Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 57 New Coins

"The new coins include three types: copper coins, silver yuan, and gold banknotes. Copper coins are still measured in wen, while silver yuan and gold banknotes are both measured in yuan. A silver dollar is made from one tael of silver, and its value is equal to one thousand copper coins."

Perhaps because Zhu Gaoxu was at the scene, Xia Yuanji answered very patiently.

"Each person can exchange up to 100 Singapore dollars per day, or a gold banknote with a face value of 1000 yuan, or [-] silver dollars, or [-] yuan copper coins, or a combination of them, but the upper limit is [-] One hundred yuan."

Having said this, Xia Yuanji bent down and took out a few coins and gold banknotes from the cloth bag under the case, placed them on the table, pointed at them and gave a detailed introduction to Bai Jinfu.

"If you don't understand, you can go to the notice board next to it and read the notice carefully. The notice introduces the types of new coins, as well as the denominations and exchange ratios of various new coins. If you are illiterate, you can ask the guard who interprets the notice. Little official."

Xia Yuanji did not forget to remind Bai Jinfu at the end.

"Thank you, sir. I'll give you two silver coins in exchange."

Platinum Fuhan smiled and took out a few broken pieces of silver from his sleeves, handed them to Xia Yuanji and said.

Xia Yuanji took the broken silver and turned around and handed it to the assistant officer next to him. After some weighing and calculation, the assistant officer quickly wrote a note at his desk, and then immediately stood up and handed the note to Xia Yuanji.

Xia Yuanji glanced at the sticky note and said to Bai Jinfu: "The amount of silver is sufficient, please go to the side to register your name."

After Bai Jinfu received the new coins, Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward and exchanged several new copper coins.

Before leaving, Zhu Gaoxu gave Xia Yuanji an encouraging look, and the latter watched Zhu Gaoxu leave with some excitement.

"Later, you ask the guys at the martial arts school to take turns exchanging some new coins and gold banknotes, which will open the eyes of all the shopkeepers in the gang."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered Zhao Junchen behind him.

Zhao Junchen respectfully claimed that it was.

"The leader is benevolent and righteous!" After hearing this, Bai Jinfu quickly raised his hands and praised.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Why don't Shopkeeper Bai go to the Sihai Martial Arts School under the name of Shang Gang to have a cup of tea with me?"

"Thanks for the promotion from the gang leader, please——"

Bai Jinfu made a gesture of invitation and said respectfully.

Two quarters later.

Sihai Martial Arts School.

"The boss is back."

Many business gang member representatives have been waiting in the martial arts hall's living room for a long time. They received news last night that the gang leader who had never seen the dragon's head would appear today, so they all rushed over in advance.

When everyone saw Zhu Gaoxu leading Bai Jinfu, followed by a short and thin stranger, they hurried forward to greet him.

At this time, Bai Jinfu discovered that many business representatives, including Shopkeeper Xu of Xuji Baozi Shop, which has many branches in the capital, and Shopkeeper Liu of Sitong Inn, the largest inn in the capital, were all in the living room of the martial arts hall.

When Zhu Gaoxu greeted Bai Jinfu to sit down in the living room, Zhao Junchen had arranged for a clerk to exchange new coins and gold banknotes at the entrance of Yingtianfu Yamen.

About half an hour later, several guys returned to the martial arts hall with the exchanged money and handed it to Zhao Junchen.

Under Zhu Gaoxu's instruction, Zhao Junchen ordered someone to carry a table and place it in the center of the living room. He opened a money bag in public and poured a pile of new copper coins on the table.

For a moment, all the shopkeepers present came forward one after another, surrounded Zhu Gaoxu and Zhao Junchen, and surrounded the cases.

Zhao Junchen suddenly pushed away the two people closest to Zhu Gaoxu, and used sharp eyes to signal them to keep their distance from Zhu Gaoxu.

The two people couldn't help being frightened when they saw Zhao Junchen's cold eyes.

Zhu Gaoxu saw this and introduced to everyone: "He is my personal bodyguard and a newly hired boxer at Sihai Martial Arts Hall. His surname is Zhao."

Everyone leaned forward one after another, bowed their hands to Zhao Junchen, and shouted "Master Zhao".

Zhao Junchen did not bend down, but stood coldly and returned the gesture with his hands in hand.

Zhu Gaoxu added: "Master Zhao joined the army many years ago and killed hundreds of Tatars. Later, he retired due to injuries. He took money to teach apprentices to make a living. Many of the new guys in the martial arts gym recently are his disciples." Everyone It suddenly dawned on them, no wonder when they came to the martial arts hall today, they found that there were many unfamiliar faces among the guys in the martial arts hall. It turned out that they were all apprentices of the boxer Zhao in front of them.

