Chapter 47
Silver was not the currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty, but it was a big mistake to think that silver was not important. The Song Dynasty had an unparalleled coin minting process, and had to mint more than 1 million guan a year, up to 5 million guan. Even so, it was impossible to overcome the inherent weakness of copper coins.
As a currency, copper has low value and heavy weight, and is inconvenient to carry. Especially for commodities, it is definitely a nightmare to settle with copper coins!
How to ensure that every copper coin is good money, and how to traffic it for a long distance? What should I do if I encounter a robber on the road? What should I do if I get wet by rain and rust?
There are many disadvantages, so silver acts as a denomination currency for bulk transactions, and the court also allows merchants to pay taxes with silver, and even offers discounts.
In addition, the annual coins given to the Liao Kingdom by the Northern Song Dynasty were also calculated in silver and silk, not copper coins circulating on the market.
The Song Dynasty was not rich in gold and silver. A large number of gold and silver utensils were made every year, and annual monies were given to Liao Kingdom. The gap in gold and silver on the market was very large. At the beginning of the founding of the country, one tael of silver was exchanged for one tael of silver, but now almost one tael of silver can be exchanged for two taels of silver.
Unlike the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom had a huge territory, and Liaodong was rich in gold. In addition, the annual annual monies of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom had a rich amount of gold and silver.
The Cui family has been engaged in smuggling for many years and has accumulated a huge amount of gold and silver, as well as the precious Dongzhu. It is not surprising at all.
It's just that the number is so large that it's amazing!
The gold bricks, ingots, and east beads everywhere... blinded countless people's eyes.
The soldiers under Zhu Tong were salivating and grabbed the treasures crazily, kept stuffing them into their clothes. Even the officers in Cangzhou Prefecture could not bear it and joined the robbery ranks. The gold and silver that Liang Dagang had thrown were stolen. They followed the direction and found the innermost cave, which was full of treasures and several boxes. These people were like hungry ghosts who saw the big meal, and their eyes turned into small stars.
Grab, grab, fight, even the good brothers of the past fight against an astonishing amount of wealth.
They did not notice at all that more than a dozen people, riding tall and majestic war horses, ran past them.
Liang Dagang didn't dare to look back. He was afraid that he would be unable to control himself. He ran out with his life. If someone stopped him, he took out gold and silver from his arms and threw it on the ground.
"There is still inside!"
Gold and silver opened the way, and Liang Dagang led his men and horses to run out of the Wild Wolf Valley in one breath.
Standing at the entrance of the valley, he took a deep breath.
"Check everything on your body, don't even have a ounce of silver!"
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They left the Wild Wolf Valley, and Zhu Tong led a few of his confidants to chase after him.
"stop!"
Wang Liangjing and the rest of the people blocked Zhu Tong's way.
"Dare you stop me?" Zhu Tong's eyes were blazing fire, as if they were furious lions, screaming, "You damn killers, dare to steal my war horses! Get out of here, otherwise I will kill you!"
Zhu Tong reached out to pull out his sword. Before he could pull it out, the iron gun was accurately pulled into his hand. Zhu Tong's wrist was almost broken, and he was furious in pain.
"The lowly thing, how dare you go against me! Come on!"
He shouted loudly, but there were less than ten people left under his command, and the rest joined the robbery. In comparison, there were more than twenty people standing behind Wang Liangjing.
The number is not advantageous, and the combat power is even worse than that of Wang Liangjing. Zhu Tong's neck is so red that it is as thick as his face. He farts, but he has no choice but to be so angry that he turns around.
At this moment, dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong, and a drum sounded, the Wild Wolf Valley was blocked. Some officers and several battalions came over quickly surrounded by a black-faced official.
It was not someone else who came, but Bao Zheng, the governor of Cangzhou and the deployment of the military commander!
"Let me listen to it. All gold, silver and treasures will be confiscated and paid to the treasury. Who dares to keep them privately and kill them immediately!"
With a command, everyone was stunned. Someone didn't want to hand it over. Bao Heizi was not polite at all and cut three people directly. The bloody head was placed in front of him. Zhu Tong saw it, his mouth twitched, and his heart was bleeding!
Do he dare not listen?
Bao Heizi brought two thousand people, and there were five commanders who were on par with him alone!
As long as Zhu Tong chose to surrender and honestly handed over all the looted things to Bao Zheng, his eyes were full of reluctance and poison, and he wanted to tear Bao Heizi apart.
