customs clearance base

Chapter 1373 Smuggling (4)

"Copper coins?" Zhao Hu's heart skipped a beat, and then he looked at Peter beside him with some uncertainty.

He didn't know whether the currency exchange in the southeast peninsula was the same as that in the Augustus Empire.If so, the wages are too cheap.

Peter's heart skipped a beat. He knew the currency exchange in the southeast peninsula, and he also knew the wages of the imperial shipbuilders.

He leaned into Zhao Hu's ear and whispered: "City Master Mingyue told me that the currency exchange in the Southeast Peninsula is the same as ours. It's really too cheap. Promise him!"

Zhao Hu was taken aback by the answer. The wages were too cheap. Without thinking about it, he immediately said, "I'll give you ten gold coins a month. I hope you will serve me wholeheartedly."

The eyes of the three old men, their family members, and the man were all shining, and the three old men immediately kowtowed to allegiance with their family members.

After the three old men were taken down by the guards, the smiling Zhao Hu casually grabbed a money bag from the box beside him and threw it to the man: "Very good, thank you for your hard work, this is your reward, tell Maude, Work harder, and I will reward him when I come back.”

When Mo De left, in order to show his loyalty or for himself, he secretly hinted to Zhao Hu that the rogues like himself like money rewards, so Zhao Hu prepared a box of money bags, how many gold coins are in the money bags, how to reward It depends on whether the news reported by the reporter is important or not.

In fact, there is no need for others to remind him. Zhao Hu, who has led soldiers before, also knows that "immediately reward if you do a good job, and punish you if you do something bad." This is the only rule of leading soldiers.

"Yes, thank you for the reward, my lord!" The man who picked up the money bag touched the money bag, and he was overjoyed: "There is no square hole, it is not a copper coin, it is so thick and round, it must be a silver coin from the empire!"

Thinking of this, he hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude.

After the man left, the seven or eight brothers who came with him to guard the gate of the lord's mansion immediately moved forward.

"Brother! My lord, uh, how much did you tip?"

Of course, Maude's cronies were warned by him, so they all knew to call Zhao Hu an adult.

"Hehe, I can assure you that there are definitely a dozen silver coins inside, enough for our brothers to go back to Mingyue City for a while." The man shook the purse triumphantly.

"Oh, it's a pity that there is no tavern here, otherwise we could have a good drink now."

A man sighed, this resonated with everyone, and they swallowed their saliva with regret.

"Brother, let me keep my eyes open. I haven't seen what silver coins are like before."

The youngest boy in the group stared at the money bag in the man's hand, salivating and saying.Upon hearing this, the others echoed for a while.

No wonder they are like this. After all, people who become rogues, especially soldiers among rogues, where can they get money?
It's pitiful to say that, among the rogues, there are not a few people who have never even seen what a gold coin looks like.

"Hey, look at your future, what's so great about silver coins, I have seen gold coins, but the silver coins in this empire are different from ours. All the coins on their side are round, and on our side except Copper coins, all others are oval..."

Although the man looked contemptuous, he still poured out the coins from the purse as everyone wanted.

The people hiding in a group at the corner of the square were all dumbfounded when they saw the dozen or so golden coins.

Even if they have never seen gold coins, they can now tell that these dozens of coins are not silver coins at all!
"My God! Could this color be the legendary gold coin?" Everyone exclaimed in their hearts, and immediately turned their heads to see if anyone noticed their side.

The man swallowed his saliva, and murmured with bright eyes: "Although I knew that my lord was generous when I rewarded the army that day, I didn't expect to be so generous. I was rewarded with more than a dozen gold coins just after I was ordered to report the news. If you make meritorious deeds..."

Everyone looked at the man with red eyes, and the man immediately felt regret.

If he knew that there were gold coins in it, he would never pour out the money, because at that time, he only needed to take out a gold coin and treat them to a meal, and the rest of the gold coins would be all his own.

Of course, he thought so, but he wasn't stupid enough to take it all by himself, so he forced a smile and said, "Everyone takes one and spends it."

Everyone immediately cheered, and quickly grabbed a gold coin in their hands. Looking at the remaining three or four gold coins, the man could only comfort himself secretly.

However, he also secretly decided that the next time he encounters such a good opportunity, he will definitely not bring anyone with him!But thinking about it, it seems impossible. After all, the news that the lord rewards with gold coins will soon spread, and everyone will definitely be staring at the person who reported the news.

"Hey, how many silver coins is this gold coin equal to? How many copper coins is it equal to... Ah, it's a lot anyway, enough for us to live comfortably for a while!"

"Hee hee, I'm going to keep Cuihua for a month, and this month I'm going to ravage her! Who told her not to look at me last time!"

"Woo, I'm rich, I'm finally rich!"

