Datang romantic little landlord

When the magistrate of Duqu County learned that a monk took over Xingguo Temple, he didn't bother to ask any more questions. He just asked the clerk in the county government to go through the formalities for the monk. The dilapidated Xingguo Temple belonged to this righteous monk. up.

Half a month after Zhengdao took over Xingguo Temple, he suddenly started recruiting craftsmen in Chang'an City, preparing to renovate the temple, and said that he would recast the golden body of the Buddha.

As a result, the originally inconspicuous Xingguo Temple became lively, with craftsmen coming in and out every day, and various building materials brought in by horse-drawn carriage.

Naturally, this matter started to be discussed in Xiahou Village, and soon spread to the county town.Everyone in Duqu County was discussing how the dilapidated Xingguo Temple suddenly had money and was able to spend a large amount of copper money to renovate the temple.

Some pilgrims who went to pilgrimage curiously asked the abbot of the righteous way, but the abbot just smiled and said nothing, which aroused a lot of discussion among the people.

So all kinds of rumors spread, some people said that there was a treasure hidden in the Xingguo Temple, which was hidden by Li Mi's army when the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but now it was discovered by the new abbot.There are even rumors that there is a cave where Li Mi's army can hide in that stone mountain, and treasures are hidden there.

It is also said that the righteous way was funded by the nobles in Chang'an City, so there were copper coins to renovate the temple.

Some people even said convincingly that treasures were found in the stone mountain of the temple, and the abbot got money by selling those treasures.

Of course, no one believed this last statement. After all, although the stone mountain was not small, it was a place where no grass grew and birds did not shit.If it is said that there will be any treasures produced in such a place, everyone will certainly not believe it.

But soon the people in Duqu County realized that they were wrong. It turned out that there were really treasures in the stone mountain!

685 dog head gold

In the eastern and western cities of Chang'an City, the owners behind the largest gold and silverware shops are all aristocratic families in the court, and even hundreds of officials and nobles cannot get their hands on them.

This is quite normal, after all, the aristocratic family has been passed down for thousands of years and has accumulated a lot of wealth in their hands, which naturally includes a lot of gold and silver.

In addition to selling gold and silver jewelry and utensils, these gold and silverware shops also have an important function, which is to exchange copper coins.

After all, although gold is the "legal currency" of the Tang Dynasty, it is usually used for large payments, so when necessary, you need to go to these gold and silverware shops to exchange gold for copper coins.

In addition, they also collect broken gold and silver, and then take them to be re-smelted, cast into gold and silver ingots or make gold and silver utensils.

Of course, whether it is exchange or purchase, these gold and silverware shops will charge a certain amount of fire consumption in order to make profits.

On this day, a young man in silk and satin clothes came to the Jinyuan Gold and Silver Ware Shop in East City. Collect gold?"

"Of course I have to collect it, but the guest officer wants to sell scattered gold?" The store clerk naturally smiled when he saw a customer coming to the door, and replied politely.

The man bowed his hands to him: "Then please find the shopkeeper of your shop, someone has a business and wants to talk to him."

"Oh? I don't know what kind of business the guest officer wants to talk about. Please tell me first." The store clerk naturally wanted to inquire clearly first. If it was just to exchange some scattered gold and silver, it would be impossible for the shopkeeper to come forward.

Hearing this, the man hesitated for a moment, then looked left and right, and seeing no one was paying attention, he took out a small gold nugget from his waist and shook it at the shop assistant.

"I want to sell this piece of gold, I wonder if your shop is interested?"

When the store clerk saw the gold nugget, his eyes widened and he couldn't believe it: "Could the guest officer take this gold nugget and give me a closer look?"

The man ignored him, and took the gold nugget back to his waist: "Hehe, I'm afraid you can't be the master of this business, so please invite the shopkeeper of your shop."

"Okay, then please invite the guest officer to wait for a while in the elegant room, and I will go invite the shopkeeper immediately." The shop assistant's attitude became more and more polite, and he invited the man to sit in the elegant room, and immediately trotted to invite the shopkeeper.

Not long after, the door of the elegant room was pushed open, and the shopkeeper of Jinyuan Gold and Silver Ware Shop came in with a smile on his face, and bowed to the man: "My dear guest, I heard from the shop assistant that you have gold nuggets to sell?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Please pass the gold nugget to someone."

The man nodded, took out the gold nugget from his waist, and placed it gently on the table.

This gold nugget is about the size of an egg, but its shape is extremely irregular, and its texture is not pure. The surface of the gold nugget is covered with trachoma and holes.

The shopkeeper reached out to pick up the gold nugget, looked at it carefully for a long time before putting it down again, and said in a casual tone: "Hehe, honored guest, the quality of your gold nugget is not pure. But since the honored guest trusts our Jinyuan Gold and Silver Ware Shop, it is natural Don’t let the distinguished guests down. The gold is still worth one tael of six guan copper coins, and our shop will take it.”

What he said made the man sneer, he reached out and grabbed the gold nugget, stuffed it back into his waist, and said sarcastically: "When did this dog's head gold become six pennies and one tael? As much as there are, I can accept them all."

