"Uncle Guo, do you have any ideas when you see that the bronze mirror is so expensive and hundreds of times more profitable?"

Wang Ningan asked with a smile while drinking tea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Tong pouted, "I still don't understand your fancy intestines." Now that you have a copper mine, you must want to make a big copper mirror and make a good profit! ”

Cao Yan smiled and came to Wang Ning'an's side, and said with a smile: "Erlang, our buddy's friendship, I am going to give you that farm as a wedding gift, how about it, are you satisfied?" ”

Wang Ningan put down the teacup, crossed Erlang's legs, and said unceremoniously: "If you had told me before, it would have been a generous gift, and I would have to accept your affection, but now if you tell me, it will be different." ”

Cao Tong said: "The common people often say, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, how about it, how many shares do you make a bronze mirror for your brother?" ”

"Not at all." Wang Ningan shook his fingers.

No way?

Cao Tong was very unhappy, he stepped on the chair with one foot, and said angrily: "Do you have long eyes? I worked hard to clean up that farm a few months ago, and it was built according to the new house, you don't think I'm improvised, right? ”

If you want to say that Uncle Cao Guo is really a friend, Wang Ning'an already knew about his actions, stood up, and patted Cao Tong on the shoulder, "Brother, you are interesting enough, the little brother knows it." I won't let you get involved because it's not profitable. ”

Cao Tong shook his head like a rattle, "Wang Ning'an, you lie!" You kid has never been profitable, if you don't make money, I won't believe it! ”

No matter what you say, you just don't believe it, and Wang Ningan can't do anything.

At this moment, the young man ran in from outside, followed by an official in a green robe, his name was Yang Longsheng, who was the supervisor of the money prison.

He hurriedly said with a smile: "The lower officials don't know that Lord Wang and Uncle Guo are coming, and they are not welcome, and they ask Uncle Guo for forgiveness." ”

Wang Ningan smiled: "Excuse me, we came suddenly and wanted to ask about some information." ”

Yang Longsheng hurriedly replied, "The lower officials must know everything and say everything." ”

"Well, how much money does the capital money supervisor mint every year, and how many materials do you need? ＂

"Back to my lord, the Bianjing Money Supervisor mints 120,000 yuan of coinage every year, and requires 500,000 catties of copper, 180,000 catties of lead, and 60,000 catties of tin."

A money prison is 120,000 guan, and there are a total of 18 money prisons in the Great Song Dynasty, and on average, the output of 2 million guan is a year's money supply, which is similar to the statistics everywhere.

"Let me ask you again, why did this money eunuch make a bronze mirror?"

Yang Longsheng said with a smile: "Adults may not know that the copper mirror and money are made of copper, and they are both round, with some ornamentation, the raw materials are the same, and the process is similar." Over the years, the imperial court has strictly banned copper, and people are not allowed to make copper mirrors privately, so the copper mirrors are made by Qian Jian with marks on them, and there will be no mistakes. ”

Cao Tong said curiously: "Lord Yang, according to what you said, copper mirrors and copper are made of copper, but a one-pound copper mirror is worth dozens of times, why don't you all make copper mirrors, wouldn't that make more money?" ”

Yang Longsheng hurriedly waved his hand, "Uncle Guo said with a smile, the money supervisor is minting coins for the imperial court, how can he patronize a little profit in front of him." Besides, there are regulations on how much money is minted every year, and it can't be bad. If they are all used to make bronze mirrors, how to make money? The Great Song Dynasty lacks copper, and we need more than 100,000 catties of copper ingots to buy from the private sector every year, and it is not enough to rely on the copper ingots given by the imperial court, where dare to waste it. ”

Cao Tong was even more confused, "I said Lord Yang, isn't it contradictory to what you say?" Since you say that copper is not enough, why do you still make mirrors, why don't you mint money? ”

"Uncle Guo doesn't know, if you don't make a copper mirror, how can you have the money to collect copper?"

Cao Yan's eyes widened, and he was still confused for a long time, but Wang Ningan could hear it clearly.

Due to the lack of copper mines in the imperial court and the need to mint money, it was necessary to implement a copper ban to ensure that the limited copper resources were used for coinage. However, as a result, there was a shortage of copperware, and the price became more and more outrageous and distorted.

It's easy to say anything else, the bronze mirror for dressing, that's something that all women can't live without.

Just like buying a house and getting married in later generations, getting married in the Great Song Dynasty is also inseparable from the bronze mirror. Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty was richer than the previous dynasties, and bronze ware was no longer the exclusive domain of the high-ranking families. When I first came, I saw those simple bronze mirrors, which were prepared for ordinary people.

The necessities of the common people are inseparable from the imperial court, and how to distribute the limited copper has become a big problem. Therefore, the imperial court of the Great Song Dynasty stipulated that the bronze mirror must have money to supervise the production, and even stipulated the size of the copper mirror, so as not to cause waste.

The money supervisor has to complete the coinage quota stipulated by the imperial court, but the copper material is scarce, and there is a deprivation and deduction, and often the copper material in hand is missing a large section, and the task cannot be completed.

Under persecution, they came up with a way that was not a way, selling copper mirrors at a high price, and after making money, they collected copper materials from the people to fill the deficit.

After figuring out these reasons, Cao Tong suddenly realized, no wonder some people said before that the money supervisor would lose money! The loss is in the copper material!

