Du Zhongxiao looked at the two officials, each carrying a big bag in his hands, hid behind him, lowered his head and hurried over, and said to Chen Xiliang: "Go to inform Chen Tiju, let's go to the mall together. Today's mall is very lively."

Chen Xiliang agreed and quickly left the yamen and went to Changping to invite Chen Xu.

Yesterday, Hequ Road officially issued a money quota, completely replacing the copper coins in circulation. In principle, unless large amounts of exchange are exchanged, the government will no longer issue copper coins, and small coins are replaced by tin-plated iron coins. This is a long process. On the one hand, society should realize that the role of copper coins will be completely replaced by money quota and iron coins, and it is useless to save copper coins. On the other hand, after the money quota and iron coins pass, it will slowly get rid of the copper price limit, and the real currency value will gradually change. On the one hand, the currency value is related to the number of money quota issued by the official, the actual economic situation, and the convenience of transactions. The purchasing power of the coins with the minimum value cannot be too high, and it must be matched with the actual trading habits.

As enamel products are popular in the market and replaced many of the original copper uses, the value of copper has actually been declining. In the western Jing area where enamel is the most popular, it is no longer profitable to destroy copper coin castings, and the huge price difference between copper coins and copperware gradually disappears.

The decline in the value of copper will inevitably lead to a decline in the purchasing power of copper coins. The purchasing power of money based on copper coins will also decrease, and there will be a natural depreciation process. This process will be very slow, and it will not be synchronized in various places. In fact, there is room for speculation. The most suitable speculative material now is gold and silver, but the government restricts the trading of gold and silver, and most people do not realize this.

When issuing money, there is no buffer in the middle. One step is in place, it will inevitably cause chaos. Du Zhongxiao understands this, Bao Zheng, Chen Xu and others also understand that they have already made arrangements. One hand is to put it, insisting on using the official use only with money. The other hand is to collect it. As the largest commercial institution, the prices in the shopping malls in Shengzhou City are stable, so they cannot make waves.

Soon, Chen Xu and Chen Xiliang arrived together and saluted Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I used my own money. There was no chaos during the day yesterday, but it was very lively at night. People who received the money were desperately trying to spend it, but the businessmen didn't want to collect it. The shops were closed, and people were full of people who wanted to spend it all the way to the curfew. The money was not spent last night, and I thought I would go to the mall to buy things today and spend it as soon as possible. We'll take a look at the rare excitement together."

The two of them agreed and brought their entourage out of the general's mansion.

Walking on the road, Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Xu: "Tao Ju, guess what will sell best in the mall today?"

Chen Xu thought for a while and said, "First, it is not a loss for food, no matter how it is replaced with food. In addition to grain, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are all daily needs. The salt and tea inside are indispensable every day and will not decay. I guess the biggest sect is them."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Tiju said it well. But there is another thing, especially salt and tea, which is sugar."

Chen Xu nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Jie Shuai is right, it's because the officials are negligent! Sugar will not decay, and the price is high. Whether it is for self-use or for giving it to others, you will not worry about the uselessness in the future."

Du Zhongxiao nodded with a smile. Today he saw many officials in the yamen carrying large paper bags, which were clearly the packaging of sugar when selling sugar in the mall. Even the officials in the yamen could not trust the money, so they hurried to exchange it for sugar, let alone ordinary people.

Chen Xu sighed: "Fortunately, we estimated that this matter was happening in advance and asked the mall to prepare stocks in advance, and all goods that are not easy to decay will be available. I have stored enough food these days, and I am not afraid of rising grain prices."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Now, the officers, soldiers and people on Hequ Road are actually raised by the imperial court, so how much grain is the people buying? The price of grain will not fluctuate no matter what. Is it salt and sugar? "

Chen Xu was shocked: "Jingshuai means, I am afraid that the people will never trust the money, so I will really push the price up?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "On the contrary, I am not afraid that they will push the price up, but that the price will drop in the future, and these people will regret it!"

Chen Xu frowned after hearing this: "Is the price of sugar and salt going to be reduced? Xiaguan hasn't heard of it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "In the past two years, the railway was built to Jiangling, which was convenient for transportation. Many sugar merchants from Shu went to Lingnan to plant sugarcane. Now several years have passed, and the sugar from Lingnan has reached the time to sell the world. Also, this year, Liangzhe Road built the railway from Jiangning to Mingzhou, and the cost of transporting sugar from Mingzhou into the Central Plains has dropped significantly. In addition, the Northwest Railway has arrived at Fengxiang Prefecture, and the sugar from Shu has also been cheaper. Adding a few squares, the price of sugar will drop within a few months. If you save too much sugar, you will regret it when you are."

Du Zhongxiao's home grows sugar cane to make sugar. A few years ago, Chen Xun went to Lingnan with some sugar merchants to make arrangements. The Nongzhigao Rebellion was quelled, and the Li River water system was connected to the Yangtze River water system, and the water-land transportation was much lower than that of Sichuan and Sichuan. The planting area increased, and the freight was cheaper. The sugar industry is now at a time of explosion. At this time, the storage of sugar can be avoided by others. Isn't it difficult for me to avoid risks?

Chen Xu didn't understand this, and after listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, he agreed. He also said: "Why is the sugar so low?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Now the Hequ Road area sells salt removal. Although the freight is not high, the price for salt removal is there. Why do we have to sell salt removal? I forgot why the Baima Military Supervisory Office is located in Loubobei? There is a salt pond there, which is inseparable from salt removal, and it is much easier to fry than salt removal. How many salt ponds are there in several states on Hequ Road? I have been busy for several months and it is time to produce salt."

Chen Xu nodded in confusion. He was still too short to know Hequ Road. Of course, the three departments have been separated now, and the salt industry is under the management of the Salt and Iron Department, and Changping Department is under the Ministry of Revenue Department, and no one has told Chen Xu.

The high salt price is largely because the court used the method of controlling the salt price to collect the people's capitation tax. The cost of this tax is very high, and salt cannot be solved by a single edict. With the development of industry and commerce, this form of capitation tax is becoming more and more unnecessary, and the salt prices in all parts of the world are falling. Hequ Road is even more serious. Lou Bobei is one of the most valuable salt ponds in the world, and there is also a coal mine. Once the railway is built there, the salt price will drop to as cheap as soil. In addition to Lou Bobei, there are several salt ponds on Hequ Road, and there is no need to mine at all.

Issuing money will inevitably cause price turmoil. In order to avoid danger, the people will try to exchange the money in their hands for materials. Du Zhongxiao thought about the few materials that can be exchanged and made arrangements long ago, so as to have as much as they need in the mall. If these bulk prices are stabilized, there will be no major storm.

It is the most cost-effective to change it to food. Nowadays, grain is equivalent to currency, and the price will not fluctuate greatly. If you change salt and sugar, you can only think that you are unlucky and remember this time. Du Zhongxiao did not intend to do this, but time just happened to catch up. Of course, deliberately not saying it is intentional to punish those who do not trust money. Money represents the credit of the Shuaifu. If you doubt your own credit, you will not have good results.
Chapter completed!