Chapter 858: Let the money fly again

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In the early morning, the sun only showed a small half of its face, and only a few small traders who carried their burdens into the city to do business could only be seen occasionally on the street, but at the dock closest to the drunken immortal residence, the crowd was sensational, but it was very lively.

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's delayed, can you afford it?"

"Be careful, don't fall into the river, otherwise, you won't be able to pay it back even if you do it for ten lifetimes."

I saw a group of big men carrying heavy wooden boxes up to the big cargo ship parked by the river, while Chen Anan was standing by the river and commanding with his throat, his face was extremely cautious.

But it's no wonder that this box doesn't contain anything else, it's really money, boxes of copper coins, the total number is close to 10,000. These money is the third payment that Zuixianju wants to transport to Hangzhou.

Tired!

The boatman was tired of carrying, Chen Anan shouted that he was tired, and Li Qi on the side looked tired.

In the future, if you want to call up funds, you can get it with a phone call, but now, it is simply a vast project, thanks to the fact that business is not developed today, but then again, it is so difficult to even transfer funds, where can business go.

But the passers-by just looked at it and left, without any curiosity, because since the imperial court wanted to reorganize Jiangnan, almost every once in a while, you can see such a large number of people transporting goods or copper coins at every wharf.

Li Qi sighed and said, "It's really troublesome." ”

Mrs. Qin, who was standing beside him, glanced at him and said lightly, "Are you too troublesome?" Our business in the capital is enough, and the money you earn can't be spent in ten lifetimes, but you are not greedy enough, and you want to go to Jiangnan to open a store, which is all your own fault. ”

Due to the customs of the Northern Song Dynasty, cargo ships traveled, and as proprietors, they had to choose an auspicious time to worship the river god, so both of them had to be present.

Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Madam." I'm not saying it's a hassle to open a store, I'm saying it's a hassle to ship money. In addition, the huge amount of money floating on the surface of the river, and the people with poor psychological literacy have to worry all day long and cannot sleep at night. ”

Mrs. Qin said: "Everyone is like this, and you are not alone. ”

"Oh, that's true of everybody," argued Richie, "that means it must be right." What kind of fallacy is this? ”

Mrs. Qin's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Then what do you think?" ”

Li Qi said depressedly: "Aren't I thinking, anyway, it's definitely not a way to go on like this." It's a pity that Jiaozi has existed in name only, and if you can replace these bulky copper coins with a piece of paper, it would be really better. ”

Mrs. Qin pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "It's not that there is no way. ”

Li Qi sighed and hurriedly asked, "What did Madame say this?" ”

Mrs. Qin said: "I remember that in the previous dynasty, those merchants used flying money to do business, and later they were replaced by Jiaozi of our dynasty. ”

"Flying money?"

Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, and said, "I remember, I once saw this flying money in a book about money. It is said that it began in the Tang Dynasty, and it is only a form of exchange, not a currency in the strict sense. ”

Mrs. Qin nodded and said, "In order to make up for the lack of coins and the circulation, the previous dynasty created this kind of flying money. The merchant only had to hand over the coins to the government. Explain where they are going, and the government will send a voucher to the merchant and ask them to go to the designated place to withdraw the coin, and so on. But it's much more convenient. ”

Saying that, she sighed lightly and said, "Actually, our friendship is more convenient, but it's a pity." She finished. Seeing that Li Qi was very quiet, he turned his head curiously, saw Li Qi silent, and shouted softly: "Li Qi, Li Qi, what are you thinking?" ”

Li Qi was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "It's not a pity, I thought that the reason why Jiaozi ended up like this is because it appeared too early, and there is no complete system to support him, and it is strange if it is not invalidated." ”

Mrs. Qin nodded and said, "What you said seems to have some truth. ”

Li Qi glanced at it and said with a smile: "Madam, you don't usually seem to know how to do business at all, and you dare to hide your affection." Hehe, it doesn't mean that you want to take less responsibility and pretend to be stupid, right? ”

Mrs. Qin glared slightly, and said, "Pretending to be stupid, isn't this your favorite method to use?" Besides, this flying money is recorded in books, even those scholars and talented people know about this flying money, but will they do business? ”

"That's right."

Li Qi smiled and said, "Madam, you are erudite and talented, or you can talk to me about this flying money." ”

Mrs. Qin said cautiously: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Learn, learn! I'm a very studious person. ”

"Why don't I see that? However, I also don't know much about flying money, why don't you ask Taishi Cai, he must know very well. ”

"That's right, that old master is proficient in the way of money." Li Qi said with a smile on the corner of his mouth

The next morning!

Song Huizong sat on the dragon chair and laughed for a while before he said, "Young Yin of Kaifeng Mansion can you do it?" ”

Wang Ding immediately stood up and said, "Weichen is here." ”

Song Huizong smiled and said: "I received a letter of submission yesterday evening, this case is very tricky, I can't think of a solution for a while, you have tried countless cases, and you are extremely experienced, I want to ask you for advice, you Aiqing can also help me think about it." ”

"Weichen doesn't dare to be." Wang Ding was busy and said: "I don't know who is accusing in this case, and I want to trouble the saint." ”

Song Huizong waved his hand and said, "This case is not a complainant. ”

"Huh? What is that? ”

"Copper coins." Song Huizong said with a smile.