Sometimes the price of copper is very expensive, a pound of copper costs more than a dozen yuan, and some times, it even reaches 20 yuan.

"You guys are also stupid, just take the copper money you get from selling the copper mirror to make up the money, what copper materials do you bother to buy?"

Yang Longsheng grinned bitterly, "Uncle Guo, what the imperial court wants is new money, and it is strictly forbidden to recast the copper coins in good condition, and we have no choice but to make this decision." ”

Wang Ningan listened carefully to Yang Longsheng's introduction, and walked around the Qian Jian in person, and in the afternoon, he and Cao Tong took a carriage back to the city.

On the way, Cao Tong kept asking Wang Ning'an, "Erlang, you haven't said it yet, what business do you want to do?" ”

"Bronze mirror." Wang Ningan said simply.

Cao Tong screamed again, "The surname Wang, you can't be so tricky, didn't I just say, you want to make money with the bronze mirror?" ”

"Wrong, I'm going to lose money!"

"How is that possible? The bronze mirror is so expensive, how can you pay for it? ”

Wang Ningan suddenly smiled mysteriously, "I'm going to sell the bronze mirror cheaply, 30 times, I only sell 3 pieces, do you think there is still a lot of money?" ”

……

Vertical arch hall, after Wang Ning'an inspected, came to report to Zhao Zhen, he kept talking, and told Zhao Zhen what he saw and heard.

"Weichen thinks there is a very ridiculous thing and wants to start His Majesty."

"Speak."

"The price of copper mirrors on the market is the cheapest, and the price of copper is unusually high, far exceeding the cost, and it has reached the point of sickness. In the final analysis, it lies in two words: copper ban! ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "The copper ban measures have existed for generations, and my Great Song Dynasty is no exception, Wang Qing has now found a source of copper ore, maybe the copper ban can be gradually relaxed, but it cannot be abolished, otherwise it will shake the country." ”

Obviously, Zhao Zhen still insists on the copper ban, even if there are more copper mines, he does not dare to relax easily.

Wang Ning'an took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for advice, what harm will there be if the price of bronze is high?" ”

"Wang Qing, it is obvious that the common people have to pay more costs, it is not that I am not sympathetic to the suffering of the people, but there is a shortage of money and copper!"

"I think there is a more important harm!" Wang Ningan shook his head, "Your Majesty, the high price of copper naturally brings about high copper prices, high copper materials, and an increase in the cost of coinage, which also causes the absurd situation of losing money, I don't know if Your Majesty thinks so?" ”

Rumble!

Zhao Zhen was hit by a powerful bomb, and his head was a little dizzy.

"Wang Qing, my intuition has made it clear."

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that blindly imposing a copper ban would cause a tight market, and as a result, the price of copper artifacts had been raised to an abnormally high level. Although the imperial court can get some benefits through the monopoly of copper mirrors, but most of these benefits are swallowed up by the cost of minting money, and as a result, the common people have to bear the outrageous price, and the imperial court does not earn much benefit, and the real benefits fall into the hands of those wealthy businessmen and nobles who master the copper material. ”

Wang Ningan studied the situation of Qian Jian and found that the housing prices were very similar to those in later generations, and the logic of both was similar.

First of all, land is scarce, so it must be strictly controlled, so it will push up the price of land, and the Great Song Dynasty pushed up the price of copper because of the lack of copper, the same situation.

Next, land is expensive, houses are inevitably expensive, copper is expensive, and the cost of minting money is high.

The common people of later generations suffered high housing prices, and the common people of the Great Song Dynasty suffered high copper prices.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, high housing prices will inevitably cause mortgage loans, borrowing money to buy a house, and paying the mortgage every month, and the result is that the mortgage crowds out consumption, reduces the quality of life, and makes people very stressed, as if the strings are tight, and they can't relax for a moment. The most terrible thing is that the mortgage is equivalent to compressing consumption, resulting in the overall lack of consumption in the society, and then the problem of overcapacity...... If we really calculate it well, the price paid by the whole society is far from being compensated by the land finance......

He has no say in the future Wang Ning'an, but in the Great Song Dynasty, he still has a chance.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the first thing to solve the money shortage is to solve the copper shortage, and the key is to lift the copper ban, increase the supply of copperware, push down the price of copper, reduce the cost of coinage, and the money prison can operate safely without a deficit. And after the price of copper came down, those who used to hoard a lot of copper had to take it out and sell it. If the supply increases further, the money shortage will be much better. On the side of Jiaozhi and Dali, if you work hard to open a mine, there may be three or five years, and the money shortage in the Great Song Dynasty can be solved. ”

Very shocking! Very thought-provoking!

Zhao Zhen carefully thought about Wang Ning'an's point of view, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt. In the past, in response to the shortage of money, he just wanted to desperately mint money, and even melted all the bronze utensils.

But don't forget, the people's lives are inseparable from copper, the more emphasized, the more encircled and intercepted, the more distorted the price of copper, making hundreds of pounds of copper coins, not in exchange for a copper mirror, no matter how you look at it is unreasonable.

Since it is unreasonable, it is bound to be full of contradictions and difficult to sustain.

Wang Ningan did the opposite, lifted the copper ban, and let the copper price come down first, this trick is indeed fresh and worth trying!

"Wang Qing, you carefully draw up a list of papers, and I will immediately issue an order to abolish the copper ban!"