I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 44

The next day.

Chen Luo and the others got up early in the morning, put on the issued official uniforms, and left the barracks in a carriage.

Half an hour later, after the horseshoes stepped into Pengcheng, they arrived at the place where they needed to walk after a while, and stopped slowly.

Looking in the direction of Miyagi, what he could see was a messy scene similar to a construction site, even mixed with a few half-demolished houses, without the majesty of the court.

"Did you send us to the wrong place?" Chen Luo asked the coachman suspiciously.

The coachman shook his head with a confident expression: "Chen Zuoyin, I have been in Pengcheng for most of my life, how can I get the wrong location?"

Chen Luo looked at the "ruins" and "wasteland" again, and then looked at the coachman: "I remember that when I was in Pengcheng, the living environment of the king was not so simple... simple."

The coachman answered after hearing the words: "Don't look at the messy land now, this is the king's repairing the palace, and it will be resplendent by then. To be honest, if I hadn't stayed in Pengcheng all this time, I wouldn't have been able to recognize where it is."

Chen Luo squinted his eyes when he heard the words: "To demolish such a large piece of white land in the inner city, I am afraid that many houses will be destroyed because of it?"

"That's true. It took about two or three hundred houses to be demolished to expand such a large area."

Chen Luo continued to ask: "Then how much compensation did they get?"

"Compensation?" The coachman looked at Chen Luo with a strange look, "They were all kicked out of the house directly, and many of them took their families with them. Those who were rich went to the outer city to rebuild their houses. Those who were poorer, it is estimated that now they can only go to find a piece of wild land outside the city to make a living."

"It's too much to do like this." Chen Luo frowned slightly.

The coachman sighed: "This is the king's will, what can I do?"

"...That's true." Chen Luo was silent for a moment, took out a large coin from his pocket, and threw it to the coachman as a reward.

"Thank you, Chen Zuoyin." The coachman smiled when he saw Youshang, but after he took the coin, the joy on his face became less obvious.

Chen Luo noticed the slight change in the other party's expression, so he asked, "What's wrong? Could it be that I'm dissatisfied with too little reward."

"Don't dare not dare." The coachman waved his hands repeatedly, "Chen Zuoyin is willing to reward, the villain is grateful, how dare he complain, the villain just doesn't like the big money."

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes and showed a kind smile: "Oh? What is the reason for this? You might as well tell me. I will meet with the king in the next court. If the people have any problems, I will offer advice to the king to improve the matter."

This big coin was minted during the Xiangliang period, in order to construct Chu's own currency system, which is different from the three-coin system of "half two coins-cloth-gold" used by the Qin Dynasty.

But now it seems that Xiang Liang's big money is not so popular.

The coachman held the big money in his hand, groped in his arms for a while, and then took out another big money from himself.

He stacked two big coins together, handed them to Chen Luo and said, "Chen Zuoyin, please take a look."

Seeing the big money stacked together, I instantly understood why the coachman didn't like it.

Chen Luo's complexion sank, he took the two big coins and looked them over.

There is a round hole in the center of the flat head of this big coin. The whole is narrow and long, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with square shoulders and square feet.

On the front of it, "Shu Bu Dang Yin" is written crookedly in Chu Yibi Qian Wen, and on the back is "Ten Goods", which means that these two big coins have the same currency value.

But here lies the problem.

The two big coins with the same face value actually have a small difference in size, and the shapes of the edges are also different. Even when Chen Luo holds them with two hands, he can still feel the big difference in the weight of the two big coins.

If someone told me that one of the big coins was a counterfeit coin, I would definitely agree with this statement.

But none of these two coins is particularly exquisite, and each has its own rottenness.

With such shoddy coins, you have to think about how to spend them when you receive them. No wonder the coachman is not so happy.

"The casting technology is so poor, how can the common people tell the authenticity of the money, and how dare they spend it with confidence." Chen Luo sighed deeply.

The coachman nodded again and again: "You are right. Chen Zuoyin, you don't know that when we went to the market to purchase, people saw such a large amount of money, they would not accept it, or they would charge [-]% or even [-]% of the currency value... Sigh."

"Then how do you usually spend your money?" Chen Luo asked with concern.

After Xiang Liang changed the currency system, big money became the official currency of Chu, and it is difficult to avoid using money in daily life.

Hearing this question, the coachman showed hesitation, shook his head and said, "Chen Zuoyin, we Xiaomin have our own way."

Seeing such an attitude, Chen Luo immediately guessed it.

He will helplessly smile and say: "If you continue to spend half a tael because of this situation, I won't blame you, after all, you can't buy things with this big money, just starve to death.

However, I would like to know whether such a situation is common. If the currency system needs to be reformed in the future, your suggestion today may point us in the right direction. "

"Chen Zuoyin's words are serious." The coachman pursed his lips, "Even if we don't use the half tael of the Qin Dynasty, the big deal is bartering, it's just a little more troublesome."

In the chaotic times of war and chaos, ordinary people will always find various ways to keep themselves alive.

It's just that these "little cleverness" who are forced out are really helpless.

At this time, Xiang Yu shouted not far away: "Jiang Ning, what are you doing there? It's time to go to court."

"Thank you for your advice today." Chen Luo woke up from the state of thinking, then cupped his hands towards the coachman, and after groping in his arms again, turned his back and threw two and a half taels at the coachman with his palms facing back.

After receiving the two and a half taels, the coachman froze for a while, and murmured, "It would be great if all the officials in the world were like Chen Zuoyin."

at the same time.

Walking on the road in Miyagi with Xiang Yu, Chen Luo sometimes needed to raise his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose.

This repair of the palace caused the dust to rise continuously on the side of the road. As long as the officials finished the court, those officials would have to take a bath once they returned home.

Thinking that the first time he formally went to court was in such a crude place, and his behavior was somewhat embarrassing, Chen Luo could only smile helplessly.

And Xiang Yu next to him frowned and said, "What the hell is going on beside the road? Am I here to go to court, or to eat ashes? There is so much smoke and dust, I thought it was a war."

This unique description almost made Chen Luo uneasy.

But he instantly realized that this was a good opportunity. If he took advantage of it, he might be able to change some of Xiang Yu's ideas.

Immediately, Chen Luo said seriously, "Brother Yu, this looks like billowing smoke and dust, but it's actually blood and tears."

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The water that capsizes the boat is the tears of the common people, and you don't know if you don't reach the cross flow. ——"Ode to History"

(End of this chapter)