The sound of ear cups falling to the ground attracted many onlookers for Sima Xin. Facing everyone's suspicious gaze, the young grain merchant looked a little embarrassed. Just when he froze in place and didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard Cai Ji, who was sitting in the chief, say disapprerovingly, "Sima Langjun thinks he is drunk." ”

With Cai Ji's round, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly eased a lot. The waiter hurriedly stepped forward to put away the glass and wipe the wine on the floor. As for Sima Xin himself, he hurriedly got up and apologized to Cai Ji, "Sima Xin is too strong to drink, and please forgive you." ”

"Sima Langjun doesn't need to mind. Donglai wine is already strong, and it is reasonable for Lang Jun not to adapt to it. Cai Ji waved his hand to signal Sima Xin not to be nervous.

Seeing this, Zhen Yao, who was sitting next to Sima Xin, patted him on the shoulder and quipped, "Lang Jun is in Hanoi, and he is known as not drunk in a hundred cups." Try it today, can you be convinced? ”

"I'm ashamed. Ashamed. Sima Xin said with a red face. Immediately, everyone present burst into laughter.

Cai Ji held the ear cup and looked at Sima Xin, who was being laughed at by everyone, but there was no smile in her eyes. Sima Xin's actions just now were obviously not drunk, but a reaction to Donglai's five-baht issue. This means that the man in front of him may have realized that the issuance of the five baht in Donglai will bring serious changes to the situation in the world. Of course, the other party may also be just an ordinary businessman, who is afraid that the issuance of Donglai five baht will affect the price, and he will lose his temper on the spot. But no matter what the reason, the character of Sima Xin has attracted Cai Ji's attention tonight.

In fact, Sima Xin is far from the only one who has been nervously touched by Cai Ji's plan. Zhen Yao, Wang Han and others are all veterans of the shopping mall, and they saw that Cai Ji would use the salt in his hands to manipulate the world's materials sooner or later. It's just that I didn't expect Cai Ji to be able to create a copper coin similar to a gold coin to replace the five-baht coin. At this moment, although the two of them teased Sima Xin on the surface, they each thought about how to deal with it in their hearts. As the so-called wealth and danger are sought, every change in the world. For better or worse, there are opportunities. Whoever can seize this opportunity will become one of the richest people in the world, and it is even possible to be in charge of the government. Qi Tian and Lü Buwei are all like this.

But even if Cai Ji could see through Zhen Yao and Wang Han's thoughts at the moment, she would at most smile disapprovingly. The political significance of the issuance of the five baht in Donglai is far greater than the economic significance. There are very few people who can see the mystery, but not nothing.

At this moment, Guo Jia and Cai Ji are only separated by a screen. Thanks to the clever design, the guests in the hall cannot see anyone behind the screen, but the voices of the people can be heard clearly by the people behind the screen. If needed. The person behind the screen can also whisper to each other. Therefore, what happened in the hall did not escape Guo Jia's ears.

Regarding the issuance of Donglai's five baht, Guo Jia, who is the core figure of Donglai, has long had a spectrum in his heart. Compared to the appearance of everyone in the hall, he was more interested in the reaction of the old acquaintance on the other side. Guo Jia's old acquaintance is the former Jizhou don't drive - Tian Feng. Tian Yuanhao.

It is said that Tian Feng was framed by Yu Ji that day. was relieved of his official position by Yuan Shao and escorted back to Yecheng. Yu Ji was afraid that Tian Feng would overturn the case after he returned, so he sent Duan Emei, the owner of the Fire Escape Banner, to secretly murder Tian Feng. Not only did Duan Emei have already received Cai Ji's instructions, but he also admired Tian Feng's uprightness. So Duan Emei made the illusion that Tian Feng had drowned, and on the other hand, she sent her cronies to escort Tian Feng to Donglai. Tian Feng thought at first that he was going to die this time, but he never thought that he would come to Longkou in a loop. With Tian Feng's wisdom, as long as he settles down a little, he can think that many of the events that happened in Yecheng during this period were actually Cai Ji's ghosts behind his back. Even Yu Ji may have been instructed by Cai Ji to deliberately lure Yuan Shao to become emperor. and then made the Yuan family a traitor who was spurned by the world.

Tian Feng is loyal, even if Cai Ji has the grace to save his life, he will not betray the Yuan family. So for several months. Although Tian Feng was hidden in Longkou City, he never refused to see Cai Ji. Only Guo Jia often took the trouble to visit Tian Feng. Because I can't get rid of it. Tian Feng had no choice but to let Guo Jia or talk with him, or talk with him, or talk with him about the world.

