A few guests who were dozing on the left and right looked surprised, and a few unknown villagers in front and behind simply scolded: "This is a little guy coming here, he is screaming!"
"Don't let the chickens in my cage lay eggs. How can a young farmer afford to cut them down?!"
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A man who looked like a drug dealer, carrying a medicine basket with many scattered objects hanging on his back, explained: "This seems to be Huang Dana's silly son from the landlord's family!"
Of course, Yuan Shuzhi didn't know whether there was a landlord named Huang Dana in Huangxi, and it was impossible to know whether his stupid son was this one.
"Fifteen cents at the foot of the pond!" The girl who collected the money quoted the price.
The fool first took out a few one-cent and two-cent banknotes to buy tickets. Of course, the Dan family sister said that it was not enough, so the fool continued to take out money. This time, he took out a familiar banknote. Lao Yuan did not see it clearly.
, it looks like a silver dollar coupon, but the denomination is actually ten yuan.
This is rare. The Senate abolished the two-dollar reform, and the purchasing power of one silver dollar is very large. Yuan Shuzhi's official monthly income is only a few yuan. In daily life, he mostly uses "fen" and "wen" bills.
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Yuan Shuzhi frowned. He had never seen a silver dollar note with ten yuan in his memory. The largest denomination banknote that could be seen on weekdays was only one yuan. This one yuan note is equivalent to a thousand yuan. Ten yuan is equivalent to a thousand yuan.
That's a huge amount of money.
Where did this ten-yuan note come from? He couldn't help but wonder.
"Is this money enough?" The fool raised the banknotes and was about to hand the money to Dan's sister. Suddenly, a man who looked like a vendor grabbed the money and said hurriedly: "Brother, I'll pay for you."
Ship money, I can get this money!"
He was very enthusiastic about scolding fools just now, but now he suddenly wanted to help someone pay the bill. His attitude changed so quickly that the whole boat was shocked.
But the drug dealer suddenly said: "Brother, what kind of money did you take? Show it to everyone?"
The hawker just put the money in his pocket and ignored him. He looked like he had found something missing.
A man with fair hair wearing a double-breasted "Australian coat" sitting at the back of the boat said slowly: "Brothers changing money, that money is the newly issued ten-yuan notes of the Song Dynasty. One piece can be exchanged for ten large silver dollars. It is important to be a good person.
Conscience, you can’t cheat this little brother!”
"Where did you get that wild thing? It's none of your business!" the vendor opened his mouth and cursed, looking arrogant and unreasonable.
The man in Australian attire smiled slightly and said, "If there is any injustice on the road, of course I will take care of it." He took out a waist badge from his side and showed it.
The vendor sneered: "You want to bluff people with a sign?"
But the drug seller next to him took the sign, took a look at it and exclaimed: "Are you from the Song Dynasty Zifang Si Yamen?!" After that, he quickly advised the hawker:
"Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials, so please stop saying a few words! This is an official from the Song Dynasty!" After saying this, he handed over his badge.
The vendor took the sign and took a look at it. He looked guilty but refused to give in. He stiffened his neck and said, "Who knows what kind of yamen you are! You tell me, is this money really worth ten silver dollars?"
After saying that, he handed the waist tag back to the drug dealer. The drug dealer immediately returned the waist tag to the fake man. The whole process was very fast, like a butterfly passing through a flower.
"It can't be true or false." The "Australian cadre" said calmly, "You can help this little brother buy a ticket, but you can't just coax his money."
The hawker still looked unwilling to admit defeat, saying: "You said it's worth ten yuan, it's worth ten yuan?! This ten yuan note has never been on the market before. He used it to buy things like this, it's not real or fake.
I don’t know. I paid fifteen cents to buy a ticket for him in exchange for this piece of paper that I don’t know is authentic. I’m doing a good deed!”
The fake man seemed to be unable to stand it any longer. He stood up and said, "In this case, I will authenticate it for you and ask everyone to be witnesses. This brother who changed the money, please bring the money and let me take a look."
The hawker hesitated and said, "Are you trying to trick me?"
"I am an official of the Song Dynasty, how can I deceive you?" The fake man said with a righteous expression on his face.
The vendor then took out the bill and handed it over hesitantly, saying, "Be careful, don't break it."
The fake Kun cadre took the note, took out a magnifying glass from his bag, raised the note to the light, looking for something. After a while, he saw a model lake crane appearing on the note through the light, and immediately shouted: "Did you see it?"
, this is the anti-counterfeiting mark of the new banknotes!”
After showing half a circle in the middle and rear of the boat, Yao took the magnifying glass and banknotes to pass, and then showed half a circle in front of the boat. Yuan Shuzhi was secretly surprised when he saw that the banknotes indeed had the watermark of a crane.
Until now, the "show" has been viewed as novel by others. Yuan Shuzhi was used to seeing "Xian'er" when he was hanging out at the bottom, so he knew that this was a scam. He was a shill in the dark, on ships, docks, inns, and on the roadside.
