The content in the special issue of "Half Moon Talks of the Great Sui" continued to ferment, and spread to all parts of the Great Sui with Luoyang and Daxing as the center. The reason why Yang Tong chose to promote it in this period is naturally because there are monarchs and envoys from various countries concentrated in Daxing City, and he hopes that these people will bring this news back to various countries, so as to advertise a wave for the Great Sui National Bank, and the ultimate goal is undoubtedly to use paper money to plunder the wealth of various countries, after all, in today's world, Great Sui is the center of the world, and every move of Great Sui is imperceptibly influencing surrounding countries and emulating others.

If the banknotes are collected and used by the nobles of various countries, it will be a earth-shaking change for the Great Sui, after all, the banknotes are beautifully printed, it has no value in itself, just a medium to replace barter, if it cannot be exchanged for real money and silver, it is just a piece of waste paper in the end, if you want to pit people, you only need to change it to new currency in the country, and then abolish the old currency, which can make countries hurt their muscles and bones.

Of course, it is credit that maintains the paper money system, and once the credit collapses and the reputation is corrupted, it will be like a thousand things to reshape it. Therefore, as a last resort, do not use this kind of means that harm others and yourself.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Yang Tong disguised himself to walk in the West Market to inspect, wanting to hear with his own ears whether the people agree with the bank, since he entered the West Market, he could hear the people talking about the bank all the way, which shows that its popularity will continue to ferment, which is also Yang Tong's wish.

There are also Luo Shixin and Fang Xuanling who are dressed as scribes, Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling are also elegant and elegant as literati, but Luo Shixin is surprising.

A white cotton robe is neat and neat, the north wind blows the clothes, and the straight embellishing is tightly attached to the body, revealing a strong torso, and the clothes seem to be thin, but they are not afraid of the cold wind. A pair of thick eyebrows are like swords, the eyes are shining, the nose is like a gall, and the whole person looks less radiant than before, and is a little more calm and heavy.

This temperament alone is better than countless Chinese martial arts, plus good looks, the whole person has a bit of majestic and heroic Zhou Lang style, but as soon as he opens his mouth, he will break this temperament, but it is similar to very Yang Dong, and the atmosphere of the court hall is driven by these rough people, causing Fang Xuanling and other Confucian scholars to become dirty at every turn, filled with the atmosphere of rough masters.

Behind them, there were ten Xuanjia soldiers far away, and there were many open and secret outposts around, and they all heard that the pseudo-Tang assassins had entered the country and were about to assassinate the emperor, all of them looked very nervous, and their eyes stared at the three of them without blinking, especially staring at Yang Dong, for fear that he would make a mistake, but they forgot that the assassins had been targeted by the Black Ice Platform warriors, and had 'quietly' gathered in the area of Wugong County, and they also forgot that Yang Dong and Luo Shixin were both fierce generals who were proficient in the way of assassination, and the people who could defeat them were still in Yicheng City.

When they came to the city office where the bank was located, they found that there were many people watching the excitement, including some well-dressed businessmen who came to investigate and control.

After all, in this era, whether it is real gold and silver, or gold and silver bills, it is not a safe thing, if you can really use a bill of exchange to solve it, it is simply too convenient. It's just that the bill of exchange is a new thing after all, and no one dares to try it first, for fear that nothing will come out in the end.

However, at this moment, a great Sui got out of a gorgeous carriage and walked to the bank with several attendants, all of whom were carrying shriveled leather bags, which seemed to be to withdraw money.

Seeing this, Yang Tong also went to watch with many businessmen.

When the middle-aged wealthy businessman entered the hall, a retired soldier with a broken arm stepped forward and asked enthusiastically: "Dare to ask what this envoy is called?" Is it money remitted or withdrawn? ”

"In Xia Zheng Fengchi, I came to withdraw money." The middle-aged businessman laughed.

As soon as the three words "Zheng Fengchi" came out, everyone was in an uproar.

This person is a well-known cloth merchant, his status in the history of the Li Tang Dynasty is comparable to Shen Wansan of the Ming Dynasty, his family property is countless, the mansions are all over the sea, and the Li Tang magnates have many friends, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a powerful dynasty market, he even showed off his wealth in front of Li Yuan, saying that if he hung a silk horse on each tree in Zhongnan Mountain, he still had a surplus at home. When his daughter got married, there were thousands of dignitaries, and when the bride appeared, hundreds of beautiful maids and maids were all Qiluo Zhucui, hanging hairpins and shoes, and they were radiant, so that people couldn't tell which one was the bride. It's just that he was silent later, and his fate is estimated to be similar to Shen Wansan, because he violated the emperor's taboo and funded Li Tang's army in his own name.

