It is a wooden box carved from ebony wood, which is quietly placed on the table.

The warm yellow color is softer under the oil lamp, and it is not conspicuous at all. There is no carving on the surface of the box, but it maintains a natural wood grain, and a few wooden scars can be seen.

The appearance of this box is really ordinary to the point that it can't be more ordinary, but the things in this box are not ordinary at all.

Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu were all standing next to the box with their hands folded at the moment, and the smiles on the faces of the three of them couldn't be concealed.

Guo Jing smiled: "Da Lang, why don't you open it and take a look?" ”

Wu Haogu stared at the camphor wood box, and after a moment, he stepped forward, opened the lock, and lifted the box.

It's full of salt tea tied in layers with red ribbons!

The currency of the Great Song Dynasty was mainly copper-based, and silver could also be circulated. However, copper and silver are too heavy and troublesome for the Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Company, which often has a transaction amount of tens of thousands. Therefore, most of the large-scale transactions of the Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Company are paid with salt tea, which is usually paid according to the exchange of ten taels of face value converted into copper coins according to seven or eight threads.

"There are 6,666 sheets in total, all of which are in 10 denominations, and they have been checked.

Da Lang, this is a fortune! Make a fortune! ”

Rao is Guo Jing and Guo Sanlang, who have seen the world, and now his voice is a little trembling. Six thousand six hundred and sixty taels of silk are crossed, which is exactly 50,000 yuan of copper coins. According to the proportion of the stolen goods in the calligraphy and painting shop, 3,333 of them were handed over to Wu Haogu, and the rest were divided equally by Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Fu Monk, and each person could get 1,111 pieces, equivalent to 8,3400 pieces.

This huge amount of money was enough for Guo Jing, Liu Wuji, and Monk Fu to get out of poverty overnight, buy a big grange outside the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, where every inch of land was valuable, and live a decadent life of the landlord class from then on.

If it is in the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion, 8,3400 yuan is enough to buy a very good house - the housing prices of Kaifeng Mansion are the same as those in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in later generations, and they are all expensive to the sky. It costs 8,900 yuan to buy an ordinary house, and a little better it costs 10,000 yuan.

The wage (wage income) of ordinary working people in Kaifeng Prefecture is usually between two and five taels per month. At most, it's only 60 yuan a year, and you have to go without food or drink for 150 years to buy a property!

So for Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu, buying a house in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo was an unrealistic dream.

But now, just one fake sale of calligraphy and painting has made the three of them ascend to the sky and become a family with the strength to buy a house in Kaifeng Mansion.

And you can also do it without a mortgage!

Wu Haogu looked at the three brothers in front of him who were about to blossom with joy on their faces, and also laughed: "It's true that we've made a fortune, but we can't spend it for the time being."

Today in the Su family's shop, Da Mink Jue and Chen Youwen, surnamed Liu, may have become suspicious, if you go back and think about it, you will know that something is wrong.

So they're going to be looking for us...... If we get it out right away, we won't be able to escape their eyes. ”

This is the inconvenience of using cross-quotation for settlement, which is equivalent to a large-value bill secured by salt and tea in Kaifeng Prefecture, and is a payment tool for settlement and large-amount trading between "banks".

Moreover, for each large-scale transaction that uses cross-reference, there will usually be a "gold, silver, silk and silk cross-introduction shop" in Jieshen Lane to participate in and provide "market-making" services - the exchange price of cross-quotation and copper coins are controlled by Jieshen Lane, and generally the leaders of Jieshen Lane (the meaning of the head of the industry) negotiate a unified buying and selling price, and the selling price will usually be about 5% more expensive than the purchase price, which is an important source of profit for Jieshen Lane.

And the relationship between Jieshen Lane and Panlou Street is too close, if Liu Youfang and Chen Youwen want to inquire, I am afraid that once Wu Haogu and others use a large number of crossings in their hands, they will find out.

Then there will be a great disaster!

Therefore, the 6,666 cross-references obtained by Wu Haogu and others this time and the more than 1,000 cross-references obtained by selling copies before now have a problem of safe realization.

"How's that okay?"

