Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2642 Situation in Xiaoyao Market ([-])
Due to historical reasons, iron coins have poor credit among the people and are difficult to circulate.After iron coins are galvanized, the difficulty of folk acceptance can be greatly reduced.

As for the anti-counterfeiting means, in addition to embossing and galvanizing, there is only a circle of anti-shear flanges. In order to reduce processing costs, anti-file piping is not designed.The reason is also very simple. None of the veterans thought that someone could make money by scraping iron filings on wrought iron without losing money.

The anti-counterfeiting problem is generally not worried by the elders. When the Standing Committee of the Senate asked whether it was possible to manufacture counterfeit coins overseas and in the Ming Dynasty, the elder engineer of the Mint said confidently:

"If they want to imitate our one-dollar silver coin at the cost of one yuan, they may only need a few tons of lead or cupronickel, a few talented craftsmen and hydraulic machines designed by traversers.

"But if they want to reproduce our penny coins made of steel at a cost of less than one penny, what they need is the Senate, the Cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, hundreds of industrial veterans and thousands of industrial workers as upstream and downstream Technical support, in a word, requires a great Senate and people."

"This is the Tongbao money of the Kun thief. It just started to circulate a few days ago. One silver dollar is exchanged for one thousand Wen. This money has no Australian Kun notes, it is all Tongbao money." The shopkeeper saw that the master was very interested in this Australian Tongbao, so he hurried over commentary.

"It's all Tongbao money? That's strange. The thief has changed his temper!" Li Guangyuan was playing with the new money in his hand.Although it is known that this is just an iron coin with negligible value, the coin is well made and is worth the best Yongle money.Adorable.

Luo Heying laughed and said, "It's just a piece of iron money. If the Kun thieves care about such a dime, they should close their doors and go out of business earlier in this big Kun country."

Li Guangyuan asked, "How do you get the money now?"

"The thief's warehouse on the pier has exchanges, and even Master Fan's shop can exchange them. Most of the merchants in the market exchanged the old treasure notes."

Small banknotes are not durable, difficult to count, and they are "paper money". Naturally, they are not as reliable as "coins" in the minds of the common people.

"Is it exchanged with old money?"

"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper nodded again and again, "Not many people exchange good money, but mostly use sand chips, crab shells and other small money and bad money to exchange. Not many people exchange five baht... ..."

Australians are generous in this regard. Although it depends on the quality and weight, as long as it is minted money, no matter what kind of money it is, they will never refuse, and they will exchange some new money more or less.

Li Guangyuan thought about it for a while, but he didn't see any conspiracy behind the Australians.He could only snort with an inscrutable expression, threw the money back to the buddy, and said, "Let's continue walking."

As soon as Xiaoyao Market entered the market, there was nothing special about it. There was no market today, and there were few vendors, so the street was a bit deserted.He is also a well-known figure in the local area, passing by the street at this moment, shop assistants and shopkeepers all came to say hello.

Since the Kun thief came, Mr. Li has treated people a lot more kindly on weekdays.In the past, he ignored the hospitality of some small shops, but now he not only smiled and nodded in return, but also greeted him from time to time.

Luo Heying wants to open a store in the market, of course, so that the Eight Immortals Association can have an independent stronghold in the market.Both of them knew this point clearly in their hearts, they just didn't tell each other.In the final analysis, the Eight Immortals Association is the Eight Immortals Association, and the Li family is the Li family. Although they are sleeping on the same bed, their dreams are different.

The Eight Immortals will draw a big cake of "Wang Shi goes south, helping the country, and glorifying the ancestors". Li Guangyuan wants to eat it, but he is not that stupid. Officers and soldiers entered Dongguan County.

But he used the Eight Immortals Association to become the "King of Heaven", not only the influence on the surrounding areas increased sharply, but also his prestige in Lijiawei reached its peak.The face of the Eight Immortals will still have to be sold.

In fact, Luo Heying knew Li Guangyuan's thoughts clearly.However, since ancient times, it is easy to get on a boat and difficult to get off. The benefits of the Eight Immortals Association and the Tiandao League are not so easy to get.

The two had their own ghosts and looked around the market.If we talk about free land, there are still quite a few in Xiaoyao Market.But after reading it, Luo Heying said it was inappropriate.The two searched Xiaoyao Market all over, but couldn't find anything they were satisfied with.

The guy leading the way murmured to himself, what kind of land does Master Luo want?Being so picky, he didn't say he was ugly.The bazaar is not big, it is just a half-mile-long street, and it will soon come to an end.There is a pier here - this pier did not exist before, and the Fan family built it here after the Australians came.In order to distinguish the old pier on the market, it is called the new pier.

After the new pier was repaired, few people used it, and there was not a single ship berthing for three to five days.It was not until recently that the Australians built a lot in Xiaoyaoxu, and the wharf prospered, and a large number of ships berthed every day to load and unload goods.

