November in the 34th year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.

At dawn, it started snowing in Zishui County, Xi'an Prefecture, Qin Province, and it was snowing heavily in Bailu Town. Looking around, there were white snowflakes everywhere, covering the tender green wheat seedlings that emerged from the fields and covering the bare mountains and valleys.

Bai Gui tried his best to cover the torn fur. There was a layer of rubbing on the dirty ones. He smelled a sour smell and tried not to let the heat at the collar be blown away by the cold wind.

The howling north wind blew.

Although he was covered with a felt hat, his head was still so cold that it was so cold.

He was carrying a string of mountain goods and a string of hemp ropes.

I saw four rabbits and two pheasants, all of which had just been slaughtered, and blood was flowing along the fur and jumping around from time to time. However, when Bai Gui walked to the restaurant in the town, the rabbit was frozen all over.

The pheasant is all white and is bigger than the usual domestic chickens.

"Oh! Xiao Guizi, are you going to the mountain to get mountain goods again? You probably have all the hares on the mountain?" Manager Wang from the restaurant sat behind the counter, making plans and keeping the account book. Hearing the sound from the door, looking up, and then jokingly said.

"Isn't this all good luck? Not long after entering the mountains, these stupid rabbits got into the rope trap and strangled themselves to death. Ugh, thinking that they had to bleed first, otherwise the rabbit meat would be unable to be eaten..."

"These two pheasants are even more stupid and hit the tree directly."

Bai Gui scratched his head, smiled honestly, and casually explained the reason why all these mountain goods were cut off their throats.

He walked into the restaurant for two or three steps, and the restaurant's servant stopped him quietly and blocked him outside the door.

Bai Gui frowned and didn't say much.

Although this Wangji Restaurant only has two yards, the hall in front serves as a canteen and the kitchen behind is not a legendary private room, and it is all dine-in.

But it is also a unique restaurant in the barren countryside.

The diners sitting inside were all wearing long-sleeved satin shirts, wearing white cotton jackets, and melon-skin hats.

When he goes in, it will probably affect his business.

The hot coal stove was burning, with mutton soup simmering on it, and the smell of mutton mixed with the aroma of meat rushed into people's nose.

Bai Gui listened to them talking in detail. Although he was in the countryside, there might be diners who had spare money to go to the restaurant, but they were not idle. They were all gentry in the town, some were landlords and old money, some were scholars and ministers.

"Hey! Have you heard of it? Juren from General Village exchanged a concubine for seven dou of wheat."

"That concubine is only thirteen years old."

"What's the use of talking about these things? I followed my cousin from Yanjing's business and returned from a long-distance business. The Queen Mother Cixi negotiated with Roosevelt of Amei and Ken Kingdom through photo diplomacy, and returned more than 10 million yuan in Boxer's indemnity!"

"More than ten million knives, why don't you kill someone? The boxers are not so cruel!"

"Knife! It is the currency of Ameikan Country, and it is called dollar in English!"

"Ameikan must be using the language of Ameikan. Why do you use English again? Nonsense! You are talking nonsense!"

"I heard that the Queen Mother Cixi was seriously ill, in her seventies, and it seemed that she was about to die..."

"Be careful of your words! Be careful of your words!"

"But Guangxu is an unknown person. Two years ago, he and the new parties wanted to abolish the imperial examination. This was a disruption to the foundation of our Qing Dynasty and the law of our ancestors! This imperial examination has been more than a thousand years... Fortunately, the Queen Mother of Citizens turned the tide and did not let this group of new parties succeed..."

"I heard that the Queen Mother Xi's mausoleum is being built in Gantian Town, Zhongnan Mountain..."

"Why, not in Yanjing?"

"I heard that it was when the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu were hunting in the west, and I felt that Yanjing was hit by foreign devils and the dragon energy was dissipated, so I planned to build a tomb in Guanzhong so that I could maintain a thousand-year health. There, Mr. Yin and Yang said that there was a dragon energy. The richest man in Zhou in our Qin Province donated 100,000 taels..."

"Which richest man in Zhou?"

