Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 5 The value of Hongwu treasure banknotes

Zhu Xiongying looked at the text message on his phone and fell into a daze.

What answer? Grandpa, the answer you promised to tell me!
Could it be that Grandpa, your soul traveled to the Ming Dynasty and lost part of your memory?

But Zhu Xiongying had no time to ask, because he had clearly seen that the tiny vortex had completely disappeared!
"What exactly is this whirlpool?"

Zhu Xiongying's brows frowned slightly.

Maybe it's something supernatural, or maybe it's something science can explain.

But these are not important to the current Zhu Xiongying.

The important thing is that grandpa hasn't told him the answer yet!
Zhu Xiongying was a little preoccupied. He could not stay in this remote cemetery forever, so he had no way to observe whether this tiny vortex would appear again. If it did, what would be its pattern and how long would it last? , what secrets are there inside.

But in any case, since the mysterious vortex can swallow light, it would be too stupid to squat manually and not be able to do anything that day. You know, it is already 2014. Wouldn't it be better to just install a camera? After all, the mysterious vortex can swallow light. As long as a small black dot appears on the camera screen, it means that the mysterious vortex has appeared. You can ride a bicycle to get there in two minutes.

But whether it is installing a camera, connecting the camera to a mobile phone remotely, or buying a new bicycle, money is needed.

Fortunately, grandpa provided the start-up funds, otherwise the few hundred dollars in his pocket would not be enough.

Zhu Xiongying carefully counted the treasure notes in his hand, which were about the same size as the admission notice. There were twenty-four intact ones, and more than fifty that were damaged after coming out of the whirlpool. As for where did grandpa count the total? How much was brought over, he didn't know.

The face value is consistent.

Zhu Xiongying only knows money, which seems to be a drop of money, but it is not clear how much purchasing power it has. After all, it is not taught in high school history textbooks. Even if money is involved, what appears in history textbooks is often millions of taels. Even tens of millions of taels of silver, but how to convert silver to copper coins and treasure banknotes is really confusing.

But judging from the simplest idiom reasoning, Zhu Xiongying felt that his grandfather should be able to get along after his soul passed through.

"The ancients used the term 'millions of wealth' to describe a person's wealth. This time, I just got a small one hundred guans. It seems that my grandfather must have lived a good life in the Ming Dynasty."

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had people use full firepower to burn thousands of them continuously within an hour. However, the unstable space-time wormhole not only had a very small entrance, but also suffered serious losses during the transmission process.

However, this wave of operations was also a mistake, because the entrance to the space-time wormhole is too small. Throwing the treasure banknotes directly will only cause the edge of the treasure banknotes to be annihilated by the wormhole. On the contrary, after being burned to ashes and entering the space-time wormhole, it can be reorganized. , and follow the time rules formed by the two worlds through the space-time wormhole to pass or retrace the time of the item.

Therefore, what Zhu Xiongying got were aged finished products or damaged treasure banknotes.

Only nearly two hours had passed for Zhu Xiongying. It was just less than two o'clock in the afternoon. Zhu Xiongying waited for another long time and saw that the mysterious vortex would definitely not appear before leaving home.

After getting home and packing up his things, Zhu Xiongying walked to the Internet cafe in the island town, carrying a satchel with banknotes in a transparent document bag.

Pushing open the dirty yellow-brown glass door of the semi-underground Internet cafe, an indescribable mixed smell rushed in. The smell of cigarettes, sweat, foot odor, and the burning smell of machines running for a long time intertwined into a unique breath.

The light in the Internet cafe was dim, and the few windows were covered with thick dust and oil stains. They did not let in much natural light, so they were simply closed. Without natural wind, only two old standing cabinets could be used. The air conditioner hums and hums, exuding not-so-cold air. There are all kinds of people sitting in front of rows of old computers. Their eyes are fixed on the screen, their fingers are tapping quickly on the keyboard, and they are immersed in the virtual world of "playing, playing, playing."

Zhu Xiongying frowned, took out a few crumpled bills from his pocket, and handed them to the network administrator who was dozing on the cashier counter.

The network administrator is a girl with yellow hair, wearing a white suspender belt, and I don’t know if she has a tattoo or a rose tattoo on her arm.

She raised her head, looked at Zhu Xiongying sleepily, and asked lazily: "Want a drink? Where are the cigarettes?"

"No need." Zhu Xiongying replied succinctly after handing over his ID card. He couldn't wait to find out how much the treasure banknotes in his hand could be exchanged for.

"The account number is the ID number, and the password is six 8s. If it exceeds half an hour, it will be charged as one hour."

Zhu Xiongying took back his ID card, found an empty seat, sat down, turned on the phone, and waited for the machine to start slowly.

However, after turning on the phone, Zhu Xiongying thought about it and opened a shopping website first, and started to check the prices of wireless cameras with batteries and smartphones. Looking at the dazzling numbers on the screen, Zhu Xiongying felt a little cash-strapped.
Although Zhu Xiongying knew that the pieces of antique treasure money in his hand might be able to exchange for a lot of money for him, but even so, he was still worried about whether the money was enough for him to buy what he needed and what he would have left. Pay enough for living expenses.

Zhu Xiongying didn't expect his grandfather to continue sending him money. After all, he didn't know whether the tiny vortex would appear in the future, so he had already included the necessary cost of decryption in purchasing the camera and the smartphone connected to the camera.

After checking the wireless camera and smartphone, Zhu Xiongying decided to check the value of the treasure in his hand first.

He entered the four words "Bao Chao" in the search box, and then nervously waited for the search results.

On the antique trading website, the purchase prices for treasure notes are not uniform. Zhu Xiongying first screened them using "price from high to low" and "price from low to high" to understand the market.

The most expensive among them is the Zhongshu Provincial Edition of the Ming Dynasty banknote. Zhu Xiongying took a look at it. Since this kind of banknote was the earliest issued in the Ming Dynasty and was only issued for five years, it is old enough and rare enough. It is a complete and excellent example in existence today. , even if it is 850% to 90% new, the purchase price can be as high as one million, but it is still priceless and no one is selling it.

Cutting out the antique trading website, Zhu Xiongying searched for "Zhongshu Provincial Edition of Ming Dynasty Bao Banknotes". There happened to be news this year. It said that in the banknote auction of China Guardian in the spring of 2014, a Ming Dynasty banknote was photographed. The banknote contains two hundred inscriptions from Zhongshu Province. The news said that this was the first time that the Zhongshu Province version of the Ming Dynasty Tongxing banknote appeared at auction, attracting the attention of many collectors. This note has outstanding appearance, well-preserved, and clear handwriting. It was finally sold for 276 million yuan. make a deal.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the string of zeros on it and felt a little dizzy.

However, Zhu Xiongying knew that the treasure note in his hand seemed different from this version, so he cut it back.

On the antique trading website, the cheapest ones are the treasure banknotes issued in the mid-Ming Dynasty. Since the workmanship is much poorer, the printing quantity is extremely large, and the age is relatively recent, it is only worth a few hundred yuan to one yuan depending on the condition. More than a thousand dollars.

In the "dong dong dong" of his heart, Zhu Xiongying found the price of Hongwu Baobao.

The price of Hongwu Baobao banknotes that were 850% to 90% new on the screen directly made Zhu Xiongying, who was accustomed to living a hard life, suddenly have the urge to "spend a bottle of Coke"!

(End of this chapter)