Chapter 524: You miscalculated an account

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Xu You proposed the so-called "small money for big money", that is, taking five baht coins for new copper coins. One copper coin with the smallest denomination was equal to ten five-baht coins, but Xu You's price for the "loyal men of the Han Dynasty" was nine and a half coins. This algorithm is much simpler, take 95 five-baht coins, you can exchange them for ten new copper coins, and you are guaranteed to earn "five coins".

Could it be that Xu Yu is stupid and wants to make a loss-making transaction? Or is it nostalgia for the old feelings, is it really intentional to be an enemy?

Not really.

Because the current five-baht coin has basically withdrawn from the market in the north, especially in Luoyang and the surrounding areas, even walking across the bridge and going to the toilet have to be penned or two. Maybe sometimes it will be priced according to "money", such as selling a pound of cabbage for "seventy-three yuan", but it needs to be sold at a minimum of 1,000 catties, or buying a pound of cabbage for "ninety-eight yuan".

"Well, this catty is high for you, and I won't look for you for the two dollars."

So in the past few years, although the prices in the north have been rising and have never been cheaper, the money has also been "getting bigger", what is the result?

For example, in the past, an egg cost 100 yuan, and the people couldn't afford to eat it, because they had no money in their hands, but now an egg costs 200 yuan, but the people can afford to eat it. Because now, whether it is workmanship or trading, the market is on the go, and the tide rises. A senior craftsman's monthly salary may be "several thousand yuan", which is equivalent to "tens of thousands of yuan" when converted into five baht in the past.

Brother opens tens of thousands of dollars a month, and you have 200 dollars for an egg, are you afraid that I can't afford it?

Who to look down on?

And such results can be achieved because when the cake was first divided, Liu Hanshao stuck the piece of cake in the craftsman's salary, and no one was allowed to give less, and furthermore, the rent and tax paid by the people for farming were also stuck, and no one was allowed to overcharge. This is equivalent to giving a straw to those "blood basin mouths", you fucking drink blood, or you will drink the people to death, and none of us will have to play! Give you a straw to suck slowly, not only can you not starve, but also help people metabolize and thrive.

You know, this is actually the real difference between turtles and tyrants!

As a result, copper coins gradually replaced the five-baht coin as the new mainstream currency in the market, and the Mint has been recycling the five-baht coin and smelting it into new copper coins.

But what is the result of this?

There are fewer five-baht coins in the northern market, and there are fewer materials to smelt the new copper coins......

It is impossible for others to notice this kind of thing, but as the president of the bank and a leader in the industry, Xu You thought that sooner or later, one day, the five-baht coin will be "valuable", and when there is a shortage of coinage materials required by the Mint, the price will inevitably rise, and then the hoarded five-baht money can be sold by the pound, and it can make a lot of money.

Therefore, Xu You came up with such a "capital enemy case" of "small money for big money".

I have to say that Xu You's operation this time is relatively successful, because those "loyal men of the Han family" are also from the north to the south, but in their hearts, they still retain the impression of "copper coins are strong", not to mention that now it is clear that "ninety-five yuan" for "ten yuan" is a good thing to earn five yuan.

And those rich people who were originally in the south, in the process of buying all kinds of fresh products in the north, also felt the strength of copper coins, because in addition to gold, it is good to make copper coins, sometimes take five baht to buy some hot goods, and the merchants in the north are not willing to ask for it, and it is likely that they will not be able to buy it.

Therefore, those "loyal men of the Han family" began to secretly buy a large number of five-baht coins in the south, and then used them to exchange them for copper coins, and those rich people in the south were of course willing to exchange all the five-baht coins in their homes for copper coins.

It's just that there is still a difference between the north and the south after all, because although the rich people in the south are optimistic about copper coins, they don't dare to trust the larger denomination of the "split ticket" too much, after all, the split ticket is just a piece of paper, and they are also afraid that one day, this paper may be abolished. The impact of this idea was that a large number of copper coins from the north flowed to the south, and in order to ensure market demand, the Mint needed more copper coins, which required more materials.

Seeing that Xu You was about to make a lot of money, the Tmall Bureau learned about it, secretly collected the evidence, and handed it over directly to Liu Hanshao.

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Outside Luoyang City, inside Shanglin Garden, Mint.

Xu You was already waiting at the door, trembling and uneasy. When he suddenly received a summons from His Majesty before, Xu Yu's first reaction was that what he had done was exposed, because the place where His Majesty wanted to see him was the Mint.

Originally, Xu You thought about running away, but after thinking about it, since His Majesty has ordered to see him, can he still let himself run away again? Moreover, there is another very important reason, Xu You's "investment" has become five baht, if you want to escape, how much money do you have to pull along with the car?

