Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

The two of them left the inn and found the largest teahouse in Qinghuafang near Xuanrenmen. They ordered a pot of Biluochun and a few plates of snacks. They found a table in the most remote part of the teahouse and sat down. He opened his ears and listened to the conversations of the people around him.

Since it was still early, there were not many people in the teahouse when the two came.

However, not long after the meeting, there was a burst of noise outside, and then, in twos and threes, officials in official uniforms came in. It seemed that they had just left the morning court.

After Chu Mo and Chu Ruowan looked at each other, they immediately cheered up and listened carefully to everyone's conversation.

At the beginning, everyone said some useless words and they were just complimenting each other.

As time went by, gradually, some officials began to comment on the current government affairs from time to time.

What concerned him the most was that one of the officials at the table accidentally talked about something that attracted Chu Mo's attention.

It turns out that in three days' time, the generals sent by Zhou Dynasty to plunder all parties will return to the capital to report on their duties.

When they returned to Beijing to report on their duties, they were not simply reporting on their duties, but were also required to hand over the looted property and captured slaves over the past year.

Chu Mo naturally didn't care much about money and slaves. What concerned him most was that he learned from several officials that due to the looting over the years, the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty was full, and the gold and silver in the treasury had reached An astonishing amount.

Several officials were worried that the return of the looting team would bring back massive amounts of goods, causing serious domestic inflation.

At that time, the value of gold and silver will depreciate again, which will make the people in Luoyang miserable.

The words of several officials made Chu Mo's eyes light up.

But soon, his attention was attracted by another news.

That is, several officials at another table talked about choosing a husband for Chu Xin.

Most of the court officials now believe that Her Majesty the Empress is already quite old, and now that the Zhou Dynasty is rich and powerful, and the world is at peace, Her Majesty the Empress is still unmarried and has failed to leave a trace of blood for the Zhou Dynasty, which is detrimental to the situation of the court.

Therefore, some ministers reported every day, hoping that Chu Xin could select a candidate for the emperor's husband as soon as possible and give birth to a successor to the throne for the Zhou royal family, so that the courtiers could feel at ease and the people could return to their hearts.

However, although the officials tried their best to facilitate this matter, for some reason, Her Majesty the Empress refused to let go.

Not only that, even at the beginning of the founding of the country, Chu Xin directly killed several censors who clamored the loudest and wanted to die to remonstrate, in order to frighten the officials.

However, a long time has passed since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The officials saw that Her Majesty the Empress was getting older day by day, but the candidate for the emperor's husband was still undecided, so they had some other thoughts. .

Therefore, some people with ulterior motives wanted to take advantage of this time when several generals returned to Beijing to report on their duties, and repeat the old saying.

For this reason, the officials even decided to put aside all their prejudices and work together to make Chu Xin give everyone an accurate answer at this reception banquet and seek a future for the Great Zhou Empire.

Hearing everyone's conversation, Chu Mo's eyes lit up again. He felt that he had come to the right place today and it was definitely a worthwhile trip.

After listening to the gossip in the teahouse all morning, Chu Mo felt that he had gained a lot. Seeing that everyone in the teahouse had almost left, he paid the bill with Chu Ruowan and left.

But what they didn't know was that after leaving, the officials who were talking in the teahouse all headed towards the General's Mansion.

After the two left the teahouse, they wandered around the city again.

As he was walking, Chu Mo suddenly saw a shop in front of him, which was very busy with people coming and going.

Then I took a closer look and found the word "Qianzhuang" hanging on the door.

Seeing the bank, Chu Mo suddenly remembered that when he first arrived in Dazhou, he temporarily lived in Liushu Village, and the village chief there seemed to covet the banknotes he had.

Although the other party told him that those banknotes were just waste paper in Dazhou, Chu Mo didn't believe it.

After thinking about it, he took Chu Ruowan and stepped into the door of the bank.

As soon as she entered the door, a tall young maid wearing a light green floral skirt walked towards her.

"Two distinguished guests, are you here to deposit money, or do you want to do some business?"

Chu Mo casually looked around and found that the layout and furnishings were very different from the bank he opened in Chang'an.

However, the number of people coming and going here is obviously not as good as that of his bank in Chang'an.

Even so, there were about twenty people queuing up to do business in this bank.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mo took out a ten-tael silver note from his arms and handed it over:

"I wonder if you can exchange banknotes in your bank?"

When the maid saw Chu Mo taking out the banknote, she didn't look too surprised, but showed a charming smile and said:

"Sir, we can exchange all banknotes circulating in the market here."

After saying that, he carefully observed the banknote in his hand.

Seeing that it said Datang Bank, his expression softened slightly, and then he smiled again and said:

"Young Master must have just migrated from the Tang Dynasty. We can help you exchange the banknotes in your hand, but we will charge a high handling fee."

After finishing speaking, he paused again, and then said with an apologetic expression on his face:

"However, before exchanging the banknotes, I wonder if you two can provide your respective household registration certificates, as well as the official document proving your current household registration location?"

Hearing the maid's words, Chu Mo was not too surprised. He took out a series of certificates that Lin Wan had applied for himself from his arms and said:

"Everything is here. Whatever you need, just check it out yourself."

The maid took the materials handed over by Chu Mo. As soon as she opened them, she saw the words "Issued by Hu Bu" written on them. She couldn't help but look at Chu Mo a few more times.

Then he quickly checked.

After some inspection, after confirming that all the materials and certificates in Chu Mo's hands were issued directly by the Ministry of Revenue, the maid's attitude towards Chu Mo suddenly became more respectful.

"Dear distinguished guest, our bank can provide you with exchange business."

"And, because of your identity, we will not charge any fees, and your exchange ratio will also be increased from 50% to 70%. Are you still satisfied?"

After saying that, he looked at Chu Mo with burning eyes.

Hearing what the other party said, Chu Mo felt stunned and asked hurriedly:

"Do you mean that my ten taels of silver notes can only be exchanged for 5 taels of silver? You have to charge a handling fee of 5 taels?"

After saying that, he looked at the other party as if he were looking at a profiteer.

The maid blushed when Chu Mo saw her, but she still explained:

"Dear guest, this exchange ratio is not something that our bank can decide at will. This ratio is set by the imperial court."