A large group of merchants lined up to enter the city. After asking each other, they found out that everyone was here to go to school, and they immediately became enthusiastic.
"Ah, it turns out to be shopkeeper Zhang!"
"We can't call you shopkeeper Zhang anymore. When we register at the Ministry of Etiquette and enter the Imperial College, we will be in the same year and we will have to call you classmates!"
"Yes, I forgot, or it was a habit left over from my previous business days!" Correct your mistakes when you know they are wrong. The boss immediately handed over to another person: "Classmate Zhang!"
"Classmate Wang!"
"Classmate Lin!"
"Classmate He!"
"..."
Immediately, the wealthy businessmen at the city gate changed their words and greeted each other, leaving the guards at the city gate stunned!
These damn businessmen are so shameless. Before they even entered the Imperial College, they started calling their classmates!
The soldiers guarding the city were envious. These people only had to pay to enter the Imperial College, but they never had to think about it in their lives. The cheapest tuition fee for the Imperial College was ten thousand taels of silver!
But envy was envy, and the soldiers at these city gates immediately welcomed him warmly.
"Masters, do you want to rent a house?"
"Can't I wait until I check into the hotel?"
Seeing that he was a soldier, these rich people looked down upon him.
The soldier was not angry: "I want you to know that because of His Majesty's new policies, all the wealthy businessmen from all over the world have come to Jinling, and the hotels in the city have long been unable to accommodate them. If you enter the city now, you will probably have no place to stay!"
"How can I not find a place to live if I have money?"
The soldier laughed and said, "What kind of place do you think Jinling is? Do you really think you can do whatever you want if you have money?"
Suddenly, the soldier felt extremely proud to be from Jinling and looked at these rich people like bumpkins.
"The imperial court has issued an order not to break ground in the city recently, so no new hotels have been built in the city. Now the only place I want to live in is renting people's houses. I still have three houses at home, and they cost one hundred taels of silver a month, no matter the price!"
"What? One hundred taels!"
These rich people are very rich, but they are speechless when they hear one hundred taels a month!
They traveled all over the country and saw nothing. One hundred taels a month, the rent was four times the usual price.
"This is unreasonable. Is this robbery?"
"What nonsense? Where can you make money by renting a house during robbery? This is the market price. When the sun goes down, the price may go up!"
The price was actually going up, which... some businessmen were very angry, but someone immediately asked the soldier politely.
"Brother, are the rents in this city so high?"
"Yes, those who come to Jinling to study are not only rich gentlemen like you, but also three thousand students from the Western Regions. Those people are really rich, and they usually use gold!"
You know how to cut gold!
"Those students from the Western Regions have recently crowded the Qinhuai River. They are really extravagant and extravagant!"
"These students from the Western Regions also rent houses now. Do you want to rent them or not? If not, I will leave!"
The merchants were all smart people. When they heard this, they knew that there must be no place to live in the city, so they immediately rented the soldier's house.
When I went to take a look, I found that the house was in dilapidated condition. These businessmen regretted it and wanted to die, but the soldiers didn't care.
"My house is in ruins. You can find someone to repair it. You can even tear it down and rebuild it again!"
Damn it!
Traitor!
If they build the house again, it belongs to Xiao Bing. How stupid are they to pay for Xiao Bing's house to be repaired?
"You are dreaming that I will pay to help you build a house. This house is not yours yet. Why don't you sell it to us and we can repair it ourselves!"
Xiao Bing smiled slightly: "Do you think I'm stupid? The houses in this city are so valuable now. Who would sell a hen that lays golden eggs?"
One hundred taels a month, how much is that in a year? Of course, this kind of business doesn't happen often, but you can make whatever you can now.
This is the benefit of the policy. Zhu Youde allowed merchants to enroll in schools, and rich people from all over the world came to Jinling on their own initiative. This naturally pushed up the low prices in Jinling and stimulated various consumption.
Ordinary people can also get a lot of benefits from it!
With the arrival of the merchants, Zhu Youde received another report. After reading the memorial, he was absolutely speechless!
This time, the minister Feng Bogong came to report it in person!
The supplies in Jinling City are insufficient because too many outsiders have come, causing the price of rice, vegetables and other daily supplies to skyrocket in Jinling City.
Ordinary people have made a lot of money, but they are almost out of food!
Prices are out of balance!
Zhu Youde felt that these officials were really stupid. If there were not enough supplies in the city, they would be transferred from outside. Why didn't they produce supplies in the surrounding cities? Should he let himself know about such nonsense?
"Sir, you can arrange such a small matter, so why bother to report it?"
"Your Majesty, the sharp rise in material prices means that silver and copper coins have fallen, and the people have no foundation and may be robbed!"
It’s inflation, it’s inflation!
Ordinary people usually have no money. Faced with economic inflation, the money they have earned can easily be robbed by inflation.
Feng Bogong and other feudal officials had never encountered such a situation. They looked through the records of previous dynasties and found that there might have been times when prices rose, but it was not as serious as Daliang.
"Your Majesty, the cabbage that used to cost two cents per catty now costs fifty cents per catty. And that's just cabbage. Drinks and other items have increased even more... If the imperial court doesn't control it, there will be endless troubles!"
"So, what are Wai Chao planning to do?"
This is an economic problem that can only be solved by economic means, but Zhu Youde actually doesn't think this is a bad thing.
Smart people can easily make the first pass of gold in this wave of market conditions and accumulate capital.
Daliang is a metal currency, so this kind of price inflation has no human factors and is completely different from the modern stock market.
This is just a problem caused by an ordinary imbalance between supply and demand. As long as there is sufficient supply of materials, prices will soon fall back to their original levels!
"I thought we could open up Taicang to stabilize prices!"
Zhu Youde nodded. Feng Bogong thought that this trick was good, but it was not very useful.
The reserves in Taicang are only grain and oil, while the inflation in Jinling is due to supply and demand issues!
Zhu Youde smiled and said: "Taicang can be opened, I agree, but you must immediately notify the prefectures and counties around Jinling and do your best to mobilize all kinds of supplies to the capital. No matter how much vegetables, chickens and ducks are, the capital can digest them!"
"I will make another decree. People from the four states near Jinling can travel freely without the need for road guidance. From today on, the city gate of the capital will not collect city taxes. In this way, people from the four states can transport supplies to the capital for sale and make a lot of profits. Your Majesty.
As an important minister of the country, do you know what you should do now?"
Feng Bogong was frightened by Zhu Youde's boldness, "Your Majesty, the capital is short of supplies and prices have skyrocketed. If the four-state road diversion is opened and people are allowed to travel freely to and from the capital, the capital may be unsustainable!"