"I see, Brother Luo, I admire it."

Wei Jianren is also a quick-witted person, and he immediately understood the key.

But whoever has a professional talent, who is impressed by others in what he is best at, is born of respect. The same is true for Wei Jianren. Since he joined the company, he has been honing in the city, and although he is usually sophisticated, he is quite proud of the way of trade and economy. Zhao Xingde planned to trade bronze utensils with the Great Food Country, so as to break the money shortage, he knew a few days earlier. "Luo Huan heard about it today, but he has a deep understanding of the key points, far better than me. It's no wonder that Chen Gongju and Lord Chen want to value cultivation in him. I'm afraid that in the future, this land of Guangnan should be headed by this son, and it may be possible to enter the center. Wei Jianren's gaze at Luo Huan was three points more cautious than just now. And Zuo Nianyuan's eyes flashed slightly, and his face immediately turned as usual.

The three of them spoke in a very small voice, so that no one could hear them.

In the whispers of the entire floor, there are more and more voices of doubt.

"The money shortage has been going on for a long time, and it is really difficult for some strong people to solve it overnight."

Liu Gongliang shook his head with some regret, he also exonerated Zhao Xingde. On the one hand, Liu Gongliang was a scholar and a virtuous person, but he did not know much about maritime trade. On the other hand, Liu Gongliang knew that the imperial court had ordered to buy copper from overseas several times, and Nie Siwei reminded him that buying copper from Dashi may not really solve the money shortage.

"Nie Xingshou is very worried." Huang Yuanlong pretended to be worried and said, "Lord Zhao, the wise man has a thousand worries, I am afraid that there will be a mistake." ”

He used this excuse to play, Nie Siwei secretly regretted that he was abrupt, blurted out the worries in his heart, and gave this Huang Xuezheng the truth to attack Lord Zhao. He was just kind-hearted, and he didn't want to offend Zhao Xingde, but the matter had come to this point, so he had to listen to Huang Yuanlong continue: "Lord Zhao, if there is copper over there in this big food, and it is profitable to sell copper, why should it be our turn to sell copper, why don't they transport it to our court to sell it themselves." In addition, Huang also knows little about maritime trade, but he has also heard that the big food side also uses copper coins, if their copper material is sufficient, the copper money will naturally be less, but why does the southwest Yi country insist on using the copper coins of our dynasty instead of the copper coins of the big food? ”

"That's right."

"Lord Huang is right."

A chorus of approval rang out in the attic. When everyone heard the two Xuezheng say this, their hearts became more and more suspicious.

More people have gone on to doubt the feasibility of the bulk goods trade envisioned by Zhao Xingde.

"My brain was hot just now, but I didn't expect that the big food merchants are not stupid," someone whispered: "Bulk goods are profitable, far better than some luxury things, why haven't they done it for thousands of years?" Do you have to wait for us to do it? "Yes, how can there be a good thing about gold ingots falling from the sky?" Even the civil officials in the seat, Luo Huan, Zuo Nianyuan, Wei Jianren and others had a bit of uncertainty in their eyes, because "living water from the source" is certainly a way to alleviate the money shortage, but it also needs to be large enough, otherwise it is just a drop in the bucket. Unconsciously, the Accord quieted down, and everyone's doubts and eyes were focused on Zhao Xingde again.

"Your concerns are also justified."

"Let's talk about the fact that the Southwest Sea Zhuyi is good to use my copper coins." Zhao Xingde nodded, and said to Huang Yuanlong: "I happened to bring a few coins of Da Shi and Lu Mei here, which were also seized from the hands of the Da Shi pirates," he seemed to have been prepared, and unhurriedly took out a few coins from his arms, held up one of them for everyone to see clearly, and said in a deep voice: "This is Lu Mei's copper coin, which is slightly more important than a court coin." He held up another one and said, "This is a copper coin minted in Baghdad, which is about the same weight as the money made by the imperial court." Under the light of the lamp and candle, the two copper coins are quite eye-catching, especially the shape that is not empty in the middle. Although there are many merchants who have gone to sea to trade, the southwest sea is almost all the world of Song copper coins, and many people are also the first time to see the money made of reed eyebrows and big food, and they can't help but be amazed.

"It's strange," someone said to himself, "there is no hole in this big food money, how can it be carried on the body, and how can it be counted clearly?" ”

"Huh? There are only a few barbarians, do you use the number? ”

Zhao Xingde was not in a hurry, and only after everyone's curiosity was satisfied did he put the copper coin back. He took out two other white coins, and when everyone saw it, there were whispers, and Wei Jianren whispered to Luo Zuo and the others: "This is a silver coin, it is Xiyi's silver coin, about a little more silver." He had never seen the copper coins of Xiyi and Dashi, but he had seen a lot of gold and silver coins, and the same was true of other merchants, who had a bit of exotic gold and silver coins.

