Volume 15 Chapter 33 Transactions and Money

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The lecture on the first day touched the representatives of the four European countries very much, especially those who did not know Chinese, most of them began to find someone to learn Chinese in the afternoon of the same day, and they all felt that Huang Daozhou was very right, in this Age of Discovery, if you refuse to communicate with other countries, you are looking for death!

The next day, the lecture continued, and on this day the representatives of the envoys of various countries were very active, because from the books handed down, the representatives of various countries could see that what they were going to talk about today was what everyone was most interested in: money.

Today's main talk is Luo Yangxing, the person in charge of Da Ming Rixing Bank, his appearance is very special, not only people came to the stage, but also pushed a half-person high exquisite car.

Anyway, why is he pushing a small car? It won't be pushing a cart of money, right?

He really pushed a cart of money, and this money has to be pushed by a car, it must be a lot of money, right?

There is a lot of money on the cart, but this refers to the variety, not the quantity.

When he came to power, he just made a simple opening remark: "Hello everyone, today I'm going to talk about trading and currencies. โ€œ

Then, he struggled to take out a large cloth bag from the bottom of the trolley and introduced: "Currency is a kind of certificate or contract used for trading, and what I hold in my hand is the most primitive currency, a bag of grain!" โ€œ

What he said seems to be a little different from what is written in the book, but if he doesn't understand Chinese at this time, he is not as confused as he was yesterday, because he basically knows who around him understands Chinese, and if he doesn't understand, he can ask, and soon everyone knows what Luo Yangxing said, a bag of grain is money? Everyone could barely help but chuckle. ใ€ๆ„›โ†‘ๅŽปโ–ณๅฐโ†“่ชชโ–ณ็ถฒ Qu ใ€‘

Luo Yang put the bag on the top floor of the trolley with difficulty, and said helplessly: "Don't laugh, everyone, I have consulted a lot of ancient books, thousands of years ago, that is, in the earliest period recorded in historical records, the standard currency used for trading was grain." โ€œ

It gradually quieted down below, there were no history lessons at this time, and the historians who were not in charge of recording history would not study history specifically, and there were really few people here who knew the history of thousands of years ago.

Of course, even if they wanted to study the history of thousands of years ago, they couldn't do it, their country didn't seem to have a history of thousands of years, and it would be good if there were historical records that could be traced back to a thousand years ago, and they really didn't know that the original standard currency was grain.

Luo Yangxing saw that the people below no longer smirked, so he continued to introduce: "It's not strange that its practical grain is used as a trading currency, because at that time, people mainly considered the problem of having a full stomach, and they didn't have the ability to smelt gold and silver at that time, even if they could be smelted, gold and silver were just beautiful stones, and it was strange if you used stones to exchange things with them, and they didn't hit you with stones." โ€œ

The people below began to chuckle again, but this time it was a laugh of understanding, and at this time, Luo Yangxing took out a gold ingot and a silver ingot from the cart, held them up and said, "Then why did gold and silver replace grain and become the standard currency?" โ€œ

He began to talk about the history of the evolution of the currency, and he talked about it for nearly an hour, and it seemed that it was all history lessons that had nothing to do with the talks.

Of course not, at least, he made it clear to the delegates below that currencies are constantly evolving.

By the end of the intermission, the point came, and a team of Jinyi guards came in with a cart of money, this time it was money in the real sense: Chongzheng Tongbao and Dragon Coin of the Ming Dynasty.

After these brocade guards distributed the Chongzheng Tongbao and dragon coins to the tables of the representatives of various countries one by one, Luo Yangxing appeared again and began to talk about the trend of currency development.

On this issue, Zhu Cijiong talked to him a few years ago when the dragon coin was first issued, and after several years of practice, he now naturally talks about it.

However, the representatives of most European countries really couldn't accept the point of using paper as money for a while, looking at the representatives of the vassal countries holding the dragon coin with an expression of seeing the money, they really didn't understand, this dragon coin is really the same as Luo Yangxing said, has it become a standard currency in the Ming Dynasty?

If you don't believe it, it doesn't matter, there is no class in the afternoon, Luo Yangxing specially prepared hundreds of carriages for them, let them take the dragon coins distributed and try them on the street!

Naturally, Schvera was convinced that dragon coins could be used as money, and at this time he fell in love with the Duke of Useda and became a free tour guide for him.

And our Duke Useda is holding the dragon coins in a daze, Luo Yang is generous, for the leaders of the envoys of various countries, ten dragon coins of each type have been issued, that is to say, the dragon coins worth nearly two thousand taels of silver are dragged in Useda's hand!

Two thousand taels of silver, how many things can you buy, just this handful of paper?

He believed more in the three Chongzheng Tongbao in his pocket, and the problem Luo Yangxing was stingy in this regard, only one gold, silver and copper coins were issued each, in his words, this thing was too troublesome to bring, and it was completely unnecessary!

Svera's relationship with Useda was now so good that when he saw Useda standing there in a daze, he stepped forward and grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him towards a carriage.

Useda came back to his senses at this time, and he asked curiously, "Why are you dragging me, we really use these papers to buy things?" โ€œ

Shi Weila laughed and said: "In the Ming Empire, this is money, why can't you buy things?" Let's go, I'll take you for a good walk. โ€œ

After that, he directly pulled Usedar into the carriage and said to the coachman: "Go to the four general numbers of East Chang'an Street." โ€œ

When the coachman heard this, he didn't say a word, but as soon as he urged the reins, he beat the horse and left.

Useda exclaimed, "Hey, Svera, we didn't have any guards!" โ€œ

Shi Vera laughed and said: "No, there is no place safer than the capital of the Ming Empire, and it is troublesome to bring guards!" โ€œ

Ulceda asked, puzzled, "Why?" โ€œ

Schvera smiled mysteriously: "Because there are a lot of Jinyi guards on the street, they will notify the Praetorian Guards to clean you up when they find that you are swaggering through the city with guards and obstructing traffic!" โ€œ

General Useda was suspicious: "Really? โ€œ

Shi Vera patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry about security, don't worry about the prosperity of the capital of the Ming Empire." โ€œ

Without guards, Useda always feels a little empty in his heart, but the capital of the Ming Empire is really prosperous, there are people everywhere on both sides of the street, and there are many cars and sedans in the middle of the street.

Of course, there is no such scene in the historical capital of the Ming Dynasty, at that time the Ming Dynasty was already crumbling, the center of the world is slowly turning from the east to the west, and the prosperity is just yesterday's yellow flower.

However, since Zhu Cijiong succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty has been thriving, has surpassed any dynasty in history, regardless of economy, military or technology, the Ming Dynasty is far ahead of the current countries in the world, the center of the world, or the Ming! Reading, a better reading experience.