Chapter 109: Economic Fundamentals
An auction has finally come to an end, but everyone's hearts have not calmed down, on the one hand, they sigh at the strong strength of the Cui family, and on the other hand, they also see the gap between themselves and the family, of course, the most important thing is to lead Li Xiang to the foreground, and everyone can see that His Royal Highness the eldest grandson may be a dazzling figure in Chang'an City in the future.
The last time he was crowned the king of the county, many people were already familiar with each other, but they all regarded Li Xiang as a developable figure, and now their thoughts have changed, such a person has swept so much money in one day, and the economic base determines the superstructure, although no one has said this in this era, but most people understand that money can influence politics, if you can't, it is that you don't have enough money in your hands.
For most people, today's auction is over, but for Li Xiang, there is another major event next, and the person he arranged has already appeared.
"I said Shopkeeper Zhou, your auction is over, how did I hear that you can still borrow money from us here?"
A middle-aged man in his forties stood up and said, while everyone hadn't left yet, this guy's voice was relatively loud, attracting many people who were about to leave again.
"This is natural, we are also open to the deposit business here, and we are also open to the borrowing business, I don't know what the shopkeeper Wang thinks?"
The two of them have been practicing for a long time last night, and now they are just performing in front of everyone, this Wang shopkeeper is a friend of Zhou Huairen, and he is also a strong party in Luoyang.
"Then I can take the money away after I go through the formalities?"
If someone is attentive to observe, they will find that any question asked by the king's shopkeeper is of everyone's concern.
"The shopkeeper Wang is joking, how can there be such a good thing in the world, we also have conditions to borrow money here, first of all, we must have collateral, speaking of which is similar to the pawnshop, of course, our interest is much lower, for example, the jade wrench finger in the hand of the shopkeeper is worth about 30 yuan, and it is pressed on us, the shopkeeper Wang can take away 20 yuan, and pay it back within a month, we only need 20 money."
Zhou Huairen said happily, even if you have a monthly interest of five percent.
If you want to be in modern society, everyone has to think that this is usury, but in this day and age, such interest is already very low, if you want to talk about real usury, it is possible to increase several times in a year.
Let's just say that in the store in Chang'an City now, your thing is worth 30 yuan, and he gives you 20 yuan, and if you want to get it back after a month, it will be at least between 23 and 25 yuan, and maybe even 30 yuan.
The pawnshop in this era is so profitable, if you don't want to, no one will force you to enter, so Zhou Huairen's interest is low.
Hearing Zhou Huairen's words, many people below were planning in their hearts, everyone is in business, and there are times when their hands are tight, as long as they still have something in their hands, they can take out money in this place, and the interest is not very high.
Cui Sanye, who was going down the stairs, also heard this, and his face immediately became nervous, you must know that this is a cake that has moved their family, and their family has the most pawnshops, but just like Cui Sanye said, there are more stalls in the world, and we can't make this head.
"The quota you just mentioned for saving money, is it just using their money as pawnshop recovery money?"
Li Shimin also saw this scene, and couldn't help but applaud his grandson in his heart.
To tell the truth, the world's economy is in the hands of the family, which is also extremely unfavorable to the imperial court, Li Shimin has wanted to change this situation several times, but the power in his hands is limited, the family has too much money in his hands, Li Shimin's administrative order violates the rules of the market, and he can get by in a short time, but if it takes a long time, it will make the majesty of the imperial court swept away.
Therefore, there are some things that cannot be done, and the only way to do it is to let the market adjust it, or to add some fresh blood to the market to weaken their monopoly position.
"What Grandpa said is, basically this is the way it works, I also lack capital, and they also covet the 50,000 yuan, otherwise how could there be such a result?"
Of course, Li Xiang is also a dangerous move, if the families regret it, Li Xiang may not have much money in his hands, and if they come to do something, his own obsession with the treasure said that he can't do it, and he doesn't have so much money, then this reputation will be bad.
Li Shimin didn't know how to say that his grandson had just made a deal with the five surnamed Qiwang, and now he was going to grab food in the tiger's mouth, and he was much more courageous than himself.
"You kid is so bold!"
Li Shimin has always thought that he is bold, but compared with his grandson, there is still a big gap, at least he does not dare to work against the five surnames and seven hopes, especially when he directly enters the field of pawnshops.
"If my grandson loses, he loses, it's a big deal to go back and be an idle prince, and the money given to me by the court can also live a good life, so it's just a matter of tossing by temperament, and it won't kill my head, right?"
Li Xiang's words made Li Shimin very comfortable, this kid regarded himself as a dependent, and there was nothing wrong with what he said, business competition was within the rules, if each family followed the rules, Li Shimin would not interfere, but if it was not according to the rules, Zaterk's example was still there.
"Zaterk, you should take a good look at this person first, we didn't intercept the killer in the border area, I have already sent someone to Tuyuhun to see what their Great Khan says."
Thinking of this incident, Li Shimin was also a little uncomfortable, Tuyuhun had never been honest in the southwest border, and this time it could be regarded as a lesson for them, but Li Shimin had already ordered the entire army in the southwest border to be on guard to prevent Tuyuhun from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
Thinking of this matter, Li Xiang is also full of blood, it is best if something can happen over there, this matter is caused by himself, Li Xiang will be able to go into battle, there are still so many soldiers lying in the system, if they are not allowed to come out to breathe, then it is really sorry for this system.
Maybe God gave face, just when the grandfather and grandson were discussing things, the war in the southwest border really burned, and 20,000 troops from Tuyuhun committed the border......