When has Gu Liang ever seen such a thing as a banknote, isn't it just a piece of broken paper?

The paper is not large, palm-sized, with colorful pigments and patterns on it, as well as some patterns and text.

"Shang! One ...... 100 points! Gu Liang was a little confused, in the middle of the front of the piece of paper, there was a dragon flying phoenix dancing seal script of the word "Shang", on both sides of the words one yuan and one hundred points, on the back of the piece of paper painted a huge "Kun", there is sea water, there is the rising sun, you can vaguely see birds, the printing is exquisite, but can this special one be used as money?

"I'm sorry, the old man made a mistake just now, and he didn't change it for a while, Lang Jun's book should be 2,600 points, that is, 26 yuan, I didn't pay attention to it and said that I missed it, sorry!"

This matter really can't be blamed on this old man, in fact, not only him, but many people on the island are also a little dizzy, the used to use Wen and Guan as a monetary unit, but now it has suddenly become cents and yuan, so that many people are not very comfortable.

"That's infuriating!"

Gu Liang understands that the currency on this island is different from Datang, and it is not the same as the Wa Kingdom, using the currency unit of cents and yuan, which is a bit equivalent to Wen and Guan, but it is a little different, Datang has always been equal to one thousand Wen, and one yuan here is equal to one hundred cents, fortunately, Datang is an open society, there are many metal currencies from the Western Regions, and the currency units used are not the same, which is not difficult to understand.

However, it made Gu Liang a little depressed, whether it was the currency of the Tang Dynasty, or the currency of the Wa Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom, or even the currencies of the countries in the Western Regions, they were all based on metal currency, when did paper become currency.

What made Gu Liang even more angry was that the gold and silver of the same value had depreciated here, and one or two pieces of silver could only be exchanged for two hundred points here, which was equivalent to a direct shrinkage of six times, isn't this bullying people?

Gu Liang, who is angry, doesn't want to buy books anymore, this is buying anger!

I just wanted to leave in a huff, but after thinking about it, I didn't seem to have encountered this kind of thing on the dock, could it be that the merchants who deliberately bullied the island here?

"Is it possible? There must be something greasy in this! ”

This kind of thing is not only in later generations, but also existed in ancient times, and even because of the difference in identity and status, this phenomenon is not much kinder than those profiteers in later generations.

"Old man, there is something unclear, can you solve your doubts?"

The old man was a little sorry, the business he had done in front of him was ruined by himself, but who could be wronged by this? tried his best to make up for it: "Lang Jun, please say?" ”

Gu Liang suppressed the anger in his heart, sorted out his thoughts and said, "When I was at the dock, I used gold and silver, why can't I use it here?" ”

The old man narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "This Lang Jun doesn't know anything, I'm afraid you also know that you are the first batch of merchants to go to the island, and there are no other merchants who have landed on the island before, and there is no money bank on the dock, and there is no ...... exchange for money." ”

Although Zhen Qian was ready to plan the southern main island as a foreign trade island, it was also half a year later, and he didn't expect that the four major scholars in the southeast would land on the island in advance this time, and he naturally didn't have time to set up any money bank on the dock in a hurry.

"Hmm!"

Gu Liang nodded slightly, and learned from the mouths of those guys on the dock that his fleet was indeed the first batch of businessmen to land on the island, and what he said was reasonable, Gu Liang had already believed it in his heart.

And he said, "Then why is paper used as currency instead of copper coins and gold and silver?" ”

"Don't know?" The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head, this was something he could know, and thought about it: "I heard others say that banknotes are easier to carry than copper coins, gold and silver, and they are easy to trade, and they can't be faked, so other old men don't know!" ”

"Easy to carry, easy to trade, can't be faked!"

Gu Liang muttered in his mouth, his eyes lit up, he didn't need to think about it at all, banknotes have many more benefits than copper coins, not to mention that copper coins are divided into bad money, and the weight of copper coins is also a problem, why is it not inconvenient to carry copper coins with gold and silver for bulk transactions?

But Gu Liang still didn't understand, can banknotes be compared with copper coins, gold and silver? Although Gu Liang did not have the financial knowledge of later generations, he immediately realized the hidden worries, banknotes are paper! You can print as much as you want, and the owner of the island here is equivalent to occupying all the gold, silver and copper coins, this person is really insatiable!

"Aren't you afraid that these banknotes will turn into waste paper one day?"

The old man shook his head like a rattle, "No! Lang Jun doesn't believe in the owner of the island, since the money village can exchange gold and silver for banknotes, and naturally allows others to exchange banknotes for gold and silver, how can it be said that it is a piece of waste paper? ”

What Gu Liang could think of, Zhen Qian couldn't have imagined, the common people are not fools, the real stupid ones are the rulers.

What Gu Liang didn't know was that it was not the first day of banknotes, as early as in the wolf's den, he had already begun to circulate banknotes on a small scale, and cultivated a large number of managers of money banks.

What made Gu Liang a little puzzled was why on this island, one tael of silver could only be exchanged for two hundred cents, which was obviously cheating people!

"Don't you have an opinion on the exchange ratio of gold and silver?"

Not to mention Gu Liang, when the servant went to exchange copper coins just now, as soon as he heard that one or two pieces of silver were exchanged for two hundred points, he immediately exploded, and even the servants knew something, it was impossible for the entire island to be a fool.

"Huh! This Langjun doesn't know! With a smug look on his face, the old man reached out and took a green and white teapot on the counter, pecked at the spout and said: "What's wrong with one or two silver exchanging two hundred cents, Datang has a bucket of fresh rice for more than ten cents, and a bucket of fresh rice here is only three cents, the price difference is four or five times, and the exchange ratio of gold and silver is naturally low, Lang Jun thinks he doesn't understand?" ”

"Ugh!" Despised by a bad old man.

Gu Liang was not angry, and immediately showed the problem, it turned out that the price of rice here was so low, no wonder the exchange ratio of gold and silver would be so low, it turned out to be like this!

Gu Liang thought he understood the truth, and it seemed very reasonable to use the price of grain in a place as the standard for gold and silver exchange.

What if you buy grain from here and sell it in the Wa Kingdom?

Gu Liang knew that the Wa Kingdom was in civil strife, and it had already started a war with the Silla State, and together with the war, the price of grain would naturally skyrocket, and the merchants would naturally not do this kind of thing by transporting grain from the Tang Dynasty to the Wa State for sale, so what about buying grain from the Wufeng Islands and selling it to the Wa State? Wouldn't you want to make a lot of money!

As for the gold and silver exchange ratio of the Wufeng Islands, this was not a problem at all, and he immediately changed his face to a smile and asked, "Old man, are merchants allowed to buy grain here?" ”

(End of chapter)

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