Chapter 1004 Check the Currency Exchange Rate

The woman didn't understand the situation and continued to shout, "Beat them, beat them to death!"

The guards brought by the woman immediately pounced on Su Nuan and Chao Wu.

Su Nuan and Chao Wu exchanged a look, and the two of them swung the flies, making them fly away. They also hit the guards in the face, and soon the guards were covered with their faces and cried.

Asagiri said with disdain: "That's it? Not even enough to warm up."

Su Nuan nodded, "Well, forget it, let's go eat."

Asagiri immediately kicked the guard who was squatting in front of him crying with his hands covering his face and asked, "Where is the restaurant with the best food here?"

The man shuddered, pointed in a direction and said, "Sifang Restaurant, great."

Zhao Wu felt around but didn't find any money. She looked at Su Nuan and asked, "Do you want a reward?"

Su Nuan nodded, "Yes, he fought because of his master's orders, and now he is helping us to find the way, so he deserves a reward."

She casually threw a gold coin over.

The guard caught it in a panic, and when he opened his hands he found that it was actually a gold coin. He immediately stopped feeling any pain on his face and stopped crying, because this coin was enough for his annual salary.

Chao Wu put his arm around Su Nuan's shoulders and urged, "Hurry up, I want to eat something delicious."

The two men strode forward, and the people around them whispered.

"They don't look like they're wearing anything special, yet they're actually spending gold coins."

"Maybe they don't know the value of gold coins, or they mistake them for copper coins."

"That should be the case. What a pity! The only gold coin has been given away. How can she still eat?"

"That's right. The minimum cost to enter the Sifang Restaurant is one gold coin."

Su Nuan was a little puzzled. Had the currency been reformed again? Originally, one gold coin was only worth one ounce of gold, right?

She said, "Let's go to the bank."

Chao Wu asked in confusion, "Why are you going to the bank? Are you out of money?"

Su Nuan shook her head. "Go to the bank and check the exchange rate. I haven't spent money in a long time. I don't know the purchasing power of one gold coin."

Chao Wu nodded, "There's a Sifang Bank just ahead."

The two men entered the money shop, which had a large counter that ran across the entire room. The upper half of the counter was blocked by iron bars. At first glance, they thought they had entered a prison cell.

There were two strong men outside the counter, one on the left and one on the right standing at the door, like door gods.

Su Nuan looked up and saw a plaque hanging on the iron railing. The money had to be counted in person and the company would not be responsible after leaving.

Asagiri asked, "Are you exchanging money or withdrawing it?"

Su Nuan has the Queen's Token and can withdraw it at will, but she wants to check the exchange rate today.

"Exchange, go to the right."

There are three windows on the counter, the one on the far right is the exchange window.

Su Nuan asked, "How do I exchange gold and silver?"

There was a middle-aged woman sitting behind the counter. She smiled and said, "Please take a look, Madam."

As she spoke, she took out a wooden board from inside and handed it out through the window.

Su Nuan looked at the coins embedded in the wooden board. The coins were real and were embedded in the round holes in the wooden board. Both sides could be seen clearly.

One gold coin can be exchanged for one thousand silver coins, and one silver coin can be exchanged for ten thousand copper coins.

One copper coin was exchanged for one tael of silver, which means one gold coin was equal to ten thousand taels of silver.

Su Nuan was shocked. Ten thousand taels of silver could only be exchanged for one gold coin, which was different from the original ratio.

The woman at the counter smiled and said, "If you think ten thousand copper coins are too much, you can exchange them for notes of different denominations. There are notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100."

"These banknotes can be used directly, or they can be exchanged for copper coins at a bank without any fees."

Su Nuan's eyes lit up and she asked, "Is there a sample of the banknote?"

The woman opened the drawer, took out a stack of money and placed it in the window.

Su Nuan took it and checked. These papers were special papers produced in the space. They could not be torn or soaked. The only way to damage them was to cut them.

The printing on the paper is simple and the dye is waterproof, so it is impossible to imitate it.

Asagiri said, "The purchasing power of these copper coins is still very high. Aren't you worried?"

Su Nuan shook her head, "What are you worried about?"

She took out a box of gold from the space, which contained one thousand taels.

"How much can I get in exchange?"

The normal ratio is one thousand taels of gold for ten thousand taels of silver. I don't know if it's possible to directly exchange it for gold coins.

The woman said, "Please give me all the gold. If you find it troublesome, you can arrange it on the counter."

Su Nuan nodded and stuffed the gold into the window.

The woman examined the gold and asked, "What denomination do you want to exchange it for?"

Su Nuan smiled and said, "I need banknotes. Is that enough?"

The woman nodded and smiled, "That's enough. Paper money is still very convenient."

She bundled up the coins of various denominations and stuffed them out of the window.

Su Nuan took the money and said with a smile, "Let's go and have dinner."

After they left the house, Su Nuan sighed again, "It turns out that life in the city was quite stable while I was giving birth."

Asagiri knew what she meant, and after a moment's thought, he said, "You don't like these trivial matters, so you're suited to expanding territory."

Su Nuan nodded, "That's true. Let's not worry about that for now and see what delicious food there is."

Asagiri nodded in agreement, "Yeah, let's go."

The two of them finally entered the Sifang Restaurant smoothly.

The large golden nanmu counter at the entrance of the restaurant is particularly eye-catching.

The formally dressed shopkeeper smiled and said, "Would you like to dine in the lobby or in the private room on the second floor?"

Su Nuan was surprised that they didn't kick them out just because of their shabby clothes. She smiled and said, "Let's find a place by the window in the lobby."

Although this is the first floor, what you can see outside the window is the top of people's heads, which prevents people outside from looking inside.

The shopkeeper said, "Please pay one gold coin first, and we will refund or supplement you later."

Su Nuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Does everyone who comes here have to pay?"

The shopkeeper shook his head. "The person who pays the bill at each table pays. The rest of the table doesn't have to pay."

Su Nuan asked curiously, "Why do we have to pay first? We used to eat first and pay later."

The shopkeeper patiently explained, "Fights happen all the time, and it's also to prevent disputes caused by returning dishes."

Su Nuan nodded, "I understand."

Instead of taking the gold coins, she took a token and placed it on the table.

The shopkeeper took the token and put it into the groove of a metal block, and it fit perfectly.

He immediately bowed and said, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."

Su Nuan waved her hand, "Should the token be placed here?"

The shopkeeper dared not accept it and quickly returned the token, "Don't you need a private room?"

Su Nuan shook her head. "It's nice to be in the lobby, watching all kinds of life."

The shopkeeper's eyes showed understanding. "Yes, please go to table 8."

A waiter came forward and guided the two to their seats. There was a veil on the window to prevent flying insects from outside from entering.

As soon as Su Nuan sat down, a beautiful woman came over and asked, "Would you like to order food?"

Asagiri asked, "What delicious food is there?"

The woman put down the booklet in her hand, flipped it open and took a look at it. She covered her face with the recipe book and whispered, "Nuannuan, there are time travelers here. This recipe is the same as the one in our time."