"Hey, the first-rank madam, Empress Dowager Cixi recognized her as her adopted daughter when she was hunting the west."

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Bai Gui wanted to listen carefully, but was interrupted by the shouts of the restaurant shop's shop.

The guy took the rabbit meat from his hand, picked up the scale rod and weighed it. He moved quickly. Before Bai Gui could see clearly, he shouted to Manager Wang: "Fresh rabbit meat is fifty-four pounds and eight pounds of different fresh pheasant meat is eleven pounds and seven ounces of 100 pounds."

Pick! Pick!

Manager Wang fiddled with the abacus, and the abacus sounded, "It has been snowing these days, and rabbit meat can replenish the middle and replenish qi, which can be sold more than usual. I will calculate thirteen cents per pound for you, two cents higher than usual. In addition, this alien pheasant meat is a rare thing, counting thirty cents per pound for you, nephew, what do you think?"

A pound of pork was about twenty cents in the late Qing Dynasty. The rabbit meat was cheap and had a grassy smell, so Thirteen cents were also considered suitable.

As for the thirty-five words behind...

It's obviously lower!

Bai Gui's lips whispered for a while, but he didn't say anything.

Manager Wang said and complained: "This pheasant is snow-white all over and is considered a rare bird. If he is alive, he will at least count as three or two of you. Unfortunately... it is dead, and it is not worth it!"

He smashed his mouth and showed a look of heartache on his face.

If it were put in the past few years, the snow-white pheasant would be considered auspicious, and could be reported to the capital and sent to the palace. If the auspiciousness was sent to the government, it would be possible to get at least a few hundred taels of silver.

However, even if this snow-white pheasant dies, it can be sold in the town for a good price!

Good luck!

You will be blessed if you eat it!

He had thought about how to promote this alien pheasant.

The alien pheasant sent by this fool before was cooked by him. When the passing Juren heard about this, he felt very sad. When he saw the only pieces of chicken left in the pot, he threw down a ingot of silver nude son.

The silver naked son weighs at least two and a half!

A few pieces of chicken cost only two taels of silver, and those two alien pheasants can sell at least thirty taels of silver!

"It's 1,063. My uncle will give you a piece of money, so I'll give you one or two ounces." Manager Wang smiled and narrowed his eyes, took out a silver ingot from the bag, weighed the weight with his hand, then cut the corners with scissors, and placed it on the silver scale. One or two ounces is not bad at all.

He was going to hand the silver that had cut off a corner to Bai Gui.

Bai Gui did not take the silver. He was silent for a while and asked, "Is there a Long Yang here for uncle? I will exchange this or two for a silver for a Long Yang."

"It's easy to say! I didn't expect that this novel silver dollar would be known. I happened to have silver dollars given by diners from the city a few days ago." When Manager Wang heard this, he quickly retracted his hand that he had reached out.

Since the two crows, foreign silver dollars flowed into Xia Kingdom. Because the foreign silver dollars were consistent in appearance, price standard, and easy to use, it quickly led to chaos in the Xia Kingdom's financial system. The Qing Dynasty was unable to prevent the circulation of foreign silver dollars, and in the 16th year of Daoguang, the circulation of foreign silver dollars was recognized by law.

Later in the fifteenth year of Guangxu, that is, in 1889, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, opened the Guangdong-Supervised Coin of Guangdong and Guangxi, and made a silver dollar sample of seven cents and three cents. The back was a dragon pattern and the front was a Guangxu Yuanbao, so it was commonly known as Longyang.

Manager Wang smiled even more.

A silver dollar can't be worth one or two taels of silver, let alone one or two coins.

This thing is just a novelty.

He searched at the counter and finally found a Long Yang and handed it to Bai Gui.

"Nephew, it's cold outside, why don't you stay and have a cup of tea before leaving." Seeing that Bai Gui had earned him a lot of benefits, Manager Wang ignored Bai Gui's ragged fur and kindly invited him in to do it.

"No! Uncle, I'll go to the grain shop to make some rice and grain, and prepare for repairs."

Bai Gui muttered casually, walked out of the restaurant and headed to the grain store in Bailu Town.

'read?'
Chapter completed!