Old Chao Feng thought for a moment and decided to speak frankly.
"Dear customer, I wonder how many jade artifacts you are prepared to buy. This old man can also help you find a few.”
Zhao Chang Long was not pretentious at all." I brought 20 taels of silver today, and I plan to exchange them for jade. That was all this time. Next time, he would bring more silver.”
What? Ah!
Was he preparing to spend all twenty taels of silver? Moreover, there would be more in the future?
Old Chao Feng's hand trembled. After a brief pause, he lowered his head and flipped through the book again.
After a while.
"Human No. 50."
The young Chao Feng put away the two rabbits and opened the door to go out. When he came back, the tray was replaced with a cow that was obviously a size bigger.
"This is a white jade boy cowherd ornament, priced at fifteen taels.”
The color of this cow was very positive. To be precise, it was a bluish-white jade. If one did not look carefully, one would not be able to see the color. The water buffalo turned its head, and the shepherd boy on its back was teasing it. Although the entire ornament was only a little longer than the two rabbits, the shape of the cow was thick and there was not much difference between it and the flat two rabbits. The weight was twice as heavy as it was. In addition, there were no other colors, so the price of fifteen taels was considered appropriate.
"Alright, then these two."
Zhao Chang Long took out the money pouch from his waist and took out nine silver bars. Each of them weighed 100 grams. According to the ancient scale, these were more than 23 taels.
The young court servant carefully picked up the silver bar, looked at it carefully, and handed it to the old court servant. Old Chao Feng weighed it in his hand and narrowed his eyes to look at it a few times. He shook his head and said to Zhao Changlong.
"This customer, this silver is of high quality, but there is no stamp on it, so this pawnshop cannot accept it.”
Can't accept it?
He actually didn't accept real gold and silver?
There was such a thing?
It's not like they're worthless notes. This is white silver. Do you only accept copper coins here? How many copper coins would twenty taels of silver cost? 20,000? Using a sack of steel coins, oh, no, copper coins to buy things? Was there water in his brain?
Zhao Changlong thought," I'm not well-educated. Don't lie to me."”
He recalled carefully. Oh, it wasn't that he didn't study much, but that he had learned it personally.
After all, he was a nouveau riche who lacked foundation.
Zhao Changlong remembered that there were a few types of silver. The most standard one was treasury silver, also known as official silver. There were fifty taels, twenty-five taels, ten taels, and other specifications. The shape was like the ingots that the masses liked to see. The front and back sides had the weight and the stamp of the treasury.
However, the use of official silver had to be grounded. If one looked like a poor person and took out a large ingot of official silver, but could not explain the reason, it would be seized by the merchant and sent to the government. The crime was to use stolen silver, and the consequences were the same as using banknotes with lost numbers.
Other than official silver, private banks also cast their own silver. Most of them were waist-shaped silver ingots. They also marked the weight, color, exchange number, year, and the person who handled them on the front and back. Usually, they cast 25, 10, or 5 taels.
The smaller ones were not called silver ingots or fire silver ingots, but silver ingots. They were only one or two taels heavy, not much bigger than peanuts. Because they were much smaller and there was not enough space, they were usually only stamped with the stamp of the exchange firm.
Smaller than the silver ingots were the broken silver, which were usually cut from the silver ingots. The merchants weighed the weight and calculated the value. Usually, they would also take into account the fire consumption. If the purity was not enough, they would also take into account the color.
In the market, for transactions with a larger amount, they usually used silver ingots from private banks, and for smaller ones, they used silver ingots.
Guests without official backgrounds rarely used official silver.
Pawnshops naturally had their own set of rules for collecting silver. If it was silver branded by the bank, it would be considered regular silver and would not be discounted or deducted. If it was official silver, then they would have to check the origin. There would be no discount or deduction of fire consumption.
But if it wasn't for these two, even if you had a hundred percent silver, you would still have to deduct some fire consumption. As a pawnshop and not a money house, the fire consumption of the Eastern Perch Pawnshop was usually quite high. Therefore, what this old court official meant was that if he had to accept it, he could only deduct the fire consumption. Then, he would suffer a loss. It would be better to go to the bank and exchange it for regular silver ingots.
So it was like this!
Zhao Changlong asked about the whole story and quickly cupped his fists." I didn't think it through. Please wait a moment, Old Chaofeng. I'll go to the bank to exchange for silver ingots and come back."”
"No problem, no problem. I'll wait here.”
As the old court servant spoke, he waved at the young court servant, asking him to put the jade ornaments back into the storeroom.
After putting away the silver, Zhao Changlong left the pawnshop. Less than 30 meters south was a bank with three storefronts. The layout was almost the same as a pawnshop, with a counter and a fence, but the counter was obviously much shorter. There was no screen to block the entrance, but there were some small chairs on the south side, and the north wall was decorated with wooden planks. On it were a few large golden words: " Prosperous Wealth ".
The clerk of the bank was much more enthusiastic. As soon as he entered the door, he greeted him warmly. When he heard that he wanted to exchange a large amount of silver ingots, he immediately led the way into the VIP room.
Ten 100-gram silver bars were placed on the tray on the table, shining white.
The shopkeeper picked up a weighing scale and weighed a silver bar before placing it on the scale." Two taels, six coins, six cents and six percent.”
She changed another one." Two taels, six coins, six cents, six percent.”
He put another one on, and it was still two taels, six coins, six cents, and six percent.”
The shopkeeper put down the scale and looked up at Zhao Changlong carefully." Dear customer, may I ask where this silver came from?”
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