Chapter 189: Looking Up at the Stars
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Leaving the mint, Zhao Lian was still unsatisfied, so he had to pull Ye Shi to talk about coinage and numismatics.
So, Ye Shi followed him to Zhao Lu's study, and together with Tang Yushi, around the topic of Zhao Luan, he talked about the new currency system that Mao Geng wanted to do.
For Mao Geng to make this "circle" for no reason, it has always been equal to ten yuan, and the meaning of the word "circle" is also good, the three of them just think that Mao Geng deliberately wants to be ingenious, but this is a special zone, everything is special, and everyone is not surprised. Therefore, Mao Geng made some new tricks on coins, which was also expected, if he didn't come to something special, he wouldn't be Mao Geng.
But Tang Yushi calculated the account for Mao Geng:
"Mao made this coin, it seems that not only does it not make money, but it also seems to have to be pasted."
When Zhao Yan heard this, he was immediately very interesting, Mao Geng has always been a winner in the business field, if Mao Geng is engaged in a business without four or five percent of the profits, I believe that Mao Geng himself will be embarrassed to say, when is Mao Geng willing to post the book!
Zhao Yan smiled:
"Do you really get it! Maote made money, we couldn't understand it, and when he made a lot of money, we woke up like a dream. I think you must be wrong. ā
"The subordinates have calculated it repeatedly. For example, ten yuan is consistent, one tael of silver is three times, that is, three ten yuan silver coins, one or two silver is 4o grams, ten yuan silver coins need to use 12 grams of silver, three ten yuan silver coins are thirty-six grams, and copper must be added. After calculation, the three ten-yuan silver coins are only 1.33 grams less than 1.33 grams of silver, and the book is only a saving of 10% of silver, but there is a loss when smelting, and there is also a loss when grinding. ā
Zhao Lian carefully reminisced about it, and asked Tang Yushi to calculate it again on paper, as if Tang Yushi had not calculated anything wrong, so he turned around and asked Ye Shi:
"Mr. Zheng, Mao Geng's coinage will lose money, do you believe it?"
Ye Shi shook his head, in fact, Ye Shi also had doubts about Mao Geng's coinage at such a cost, Ye Shi also asked Mao Geng, but what he got was a vague statement, Ye Shi had to say his understanding:
"Guogong, what Mao Te did, you can't be reasonable, Mao Geng told me, it's not to lose money, it's not to make a profit, since Mao Geng said that it won't lose money, I guess there may be a little profit. Mao Geng told me that in the future, stocks on the exchange will be denominated in yuan, and in the future, all stocks will be bought and sold in the new coins of the Special Administrative Region. I don't think anyone will refuse to exchange the silver and copper coins in their hands for the new SAR currency, after which it is convenient to buy and sell stocks, and they are not afraid of depreciation. I think, even if the minting is not profitable, the exchange transaction is charged, the so-called intra-topic loss is made up for the off-topic, the minting is not profitable, and the exchange earns back, Mao Geng is about to play this idea. ā
Zhao Yan listened, pondered for a while, shook his head, and said:
"Mr. Zheng, I think that Mao Geng's coinage finally fell on the exhibition bank he said, the coinage is not profitable, but the exhibition bank may make a lot of money because of it. Isn't the bank about to raise shares? In my opinion, we have to find a way to take a little more shares. ā
Not to mention, Zhao Lu's guess is the closest to the truth of the facts. Speaking of Zhan Bank, Ye Shi also heard Mao Geng say that Ye Shi thought that Mao Geng deliberately set up a bank to lend usury, but Mao Geng flatly denied it, Ye Shi only knew that the money in this era was all usury, which was called making profits with money. Mao Geng worked so hard to mint coins in order to run a bank with a very dubious profit model, which is a bit incredible. If you have money, even if you don't lend usury, the monthly interest rate of 20% or 30% in the era of the Great Song Dynasty is already a conscience price, why do you have to do so cumbersome!
Of course, as Guogong said, Mao Geng makes money, everyone can't understand it, just like an exchange, Mao Geng's net worth skyrocketed overnight, and by the way, many people also became rich overnight, who would have thought before that! Those who were forced to pay money to buy the shares of Deer Head Soap did not understand the value of the original shares of Deer Head Soap, and many of them transferred the shares to others at a discount, and now they even regret it. So, I'm really not sure about this.
Speaking of which, the three of them finally formed a consensus that Mao Geng will never make money without making money, nor will he only make a little money, as Mao Geng said - there is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason! Mao Geng will never go to great lengths to mint new coins for no reason, and there must be a profit model hidden in it that people can't understand.
It's a pity that Mao Geng is fully engaged, busy with the trial production of Zhuge Repeater for the construction of the Great Song Dynasty Qiangjun, it is not good to disturb him, but Zhao Luan can't help it, so he sent someone to invite 6 Jiuyuan, I don't know what the always wise 6 Jiuyuan thinks. Zhao Lian made up his mind, and left 6 Ye and the two of them to have dinner in the evening, and after dinner, he would discuss with 6 Jiuyuan how to use the high-powered telescope to observe the sky at night, and he would definitely benefit a lot.
