Li Tai, the king of Wei, has been living a very chic life recently. As Li Shimin's fourth son, and more importantly, he is the second son, he has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, not only his literary attainments are far beyond ordinary people, but also his calligraphy and painting skills are extraordinary.

In recent years, in Chang'an City, many nobles can feel that the influence of King Wei is rising, but the reputation of the crown prince Li Chengqian is declining.

There are even people in the market who secretly rumor, does Your Majesty have the idea of re-establishing the crown prince?

"Lord Wang, that Abdul in the West Market sent another load of pepper this morning, saying that it is the latest fresh goods from Nanyang."

Li Tai, the governor of the Wei Palace, Shi Du Chuke, trusted him, and many things to win people's hearts were all done by him.

In the same way, for example, these businessmen attached themselves to each other and sent all kinds of filial piety, all of which he came forward to handle.

"Oh? This Abdul is so generous? Pepper is delivered one by one? ”

Although Li Tai had never seen Abdul, as the most valuable filial piety merchant in the Chu Wangfu this year, Li Tai still had an impression.

"Hehe, Lord Wang, this Abdul has used a lot of means in recent months to force several Hu merchants to die. If it weren't for the guidance of his subordinates, how could his spice shop have today's situation? ”

Although Du Chuke received a lot of benefits from Abdul, he still looked down on this Hu man in his heart.

It is precisely because the merchants that Abdul has to deal with are all Hu businessmen that he is willing to help.

Otherwise, if you really want to do a good job of several Tang shops for a Hu businessman, even if Du Chuke himself can accept it, it will easily cause a storm.

After all, Hu people are Hu people.

Between the Hu people, dog-eat-dog, not too many Tang people will care.

However, if they bite the wrong person, hehe, someone will teach them how to behave every minute.

Abdul should also be considered self-aware, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an City, the first thing he did was to see if he could hug the thigh of a Tang noble.

"The left and right are just a bunch of Hu people fighting there by themselves, don't care so much. For the sake of Abdul's boldness, as long as it is not too much, you can watch and come forward to help. ”

Li Tai is at this time when he needs money.

In order to make himself have a better chance of winning on the road to the throne, Li Tai has frequently tried to win over courtiers in the past two years.

Although ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Wen Yanbo are temporarily unmoved.

But some second-generation nobles, especially those who are not the eldest sons of the family, have many people gathered around him, and they are also very powerful.

However, this also comes at a cost.

At present, the rights cannot be given, and they can only be thought about in terms of money.

However, Li Tai is not like Li Kuan, who has so much money, so it has become an inevitable choice to gather some dependent businessmen.

Anyway, this is also an unspoken rule among the nobles of Chang'an City, and it is not out of line.

In which prince's mansion, there are not many businessmen who do things in their own name?

"Rest assured, Lord Wang, this Abdul is now the largest spice merchant in Xishi, and it is said that there are also shops in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, and he has strong financial resources, which is really worth our attention. He can also be regarded as an acquaintance, and there is filial piety every month, and the pepper alone is more expensive than gold, and there are several loads in the treasury in the house. ”

Du Chuke is now betting on Li Tai, so he is naturally trying his best to plan for him.

"I heard that the price of this pepper has been rising recently?"

Li Tai asked a rare question about the businessman, which made Du Chuke stunned for a moment.

However, he is also competent, and has an understanding of the value of the gifts he receives.

"Lord Wang, that's true. In fact, in the past few months, the prices of pepper and cinnamon have dropped, but after Abdul made a few other Hu merchants, the price immediately rose back. Not only that, but the price is a bit more expensive than last year. ”

"I heard that my second brother has recently come up with a Tang Dynasty royal money bank, and has also issued gold and silver coins, making copper coins less in demand?"

Since it was time to talk about money, Li Tai simply had a good exchange with Du Chuke.

"Yes, that's true. Lord, in my opinion, why don't you just take all the copper coins in the house and replace them with pepper? ”

As soon as Du Chuke finished speaking, he felt that his proposal was really good.

