When the folding flower was wrenching his fingers to convert Qin Ting's Yulu, he didn't know that in the Central Plains, the exchange rate between Song and Yuan Tongbao and Zhongyuan Tongbao had become one to five overnight.

Wang Mao came out of the casino, gambled all night, his eyes were red, and he only got twenty or thirty copper coins, and he sat down on the edge of the bean curd stall tiredly: "A bowl of bean curd, let's cook cakes." ”

"Okay, here we go......"

The stall owner exaggeratedly responded, and the bean curd was sprinkled with green onions, and the two baked cakes were coerced, and they were brought over: "Chenghui, five cents." ”

Wang Mao picked up the baked cake and was about to send it to his mouth, when he heard it, he was stunned: "How much?" You are an old man, aren't you old and dizzy, and you can't recognize a certain Wang Mao. ”

"Wang Sanlang is in person, Xiao Lao'er naturally knows it, but this overnight price increase, Xiao Lao'er can't do anything."

"Oh, this thing is very strange, yesterday, the lord ate early at your place, and it was only three pennies, and after one night, it doubled, and you returned to your heart?"

"It's not that a certain house is rising, the things next door to the left and right, and the whole street are rising, alas, the little old man doesn't want to, isn't this forced."

Wang Mao took a bite of the baked cake and said vaguely: "Ye is not short of money, tell me, what's the matter." ”

"It is said that the bank in Fengzhou, Qinzhou, has issued a notice, saying that Song Yuan Tongbao will be exchanged for Zhongyuan Tongbao, and three will be exchanged for two."

", why didn't he rob it, anyway, I can't use Zhongyuan Tongbao in Guanzhong, so a fool will change it, besides, Zhongyuan Tongbao is banned in my Great Song Dynasty, is his money worthless, you old man, follow the price increase to make black money?"

"Ah, hey, the conscience of heaven and earth, the little old man stutters, how dare he not get along with the customer, but he doesn't dare to disobey the market."

", could it be that the trading in my Great Song Dynasty is priced according to Zhongyuan Tongbao? Which damn stipulates? ”

The old man smiled helplessly, leaned over and said softly: "This is this, San Lang has to shout, those big households, don't they all rely on those small roads to make a fortune, over there Zhongyuan Tongbao has become valuable, this body, all the transactions are priced according to the Zhongyuan Tongbao, this reason, don't you understand, but San Lang, if you have Zhongyuan Tongbao, you can still pay Sanwen." ”

Wang Mao still shouted with a big grin: "Phew, you old goods, when Lao Tzu is stupid, there is Zhongyuan Tongbao, who doesn't save it, it is also a big money that went to the Western Regions, you say that our money is also money, how can you not do the delicacy of Zhongyuan Tongbao." ”

"Not to mention exquisite, this day the south and north of the sea are about to be surrounded by Zhongyuan Tongbao."

A man who looked like a peddler sat down at the table seat near the left, motioned for a bowl of bean curd and two baked cakes, and took Wang Mao's words and said: "Qin Feng won't talk about it, then Xiazhou has already been banned, and I heard that the Northern Han Dynasty will also pass Zhongyuan Tongbao, plus the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is originally one pass, hey, it's just my Great Song Dynasty, and I'm still using the old money, can I not drop the price." ”

Wang Mao's eyes lit up: "What kind of exchange method is the Zhongyuan Tongbao in Xiazhou?" ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are the master of the copper spirit, you are stupid to be those people, three for two, no discussion."

The peddler paused, looked around, and mysteriously leaned over and whispered: "But there is still some money, it is said that next month, it will be one for two." ”

"Hiss......"

Wang Mao accidentally bit his tongue and abandoned the cake with hatred, those banks or big accounts are the copper anger and black hearts, which makes the little people how to live, no, they have to hurry up to buy two bags of rice and go home.

Wang Mao hurriedly poured the bean curd into his mouth, put another baked cake in his mouth, patted the five copper coins on the table, and strode towards the grain store.

When I arrived at Xu Ji Grain Store on Fengming Street, I saw that there was a long queue, and there were discussions everywhere: "Why does the price of this grain rise by 30%, and the government doesn't care." ”

"What's the matter, Xu Ji can be open for so many years, it's not that there are ...... people above"

"Be quiet, hurry up and buy two more bags to go back, this rise is together, maybe it will rise in the future."

Then someone shouted in front of him, saying that he could only buy by fighting, and that one person could only buy two buckets, and that he would not sell if he had more. it......

Wang Mao has fast legs and a lively brain, and when he saw that this thing was not good, he hurried out of the door, there was a grass market in the south of the city, however, when he arrived in the south of the city, the sun was getting high, and the sky was full of complaints about price increases.

This wind of rising prices blew on the same day in Fengxiang, Lingzhou, Jiangling, Yangzhou, Hezhou, Shuzhou and other places, and spread to Bianjing in all directions like a plague.

When the Song court knew the news and was still convening the court meeting, the people of Bianjing City heard the news and immediately started a rush to buy, and the price rose three times a day.

Buy up, don't buy down.

This is a common problem that Chinese people have had since ancient times, just like the "salt shortage and salt grabbing" in a certain year in later generations, a rumor is enough.

What's more, this is a major event involving the vital interests of thousands of businesses.

"Zhongyuan Tongbao, my territory is not passable, why is it just that the pseudo-realm has adjusted the exchange rate, which can cause such a bad impact?"

