Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 334 Harvest

Seeing Li Dingguo like this, the waiter in the store knew it, and immediately introduced enthusiastically: "The guest officer must have just come to the capital, right? The new money was printed by the court at the end of last year. After the returning guest officer checks out and goes out, he can go to the bank to exchange some money." It’s very convenient to use. And the imperial court’s fee, hey, did you see the steam train outside the city? It also only charges new money.”

After finishing speaking, seeing that Li Dingguo was still dumbfounded, the waiter came back to his senses, then smiled and said: "The bank is the old bank, or the bank. If you want to save money or borrow money, you can go there , the price is fair! The guest officer will know after going to see it!"

At this moment, some diners wanted to pay the bill, lost some money immediately, and walked away.

The waiter took the money, showed it to Li Dingguo and said, "Look, this is the new money, isn't it convenient?"

Li Dingguo looked intently, but he recognized how much was printed on the new money, and immediately asked curiously: "Isn't this similar to the previous Daming banknote? You also accept it, and there is still a discount?"

The waiter in the shop heard this, and immediately replied with a smile: "Look, this is not a worthless banknote of the Ming Dynasty. It is backed by silver and copper coins. Moreover, if the court recognizes this money, it can be used according to the above. It’s okay to spend face value, pay taxes to the court, buy train tickets, buy glass, buy cement, etc., so why not accept it? Compared with the old money, it’s much more convenient, right?”

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When Li Dingguo finished paying the bill and went out to the door, in the sunshine, looking at the street full of people coming and going, for a moment, he felt a little bit at a loss as to where to go.

"My lord, why don't we go and have a look at that bank?" one of his followers encouraged him when he saw him standing there.

Everyone is curious, and after hearing so many strange things, they naturally want to see them.

The other attendant listened and persuaded: "My lord, it's rare for us to come here once. If we don't get familiar with the capital, we will be at a loss!"

Hearing what they said, Li Dingguo was also curious and wanted to find out how many strange things there were in this capital, so he agreed to their request and went looking for a bank.

After about half an hour, they finally arrived at the gate of the bank, and then stood there dumbfounded.

I saw several long queues lined up at the gate of the bank.Judging by the moving speed of this team, if they go to line up, they may not be able to line up until dark.

This new money is so popular?

Realizing this, Li Dingguo was a little dazed again.

No matter which aspect you look at, anyway, based on what the capital has seen and heard, how can there be any signs of chaos in the world?Moreover, the prestige of the imperial court seems to be very high among the people.Especially in today's day, Li Dingguo could tell that when the common people spoke, they had reverence from the bottom of their hearts, not just awe of the emperor's identity.

This is still the emperor who issued multiple sinful edicts, didn't he change to a new emperor?
This is still the emperor who was called a stupid emperor, a dog emperor, didn't he change to a new emperor?
Just as he was thinking, he saw a man wandering up to him, and greeted him with a flattering smile, "My lord, are you from out of town? Do you want new money?"

When a stranger struck up a conversation, Li Dingguo immediately became alert, including his entourage.When people look at it, it is an expression that rejects people thousands of miles away.

But the stranger obviously didn't realize it, instead he continued: "I have new money here, which is only a little more expensive than the bank's, how about it?"

"No change!" Li Dingguo listened, said casually, then turned and left.

After walking for a while, he asked the followers around him in a low voice: "Are we so conspicuous? Everyone knows that we are from other places!"

"My lord, is there anyone who will recognize us?" His entourage became a little worried after hearing this, and asked in a low voice.

After hearing this, Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "This is impossible, the world is so big, and we have never been to the capital, who can recognize us?"

While he was talking, he suddenly heard someone shout: "Young master, this way, young master..."

Li Dingguo was startled when he heard the sound, he turned his head to look, but saw a clerk in a shop by the roadside eagerly waving to him.

But he didn't know this person.

Shocked!

Li Dingguo was a little unhappy, and immediately said with a cold face: "What are you doing? Don't buy it!"

"My lord, are you from another place?" The guy didn't seem to see Li Dingguo's cold face, and said with a smile, "The villain doesn't sell anything here, he just looks at it, and if you look at it for ten cents, Mr. Bao will open his eyes! "

Li Dingguo was not interested. He didn't bother to talk to him, so he turned around and left.

"Sir, don't go!" The guy greeted quickly when he saw it, "This is the most expensive microscope invented by the emperor, and it only costs ten yuan to have a look at it, the cheapest price. It will open your eyes!"

