At this moment, in an antique pawn shop in the East City, there are three characters written on the big golden plaque. The words are very simple, but very interesting: Pawn something.
This name sounds strange to pronounce. It is so simple and straightforward that it does not resemble the style of the ancients. However, coupled with the extremely arrogant handwriting, the first thing people think of when they see these three words is, Dang! Dong-xi!
One thing, one east-west! The same pronunciation, but two completely different momentums!
However, the usually quiet pawn shop was unusual today. A group of people came in early. Fortunately, the shop was big enough, so it didn't seem crowded for this group of people to come in.
The pawn shop clerk had just wiped the counter and saw a customer coming to the door. He hurriedly greeted him, but he was a little unhappy when he saw that the customer was accompanied by a group of guards.
Frowning slightly, he said to Zhang Qiang, the leader: "May I ask if this is your first time here to "pawn a thing"? Our family has always had the best order in Chang'an City. Is the guest's entourage going to wait outside the door?"
Just for a moment so as not to delay other guests?"
Zhang Qiang glanced sideways at the waiter, then turned his eyes elsewhere and said, "No, no, we'll leave right away!"
Zhang Qiang is not stupid. Although what this guy said is polite, everyone can hear the meaning, but he doesn't care about it.
People have come in, how can you drive them out? Besides, these people are not his followers, they are from Xiao Han's family. It doesn't look like an outsider to follow the instructions of the waiter and drive people out.
?
The waiter saw that Zhang Qiang was unmoved and wanted to say something, but the man behind the counter coughed at the right time. Upon hearing this, the waiter quickly closed his mouth, bowed his hands to Zhang Qiang, and retreated.
When you open the door for business, you will naturally find a shopkeeper with a cheerful face. As soon as the waiter left, a rich and fat man in gorgeous clothes came to greet him.
"Hahahaha... The guest has come from afar and it's really rude not to greet him from afar..."
Zhang Qiang was actually a little impatient. He was always uneasy when he didn't see the cash, so he didn't want to delay it any longer, so he went straight to the point: "It's not far, it's not far. The shopkeeper, take a look at this."
With that said, Zhang Qiang took out a small wooden box from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.
Unexpectedly, just as Zhang Qiang handed it out, the fat shopkeeper with a cheerful face turned around and dodged quickly. He didn't know how his fat body could dodge so skillfully...
"Sir, just put the items on the table! It is our store's rule that the goods cannot be delivered, so please forgive me." Seeing Zhang Qiang's confusion, the fat shopkeeper pointed to the small table at hand in a naive manner.
Zhang Qiang didn't understand why there was such a strange rule, but he didn't care too much about these twigs and leaves. He opened the lid of the wooden box and placed it on a small table in front of him.
The fat shopkeeper's smiling expression seemed to have never changed. When he saw the paper in the box, he pinched it with one hand and picked it up.
"Sir, do you want to withdraw cash?"
"Yeah!"
Zhang Qiang nodded repeatedly, thinking to himself, why would I come here if I didn't mention the money? He put a piece of paper from his grandmother on him, and he felt uncomfortable no matter what, and he had to touch it even if he walked a few steps!
"Haha, fifteen thousand guan, after excluding the commission, there are still 14,000 guan left. Sir, do you want copper coins, gold? Or something else of equal value?"
"What? A thousand dollars of commission! Why don't you go and grab it... Wuwu..."
I just heard that this piece of paper can indeed bring out money, and I finally put my heart into my stomach, but suddenly I heard that the commission alone would cost one thousand guan. Xiaodong jumped up immediately, but before he could finish his words, Zhang Qiang
Covered his mouth.
"Ten thousand and fourteen is not a lot, not a lot, so stop yelling!" Zhang Qiang quickly pushed Xiaodong down on the stool, thinking to himself that he didn't even see the penny, so stop yelling and see the money first.
!
The fat shopkeeper seemed to have long been used to Xiaodong's questioning, and said in a pleasant voice: "Your words are wrong, my shop has a history of hundreds of years, and the rules have never changed. That's it.
I only collected a thousand gu for Cui's vote-pressing, but it's already happened to someone else. Drawing one out of ten is absolutely indispensable!"
When Zhang Qiang heard this, he realized that this had probably become a rule long ago, and it was not about giving them money, so he bowed his hands to the fat shopkeeper: "Don't be surprised, shopkeeper, my family is ignorant, we are here to exchange copper coins this time!"
"Has the guest brought a car?"
"Never..."
"Haha... Sir, have you ever thought about how much fourteen thousand strings are?"
"Fourteen thousand strings, there are fourteen thousand strings, what else can there be..."
Zhang Qiang didn't understand what the shopkeeper meant at first. He said half of it smoothly, but he immediately woke up!
I have never seen so much money in my life. I came here to take the money, but I didn’t even think about whether I could take it! Who would have thought that one day, you would not be able to take away the money?
A thousand guans usually weighs about seven kilograms when converted. Fourteen thousand guan means it is close to one hundred thousand kilograms... One hundred thousand kilograms, what is the concept?
