Inside the money shop, a clerk was clipping silver.
Three Flower Cat was spinning in circles on the floor, playing.
The journey to Pingzhou was several hundred li of mountain roads. There were few people about, but not none—just too few, with no large cities along the way, making it difficult to buy supplies or find lodging. Song You felt that using silver would likely be inconvenient. As he had barely any copper coins left, he had specifically asked around for a money shop today and come to exchange some.
Great Yan's official silver was a flat piece, broad at both ends and narrow in the middle, making it easy to cut.
The clerk was well practiced too. He merely measured out and snipped off a small corner, then took out a scale and weighed it. He immediately smiled and showed it to Song You.
"Sir, not a bit more or less—exactly one tael."
"Fine workmanship!"
"Just luck."
Grinning, the clerk collected that corner of silver, returned the remaining piece to Song You, then brought out a large string of copper coins from inside, along with an extra small string, and took out a few more coins besides.
"Other places don't fill their strings to the full count, but for convenience, ours are always full. Rest assured, sir."
"I'll count them."
"By all means!"
"Very well."
Smiling, Song You sat down and truly began counting.
The recent exchange rate in Xiangle County was one tael of silver to twelve hundred copper coins.
Song You had asked the innkeeper while eating, and the innkeeper had given the same rate.
Naturally, money shops took a cut for exchanges.
He had exchanged money once before in Yi Capital. Back then, one tael of silver had only fetched eleven hundred and ninety coins. He