many people on the east and south sides, especially the south side, where you can see the crowded flow 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 also come in from the north gate today, so it didn't , They actually came in from the south gate.

And I saw that the city gate on the north gate is still closed. It seems that the four city gates were not opened and closed at the same time.

The south side is like a farmer's market, where they sell food and vegetables. The farmers who set up stalls will come here before dawn, so the south gate is the earliest to open. It is estimated that it is closed at night for better management. Also early.

The city gate on the north gate opens late and closes late. Those who leave the city late can only go out through the north gate. "

After hearing this, Qingyan asked curiously: "Can't you see this? Are you guessing this?"

Chou Chou said proudly: "Even if I guessed it, it should be more or less the same, don't you think it makes sense?"

Qingyan nodded in agreement, "That's right, have you looked at the west gate and the east gate? What's the situation with those two city gates?"

Chou Chou looked at the two sides, and replied again: "The west gate is also closed now, and the number of guards is much less than that of the north gate, there are only six.

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

Qingyan thought about it for a while, when they came from Hancheng, they seemed to have been walking in the southwest direction, and the east gate may not be due east, it may be northeast, which happened to be facing there.

Generally speaking, except for some moats built around the entire city wall, moats and other fortifications were built in the direction of the enemy in places with little water.

The back of this kind of city is usually either against the mountain, or it is the city of your own side, just like a war, you will leave your back to your comrades, and your shields and weapons will face the front.

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

Knowing the topography of the city, it's not good for Qingyan to stand on the side of the cross street all the time, and people will have to suspect that she is a spy who came to survey the topography of the city!

Especially her clothes are very eye-catching, after all, there are soldiers patrolling from time to time in this city.

Chou Chou: "Where are we going first? To the south or the east?"

"Of course, we'll go to East Street first. There are pawnshops and money houses there. Let's go and exchange the gold for silver bills first, so as not to have long nights and dreams. If there is any temporary change."

While talking to it, Qingyan walked towards the east.

Chou Chou: "Yanyan, I suddenly thought of a question."

Qingyan: "What's the problem?"

"You didn't tell Xue Minghua before that I still feel a little inappropriate for suddenly giving her the banknote. Why don't we find another excuse."

Of course Qingyan knew that it was a bit problematic to give directly, but it wasn't because she didn't have enough time for her to arrange it carefully. Of course, it would be okay even if she didn't give it. Anyway, no one knew that she took it. The main reason was that she couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart.

"Anyway, I'm going to give it away, so I said it was from the Chen family. She doesn't believe it or not, and it doesn't mean that I will give it now. I'm too lazy to push it back and forth with her. When we leave, I will directly Throw it to her and leave, and I won’t be able to find it if I try to find it.”

Although Qingyan could also ask Chouchou to help and put them in the baggage they had brought without a sound, but it's not good if they don't speak clearly, and it is more likely to cause misunderstandings.

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

For traditional Chinese characters, Qingyan could understand and read, and writing was almost meaningless, either missing arms or legs.

There are too many strokes in traditional characters, and she often misses them when writing, and the characters may be different if they are almost there.

Moreover, she doesn't master brushes very well. Although she has learned calligraphy from her father, it is only limited to writing couplets and blessing characters during the Chinese New Year. If she is asked to write lower letters on a small letter paper, she will not be able to come. It's good to give in person.

"Wait a while, after we finish exchanging the banknotes, we'll take a walk around the East Street, and go to those shops to buy some things, and then we'll go to Nanshi to ask about the price of donkeys.

At that time, we will sell the donkey and the cart to him. Anyway, we can't take it away. I think Xue Minghua and the others won't need it anymore. When the time comes, the people in Xue's mansion will definitely not want it. It's better to just sell it. . "

As she was talking, she was already standing in front of a shop with the word Dang written on it, and Qingyan walked in directly.

Facing the shopkeeper inside the tall wooden fence counter, he said, "Shopkeeper, how do you collect the gold here?"

The shopkeeper raised his head to look at Qingyan, first looked at her clothes, and then asked slowly: "Young lady, do you want to be gold? You can take it to see the quality, and the price of good quality will naturally be higher."

Qingyan took out a small piece of broken gold, and the shopkeeper took it over and looked at it and said: "Your appearance is very good, I can give you a high price, one tael of gold and ten taels of silver, how much do you have? It’s all the same, absolutely nothing.”

Qingyan didn't take back the piece of gold, she said to the shopkeeper, "Let's convert this into silver first."

She didn't say anything to death, she was going to ask the bank again, if it was higher there, she would exchange it there, if it was the same, see what kind of bank note was given there, if it was new, Just come back here.

