Wu Xu negotiated a business cooperation agreement with Pei Dilan and others to seek Li You's opinion, and after Li You read it, he said: "How to operate in business, I can rest assured that you have these things, but this currency settlement is best to use our Datang's Kaiyuan Tongbao banknotes." ”

As we all know, whoever holds the right to issue currency controls the lifeblood of the world economy. Whoever can rely on the issuance of currency can go to other countries to shear sheep.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's currency issuance, Li You's dream was to promote the Kaiyuan Tongbao banknote to the world and become a common currency for settlement all over the world.

After the establishment of the Great Food Empire, it did not have its own currency for several decades, and it was not until the beginning of the seventh century that the Umayyad Dynasty began to issue its own currency, and until then, the Great Cannibals still used Persian silver coins and Byzantine gold coins.

At this stage, Persia, Byzantium, and the Great Eclipse were all at war, and the amount of money circulating in the market was far from sufficient. After the Tang Dynasty issued the Kaiyuan Tongbao banknotes, the people in these three countries accepted the Kaiyuan Tongbao banknotes of the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent, but the official settlement was still carried out in Persian silver coins and Byzantine gold coins.

In the area controlled by the Persian Hamid, the two-way circulation of Kaiyuan Tongbao and Persian silver coins has been adopted, which has greatly facilitated the economic and trade exchanges between the two countries.

Now, the Great Food Empire is in a period of war, almost all the living materials are very scarce, the Tang Dynasty has a large number of almost all kinds of materials they urgently need, the Tang Dynasty can sell them, but now it is very difficult for them to pay for the corresponding amount of currency.

This is an excellent time to promote the Kaiyuan Tongbao banknote in the Great Food Empire.

Li You and Wu Xu visited Pei Dilan and Princess Rena again.

When he heard that Li You and Wu Xu were here to discuss business cooperation between the two countries, Pei Dilan specially called Mr. Fat and Mr. Thin to discuss this matter together.

Li You said: "Your Royal Highness, I fully agree with the current commercial and trade agreement between the two countries. Now that we are in-laws, we are a family, and I will definitely support you strongly. ”

Before he came, Pei Dilan had been tasked with raising various strategic materials for the Great Food Empire given to him by the Caliph, and he said: "If that's the case, that's great! ”

Mr. Fat said: "Your Royal Highness King Qi, what we urgently need now is food, salt, and of course, cloth and other materials, I hope you can give strong support." ”

Li You asked, "How much do you need?" ”

Mr. Fat said: "We need 20 million quintals of food, 2 million quintals of salt, and more other materials, the better." "He didn't expect to get that much, he just opened his mouth wide, wanting to leave room for bargaining.

Pei Dilan and the others didn't expect it, Li You said happily: "This is not a problem, the problem of table salt, I can answer you now, I can sell you 2 million quintals at a lower price, if you can't use it up yourself, or store or sell, it's your own business."

The food will not be able to provide you so much for the time being, but when the grain comes down this autumn, it will be able to meet your needs. ”

"Huh? What, really? Pei Dilan and the others were overjoyed. The caliph had given them the task of only expecting 1/5 of those amounts.

Mr. Slender said: "His Royal Highness King Qi, we are in some difficulties now, and we can't come up with so much money for a while. Can you let us get these supplies back first, and then slowly find a way to repay you? ”

When he said this, he had no hope at all. Including Pei Dilan and Mr. Fat, they thought that it was impossible for Li You to agree to such conditions, and there were no such stupid people in the world.

Unexpectedly, Li You still agreed without saying a word. He said, "Who made us relatives? Your difficulties are my difficulties, and I agree with you. ”

"Really?" Pei Dilan and the others were a little unconvinced, and Mr. Fat had a lot of eyes, so he asked, "Do you have any conditions?" ”

Li You smiled: "There are no conditions, but there are some procedures that need to be done." So much money is not my own, but the money of the household department, and the grain is also under the control of the household department, and the salt is under the control of the salt administration.