When Li Dingguo heard this, he stopped immediately.What is the invention of the current emperor?
As soon as the guy saw that there was a door, he quickly said: "That's good, if you have a lot of people, the villain will give you a discount, forty yuan, only forty yuan, and you can see nothing in the water." In fact, there is something!"

After hearing this, Li Dingguo couldn't help being curious again, so he turned around and walked over.

The guy thought it was his discount that attracted customers, so he babbled: "I don't know, this microscope costs more than 100 taels each. And there is still a price but no market, and many people can't see it even if they want to. That is to say, the owner of the villain has a kind heart, so he will treat it as a kind deed, and let everyone see it, a tiny world, after seeing it, the young master will definitely be shocked..."

Li Dingguo was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, and mainly wanted to see what the emperor invented.
Regarding today's emperor, to be honest, he is a little confused now, and more curious, what kind of emperor is this emperor?
I saw that the shop was very small, a bit like a pawn shop, with only one window, and a side door beside it, which should be used by clerks, but it was locked.

On the side of the window, there are iron fences one after another, a bit like a cage, with a gap, just after bending over a little, you can stretch your head through.There is something inside, fixed there.

The clerk was beside Li Dingguo. When he saw him looking at the microscope, he quickly introduced it to the customer: "This is the microscope invented by the emperor. It can magnify things by three hundred times. Do you see the lens below? With a drop of water in between, it looks like there is nothing there? Then the young master moved his eyes to take a look, just like this..."

Under the guy's explanation, Li Dingguo tried to move over and take a closer look.

Suddenly, he was surprised because he saw a live worm.

Out of curiosity, he raised his head and looked at the water drop from the side, but there was nothing there!
So, he leaned over and wanted to take a closer look.

In the end, the guy stopped him, smiled and said to him: "Young master, I have already seen this once. If you want to read it again, you will need money. Forty coins, you can only read it five times."

"Bold!" One of Li Dingguo's followers got angry when he heard this, and immediately shouted, "You didn't rob money like this, did you?"

Li Dingguo reached out his hand, stopped the attendant, then looked at the guy and said, "I seemed to see a bug just now, but there is no bug in this water. Either I was blinded by it, or you are playing tricks. There is no bug in this water." How can there be bugs?"

When the guy heard this, he still stood in front of him and said: "Do you know this is a microscope? Everyone in the capital knows it. It was invented by the emperor. You can see subtle things. How dare you say that this thing is a ghost? You can just ask." , Everyone knows that this is to magnify the water droplets, to magnify what you can't see with the naked eye."

When Li Dingguo arrived in the capital, he had already seen too many strange things. Now he heard what this guy said so well, he felt a little convinced in his heart. Although he still felt strange, he felt it was true.

Thinking of this, he still wanted to take a closer look. Are there really bugs in the water?
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In the end, when Li Dingguo left the shop, he paid a whole hundred cash.

"My lord, does that bug really exist in the water?" A follower confirmed curiously.

Among them, Li Dingguo watched the most, and his followers just glanced at it.Surprised by what he saw, he asked Li Dingguo for confirmation.

Li Dingguo frowned, nodded and said, "Accordingly, he shouldn't lie!"

"Then...then I usually drink water, no...don't there be worms?" A follower suddenly turned pale when he heard this, "Isn't there a lot of worms in my stomach?"

Hearing this, the faces of the others became ugly.

Li Dingguo couldn't help rubbing his forehead when he heard this, it was another matter that broke his previous cognition.

I don't know if I don't come to the capital, but when I arrive in the capital, why are there so many strange things!
When he came back to his senses, and saw his subordinates like that, he said to him: "Anyway, I've already drank it, what else can I do? Just listen to my buddy, from now on, all the water must be boiled before drinking!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Let's find an inn to live in first, so take it easy!"

The continuous shock made Li Dingguo, who was always energetic, a little overwhelmed, so he wanted to take a good rest.

He said so, and his followers naturally would not disagree.

Therefore, Li Dingguo and his party rested for two days before they recovered, and went to the streets to listen to the news for two days before they finally got used to the situation in the capital.

"Tomorrow the emperor will go to the Imperial College to give lectures. It is estimated that the capital will be under martial law. Let's go back!" Li Dingguo read the notice at the gate of the city, squeezed out the crowd, and ordered to his followers.

Then, he was going back to the inn.

This trip to the capital has yielded a lot. Not only did I inquire clearly about what I wanted to inquire about, but I even learned a lot of very surprising things. When I go back and tell my foster father, he will definitely be shocked.

When Li Dingguo was thinking this way, he didn't pay attention to the sound of horseshoes behind him.

　On the last day of 2021, I wish you all the best in the upcoming 2022!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)