Going further west from the new pier, there is a fence blocking the way, and it has reached the edge of the market.The "big house" built by the Australians is just outside the fence, across the river from the new pier.

Li Guangyuan knew that this place was originally a river bank, but it was later bought by the Fan family as a cemetery. He did not know how many bones were buried there for decades.No one wants to go in broad daylight.

The "big house" of the Kun thief was actually built on this cemetery?Li Guangyuan was somewhat surprised.

I saw some men wearing Australian-style double-breasted jackets running around on the construction site, either resisting or carrying some things.A man with hair set up a small box with three long legs, and carefully looked at the lead pendant hanging from the box for a while, then stood up, put his head in front of the small hole in the middle of the side of the box, and carefully looked at it. What, while watching, he was waving his hands and dancing some spells.In the distance there is a man with a long wooden board, shaped like a ruler.There are red and black lines drawn on the wooden board.The man with the ruler followed the mantra of the box-watcher and danced mantras, moving back and forth without stopping for a moment.Another man put a long wooden box on a flat place, took out another small object from his bosom, looked at it a few times, then crawled on the ground and kowtowed to the long wooden box. Write and draw something on the scroll beside me.This painting is very careful, and I have to compare it with the small things from time to time.There are also some Kun people who hold some strange-shaped things in their hands, sometimes looking at the sky, sometimes exploring the ground, and don't know what they are doing.In addition to this group of Kun people, there are also some Japanese warriors wearing iron hats and Japanese swords in their waists, guarding and protecting the outside.The idlers on Xiaoyao Ruo watched in twos and threes from a distance, sometimes whispering to each other.

Li Guangyuan was very surprised, and looked at Luo Heying in blank dismay—what are you doing?
The store clerk was complacent and talked eloquently: "These are all Australian Fengshui masters. The fengshui of Xiaoyaoxu's cemetery is very prosperous. There have been three scholars before and after. The Kun people must have taken a fancy to this treasured place of Fengshui, so they will Occupy it here, and move all the graveyards here."

That's all for Luo Heying, Li Guangyuan is a local, and he knows the situation in Xiaoyao Xu very well.This river bank is a cemetery, a place where lonely and helpless people are buried, not to mention grandchildren, even wives.Where is the geomantic omen.As for the talented scholars from Xiaoyaoxu, none of them had their ancestral graves in Yizhong.This guy is a foreigner, so he is talking nonsense when he opens his mouth.

However, this fellow kept talking more and more vigorously: "The small box with three legs is a yin and yang box for thousands of miles, and the flat ruler that the man is carrying is a pulling board. The board is a tree, and it will pull and condense the souls in this area of ​​Zhang Xu. Then use the yin and yang box to distinguish carefully. If it is the place where ghosts and evil spirits reside, it will not be used. Lying in the center, the eight winds do not move. If there is evil, the ghosts will move towards each other, but they have the magic power to restrain them. The most dexterous small thing is the Western Eight Treasures Australian Compass. Don't look at the little things, there are mysteries of heaven and earth in them. Opening the lid can calm the wind and calm the air, and break all the blindfolds of ghosts and ghosts. The man is looking at the earth with the ghost box and the Australian compass. What is written is not The good thing is originally the mysterious book of the heavenly book, and the Kunren wrote and drew pictures on the mysterious book with powerful mana, which is to change Fengshui. In addition, the magic tools in the hands of the Kunren..."

Li Guangyuan thought to himself: What nonsense!However, doubts soon arose in my heart: Maybe this Australian really has some kind of sorcery, otherwise, how could he have swept Guangdong and Guangxi from the small county of Lingao in just ten years, and became king after cracking the soil?Besides, many of their secret techniques are against common sense...

Luo Heying watched Kunren measure Fengshui while listening to the store clerk talking endlessly about the ways of Australian warlocks. He could only hear the clouds and mist, and he couldn't figure it out for a long time.I couldn't help but interjected, "Is there a real hair here?"

"Real hair? Real hair and fake hair are similar in appearance, and I can't tell them apart." Speaking of this, the shopkeeper became more and more excited, "If you can get closer, there is still some difference. The real hair is full of chest Folded belly, majestic. The stature is also a head taller than ordinary fake hair. The clothes on the body are also different. Although the clothes are almost the same, the material of the real hair is better and the styles are more. If you wear nondescript clothes, you must It’s unquestionably true.”

Luo Heying couldn't help asking, "How did you know?"

The store clerk proudly said: "When Kun Bing first arrived, Zhen Kun came a lot, inspecting the market in the market, and shouting at each other. Everyone is called the chief, and the younger ones saw a lot. Now the workers They must be fake kuns, Dai Tieli's saber guards are all Japanese pirates under the command of the kun thieves—there must be real kuns in the camp."

As he spoke, he pointed to a place surrounded by earth and bamboo fences beside the construction site, "That is the camp of the Kun people."

(End of this chapter)