Copper coins are kept in the treasury, and copper coins are not produced.

But in the case of pepper, it is clear that the price has been rising, and according to Abdul's posture, it will continue to rise tomorrow.

And with his relationship with Abdul, he bought pepper......

Hehe, although it is not so much that you don't pay, it is certainly not the kind of price on the market.

Thinking of this, Du Chuke couldn't help but add: "Lord Wang, spices have always been in demand in Chang'an City, and they are much more valuable than cotton silk. Nowadays, Chang'an City is becoming more and more prosperous, and the demand for spices is getting bigger and bigger. ”

I have to say that Du Chuke's suggestion is actually a good one.

Sell high and buy low, which is also the essence of deep investment.

So after Li Tai heard it, he naturally wouldn't refute it.

"Okay, you can do it."

……

Five-in-one.

Pan Wang sat leisurely in the backyard, sipping Longjing fragrant tea.

Since the beginning of winter this year, the business of the restaurant has been significantly better than in previous years.

Although there is still a gap with the opposite Diandude, compared with the peak of the restaurant in previous years, this year's customer flow and income have increased.

Pan Wang is very satisfied with this.

In particular, the pork belly and chicken pot and boiled mutton with cinnamon and nutmeg that have spread from Diandude since last year have made the restaurant's business more popular.

However, his good mood did not last long before he was interrupted by a man with a sad face.

"Shopkeeper Pan, today's pepper has risen by half a percent, and in just one month, the price of pepper has risen by three percent."

The guy in charge of procurement has been a little frightened these days, for fear that Pan Wang will think that he has filled his pockets.

"Another price increase? Is there an end? ”

Pan Wang frowned, a few days ago, because of the increase in pepper prices, Wuheju had just raised the price of pork belly and clay chicken.

You can't just go a few days and raise the price again, right?

Some customers who don't understand the situation still think that Wuheju is deliberately ripping off customers.

However, if the price does not rise, Wuheju will not be able to do business at a loss.

Whether it's pork belly or chicken, it's not an expensive thing in itself.

Especially the pork belly, if it weren't for the Chu Wangfu taking the lead, no one would have eaten it at all.

It can be said that the most expensive ingredient in the dish of pork belly and chicken is pepper.

"I also reasoned with the guy at the spice shop, but people said that the pepper that arrived this year has become less and the demand has increased, so the price has increased, and if we dislike the expensive, it is recommended to buy less."

Pan Wang took a deep breath, "You go to the account room to get more money, and go and buy back this month's usage at one time today." ”

The situation is stronger than people, and Pan Wang, as a businessman, will not get along with business even if he is dissatisfied with it in his heart.

Anyway, if it really doesn't work, then the wool comes out of the sheep.

……

The snow fell, and Chang'an City once again became covered in silver.

Before the arrival of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Royal Money Village officially began to operate.

However, Li Kuan may have taken it for granted before, although the opening of the money village has attracted the eyes of countless nobles, but there have been no customers for several days.

Even the newly made gold and silver coins in the bank did not arouse the enthusiastic response as expected.

"Lang Jun, I have been squatting in front of the Datang Royal Money Village for three days, and there are not even a few customers at all."

In a luxurious mansion, Wang Jie was baking the stove while listening to the reports of his subordinates.

"So, no one has exchanged copper coins for gold and silver coins, has he?"

Wang Jie was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that this copper money panic situation cannot be alleviated for a while.

The Taiyuan Wang family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the heritage is profound, even if it is a precious copper mine, they have it.

In the past, the copper smelted from these copper mines was sold to the household, but in recent years, he has found that he has minted coins privately, and his profits can almost double.

The copper mine that has spent a lot of effort to expand its production, and the copper output is about to explode slightly, but as a result, the Wang family immediately dealt with the part of the increase in production privately.