Seeing how excited the brothers were, the man beat them up: "A bunch of idiots! Don't forget that the gold coins here don't have one or two weights at all, that is to say, this one gold coin can only be exchanged for two or three thousand copper coins in the southeast peninsula! "

"Two or three thousand copper coins? Hehe, that's not bad, enough for us to enjoy ourselves."

Although everyone was a little disappointed, they couldn't help but get excited again when they thought of the basketful of copper coins.

In the lord's mansion, Peter sighed: "I didn't expect the labor in the southeast peninsula to be so cheap. A veteran shipbuilder's monthly salary is only 150 copper coins, which is less than two silver coins. It is as expensive as an apprentice on our side." Compared with the monthly salary of a gold coin, it is simply a world of difference!"

"My lord, according to this, the prices in the southeast peninsula are very low, otherwise we wouldn't have used copper coins to pay for an amount over a hundred." Zhao Hu laughed.

"Yes, if it wasn't for our inability to purchase goods in the southeast peninsula, I believe the smuggling of goods from the southeast peninsula would be enough to make us rich." Peter nodded.

"Hmph, there are a lot of copper mines in the southeast peninsula, so all transactions are calculated with copper coins. The bastard in Mingyue City sells our goods and gives them all copper coins. He has to charge a handling fee to exchange them for gold coins. Really. The fuck is asking for money, and I want to return the partner!" Kate said dissatisfied.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu frowned, and said a little doubtfully, "Is there a shortage of gold in the southeast peninsula? Otherwise, why didn't you just hand over the gold coins to you?"

"It's very scarce. I heard that although there are gold mines and silver mines in the southeast peninsula, it is difficult to mine them. Unlike copper mines, which exist almost on a mountain." Peter responded casually, but then he immediately woke up and shouted: "Fuck! Let that bastard take advantage!"

"What?" Kate asked suspiciously.

Peter jumped and scolded: "What else? It's that bastard from Mingyue City! Damn it! If gold is scarce and copper coins are flooded, one gold coin can be exchanged for more than a thousand copper coins. The exchange rate here is used to pay, I...I...fuck the eighteen generations of his ancestors!"

Peter completely lost his demeanor at this moment, and cursed crazily.

Kate froze for a moment, then confirmed to Zhao Hu hesitantly: "That is to say, we were tricked by that bastard again in exchanging gold coins for copper coins?"

Zhao Hu nodded and asked curiously, "Didn't you find out clearly at the beginning?"

Kate smiled helplessly and said: "We couldn't find out the news at all, and the rogues we caught were executed on the spot. We didn't even think about asking about it. The bastard said that the exchange is the same as ours, so we believed it. We didn't expect him to lie. us!***!"

Speaking of the latter, Kate also started yelling.

Seeing how excited they were, Zhao Hu waved to Oakd's personal guard next to his attendant, and asked him to ask the rogues about the exchange rate in the southeast peninsula, lest he would not know if he suffered a loss in the future.

Oakd came back soon, but looked at Peter and Peter who were tired and started drinking tea with a weird expression.

Seeing the strange look in Zhao Hu's guard's eyes, Peter pointed at Oakd with his chin, and asked Zhao Hu, "What's going on?"

Zhao Hu said: "I asked him to ask those rogues about the exchange rate on the southeast peninsula. Is there any result?"

Hearing this, Peter and Kate immediately stared at Oakd.

Oakd hesitated for a moment, swallowed his saliva before saying: "My lord, I heard that one gold coin in the southeast peninsula can be exchanged for ten silver coins."

When he said this, he glanced at Peter and the two of them.

The two looked relieved when they heard this.

The exchange rate of gold and silver is the same, so the exchange rate of silver and copper should not be much different, right?

Oakd seemed to deliberately hit them, and when they breathed a sigh of relief, he continued: "One silver coin is exchanged for one thousand copper coins."

As if they were hit by a thunderbolt, Peter immediately softened, while Kate immediately jumped up and grabbed Oakard by the collar, and roared with a ferocious face: "How much do you say a silver coin is exchanged for copper coins? "

Oakd was not afraid, but shouted with the loudest voice: "One silver coin is exchanged for one thousand copper coins!"

Kate let go of her hand, her eyes were loose, and while stumbling back and forth, she muttered to herself in a blurred tone: "One gold coin is exchanged for ten silver coins, and one silver coin is exchanged for one thousand copper coins on the southeast peninsula? A hundred copper coins are exchanged for one silver coin, that is to say, a piece of goods that earns one gold coin over there is exchanged for copper coins to earn [-] copper coins, which means that it earns ten gold coins!
"I was supposed to give me ten gold coins, but that bastard only gave me one gold coin! And this gold coin also gave him five copper coins as a handling fee! I..."

Mumbling to this point, Kate suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed.

(End of this chapter)