Chapter 205 Money Shortage
After coming out of the palace, the sun was already westward. The red glow swept across the huge imperial city and spread onto the green glazed tiles next to it, revealing a fresh color, which makes people feel novel.
Xu Ping sat on the tricycle passing through the various yamen, looking at the sunset in the distance, and was a little dazed in a trance.
Before we knew it, the consortium built by the Sansi, including agriculture, industry and businessmen, gradually moved towards the Yongzhou sugar sugar business system.
Xu Ping didn't know whether this was good or bad. According to the knowledge of his previous life, Europe first developed by fully competitive capitalism. There is a basic assumption that the economic system is that every natural person involved in the economic operation is selfish and naturally pursues the maximization of profits. All political systems, economic systems, and even law and morality have developed on this basic assumption, and even become absolutely correct. As long as it is for one's own interests, violates the law, tramples on morality, or even destroys conscience, it can be understood, and it is even natural and legitimate.
Now that Xu Ping is promoting economic expansion and reproduction based on the three departments, this assumption no longer exists, and all aspects of the society will be different from that history. The law is serious and morality is not allowed to be trampled on, and all this will still be on the track of traditional Chinese.
Xu Ping didn't know where this road would go, nor did he know whether he could go on, he had no destination. However, in this era, there was only this road to go, unless this land would be turned into hell first.
When he arrived at the door of the Ordinance Editing Office, the car stopped and Xu Ping came to his senses. He sighed, and Xu Ping stepped out of the car and prepared to go back to the yamen to clean up, and then went home.
As soon as he arrived at the door, the general guarding the gate saluted with his hands: "Second envoy, someone from the north of the city just came here, saying that it was Qiu Taizhao who was working there. He had finished grinding some lenses and asked the deputy envoy to come and see."
Xu Ping was stunned: "Oh, when did you come? Where is the person?"
"The person has already gone back. He said he was waiting in the field and had been away for less than half an hour."
Qiu Dizhao was a famous craftsman in the Hanlin Academy. He carved many of the famous jade artifacts in the palace. He was a master of craftsmanship in this era. The craftsmen have a low status and some of them are particularly good. Anyway, he can't be promoted to any official position. He will not have less income after leaving the Hanlin Academy. He does not have the idle intention to serve idle people.
When he arrived at the editorial office, Qiu Dizhao saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he left the news and went back.
The grinded lenses were used by Xu Ping as a telescope. Because of the high requirements, it has been a while. Now that there is finally news, Xu Ping hurried back to the yamen and hurriedly processed a few documents, and then rushed to the north of the city.
After leaving the imperial city, he remembered that Yan Su was waiting for Tianzhang Pavilion to make a telescope and asked him to go over and see it together. Xu Ping ordered a follower to inform Yan Su and meet together in the glassmaking workshop.
It was during dinner, and the streets were bustling with people, and Xu Ping couldn't walk fast even on his horse.
During the years of peace, the people in Kaifeng City have become tricky. Many people don’t open fires at home, and when they are at meal times, they all come to the streets, either eating snacks at stalls or drinking wine in small shops. More than one million people have gathered in a city without industry and commerce, and the service industry has developed to the extreme. Almost every item of food, drink, defecation and sensation has been specially made by people.
Even if you open fire at home, you can't save much money. You have to buy rice, firewood, and even the water used for cooking is sold by specialists. Instead of putting in effort, it is better to go out and eat it.
When we arrived at the glass service in the north of the city, the sun in the west was only a little bit left, supporting the afterglow of the setting sun. The willows on the roadside were already full of green trees, mixed with a few peach and apricot flowers against the wall, and grasping the tail of spring.
Yan Su's house is close to here, and he is already waiting for Xu Ping at the door.
The two of them came forward to see the li. Yan Su looked at the carriage that was slowly driving by not far away and sighed: "San Si is getting richer and more powerful. There are special oil-walled cars coming and going from the official yamen. I think of San Si doing things."
"It's because the land price in the inner city is too expensive. I rented out the houses of the store and let them live here. The rent saved every month is enough to buy many cars. If Yan Waijian likes it, you can move here. You can sit on these cars with both faces and faces. I have someone leave a seat for you!"
When Yan Su heard this, he shook his head repeatedly: "Don't think I don't want to. It's just that the family is worth a lot of money, and moving around is not worth a lot. Now here in the north of the city, since the new business has been opened, there are shops and people, and even two new tile shops have been opened. If you have spare money, buying land and building a house here will definitely make money!"
Xu Ping smiled and said, "You will sell hundreds of coins when you make a painting. How can you still have no money? Since you like this, take action as soon as possible. This kind of thing is fast, slow and slow!"
"I originally had a few spare money, but I sent it to your newly opened shop a few days ago. Now I am old and want to draw two paintings for sale. Where can I draw it when I'm anxious?"
Yan Su sighed repeatedly and entered the glass business with Xu Ping.
During the first days of the new shop opening, Xu Ping was really making money every day, and he was afraid of paying the accounts. At this speed, all the copper coins in the capital were quickly collected into the Sansi. What's wrong? Fortunately, the sales slowly dropped after a few days, and Xu Ping breathed out.
The Sansi collects copper coins but has no channels to spend them outside. This is a very bad thing. The meaning of currency lies in circulation. Once it stagnates, it is very unfavorable to the economy and will seriously affect the prosperity of business. Only when there is gathering and dispersing can the currency flow throughout the world. No matter whether it is public or private, where the currency stops, it means that the currency exits the market.
These days, Xu Ping has been paying close attention to the amount of copper coins collected in the Sanshi. According to calculations, in a few months, the capital will face the lack of copper coins. In the past life, it was up to banks to solve this problem, but now Xu Ping is not ready. The bank will not be able to build it for a while, so he can only use other methods to respond to the emergency.
The compromise method is to issue shopping coupons by the shop opened by Sansi, partially replacing currency, so that at least the things sold by Sansi will not seriously affect the business in Beijing. Moreover, shopping coupons can also accumulate necessary experience for banknotes in the future, so that there will be no talent available at that time.
Yan Su is the talent who designs shopping coupons that Xu Ping likes. He has first-class painting skills, is familiar with himself, and is also interested in technology. Many things can be discussed.
After entering the glass business, the two asked the public officials on duty to lead them and walked straight to Qiu Taizhao's courtyard.
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Chapter completed!