Of course, this matter cannot be done by the Taiyuan Wang family himself, and the one who does the dirty work must be a reliable businessman who is attached to the family.

If something really happens, someone will naturally go to top the bag.

Although Wang Jie is not responsible for the copper mine, as the eldest son of Changfang, he still knows a lot of secret family news.

"Lang Jun, no, I haven't seen any of them. Even if it is the east and west cities, the people who have left the Chu Wangfu are using silver coins, and the others are good to see people using them. Even the people of the Chu Palace, when they heard it, were all forced, because the silver coins of these people were the wages of some craftsmen with relatively high wages, and they had no way to collect them. ”

"In this way, Li Kuan engaged in such a thing, but he tossed it in vain, and he didn't even support his own people."

When Wang Jie heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart.

"For now, that's true."

……

In Diandu Dezhong, Laifu sat alone on the elegant seat by the window, tasting delicious food while listening to the people around him discuss the lively matters in Chang'an City.

This is basically an important pastime in the daily life of Rifle.

It can not only meet the purpose of relaxing your mind, but also take the opportunity to inquire about various news.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu made a gold and silver coin, but it lacks virtue, you have to be careful."

"Huh? What's going on? Gold coins and silver coins, if we don't like it, we can do without it, what does it have to do with the lack of virtue? ”

Laifu was originally relaxed, but when he heard the conversation behind him, he immediately tensed up.

"Hey, I know you're out of the news at a glance. It has long been spread in Chang'an City, and the exchange of silver coins for copper coins is a rule set by the Tang Dynasty Royal Coins. However, it is said that the silver in that round of silver coins can only be exchanged for six or seven hundred yuan in the past, isn't this a loss out of thin air? ”

As soon as the silver coin was launched, people with good intentions focused on the silver content.

Although there is no advanced technology to accurately measure, there is still a way to calculate in general.

Not surprisingly, the silver content of silver coins is certainly not 100%.

This made some people immediately excited.

In just a few days, the word spread in Chang'an City.

"Well, yesterday there was a guy who took silver coins to my shop to buy something, no, I'll take the silver coins to the bank and exchange them for copper coins later."

Laifu, who was eating on the side, became more and more ugly the more he listened.

He wasn't in the mood to reason with others.

At this time, it is better to quickly feed back the news to the prince and see if there is any solution.

Otherwise, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's reputation will stink.

……

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Shimin listened to Li Zhong's report with a gloomy face.

"So, gold and silver coins are difficult to circulate, and although there are people behind it, the root cause is that everyone doesn't accept it?"

This result is completely different from what Li Shimin hoped.

Hasn't Li Kuan never missed, why did he ...... this time?

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the merchants in the east and west cities either do not accept gold and silver coins, and some merchants who reluctantly accept them will immediately go to the royal money house in the lobby to exchange them for copper coins in a blink of an eye."

"In other words, all the customers in the bank are the ones who go to exchange gold and silver coins for copper coins?"

"Yes, at present, only people exchange gold and silver coins for copper coins, and no one goes to exchange copper coins for gold and silver coins."

Li Zhong lowered his head and lowered his sense of presence as much as possible.

"If no one uses it, it will naturally be impossible to alleviate the shortage of copper coins, and those inferior copper coins will continue to circulate in large quantities, how can this be good!"

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, Li Shimin has already received the tax data handed over by the household department, and he was originally in a very good mood, because this year's tax has risen by more than 10% compared with last year.

However, just two days after being happy, there was a slap in the face.

At the beginning, Li Kuan described how beautiful the future of the Tang Royal Money Village was, and he already believed it.

I didn't expect that there are some things that are useless just by thinking about them.

……

In the courtyard of the Chu Wangfu, Li Kuan has learned about the situation outside from multiple channels.

Although it was a little surprising that the noble merchants of Chang'an City had such a low acceptance of gold and silver coins, it did not reach the point of chaos.

