Chapter 1423 smuggling (4)
"Copper coin?" Zhao Hu's heart thumped, and then he looked at Peter beside him with uncertainty.
He didn't know if the currency exchange in the Southeast Peninsula was the same as the Augustan Empire. If so, the wages would be too cheap.
Peter's heart was also thrilled. He knew the exchange of coins on the Southeast Peninsula and also knew how much the salary of the imperial ship craftsman was.
He approached Zhao Hu's ear and muttered: "Lord Mingyue City tells me that the Southeast Peninsula is the same as ours. It's too cheap. Please agree to him!"
Zhao Hu was shocked by the answer. The wages were too cheap. He didn't think about it and immediately said: "I'll give you a salary of ten gold coins a month. I hope you will work for me with all your heart."
The three old men, their family members, and the man all had their eyes lit up, and the three old men immediately kowtowed to their loyalty with their families.
After the three old men were taken down by the guards, Zhao Hu, with a smile on his face, grabbed a purse from the box beside him and threw it to the man: "Very good, thank you for your hard work, this is a reward for you. Tell Mode, work harder, I will reward him more when I come back."
When Mo De left, in order to show his loyalty or for himself, he secretly hinted that Zhao Hu, these bandits liked the rewards in money, so Zhao Hu prepared a box of purse. The amount of gold coins in the purse is in the purse, and how to reward depends on whether the news reported by the person who reported it is important.
In fact, no need for others to remind him. Zhao Hu, who has led the army, also knew that "reward immediately if he does it well, and punish him immediately if he does it badly." This is the only rule for leading the army.
"Yes, thank you for the reward!" The man holding the purse touched the purse and felt happy: "There is no square hole, not copper coins, so thick and round, it must be silver coins on the empire!"
Thinking of this, he quickly kowtowed happily to thank him.
After the man stepped back, he came with him to guard the seven or eight brothers who were guarding the lord's mansion and immediately stepped forward.
"Brother! Lord, uh, how much has the lord rewarded?"
Of course, Mode's confidants were warned by him, so everyone knew that they should call Zhao Hu the Lord.
"Hehe, I can guarantee that there are definitely more than a dozen silver coins inside, which is enough for us brothers to return to Mingyue City for a while." The man shook his wallet proudly.
"Oh, it's a pity that there is no tavern here, otherwise we can have a good drink now."
A man sighed, these words resonated with everyone, and they salied with regrets.
"Brother, let me have a long eye. I haven't seen the silver coins yet."
The youngest boy in a group stared at the man's purse and salivated his face. When he heard this, the others responded.
It’s not their fault. After all, what can people who become bandits, especially soldiers among bandits, be able to get rich?
It’s pitiful to get up. There are many people who have never seen what gold coins look like among the bandits.
"Hey, look at your prosperity. What's so great about silver coins? I've also seen gold coins. However, the silver coins in this empire are different from the silver coins on ours. All the coins on their side are round, and except for copper coins, the rest on our side are oval..."
Although the man looked contemptuous, he still poured out the coins in his pocket as he wished.
People hiding in the corner of the square were stunned when they saw the golden dozen coins.
Even if they had never seen gold coins, they could tell that these dozen coins were not silver coins at all!
"Oh my God! Is this color the gold coins that are passed on?" Everyone exclaimed in their hearts, and turned their heads to see if anyone around them noticed their place.
The man sluggishly and his eyes lit up, "Although he knew that the lord was generous when he rewarded the army that day, he didn't expect that he was so generous. He was just ordered to report the news and was rewarded with more than a dozen gold coins. If he made a contribution..."
Everyone looked at the man with red eyes, and the man's heart immediately felt regret.
If I knew there were gold coins inside, I would never pour out the money, because at that time I just took out a gold coins to invite them to have a meal and I would be able to get things done, and the remaining gold coins would be all my own.
Of course, I thought so, but he was not stupid enough to expose it and he still took it himself, so he forced a smile and said, "Everyone takes one to the flower."
Everyone immediately cheered, holding a gold coin in their hands at a very fast speed. Looking at the remaining three or four gold coins, the man could only comfort himself secretly.
However, he also made a secret decision that he would never bring anyone to meet such a good opportunity next time! But thinking about it, it seems impossible. After all, the news that the lord rewarded with gold coins will spread soon, and everyone will definitely be watching the person reporting the news.
"Hehe, how many silver coins are this gold coin? How many copper coins are there... Oh, there are so many, it can make us live a good life comfortably!"
"Hehe, I want to wrap Cuihua for the next month, and I will ravage her fiercely this month! Who told her not to look at me last time!"
"Woooo, I have money, I finally have money!"