Now he is far from being the richest man in the Great Sui, but he has been traveling back and forth on the Silk Road, making a lot of money and making a big profit, which is an extremely successful businessman in the Great Sui, and Yang Tong has also heard his name.

"Zheng Yuanjun, please come here." Said the disabled soldier.

"Thank you." The current Zheng Fengchi's status is not as glorious as in history, and he knows the influence of the Sui army in the Western Regions, as well as the importance of the imperial court to the disabled soldiers, so he is not so arrogant.

The disabled soldier led him to a window, which was separated by an iron fence, through which people inside and outside could pass through the gap.

Zheng Fengchi seemed to know the bank (money bank) better, he handed a beautiful money order and his household registration and seal into it, and said: "I have a bill of exchange of 50,000 guan here, and I need to exchange it for 50,000 silver coins." ”

"Please wait." The personnel inside checked that there were no mistakes, and then recorded the number and amount of the bill of exchange in detail, and then counted the number of silver coins, which were placed in two trays, and pushed out of the hole below, and then handed over a receipt: "Please confirm the receipt, and carefully count the coins, once you leave the counter, you will not be responsible." In addition, because of your large amount, we will receive a consistent amount, which is one silver coin. ”

"I know that."

Zheng Fengchi carefully read the receipt and confirmed that it was correct before signing his name, and soon, several attendants counted at the counter.

Soon, Zheng Fengchi's entourage has been counted, and put them into bags, 50,000 yuan of money order exchanged for 4999 silver coins (excluding one as a fee), converted into the current decimal system, it is 500 catties, even if Zheng Fengchi's entourage is young and strong, it is also blushing and thick, if it is exchanged for copper coins, it will be even more terrifying.

"The bank paid the money in full! And it is true that only the usual fee is charged, if it is one out of a hundred, it will have to be five hundred. The merchant who was watching from afar was surprised.

"Originally, I sold the goods and wanted to rush back to Yecheng for the New Year, but when the road was closed by heavy snow, I was worried that the coins were not safe, so I would simply remit the money and then travel lightly." A businessman said.

The disabled soldier introduced: "You can rest assured, the bill of exchange not only has a special address for depositing and withdrawing money, but also has an independent number and code, which others can't imitate, even if it is lost, you can also send and receive bank inquiries with your identity, and then take out the money in full, but it will take some time." ”

"I'm from Mayi, can I send it to Mayi?" Someone asked.

"I'm sorry, because the bill of exchange has just been opened, and it can only be handled in Luoyang, Daxing, Yecheng, Zhuojun, Taiyuan, and Jiangdu, and it will slowly spread to all counties after the year."

"Then I deposit here, can I go to Taiyuan to withdraw money?"

"Of course you can, we just need to fill in Taiyuan, and you can go to Taiyuan to withdraw money, and if we fill in Zhuo County, you can go to Zhuo County to get it."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The people of Yecheng and Mayi, as well as many people in need, also left, and when they saw Zheng Fengchi taking away the money, they believed in the imperial court more, and they all ran to get money in exchange for bills of exchange.

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This effect made Yang Tong very satisfied, and he didn't stay long, so he left with Luo Shixin and Fang Xuanling tacitly.

I got out of the municipal bank and went to the rice bank due west.

Grain prices are the vane of measuring prices in these years, once prices rise, the first thing is to start with grain, so all cities and municipal offices have to keep an eye on grain prices every day, and once the increase is close to 10 percent, they must report to the Ministry of Commerce and send people to investigate. Due to the heavy snow and road closure, Yang Tong now has to pay attention to one or two every day, but compared with on-the-spot inspection, it is a different feeling.

The West Market is divided into more than 100 kinds of trades, each of which gathers together to operate, covering the widest area of the rice shop, there is enough to have a street, there are more than 30 rice shops, each rice shop covers an extremely wide area, mainly hoarding grain warehouses, but this is only a small part of each warehouse, the main warehouse needs to find another land.

Or because of the upcoming Chinese New Year, there are a lot of people who come to buy rice, and the whole street is crowded, and there are long queues in front of each store.

