The shopkeeper mentioned that the good meat actually refers to the Sui Wuzhu coins cast and issued after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, also known as the Kaihuang Wuzhu. The two-character seal script of Wuzhu, the strokes are neat and the edges are wide. The back of the money is good and the meat is well-shaped.

The original meaning of meat is to refer to the edges and holes of round jade and coins. Because the Wuzhu of Sui Dynasty is well-cast, most people call meat good.

In the early years, the imperial court only allowed Kaihuang Wuzhu to be circulated, and all checkpoints and markets placed sample money. If the checking and comparison coins do not match the sample money, they would be destroyed into copper.

However, in recent years, the shortage of money has become increasingly serious. Emperor Daye has added many coin minting furnaces to mint coins in Yangzhou. Because the materials used are reduced, more tin and lead are mixed, so the coins are white.

In the past, the weight of a copper coin of Kaihuang Wuzhu was indeed Wuzhu, and it contained high copper. However, the current copper coin was actually only more than three zhu, and it contained little copper. In the past, a thousand coins weighed four jin and three liang, but now a thousand coins weighed only three jin and were less than three jin.

Among the people, the people's businessmen are of course more willing to use Kaihuang Wuzhu, but the money minted by Dayean is not allowed to be accepted. In the end, two prices appeared in the market.

The exchange ratio between good meat and white money is two to three.

"It's better to change it to meat." Qin Qiong took the two copper coins handed over by the shopkeeper and looked at it a few times, then said, "It's better to have meat, don't mix it with my white money."

"My master, please rest assured. The shop has a century of credibility, saying one is one."

Luo Feng took two copper coins and observed them for a moment. The styles of the two coins were the same. For example, they were both round on the outside and square on the inside, and both had the words Wuzhu written on them, but after closer inspection, there were still many differences.

The contour edges of the meat are wider, and the coins are thicker. The color of the copper coins is red because the main material is copper. The coins contain 70% copper, 20% lead, and a coin weighs 5 zhu.

Although the coins minted by Emperor Daye Yangzhou are also called Kaihuang Wuzhu, in fact, one coin weighs more than three zhu, and the color is white and the copper content is greatly reduced.

The meat is always better than one thousand pieces, four pounds and three ounces, which is much heavier than the white money.

It is said that after the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the currency was unified, and the coins were used for half a liang of coins, and one was heavy and half a liang. Later, in the Han Dynasty, the coins became lighter and lighter, and finally the Wuzhu coins were minted. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the currency was chaotic. After the Sui Dynasty unified the world, the Kaihuang Wuzhu was minted, and private minting and other old coins were strictly prohibited.

"Shopkeeper, how do you exchange gold and copper coins now?"

Luo Feng had some gold leaves given by the county magistrate. Although these gold leaves were valuable, they were inconvenient to use, so he planned to exchange them for copper coins here.

"Is it better to change meat or is it a waste of money?" the shopkeeper asked as usual.

The meat is good and has high credit, and is very popular in the private market. However, white money is also an official currency, and merchants are not allowed to refuse to accept it. Luo Feng thought for a while, "If it is white money, it must be white money minted in Yangzhou. The shopkeeper cannot fool me, give me other private white money or old white money."

There are several types of white coins. The ones that are truly allowed to be circulated are Yangzhou Wuzhu minted by the court. There are also many old coins from various dynasties and Wuzhu coins minted by illegal merchants on the market. However, the quality of these coins is worse and are often less valuable. Many unscrupulous merchants trade these white coins with different color to the people, causing the people to suffer losses.

"How is that possible?"

After reading the shopkeeper Jin Yezi, he said that his quality was very good and was willing to exchange it for twelve jin of Yangzhou Wuzhu coins for one or two liang.

"It's better to mix meat with one or two liang and eight thousand, and I won't take advantage of you."

The weight of the gold leaves is about three taels, so you can exchange them for thirty-six guan Yangzhou Wuzhu.

Thirty-six thousand Yangzhou Wuzhu, weighing more than 100 kilograms.

"Luckily you exchanged money for free. If you exchange meat, I wouldn't be able to get so much meat here for a while." The shopkeeper said while arranging the client to bring the money to count.

The government has long stipulated that private merchants use money for civilians, and transactions of less than ten cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cents of 10 cent

Uncle San asked Xiaojiu and the others to come and help them with some money. When did Luo Feng look at such a large pile of copper coins?

"Just click a string, weigh it after clicking it, and then weigh each string. As long as the weight is the same, it will be fine. If the weight is light, then just ask the shopkeeper to replenish us."

The shopkeeper smiled and praised Luo Feng for his cleverness, while ensuring that, "As long as you please, there will never be a penny less."

Qin Qiong didn't even weigh her, and had already put the twenty stalks of meat he had exchanged into the bag.

"Actually, there is no need to exchange gold leaves for white money." He advised Luo Feng that if you exchange gold leaves for white money, any gold shop is willing to exchange gold leaves, but it is difficult to exchange gold leaves for white money.

"I can't save this little money. Anyway, I need to use it, it's more convenient to use it for white money." Luo Feng didn't care much. He was not a landlord's wealthy man, so he had to dig a cellar to save the money.

Uncle Luo San and the others carefully counted and weighed each string, and they had to weigh each string. They had to be sorry for a little bit, and they had to fight for a long time. In the end, the shopkeeper had no choice but to give them two cents to satisfy them.

Luo Feng smiled helplessly with the 72-month copper coins provided by the shopkeeper. He didn't mean that Uncle San and the others were stingy, but everyone was used to living a hard life, and no one was a big shot.

