Throughout the late winter moon, people came and went in Suyu Palace, making it very lively.

Even before the Qing Dynasty began, there were no invitations from the wealthy families of Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, Henan, Hongnong, Hanoi, Nanyang, Shunyang and other counties who rushed to Liang County to visit relatives and friends while inquiring about the news.

After the talk began, the villa of the former Pu Yi Lao and the young man on the north edge of Guangchengze was full of people.

A relative who was completely unmatched came to the door with a gift and said he would stay for ten days and half a month.

As for the station where the disabled old soldiers of the Silver Spear Army were placed, it was even more crowded.

The livestock that they had worked hard to raise for a year was eaten up by a group of children from other places within a few days, so they went to the village to buy it, and the business was booming.

At this time, the news was revealed little by little and spread among more people.

On the 27th day of the winter, the Duwei An, the captain of the Bianliang branch, was under the tent of Gao Ming, and Sima Bian Tao, escorted a batch of cloth and the livestock arrived at Guangchengze. After the delivery was completed, it would take a short break for two days.

While wandering around, I met Sima Pi who had met several times.

Katao's wife Pei, the wife of Kahu, was Pei's sister, so he met Sima Pi several times and had a sloppy relationship.

There were two people around Sima Pi. After introducing each other, Bian Tao learned that the older man was named Wang Bing. He was born in the Donghai Wang family. He had been a general of the Donghai Kingdom Army and an imperial guard general. However, he didn't know if he had any official positions now. Anyway, he refused to say it.

The younger man was named Sima Li, the son of Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, Jin. He was said to have come to Guangchengze to visit his sister.

When he asked his sister again, he was actually Princess Jingfu of Daliang.

Shi Tao immediately looked at Sima Li with a strange look.

Sima Pi and Sima Li have many brothers and sisters, but unfortunately their surname is Shao.

Wang Bing mainly inspected the scenery in Nanyang counties, and occasionally entered Xiangyang and was robbed of goods once, but it was generally safe. After all, Tao Kan was still a man who followed the rules and did not enjoy robbing merchants, and even protected merchants to some extent.

This time he brought a batch of gauze from the south to the north, sold it around the Chinese New Year, and then cut it after the buyer shipped it back, and then distributed it to various places. In summer, this cloth can be made into a cool skirt, which is very popular.

"When it comes to business, the Yongjia Tongbao I brought with me this time was scrambled for." Wang Bing said, "The Wu people said they didn't want the Kaiping Tongbao of the fake dynasty, but they still accepted it privately. The quality is so good, it is more than the 'Shen Lang money' I received."

After saying that, Wang Bing took out a few light copper coins and gave them to everyone to watch.

Shi Tao picked up one and didn't dare to use force, for fear of breaking it directly.

The so-called "Shen Lang Money" is the money that Wang Dun ordered his subordinates to join the army to mint privately when he was in Jingzhou. In order to solve the financial shortage, he ordered his subordinates to join the army to Shen Chong.

After Wang Dun's death, Shen Chong returned to his hometown and opened the furnace to cast coins, so the money can be found in Jingzhou and Sanwu areas.

"Shenlang Money" is a small money, highlighting a light, thin, low-quality, and the hole in the middle is scary, so it is not very valuable.

But don't say it, everything depends on comparison.

Because of the Eastern Wu, the Sima Rui court was often called "Eastern Jin" in the northern part. Like the previous Jin, it did not cast new coins and still used old coins circulating on the market.

In the past, it was mainly used to be the old coins of the Eastern Wu, mixed with Shu coins, Han Wuzhu coins, etc. Now, some Yongjia Tongbao and even Kaiping Tongbao have flowed over. In ancient times, coins were called "treasure goods", and Tongbao means "treasure goods".

However, Yongjia Tongbao has stopped casting, and the amount of existence will not be too much. As time goes by, the world of Kaiping Tongbao will be in the future.

"Why did you bring Chen Lang's money back to the north? Why would you buy some light stuff to come back?" Bian Tao finished reading it, returned the money and asked.

"I can't buy it." Wang Bing said, "Besides, I only brought a few thousand Chen Lang money back. If I go to Luoyang, Bianliang, Yecheng, and Dongyuan to the Shaofu, I can still exchange it for the Pingtongbao."

When Bian Tao heard this, he subconsciously asked, "If you collect money from Wu and exchange it for Pingtongbao, will you make a profit?"

"The court should make a profit." After pondering for a long time, Wang Bing said, "The Jin money is inferior, and the Wu people are also disgusted with it. Liang money is exquisite in shape and has a lot of quality, especially Kaiping Tongbao. Wu people don't say it, but they collect it faster than anyone else in private."

Simply put, if a currency is of poor quality and different types, it will depreciate and will appreciate otherwise.

At this time, the market will pursue good money and abandon bad money. There are often irrational factors involved.

For example, if the copper content is purely copper, if ten good coins can only be worth fifteen bad coins, they can often be exchanged for seventeen or eighteen, or even more in actual transactions.

Take back the bad money and use fifteen of them to make new money. If you don’t consider the loss, the rest will be purely profitable.

When your currency invades other people's markets, you may be charged a seigniorage tax.

"I'm so sorry that there are too few copper coins, otherwise this alone will make a lot of profits." Bian Tao was knowledgeable and said immediately.

