Everyone sighed, but they didn't take it to heart, after all, how much it feels to use this big ingot of gold and silver ingots, what kind of paper is used to make 'Jiaozi' What's the fun?

But Ye Ling was a cold glint flashing in his eyes, of course he knew that this banknote was the future development trend, and it had already become a fact in the future life, if he could achieve it one step in advance, it would bring great convenience.

Of course, it is not easy to achieve this, at least there must be multiple big money banks to guarantee it, and I don't even have one in my hand now.

Li Ying is actually just talking, in his opinion, this 'Jiaozi' is just a subtle idea, it is still very early to completely walk together, especially the more chaotic the world, the more difficult it is to implement, the court can't help it, how can they Liangshan have a way?

But he never expected that his previous words had ignited Ye Ling's inspiration and determination.

Then Li Ying continued: "As my brother said before, the core of this business is actually trading, and whether it is gold and silver ingots, or Jiaozi, it is actually just an intermediate measure, and what really wants to make money is not to change the measure, but to increase the value of your own goods, so that your things are more valuable."

But how can you make your goods more valuable? In a word, scarcity is expensive, let's take the first example, the milllet growers and sheep keepers trade, usually one bell of millet can be exchanged for ten sheep, but if a certain year is a disaster year, the yield of corn is reduced by half, and the number of sheep is still so much, the price of this millet will naturally increase, it is likely that one bell of millet can be exchanged for twenty sheep; But vice versa, if there is a bumper grain harvest this year, the price will be lowered, and it is likely that one bell of millet will be exchanged for only five sheep.

Therefore, the price is by no means constant, and it is by no means up to anyone - everyone wants to make their goods more expensive, but in the end it is determined by market supply and demand, in other words, if you want to make money, then you have to make your goods scarce in the whole market, then others will rush to buy your things, and it is difficult for you to get rich. ”

Everyone nodded again and again, Li Ying's explanation was very easy to understand, and the generals such as Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Chao Gai and others also understood nine times out of ten.

Of course, it is only limited to their level, if Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoqi and the others would have been impatient, what are they doing listening to this nonsense, where is it like eating wine and gambling for money to compete with guns and sticks? Anyway, the cottage has its own Ye Ling, Wu Yong and others in charge, they just need to obey orders.

Ye Ling nodded and said: "What Master Li Zhuang said is very true, if you want to get rich, in my opinion, it will be eight words - no one has me, and no one has me, so that I can take the initiative." ”

In fact, almost all the people of later generations understand this truth, but it is still too shocking in this era, Li Ying was stunned for a while, and then bowed and said: "That's it, my brother is really a genius in the sky, these eight words are the essence of business, Li was still quite confident in this regard, and now he knows that he is completely in front of the owner of the village, ashamed, ashamed." ”

Ye Ling patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I'm just a momentary inspiration, let's just say it, when it comes to practice, it's far behind, at best it's just a Zhao Kuo, the real implementation of this still depends on the owner of Li Zhuang to bother a lot, where do you think our cottage should start?" ”

Li Ying said respectfully: "Since my brother doesn't want to waste energy on this trail, then Li has to go beyond the bounds, our cottage's goal in the future is to unify Qingzhou and even further conquer the world, so the most important material is armament - among them, horses, weapons, armor, tools, and food are the most important, but our cottage is far from being self-sufficient in food, and the rest are greatly insufficient, so it is necessary to buy from outside."

According to the following, there are only fish, shrimp and crabs and other goods in the eight hundred miles of water, but there is no place to sell them in large quantities, so for a long time in the future, our source of money can only be 'borrowed' from the surrounding forces and even the government, but this is definitely not a long-term solution, robbery can be a way for a small force to make money, but it is by no means the foundation of the forces that we plan to do a big cause. ”

Everyone who said these words nodded again and again, especially Wu Yonggongsun Sheng and others, they were actually also thinking about this question, that is, where will the large amount of military spending come from in the future?

Of course, this small hill and small forces can rely on robbery, but if the huge place in Liangshan relies on robbery, first, it will ruin its own reputation, and secondly, while robbing property, it is actually destroying the vitality of a region.

So as Li Ying said, robbery is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst, and forces with a little ambition will not do it - for example, Zhujiazhuang has also understood the truth of fishing without drying up for decades, only those who have no foresight, do one vote is one vote, and live one day will be like this, but these forces often can't survive even a year, so naturally they don't think about the long term.

Ye Ling stood up and nodded: "What Master Li Zhuang said is that we must take a more long-term view, there are several things in front of us that are imminent, first, we must resume trading with the common people in all villages and towns within a hundred miles of our mountain, we must not allow the robbery of the people, and we must trade with the people at a fair price.

Second, quickly exchange the money on our cottage for continued iron ore, materials, horses and other materials, and then build weapons and tools, this matter will be handed over to the owner of Li Zhuang, and let the Duxing brothers help you, in addition, the mountain personnel are at your disposal, no one is allowed to disobey, if someone does not listen to you, come to me directly. ”

Wu Yong is just that, he was originally a copycat military division, everyone is used to obeying his orders, and Li Ying just went up the mountain, and he was able to grasp such a great power without making an inch, which not only surprised everyone, but even Li Ying himself was unbelievable.

He hesitated: "Brother Li is grateful for his kindness, but when it comes to the financial power of the cottage, the stakes are very high, and I hope to arrange a senior leader to be the master, and Li can assist." ”

Ye Ling said with a smile: "Master Li Zhuang is too worried, I, Ye Ling, have always been suspicious of employing people, and don't use suspicious people, this matter will be left to you with full authority, just do it with your heart, if there is any mistake on my head, the credit is yours, don't be pressured." ”