"Lord Wang, this Wang Fugui seems to be useless, these days in his hands, the Tang Royal Money Village has not only not opened up the situation, but has become the reason for everyone to attack the prince."

Wang Fugui is the treasurer of the money bank personally appointed by Li Kuan, and Laifu has always had a very bad impression of him.

At the beginning, the Chu Wangfu was almost sold out, and he was the biggest accomplice.

"Uncle Laifu, don't worry. The circulation of gold and silver coins requires a process, and everyone only sees its shortcomings and has not yet felt its advantages, so they naturally do not accept it. ”

No matter what kind of currency it is, it is relatively difficult to accept at the beginning, and Li Kuan will not blame Wang Fugui for this.

"However, the government spent thousands of dollars just to build the money village in the west market, and now it looks like not only can it not bring benefits to the government, but it will harm the prince, so it is better to suspend the construction of the money village in Luoyang and Liangzhou and other places."

In order to ensure the safety of these vaults, Li Kuan arranged for people to dig the ground and build the basement, and all the surrounding areas were made of steel strips and concrete structures, and even the gates were cast in stainless steel.

As a result, the construction cost of each semicolon is high.

Laifu watched the money flow out, and he was in a hurry.

"Lord Wang, Mei Niang thinks that not only can't it be stopped, but it is necessary to speed up the construction of money houses in other places."

Wu Meiniang, who was originally making tea on the side, couldn't help but express her opinion.

The status of Wu Meiniang's Chu Mansion is a bit special. On the one hand, she is the shopkeeper of the carriage workshop herself, not an ordinary maid servant.

On the other hand, she has a very close personal relationship with the prince, and even the princess has not explicitly objected, and others will not easily get along with her.

Laifu itself has no opinion on Wu Meiniang.

However, when she heard that she not only opposed her own proposal, but also instigated Li Kuan to speed up the construction of the Tang Imperial Qianzhuang branches in various places, her face immediately became unpleasant.

Clay figurines also have three points of fire.

"Mei Niang, a money village costs thousands of dollars to build, there are so many state capitals in Datang, I don't say that every state capital is built, even if it is only a dozen semicolons, it is also the cost of tens of thousands of yuan, not counting the various expenses of hired men and guards. With so much money, it's just like that, how can you bear it? ”

"Uncle Laifu, don't worry, let's listen to what Mei Niang has to say first."

Li Kuan didn't plan to stop building the money village, but Wu Meiniang's proposal was actually secretly in line with him.

But after all, Laifu is also an old man in the house, and it is not easy to express his views on the affairs of Qian Zhuang, and Li Kuan is not good to hit him too directly.

"Uncle Laifu, although this Tang Dynasty Royal Money Village is managed by the prince, but fundamentally, it should be regarded as the prince managing it for His Majesty, this does not stop, in fact, what the prince said does not count."

Wu Meiniang knew that Li Kuan trusted Laifu, so she didn't mind his accusations too much.

However, her answer was a sneaky change concept as soon as she came up.

The major shareholder of Datang Royal Money is of course the royal treasury, but if Li Kuan really doesn't want to build, there is a way to persuade Li Shimin.

"Hmph, even if the money village is not owned by the prince alone, there is a lot of money spent in the house."

Rifle muttered.

Wu Meiniang didn't argue with him, but continued to explain her reasons.

"In order to make everyone feel the benefits of the bank, especially to make the merchants willing to keep their money, it is particularly important to have a semicolon in different state capitals. For example, if a merchant goes to Liangzhou to buy wool, the road is far away, and it is neither convenient nor safe to carry a large amount of copper coins. ”

Wu Meiniang is really not an ordinary person.

Li Kuan didn't talk to her about this topic, but she was the key point to find the Qianzhuang branch at once.

"That's right, exchange the world, this is what this king hopes the money bank will achieve in the end."

"However, no one uses gold and silver coins, and even if they can exchange all over the world, what money can the money be earned?"

In Laifu's view, coinage is very profitable, and if he can really make this thing bigger and stronger, he is very supportive.

