Lan Qianzhen asked:

"I only guessed correctly, how do you say it?"

Lan Ziyi looked back at Tao Zhulu, and Tao Zhulu immediately said:

"Boss Cao did let the tenants stake their own land, but the interest was not high, and it didn't even get a cent a year later."

Lan Qianzhen said in surprise:

"That Cao Jinbao, who loves money like life, only needs a penny of interest? When did he become a great good man? ”

Peach Road:

"Cao Jinbao is really generous this time, but the money he lent out was not silver, but the banknotes he specially printed."

Hu Yanhao, who came out with Lan Qianzhen, was intrigued by the matter of paper money, and he interjected:

"So Cao Jinbao spends the paper he printed out? No wonder the interest rate is so low. But even if he could stuff the paper into the hands of those residents, those residents would have to return it to him if they couldn't spend it. ”

Peach Rabbit said at this time:

"Hey, Uncle Huyan, you're wrong, the people are now rushing to collect paper money and use paper money."

Hu Yanhao couldn't figure it out, he asked:

"This is strange, no one used the treasure money before the imperial court, and some people rushed to use the paper money issued by Cao Jinbao, what is the reason? San Lang, don't talk nonsense, I don't believe what you say. ”

Peach Rabbit said with a smile:

"Uncle Huyan, you don't have to believe me, you just have to look ahead and see what the entrance of the Cao family's money village looks like."

Lan Qianzhen's line into Beijing was on the edge of the Green River, so the team didn't walk a few steps after leaving the mansion to reach the downtown area. Hu Yanhao looked forward along the point of Tao Zhutu, and saw that the road was blocked by a sea of people on the street in front of him, and everyone was bustling forward, as if he could lose half his life if he was too late to squeeze in, and he didn't know what was in front of him.

Seeing this, Lan Qianzhen stopped his horse, their convoy would definitely not be able to cross such a street, he could only change the road, but before changing the road, Lan Qianzhen still had to figure out what was going on in front of him, he asked:

"What's going on? What about opening a warehouse in front of the grain? ”

Peach Rabbit Road:

"Almost. General, you don't see where it is? ”

Then Lan Qianzhen and Tao Zhutu were talking, Hu Yanhao raised his hand to block the light, squinted his eyes and looked over there, and said as he looked:

"Don't bother the general, I remember it was a money bank... That's right, it's Qianzhuang, Cao Ji Qianzhuang. What are these people doing in Cao Ji Qianzhuang? San Lang, you said that the grain is being opened here? The Cao family's granary is not here. Hu Yanhao said and turned his head and asked Tao Zhutu.

Peach Rabbit smiled:

"Uncle Huyan, you haven't been on the street these days, you can't keep up with the romance in the capital, right? Although the Cao family's granary is not in the bank, the Cao family's banknote is issued. Didn't Cao Jinbao talk to Zhang Mingyue a few days ago and lend paper money to the imperial court for flowers, and the imperial court agreed to exchange the paper money for Taicang grain? At that time, the general was on the table. ”

Lan Qianzhen nodded and said:

"Yes, I'm on the table, and you're standing behind me, so everyone went to Cao Jinbao to exchange money for food in Taicang? Why don't you just go to Taicang to buy grain with that silver? ”

Lan Ziyi said:

"My father didn't know that although Taicang released grain, the people were not allowed to buy it by themselves, and the grain merchants bought the grain and brought it back to the grain store and then sold it to the people."

Lan Qianzhen said:

"I'm afraid it's because Taicang doesn't have enough manpower, so the people can't just buy it."

Lan Ziyi said:

"Yes, the imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to be busy, so although the grain in Taicang is cheap, after it is transferred to the hands of the grain merchants, it will always be a few points more expensive in the bowls of the people. But now Taicang can allow people to buy directly, provided that the people have to buy the banknotes in their hands. ”

Lan Qianzhen asked:

"Why?"

Lan Ziyi said:

"Because the imperial court is more afraid that the borrowed banknotes will not be spent than the lack of manpower."

