There is a "Golden Tan Hundred Eight" in Huayang Cave in Maoshan. Jintan County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, was named after it. This place has been a place where people have abundant resources since ancient times.

A yellow apricot flag swayed in the north wind, and the four words "Yuelai Restaurant" on it are clearly visible. This is a husband-and-wife shop with a small shop and it has been open on the old street of the county town for more than a dozen years. Pan Yunsheng and his wife Zeng, both worked hard to run this small shop. The business is neither good nor bad; life is enough to live.

"Shopkeeper, tie the horses up for us, make another pot of wine, cut two pounds of beef, cook a chicken, bring a plate of peanuts, and stir-fry vegetables." Several officers leading the horse walked in, and the leader's voice was loud and he looked like he was a slutty cloud.

"Oh, why did you make Brother Wang spend money again?" The other people were embarrassed.

"Hey, brother, don't be separated. Come and have a drink of soju with me. It's a cold day." The eldest brother Wang laughed and told Pan Yunsheng, who came back from the horse, "The wine should be hot, the beef should be chewy, and the chicken should be cooked tenderly."

"Okay, wait a moment," Pan Yunsheng hurriedly went there, but he was thinking that there was a big "一" behind the clothes of these servants. It must be the postman of the horse and post outside the county town. Could it be that there is any military information that needs to be delivered? It doesn't look like that, they still have the leisure to drink and eat meat, and they should be given ordinary official documents.

The hot food and drinks will be ready in a while. Pan Yunsheng, who likes to inquire about things on weekdays, interrupted, "A few people go out on a cold day. Could it be that something big happened in the yamen?"

When someone praised him, the "Brother Wang" was in a good mood and smiled carelessly: "There is no big deal, but I just send some ordinary letters and packages for others."

"Which master is so generous that he has to work hard for several of his men to set off together? I just led the horse, and I'm afraid there are not a few hundred pieces of them in the box?" Pan Yunsheng asked again.

"Haha, there are no masters. They are all ordinary wealthy families. They paid the money to Ma Yi. The official secretary asked us to send it to others according to the door number," said a tall postman with a smile.

"No wonder Liu Fangzhang led people to install house numbers for every household a few days ago. It turned out to be a credit delivery," Pan Yunsheng suddenly realized.

"Haha, Lao Liu is lucky! A few years ago, he was just a false reputation. Now he has eaten the imperial grain and the emperor issued an order. The head of the Lijiafangxiang will receive a salary during his tenure. Lao Liu's salary is the same as me." "Brother Wang" curled his lips, and he actually knew Liu Fangsheng.

"I have a ancestral system. Lao Liu's house will be rotated after working for a year. If he is not in office, he will not be able to make a fortune. How can you compare to your elder brother? You can eat imperial grain for many years?" A short and fat postman said with a smile.

Pan Yunsheng suddenly remembered his nephew who was far away in Shuyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, and asked timidly: "I dare to ask a few people, if I go to Mayi to send a letter to Shuyang, how much does it cost?"

"A few cents!"

"Brother Wang" laughed, "The shopkeeper is good at joking. How much money can he use our fast horse to deliver letters? You go to various places in the Ming Dynasty to inquire. If you go to Shuimayi to send letters, the closest one will cost hundreds of people. If it is a thousand miles away, you have to calculate it according to the weight. If it is a package, it is more expensive. As the saying goes, "The letters of a family are worth tens of gold, and if there is no silver, don't go to the door of our horseyi. Hahaha!"

"Hahaha", the postmen also laughed in unison.

Pan Yunsheng laughed awkwardly, but his heart was very bitter. It is said that today is a good emperor who loves the people as much as his son. Today's Ming Dynasty is a peaceful and prosperous era, but he and his wife can only barely maintain the shop when they get up early and stay in the middle of the night, and they can't even afford to send a letter! However, this life is already very good. When the Tartars came here decades ago, they were even hungry and full. Alas! Let's save more money in the future before sending a letter.

Several postmen were full of food and food, and while it was getting hot, they wanted to deliver letters and packages.

Suddenly, someone rushed to get money, and "Brother Wang" turned black, "What are you doing with brother? Don't you slap your brother in the face? The shopkeeper, get money!"

It was really a fortune teller. It was a treasure note from Zhang Daming. It was a "Yi Guan".

The treasure banknotes sealed by Emperor Guangwu are imitated in the denomination of the Taizu period, divided into one guan, five hundred guan, three hundred guan, two hundred guan, and five guan. Among them, one guan is equal to one thousand guan or one liang of silver, and four guan is combined with one liang of gold, which is an authentic "big money".

Pan Yunsheng took the money and thought it was a silver note. After a closer look, he was stunned.

This piece of paper is beautiful! It is more symmetrical than the Taizu period, with concise characters, delicate engraving, similar in size to silver notes, and easy to carry. The banknote is a vertical rectangle, with dragons, flowers wrapped around the flower bars, cloud patterns, etc. The six large characters "Da Ming Tongxing Baochao" are written above, and the amount of the banknote is written on the upper end of the inner column. The money map is "Da Ming Baochao" and "Da Ming Baochao" on both sides of the money map are "Da Ming Baochao" and "Passing the World" are nine-fold seal characters. What's even more strange is that the back is actually a portrait of Emperor Guangwu holding a sword.

It is said that when the Ministry of Revenue Baochao Tutoring Office printed out the money samples, civil and military officials expressed their opposition, saying that it was disrespectful to print the portrait of the emperor on the money and make people touch it. However, the emperor said that I printed his portrait on the money in order to hope that the people of the Ming Dynasty would circulate the treasure money for my sake!

"Master, can you exchange it for copper coins or silver?" Pan Yunsheng begged aloofly.

"Why, do you dare to refuse to accept the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes? There is a portrait of the emperor printed on it," said Brother Wang coldly.

"Is the shopkeeper itchy butt? The emperor has an order. Those who refuse to accept the treasure money will be sent to the official and will be punished with twenty major boards." Another postman helped him.

Yes, I can't afford to offend!

Pan Yunsheng cried out in secretly, gritted his teeth, looked for some copper coins, and secretly increased the money for wine and food by dozens of cents.

"So expensive! Isn't it a black store!" Brother Wang and his party went out to run a horse cursed.

"well!"

Seeing that these people were leaving, Pan Yunsheng sighed.

"The head of the family, the business is quite good today, why are you feeling depressed?" Zeng hurriedly answered the advice when he saw that her husband was unhappy.

"It's a bad luck today. I thought it was a silver note, but it was this one." Pan Yunsheng took out the treasure note in a bad mood.

"I heard from Liu Fang that this is the new money issued by the emperor, which is common to silver and money. What's the head of the company worried about?" Zeng smiled.

"Well, what do you know about your wife? My dynasty also released this item during the Taizu period. It was a fashion at first, but the more valuable it became, it turned into waste paper!"

"ah!"

Zeng exclaimed, "This is always a big money, equivalent to one tael of silver on the silver! But what should I do?"

The couple was depressed, and Zeng suddenly remembered, "The head of the family, Liu Fang said that this treasure bank is equivalent to silver and can be used to pay taxes or exchanged at the money house. The emperor issued an order, which money house dared not to exchange it, so it was prohibited from operating. Why not use this treasure bank to exchange it for silver?"

"Oh, madam, you woke up the dreamer with just one word! Our small county town has no money house, so I will go to the mansion city to exchange it, there are many money houses there."

What a good thing Pan Yunsheng rode a donkey, traveling a hundred miles day and night, to the money house in the city, and exchanged the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes for silver.
Chapter completed!