Wu Fu, the former director of the Mint, who is now the first treasurer of the "Hanjin Joint Reserve", is also waiting at the door at this time. Before, because of the work relationship, Xun You and Wu Fu were very familiar, but at this moment, although they were in front of the Mint, Wu Fu was far away from Xu You, and he didn't even say hello, and his face was frosty, and his expression was angry.

No need to ask, you must have committed your own business!

Finally, under the escort of Yan Yun's guards, a four-wheeled carriage drove towards the mint, Wu Fu immediately stepped forward to meet Liu Hanshao, Xu You also wanted to come forward to meet him, but his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't take a step. It was Liu Hanshao, who saw Xu Yu after getting out of the car, and walked over with a smile.

"Ziyuan, have you ever seen money?"

Hearing this, Xu You was terrified in his heart, His Majesty must have laughed angrily, it seemed that his life could not be saved.

The person next to him didn't know what Xu Yu thought, but after listening to Liu Hanshao's inquiry, he said in his heart, Your Majesty, Xu Ziyuan was the president of the bank before, if he was lying on the pile of money and sleeping, it is estimated that he would fall to his death if he fell, did you ask him if he had seen the money?

Xu You stood on the spot, not knowing how to answer, but he heard Liu Hanshao then say: "Let's go, brother will take you to see, what is money." ”

Everyone walked into the mint with Liu Hanshao, and was immediately surrounded by a huge roar. The water wheel used to drive the stamping machine has been replaced by a steam engine, and the speed of stamping copper plates is not known how many times faster than before.

Xu You's ears were filled with the sound of "bang", as if every blow had smashed into his heart.

Is this all about money?

When I was a child, my family was poor, and when I played with Yuan Benchu and them, I always needed to slap them up, be instructed by them, and receive some rewards when they were in a good mood. Now I finally have a chance to make money, but the money is so easy and simple, no matter how hard I try, how can I finish it?

Then followed Liu Hanshao to visit the printing of "split tickets", which made Xu You even more amazed, these processes have used the most advanced roller technology, and the paper is constantly transmitted forward, and after two or three times of printing, it has also become "money" after it comes out.

This is a "split ticket", a thin one, you can exchange a lot of copper coins!

Then follow Liu Hanshao to visit the finished product warehouse, box by box of money, people can't carry it, you have to use the research institute invented something called "lifting gourd" to help lift and carry. As the president of the bank, Xu You knows how much a box of copper coins should be and how much it can weigh, and he also knows how much a box of cents should be and how heavy it can be.

Whether it is "copper coins" or "split votes", any box can crush people to death, but at this moment, looking at these "money" like grains piled up in the granary, piled everywhere, Xu You was in a trance, and he couldn't figure out whether they were too heavy or getting lighter and lighter.

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"Ziyuan, brother thinks, you miscalculated an account before."

Hearing this, Xu You woke up suddenly, but forgot his "identity", and hurriedly asked: "I don't know where Weichen made a mistake?" ”

"If there are fewer five-baht coins, more copper coins will be needed, and more materials will be needed to make copper coins. But have you ever wondered? With the development of the economy and the continuous rise in prices, as long as the people have confidence in our imperial court, the larger denomination and more portable cents will sooner or later replace copper coins and become the mainstream currency. At that time, the copper coins will become change, and there will be no need for so many quantities, and you will hoard so many five-baht coins, and you still want to be antiques? ”

Obviously it was a very serious matter, but others couldn't help but want to laugh when they heard it, but Xu You was embarrassed and flustered, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, do you mean that Weichen really lost his business?" ”

"If you don't pay or not, my brother doesn't know!"

Liu Hanshao was not modest, but told the truth, because Xu Yu had thought about it for many days and couldn't fully understand it, but there were always some vague concepts that made him feel that it was "profitable".

"That's why my brother wants to ask you, have you ever seen money?"

When everyone was about to be confused, they only heard Liu Hanshao say again: "In a sense, money is just a name." If we use shells as currency, then we call them shells, and then people will try to earn as many shells as possible. If we make knives and shields, or pounds and euros, then people will try hard to earn knives, shields, pounds, and euros. In other words, what kind of currency to make and what name to name it actually lies with us and the imperial court! ”

Liu Hanshao looked around and saw that no one raised any objections, and then he gasped again and continued: "However...... Whether a currency can really circulate when it is issued depends on whether it can be recognized by the people! That is to say, the people have confidence in the court, we just print the paper into a ticket, and it can also be used as money, if the people have no confidence in the court, we will smash all the red gold into copper coins, which is still useless. So Xu Ziyuan, my brother really wants to ask you, what kind of money do you want to exchange for so many five-baht coins to make a fortune? ”

"Gold."

Xu You blurted out, causing Liu Hanshao to be petrified on the spot. Foul words, Brother Dare has been fooling for a long time, and he can't educate you well, right?

However, Xu You only subconsciously said the word "gold", and then asked again with great humility and even a little piety: "Your Majesty, you mean to say that only gold is real money in this world, right?" ”

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