Chapter 218 Swinging Thousands of Miles Viewing Yujing (4)
"Hello, could you put one of our silver coins and your one silver dollar on both sides of the scale and weigh them together?" Johnti expressed his thoughts.
The man at the counter immediately responded, "No problem."
An Eastern Roman silver coin brought by John is placed on the right, and a Song Dynasty one-dollar silver coin is placed on the left. The left side is warped, but not high, indicating that the weight of the two coins is not much different, but the Eastern Roman silver coin is slightly heavier.
The man at the counter simply weighed the Eastern Roman silver coins and the Song Dynasty one-yuan silver coins, "The guest officer's silver coin is 4.5 grams, and our country's one-yuan silver coin is 4.1 grams."
"What is the purity of your country's silver coins?"
"More than 90%."
John and Yinsak looked at each other and thought it was fair. After all, the gold and silver coins minted by their empire were in chaos. The value of the coins was claimed to be unified, but the weight and gold and silver purity fluctuated, and some were even only one-third of the normal value.
Heavy, with only one tenth of the gold content.
When he came out this time, His Majesty specially minted a batch of silver denarius coins and gold coins of Oris, which are said to be full of gold, but with a purity of 90%, it is almost enough.
Therefore, after all calculations, the exchange of silver coins of the Song Dynasty is quite fair. No wonder overseas business travelers are willing to exchange them.
"We need one hundred silver coins and exchange the rest for silver dollar coupons," John said.
"good."
After a while, the man pushed out a pile of silver coins and a dozen paper coupons from the counter window.
"A total of one hundred and sixty-eight yuan, one hundred silver coins. I will give you fourteen five-dollar coins, ten two-dollar coins, and ten one-dollar silver coins, a total of thirty-four. Sixty-eight yuan silver dollar coupons, I will give you
You have ten 10-yuan coupons and four 2-yuan coupons. Please keep them!"
John took it and touched the silver coin first. The delicate metallic texture and exquisite patterns seemed to be alive and trembling slightly as he slid his fingertips.
I took out another silver dollar coupon and unfolded it. I was pleasantly surprised. It was a paper coupon three fingers wide and a little more than a palm long. There was a bird printed on it, flying in Nirvana in the fire. It was surrounded by exquisite patterns.
, and text.
There was a line of words on it, which John could barely make out - "Fufeng Bank". When entering the building, Duda pointed to the sign and told himself.
On the left are the six words "Dang Yin Coin 1 Shi Yuan". "Dang Yin Coin" is much smaller and forms a semicircle on top. The word "1 Shi" is very large and has a very beautiful font. The word "Yuan" is slightly smaller.
, below the words 1 and 1.
Skipping other patterns, John turned to the north and saw a painting of several three-masted sailing ships riding the wind and waves. Especially the one in the front, with its round sails, was unstoppable. Even the sea god Poseidon was in front.
It cannot stop its progress.
There is a line of words below, "The Sixth Year of Apocalypse", and on the right is a line of smaller words, "Baoquan Bureau System of the Great Song Dynasty". There is also a line of numbers on it, which should be Saracen numerals. There is a circle on the left, and there are some very weird pictures in it.
I don't know what it is used for.
John guessed that it might be the secret key Duda mentioned.
What surprised John was that this coupon was actually in color. The big bird in the fire ranged from red to yellow, the surrounding patterns and leaf shapes were green, and the rest were black like the words.
In the sailboat picture to the north, the sea is dark blue, the sky is light blue, there are white clouds, and the white sails are white. The hull is black, and the sun is facing it, which is fiery red.
It's really amazing that the pictures can be printed so lifelike, even John, why are there so many different colors on one piece of paper?
John touched it and found that the ink on the pattern was different and had a very high texture. No one could imitate such a paper coupon even if it was marked with 10,000 yuan.
Yin Sak took the coupon and was also surprised. But the two of them knew that if you ask at this time, they will definitely not tell you. Maybe no one present will know.
Before leaving, the attentive Yin Sak remembered and exchanged five silver coins for a handful of copper coins.
After leaving the bank, John and Yinsak, led by Duda, walked along the street at the entrance. There was a restaurant, which was very lively, with sailors shouting wantonly, and there was also a mixture of Saracen and Persian, and the two people Other words that I don’t understand.
From time to time, a woman's laughter could be heard.
Yinsak shrugged, "Wine and women, they will drain every last copper out of a sailor's pocket. It's the same in all ports."
If you continue walking, you will see shops with a dazzling array of products, including glassware, porcelain, silk, cotton, spices, furs, wool, pearls, copperware... Seeing these products, you just wonder why you are so poor.
There is a house at the end of the street with a "Treasure Hulu" sign hanging on it. People are coming in and out of the gate. There is a sign hanging on the side of the gate that reads "Quanzhou Huimin Bureau Medical Center Port District Health Center".
"Where is this? It looks like there are people coming and going, but it's very quiet?"
"This is a medical clinic, dedicated to treating people."
"oh."
Turning to another street, there was another scene.
"Is this Quanzhou City?" John asked curiously.
"No, this is just Quanzhou Port District."
"Why don't we go to Quanzhou City?"
"We can't leave the port area yet."
"Why?"
"We must observe him at the health center, the one we just passed by, for three days, and then have the doctor conduct an examination to confirm that there is no disease before we can leave the port area and go to the city."
"Why do this?"
"Every year, Quanzhou Port catches hundreds of people smuggling from countries in the South China Sea. Some of these people are arrogant, some have diarrhea... They are all epidemics. Once spread, many people will be killed. That's why There is this legal requirement.”
Seeing that John and Yinsak were a little depressed, Duda comforted: "The port area is very big and has everything in it. We will go to eat later and then take a bath to wash away the fatigue. Oh, you people like to worship gods. , I will take you to your church.”
"The church where we worship God?" John and Yinsak were surprised and delighted.
But when I followed Duda to a building, my face turned dark. This is a Saracen church. What do you mean by bringing us here?
Seeing the expressions on the faces of John and Yinsak, Duda slapped his forehead and said, "You don't believe in this religion! I heard you talking about Dashe, so I thought you believed in this too."
When they walked to another building, they saw a familiar cross in a typical Orthodox style. John and Yinsak were about to burst into tears.
Walking into the small church, it was a very typical Orthodox church. In the flickering candlelight, a priest was kneeling under the cross, praying.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, he couldn't help but get up and turn around. When he saw John and Yinsak, their expressions slowly changed from dull to happy, and then became more and more excited.
"A Roman?" he asked stammeringly in Greek.
"Yes, Romans from Constantinople." John replied in Greek.
The priest rushed forward with a cry, hugged the two of them tightly, tears flowed violently, and his mouth trembled for a long time. Finally, he said a sentence in Song Dynasty Mandarin, "My relatives!" This chapter has been completed!