Yang Tong casually walked into a rice shop to watch, and found that a large greenhouse had been set up in the grain sales yard, and there were many grain tubes in it, on which were hung the names of the grains written in charcoal and the prices of the day, millet, wheat, grain, rice, millet, beans, etc., the origin is different, and the price is not the same.

The imperial court was mainly concerned about the price of rice, because the rice production in eastern and southern Liaodong was relatively stable, and the price fluctuated little, which was suitable for reference.

Although corn and wheat are the main grains produced in the north, they are affected by the climate and locusts from time to time, and the output varies greatly. And with the main artery of the canal running through the whole territory, the mainstay was broken, so a large amount of rice poured into the central area in eastern and southern Liaodong, especially in Luoyang, Daxing, Yecheng, Taiyuan and other metropolises, more than half of the people ate rice.

Yang Tong, Fang Xuanling, and Luo Shixin had just walked into the courtyard, and a famous man immediately stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to buy rice?" ”

The crowd in line immediately shouted, "They didn't line up, they can't sell to them!" ”

Fang Xuanling hurriedly said: "We're not here to buy rice, don't worry!" ”

"Then why are you cutting in line?"

"We grain merchants in Jiangnan want to understand the price of grain, if it is cost-effective, we will cooperate with Daxing grain merchants."

"I see, please make your convenience."

The crowd was relieved.

The guy asked Yang Tong, who was obviously the leader, "What does the envoy want to know?" ”

Yang Tong pointed to a sign and asked, "The price of rice is 50 yuan for dou rice, what money does this mean?" ”

The guy smiled: "The envoy said that he laughed, now besides my Da Sui coins, what other money is there?" ”

"Do you accept gold and silver tickets?"

The guy smiled: "Collect is to receive, but first to identify the authenticity, and the smallest amount of silver tickets is also a silver coin, which is quite consistent, you can buy five stone rice, and the people generally do not buy so much, this identification of authenticity and change is very troublesome, so there are not many people who use it." ”

Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and finally understood the reason why the gold and silver tickets were not popular with the people.

The common people have always been careful and cautious in their lives, first count the value of the things they need to buy, and then add dozens of dollars on this basis, and finally go out to purchase, now the smallest denomination of the banknote is a silver coin, this amount is already a huge amount of money in the people's homes, if it is not to spend so much, it will not be carried; Another reason is that they are afraid of encountering counterfeit banknotes compared to real coins, so they dare not accept them.

For shops selling low-cost daily necessities, it is not only necessary to spend time identifying the authenticity of silver tickets, but also to spend time making change.

Yang Tong kept this matter in mind, and while walking, he found that the prices of several kinds of rice with similar quality were completely different, and he asked with some doubts: "Why is there a difference of eight cents between these two kinds of rice?" ”

The man smiled: "It's not just strange to you, almost everyone who buys this rice has to ask, in fact, the price is different because of the different origins." ”

"Tell me about it."

"To put it simply, Liaodong rice is not as delicious as Jiangnan rice, so Liaodong rice is cheaper, if it is not for the expensive freight of Liaodong rice, I am afraid it will be cheaper."

Yang Tong looked at the rice with the word 'Shu' written on it, "The selling price of Yizhou rice is also because of the high freight?" ”

"Not bad." The guy nodded and said: "Yizhou is still occupied by the puppet Tang Dynasty, there are few people leading to Dasui, and the transportation is not convenient, first to Jingzhou, and then from Jingzhou to Daxing, this price is at least forty Wenhua on the way." Rice in the south of the Yangtze River was also very expensive last year, but after our Great Sui recovered the south, a large amount of rice went north safely, so that the price dropped all of a sudden, and when we recover Yizhou next year, Yizhou rice will also decline, in the final analysis, it is the common people who benefit. ”

"You firmly believe that the Great Sui will win?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"There is a saint in the Great Sui, and it is difficult to win or not."

"What a vision!" Yang Tong pointed his fingers and praised.

The guy grinned, "I think so too. ”

"Haha!" Yang Tong was amused, and after thanking him, he went to the north to slaughter and walk around.

Seeing that noon was approaching, the three of them went to the wine store to find a restaurant to eat, and when they entered the store, they found that the business was very prosperous.

The restaurant is three storeys high. The first floor is mainly used to receive low-level people such as peddlers, pawns, foot merchants, and martial arts schools, the second floor is a place for scribes and merchants, and the third floor is a private room, and the whole restaurant is divided in an orderly manner.