Knowing that Boxer Zhao had killed hundreds of Tatars, everyone could not help but be in awe of him.

Of course, they didn't know that the so-called "Boxer Zhao" was once a fellow commander of Jinyiwei, and his so-called "apprentice" was an agent from the former Jinyiwei Secret Service.

The Sihai Martial Arts School was founded by Zhu Gaoxu a few years ago as the leader of the Sihai Merchant Gang.

In the past few years, the martial arts school has recruited disciples and masters who are good at boxing and kung fu. On the other hand, it has also escorted people's goods to earn rewards. It can be regarded as the first escort agency in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Gaoxu was not in the capital, all matters of the martial arts school were secretly managed by his consort Ouyang Lun.

After listening to Zhu Gaoxu's introduction, everyone understood Zhao Junchen's previous rude behavior.

"Everyone, this new coin is indeed much more refined than the old coin."

Zhu Gaoxu broke the silence and took the lead in praising the new coin way.

"Gang Leader, although the new copper coins also have round and square holes, you can see their workmanship. They are really exquisite and dazzling, and their appearance looks like they are plated with gold."

Shopkeeper Xu from Xu Ji Baozi Shop agreed.

Under Zhu Gaoxu's instruction, Zhao Junchen opened another money bag and poured out dozens of silver coins.

"It's not just a copper coin. Please see, this silver round is similar to a copper coin. It also has a round square hole, but its production is obviously more sophisticated, just like a treasure."

Bai Jinfu said, pointing to a silver dollar on the table.

"This new one-cent copper coin is slightly smaller and thinner than the old one-cent copper coin. It should weigh less than one cent, but it appears to be very small and as gentle as jade."

Shopkeeper Xu took out a few old-style copper coins from the money bag on his waist, put them in his hand and compared them with the new-style copper coins.

"This five-cent copper coin is slightly larger and thicker than the old three-cent copper coin, but it should weigh less than five cents."

Shopkeeper Xu played with the new copper coins for a while, and then concluded: "I discovered that no matter what the denomination is, the four official script characters "Hongwu Tongbao" are written on the front, and on the back are the vertically raised official script characters, and below the denomination is "Made" year."

In fact, the similarities between copper coins and silver coins don’t end there.

On the front, there are small raised mosquito-headed characters on the left and right sides of the square hole with semicircular edges. On the left are "Made by order of Baoyuan Bureau of the Ming Dynasty", and on the right are cipher text (Chinese Pinyin).

On the back, there is a pattern printed between the left and right edges of the coin and the square hole. Different denominations have different patterns.

A copper coin with a denomination of one currency has an ear of rice on the left and an ear of wheat on the right, a soybean on the left and a sorghum on the right in the five characters, a sickle on the left and a hoe on the right in the eleven characters, a book on the left and a sharp knife on the right in the hundred characters, and a seal on the left for one yuan. , right long sword.

The new copper coins and silver coins are so exquisite, not only due to the superb skills of Baoyuan Bureau craftsmen, but also Zhu Gaoxu's many ideas that came up day and night.

Shopkeeper Liu of Sitong Inn said: "There are probably not many people in the world who can achieve such an extremely fine pattern and the carving skills required to make the template."

"I think this should be one of the anti-counterfeiting signs designed by the imperial court, which raises the threshold for imitation coins. I usually like to play with antiques and have seen many strange symbols or words, but I have never seen this kind of symbol. It should be a kind of Secret text."

Bai Jinfu picked up a silver round with a diameter of about four centimeters and a thickness of about three millimeters with the index finger and thumb of his left hand. He pointed to the Chinese pinyin and the flower teeth on the edge with his right index finger and said.

"Especially this silver coin, the edges of the outer ring are engraved with exquisite flower teeth. If this coin is a jewelry, its value should be more than one or two silver coins."

At this moment, Zhao Junchen, under Zhu Gaoxu's instruction, opened a money bag again, took out several gold banknotes of different denominations, and then placed them on the case together with the silver coins.

When everyone saw the gold banknotes, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Under the light, these new gold banknotes are lifelike and beautiful, like treasures that are invulnerable to water and fire.

Everyone couldn't help but want to reach out to take it, but Zhu Gaoxu, the leader of the Sihai Merchant Gang, didn't reach out. Who dared to move?
"There are three gold threads embedded vertically inside this gold banknote. The paper is special, with watermarks and various complex cipher texts on it. It is truly a treasure!"

Zhu Gaoxu noticed the expressions of everyone, so he picked up a hundred-yuan gold note, held it in the air, and commented while looking at it.

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