It was mainly about the silver bills. She was afraid that the money bank would be like the banks in the later generations. If they gave new bills, it would be too fake at first glance, so she came to the pawn shop first.

This bank note is a bit older, so it's easy to say when it's used.Originally, she thought that even if there was a slight loss here, she would still be here, but she didn't expect that one tael could be exchanged for ten taels, which was exactly what she expected.

In fact, this is because Qingyan doesn't understand the market. Although most of the gold-to-silver exchanges are [-]:[-], it also depends on the purity. If the purity of the gold is high, the price will also increase. According to this pawn shop, It is certain that someone who makes a lot of money will accept your gold. If you don't make a lot of money, it is impossible.

Hearing what she said, the shopkeeper knew that the other party might not have brought too much with him, so it was not bad to use this piece to explore the way first. He weighed the gold on the scale, and it happened to be five taels.

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

Just as he was about to fetch the silver ingot for the little girl, he heard the other party say: "Shopkeeper, can you exchange it for a silver bill for me? It's not convenient for me to carry the silver with me."

The shopkeeper nodded, "Okay, then I'll get you a 50 tael bank note."

He took a bunch of keys from his waist, unlocked a drawer on the back cabinet, and took out a 50 tael bank note from inside and handed it to Qingyan.

Qingyan reached out to take a look, and it was exactly as she thought, this bank note is not brand new, now I have to go to the bank to see what it is like, if it is also this kind of used bank note, it is better than this If the exchange rate is high, then exchange it at the bank.

After thanking the shopkeeper, Qingyan happily left the pawnshop with the banknote.

The pawnshops and banks here are not close to each other, unlike the one in Hancheng, which is on the opposite side, it took more than 100 meters to find one.

The banks here are much larger than those in Hancheng, just like the difference between a head office and a branch.

Qingyan went inside, still asking for a piece of broken gold to ask for the exchange rate. The bank manager looked at the gold in his hand, checked the purity, and then said to Qingyan: "Miss, this gold is of high purity and fineness. A good one tael of gold can be exchanged for 12 taels of silver, how much do you want to exchange?"

Qingyan was taken aback when she heard the words, she was so far behind!I can't blame the shopkeeper of the pawn shop for being so happy. It turned out that he was so profitable, and he made a profit of twelve taels all at once!
Qingyan sighed and said, "I'll exchange this one first, and I have to go back and get the rest."

I still have to look at what the banknotes look like here, and then say to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want to exchange them for silver tickets, don't show the silver."

The shopkeeper nodded to show his understanding. Like the pawnshop shopkeeper before, he took out the key and opened a cabinet behind the counter, and took out a silver bill of 50 taels and a [-] taels.

Qingyan took a look at the two banknotes in her hand, fortunately they were the same as the previous banknotes, so it turned out that the banknotes in this bank were made on the spot, and they were all prepared before.

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

After leaving the bank with the bank notes, she was going to find a place where no one was around, to take out the gold and come back to exchange it.

Suddenly she heard Chou Chou voice transmission to her: "Yanyan, I suddenly thought of a very serious problem!"

Qingyan asked as she walked: "What problem did you think of again? Tell me."

Chou Chou: "I suddenly thought, now is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, why are there bank notes? Shouldn't the bank notes only appear in the Song Dynasty?"

Qingyan was directly fixed on the spot, and she suddenly realized, yes!Although her knowledge of history can only be considered acceptable, she was more interested in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the time, and she also checked some information on the Song Dynasty by the way, which she really knew!
It’s just that this has been ignored before. Silver tickets should not be produced by merchants until the Northern Song Dynasty, and even after a period of upgrading, they can be used universally. Anti-counterfeiting is the most difficult part to overcome.

But looking at the bank notes in his hand, as well as the bank notes found on the dead spy before, it is obvious that the promotion and anti-counterfeiting techniques are very proficient, so that it can be exchanged nationwide.

"Don't we travel to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in history? But a parallel time and space? Or a parallel time and space with a different development trajectory!"

Chou Chou said somewhat uncertainly: "It's hard to say, after all, we only found this one doubtful point now, some big events, cities, and some famous people here don't seem to have changed much.

Of course, we only went to two cities, and we didn't see any big people. Even if some people changed, we couldn't tell.

In fact, many characters in history have also been fabricated or exaggerated, not necessarily real people, at most they have a prototype.

If you want to explore this time and space, we can stay here first. Anyway, you still have more than a month of vacation, we can go back next month, so we don’t have to worry so much, Yanyan, what do you think? "

"No, I have to go to see the new school in advance. In case of any accident, I won't be able to go back next month. Wouldn't it delay my start of school?"

Qingyan directly rejected the proposal.