Chapter 17 Know the Law and Use It

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to the ten tightly packed large wooden boxes and immediately let down their guard.

They thought, by then there would be so many people around and so many eyes watching, who would be able to tell which copper coins were put there by them?

Someone quickly came up with an idea and asked, "What about fake Jiaozi?"

The circulation of copper coins was limited, and ordinary people did not have many of them, but there were quite a few fake Jiaozi, and the amounts were large.

"I'm sorry, only fake copper coins can be used for now." Su Shengsheng looked apologetic.

As she spoke, she continued to distribute the eggs in an orderly manner.

Everyone really benefited from it, and for a moment they were excited.

It's simple, everyone has some fake copper coins in their hands.

The government had posted notices before, but even offering a reward of 100,000 yuan had little effect and no one took up the notice.

But when I looked today, why did the notice disappear?

Everyone was surprised and looked around, only to find that he had really disappeared.

At this time, some people began to question whether Su Shengsheng could fulfill her promise. "Look at the girl's ordinary clothes. Does she really have so much money to pay the bonus?"

Su Shengsheng smiled slightly upon hearing this and said, "Since this brother has doubts, I can make a written agreement for everyone. You can put in fake copper coins. If I break my promise, I must return the real copper coins to everyone, or you can send me to the government."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became agitated.

They all thought that since they invested fake copper coins, they wouldn’t lose anything, but once they won the prize, they would have to exchange the fake coins for real silver!

When the winners were announced on the spot, someone immediately went home to collect the money.

After working until noon, Su Shengsheng finished distributing eggs and invited several scholars who were waiting in the bookstore.

She took out the book of copper coins she had exchanged early in the morning and explained the purpose of this trip to them in detail.

“Camera memory, related to the method of association and the memory palace technique.

This association method requires aligning the information recorded in the brain with known information to activate the memory chain.

This memory palace is a palace built in the brain, which stores the corresponding locations and input information.

Today we will put what we have learned into practice, using icons and location markers to create a mind map-style image collection."

When the Juren students saw the collection of copper coins by year, they were confused as to why there was no endorsement but they came here to collect fake copper coins.

But Su Shengsheng's explanation quickly dispelled their doubts.

In addition, counterfeit copper coins were rampant in the local area, and the teacher had also given similar questions, so he didn't ask any more questions and devoted himself to the study.

By the time they were fully deployed, a long line of onlookers formed.

Originally, the people were skeptical about Su Shengsheng's words, but when they saw that even the town's scholars came to help, they no longer hesitated and even took out more fake copper coins from their purses.

"Everyone is studying for the imperial examination, so let's use the cities of Nanling as locations, first dividing them into eras and then into regions."

She arranged two people into groups to sort and collect the items, and then report to her.

The time was almost up, so he signaled Qing Ning who was waiting on the side to start.

In fact, the imperial court also took a series of measures to deal with the problem of counterfeit copper coins.

At the beginning, real copper coins were exchanged for fake ones. The court collected them, recast them, and put them into circulation.

Unfortunately, counterfeiters are rampant. After recycling real coins, they make fake copper coins.

After a while, this policy was shelved.

Later, in order to curb the proliferation of counterfeit currency, people who used counterfeit copper coins would also be punished.

But in this case, the entire market was unwilling to accept copper coins, trade declined, and it became difficult to restore the circulation of copper coins.

The people were struggling to survive and complained bitterly, but local officials could only turn a blind eye and implement this policy.

He was afraid that this would cause public outrage and affect his official career.

In the end, they had to enact a policy of exchanging grain for counterfeit copper coins. Although it was somewhat effective, it was difficult to cure the stubborn problem.

This dealt a heavy blow to the court's finances and people's livelihood, so counterfeiters were deeply hated and a large reward was offered.

But the common people were also victims. Most of them condemned the court's incompetence and were not very cooperative in handing over the counterfeit currency.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who have fake copper coins in their hands.

Unlike the imperial court, Su Shengsheng took advantage of this mentality of taking chances.

That is, make them willingly, or even with the mentality of winning a prize, put in more fake copper coins.

He also drew a clear line with the imperial court so that the people would not feel resistant.

Therefore, after Qing Ning Ningyu's egg offensive for an hour, it quickly attracted a large number of people to participate.

The Su family should have noticed such a big commotion.

Unfortunately, the men had to go to work at this time, and the women were all sick and unable to take care of themselves.

In addition, Su Shengsheng asked Zaiqing to keep it secret, so no one in the Su family knew about this for a while.

As for Ji Yanli, because he did not tell the Su family the address of the inn where they were staying, even though something big happened to the Su family, they could only wait for him to come again.

Ji Yanli thought that the Su family was drinking in the evening and had to go to work in the morning, so he did not come to disturb them.

He came here because he was a little worried about Su Shengsheng, but he didn't see anyone in front of the bookstore.

Later I heard that there was a lottery for collecting fake copper coins, so I came over to take a look out of curiosity.

Who would have thought that it was Su Shengsheng who initiated it.

Therefore, he was extremely shocked.

Su Shengsheng was seen wearing a lilac dress, standing in front of a wooden board with a map drawn on it, marking it with colorful silk threads.

The candidates listened to Qing Ning and Ning Yu announce the year and the number of copper coins, and drew their marks on the paper.

While Su Shengsheng was spinning silk thread at various locations, he accurately reported the number of copper coins collected from various places.

Without even turning her head, she was able to accurately match the numbers with the students who were recording the data in groups.

Not to mention the students in charge of recording were shocked, even Ji Yanli was extremely shocked.

Such powerful computing ability is beyond the reach of even him who is proficient in the six arts of men.

Soon, a pattern appeared in the lines on the board.

Ji Yanli walked over silently and watched Su Shengsheng change the silk thread one level at a time.

An hour later, all the red lines converged at several locations at a glance.

After building the space-time pillar, Su Shengsheng used the World Tree Method to identify it and finally found the devil fruit.

The breeze blew gently, passing through the silky hair and lightly brushing past the ears and shoulders.

A faint and beautiful smile was outlined on her beautiful lips, isolated from the vanity and chaos around her.

Ji Yanli felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

When she turned around, his eyes met hers and he was stunned for a moment.

Su Shengsheng accidentally saw Ji Yanli, just nodded to him, and walked to the wooden box full of copper coins.

"Do you have any copper coins produced in the Putian area of ​​Yunzhou, the Changdi area of ​​Dongzhou, or the Gandi area of ​​Cangzhou? You can exchange them for prizes directly."

Although the government no longer forcibly confiscates bad currency, it does not allow large-scale transactions of bad currency.

Therefore, when the people received bad currency, they did not dare to trade openly.

Su Shengsheng naturally wouldn't break the law knowingly, so she took advantage of this loophole in the prize.

Although those people saw that there was a local scholar present, they still had some concerns and began to discuss among themselves.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ji Yanli walked forward.

"Miss Su accepted so many counterfeit copper coins. I'm afraid it will attract investigation from the authorities."