Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Butcher An was chopping the bones and ribs. Ding Tian's eyes lit up when he saw it: "I want this rib!"

Butcher An looked up, and saw that the official of Yishui'er suddenly looked a little ugly, but he had to smile cautiously: "I want this rib? The small ones should be chopped up for you, right? Do you want the big ones or the big ones?" Small piece?"

"I want a big piece, take it home and braise it to eat." Ding Tian pointed at the four pork kidneys with a carefree voice: "These four kidneys are also loaded, and the pork belly over there also comes with ten catties..."

He was buying meat as if he were ordering food, and Jin Buhuan was also in front of the stall, carefully watching An Tuhu's expression.

Jin Buhuan himself was not very aggressive, and he was standing behind the two headhunters. Standing in the middle position, he could perfectly cover his figure and observe An Tuhu favorably.

Don't look at An Tuhu, who is smiling on the surface, but there is a trace of hostility and impatience in his eyes.

Ding Tian and the others were all dressed in official clothes, especially Ding Tian, ​​who was instructing him to do this and that. He ordered a bunch of things. The ribs had to be chopped, the meat had to be big, and there were two stick bones to take back to make soup. etc.

Butcher An has to swallow his anger and dare not be dissatisfied, and he has to keep a smile on his face. There is no way, who doesn't know the reason for making good friends with the Yamen?

If you don't make friends with the Yamen, can you do a good job in business?

Especially "The King of Hades loves to see little ghosts and troubles him".

"Okay, these are all packed for you." A big cloth bag was full of things ordered by Ding Tian, ​​which was very heavy.

Ding Tian didn't take over, or Tian Jing held the things in his hand, touched his waist, and found that he had only paid a tael of silver for the accommodation fee, and there was only one tael of silver left. I don't know if this is enough?

"How much?" Ding Tian asked Jing Tian to put away the silver, and found a new one by himself, which was twice as fine as Jing Tian's small broken silver ingot, worth at least five taels.

This looks like official silver.

And the workmanship is fine, it is by no means inferior silver from ordinary silver companies.

In ancient times, the currency was copper plates and silver, and gold was rarely used. It was usually used by high-ranking officials and dignitaries to reward people. Ordinary people would wear gold as jewelry and spend less money.

Unless it is a large transaction, merchants use gold as settlement, because it does not take up space.

In general transactions, silver is used as the transaction currency, and copper plates are used for change.

And in the ancient times when metal was used as currency, the imperial court initially distributed brand-new copper plates, silver and gold.

But counterfeit money has never been cut off throughout the ages.

Especially in ancient times, metal currency was used, and the anti-counterfeiting means were unlimited or non-existent.

All the silver issued by the imperial court, one or two taels of silver ingots, some black-minded coin miners, after taking the silver back, the 100 taels of silver ingots can be melted and re-moulded, and 150 taels can be melted!

Those who are more ruthless can melt 200 taels!

The volume doubled for no reason, who would not do this business?

Therefore, the fineness of ancient silver is also varied, and the same is true for copper plates. Good copper plates cannot be broken, but copper plates that have been reworked because of the addition of a lot of impurities are not resistant to use. !

And the silver ingot that Ding Tian took out was included in the various gifts that Wang Zuo gave him back then, and it came from the silver treasury of the palace.

The money in the treasury of the palace comes from rewards from the palace or the prince's salary from the household department, which is different from the money outside.

The money used by the prince is all ten thousand silver ingots, red gold and copper plates are all new, okay?

Whoever dares to give money to the prince's family is "fake money" mixed with impurities, that is pure courting of death!

However, there is no such silver in the Northland. Even if there is, it is not something that anyone can spend. Those who make money, if they see this kind of silver, they must go back to the furnace and remake it. Such good money, where do they spend it?

The common people are not fools, money is impure, who would want it?

Seeing such money, An Tuhu was immediately overjoyed: "Enough, enough!"

"Then take it." Ding Tian gave him the money and waved his hand: "Let's go back!"

A group of people wandered around, like a dude on the street, returned to the inn, went to find the iron shopkeeper of the inn, went to the kitchen to cook, and the others washed up. Discover.

"I was half skeptical before, but after seeing this butcher, I'm [-]% sure." Jin Buhuan gave them such a horrifying answer as soon as he came up.

"Really?" Bai Zhanfeng asked him together with Jing Tian.

"Really." Jin Buhuan said: "Tonight, if you can go to his house..., maybe you can find something, can it be regarded as stolen goods?"

"Are you so sure?" Bai Zhanfeng looked at him suspiciously: "Just watched it for a while today?"

"Although it was only for a while, there was hostility in his eyes. Although it is normal to say that butchers are slaughtering pigs and sheep, it is normal to have a murderous look, but... there is still some impatience in his eyes." Jin Buhuan said: "You and I are both wearing clothes. An officer in official uniform, among other things, at least a small market peddler like him should be afraid that we will trouble him, he should please us, but he is impatient...why?"

"Yes?" Bai Zhanfeng followed Jin Buhuan's train of thought: "Why?"

"Because he has confidence, he has the intention to change his career, so he doesn't want to suffer anymore!" Jin Buhuan said affirmatively, "And he is a butcher who sells pork for a living, how can he have such confidence?"

"Yeah?" Bai Zhanfeng followed Jin Buhuan's train of thought and asked again: "Where did he get the confidence? Has he become more courageous?"

"The confidence is that he is rich." Jin Buhuan said: "I looked at the vegetable market over there. After all, the pork stalls are not as good as those few well-known butcher shops. Butcher An is not only an outsider, his meat stall is not very prosperous, and it is already late autumn, pork may not sell as well as mutton in the future, his business is bound to It's bleak, so why is he impatient?"