Speaking of which, the first time Tian Feng and Guo Jia met was in Yuan Shao's camp. At that time, Tian Fenggang assisted Yuan Shao to break Gongsun Zan at the boundary bridge, and it was the time when he was in high spirits. And Guo Jia is still a little-known young man. Although Guo Tu, Xin Ping and Tian Feng himself were very optimistic about Guo Jia's talent, he said goodbye to Yuan Shao the following year. Even before leaving, he left a comment on the lord Yuan Shao, "The wise man judges the master, so he can make a name for himself. Yuan Gongfu wanted to follow the example of Corporal Zhou Gong, but he didn't know the opportunity to employ people. There are many ends, there are few wants, there is no decision, and it is difficult to help the world with each other, and it is difficult to determine the cause of the overlord! ”

When Tian Feng heard Guo Jia's message, he only felt that this young man was too arrogant and had no one in his eyes. But now all the shortcomings that Guo Jia said in the past have been fulfilled in Yuan Shao's body one by one, and the Yuan family has been led into the abyss. Every time he thought of this, Tian Feng would secretly sigh. And as the contact with Guo Jia deepened, Tian Feng also gradually saw Cai Ji's ambition in the side knock.

Tian Feng never thought that a woman would also have an ambition to compete in the world, and she still had enough courage to realize her ambition. And for now, Cai Ji has taken every step very solidly. No matter how prejudiced Tian Feng was against Cai Ji, he couldn't deny that the girl's talent was indeed above Yuan Shao. It is precisely because of this that Tian Feng gradually began to become interested in Cai Ji, until he sat behind the screen at this moment.

However, at this time, Tian Feng did not react to the plan announced by Cai Ji, he just sat calmly and listened carefully to the voice from the other side of the screen. Seeing this situation, Guo Jia did not take the initiative to ask Tian Feng's opinion. Because he believes that with Tian Feng's talent, he will be able to see the significance of the issuance of Donglai five baht. As long as Tian Feng is still sitting in place, it means that he is still interested in his father-in-law.

So the two sat silently opposite each other until the reception banquet in the hall was over, and the two still had no intention of getting up. After a while, Cai Ji, who had sent off a group of guests, came behind the screen alone. Seeing that Tian Feng hadn't left yet, Cai Ji hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to him and said, "Ji is busy feasting guests, so let Mr. wait for a long time." Thank you for your understanding. ”

However, in the face of Cai Ji's polite greetings, Tian Feng only snorted slightly and did not return the salute. Instead, Guo Jia raised the ear cup in front of him, beckoned to Cai Ji and said, "Can the lord have a cup?" ”

Cai Ji smiled bitterly and waved his hand. Then he sat down between the two. In later generations, many people said that Tian Feng had a bad temper, and he did not know people. But in Cai Ji's view, Tian Feng took refuge in Yuan Shao. It's not so much a personal choice as a family's need. The same is true for those who come from large families in this regard. In contrast, Guo Jia is much less tied to the family and can have more flexible choices. Therefore, it is unfair to say that Tian Feng has no knowledge of people. As for temper. Whoever has a net worth tied to an unreliable person. The temper is not much better. However, Tian Feng's family may limit his personal development, but from Cai Ji's point of view, such a big family is the object she urgently needs to win over in the process of navigating Hebei.

Tian Feng saw Cai Ji sitting opposite him, and after being silent for a long time, he finally spoke, "The envoy wants to issue new money?" ”

Seeing this, Cai Ji hurriedly sat upright, handed a Donglai five baht to Tian Feng and asked, "Yes." I wonder if you can give me some advice? ”

Tian Feng raised his eyelids. Glancing at the five-baht coin on the dining table, "This money is very good, but I'm afraid that the people won't use it." ”

While saying that the money is well cast. On the other hand, they said that the people would not use it. At first glance, Tian Feng's words are simply contradictory. But Cai Ji understood and said. "Sir is afraid that the people of the land will store the five baht of Donglai as gold and silver, and even other princes will hoard the five baht of Donglai, which will cause a shortage of money?"

When Tian Feng heard Cai Ji say this, he couldn't help but wonder, "Since you know this disadvantage, why do you want to mint money like this?" ”

Tian Feng and Cai Ji actually said the same thing, that is, "good money drives out bad money". Unlike the environment where bad money drives out good money, good money drives out bad money and is built on a completely free foreign exchange market. That is, in the market without any legal compulsory intervention, there is no certain legal comparison between various currencies, and the value of these currencies is different, among which the currency with a strong trend and high gold content is considered to be hard currency, that is, "good money"; Conversely, a weaker currency is considered soft currency, i.e. "bad money". In international trade, people are often willing to accept hard currency, i.e., "good money", rather than soft currency, i.e., "bad currency". As a result, the superior wins the inferior and the inferior loses, forming a situation of "good money drives out bad money".

Historically, because the Chinese dynasties were superior to the surrounding ethnic groups in terms of economy, technology, culture, and politics, overseas countries deeply influenced by Han culture have hoarded copper coins in the Central Plains as currency. The most typical example is the Song Dynasty. At that time, Goryeo, Japan, Cochin and other countries directly used the copper coins of the Song Dynasty as currency. Although the Liao, Jin and other minority regimes also minted copper coins, they were eventually squeezed out of the long river of history by the great Song Tongbao, who was exquisitely made and undeceived by the sister-in-law. So much so that the copper coins of these two dynasties are very scarce in later archaeology.