"I'm just bothering about this." Wang Bing sighed: "In the past, I went to Jiangxia and brought a lot of Qinghe silk. It was because the price was expensive, so I could buy a lot of goods. But the people of Wu said that Jiangxia was hot, so the natives had to light silk cloth, but they didn't like dense Qinghe silk, which was so angry that I was too angry."

There are different standards for measuring the value of silk in different places.

Qinghe silk is produced in Hebei. It has high flange density, sufficient materials and thick materials. This is an advantage. Because it is wear-resistant and warm, it is more famous in the north and has a high premium.

But in Jiangnan, because the weather is hot, locals like silk with low coagulation and weft density, and the main focus is on a thin and lightweight.

Breathable and comfortable to wear, so Qinghe silk is not available for sale at all.

If you don’t understand this, you will suffer a huge loss in business and you won’t be able to make back your capital.

Therefore, the north and south lack a general equivalent that everyone can agree with. Even the south and the north lack this thing, which greatly hinders the development of business. Copper coins are OK, but it is too little and not enough at all.

"I heard that there is a copper pit in Longxi, and the Shaofu has sent someone to see it." Sima Pi, who had not spoken, said.

"How do you know?" Kataoqi said.

Sima Pi looked depressed and said, "I went to the palace to see my mother, and said I wanted to do business, but I heard about this by chance."

Bian Tao suddenly realized.

If it weren't for Yu Wenjun, Pei Guipin would have become the queen, she would have known.

"Not enough." Wang Bing said from the side: "A transaction can cost millions of dollars, how can it be enough?"

Everyone was facing each other.

*******

In the Bixiao Palace, Wang Yan held something in his hand and said, "I have this thing."

Everyone looked at the sound, but they didn't know what.

The temple was also talking about the currency issue at this time. This roadblock was not solved. Although it was not impossible to do business, there were too many troubles and too many obstacles, and many businesses were ruined because merchants were not sure about the actual value of the hundreds of silks in the world, so they would rather not do it.

Not to mention, many people do want to buy things, but they only have food and no money. What should they do?

The merchant came from afar and could not have pulled a few ships of grain back. He was not a specialty in grain trading, and he could not sell it without any means, so he might lose money.

Wang Yan looked at everyone at this moment and said, "This was cast by the emperor's order to the young mansion, and it was called the 'Daliang Dragon Coin'. It weighed four taels, nine silver and one tin, and ten thousand coins."

When everyone heard this, they were shocked first, and then they were a little confused.

There was no way, I was shocked when I heard the "Dragon Coin".

Emperor Wu of Han has the third grade of platinum "Pearls and Jades in the Forefront", don't you come to grab money again, right?

But when I heard that I was heavy, I felt a little relieved.

Some people even took out their teeth and calculated it carefully on the spot. After the calculation, they breathed a sigh of relief. The court robbed money, but a dragon coin only robbed a few hundred yuan, which was much better than the eight liang of lead (the dragon coin of Emperor Wu of Han) that he grabbed.

But is it enough?

Zhuti silver was mined in the former Han Dynasty. When Wang Mang innovated, he forced the Zhuti silver coins. When Zhuge Liang governed Shu Han, the Zhuti silver pit had gradually dried up.

The little silver brought by the Hu merchants in the Western Regions was not enough.

There are still some small silver pits in the world, and there is very little silver production.

Where do you get so much silver for trading? It’s better to use copper coins.

Among the crowd, Hua Yingzhi received the signal, stood up, bowed first, and asked, "Dare you ask the Prime Minister, how many Daliang Dragon Coins have the Young Mansion cast?"

"Thousands of minuscule."

"That's only ten thousand coins." Hua Yingzhi said, "I can be said to be rich by one person, but it is quite inadequate for all the people in the world. What if it does?"

Wang Yan glanced at him with praise and clapped his hands.

A moment later, a soldier came in with a pallet and each of them issued a dragon coin.

Wang Yan picked up the tea bowl, savored the tea quietly, and waited for everyone to appreciate the coins.

After a long time, he put down the tea bowl and coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention.

"When you wait for the manor, there are many residences, residences, right?" Wang Yan asked.

As soon as this said, some nodded and some shook their heads.

A diner or diner is actually a shop inside a manor, but it usually only needs to be opened at a certain scale. After all, if there are few people, it cannot support an internal trading market. The so-called "closed market" is also called "a market is built behind closed doors."

The method of selling is consignment.

For example, someone is good at weaving bamboo tools. After making a few bamboo baskets, he will take them to the residence for consignment.

If someone in the manor needs a bamboo basket, he will buy it, usually giving some food, cloth, even eggs, onions and leeks and other agricultural products.

After the goods are sold, the di shop will notify the consignor and ask him to get the reward, which will complete a transaction.

This way, the transaction is completed internally and there is almost no conflict with the outside world, which is a typical feature of the manor economy.

Wang Yan used the example of a didian, which was easy for everyone to understand.

So he said again: "The court wants to set up a 'Dian', called 'Fangshi'. You and others can bring goods to the Fangshi.

There is one order in the city, and several officials are responsible for registering various goods and publicizing them."

"The merchants who enter the market have a book that carries out the goods and produces the goods and ‘in’ and ‘in’. The amount of goods will be recorded; the amount of goods will be recorded."

"This is a closed-door transaction, which is limited to ten days or half a month. In the last two or three days, we gather together to clear the accounts and divide them into each other. The accounts are calculated in "Dragon Coins".
To be continued...