Boss Huo laughed even more when he heard this, and he leaned back and asked:

"Boss Cao has cultivated the Dao well, and you have the Tao and opened the eyes of heaven, so you can explain and explain, how can you calculate the amount of money used in the world?"

Cao Jinbao smiled:

"It's very simple, just add up the number of goods traded every day in all the markets of the prefectures and cities of Taisho."

After Cao Jinbao finished speaking, all the Beijing businessmen in the same seat were out of breath with laughter, and even there were people on the surrounding tables

Laughing, someone asked:

"I think I'm thousands of miles away, the number of prefectures and counties is thousands, and there are so many places in the world to do business, you can't even count how many markets there are, how can you count the daily buying and selling?"

Someone laughed again:

"I know that Boss Cao's strength can reach the sky, but no matter how capable you are, you can still beat the court? The imperial court doesn't know how many goods are traded every day, how do you know? ”

Lan Ziyi and Cao Jinbao sat in a row, everyone around them was laughing at Cao Jinbao, although Lan Ziyi was not the object of ridicule, but he also felt that his face was dull, the ridicule was too loud, the Tao brothers in the same seat were all red-faced, and Tao Zhuhu gave Lan Ziyi a look and asked him to think of a way.

But the protagonist on this table today is Cao Jinbao, especially in the matter of doing business, Lan Ziyi can't speak for Cao Jinbao. It can be said that everyone at the table at this time has their own ghosts, only Cao Jinbao, who is in the center of the storm, is calm, Cao Jinbao is not in a hurry to answer the questions of others, he just eats and drinks, and focuses all his attention on the stage.

After waiting for a while, the people who laughed just now were tired of laughing, and the laughter stopped, and Cao Jinbao still didn't speak. Boss Huo, who was sitting next to Lan Ziyi, took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the laughter in the corners of his eyes, and he asked Cao Jinbaodao:

"Boss Cao, Wei Hou didn't speak just now because you were rich in the world, why don't you speak now? Is it also because of the rich world? ”

Cao Jinbao put down his chopsticks and took another sip of wine, he said:

"People always don't want to believe what they can't understand, and most people choose to avoid the unknown rather than figure out why the unknown. Boss Huo and even other bosses laughed at me because they thought it was impossible to account for the goods in the world, but you didn't want to understand why it was impossible for him. Since you don't know why, let me tell you why, there are only two reasons that stump you, one is that there are too many pieces of information that need to be collected and aggregated, and you are not able to do it enough, and second, you can't think of any effective way to collect this information. ”

This time, no one laughed anymore after Cao Jinbao finished speaking, and the row of Beijing merchants at the same table was silently raised, and it seemed that it was their turn to drink alcohol. Boss Huo looked at Cao Jinbao, squeezed out a breath in a muffled voice, the smile had disappeared from his face, his expression was a little unnatural, he asked Cao Jinbao:

"What Boss Cao said is very reasonable, but I don't know if Boss Cao has any clever ways to do things that we can't do?"

Cao Jinbao smiled:

"Boss Huo, don't worry, I won't hide it, I'm here today to exchange my experience over the years with your peers. My method of gathering information is actually very simple, just send someone to watch. Although my Taizheng world is big, the types of commodities that are actually used to buy and sell are so small, nothing more than grain, cloth, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, what are the remaining bulk commodities such as tea, copper, iron, minerals, timber, etc., and there are only a few companies that do trading. Although there are price differences between prefectures and provinces, the price differences within prefectures are not large. It is not difficult to count the small and fragmented objects bought and sold in the market, just ask the price, and look at the opening and closing of the market once a day to know how much they sell and how much the day's trading volume is. As for the small people in the countryside, although they produce all the commodities of Taisho, they do not buy and sell much, not a few times a year, and you can know how many goods are produced in the township by staring at the counters of grain merchants in various places. ”

Hearing this, everyone at the banquet opened their mouths and nodded, "I see." Boss Huo then asked:

"But the world is so big, Boss Cao, how can you get this information from all over the world in time?"

Cao Jinbao smiled:

"I don't have to get it in time, I just need to know once a month."

When everyone heard this, they were puzzled, and everyone turned their heads one after another, and Boss Huo smiled:

"Is Boss Cao's calculation accurate?"

Cao Jinbao didn't answer Boss Huo's question, he asked rhetorically:

"Boss Huo, do you know how fast my Dazheng letter can be delivered?"

Boss Huo said:

"Does this have anything to do with the question I asked?"

Cao Jinbao said:

"Of course, the people of the world must be slower to get new money than the letters, and I can get the news before the people."

Boss Huo said:

"So, Boss Cao, the eyeliner you have planted in various places is faster than the speed of the imperial court's eight hundred miles of urgency every month?"

Cao Jinbao smiled:

"That's not it, the court can only travel 800 miles a day at the earliest, how can I have the ability to be faster than the court? I just want you bosses to understand that the speed at which people get the news is actually very slow, and as long as the money can buy what it should buy, they will not react, so as long as the amount of paper money and the total amount of goods are roughly equal, it is enough to summarize the information once a month, unless there is some way to make the letter faster than 800 miles in the future. ”

After listening to Cao Jinbao's story, everyone nodded again, and even Boss Huo touched his beard and nodded yes. Boss Na Huo thought about it and said:

"So Boss Cao is handing out banknotes according to this routine?"

Cao Jinbao said:

"In the future, I will follow this line of thought."

Boss Huo was amused by Cao Jinbao's words, and he said:

"Then Boss Cao didn't do it now?"

Cao Jinbao shook his head, and he said:

"Nope."

As soon as Cao Jinbao's words came out, there was an uproar, and some Beijing businessmen scolded:

"Boss Cao, you do what you say, but you want us to do what you say, aren't you leading us down the wrong path?"

Cao Jinbao looked at the Jingshang and smiled

"I didn't let you do what I said, I was just talking about my ideas, and I made it clear that now is not the time to use this idea, I will use it in the future, and I hope that all bosses will also use this idea one day."

Boss Huo smiled and said:

"Listening to what Boss Cao meant, do you think our Longsheng won't live that long?"

Cao Jinbao smiled:

"I just thought my Cao Ji Qian Zhuang had the ability to see that day."

Boss Huo looked at Cao Jinbao when he heard this, and after the two looked at each other for a while, Boss Huo raised his glass and said:

"Let's wait and see who will live to that day."

Cao Jinbao naturally raised a glass to be invited, and the seat also drank a cup together. Next, everyone watched the play, chatted, and talked to each other, and the atmosphere was so happy. This banquet lasted until the afternoon, and after watching the play, everyone dispersed, and Cao Jinbao walked with Lan Ziyi for a while, and he repeatedly told Lan Ziyi on the way

"Wei Hou, whether it is successful or not is all in the foreign silver, Wei Hou must be transported!"