The heaviest Eight-Niu crossbow in the military camp only weighs more than 500 kilograms, which is equivalent to more than two hundred Eight-Niu crossbows. Even a battle cannot transport two hundred Eight-Niu crossbows!
Seeing Zhang Qiang suddenly stunned, the fat shopkeeper knew that the man in front of him who had become rich overnight had never thought about these issues. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Why don't you, sir, exchange some of this money for copper coins for daily use, and the rest can be used for daily use."
Store it in our pawn shop. Of course, the guest can also choose to exchange it for gold, which will make it much easier to carry around!"
"Can it be exchanged for gold? Does it cost nothing to exchange for gold?" Zhang Qiang suddenly asked.
"It doesn't cost anything, it's just that if gold is exchanged for copper coins next time, we need to charge a small fee..."
"It's a small fee..." Zhang Qiang knew that this small fee was definitely not low, but he couldn't care about it now. It was only right to see the money earlier. With this profiteer, he felt more and more unsure...
…
"Okay, shopkeeper, help me exchange 10,000 guan for gold and the rest for copper coins. Oh, by the way, shopkeeper, you can take care of the delivery. We came out in a bit of a hurry and didn't bring a car..."
"Haha, easy to say, easy to say, as long as your guest is in Chang'an City, we will take care of delivering it to your house!"
Zhang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and looked behind the counter. He didn't know how this store could be so rich. He could spend thousands of dollars without even blinking an eye at the money!
"Okay, let's do it like this, shopkeeper, go and prepare, we won't delay your business now!"
"Hahahaha, no delay, no delay. The guest officer will take a break first. It will take a while to load the car. I will also ask the guest officer to do the inventory together..."
Four thousand coins, a total of more than 20,000 jins and close to 30,000 jins of copper coins. Just counting them in the backyard made Xiaodong and the others dizzy. In the end, they even counted them directly and consistently, and they didn't know whether the heavy strings were.
A few of them were missed by this profiteer.
After counting, several carts were used to drive to Xiao Han's old house in Chang'an. Fortunately, the copper coins were packed in boxes and covered with rags, otherwise they would have to carry a small mountain of money across the country.
Most of the city of Chang'an, swaggering through the city, may attract many peeps!
The experts brought by Zhang Qiang were extremely excited, and some of them rushed home to tell them the good news.
When all the money has arrived at the door, the family has been waiting at the alley for a long time, gearing up to experience the cramped feeling of carrying money!
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qiang, who was almost exhausted from loading the truck, felt that he was too tired to unload the truck, so he took a sum of copper coins from the truck and handed it to the delivery boy.
You take the horse away, we bought the car, we are so rich and willful!
Fortunately, the guy has seen the world in this kind of place, and the Lord has done that.
He took the money with a smile, handed it over to Zhang Qiang, and then he and a few servants took the horses back, just a few cars, not to mention Zhang Qiang gave the money, even if he didn't give the money, so what? Knowing that they live in
Where, this is worth thousands of dollars!
When the waiters all left, Zhang Qiang and the others couldn't help laughing loudly anymore. The auxiliary soldiers who went with them all jumped onto the cart with joy. When the big cloth was lifted and the box was opened, piles of yellow copper coins were revealed.
So beautiful!
This is their future house and their future field!
"Wealth should not be revealed in vain, wealth should not be revealed in vain!" After reciting it silently several times, Zhang Qiang stopped his inner ecstasy and began to figure out how to transport the money back to the fiefdom.
Just when Zhang Qiang was harnessing his horse again and preparing to go back to Xiao Han in one go, the boy who came to deliver the money had already returned to the pawn shop.
He said: "Shopkeeper, I'm back. Please tell me to see clearly. They entered a Hou's Mansion. The place is neat and tidy, and the big characters of Xiao Mansion are hung on the plaque!"
"The Marquis's... surname is Xiao? I'm still a stranger." The fat shopkeeper squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then slowly said: "It can't be Xiao Han, the man from Sanyuan County who has been causing a lot of trouble recently!"
"Who cares! Just tell the young master of the Boling Cui family directly. We don't take any risks and get a lot of money in vain. Why not! Ouch..."
As soon as the boy finished speaking with a beaming face, he unexpectedly received a heavy slap on the head! The slap almost made the boy crawl into the ground...
"Shopkeeper, why are you hitting me? Ouch..."
The fat shopkeeper waved his hands and glared at the waiter, and said with hatred: "Idiot! Short-sighted! Is our owner still short of money? Why can't you open your eyes after all this time?
How much trouble has this man from Sanyuan County, Xiao Han, stirred up since he appeared out of nowhere? In less than a few months, he has gone from a soldier that no one has ever heard of to the position of founding prince, not to mention his fame and reputation in the army.
Connections! Although his reputation is not very good recently, how old is he? People like this can only interact with each other, but not make enemies, did you know?"
"What about Cui's young master's family?" the waiter asked weakly, covering his head.
"Young master, huh, if he doesn't reach the position of the head of the family, there will be an extra risk. If you just send someone to reply to him, you won't be able to tell which person is coming to pick up the money! When he gets to the position of the head of the family,
Come and ask our family to break the rules for him!"
