"Good chance?" Li Ze looked at Xia He suspiciously.

"Of course it's a good opportunity!" Xia He sat up straight and put on a businesslike attitude. "This is a great opportunity for us to promote banknotes in Henan. Henan is the core of the Central Plains, there are many people, as long as we seize this opportunity to let the people accept the paper money as a credit currency, then it will be much simpler to extend it in the future. Childe, Luoyang is the commercial capital. ”

"What are you going to do?" Li Ze became interested and asked.

Xia He smiled solemnly: "There is such a thing as paper money, the common people have never seen it before. Almost everyone doesn't think that such a fluttering piece of colorful paper can be used as money, and always feel that there is no yellow and clear copper coin, and the white silver is properly held in the hand, so up to now, in addition to forcibly promoting it in the army, it is difficult to implement it externally. Even if they are soldiers, after getting them, they are often immediately exchanged for silver dollars, copper dollars, and the like. And we have stipulated that in order to ensure credit, we cannot prohibit the exchange of money. Do you know what people call paper money? ”

"Military ticket!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"That's it!" Xia He said: "So this time, I want to take this opportunity to promote paper money in Henan, what kind of money to use, it's just a matter of habit, just like gold, silver and copper have not been used as currency metals, shells or something, isn't it also used as money?" ”

"That's right. But how are you going to promote it? ”

"Now they don't have a choice." Xia Ho Road.

"You mean the people who were affected?"

"Yes!" Xia He said calmly: "According to past experience, the prefectures and counties in various places basically still have to take a variety of measures such as cash-for-work to deal with this disaster. Do it for a day, in exchange for a day's food or corresponding rewards, then this time, instead of directly giving grain or copper and silver dollars, we will give paper money. ”

"Do you think the people will accept it? What if your life is messed up? ”

"As long as paper money can buy things, how can there be chaos?" Xia He shook his head and said: "Now the victims have no choice at all, they get the banknotes, they have to try to buy something as soon as possible, as long as they succeed once, then the next step will be much simpler." ”

"That's a real way to do it."

"This is one of the means! In addition, Xia He said: "I have discussed with Sun Lei, in the disaster area, I am also ready to give them money free of charge, and each affected household can also receive a government subsidy of one yuan per day." And this yuan is a hundred Wen in the past. It is enough for the people to buy a family's food, vegetables and other goods for a month at a time. ”

"It's a lot of money. And now, the difference is money! Li Ze frowned.

"Paper money is not gold, silver and copper dollars." Xia He said: "I can over-issue." I have asked Sun Lei to prepare and print millions of yuan in banknotes to deal with this disaster. ”

"Have you ever thought about it, this will lead to an increase in prices."

"It only needs to be controlled within a certain range, and it is acceptable. In fact, with the disaster, whether we pay or not, prices will rise rapidly. Xia He said: "At this time, we can only stabilize prices through both market and government means. ”

"Have you already discussed it with Pei Ju and them?"

"That's why I'm going to Henan." Xia He said: "If you go to someone else, I'm afraid that Pei Ju won't buy it, after all, at this time, it is quite a bit of a robbery, and Pei Ju must be uncomfortable in his heart." ”

"You're trying to overwhelm people?" Li Ze laughed: "Pei Ju is an old brand of serious scholars, I don't know if I can buy your account?" ”

"He's in a mess right now!" Xia Hegege smiled: "The so-called rush to the doctor, I will personally say that he always has to sell a little face." And he can't help but disagree, you know, in addition to the serious rescue of the government, at this moment, he also needs countless big businessmen to enter Henan to help him save the emergency! ”

Li Ze looked at Xia He: "So, you have reached an agreement with those big merchants?" ”

"Not bad!" Xia He said: "I have contacted about 20 powerful trading companies, and they will do their best to organize all kinds of daily necessities into the disaster area, including a large amount of grain, but they only collect paper money. ”

"How much rebate did you give them?" Li Ze suddenly asked.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you, Childe!" Xia He's face flushed slightly: "One point." In fact, for them, this in itself is a windfall. They had planned to enter the disaster area in a big way, and these big merchants had a large amount of accumulated goods in their hands, which was a great opportunity to quickly sell the backlog in their hands. ”