"Copper coins?"

Wang Ding's eyes suddenly burst out, and he was stunned.

The ministers were also extremely curious, whispering.

Song Huizong's eyes swept and said, "That's right." It came to pass that a merchant wanted to borrow a neighbor's ox to help him carry four boxes of copper coins into Beijing for trading, and promised to give him a certain reward. The neighbor agreed, but on the way, the ox was crushed to death because the four boxes of copper coins were too heavy, so the neighbor went to the merchant to claim compensation, but the merchant refused to compensate, and said, 'Your ox is not crushed to death by me, and you are looking for me to compensate.' What the reason. When the neighbor heard this, he felt that it was reasonable, so he sued the four boxes of copper coins, saying that these four boxes of copper coins had crushed his cattle to death, and hoped to get compensation, and that it was illegal to kill cattle in my Great Song Dynasty, but these copper coins were not human, and could not be interrogated, so I could not think of any way to be fair and just. I am very distressed! ”

Wang Ding said: "If this is the case, the money owner should compensate the cattle owner, his words are obviously strong words." ”

Song Huizong waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, neither of them thought that this cow would be exhausted to death, so it was not explained in advance, and this is what you and I want, if you want to ask the guilt and the money." It's unfair to them. ”

"This."

Wang Ding was a little speechless, if he interrogated the case, he would have to give the money owner and the cattle owner a beating, and one would be forced. The other one is unreasonable, you either sue people, sue for copper money, isn't this idle and idle to play people. It's a pity that he is facing the emperor, of course he can't say that, but he can't think of a good way to solve it for a while.

Gao Yu suddenly said, "Your Majesty." Wechen has a law, maybe it works. ”

"Oh? I don't know what Gao Aiqing's plan is? ”

Gao Yu said: "Since the owner of the cow sued the copper coins, and the fact is that the four boxes of copper coins crushed the cow, in addition, the owner of the money shirked his responsibility, then the four boxes of copper coins should be taken into custody for trial, and ordered to compensate the owner of the cow, so that both the owner of the money and the owner of the cow have nothing to say." ”

Song Huizong laughed and said, "Okay." Aiqing's plan is wonderful! ”

When the ministers heard the emperor's applause, they couldn't help but be stunned, and then they understood that those four boxes of copper coins could crush a cow to death, but it is conceivable that there must be a lot of them, and it is more than enough to compensate a cow.

Song Huizong said to Li Qi again: "Li Qi, Taiwei's method, are you satisfied?" ”

As soon as the ministers heard this, they immediately understood that the piece of paper must have come from Li Qi's hand, and they all cheered up, knowing that Li Qi had lowered the price of grain by borrowing a plum blossom cake last time, and he didn't know what he was going to do this time.

Li Qi stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen is very satisfied, the reason is that this copper coin is too bulky, and it can't even bear the weight of a cow, let alone a person?" If it's a person on your back, and that person dies, you can't pay for it! However, without this copper coin, this transaction would not have been completed, which is really distressing! ”

Song Huizong smiled and said, "Okay, don't beat around the bush, what do you want to say?" ”

Li Qi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, in recent days, under the convening of the Bureau of Commerce, our businessmen in the capital have agreed to go to Jiangnan to do business, but recently, there have been businessmen who have come to the Commerce Bureau to complain, saying that there are too many copper coins, too heavy, and the cargo ships, horses, and donkeys that transport copper coins are extremely limited, plus so many businessmen go to Jiangnan at the same time, they have to wait for a long time before they can set off, which may delay business opportunities and lag behind people. One step ahead of others and one step slower than others, the result is the difference between the abyss, but this copper coin is not indispensable, which makes them very anxious, so they want to ask the Bureau of Commerce to help them think of a way. ”

Because of the case leading the way, Song Huizong was quickly able to empathize, nodded frequently, and said, "Then have you come up with a way?" ”

Li Qi replied: "Wechen meditated for a few nights, but Wuzi didn't come up with a way, so I went to consult the Taishi yesterday, and after the Taishi listened, he helped Weichen come up with a plan, which may be able to solve the urgent need." ”

Song Huizong sighed, turned his head to Cai Jing and said, "I don't know what Cai Aiqing has planned?" ”

Cai Jing saluted and said: "Back to the emperor, the word "wonderful strategy", the old minister is ashamed, in fact, the old minister also wants to borrow the law of the ancestors to solve the current urgency. Lao Chen thought that he could solve this problem with the flying money of the previous dynasty. ”

"Flying money?" Although Song Huizong doesn't pay much attention to the government, he still knows the root of this flying money, and no matter how he says it, he is also the king of a country! Nodding his head, he said, "That's a good idea." ”

Cai You suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks this is too much. ”

(To be continued)