Chapter 166: Silver Ticket
Huge profits, which make businessmen from various countries hesitate.
After all, "Fables" is just such a copy, although both in terms of craftsmanship and content, it is beyond the reach of today's countries, but after all, there are so many people who can read and write, and even fewer who can pay the price.
Follow-up weakness is certain.
"Lord Yan, there is another owner behind our caravan, with our own power, we can't take out so much silver at once, can we be accommodating?" An old man with a face all over his face asked.
"A certain is willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as a contribution to the school."
"I also hope that Lord Yan will have a few kind words, I am grateful, and there will be a report in the future."
Yan Hua stroked his beard, groaned slightly, and said, "Donating silver is a righteous act, and this official will explain it clearly to His Majesty, as for this amount...... For Your Majesty, as long as it is not filled, it is a headache after all, if you have a heart, you may wish to make a commitment with Your Majesty first, donate half of it first, and wait for the remaining deficiency to earn silver, and then make up for it when you cooperate in the future, so that Your Majesty can be relieved, and do not delay your time, it is really a lot of money. β
"......" Everyone looked at each other and thought about it.
"In this way, it will be annoying to the adults, so our nine caravans will put together and try to scrape together 300,000 taels of silver, I don't know if it's okay?"
Yan Hua nodded: "The silver is not much, but the heart." β
"......" Everyone was slandered, and suddenly one of them said: "There is another matter I want to implore my lord, and I will mention it to the emperor of your country a little." β
"Oh? Please speak. β
"I have come all the way and donated so much silver to your country's school, it can be said that I am sincere, and I ask your Excellency to explain to Your Majesty, this ...... After all, everyone is an acquaintance, and the business will be much easier in the future, and then those caravans will ......"
When Yan Hua heard this, he immediately interrupted him: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" I see what you mean! β
"So, my lord has agreed to introduce me to only nine caravans!" Everyone's eyes lit up and they were overjoyed.
"This official will play His Majesty, as for whether it can be successful, it depends on His Majesty's decision." Yan Hua was unhurried and said.
The hearts of the people who had just been fiery suddenly seemed to be poured down by a basin of water.
How can such ambiguous rhetoric reassure everyone?
However, there is no way, it is better than dragging it down and letting the rest of the caravan pick peaches, and each caravan will pay 50,000 taels of silver, as long as you can transport tens of thousands of books back, then you can return to the capital.
If you can't return to your capital, then there is no need to continue doing business, and the remaining 400,000 taels of silver are naturally impossible to talk about.
As a result, the halls of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly became busy.
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Yang Mu looked at a booklet in his hand and laughed heartily.
This is the price that makes me unhappy!
That's right, in his eyes, 300,000 taels is secondary, giving the group of businessmen a lesson, and this is what makes him laugh.
Thinking of those people who were reluctant to pay for money, he felt comfortable for a while, and finally let out a sigh of relief, letting them know the majesty of the emperor of a country.
As for the three hundred thousand taels of silver......
Yang Mu looked at the handful of tissue paper in front of him.
This is the silver ticket of this world.
However, it is slightly different from the ancient Chinese silver tickets, each silver ticket is the size of a book, covered with dense seals, and dense patterns, it seems that it should also be pressed down by a large seal.
Silver ticket?
Yang Mu was very surprised, you know, the essence of money is the general equivalent, paper money itself has no value, it is just a currency symbol, the basis of issuance is national credit, and in this world, how do so many vassal states unify and issue the same currency?
Aren't you afraid of forgery?
Yang Mu looked left and right, and he probably understood.
The amount of these silver bills is not particularly huge, and the maximum face value is only one hundred taels.
And on it, there are dozens of stamps accumulated, arranged in an orderly manner, each with its own characteristics, and in the upper right corner, there is also the inscription "Forged Chop".
"Yan Hua, are you sure that these silver tickets can be spent?" Yang Mu shook the handful of paper in his hand, always a little suspicious, the paper of these silver tickets is not as good as the quality of the paper mill, and the credit is questionable.
Yan Hua wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in fear: "Your Majesty, when the minister first saw it, he also thought it was incredible, and later those foreign merchants explained, saying that these silver tickets are universal, and they can be exchanged for silver in some big money houses, and these merchants go out to do big business, and the silver is too bulky, so they all act like this." β
Yang Mu's eyes lit up: "It's okay between countries?" β
"This ...... Those merchants said that it was limited to those merchants, and that the transactions between countries were generally made of silver, and ordinary people did not use silver tickets. β
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Yang Mu was a little speechless, this work was done meticulously, I originally wanted to rely on my own technology to let Cangguo forge a batch, but I didn't expect this silver ticket to sound like that, but the liquidity is completely unequal to ancient China, the role of these silver tickets is equivalent to consignment, just to facilitate businessmen from all over the world.
And Cangguo did not have a semicolon of the bank, so he directly received such a stack of silver tickets, and when the time came, he needed to send someone to make a special trip to the money bank in Dasheng Country to exchange it.
Yang Mu had an idea and asked, "Have you ever asked, how is this silver ticket made?" Who makes it? β
Yan Hua said: "The ministers were not very relieved at the beginning, so they all asked one by one, it is said that every time the princes meet the alliance, the emperors of various countries gather together, make a batch of silver tickets on the spot, and write on the alliance that if there is forgery and cover-up, the world will attack it." β
No way!
Yang Mu swallowed his saliva.
It seems that I really responded to that sentence, as long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties.
Is this model very similar to the euro in later generations?
When the countries will be united, the silver ticket will be made, and the countries of the alliance will recognize its legitimacy, and carry out the most effective anti-counterfeiting for it, dozens of hundreds of seals stamped on, plus a string of ticket numbers, it is simply the most effective anti-counterfeiting technology in this era.
You know, the leaders of the alliance are all powerful countries, so naturally they want to start free trade or something, so it's not surprising that in order to improve the portability of trade, such a thing was made.
Those weaker countries can also attract businessmen from all over the world to do business in the country by joining this silver ticket system.
Multilateral win-win!
Yang Mu sighed, it seems that he was really lonely before, just with such a silver ticket, it can be seen that the world does not seem to be completely chaotic as he thought, at least in some common interests, there are still some hidden rules.
This is a very embarrassing thing.
Cangguo, there is no money bank!
Not to mention Qianzhuang, even he, the emperor, didn't know that there was such a thing as a silver ticket before.
It can be seen from this that the three countries of Zheng, Cang, and Shen are indeed barbarian lands in the eyes of those princely powers, no wonder the Dasheng Kingdom is too lazy to make a big effort.
"Well, they also said that the other 400,000 taels of silver will be paid off slowly?" Yang Mu asked again.
"Your Majesty, they did promise." Yan Hua was a little embarrassed, morally speaking, 700,000 taels were all in the name of donations, and it was a bit inappropriate to pay off this word......
Yang Muke doesn't care if he owes it or not, anyway, they have made up their minds for this money, and it would be good if there was no additional interest.
300,000 taels, a lot......
Hey?
Suddenly, Yang Mu remembered something, frowned and asked, "Do you know, how is the inflation in those vassal states?" β
"This ...... The minister is stupid, and he does not refer to what inflation is, please make it clear to His Majesty. β
"Well, it's not easy to explain this, so let's go and ask, how much does it cost to buy a bun in their country? How much does it cost to buy a hundred catties of rice, okay, you step down and let those merchants come to you. β
"Yes! Minister, retireβ" ()