"I'll treat you to a meal. There's a restaurant in front of us. We'll have a meal and then buy some dry food."

"I want it." Uncle San looked at the copper coin and felt that he had made contributions, so he safely agreed to Luo Feng's proposal to treat him.

"Don't you exchange some money?"

"If you don't change it, it's better to change it. Anyway, you can use these silk cloths when you take them back."

He said he was treating guests to dinner, but when he really came to the restaurant, Uncle San only ordered the simplest soup cake.

One person has a big bowl of soup cakes, nothing else.

"Uncle San, I'll treat you to me. You guys order some good things."

"I ordered the soup cake with mutton soup. It was already very good. It was enough. Although I got a few rewards, I couldn't use it indiscriminately. I had to save some money!"

If it weren't for helping Luo Feng fight for 72 copper coins from the gold shop just now, Uncle San would probably not have taken advantage of Luo Feng to eat this meal.

"A bowl of soup cakes worth five cents a bowl is really a shame. It's a god-killing thing. I'm killing us like pigs." Uncle San sat there but did not forget to put his bag of money between his legs, while accusing the store and the unscrupulous businessman.

The noodles that cost five cents a bowl are actually not expensive. After all, they are still noodles with mutton soup. The key is that the food prices have continued to rise in the past two years.

During the Kaihuang period, there was peace in the prosperous times, especially in the year of bumper grain, the rice price in Chang'an was only five or six cents, and the rice price in young people was only about ten cents.

However, since entering the Great Arts, grain prices have been rising continuously, and there are frequent floods, droughts and famines. People are subject to frequent labor and labor, delaying the farming season, reducing production and income, so grain prices have risen more and more severely.

Now the rice is 20 cents, and wheat grain is a little cheaper, but the flour is not cheap either.

A large bowl of soup cakes costs five cents. In fact, the store has no money to make, and it is just a difficult life.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell mutton soup?"

"A big bowl cost five cents a lot, the ingredients are delicious. If you are satisfied with the package, how many bowls will the customer come?" The shopkeeper saw Luo Feng ask, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Give us nine bowls of mutton soup, remember to add some green onions." Luo Feng said.

"Don't waste it, there is mutton soup in this soup cake, so I'll waste it a little more." Uncle San said hurriedly.

Xiaojiu was staring at the mutton soup without moving. He didn't have the chance to eat mutton, even pork was eaten a few times a year.

"Uncle San, just a bowl of soup."

Nine people, one bowl without a bowl of sheep miscellaneous items, will cost ninety cents together.

The 72 cents I just got in the gold shop disappeared in a blink of an eye. I also got another solid money and took out eighteen to pay the bill.

Fortunately, the taste is really good and the amount is very sufficient.

Everyone's belly was round and mouth was full of oil, and they were very satisfied.

"I ate a few buckets of corn in one meal. It's so lifeless. I don't dare to do this anymore." Uncle San wiped his mouth, but he was heartbroken. A bucket of rice was twenty cents, and a bucket of millet was only fifteen cents. A meal of ninety cents was just eating six buckets of millet.

As he said that, he reached out to take ten copper coins for Luo Feng, "You can't leave alone."

"Uncle San, I promised that I would treat you, it would be boring for you like this." Luo Feng hurriedly held down Uncle San's hand.

Qin Qiong also said, "Uncle Luo San, don't be polite, I'm embarrassed to do this."

After everyone persuaded me, Uncle San finally stopped getting the money.

"Okay, I'll have a meal today. Let's go to the grain store to buy some food and go home. I'm always not at ease with so much money outside."

Luo Feng smiled and said, "Uncle San, don't worry, I'm not worried about thieves now, and I'm hoping that they will come to my door. Don't forget that my second cousin is a powerful general. One of them will fight one, and two of them will fight a pair. If you capture the thieves, you can change the pen and reward money again."

Everyone laughed out loud after saying this.

Everyone went to the grain store with a smile. When they asked for the price, the grain price was still the same as before.

Twenty cents for the rice, fifteen cents for the rice.

There are various grains such as rice, wheat, millet, beans, etc., including shelled, some are removed, as well as ground flour, new grains for this year, and old grains for several years.

The prices are also different.

Luo Feng originally wanted to buy more, and then asked the store to deliver food to the door, but the store said it was necessary to add money. Uncle San and the others were reluctant to let it go, "Just buy a stone first, pick it up yourself, and buy it next time. Don't ask them to deliver it, and you will have to pay the money in vain."

So they all said they could buy one stone and take it back by themselves. In this way, Luo Feng couldn't say that he would buy too much and ask someone to give it away.

Uncle San picked up the choice and finally bought a stone of corn that had been eaten for two years. It cost only twelve cents a dou. He thought it was very cost-effective. Although the old grain was not delicious, it was better than drinking porridge.

The other teenagers all bought Chen Su, each with one stone.

Luo Feng thought about it and was not like them. He finally chose two buckets of ground flour, bought two buckets of ground rice, and then bought one stone of new millet harvested this year.

After paying 200 ounces of rice and flour, Luo Feng added twelve dou of rice and flour.

The golden leaves were exchanged for thirty-six guan white money, and the five-six guan meat and three-six silk cloth were also exchanged for all the white money. The eight-six guan turned into twelve guan white money. He actually had forty-eight guan white money. He spent 72 guan of zero in one meal, and added twelve guan to add up, and there were still 47,988 guan left. The sum of these money was nearly 150 kilograms.

He couldn't take such a heavy amount of more than 100 kilograms of grain home, so he found another ox and horse man to buy an old horse in his teens. After bargaining, he spent ten cents of money, and there were nearly thirty-eight cents of money left.
Chapter completed!