The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 344

There is a wise saying that money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat.

But making money from shitholes is another story.

Not to mention Bianliang City, in any city in the Song Dynasty with a population of more than 100,000, night fragrance business was a hugely profitable industry.

Someone once vividly described the night fragrance business as actually picking up copper plates in excrement water. Although the smell is a little stronger, it can be said to be a good business with no capital and huge profits.

But raiding the village of beastmen is really like picking up gold in a cesspit, literally.

Faced with the brilliant yellow gold, even a well-mannered disciple like Mr. Zhang from an aristocratic family could endure the suffocating stench and search for some dirty things.

Elemental gold mostly exists as granular gold sand in nature. Even if there is gold nugget or gold nugget in some rich mines, it is very rare.

No one knows how the beastmen find and collect gold, or how they melt the scattered gold sand into rough, irregular nuggets, but that's a good thing.

At least the people in the hunting team don't have to work hard to dig through piles of sand when searching for gold.

After everyone thoroughly plundered the entire beastman village, they gathered in front of Ergou with a stench all over their bodies and gold that also had a stench, and then threw all the strange-shaped gold at his feet.

Then Ergou showed everyone how to make alchemy out of thin air.

The powerful psychic energy gives Ergou excellent metal shaping ability.

He can even process the outer armor of star battleships, plastic steel, into exquisite armor and shields, not to mention easy-to-process soft metals like gold.

Under the catalysis of spiritual energy, the mottled and messy gold slowly turned into flowing gold liquid, and then condensed into small round plates weighing about half a pound (eighteen grams).

This gold round plate is slightly larger than the one-yuan coins of later generations. It has the word "Hua Xia" engraved on the front and a dragon on the back.

For example, when Lin Youqing, Zhang Jiaotou and others saw him, they couldn't help but touch their belts.

However, Lu Yanxiong came closer and whispered, "If you don't want to take out the gold you have secretly hidden, please ask Chief Chen to refine the Golden Dragon Ball together."

Lin Youqing and Coach Zhang looked a bit shocked when they heard this, and denied it almost at the same time: "How did I ever hide gold! Brother Lu, don't make false accusations against your loved ones!"

Lu Yanxiong smiled and shook his head and said: "Two brothers, it's not because the elder brother is too talkative, but because the elder brother can't see that you are short-sighted in view of wealth, and later regretted it, he only said a few words."

Lin Youqing forced a smile and said: "Brother Lu's intention, my little brother understands it! Don't say that I didn't hide the gold secretly. Even if I did, I don't think Chief Chen will punish us too much for some extravagant wealth?!"

Lu Yanxiong smiled bitterly and said: "As long as you don't go too far, Chief Chen really doesn't care. But you don't know that the golden dragon balls made by Chief Chen himself are much more valuable than ordinary gold."

Instructor Zhang chuckled and said: "How can gold be worthless?! What kind of gold can Chief Chen refine that is more round and fine, and can be used as a guan footmo for many more times?"

There is some reason for what Coach Zhang said.

As a precious metal, gold theoretically could not be directly circulated as money in the Song Dynasty. It had to be exchanged for copper coins or silver collars at a gold and silver shop before spending.

Of course, many times the payee of a certain large transaction still likes to receive gold as equivalent.

First, gold was sought after by everyone from high-ranking officials to ordinary people throughout the Song Dynasty. Whether it was an official gold and silver shop or a private gold and silver shop, most of them only served customers to exchange gold for silver and copper. Redeem less gold.

It can be said that as long as you have gold, you can find any gold and silver shop and you will never have to worry about the other party not cashing in silver collars or copper coins.

Of course, sometimes you have to be careful not to be taken advantage of by the other party.

Another is that the value of gold has been on the rise in the Song Dynasty. For example, at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, one tael of gold could be exchanged for ten guanzumo, which was equivalent to ten taels of silver.

However, during the Chongning period of Weizong, the official gold exchange ratio has not changed. After all, gold can only go in and out of official gold and silver shops, so fools raise the price; while among the private sector, one tael of gold can be exchanged for fifteen to eighteen guan. In Zumo, some places have even reached an exchange ratio of twenty guan.

What Teacher Zhang means is very simple. In his opinion, no matter how beautiful the Golden Dragon Balls refined by Ergou are, they can only be exchanged for Twenty Guan of Zumo if they weigh one tael of heavenly weight. Add two guans to make Raotou'er.

And he is waiting to hide some gold, but he can't look down on the little boss.