This is not easy to answer, those who know the reason are all those who have tasted the sweetness of exchanging abroad, how can they tell the secret of making a fortune, and those who don't know the reason really don't know.

The abacus of the three divisions of the yamen is clear, but the potential crisis was submitted to the holy judgment early that year, this pot, a certain family does not carry it, this sore, a certain family does not expose it, and it is a dumb person.

Wang Renzhen judged the three divisions as a privy deputy envoy, and he originally had the most say in this matter, but Song Jiuzhong knew very well that his talent was not in financial planning, so he named Liu Xigu, the household servant, to play the right class.

This Liu Xigu is also Song Jiuzhong's intimate minister, originally a judge of the Song Zhou Festival, quite proficient in financial planning, but he is also known for his prudence, and the history records that he "has been in the office for more than 30 years, and has never tasted it".

Liu Xigu saw that the official family personally named him, so he had to go out and play: "Because of my Chinese businessmen, I have frequent transactions with Xishu Jiangnan, and now, against the Qin and pseudo-Tang Dynasty, I am in the same stream as the Song and Yuan Tongbao, and I have increased the currency exchange rate without authorization, and forced my country's merchants to settle with Zhongyuan Tongbao, so that the cost of overseas procurement has suddenly increased by three or four percent."

At the same time, it is best to exaggerate the words, such as grain merchants, may only purchase more than 1,000 rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but this item has increased the cost, and the original inventory of millet, wheat, millet, beans, etc., will be sold at a higher price, taking advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits.

Merchants are the most immoral, only interests in their eyes, see that there are huge profits, they will inevitably follow the trend, regardless of whether they are purchased from abroad or not, just raise prices, this trend together, the people panicked, have purchased daily necessities, but do not know the plan of the profiteers. ”

"If you say so, the disposal will be simple, all the products produced in the country, no price will be allowed, Jiangnan customs, Xishu specialties, all banned, then prices will fall, the people do not have to worry."

Speaking is the palace in the palace of the imperial history Li Wei, its humanities are indeed outstanding, there are famous works handed down, among them, "the day is long and there is no guest to the mountain house, the moss halo seals the moss a slanted, the sleeping beauty does not know the night rain, get up and fall half a rock flower" sentence, the people of the time are the most praised, however, in the economic way, it is really a layman.

Liu Xigu has a good temper, and said with a slight smile: "Li Yushi's idea is good, but it is still a little difficult to implement, and if you want the merchant to reduce the price, it is like cutting off the flesh of his heart, and he will inevitably try every means to resist, delay, or derive some conspiracies."

And the ban on southern goods Shu production, is also quite difficult, the first one, books and paper, basically thanks to Shu and Jiangnan, and another one, silk and satin, lacquer bronze mirror, wine and dried meat, either Shu or southern goods, even the iron plough, the people of Guanzhong also choose more Shu products, in addition, the sacks used in the official warehouse, are also mostly Shu goods, how to ban? ”

"This ......"

Li Yu made a big red face, very faceless, and thought about it: "Since the reverse Qin has raised the exchange rate by 30%, then we will increase it by 50% in turn......"

Before the words fell, the room was full of laughter.

This smile instead made the atmosphere laugh, because the official family said that although Li Qing does not understand the economy, he is loyal, which is commendable, and he will reward ten horses of silk.

After a noisy morning, there were all kinds of ideas and ideas, but what was really useful was the open and regular closing of the body that was proposed by the household department and then refuted by the ministers to suppress prices.

Song Jiuzhong pondered for a long time, and finally made an arbitrary decision, and took a thunderbolt method, on the one hand, notifying the states to open up the regular liquidation to suppress prices, and on the other hand, ordering the state capitals to strictly control the city.

Yin Songjiong of Kaifeng Mansion also knew that this matter could not be delayed, so he first opened a knife to the most critical grain merchant after the next court, and took eighteen grain store shopkeepers in a row in one go, killing chickens and monkeys, who dared to raise prices for no reason, and all of them were served.

Kill.

But the interests are the first, and the killing is not stopping.

As soon as the grain that is often closed came out, it was bought by a cart of people, and the people who came to buy it were all guys who needed to turn a blind eye to Kaifeng Mansion, and what they really put into the market was just a drop in the bucket.

The Kaifeng Mansion at the feet of the Son of Heaven is still like this, and the situation in other states can be imagined with your toes.

As a result, the grain merchants are more energetic.

Don't raise the price, okay, I don't have enough food, I only sell it in liters, I only sell 200 liters a day, what, I think the guy is slow? The rules are like this, the gold-lettered signboard hangs on the head, but you don't dare to lack catties or two, the scales must be stable, the grain must be fine, the service must be more intimate, and you dare not bully customers.

When encountering such a cowhide bullet, not only the officials of Kaifeng Mansion have no choice, but even Wu Desi can't help it, which grain store is not standing behind a behemoth.

Food can be like this, and other department stores can even straighten their waists and say, the purchase price is three or four times higher, what do you let a certain family do? Let someone sell at a loss? Joke, that's not as good as closing the city.

As for the fish and meat dishes related to food, it is even more ridiculously expensive, and it will directly double the price and not let the price rise? Okay, can you let a certain family change food, the whole family is hungry......

Similar scenes were staged in almost every state capital in the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Yuan Tongbao was suddenly worthless.