6 Jiuyuan did not approve of the theory of making money by minting money, but said something else:
"Guogong, I see that there are indeed drawbacks in the matter of coins, and now there are many drawbacks in the three-year meeting, which is full of drawbacks, Mao Geng's move is to find another way, and want to try a safe way to make money, Mao Geng has told me many times that there are pros and cons to the meeting now, and he also wants to try a new method to see if it is feasible. In Mao Geng's words, this is called 'crossing the river by feeling the stones', anyway, the special zone is not big, if this method is good, the court can also learn from it, if not, there is no loss. ā
Seeing that in addition to Ye Shi, Zhao Lu and Tang Yushi were still full of questions, 6 Jiuyuan said solemnly:
"Yisheng wants to make money, there are more doorways, why bother thankless to mint coins! You've done it all, and the coinage is not profitable at all. Maybe with the new currency, it is good for buying and selling stocks, and it is good for opening a bank in Yisheng's mouth, but Guogong has thought about it, and it is not good for the people! I dare to guarantee this matter, Yisheng is just to do a good deed, to benefit the country and the people, and to benefit himself and the world. ā
6 Jiuyuan said that it is not bad, the more the Southern Song Dynasty came later, the more paper money was abused, and inflation reached an alarming level, the reason why the Southern Song Dynasty perished, the weak political and military strength was one aspect, and the abuse of paper money was also a fatal factor, and the filial piety Dynasty left the sequelae of indiscriminate paper money, but Zhao Yan was more restrained. Paper money was originally an advanced financial means, but unfortunately, the Southern Song Dynasty banknotes were neither linked to gold, nor to silver, and certainly not to copper coins.
If Mao Geng re-bills in the Special Administrative Region, the credibility of the court will definitely not be as good as the court's meeting, but I am afraid that people may not buy it. Therefore, Mao Geng decided to make metal coins full of real gold, and Mao Geng was ready to let the gold standard come out in advance.
In order to ensure credibility, Mao Geng would rather not count the cost of coinage, but also to ensure the real material, for this reason, it is likely that the final minting is only less than 3% of a small profit, which is still strictly controlled in the case of cost can barely be done, if you want to share it with the bank, it is good not to lose. Of course, after the new coins, it was obviously very beneficial to the Zhan Bank, and it was not purely to set a benchmark for the Great Song Coin Company.
6 After Jiuyuan set the tone, it was not good to continue to discuss this topic, for Mao Geng's character, everyone present admitted that Mao Geng was still very positive, and no one dared to deny that Mao Geng just wanted to do a good thing to inject positive energy into the Great Song Dynasty this time. But small talk, opinions and opinions are all personal judgments anyway, and in the end, you have to speak with facts, and in less than three months, you can see a clue, so the topic ends here.
Later, Zhao mentioned that there are more and more new technologies in the Special Economic Zone, and heavy technologies such as coinage should be kept secret to avoid plagiarism.
6 Jiuyuan took the opportunity to build yƬ road:
"Guogong, Xia Guan also talked to Mao Te, gunpowder, mines, cannons, there are many rumors outside, the golden people must have eyeliner here, and the golden people will covet it when they hear it. Maud has secretly arranged for a dozen people to set up a security bureau dedicated to preventive surveillance. It is better for the Guogong to select capable personnel and expand the security bureau set up by Maote to prevent the leakage of technology, and the security bureau is not limited to the special zone, and the whole of Taiwan must be guarded against monitoring. ā
After hearing this, Zhao Jian felt that this was indeed the case, and in addition, Mao Geng had said many times that he should pay attention to collecting all kinds of intelligence, and this security bureau could also carry out intelligence work.
That night, the bright moon was in the sky, just watching the sky at night, at this moment, Zhao Lian and 6 Jiuyuan stood on the roof of the Guogong Xingyuan, looking up at the starry sky in the moonlight.
This is the first time Zhao Lian has looked at the starry sky with the help of a high-powered telescope, but the effect is disappointing, what is on the moon, Zhao Lian still has no feeling. Not to mention that this is just a high-powered telescope, even if you look at it with the astronomical telescopes of later generations, you can't see a single reason.
Zhao Lu was a little dizzy, and then there was the following dialogue:
"Is the moon really a ball? Does it really revolve around the Earth? Zhao asked.
"So it seems." , 6 Jiuyuan replied.
"Does the earth really revolve around the sun? Does it really still rotate? ā
"This statement also seems to make sense, assuming it is true, and it is simple to explain day and night."
"In this way, Mr. Xiangshan has been observing the sky every day for a while, and the more he looks at it, the more he feels that what Mao Geng said is very reasonable, is that so?"
"As the Oka said."
"I also feel more and more that what Mao Geng said makes sense, Mr. Xiangshan, I look at the globe, there is a narrow 6 places to the west of the sea to block the sea route, I heard that this place is called the Kra Isthmus, I heard that Chen Liang wants to build a canal here, I think this idea is good, and when my clippers are launched in large numbers, Tianzhu can also be regarded as a month economic circle of the Great Song Dynasty."
Looking at 6 Jiuyuan's stunned eyes, Zhao Yan smiled and said:
"I'm looking forward to that day, and I can make a round trip from Tianzhu in a month."
6 Jiuyuan didn't know what Zhao Lu had heard, so he snorted. I only heard Zhao Lu continue:
"Looking up at the starry sky, I know the vastness of the universe, and only then do I know that people are really small. The earth is already very small, we are on this earth, I heard that no one has sailed around the earth so far, hehe, I don't know what distant Europe looks like. In my lifetime, I will travel around the world and circumnavigate the globe. ā
6 Jiuyuan said in his heart, Zhao Lian may be turning the globe every day, it seems that he is addicted.