Cai Ji, who comes from the 21st century, knows that "good money drives out bad money" is a sharp weapon in the financial war between countries. Therefore, some people claim that the massive outflow of copper coins from the Song Dynasty was a "currency war" against other countries. It is said that the currency wars of the Song Dynasty have brought down the Liao and Jin kingdoms successively. In fact, this is somewhat of an afterthought. It is true that the Liao and Jin countries used their own currencies instead of their own currencies before the Song Dynasty, resulting in the emptiness of the treasury and the weakening of their national strength. But the Song Dynasty also had its own troubles. Due to the increasing outflow of copper coins, problems such as money shortages (shortage of copper coins) and price inflation eventually led to problems. Tian Feng used to be a driver in Jizhou, and he knew what kind of impact the money shortage would have on the people. And this is also an important reason why he is not optimistic about the future of Donglai five baht.

Of course, Cai Ji also knew about the problem of money shortage, but in her opinion, this problem was not as strict as Tian Feng imagined. So Cai Ji explained to Tian Feng, "It is precisely because of this that the government ordered all the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction to trade in 'Donglai five baht'. Bronze 5 baht, gold, silver and other coins need to be exchanged for huàn into 5 baht at the market price before they can be used. The private caster will be forgiven! If others want to buy goods from Dong Lai, they must also use Dong Lei 5 baht. In this way, the money flows back. ”

The principle adopted by Cai Ji is actually very simple, which is to link money to goods. In this way, it can stabilize prices internally, and absorb a large amount of materials externally. In fact, although the Song Dynasty had a crisis of money shortage, it was the Liao and Jin who were dragged to death in the end. The reason why the Song Dynasty would give people the impression of weakness to the outside world was, to put it bluntly, a military drag.

Sure enough, Tian Feng was said by Cai Ji, and nodded subconsciously. It's just that Tian Feng, who was deeply influenced by the two theories of Confucianism and Law, always believed that if a force wanted to grow, it only needed to do a good job in agriculture and then run official business, so that it could send troops and grain to compete with the princes of the world. Yuan Shao relied on this trick to gradually unify Hebei, and then became the most powerful prince. Although Yuan Shao is a self-righteous person, when he thinks of the strong strength of the Yuan family, Tian Feng is still quite complacent. On the contrary, making money like Cai Ji is really a bit petty. Tian Feng still shook his head again and again, "Having said that, what does it mean to make you work so hard and lose money?" ”

Yuan Hao's words are wrong. Imagine, the sheep fat in the north, the merchant buys the sheep with five baht in Donglai, and the shepherd gets the money to buy Donglai salt in the city. In this way, won't all the goods in the world go to the pocket of my lord? This time it was Guo Jia who spoke. The reason why he didn't speak before was mainly because he wanted Cai Ji and Tian Fengduo to communicate and deepen their understanding of each other. But after a round of conversations, Guo Jia found that Tian Feng and Cai Ji had very different ideas. Tian Feng focused on a corner of the land and wanted to gradually encroach and expand in a steady way. And Cai Ji is looking at the world, connecting horizontally and vertically, and passing through the world with the ingenuity of four or two thousand catties. Both have their own merits, but in terms of Cai Ji's current strength and status, it is naturally the latter that is more suitable for her.

Tian Feng was reminded by Guo Jia, and also realized that Cai Ji was not Yuan Shao, and there was no family of the fourth and third princes to rely on. Qing and Xu Erzhou also did not have Jizhou. Cai Ji was able to get to where he is today as a woman, perhaps because of these crooked ways. Thinking about this, Tian Feng did not go down with Cai Ji, but happily bowed his hand to him, "In this way, the old man will wait and see how the envoy will pocket all the goods in the world." ”

This time, although Tian Feng still did not agree to take refuge in himself, as long as he continued to stay in Longkou, Cai Ji was already satisfied. Once he waives his troops north, whether Tian Fengjia joins his command or not, he will be an important bargaining chip to recruit famous people from Hebei families. At this moment, in the face of Tian Feng's provocation, Cai Ji did not hesitate to return the salute, "I need more guidance from Mr. in the future." ”

During this time, more was written about money. I mainly feel that I didn't explain it clearly when I wrote "The Choice of Destiny" before, and many book friends have mentioned the problem of bad money driving out good money. So this time, I wrote it systematically, I guess it's a bit boring. O(n_n)O~ But this is very important for the development of the plot in the future, in order not to be sprayed in the future, I decided to be verbose. In addition, the previous chapter "Salt Industry Tycoon" also talked about the relationship between salt and currency, which can be regarded as an explanation to book friends who have always cared about the development of Donglai salt industry. ~~~~(>_