The best way to get to know a city is to walk around it and see it yourself.

I didn't plan to alarm the government, so I rested in that chic house for a day.

Xiao Han and Xue Pan, accompanied by Steward Xue, walked onto the streets of Yangzhou.

Yangzhou, also known as Jiangling, Jiangdu, Weiyang.

Because of the special geographical location, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were already documents on the establishment of the city here, and in the following thousand years, Yangzhou has been one of the richest cities in the world.

In the time of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty loved this place very much, and even made it one of the three capitals, and dug the Grand Canal to make it truly connect the whole country and the world.

Therefore, the prosperity of Yangzhou today is not only on the surface, but also in its bones.

"Last year, Chang'an consumed high-quality silk silk, except for a part of Shu, most of the rest came from Yangzhou ......"

Raising his hand and pointing to the rows of shops on both sides of the street, Steward Xue explained with a little pride.

"Well, I've already investigated this in Chang'an." Xue Pan listened as he walked, his head twitched slightly, and he agreed with what Uncle Clan said.

However, when she was in Chang'an, all she saw was a bunch of numbers, how could she feel it more deeply now?

Along the way, she found that Yangzhou has too many differences with Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.

Not to mention anything else, just this street full of shops is something that I can't think of in Chang'an.

Chang'anfang City Rules: Only the East and West Cities are allowed to open shops for trading.

If someone sells something in a hole next to the road or a street without permission? I didn't say it, I don't have any family wealth, and I can't escape it for a thousand miles, and such a strict system is strange if it can give birth to a commercial society.

"Lao Xue, what are the larger industries in Yangzhou?" Similar to what Xue Pan thought, Xiao Han also looked around and asked.

Steward Xue smiled when he heard this, arched his hand slightly towards Xiao Han and said, "Back to Master Hou, the main industries in Yangzhou now are cloth and salt. ”

"What about that land? Don't you say that Jiangnan is the land of rice? Hearing this, Xue Pan asked strangely.

Lao Xue smiled and shook his head: "The land of rice is good, but there are too many people in Yangzhou City, how can there be so many land seeds?" Therefore, those who do not have land go to work and earn even more money than those who farm! It is precisely because of this that a large number of skilled workers and craftsmen have been created. ”

"Workers for farmers?" A glimmer of light flashed in Xiao Han's mind, and then he pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then the richest people in this city are cloth merchants, salt merchants?" ”

"Yes!"

Steward Xue nodded with certainty this time and said, "These people are very rich!" Very rich! ”

"Oh? How rich? Is it richer than the families of the Northland? Xiao Han asked with a smile when he heard this.

Steward Xue didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Xiao Han's words, but lowered his head and thought about it seriously before continuing to say to Xiao Han: "If you talk about land, population, fixed production and other heritage, salt merchants and cloth merchants are naturally much inferior to those families, but if you want to talk about cash, I am afraid that it will not lose to the seven sects and five surnames!" ”

"Don't lose seven clans and five surnames! Are they so rich? "Xiao Han is a little staggered!

"They're rich!" Steward Xue nodded, repeated this sentence again, and then saw that Xiao Han was still a little unconvinced, and thought about it again, took out a palm-sized piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over.

"Master Hou, have you ever seen this thing?"

"What is this?"

Xiao Han stretched out his hand to take the piece of paper, and before he was in a hurry to look at it, Xue Pan Xiaodong next to him came over curiously.

"Hey, why are there so many patterns on this? Yangzhou cloth line, Yangzhou salt line, Yangzhou tooth line, Yangzhou ship line...... If you dare to forge it, you will destroy it together...... What does that mean? ”

Xue Pan and the others were still staring wide-eyed, trying to identify the small characters and patterns on the paper, but they didn't know that Xiao Han's face was now as pale as dirt and his body was like chaff!

"Is this money?" Opening his mouth, Xiao Han looked at Steward Xue with difficulty and asked.

Steward Xue, who was a little proud, was taken aback, and then hurriedly looked at Xiao Han and asked, "Master Hou, how do you know?" ”

"Never mind how I know!" Xiao Han waved his hand, stared at Steward Xue tightly with his eyes, and asked eagerly, "When did this thing appear?" ”

"This ...... I want to think about ......"

Steward Xue didn't know why Xiao Han suddenly had such an expression, but he still recalled and said: "It probably just appeared last year, when it was jointly issued by several large commercial houses, as long as we take this thing, we can go to any trading house to get copper coins." ”

"I'll do it!"

Hearing Steward Xue say this, Xiao Han couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth!

Don't they all say that banknotes first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty? Why did the fucking Tang Dynasty exist, or was it formed and issued by a group of trading houses? Why did the government go?

The expression on his face was cloudy, and after a long time, Xiao Han wiped his mouth fiercely and continued to ask: "Old Xue, how much money is this kind of?" Do ordinary people use it too? Do you have to pay for deposits and withdrawals? Can it be used out of Yangzhou? ”

Steward Xue pulled his beard: "Well, this is a lot of money, but now it is only used by large merchants, and it is designed so that you don't have to carry a lot of copper coins when doing business." As for access, they each charge a storage fee of one thousandth, which is currently available in Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Chengdu in Shuzhong. ”

"I'm going, and I have remote access functions?" Without waiting for Steward Xue to finish speaking, Xiao Han slapped his head again, looking annoyed!

How many tribulations a thing has to go through in the middle of something from nothing, in this world, no one will know better than Xiao Han!

Don't look at the fact that new things are born in his hands the most.

But which of the things he took out was not "borrowed" after years or even millennia of testing and validity?

Nowadays, the banknotes of Yangzhou City seem simple, but to really issue and make people trust, this is definitely not a simple thing that can be done!

To be able to do this, not only must be profound, but also must have strong financial resources and broad vision, all of which are indispensable!

"How much money can be printed on paper?"

Shaking his head, trying not to think about who was behind this.

Xiao Han now just wants to assess how much influence these banknotes have, and how much impact it will have on Yangzhou if Xiao Lizi wants to destroy and rebuild this system in the future.

It's not that Xiao Han is alarmist, but that he knows Xiao Lizi too well!

If one day, the bank in this embryonic form gradually grows and grows to the point where it can affect the system of the world, this emperor of the ages is really capable of doing this kind of thing!

Because the Emperor himself hates everything that is beyond his control, even if it is useful!