"Sir, Caomin is going to go back to the village, so he said goodbye."
Bao Zheng narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Didn't you grab gold and silver?"
"No, Mr. Gongsun can testify." Wang Liangjing said openly.
Gongsun Ce hurriedly bowed, "Mr. Bao, what Wang Zhuangshi said is right. These villagers are indeed extraordinary. They are instructed by the orders, and they are not moved when facing treasures. They are really ashamed of many officials and soldiers in the court!" Gongsun Ce was filled with emotion.
Bao Zheng frowned slightly. He subconsciously looked at Wang Ning'an. With this cunning brat here, he could not take any advantage? It was such a strange thing!
No matter what, Bao Heizi still pays attention to evidence.
"Mr. Wang Zhuang is indeed unusual. From now on, you will be the utility sects of Cangzhou Prefecture."
"Thank you for your support, my subordinates will leave."
Wang Liangjing quickly changed his name and took the big guys to Tuta Village.
Along the way, everyone admired each other, and they were dancing and laughing wildly. Just now, Bao Zheng was there, and they didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they came out without any scruples.
Uncle Wu stretched out two thumbs, "Fourth Brother, Ning An is so smart! If we are greedy for gold and silver, we will not get anything!"
"Who said no? When Bao Heizi came, the face of Zhu's surname was green!"
Thinking of Zhu Tong's unlucky appearance, everyone couldn't help laughing. They praised in unison, Wang Ning'an was unparalleled. In fact, it was not that Wang Ning'an was so powerful, but he knew that gold and silver were priceless, and good horses were priceless!
In order to get the bloody horse, Emperor Wu of Han started a war without hesitation, and even tens of thousands of people were killed or injured.
There was no need for them to throw away the watermelon for sesame seeds.
They rushed back to Tuta Village in one breath. Liang Dagang and his men were waiting at the entrance of the village. Ten majestic war horses lined up in a row, with huge and strong bodies, shiny fur, fat and strong, full of strength. They shook their heads and neighed from time to time, showing full vitality. Liang Dagang and others must hold on tightly, otherwise they will run away.
"Good horse, that's great!"
Wang Liangjing's whole body was trembling and he couldn't wait to fly.
"Don't be busy."
Wang Ning'an stopped his father. He circled around a few horses, selected six horses, told Liang Dagang that he would immediately take it to the willow forest west of the village and hide it.
The remaining four horses were left here, and Uncle Wu returned to the village, found the six best horses from the horses seized before, and added them to make up ten horses.
Everyone didn't understand the intention, so they did as they did. When the ten horses had just gathered together, Bao Heizi and his men rushed to Tuta Village at lightning.
"Sir, look, that's the divine horse in the Wild Wolf Valley!" Zhu Tong shouted hard, Bao Zheng smiled slightly. This is the Wang Ning'an he knew, and he would not let go of any cheapness!
"The divine horse is a treasure of the court, not something you can own."
Bao Zheng stole the war horse, and he couldn't bear it. He paused and said, "I dedicate to the court to ask for merit, and said it was the horse you offered. In addition, I would like to give you twenty pairs of armor and 50 stones of food as compensation."
Bao Zheng left with the people, leaving behind Wang Ning'an with anger on his face, and the furious Wang Liangjing...
"It's not that I'm a bad person, but the court is really short of horses!" Bao Heizi looked at Zhu Tong and asked, "Is this the divine horse you are talking about?"
"That's right, sir, please see, this horse is so tall and strong! When you run, it's like the wind. Baby, you're such a good baby. If you present it to the court, your Majesty will be happy."
Zhu Tong was not hesitant to boast. Of course he wanted to take it for himself, but he was really afraid of Wang Liangjing's kung fu. In addition, Bao Zheng was deliberately favored, and Zhu Tong felt that he could not get these horses. Since that was the case, he would overturn the dog food bowl and everyone would not be able to eat it!
He thought proudly that he was about to return to Cangzhou. Zhu Tong suddenly realized something was wrong. These ten horses were obviously divided into two levels, with only four divine horses, and the other six were barely considered good.
As for these four divine horses, why do they look too gentle and have no stunning appearance? What is wrong?
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"Hahaha, Bao Heizi was also fooled. He took away four eunuch horses!" Wang Ning'an laughed so hard that tears came out.
Chapter completed!