Chapter 26 Heaven on Earth
At the beginning, the banknotes of Xia Kingdom were exchanged for only one or two gold coins each time because of the unfamiliar businessmen.
After waiting for a long time, even if you leave the Xia Kingdom's commercial city and go to other cities, you can still use Xia Kingdom's banknotes.
Because Xia Guo’s banknotes were well-made, if he hadn’t told Tom that it was money, he would have thought it was an exquisite work of art.
The material is special, and the "paper" thing is not seen elsewhere. Although it has similar veil paper, the high price is used to make banknotes everywhere, but no one dares to do this - except for large amounts of securities.
Therefore, the Xia Kingdom's paper money was not long before it became popular among many surrounding forces. If it weren't for the fact that the number of paper money was only so large, it would have probably been eliminated from the outside world's copper coins.
Tom received a number from the money shop, which was No. 318. Looking at the number being processed now is No. 119 to No. 124. After estimating the time, it will probably take several hours.
But he had no choice. He had no Xia Country banknotes, only gold coins. Even if he wanted to find a place to settle first, there was no choice.
"Brother, what is your number?" At this time, a small man found Tom and asked in a low voice.
Tom immediately became alert and frowned and asked, "More than 300, what are you asking about this?"
"Haha, brother, I know you haven't been to this place for a long time when I see you!" The thin man laughed and said, "Don't you know that the money house closest to the city gate is the busiest?"
"This money house? Is there any other money house?" Tom heard another news.
When the thin man heard Tom's words, he was shocked and said, "I'll go, brother, it seems that you haven't come to Guihua City for a long time. You don't even know how many money houses there are in the city?"
"I haven't been to this city for half a year. Why? Are there many money houses in the city now?" Tom asked curiously.
"Well... brother, you are busy today. I have a number in front, and it's 193. Do you want it?" The thin man did not answer Tom's words, but instead said his purpose.
At this time, Tom realized that the man was a second-hand dealer who specialized in selling up-and-coming numbers to merchants like him. He asked why this man came to him as soon as he came up.
"Aren't you afraid that the Xia people will arrest you?" Tom did not respond, but asked cautiously.
"I'm not afraid, I haven't done anything illegal." The thin man waved his hand and replied without any mind: "In the words of these Xia people, it's 'one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten'. This is what we both are willing to do. Those noble Xia people don't care about me."
The thin man said the sentence "One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten" in Chinese. Tom couldn't understand, but he knew that as long as it was a matter of willingness between the two sides, these Xia people would not care about it.
"As long as both parties are willing?" Tom showed his businessman's shrewdness and continued to dig deeper and asked.
"That's not, for example..." The thin man was about to say something, and immediately reacted, waved his hand and asked Tom impatiently: "What are you asking so much, do you want to give me a word?"
Seeing that this man was vigilant, Tom couldn't continue to ask in depth. He looked at the number that was being processed at the counter in front of him, and looked at the number in his hand again, and had no choice but to ask helplessly: "How much?"
"Hehe, not much, just one ounce of summer coins." The thin man was moved when he saw Tom, and immediately smiled with his face, frustrated his hands, and waited for Tom to pay.
"What? A qian summer coins? So expensive?" Tom was shocked when he heard the price and shouted loudly, "Why don't you go and grab it?"
"Ratching? Rushing is illegal, I won't go. Besides, there is no way to make money by robbing." The thin man was not angry, but he didn't see the look of everyone around him, and even the two burly gatekeepers at the door of the money shop looked over.
The thin man hurriedly squeezed the two of them with a smile, turned his head and whispered to Tom: "Speak quietly, don't affect others, haven't you seen the two security guards at the door?"
"Sorry, but brother, is this price really too high?" Tom consciously lowered his tone when he saw the bad eyes around him.
"High? Not high anymore. Look at the prices in the city. The Sanwen Xia coins are full of white flour, and the Xia coins are only more than 30. "Jingskin looked at the number in Tom's hand, thought for a while and then said, "Give me your number, how about the 20% discount for this one in my hand?"
When Tom heard the man's words, he looked at the number in his hand. He knew how the number in this man's hand came from.
"Okay." Tom looked at the numbers on the counter and flipped two more, getting closer and closer to the number in the hand of the thin man, and compromised: "But I don't have Xia Country banknotes now. I can only give you money after I exchange them. Do you think this is the case?"
"Small matter!" The thin man didn't care about these details and immediately exchanged the number in his hand with Tom's.
Not long after, it was the number in Tom's hand, and Tom stepped forward to handle the gold coin exchange business. This time he exchanged a total of twenty gold coins and obtained forty taels of summer coins.
"Come on, I'll give it to you." Tom came to the door and saw the thin man waiting for him. He gave him a penny bill and said, "Don't look for the rest, but I want to ask a few questions."
The thin man stopped paying for money. Seeing the other party as he said so well, he asked happily: "Ask any questions, I know, and I will say whatever I can."
Tom didn't care about the vagueness in the other party's words and asked directly: "Why aren't you afraid that I won't give you money after finishing my work?"
"Look at what you said." The thin man smiled and said, "Didn't you give me money? You'll know that you are a big businessman and know what integrity is. Besides, this is the Guihua City of Xia Kingdom, a commercial city! Do you know what this place is called outside?"
"What's the name?" Tom nodded in agreement with the man's words, but he didn't notice the name of the man's name outside.
"What do you call it? Of course it is 'worldly paradise'!" The thin man stretched out his hands and drew a big circle from the top of his head. He explained very excitedly: "Do you know what 'worldly paradise' is? It is in this world where only dreams can appear, just like the castle of Mayan gods. Clean streets, beautiful houses, comfortable houses, no hunger, no war, good food, warm clothes, everyone is very polite... You say this is not paradise, where is heaven?"
Tom didn't expect that the thin man would say such a thing, which made him unable to come back to his senses for a long time. The man's description of this city was the best felt by him, a businessman.
For a little benefit, he ran around, slept in the open, and now there are wars everywhere, and maybe he would die in a deserted place at any time.
So when he heard the thin man's words, he had the urge to settle in this city.
"Is this city really that good?" As soon as Tom's question came out, he knew that he shouldn't ask this. Before the man reacted, he continued: "There are wars everywhere outside, so no one is coming to attack this place?"
"Yes, I didn't know where there was a group of thieves who came from some time ago. I heard that the city was full of gold and wanted to attack Guihua City." The thin man said this as if he thought of something that made him happy, and laughed with a smile.
"What's the result?" Tom was happy when he saw that the other party was only halfway through his speech. He interrupted the other party's recollection at the risk of making the other party unhappy and asked, because he wanted to know what was going on.
Chapter completed!