Seeing the brothers so excited, the man hit them: "A bunch of idiots! Don't forget that there is no one or two gold coins here, that is, this gold coin can only be exchanged for two or three thousand copper coins in the Southeast Peninsula!"
"Two or three thousand copper coins? Hehe, that's not bad, enough for us to enjoy it."
Although everyone was disappointed, they couldn't help but become excited when they thought of a basket of copper coins.
In the lord's mansion, Peter sighed: "I didn't expect that the labor in the Southeast Peninsula was so cheap. An old boatman's monthly salary was only 150 copper coins, and the price was less than two silver coins. Compared with the monthly salary of one gold coins for an apprentice here, it was a huge difference!"
"Sir, as such, the prices in the Southeast Peninsula are very low, otherwise I wouldn't have used copper coins to pay more than 100 yuan." Zhao Hu said with a smile.
"Yes, if we hadn't been unable to purchase from the Southeast Peninsula, I believe that smuggling goods from the Southeast Peninsula alone would be enough to make us rich." Peter said.
"Hmph, the Southeast Peninsula has a lot of copper mines, so all transactions are calculated using copper coins. The bastard in Mingyue City sells our goods and gives them all copper coins. He has to charge a handling fee for exchanges with gold coins. It's so fucking money, and he's going to be a partner!" Kate was dissatisfied.
Hearing this, Zhao Hu raised his eyebrows and was puzzled: "Is there a shortage of gold on the Southeast Peninsula? Otherwise, why don't you just hand it over to you gold coins?"
"It's very scarce. Although there are gold and silver mines on the Southeast Peninsula, it is difficult to mine, unlike copper mines that are almost in a mountain." Peter responded casually, but then he immediately woke up and shouted: "Damn! Let that bastard take advantage!"
"What?" Kate asked in confusion.
Peter jumped and scolded, "What else? It's the bastard of Mingyue City! Damn it! If gold is scarce and copper coins are flooded, one gold coin will definitely be exchanged for more than one thousand copper coins. That damn bastard always pays according to the exchange rate we have here. I... I... Damn his ancestors for 18 generations!"
Peter completely lost his demeanor at this moment and cursed wildly.
Kate was stunned for a moment, and hesitantly confirmed to Zhao Hu: "That is, we were cheated by that bastard again in exchange for gold coins for copper coins?"
Zhao Hutou asked curiously: "Didn't you find out clearly at the beginning?"
Kate smiled helplessly and said, "We couldn't find out the news at all, and the bandits we caught were executed on the spot. We didn't expect to inquire about this. The bastard exchanged the same as ours, so we believed it. Unexpectedly, he actually lied to us!***!"
At the back, Kate also started to curse.
Seeing them so excited, Zhao Hu waved to the Okde guard who was accompanying him and asked him to inquire about the exchange rate of the Southeast Peninsula from the bandits, so as not to know if he suffers in the future.
Okede came back soon, but he looked at Peter and the other guys who were tired and started drinking tea.
Seeing Zhao Hu's personal guard's strange eyes, Peter pointed at Okde with his chin and asked Zhao Hu, "What's going on?"
Zhao Hu said: "I asked him to ask the bandits about the exchange rate on the Southeast Peninsula. Is there any result?"
Hearing this, Peter and Kate immediately stared at Oaked.
Okede hesitated for a moment, swallowed his saliva before saying, "Sir, I've found out that a gold coin on the Southeast Peninsula can be exchanged for ten silver coins."
He came here and glanced at Peter and the others.
When the two of them heard this, their expressions relaxed.
The exchange rate of gold and silver is the same, but the exchange rate of silver and copper should be less than that, right?
As if they were deliberately attacking them, Okde continued as they breathed a sigh of relief: "Exchange one silver coin for one thousand copper coins."
As if he was hit by Peter and the other two by a thunderbolt, Peter immediately softened, while Kate immediately jumped up and grabbed Okde's collar, and shouted with a ferocious face: "How many copper coins are you exchanging for one silver coin?"
Okede was not afraid, but instead shouted in his biggest voice: "Exchange one silver coin for one thousand copper coins!"
Kate let go of his hand, his eyes were scattered, and while walking back and forth, he murmured to himself in a confused tone: "One gold coin on the Southeast Peninsula exchanges ten silver coins, and one silver coin for one thousand copper coins? One hundred copper coins on the Empire exchanges one silver coin, that is, a piece of goods that earned one gold coin there, if it was exchanged for copper coins, it would be 10,000 copper coins, which would be 10,000 gold coins!
"I should have given me ten gold coins, but that bastard only gave me one gold coins! And this gold coins have to be paid for five copper coins! I..."
Chapter completed!