As far as the household department and the salt administration are concerned, they can't collect the money after they give you grain and salt, otherwise they won't be able to enter the account. There was no way for them to explain to the imperial court. ”

When Li You said this, Mr. Thin was a little anxious, and he immediately asked, "What should I do then?" ”

"It's not a problem. In this way, in the name of your country, you can borrow 30 million yuan from the bank under our household department, and I can persuade the household department to only charge you 6% annual interest. This interest rate is really not high, and the bank of the household department borrows from abroad, and the annual interest rate usually reaches one and two cents.

You can borrow the money for three to five years, and then you can repay the principal and interest.

With this money, you can use it to buy this grain and salt, and other supplies. ”

"Okay, we agree." The three of them said in unison.

The princess and Rena of Pei Dilan, who were on the side, felt that they had a lot of face, because this was the benefit of marriage.

Li You said: "I am also a fake public and private, for the convenience of my wife to do business in your Great Food Empire, I make a small request, in the future, my wife can buy materials in your Great Food Empire, and you can also use Kaiyuan Tongbao to settle." ”

For the Kaiyuan Tongbao banknotes of the Tang Dynasty, the big food merchants who did business in the Tang Dynasty had more or less some in their hands. They used these banknotes with each other when they traded with other merchants during the Tang Dynasty.

However, when they returned to their home countries, they could only be used in a small area among merchants, and could not be widely circulated among the people, nor could they be used for official purposes such as paying taxes.

The economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was recognized in the whole world at that time, and the original Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coins had strong circulation among the people of dozens of countries within the Silk Road.

For the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao banknotes, Pei Dilan and others have a certain understanding, and they also have a small collection in their hands. For this kind of banknotes, they still approve of it in private. The Great Food Council of Elders even discussed the need to learn from the Tang Dynasty to issue paper money.

But they couldn't. For one, they don't have this special printing paper and the corresponding printing technology. Second, the economic situation of the Great Food Empire was not enough to support the issuance of paper money.

The Great Food Empire now does not have its own currency, and is settled with Persian silver coins and Byzantine gold coins anyway. The Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty was also a currency with a good reputation, so for Li You's request, Pei Dilan and others agreed with their mouths.

Mr. Thin was very excited, and he also gave Wu Xu an idea for the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty that could not be circulated by the people for the time being, so that she could take the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty and exchange it for Persian silver coins or Byzantine gold coins to the government of the Great Food Empire.

After Li You and Wu Xu said goodbye and left, Pei Dilan and the others were very excited and immediately arranged a banquet to celebrate.

Princess Rena has a lot of face, and she feels that marrying the prince of the Tang Dynasty has brought so many benefits to the Great Food Empire.

Li You and Wu Xu returned to their residence, and they were also so excited that they wanted to jump.

This kind of trade seemed risky in the Tang Dynasty, but it opened the way for the official use of Kaiyuan Tongbao in the Great Food Empire, which also laid the foundation for private circulation.

Although the Persian silver coins and the Kaiyuan Tongbao are also circulating currencies, their minting costs are too high and the number is relatively small, so it is clear who is more advantageous compared to the light and fluttering banknotes of the Kaiyuan Tongbao.

The four major powers in the world today, the Tang Dynasty, Persia, Byzantium and the Great Food Empire, occupy a major position in the commercial and trade system of the whole world, and their merchants are all over the world.

If these four big countries can accept Kaiyuan Tongbao, it means that the whole world has accepted Kaiyuan Tongbao. Kaiyuan Tongbao has also become an international currency like the rice dollar in later generations.

This will play an extremely important role in the Tang Dynasty's grasp of the economic lifeline of the whole world.

However, this matter still needs to be done through the work of the imperial court. So Li You wrote letters to Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, Gao Jingming, and the main ministers of the Tang Dynasty, explaining the importance of doing so.

Prince Pedilan and the others finally left, and they happily set out on their way back to Damascus with 500,000 loads of salt and a large number of various other supplies.

Li You did another big thing, and excitedly called everyone to drink and congratulate. u