Sheng Yuhui frowned and asked, "If you don't need to buy it with the coins of Liao, is it possible to buy it with Song money?"

"The goods sold by the Liao State to the Great Song State were not necessary things, and the goods sold by the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao State were necessary things. Le Lang asked rhetorically www.biquge.info "If you are a Liao merchant in the border field, and you sell sheep, horses, and furs to the Song merchants, do you want Song money or Liao money?"

"This ......"

"On the other hand, if you are a Song merchant, when you sell tea, wine, and silk, you must only accept Song money, right?"

"Original...... So. ”

Sheng Yuhui only understood the essence at this time.

The money of the Great Song Dynasty could buy all kinds of necessities of the Great Song Dynasty, while the money of the Liao State could only buy non-essential sheep, horses, and furs.

Naturally, Da Song's money is better to use.

Le Lang continued: "When the two countries traded with each other, the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty could be used to buy goods from the Liao Kingdom, and even, within the territory of the Liao Kingdom, the Song money could be used daily. ”

"No, not generic. He paused, and then corrected: "In the Liao State, it should be said that most of the Liao people use Song money. On the other hand, the coins of the Liao State were not recognized by the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Is there such a thing?" asked Chen Yu.

Le Lang didn't answer his words, and continued: "The Liao people exchanged cattle and sheep for copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty, but then they did not use them to buy the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, but exchanged them for gold and silver. ”

Su Shi sighed: "If this is the case, the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty will be gone and never returned." ”。

Sheng Yuhui asked again: "Even so, the gold and silver obtained in exchange are also circulated in the Great Song Dynasty, how can it lead to a 'lack of money'?"

"Yinglin, you're confused. Wang Anshi said to Sheng Yuhui unhappily.

"Sir?"

"How does gold and silver flow into the market?"

Sheng Yuhui was stunned and said apologetically: "What Mr. said is that he was confused in his later years. ”

One tael of silver is equivalent to a consistent copper coin, that is, a thousand yuan, not to mention gold.

Gold and silver are seldom used in daily transactions. Most of the gold and silver were stored in the vaults for bulk trading.

Sheng Yuhui's question was tantamount to Emperor Jin Hui's "Why don't you eat minced meat", his face suddenly turned red and hot, full of shame.

The reason for the "lack of money" can be regarded as being found.

Far from feeling relieved, everyone present felt even more worried.

The plain plum blossoms in the corner of the wall fell silently.

The wind is as if it were nothing.

The sun gradually began to set in the west from mid-heaven.

But there is still a long time before the sunset.

Le Lang said again: "Song Liao's mutual market is just the tip of the iceberg. ”

"The tip of the iceberg?"

Sima Guang stared at Le Lang, his expression as if he couldn't grasp the essentials.

Wang Anshi first understood: "It is not only the Liao State that has transactions with the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Western Xia, Dali, Tubo Tribes, Hui Hui, Wa Kingdom and Goryeo in the east, Jiaozhi and Champa in the south, ......

Le Lang is like a treasure, and her slender fingers are stretched flexibly.

Counting and counting, I almost used ten fingers.

"Also, those who have dealings with these small countries, those places where we can't even name them, may have the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty in circulation. ”

"Ha, haha!"

Sima Guang laughed worriedly.

Don't blame him.

This matter is too slippery and ridiculous.

"So, the copper coins minted in the Great Song Dynasty are actually common to all countries?"

"It's not just universal," Le Lang sneered: "Small countries like Wa, Goryeo, Cochin, and Champong don't have their own coins. ”

"Huh?"

"Do you know why the Liangzhejiang Road is "known for its lack of money, especially today", and the Fujian Road is "extremely old, the people are confused, and the market is depressed"? Taking the Wa Kingdom as an example, its merchant ships passed through Wenzhou, Taizhou, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou, and anchored at the end of the sea. The people of the rich along the coast, openly trading with them. ”

Most of the people present had never been to Liangzhejiang Road or Fujian Road, so they had to listen quietly to Le Lang's narration: "There are many rarities in the Japanese cargo ships, such as lacquerware, sulfur, wood, knives, etc., which are worth 100 yuan and can be obtained by 10 yuan in Song money, and 100 yuan in Song money. The number of consistent, can be easy to buy goods hundreds of things, hundreds of times, can be easy to buy thousands of things. How can a Japanese merchant go away with a ship of tall, deep, and broad ships, carrying tens of thousands of yuan of money, and how can it not lead to 'public and private affairs, and lack of money, and no department stores'?"

Wang Anshi sighed with his hand: "The copper coin was originally a Great Song Treasure, and it was used by barbarians from all over the world. ”

"Da Song's money is far better than you think. Le Lang stood up and said: "Those who enter Tibet do not go to Tibet unless they have copper coins, and the goods of Tibet are not sold for copper coins." In recent years, there has been an increase in the exchange of goods with various countries, but when was the last time the imperial court minted new coins?

Sima Guang looked up at Le Lang suddenly, his pupils constricted irrepressibly, he gasped urgently, and frowned: "Yes...... Three years ago!"

"To be exact," Le Lang said casually, his eyes full of banter: "After the Cen Deping case, there was no coinage in the imperial court." What are the officials worried about, you should understand by now, right?"

In the fourteenth year of Chongning, Cen Deping, the household servant, was greedy for 3 million yuan of ink and was beheaded by the whole family.

Sima Guang naturally thought of this.

The whereabouts of those three million are still unknown.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were secretive about this case, all because everyone involved did not end well.

"Lord Sima, compared to the debate competition in front of you, as an official of the imperial court, do you have more important things?"

After throwing this sentence, Le Lang left a group of people with their own thoughts to ignore it and walked out.

It's just that when he passed by the judges' seat, he stopped and whispered in Chai Jue's ear: "Third Highness, I'm sorry for ruining your debate match." ”

Chai Jue turned his head to look at "her", this person said "sorry" in his mouth, but there was no apology in his eyes.

It's clearly deliberate.

Without waiting for Chai Jue to speak, Le Lang said again: "However, they are nothing more than that." ”

"But so?"

"If Your Highness continues to mess around in this 'editorial department', it will probably be abolished. ”

Chai Jue was silent and looked at "her" coldly.

Le Lang smiled brightly and said, "Of course, since the Third Highness can't become a prince, it must be indifferent. ”

After saying that, he left without looking back.

……

Here, Sima Guang was still pondering what Fang Cai Le Lang said.

- "Lord Sima, compared to the debate competition in front of you, as an official of the imperial court, do you have more important things?"

As if having figured it out, he stood up and walked briskly in the direction of the door.

Seeing that he was walking in such a hurry, Chen Yu hurriedly asked, "Master Sima, ...... the rehearsal for this debate competition?"

"Now that it's no longer interesting to argue, I ...... The official has something important to go to the palace. ”

He, like Le Lang, didn't care about wanting to leave.

"Honest and slow!"

It was Wang Anshi who spoke out to save him.

Sima Guang turned his head and saw that his eyes were a little more awe-inspiring and resolute than usual, so he couldn't help but stop.

"Jiefu?"

……

(To be continued.) )