When the shopkeeper heard the words, he couldn't help but blush, thinking that this person is actually a knowledgeable person.His little plan was exposed, and the shopkeeper could only cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.

"Hmph, I thought your Jinyuan Gold and Silver Ware Shop was trustworthy, but now it seems that it's just mediocre. If that's the case, then don't bother me, leave!" The man got up and wanted to leave, but was caught The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped him.

The man couldn't help glaring at the shopkeeper angrily: "What? Your Jinyuan gold and silverware shop, do you still need to rob it?"

"Hehe, what are you talking about, honored guest? The old man was just joking with you just now. Is the reputation of our Jinyuan gold and silverware shop still doubtful? Honorable guest, do you know who the owner of this gold and silverware shop is? But the Zheng family of Xingyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, one of the five surnames and seven Wangs!" The shopkeeper laughed, but his tone was full of pride.

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, the man hesitated a little, as if he was also afraid of the name Xingyang Zheng, and after a long time he muttered: "The Xingyang Zheng family can't take it by chance, I am a dog's head gold! A dog's head gold! How do you, the shopkeeper, come up with the price of six guan and one tael?"

"Haha, the old man said it, it's just a joke with you, the distinguished guest." The shopkeeper seemed not to take it seriously: "Our shop accepts the dog's head gold from the distinguished guest. The price is negotiable, haha, it is negotiable."

The man took out the gold nugget before, and the shopkeeper of the gold shop, including the previous shop assistants, naturally could tell at a glance that it was a rare dog's head gold.

Dog head gold is a naturally formed gold nugget. Because it is rare, the price is very high.Dog head gold can be encountered but not sought after. Once found, it will be preserved as a treasure, and its price is naturally not the same as that of ordinary gold.

In later generations, the price of ordinary gold is more than 200 yuan per gram, while the price of natural dog head gold is tens of thousands of yuan per gram, the gap is huge.

In Datang, ordinary gold is six guan and one tael, but if it is replaced by dog ​​head gold, its price is at least two hundred guan.Even so, there is a price but no market. Anyone who has dog head gold will keep it at home and treat it as a family heirloom.

The dog's head gold that the man brought for sale was the size of an egg and weighed about five taels.According to the market price, it is worth at least [-] guan coins, and even if you meet a suitable buyer, it is normal to sell it for [-] guan.

Previously, the treasurer of the gold and silver shop wanted to bully the man who was ignorant, and tried to buy it at the price of ordinary gold. The price difference was huge.

At this time, the shopkeeper saw that the man knew the price of the dog's head gold, so naturally he no longer had the mentality of taking advantage, and directly quoted: "My dear guest, this piece of dog's head gold is priced at two hundred pennies per tael, how about it?"

The man pondered for a moment, then counter-offered: "230 guan."

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Hehe, you have searched all over Chang'an City for this expensive customer, but no one will accept it. You must know that I wait for gold and silverware shops to make money. How about this, 210 guan, I, Xingyang Zheng, will not let the valuable customers suffer."

In the shopkeeper's words, he always mentioned the Zheng family of Xingyang, which naturally meant to let the man understand the backstage of his gold and silverware shop and put pressure on him.

The man hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded and agreed. The shopkeeper immediately called the shop assistant to come in and weigh.

That piece of dog head gold weighs five taels and three pennies, and the price is 110 three pennies.

The two parties wrote down the sales documents, got a middleman to be a witness, pressed their fingerprints and made a deposit, and the transaction was considered complete.

As for the more than 1000 copper coins, the man naturally couldn't take them away, so he asked the shopkeeper to help him exchange one thousand copper coins into gold ingots, and asked the shop assistant to go to Dongshi Shunfeng Carriage Shop to help him call a carriage, and take the remaining More than [-] copper coins were moved up.

After the carriage took the copper coins and left, the shopkeeper suddenly pulled over the shop assistant and said: "Go, ride the horse and follow the carriage, and see where this person is staying."

The man didn't dare to hesitate, nodded in response, pulled out the horse from the shop, and rode it far away...

686 Gold Vein

In the mansion of the Zheng family in Xingyang, Zheng Yuanshou was sitting in the main room drinking tea, and a few maidservants behind him carefully waited on him and beat his shoulders and legs. gold.

On the other side, the shopkeeper of the Jinyuan Gold and Silver Ware Shop knelt beside him in fear, carefully replying.

"Lang Jun, after the man sold the dog's head gold, he ordered people to follow him, wanting to see where he was from. The shop assistant followed all the way, and finally found that the man had gone to Duqu County [-] years ago. Inside, a small temple called 'Xingguo Temple'."

The shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at Zheng Yuanshou, and continued: "That guy is quite clever, and he made some inquiries in the surrounding villages. The abbot of this Xingguo Temple is named Zhengdao, and he took over the temple not long ago with the certificate of the Zongzheng Temple. Then The man is the lay disciple of the righteous monk, named Lin Yang."