This is a common trick in tea sheds and other places frequented by foreign merchants. It is designed to deceive passers-by. Although there are many tricks, the tricks are the same.
He knew that this group of people was a gang, and he didn't know what their relationship was with the boatman. It was not appropriate to say anything at this time. He just observed them carefully and remembered their facial features so that he could trace them later.
What really surprised him was not the scam itself, but the counterfeit currency in front of him. As a civil servant in Guangzhou, he knew that there were counterfeit currency circulating in the market, because the bureau held a special meeting to report this matter, and also reported it.
Types and characteristics of counterfeit currency seized.
Judging from the reported materials, all the counterfeit coins found are very shoddy and can be said to be fake at first glance. In addition to deceiving villagers in more remote places, the fake coins will also be exposed in larger markets.
But the banknote in front of me is very close to the real currency in terms of material, pattern and writing. If it is different, it is that the pattern and color are different from the current banknotes.
However, the banknotes just flashed before his eyes, and Yuan Shuzhi had no time to take a closer look and was unable to obtain more details.
At this time, the hawker made an embarrassed and distressed expression, reluctantly took out two silver dollars and handed them to the fool, and said heartbrokenly: "This is all I have, I have already paid for it! I'll give it all to you, you
I don’t know if this money is real or not, just exchange it for two yuan, brother, you’ve made a lot of money!”
As a "silly son of a landlord", of course he was stupid enough to ask for whatever he wanted without saying no. He took it and said with a smile: "A piece of paper can be exchanged for two silver cakes. You still call me stupid. I think it's you."
stupid!"
But the fake Kun man continued to persuade the fool with a distressed look: "You can't spend the money like this. You should go to a bank or bank to change it into change. You can exchange it for ten one-dollar silver coins! Why can't you exchange for just two! Alas.
Oh, little brother, didn’t you steal this money?”
The fool hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I didn't steal it! I didn't steal it! I don't dare! My brother gave me the drink." He also made a silly drinking gesture.
The fake man continued to ask: "Then what does your brother do?"
The fool replied: "My brother went to the countryside with the chief to collect money." Then he made an abacus gesture and said, "He has too much money to count, and he gave me a lot!" After that, he took out a wad of banknotes.
They all look similar: "My brother gave me a lot."
The hawker looked like he was suddenly enlightened: "It turns out that your brother is the old man's accountant, no wonder he can make a lot of money!"
The drug dealer man said: "I want it too, and I'll give you two silver coins in exchange for one!"
He changed the money and patted his thigh with a look of regret: "Oh, I usually carry more than ten yuan with me, but today I just bought some goods, and all the money was spent! If I had known better, I would have bought less medicine!" He also pointed at the ship.
The neighbors shouted repeatedly.
The hawker and the drug dealer sang together and encouraged the people around them to "cheat" the fool into exchanging one banknote for two yuan. After some manipulation, some of the passengers on the ship were fooled. Several of them were well-dressed and probably had a little money at home.
The rich merchants who were rich in money probably thought that this was an opportunity to pick up the pie in the sky, so they took out their money and started to exchange, one piece, two... There was a businessman who looked like he took out ten yuan in one breath and exchanged it.
Five sheets.
If someone takes less than two yuan, the two men will say that they are fools and stop the fool from accepting the money.
After all, two dollars is not a small amount. Most people can't afford so much money, and they looked envious if they couldn't exchange it. At this time, the hawker "came up with an idea" and asked them to "join together" and exchange it for one.
open.
Since this note can be exchanged for ten yuan, it can be exchanged later and divided according to the head. Everyone can understand this account. Now the cabin is boiling, and several people are pooling money to buy one.
However, the fake Kun man looked upright and refused to "cheat the fool", and repeatedly advised the fool: "You can exchange this money for ten large silver coins in the city!! How can you return it to them! Alas, alas, alas!
!Your brother will be heartbroken to death if he finds out!"
After this farce, more than half of the people paid. Yuan Shuzhi did a rough calculation and found that the group got more than thirty yuan this time, which was considered a big deal!
Seeing that the money changer was gone, the fool got off the boat at the bottom of the pond. After passing two piers, drug dealers and hawkers also got off the boat one after another.
As for the few banknotes that were exchanged, they were all carefully held in their arms, and everyone looked around vigilantly, fearing that they would be robbed if exposed. They arrived at another town, but it was a large dock. It was around five o'clock in the afternoon.
The boatman is here. Guests who want to go ashore to eat or shop can do so as they please, but they have to get back to the boat before it gets dark, because boats still have to sail at night.
As soon as the boat stopped, the passengers on the boat rushed to the shore, including a few wealthy people who brought a lot of food. The boatman smoked his pipe and sneered. Yuan Shuzhi knew that he probably knew something, so he deliberately said
: "How come so many people came ashore to fight?"
Before the boatman could say anything, the Dan girl smiled and said: "They are not going to make money, they are going to Delong to exchange money, waiting to make a fortune!"
"We don't care whether you get rich or not. Xiaoquan, prepare a few bamboo tubes in case someone jumps into the river."