Chapter 238 - Currency Issuance (2)

"Here are the 200 gold coins you exchanged. www.biquge.info"Shi Bin pointed to the wooden plate on the table and said to the Japanese businessman in front of him, and then he counted out 10 packs of 100 silver coins from the box and also put them on the table: "These are the discounts for you, you can get an additional 5 silver coins for each gold coin, please count them!" ”

The Japanese merchant picked up a silver coin the size of a penny and looked at it with curiosity for a long time. At this time, Shi Bin continued to explain: "1 gold coin can be exchanged for 100 silver coins, in other words, if you can take 100 silver coins, you can also exchange 1 tael of gold from me." ”

Japan's monetary system during the Warring States period was so chaotic that it even became different within each daimyo domain, so much so that the recognized official currency was the Yongle copper coins minted in the Ming Dynasty.

According to an inaccurate calculation method, the exchange of gold and silver is 1:5, and 1 tael of silver can be exchanged for 1 Yongle copper coin, that is, 1000 pieces, so the purchasing power of the silver coins issued by Yang Guang is almost equivalent to the level of 50 Yongle copper coins.

As for the copper coins that did not appear at all, Yang Guang imagined that they would bear the use of 0.5 copper coins, just like the five cents in modern time and space, making the monetary unit a little smaller to meet the needs of the trading of gadgets such as needles and threads.

During the "currency promotion" period, if you use the currency issued by Yang Guang to trade, you can get a big discount, for example, 30 taels of gold can be bought with only 25 gold coins, and 200 gold coins can buy exactly eight.

As for the 1,000 silver coins, it was a windfall, and the Japanese merchant felt that it was useless to bring them back, so he simply spent them in the harbor of Long Island, so he walked towards the market.

This time, Yang Guang did not bring a lot of goods, but there were hundreds of types, and the Japanese businessmen were dazzled. Yang Guang considered that the plane of the Ming Dynasty was different from the modern time and space, so he only brought a small number of samples with each of them, allowing merchants to taste and try them, and let them pay a deposit to place an order according to their own needs, and then return to the modern time and space to greet Dai Song to get the goods according to the order.

The Japanese merchant's eyes were soon attracted by a kind of granular sugar as white as snow, he scooped a little with a small spoon and tasted it slowly, found that the sweetness was very high, and immediately liked this product, he paid a tenth of the price of the silver coin as a deposit, and got a completed order form receipt, the next time Yang Guang came back, he could take the money with this receipt to pick up the goods.

Seeing that another merchant next to him had to pay twice as much as himself because he didn't have silver coins, this Japanese businessman suddenly had a sense of superiority in his heart, which made him unconsciously increase his confidence in Yang Guang's issuance of currency, and it was already faintly on par with other commonly used currencies.

Situations like this are happening everywhere in Long Island Harbor, where all industries are beginning to trade and circulate in the currency issued by Yang Guang as the official currency, otherwise they will have to pay more than those who use it.

What the currency is most afraid of is that it can't be used in his hands, and Yang Guang uses Wufeng's arms business to forcibly implement his own monetary system, which is only the first step. Now he wants to use this trade fair to get the Japanese merchants who come here to get used to the existence of his own monetary system.

Backed by modern time and space, Yang Guang has an almost endless supply of goods, which in a sense is more attractive to merchants than buying back gold and silver, allowing merchants to move from passive acceptance to active joining, because this can bring them unimaginable wealth.

Several merchants who saw business opportunities at the currency distribution had exchanged all their gold and silver for money almost immediately, and by the time some people woke up one after another, these merchants had already seized the monopoly of several goods.

Liu Jin, as a bystander, saw all this clearly in his eyes, and several of his subordinates saw the business opportunities, and kept persuading Liu Jin to quickly find a way to get a monopoly from Yang Guang to make a big profit, but Liu Jin knew very well that he had no foundation in the Ming Dynasty or Japan, and the monopoly sounded wonderful, and it was impossible to keep it in his hands.

Moreover, Yang Guang is willing to accept himself, and it will definitely not be as simple as just finding a merchant to sell some goods, otherwise he will shout directly in Long Island Port, I am afraid that every businessman here will kneel and beg with money, beautiful women and any gift imaginable, even if it is just a little leakage from Yang Guang's hand, it is enough for these people to eat and drink for a lifetime.

Of course, Liu Jin still has a question in his heart, where did Yang Guang get these unheard and unheard things? Could it be the property of a certain vassal king? Liu Jin didn't dare to think much about the next things, he walked around Changdao Harbor with a leisurely attitude every day, patiently waiting for Yang Guang's call.

"Liu Jin, how much can you probably earn by going to Japan?" Yang Guang took the fishing rod and threw it into the sea, and asked in a very casual tone.

Liu Jin's emotions in his heart were not as calm as they appeared, he knew that Yang Guang definitely didn't call him here for idle chat when he was fishing, but he didn't expect the other party to ask such a straight question, and quickly replied: "It's almost 4 times the profit." ”

Yang Guang was noncommittal and just focused on watching the fish drifting on the sea, Wang Zhi's power was strong enough to avoid many things, and he was not afraid of pirate robbery, and it was no problem to guarantee 5 to 7 times the profit, but a small businessman like Liu Jin would not be able to make so much, but 400% of the profit was still far more than the vast majority of businesses, if he was lucky enough to run a few times a year, the first pot of gold would be accumulated.

"I've brought so many goods, which one do you like? As long as someone else has not taken away the monopoly rights, you can choose either of the two. After a while, Yang Guang suddenly spoke.

Liu Jin bit the tip of his tongue hard, and the words that he almost blurted out shrank back, he did fancy the sales of several goods, but he valued Yang Guang's attitude more. After calming down his coarse breathing a little, Liu Jin said in a respectful tone: "I will choose whichever you want me to choose!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Yang Guang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, this guy is really knowledgeable, if he really chooses two things by himself, it is equivalent to treating himself as another businessman, Yang Guang will naturally no longer regard him as a subordinate, let alone have the next thing.

Yang Guang's laughter made Liu Jin's heart feel wide, knowing that he had guessed Yang Guang's mind correctly, and when the laughter ended, Yang Guang's words frightened Liu Jin into a cold sweat: "How about I give you the monopoly of Wufeng Gong?" (To be continued.) )