Seeing that the three of them had extraordinary temperaments, the guy planned to welcome them up to the third floor. Yang Tong shook his head and refused, although the private room was clean, but he didn't like it, the second floor could hear the world's major events and interesting news from all kinds of merchants, which was more suitable for Yang Tong.

When they went upstairs, they found a window seat and sat down, next to a table of teenagers dressed as students, a dozen guards sat downstairs, and another ten followed up to the second floor, sitting on the side to observe the surrounding situation.

The three of them ordered a pot of fruit wine and asked for seven or eight special dishes, but they came relatively late, and each table was already served, so the chef was relatively fast, and after waiting for about a moment, the man served the food and wine.

Just as the three of them were eating and talking, the discussion of the students at the table next to them attracted the attention of Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling.

One student said: "Bank storage and lending are for the benefit of the people, and bills of exchange are for the convenience of the people, both of which are good governance, but what I don't understand is gold and silver bills." No matter how beautifully printed this thing is, no matter how waterproof it is, it is just paper, if someone carries tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of gold and silver bills, maliciously goes to a county bank to exchange money, and the bank can't cash it, wouldn't it make the reputation of the imperial court lose everything? If the people are bewitched and hear that their hard-earned money has become waste paper, they will definitely rise up and make trouble. What's more terrifying is the promotion of silver tickets and storage, so that the imperial court hoarded a large amount of gold and silver, which will definitely attract countless people's eyes and hearts, if you rush to follow suit to issue gold and silver tickets, then the silver tickets will become a disaster, that is the real disaster. ”

"I don't agree with that!" A teenager with a child's voice said: "First of all, there is no large business of more than 100,000 yuan in the county, so the daily exchange limit of each person shall not exceed 100,000 yuan, even if there is really such a big demand, you must ask the bank in advance, give the bank time to withdraw cash from other places, and then exchange cash after ten days, this clause will be spread all over the world with the expansion of "Half Moon Talk", if someone maliciously takes 100,000 or hundreds of thousands, and the request must be obtained, it is unreasonable, I am afraid that I will be arrested and interrogated if I don't go out. Where is the opportunity to spread rumors outside? Even if he was not arrested, the people felt that this person was quite unreasonable. Secondly, what I want to say is gold and silver tickets, this thing can only be issued by the imperial court, ordinary people privately issue coins, that is a major crime of extermination, plus the reward is extremely generous, even Zhun only wanted to print, and was reported. ”

"Then what do you think of this gold and silver ticket?" The man who spoke before seemed to be a little unconvinced.

"This is a double-edged sword, it can hurt others and hurt itself, but if the court uses it properly, it is a god blade."

"The Blade?" Everyone couldn't help but pause, obviously not expecting that the accomplices would take the gold and silver tickets so seriously.

Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but glance at each other, becoming more and more interested in this topic.

"Not bad." Tong Yin boy said: "First of all, the cash is too heavy, and now the heavy cash is exchanged for gold and silver tickets, which is very convenient for the people, which is also the original intention of the imperial court to issue gold and silver tickets, which was released in the form of official documents a year ago, and this special issue of "Half Moon Talk" is also emphasized. Secondly, gold and silver tickets reduce the loss of gold and silver, many people have money, lest they be stolen, so they are buried deep underground, resulting in copper coins being damp and rusty, gold and silver are soft, and after changing hands several times, there will be more losses, and gold and silver tickets can avoid this kind of problem. Third, gold and silver tickets can solve the shortcomings of gold, silver and copper insufficiency, as the days are getting better and better, the income is getting higher and higher, people's demand for gold, silver and copper money is increasing, but gold, silver and copper mining is not easy, sooner or later one day can not meet the needs of the people in the world, if the gold and silver tickets and the copper tickets that may be born can become people's daily use of coins, the imperial court will reduce the mining of gold, silver and copper by more than ninety percent, and the manpower saved, it can be invested in the construction of water conservancy, official roads and so on. Finally, and most importantly, if the gold and silver tickets are used by foreign countries, then our dynasty can use these papers to plunder the materials and gold and silver of various countries, and when the time comes, our Great Sui will change to cash, and they will be miserable. ”

When these words came out, they immediately caused a gasp sound, if Da Sui used this method, it would be enough to plunder the wealth of countless countries.

Some things will cause trouble once they are revealed, and the heavenly secret leaked by the boy is precisely Yang Tong's ultimate goal, and he will not know that Yang Tong is sitting next to him.