Lu Yanxiong said to the two of them: "A month ago, I went to the gold and silver shop in Jingzhao Prefecture to exchange gold, and the price was one tael of red gold, which was exchanged for 17 Mo Xiaoping coins. My three thousand taels of gold were exchanged for a total of 50,000 yuan. Two thousand guan, just because the head of the Zhe family is familiar with me, he spared me an extra 1,000 guan."

Lu Yanxiong had done business with the rebels earlier, and most of what the rebels paid was gold, so he knew the gold market quite well. The reason why he said he went to Jingzhao Mansion to redeem gold was to show his two good brothers that he He knew the price of gold in the Song Dynasty clearly, so he was not an ignorant person.

Then he added: "The gold dragon round made by Chief Chen actually weighs half a tael, and each one is almost exactly the same. This gold dragon round is called a gold round, which can be exchanged for fifty guan of Mo Xiaoping's money. Or five taels of miscellaneous gold. We collected miscellaneous gold. For every ten taels of gold, Chief Chen can refine it into nineteen gold yuan. Of these nineteen gold yuan, the army chief will get nine of them, and Chief Chen will have the power to refine it. If you get one, the remaining nine gold yuan will be divided among us."

In the army of the classical era, all qualified generals must know some mathematical knowledge, otherwise how to arrange troops and formulate combat plans according to logistics.

Therefore, when Lu Yanxiong mentioned these proportional amounts, Lin Youqing, who was determined to revitalize Menlin, was slightly aware of some problems.

Instructor Zhang is a thorough fighter and is not very proficient in mathematics. He felt dizzy when he heard it, but he asked: "Brother Lu talks about these common things, but you don't know what the reason is?"

Lin Youqing directly folded some grass stems and branches nearby and began to calculate the value difference in the golden dragon ball.

In fact, this is a very easy math problem.

If Lin Youqing hid the twelve taels of miscellaneous gold as his base, this would be his principal.

If he turns over the miscellaneous gold to Ergou, he can refine nineteen gold dragon balls, of which nine gold dragon balls will go to the public, and one gold dragon ball will go to Ergou as a processing fee. Lin Youqing can make nine gold dragon balls by himself, and these nine gold dragon balls will be given to Ergou. It can be exchanged repeatedly for forty-five taels of miscellaneous gold. This means that even after half of the income was paid to the public, Lin Youqing's principal actually increased four and a half times.

A certain mentor said a motto about capitalist profits: if there is a 50% profit, it will take desperate risks; for a 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; if there is a 300% profit, it will take risks. , it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging.
Straight bitch! This is a 350% profit!

According to this calculation method, hide gold secretly? Keep a secret bird!
Lin Youqing realized it immediately. He immediately untied his belt and took out a small bag of gold sand. He also took out some small gold nuggets the size of quail eggs from hidden places such as boots and trousers legs, and then placed them all in his belongings. On top of his pile of seized miscellaneous gold.

Coach Zhang next to him was shocked, but asked anxiously: "Brother Lin, are you crazy?!"

Lin Youqing's eyes were shining with bright light, but he said solemnly to Coach Zhang: "Brother Zhang, do you trust me? If you trust me, I will take out all the gold you have hidden, and you will not suffer in the end." also!"

Coach Zhang said with some hesitation: "I trust Brother Lin's character, but you have to tell me what the situation is first, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

Lin Youqing was helpless and immediately explained the calculation process to Coach Zhang.

Teacher Zhang really didn't know anything about mathematics, so he only listened to him a little unclearly, but the final result was clear.

He asked with some doubt: "Can our seizures really increase by more than three times?! I don't know how to count, brother, please don't deceive me!"

Lin Youqing smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, please be at ease. As long as Chief Chen is fair and does not show favoritism, we will definitely increase our wealth several times!"

Only then did Coach Zhang hesitate, and then he picked out all the miscellaneous gold hidden in his body and put it in his own pile of miscellaneous gold.

But Lin Youqing ignored one fact, or Lu Yanxiong didn't mention it.

This final distribution of seizures is not just for Lin Youqing. It must be shared by everyone. Moreover, searching the beastmen's villages is just a hard work and does not get the bulk of the spoils. Those who hunt for military exploits can't get a share. Is the biggest beneficiary.

Soon, Lin Youqing and others saw how a real hunting team distributes its spoils.

The first is the capital-guaranteed reward for those who looted the beastman villages, which is two-nineteenths (10.5%) of the gold dragon balls refined from the miscellaneous gold they each turned in, which is basically the same as the initial value of the miscellaneous gold they turned in. .