"And you can raise the price a little bit." Li Ze sneered: "It's all profitable inside and outside here, not only making money, but also earning fame." If you give them a point now, I'm afraid that the cost of them will be almost washed away. ”

"Childe, look at your sour appearance!" Xia He laughed: "They have earned it, but the court needs it!" At this time, being able to enter the disaster area and sell all kinds of goods at a basically acceptable price is itself helping us stabilize the local situation, and the influx of a large number of goods can also play a role in stabilizing prices! Merchants sell their goods, we can receive more taxes, merchants who use money will buy more goods, and those factories can receive more orders, which is a good thing! ”

"Of course I know, but I'm just a little upset. The court bothered to make a name for themselves, but these guys made a lot of money, and they did it to the good people inside and out. Li Ze lightly touched the big bubble at the corner of his mouth with his hand, grinning in pain, causing Xia He to laugh again.

"Those big merchants, have agreed to accept the full acceptance of banknotes?" Li Ze asked.

"These people are scheming!" Xia He said: "In fact, the big merchants have less resistance to paper money, because they have used bills of exchange between each other earlier, but only in the case of a relationship of great trust between the two parties. And now, paper money is based on the credit of the imperial court, and at present, the Tang Dynasty is flourishing, of course these people understand that as long as the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, then the credit of paper money will always be strong, why don't they use it? On the contrary, those small businesses do not understand the mystery inside, and their resistance is even stronger. ”

This is true, Li Ze said: "So you have started to join forces with these big merchants?" ”

"Yes!" Xia He said: "Not only the money village, but also these influential big merchants and large production workshops in the country. In particular, those production workshops that were subordinate to the imperial court have been formally submitted to the Economic Development Committee for discussion, and in the future, only paper money will be charged for the purchase and sale of goods in these places. Of course, we give a certain buffer period. After one year, they will no longer collect silver dollars, copper dollars and other metal currencies of the past. Of course, this is also sub-regional, and it is only ready to start trial trials in Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This time, because of the disaster in Henan, he took the opportunity to include Henan. Regions such as Hunan and Hunan, because they are war zones, have been put on hold and allowed to develop naturally. But as long as the above places go well, these places will naturally be converted. ”

"Okay, if you want to go to Henan, go there! However, one thing must be noted, you can use economic means and market means, but you must not use administrative means to force it! Li Ze admonished: "The people there are now depressed, and they have a block in their chests, and they can't be sparked." ”

"No, it won't." Xia Ho Road. "Besides, where is the right Jin Wuwei! They use this kind of banknote. ”

For the governor of Henan, Pei Ju, these days are extremely difficult, now he stays in Kaifeng, the most serious disaster, the Yellow River burst, Kaifeng as an important town in Henan, the river poured into the city, the entire city was almost destroyed, more than 100,000 people were displaced. So far, the number of people who have died has exceeded 1,000, and this number will definitely not be the final number. This is almost a devastating blow to Kaifeng.

Once a disaster occurs, people will instinctively concentrate towards the location of the city, forming a large number of displaced people, and these areas, that is, the most accident-prone places, will change the population if they are not careful.

This is also the reason why Pei Ju rushed from Luoyang to Kaifeng in the first place. After more than ten days of intense work, the governor was finally exhausted.

Thanks to the efforts of local officials, the mood of the affected people is relatively stable, and so far, there has been no abnormal situation, but it is impossible to be too careful until the rescue arrives.

And the response of the imperial court is also extremely fast, now, the land traffic has almost all been cut off, but the extensive canal network, has become a lifeline, relief materials from all over the country are gathering to the disaster area at the fastest speed, the first batch of grain from Shandong, has become an important bargaining chip to stabilize the disaster area, as long as there is food in, the people's emotions will be appeased. As long as the rescue in the later stage can keep up, then Pei Ju doesn't have to worry about any major problems.

Compared with the past, Pei Ju is still very emotional. Compared with the old Tang Dynasty, the current New Tang Dynasty has gone up many steps in terms of the speed of reaction and the strength of rescue. And one by one the court officials are also on the way to the disaster area, as long as these people arrive, many things can be decided on the spot, no longer need to exchange official documents, and delay time in vain.