"You are right, this is Lu Mei's silver coin, about one penny and two. Eight is a tael of silver. ”

Seeing this, Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, he took out another silver coin and said, "This is a silver coin minted in Baghdad, which is only slightly lighter than the Lumei silver coin." In fact, at the beginning, the big cannibal directly destroyed the pattern on the silver coin and engraved his own words, because silver will not drop in price. He paused, looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "This kind of silver coin, according to the currency system of the Lumei Kingdom, is only sixteen copper coins. The currency system of the Great Food is not much different from it. More than one hundred and twenty copper coins can be used as a tael of silver. ”

His voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly, and many people couldn't believe their ears.

"What? Only sixteen money? ”

"Really? Then what kind of business do we have, just use copper coins to exchange silver for silver. ”

"How can there be such a good thing, it must be wrong."

Immediately there was a lot of noise underneath, and the businessman's sensitivity to money was simply innate. As more and more gold and silver coins were imported into Kansai, the exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper coins was one of their most sensitive numbers. And the ratio that Zhao Xingde just said is simply giving silver for nothing. Liu Yu, Wei Jianren and others also had shocked expressions on their faces, in contrast, Du Fujiao, the old man who came back from Lu Mei, was more calm.

"However," Zhao Xingde raised his voice, and when everyone's voices gradually subsided, he added, "It's the money made by Lu Mei and Da Shi." ”

These words pierced many people's dreams of getting rich like a needle. "Can you secretly cast some points and ship them over to sell?" Some people are born of evil in the guts. Sun Shen also thought viciously, but after a little thought, he sighed and gave up again. It is extremely difficult to imitate the coinage, that is, the money of the imperial court, the color of each year is different, as long as a little distinction can be identified. And it is conceivable that no matter which dynasty or country, it is a capital crime to mint copper coins privately. Some people can spare their lives in order to get rich, but Sun Shen is not one of them.

"In other words, the same tael of silver and the same goods can be exchanged for eight times the amount of Xiyi copper coins."

"That's why Zhuyi in the Southwest Sea can use the silver ingots of our dynasty, the money and silver of Xiyi, and even the gold and silver of the Xia Kingdom, but the copper money only likes to use my dynasty. Without him, there is only profit. The copper money of Da Shi and Lu Mei is really not cost-effective for them. Zhao Xingde shook his head and sighed, "Zhuyi on the sea is good to use the copper money of my dynasty, just because it is cost-effective." It's not that the Great Food Country and Europa Zhuyi are without copper, on the contrary, they have a lot of copper, but in comparison, their gold and silver are sufficient and easy to use, so in the currency system, only gold and silver coins are really popular in the world, and copper coins are cheap coins used in daily life, and it is impossible for rich merchants to store copper coins, in their eyes, copper coins are only better than the original shell coins. ”

Zhao Xingde's statement about Da Shi and Xiyi's money made many people stunned.

For a long time, they felt that copper money was the most reliable wealth, and although there was a shortage of money outside, there were many copper coins hidden in the homes of wealthy merchants. Nie Siwei and Sun Shen, these wealthy merchants on the sea, each trading house has at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in money. This is also because a large number of treasures occupied the silver money of Guangzhou merchants. There is a rich family in Haizhou, hiding money and piling up dozens of houses, once the imperial court raised taxes, the people are miserable, this rich family vows to pay taxes on behalf of the lower households in the state, donate millions of yuan, but empty more than ten rooms pile up money. Another family, who hid hundreds of thousands of yuan in money, had not moved for several generations, and called themselves "town house money".

"Can you keep hiding copper coins?" This is the thought that is haunting many people's minds at the moment.

Sun Shen thought with a frown. There is also more and more gold and silver on the market, and even he himself feels deeply inconvenient for copper coins, and there are more and more gold and silver stored at home. If in the future, according to the situation of Lumei and Dashi, as long as the gold and silver continue to come in, the rich merchants will inevitably hide more and more gold and silver, and the meaning of hiding copper coins is not much, coupled with the impact of copper brought in by sea, I am afraid that the price of copper will fall in the future, and the more the price of copper falls, the more interesting it is to hide money, and more and more people will exchange copper coins for gold and silver. If this continues, the imperial court will one day cast "when five", "when ten", or even "when hundred" big money, at that time, just like Lumei and Da Shiguo, it will be completely meaningless to store copper money.

"What Lord Zhao said is serious," Huang Yuanlong's face turned a little pale, and he sneered, "Although we don't know the actual situation over there, we can imagine that even if the bronze ware, colored glass, white cloth, and sugar on the other side of the Southwest Sea are not expensive." But for thousands of years, there has always been a fixed number of transactions over there, and it doesn't matter if there is a slight change in the market, but if it is like what Lord Zhao planned, everything is a business of millions of yuan, I am afraid that the goods on the market will be swept away immediately, and the price will soar, and it is not even necessary to have goods. The faces of the merchants also showed a sad color, they all know, the sea treasures have their own production, the best spices, precious stones, rhino horn, ivory, etc., there is a certain amount every year, the price of the early arrival at sea is low, the price of the late arrival is high, and even can only buy some secondary goods. Therefore, there is a definite number of things in the world, which is also a well-known truth.