After such round-robin deliberation, everyone suddenly realized.

"So shall we do it tonight?" Ding Tian looked at Jing Tian.

"After dinner, let's go out of the city!" Jing Tian said solemnly, "Bai Butou, please borrow a group of policemen under your command, and go to An Tuhu's house first."

After setting the tone, Jin Buhuan was very satisfied. This was the first time he participated in a major case, and he felt very fulfilled. He even ate an extra bowl of rice, but he was full and had to turn around in the yard in the afternoon. Digest your bulging belly.

Ding Tian walked around with him dumbfounded: "When you go back, your winter clothes should be ready. Where are the quilts? Is the kang at home still hot?"

"The house has been renovated, so don't worry about that." Jin Buhuan chatted with him: "When it's over, I'll go hunting with you."

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"Go!" Ding Tian nodded, "If you don't buy some game, it's going to snow."

It was very cold in the north, and after the [-]th day of the eighth month, there would be frost, and in a few days, it would be snowing after the Double Ninth Festival.

In the north, after the Double Ninth Festival, even the frontier troops will no longer guard against the enemy, because the barbarians on the grassland will only be colder earlier than Guannei, and will definitely not be later than Guannei. It is said that there will be people there in August. It may snow, there must be a strong snowstorm in September...

"Okay, then you go hunting game with them, I want to go back with Big Brother Tian and the others first." Jin Buhuan said: "There are still a lot of students waiting for class at home!"

"Are you really addicted to being a gentleman?" Ding Tian thought that a person like Jin Buhuan would live in a deserted life, but who knew that he also likes to be lively, and he is a good teacher.

"You don't understand." Jin Buhuan shook his head: "If they can enforce the law, knowing how to do it is better than wronging others."

"Well, you can do whatever you want. If you don't need anything, you can go to the warehouse at my house to look for it. If you can't find it, you can buy it with money." Ding Tian said: "I'm afraid your medicine box has been emptied because of the treatment of Yun Huaqing." ?”

"It's all empty..." Jin Buhuan curled his lips: "Half of it is missing...."

"Then fill it up." Ding Tian said: "If you are short of money, just go to my house and get it."

"I want the two old wild ginseng that the lord gave you last time." Jin Buhuan said, "I can pick other medicinal materials by myself, or go to the pharmacy to buy them, but the pharmacy doesn't have such good old wild ginseng."

Dingtian's old mountain ginseng is a tribute.

It is a 300-year-old ginseng sent from Beijing. The candle is thick and thin, with long whiskers, like a small mallet.

Jin Buhuan coveted it for a long time, but he never dared to open his mouth. This time he couldn't bear it anymore: "I have a prescription that can save lives, called Continuation

Life pill, no matter how serious the injury is, as long as it doesn't die on the spot, at worst it can last for three to five days. There is a main medicine, which requires more than a hundred years old wild ginseng. The older the medicine, the better the effect... Where did I buy such a precious medicine before?Can’t afford either…. "

So I never thought about this prescription, but he is different now, Ding Tian's superior treatment made Jin Buhuan think about it.

I made this prescription.

He really wanted to refine a life extension pill that could extend life.

"You can do whatever you want!" Ding Tian was not stingy with those things: "But save me some ginseng stewed in chicken soup." Jin Buhuan rolled his eyes: "Then I still want that purple ganoderma."

"Okay, when you go to search, take whatever you like." Ding Tian was very generous.

Jin Buhuan was very satisfied with this... He felt his belly puffed up: "I can't eat too much tomorrow, I'm getting cold after strolling outside."

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"Then go back to the house, change clothes in a while, and go to the outskirts of the city." Ding Tian suggested: "It's better to wear thicker clothes, it's very cold at night."

"Row!"

Because of the weather, this group of people wore thick clothes at night, and each of them seemed to be fatter than during the day.

A group of people took advantage of the night to leave the city gate. Because it was a business, the city gate would wait for them for an extra half an hour. After half an hour, the city gate must be closed. Unless there is something important, otherwise, the city gate will not be opened again. Everyone, Have to wait until dawn the next day.

Fortunately, Butcher An's home was on the outskirts of the city, not far from the county seat.

To the west of the county seat, about three to five miles away, there are a few people here, not villages, but people.

There are two inns on the outskirts of the city, where people who have not entered the city gate usually stay here. One is a very ordinary Datong shop, a big car shop; the other is a relatively high-end inn.

There are also two restaurants, both of which are popular, and there is a grocery store, but it is very small, and there are a few families living here, basically all merchants, there are no farmers, so this place cannot become a village. It can be regarded as... a temporary foothold for passing merchants.

One of them, guarding a courtyard to the west, is the home of An Tuhu.

A small courtyard, not very clean, no warehouses, only three earthen houses, but because it was built outside the city, the walls are quite high, and the frame of the house is also high.

After they arrived, they found that the door of this guy's house turned out to be a door panel. The door panel was very high, and it seemed to be a newly replaced door, blocking any view from inside.

"I'll call the door!" Bai Zhanfeng, as a boss, was of course the first to go forward.

"Don't!" Jin Buhuan held him back: "Find a neighbor of his house, and say that he is here...to borrow some salt, and there is no salt, or when pickling vegetables, put too much, and the salt for food is gone. Trick him into opening the door, let's rush in, don't give him time to prepare."

"Okay!" Bai Zhanfeng obediently went to find a big brother next door.

The elder brother was a little scared, because all he saw were officials: "What did Butcher An do?"