Chapter 157: Good Money Drives Out Bad Money
"Big official, didn't you say that you are doing big business? Why are there so many military horses?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Chong, who was talking to General Lu, Du Bai, Gao Yu, Hu Sanniang, Lu Zhishen and others, also smiled, he turned to the two and said: "Two gentlemen, forgive me, Lin Chong is indeed doing big business, but at the same time, he is also the leader of the Liangshan Army who raised the flag and rebelled.
But don't worry, after you go up the mountain, don't rebel with us, just work in the workshop on the mountain, and concentrate on R&D, and the treatment I promised you will not change, even if things are not harmonious, you will not be affected. ”
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and only after half a sound did they react, this "big official" turned out to be the head of the 800,000 forbidden army who rebelled out of the imperial court half a year ago, and Lin Chong, the founder of Juye County, who was enshrined by the official family!
Soon, the two of them thought of a question almost at the same time - since Lin Chong was going to rebel, did he mint gold and silver coins privately or use them privately to trade with the merchant's house?
The two of them didn't know what method Lin Chong would use to cast the gold and silver coins as exquisitely and delicately as the wooden molds and scraps of paper.
But the two knew that once what Lin Chong said was true, such gold and silver coins were made and promoted, it would definitely have a huge impact on the court's banknotes.
Both of them are natives of Bianliang, although they are obsessed with their crafts, they also have families, and they also have to live in Bianjing, where prices are extremely high, and they still know a little about the chaos in the market in Tokyo.
It turned out that in the market of Tokyo City, the main circulation among the common people was the small flat money, and later Cai Jing was in power to cast the top ten coins, so the people kept the small flat money in their hands at home, and gave priority to using the ten dollars in their hands.
After that, the banknotes began to be printed in large quantities, and then when the ten coins became the three coins, people began to use the banknotes and the three coins at the same time.
Later, the more and more banknotes were printed, and they were invalidated every two or three years, and in the end, five or even six or seven old banknotes could be exchanged for new banknotes, and the common people began to refuse to accept the banknotes, but the court forced the people to accept the banknotes, and the copper coins and gold and silver in circulation in the market became more and more (all of which were saved by the rich and middle-class families!). Put yourself in your shoes, what if you are a rich man who has a lot of money, but has nowhere to invest it, so he can only save it? You must give priority to saving gold and silver, in fact, small flat money and all kinds of hard currency such as jewelry and spices, etc., and then try to use the money you pay), what do you use without paying money?
As a result, people had to exchange the money they had on hand as soon as possible, or exchange it for copper coins and various supplies.
But the people who collect money are not fools, the money depreciates every day, a price a day, every time they use the money to argue for their value for a long time, the people who sell things are not willing to accept the money, if you must use the money to increase the price, if you use copper money or even gold and silver to pay, you can reduce the price, which leads to the accelerated depreciation of the banknotes.
During this period of time, the imperial court did its best to fight against the western thieves, and all kinds of materials were continuously transported from Bianjing to Guanxi every day, and military expenses began to be tight, Cai Jing printed a batch of banknotes for military expenses, and more and more banknotes were handed over in the market, and the actual price of banknotes has fallen below 500 Wen, and it is still falling.
Both of them felt that if they continued to fall like this, in a few years, the common people would definitely lose confidence in paying money, even if the court forced the people to use the money, even if there was not enough small flat money to use, and even they could only barter, use spices, silk, and grain to trade, and they were unwilling to accept the money again.
At this time, a huge amount of gold and silver coins and copper dollars suddenly appeared in the market, I wonder what the situation will be?
Presumably the people will be willing to use it, right?
Yesterday, when I was staying in the hotel, when I heard the "big official" say that they would mint silver horns and copper dollars in the future, the two of them were a little strange. Why do you have to mint copper dollars worth ten wen and silver slots worth a thousand wen?
It wasn't until now that the two of them understood that this so-called "big official", the actual big thief Lin Chong, did all this to dig the foot of the imperial court!
As long as there are enough gold coins, silver coins, silver slots, and copper dollars on the market, who will use the money when the time comes......
I'm afraid that when the time comes, the money will become a pile of waste paper......
As long as this Lin Chong can find enough gold, silver and copper...... As long as the gold coins, silver coins, silver horns, and copper dollars minted by Lin Chong really can't be imitated......
Ignoring the daze of the two, Lin Chong smiled at them, and then turned around and talked to Lu Jiang, Du Yan, Gao Yu and others.
Eleven days ago, the Liangshan Army almost went down the mountain to carry out military tasks, and now that all military operations have ended, the three of them came to meet Lin Chong this time, and at the same time, they also wanted to summarize the situation of these military operations and report to Lin Chong.
However, Lin Chong waved his hand, first pulled the golden gunner Xu Ning and the double knife head Tuo over, and introduced to the brothers who came to greet him: "This is my comrade and friend in the Bianliang Forbidden Army, the brother Xu Ning of the golden gunner, with a hook and sickle in one hand, the world's unparalleled hook and sickle marksmanship in the future, my Liangshan Army will have another cavalry general with high martial arts, and everyone can get closer and closer when you have time." ”
Seeing this, everyone immediately greeted Xu Ning with a fist, everyone knew the relationship between Xu Ning and Lin Chong, and they could also see that Lin Chong valued Xu Ning, and they were naturally extremely enthusiastic.
"Sure enough, it's a talent, a heroic ......"
"Brother Xu, everyone will be a family in the future, and if you have time, you have to learn Brother Xu's hook and sickle marksmanship......"
Although Lin Chong didn't say it, everyone also knew that Xu Ning was framed by Gao Yu, so they heard Lu Zhishen say loudly: "Brother Xu Ning, Gao Yu killed you, don't worry, this guy won't be able to bounce for a few days, and when we finish training, we will go and take revenge......
Xu Ning also humbly bowed to everyone in return, along the way, he had already heard that Lin Chong said that there are roughly how many people there are in the Liangshan Army now, how many generals and military divisions, at this time, he saw that the Liangshan Army was solemn and slaughtered to the extreme, and the generals were also heroes, and his heart was also shocked.
Although I have been prepared for a long time, seeing is believing, I didn't expect that Brother Lin Chong is really a god, in less than half a year, he has trained a strong army of more than 10,000 people at once, and recruited so many fierce generals and good generals at once.
It's incredible.
Then Lin Chong pulled Guanghui over again and introduced: "This is a brother, it is the famous double-knife head Tuo Guanghui......