Chapter 49: Currency Exchange during the Warring States Period

In fact! Nor are the ignorant fearless, but! It happened so suddenly that it was impossible to avoid it.

After killing the Prince of Blue Pearl, it is necessary to go after the traitor who stole the goods in time. But because there were not many people and he was not familiar with the prairie, he had to go with Snow Lotus. There's nothing wrong with that! On the caravan's side, they had just defeated the Yiqu people and killed the Lanzhu Prince of Yiqu, and for a while, the Yiqu people would not come back to retaliate.

At that time, Xuelian and others said! After killing the wicked people on the grassland, not only the grassland people were happy, but the people under the Blue Pearl Prince also dispersed. If Lan Zhu's men worked together, they wouldn't be able to win this encounter.

Under Xuelian's interpretation, Bai Gui didn't think much about it. I feel that what Xue Lian said makes sense, even if the Yiqu people come to retaliate, it is not now. So! He decided to go after the traitor.

Furthermore! At that time, the traitor did not run far, and it was entirely possible to recover it. Because! The men of the caravan followed behind the traitor, and the traitor could not run.

Under these reasons, Bai Guicai did not consider it carefully and carefully.

But! I just didn't expect it! After the defeated Yiqu people returned to the base camp, the sworn friends of the Lanzhu prince on the side of the base camp did not know the depths, and immediately chased them back.

Right now! Things have already happened, and they have developed to the point where they are now, and we have to think about what might happen in the future.

Let's not pursue and torture your previous mistakes, or quickly think about what to do next?

Under the analysis of Uncle Wu and others, the situation in the future may be like this: either there is civil strife in Yiqu Kingdom, and King Yiqu himself is unable to protect himself and cannot come to avenge his son. Either! King Yiqu led his army to seek revenge on the caravan.

If there is a civil strife in the country of Yiqu, then! Not only do you not have to worry about everything, but business will be very easy to do. We killed the Prince of Blue Pearl, except for a harm to the prairie, and the prairie people will only be grateful to us. So! This business is much easier. And! Later, it was much easier to do business.

If so! That's a good thing on earth! Kill the Prince of Blue Beads and you're right.

But! What if not?

What if the king of Yiqu Kingdom came desperately to bring troops to take revenge?

So! As a wise person, you can't leave anything to chance. Everything has to be prepared for both, or for the worst.

Right now! Under Uncle Wu's reminder, Xue Lian made a plan for the worst. First, the goods are transported to the nearest place and hidden, and then the goods are transported to various places in batches. If the king of Yiqu does not come to take revenge, he will consider buying the specialties of the steppe and returning the horses to Zhongshan Kingdom. If the king of Yiqu has action and brings his troops over to take revenge, he will have to sell the goods immediately and leave.

Now there is still a problem!

That's the problem of currency!

To know! In the Warring States period, there was no complete monetary system! On the side of the Zhou Dynasty, there was the fiat currency of the Zhou Dynasty. Fiat money, which is money. In addition to the coins of the Zhou Dynasty, the large vassal states all had their own coins.

The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty made money, and the princes and kings under his command also made money, and they also had their own national coins. So! The numismatic management of the Zhou Dynasty was very chaotic. In terms of circulation, other currencies are also allowed to circulate. But! Because of the different weights, when coins are exchanged, they are generally exchanged according to their weight or actual value. As for the exchange unit, there is a handling fee.

Why should it be redeemed on the basis of weight equality?

The reason is simple: the coins are made of copper.

No matter how much money your coins can be used in your country, how many things you can buy, you can't come to our country at this price. The money of your country is used in our country, maybe it is worth it, maybe it is not worth it!

So! Generally, the exchange unit will consider how much money is really worth in the other country. Copper coins have different values depending on the shape and size.

And also! Various factors, such as wars, bumper harvests, and famines, also directly affect whether the money of each country is worth anything, and how much can it be worth? Although they are all made of copper, their value varies from country to country.

Just like coins in modern society, they are made of paper. But! Different images, sizes, and labels have different values. The same was true during the Warring States period, where the shape and size of sword coins or round coins were different, and their value was different. The exchange unit will be exchanged according to the specific situation, just like the foreign exchange in modern society.

The unit of exchange, according to the law, should be a state unit. But! Whether in ancient times or in modern times, there is a black market.

Shang Sheng Baigui was on the black market, exchanging currencies from all countries in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whichever country you want to go to, I'll redeem it for you. But! It's not free, it's charged. Fairness and reasonableness, not fraud, is the way of doing business in Shang Shengbai Gui.

Now Shang Shengbai Gui is facing this problem! No! Is it Bai Gui who is facing this problem: is he selling the goods to the grassland people? Or barter?

Bartering is bartering.

This method of trading has existed both in ancient times and in modern times. I exchange my belongings for your belongings, and I exchange them if I think they are worth it. If you feel that you have suffered a loss, you will not exchange.

And in the vast prairie, it should be said that there are no coins. The coin is there, but! Not very circulating. People are still used to bartering transactions.

In the vast prairie, all kinds of currencies are available. But the steppe people did not know the true value of the coins of various countries, and they owned coins, most of which were collected and compared.

The problem that Bai Gui is facing now is that there are no standard coins on the grassland, and it is impossible to sell them for money and leave. People don't have money, or rather, they don't have a unified coin.

Furthermore! When he came to the grassland to do business, he did not intend to sell for money, but "barter". It is to pull the goods of the Zhou Dynasty to the grassland for horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland. And then! Pull the exchanged grassland Dongdong to the Zhou Dynasty to sell it and make a difference.

It can also be repeated like this, and then use the east and east on the grassland to exchange for the items of the Zhou Dynasty, and then pull where to sell.

If you don't exchange the goods and come back, and you don't have any money, the business is basically a loss.

Xuelian said that her friends were all credible, but Bai Gui felt that Xuelian used to do small business with these people. As a small businessman, people will also tell you about credit, because that bit is not worth much at all. And now! It is bulk cargo. If the value is great, people may have crooked thoughts, and they may want to defect!

All of them are exchanged for goods, what if the king of Yiqu brings his troops over? When the time comes, you won't be able to run at all, and you'll just lose both people and money.

In a word! If it could be turned into coins, it would be easy to do. Quickly sell the goods, turn them into cash, and then slap your ass and leave.

But the problem is that there is no fixed legal tender in the prairie. There is no money, and people do not have the habit of buying things with money!

What to do? It's about to get to the place that Snow Lotus said. Is it an exchange for goods? Or where to store the goods after they come back? Still is?