"They're going to have to keep an eye on it, and when will it take to spend it?"

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji are a little anxious, Guo Jing is a mortal, Liu Wuji is a fake Taoist, and they all want to save money to buy a house and marry their mother-in-law to live.

Monk Fu was not in a hurry, he just smiled and didn't speak.

"There is a way," Wu Haogu smiled, "just 'wash it' with these intercises, and you can turn them into copper coins and silver collars." ”

The intercession is eye-catching, and there is a time limit, and it can only be exchanged for a new one at a discount when it expires, so it cannot be held in the hand for a long time. Copper coins and silver collars are different, they can be circulated everywhere and cannot be traced at all.

"Wash?"

"What's the wash?"

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji have no concept of money laundering, so they have this question.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dalang, I have a way to turn the intersection into brass and silver."

But today, I'll still put away the introduction, and then go to the roast pig courtyard to get drunk! ”

"Good! Get drunk! ”

"Let's go to the pig roast house!"

"Let's eat and drink together."

Wu Dalang showed great ability this time, so that the brothers who followed him made a windfall, everyone naturally took him as the leader, he was going to drink, Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Monk Fu all went with him.

……

On the bank of the Jinshui River, Liu Youfang's mansion.

On the beautiful materialization pavilion, Liu Youfang, who looked sullen, was sitting on a rose chair, holding the "original" of "Drunken Arhat" in his hand and watching it carefully, but the more he looked at it, his brows tightened, and he shook his head lightly when he saw it.

"Daddy, this painting ......"

Liu Ai was standing behind her adoptive father, also looking at the painting, but she didn't see anything wrong.

"This painting...... It's almost exactly the same as the facsimile I've seen before. ”

Liu Youfang said lightly, with a little doubt in his tone.

Liu Ai said: "The facsimile is naturally the same as the original...... If it's from a master, it's completely true. ”

"Yes," Liu Youfang nodded, "It's completely true...... It's really to the point where the father can't tell the difference between the original and the copy. ”

In fact, the painting in Liu Youfang's hand is also a copy!

The real one was originally painted on a familiar Xuan, and now it is still hidden in the monk's room rented by Wu Haogu in Daxiangguo Temple.

Because all the facsimiles were originally made by one person, it is naturally difficult to distinguish between the two people.

Liu Youfang shook his head again, "It's so good, son, you have copied it yourself, do you think this painting is easy to copy?" ”

"It's not easy." Liu Ai shook her head, "It's very difficult, the upper body of the Arhat in this painting can't come." I can copy it, but ......"

"But it's not a good copy?" Liu Youfang asked.

"Daddy is right, the child is not good at copying, and he needs to try a few more times." Liu Ai looked at her adoptive father, "Daddy, do you doubt ......?"

"I don't doubt it, I don't doubt it," Liu Youfang gently rolled up the original picture scroll of "Drunken Arhat", "What do you doubt about the things you bought for 50,000 yuan?" Find an opportunity, and send the picture to King Duan's side. ”

"Do you want to keep an eye on that Realm Alley?"

Liu Youfang snorted: "I want to keep an eye on ...... The old man wants to see, which of the Western Army observations this "Drunken Arhat Picture" can't be provoked? ”

He didn't doubt the authenticity of "Drunken Arhat", and he didn't want to delve into it. But I know that someone is setting up a game for today's singing and selling...... The person who bargained with Chen Youwen was probably a trust!

Playing with a character like Liu Youfang in the ghost market on the East Cross Street of Kaifeng Mansion is really a bit of a slap in the face.

No matter how good Liu Youfang's temper is, it is difficult to swallow his breath.

"Okay, kid, let people keep an eye on it."

"And the "Eighty-Seven Immortal Map" also has to be obtained as soon as possible." Liu Youfang glanced at his adopted son, "His Royal Highness Duanwang probably knows that the painting of Wanshou Guan is Linben, and with his temperament, he wants to get the real thing...... If this happens, you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life, you know? ”

Liu Ai was stunned, "In this life, is he ...... official?"

Liu Youfang lowered his voice: "The official family is destined to have no children!" ”