Since everyone in the entire hunting team, except for Ergou and Wang Wenbin, who was destined to be sent away, participated in the search for the beastman village, everyone basically received a guaranteed reward.

Then Ergou took nineteen parts of all the golden dragon balls (nineteenths, 47.3%) and put them in several specially prepared animal skin bags. This was the part that would be handed over to the rebel camp later; Ergou took another share (one-nineteenth, 5.3%), which was his personal private income.

Everyone admires Ergou's way of distinguishing public from private, which is something Wang Huan and others could not do in the past. This advantage alone allowed Ergou, the big leader, to win the trust of almost everyone, even more popular than his invincible force.

In the end, there were only seven Golden Dragon Balls left, and Ergou distributed the credits based on everyone's performance during the hunt, based on the principle of more work, more gain.

Among them, Lu Yanxiong, who killed the most beastmen, got the fattest piece of meat.

This time the hunting team hunted a total of twenty-three beastmen. Among them, Lu Yanxiong alone killed seven. Among the others, a senior cavalryman killed three beastmen, and each of the four cavalrymen killed them. One beast man was obtained, and the remaining nine beast men were killed by the two dogs.

However, Ergou did not participate in the reward sharing of military achievements.

The last seven Golden Dragon Balls were divided into twenty-three, and Lu Yanxiong got only seven of them (seven-twenty-thirds). In other words, Lu Yanxiong got a little more than 11.2% of the total seizure. (%), which is even twice as much as Ergou’s private income.

Several other cavalry generals who achieved success also received corresponding proportions of rewards.

As for the share of the credit of the beastmen killed by the remaining two dogs, it will be divided among everyone, including those who have not killed anything.

Those who had fought bravely and even wounded the beastmen, such as Lin Youqing, had received considerable rewards, while those who had only followed the team to fill up the ranks had to get the most basic reward.

For example, Coach Zhang showed no performance in the process of hunting the beastmen. Apart from the twenty-one gold dragon circles he received as a guaranteed reward for raiding the beastmen village, he only received two gold dragon circles as a merit reward.

Even Wang Wenbin has a guarantee of two gold dragon yuan, which means that in terms of military merit, Coach Zhang is not much better than the cowardly Wang Wenbin.

This is undoubtedly a great humiliation for Coach Zhang.

He secretly swore that he would accomplish some great feats next time, at least behead a level one demon, so as not to be despised by others.

After distributing the spoils, Ergou led the hunting team back to the camp.

Halfway through the journey, Lin Youqing held his animal skin bag filled with golden dragon balls. There were nearly sixty golden dragon balls in his arms. This was Lin Youqing's financial gain from this hunt.

Of course, Lin Youqing couldn't be proud of this, because Lu Yanxiong, who was walking beside him, had gained more. Ten identical animal skin bags were hung on the backs of his two packhorses, and each one was full. full.

But looking at Coach Zhang who was walking side by side with a gloomy face on the other side, Lin Youqing felt a little more balanced.

An idea swirled in Lin Youqing's heart for a while, but finally he approached Lu Yanxiong and whispered: "Brother Yanxiong, I have an idea, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Lu Yanxiong hummed a northwest tune happily. Hearing Lin Youqing's question, he smiled casually and said, "My dear brother, if you have any questions, just ask."

However, Lin Youqing could laugh in a low voice and said: "I heard from my brother earlier that our golden dragon balls can be exchanged for five taels of miscellaneous gold elsewhere. Why don't we exchange all the golden dragon balls into miscellaneous gold, and then find Chief Chen to refine it?" Make more golden dragon balls?"

Lu Yanxiong laughed and said: "My dear brother! You are the only one who has discovered such a loophole. With Leader Chen's intelligence, how could you not have thought of it?! You don't know that Leader Chen will only refine those things just after he has defeated the demon's village. As for the miscellaneous gold seized and cashed in from other places, Chief Chen will not take it seriously."

Lin Youqing was stunned when he heard this, but he laughed self-deprecatingly: "I see. No wonder Chief Chen dared to set the exchange value of this Golden Dragon Ball at such a high price. It turns out there are such restrictions inside!"

Lu Yanxiong smiled and said: "If this were the case, the Golden Dragon Ball would not be so sought after by us. But you don't know, dear brother, that this Golden Dragon Ball is still related to the future land distribution. It is said that when the land is distributed in the future, one Golden Dragon Ball can be Exchange one piece of land (one piece of land is equivalent to three acres of land in future generations)."

(End of this chapter)