However, it is clear that in the current situation, no one wants to use gold and silver coins at all.

"If no one uses it, we force them to use it."

On Wu Meiniang's delicate face, the cherry mouth is very cute, but the words that come out make people chrysanthemum tight.

Even Li Kuan wanted to see how Wu Meiniang pressed her head without drinking water.

"Mei Niang, what kind of force?"

"Lord Wang, in fact, it's not that difficult. Nowadays there are many workshops under the royal palace, and we only need to stipulate that from this day onwards, we will only accept gold or silver coins to pay for those who come to purchase fine steel; But anyone who comes to wholesale wool thread, salted fish, whale oil candles, and Longjing fragrant tea must use gold or silver coins. Then, from this month onwards, all those who are paid more than one dollar of silver will no longer issue copper coins, so that many people will have to use silver coins even if they don't want them. ”

Wu Meiniang's trick not only forced other merchants to use silver coins, but even the craftsmen under the palace also asked them to support silver coins.

"Will this cause a backlash?"

Li Kuan is inclined to agree with Wu Meiniang's approach, but he is also worried about causing trouble.

"The rebound is inevitable, but as long as the Datang Royal Money House allows them to exchange gold and silver coins for copper coins at any time, this rebound is very limited."

Wu Meiniang smiled, obviously having fully considered it.

"If these people just got the silver coins and exchanged them for copper coins, wouldn't it still have no effect?"

Laifu asked on the side, feeling that although Wu Meiniang's proposal looked good, it actually didn't make any sense.

"At the beginning, there must be some people who will continue to exchange the gold and silver coins in their hands for copper coins, but after a few times, they find that the gold and silver coins in their hands can always be easily exchanged for copper coins, so will they continue to toss like this? Especially for those merchants, the appearance of gold and silver coins is actually a good thing for them in itself, as long as they get used to it, they will definitely like it. ”

Wu Meiniang's grasp of people's hearts is obviously deeper than Laifu.

Even Li Kuan listened to it and felt that it made sense.

It would be best if you could solve this problem without burning your brain.

……

Quietly, the twelfth year of Zhenguan has arrived.

Throughout the first month, the Chu Wangfu completely dominated the first day of news.

From the hundreds of officials of the imperial court, the nobles of the family, and the common people who ordered the common people, they were all more or less affected by a series of actions of the Chu Palace.

On the day of Wu Meiniang's proposal, Li Kuan arranged for people to notify each workshop to fully implement the proposal of compulsory use of gold and silver coins.

Of course, in order to avoid a run on the Tang Imperial Bank, Li Kuan also arranged for people to transport wagons of copper coins to the vault of the bank.

And Li Shimin is also very powerful this time, knowing that the development of the Tang Dynasty Royal Money Village is very important, and at the first court meeting of the New Year, it was announced that all officials in Chang'an City would use gold or silver coins to pay.

As a result, many people immediately fry.

However, apart from a bunch of impeachments, there were no other waves in the court.

And there is no reduction in the money, but it is distributed in a different form, if you don't want to, you can go to the money bank at any time to exchange it for copper coins.

As for the reaction of the merchants, it doesn't matter.

The things sold in the various workshops and shops in the Chu Wangfu basically have a certain irreplaceability, if you don't buy here, you can't buy the same good, or you can't buy the same cheap.

It just depends on whether you can't get along with money?

Therefore, don't look at many merchants clamoring for resistance, but in private, they obediently take copper coins to the Tang Dynasty Royal Money Village to exchange gold and silver coins, and then take gold and silver coins to purchase materials.

As Wu Meiniang estimated, after tossing a few more times, some merchants began to slowly accept gold and silver coins.

Even, businessmen like Jin Tai, who relied on the Chu Wangfu to make a fortune, exchanged all the copper coins in the family for gold and silver coins in order to show their attitude.

This made many people in Chang'an City who were ready to watch the excitement very disappointed.

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