Lan Qianzhen suddenly realized when he heard this, and Tao Zhutu added:

"This is not counting the general, Taicang sells grain, it is a tael of silver banknotes to buy a tael of silver rice, Cao Jinbao's money village began to exchange banknotes the day before yesterday when it was eight coins of silver for one or two banknotes, which is equivalent to saying that the people take silver to Cao Jinbao to exchange banknotes for paper money, and they can earn Taicang two dollars of silver for nothing. The day before yesterday, the young master also greeted me, saying that Cao Jinbao asked someone to spread rumors, saying that paper money is better than cash, and I don't need to work on this matter since yesterday, and the people are rushing to exchange silver for paper money. ”

Hearing this, Lan Qianzhen exclaimed:

"This Cao Jinbao actually dares to cut the flesh of the imperial court, he is really bold enough! Ziyi, are you helping him too? ”

Lan Ziyi said:

"The salary of the Dongji Tiger Camp and the expenses of the Honglu Temple all depend on Boss Cao, how can he not help me if he asks him? And he just asked me to spread some news, which is not even a rumor, so why wouldn't I? ”

Lan Qianzhen said:

"Although there is a shortage of food in the world now, but in the end, this paper money can only buy food, and other things still can't be bought, Cao Jinbao sucked in a moment of silver, and it won't be long before the silver is exchanged out, and he still thinks too beautiful to spend paper as money."

Peach Road:

"As far as I know, all the shops of the Cao family now accept paper money, and one or two banknotes buy one or two goods, and Tong Su is not deceived."

Lan Qianzhen said:

"Didn't San Lang just say that eight coins of silver were exchanged for one or two banknotes? When did he start doing this? Isn't that tantamount to digging his own wall in doing so? Eight coins are saved into one or two, and one or two are taken out and then one or two are saved, as long as the money is taken out like this, it will not be emptied on the spot? ”

Peach Rabbit Road:

"Of course it can't be like that, Boss Cao has stipulated that the banknotes must be exchanged the next day. The day before yesterday, when he first started to redeem, Boss Cao may have lost a little, but now he can't lose much, and now the comparison between paper money and cash is very close. ”

As Tao Zhutu was talking, a guy came out of the money village that was surrounded by people over there and hung a sign at the door, and as soon as the sign was hung up, the crowd let out a round of wailing from the inside out, and when it reached the outermost outermost place, Lan Qianjin heard their howl clearly

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"Didn't it just now be nine cents and eight cents and five to one tael? How did it become nine dollars and nine cents and two in the blink of an eye?! ”

"It's really unlucky, I knew that I wouldn't be going home last night, so I stayed at the door of his Cao house, and I exchanged it with him as soon as I opened the door this morning! When you first open the door, it will still be nine dollars and eight dollars! ”

Tao Zhutu listened to the curses of these speculators, and laughed and teased Lan Qianzhen:

"The general heard it, Boss Cao actually didn't lose a few silver."

Lan Qianzhen was obviously shocked by Cao Jinbao's tricks of stealing the day, he looked at those who were still squeezing forward and nodded incessantly:

"Cao Jinbao, Cao Jinbao, I underestimated you, you have such a ability to reach the sky. If he did this, then the other merchants would be left, and as long as the other shops and even the money houses were willing to accept his banknotes, then he would be done. ”

Peach Road:

"General, in fact, other shops have been forced to collect banknotes."

Lan Qianzhen was puzzled:

"Forced? Cao Jinbao has no soldiers in his hands, what does he use to force others to accept his paper? ”

At this time, Tao Zhutu grabbed the conversation and said:

"I'll come, I'll come, second brother, let me talk about this. General, that was the day before yesterday, a person went to the restaurant to eat wine, and when he checked out, he took the banknote to pay, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant confiscated it and tore the banknote in front of him, so that the diner either gave the silver or asked the family to bring the silver, but I didn't expect Boss Cao to somehow know about it, he personally brought people to the restaurant, picked up the torn banknote in front of everyone, and then gave the diner a full amount of silver according to the denomination, and he also smashed the silver in the face of the restaurant owner and said, "I Cao Ji is a talker, One tael of banknotes can be exchanged for one tael of silver, this is money! Isn't your restaurant only for cash? Take it! ’”

Peach Road:

"So since the day before yesterday, all the shops in the capital have begun to collect paper money, and those who are not at ease can take the paper money to Cao Ji Qian Zhuang to exchange for silver, but most people don't do this, because they take the paper money to the countryside to exchange more silver." ntent

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