Li Yuanxing smiled helplessly: "If that girl Mingyue, who is obsessed with money, finds out about this, she won't kill me when she comes back."
Everyone burst into laughter again.
It is no longer a secret that Wu Zhao is a fan of money, and no one in the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty knows about it.
Wu Zhao was known as the Little God of Wealth in the Tang Dynasty, and everyone said that Wu Zhao was a disciple of the God of Wealth in Heaven.
"Forget it, while this girl Mingyue is not here, I will go home in defeat. Frosted sugar is forty cents a pound, so it's not expensive this time." Li Yuanxing took out the wooden board from the wooden box that Yuanchun brought. Below is
A row of bamboo tubes.
Each bamboo tube is filled with white sugar.
Although the white sugar actually made in the Tang Dynasty was inferior to modern sugar, it was an excellent sugar in the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuanxing used the lime clarification method, which was a very mature technology in the Song Dynasty. And in the Tang Dynasty, it was a very mature technology.
In the Tang Dynasty, historical records indicate that it began to be used on a large scale only after the 27th year of Zhenguan.
“Excellent frosting!”
"My output is pretty good." Li Yuanxing said softly.
This sentence alone is quite acceptable, and everyone has already heard the taste. Li Yuanxing has already industrialized and mass-produced it.
At the same time, another meaning of this sentence is that once Li Yuanxing's frosting sugar comes out, it will definitely be the lifeline of all the sugar factories in Datang, with large quantities and low prices.
But Li Yuanxing has never made things right. Being able to say it here means that he is preparing to support several, or even dozens of powerful sugar chambers of commerce.
On the other side, Yuanchun was in the kitchen, asking the cook to make the cake faster while turning over the pieces of paper in his hand.
The content of this piece of paper was what she was going to say today, which was arranged by Li Yuanxing in advance. While she was reading, there were still a few key words that she had not said and the information had not been conveyed.
Yuanchun still remembers Li Yuanxing’s explanation.
By giving up some small things that you can't keep in the first place, you can keep bigger interests that you can hold on to.
For example, give up maltose and keep frosting sugar.
The most important thing is to keep the source of sugar beet, which is sugar beet. In the coming year, Li Yuanxing plans to plant tens of thousands of acres of sugar beet in Qinwangzhuang. Then Li Yuanxing plans to sell the sugar to various surrounding countries, and that will be the real big profit.
Anyway, the people of Tang Dynasty will definitely like maltose.
And frosting sugar is originally a consumer product for the aristocracy.
The waffles Yuanchun brought. In fact, only about half of the sugar-pressed leftovers were used, and the rest was still white flour. After all, these are for adults, not craftsmen.
After tasting the crispy cake, Li Jing asked: "Are you still making it now?"
"There is also a small workshop that has been producing. There are hundreds of people." Yuanchun answered with his head lowered.
"I want to go see it!"
Li Jing wanted to take a look. Li Yuanxing naturally would not refuse and motioned to Yuanchun to take him to the workshop to have a look.
Cui Junsu did not go, but instead proposed to take a walk in Li Yuanxing's garden. It was a sunny day today and it was a full moon night, so the scenery in the front garden was excellent.
However, neither Li Yuanxing nor Cui Junsu came here to see the scenery.
"Your Highness, there is a record in the Han Dynasty. Jia Yi once said that "unfaithful money is increasing day by day, and good money is dying day by day." A certain person once read the history of coinage. The Han Dynasty used bad money to replace good money, but this was helpless.
The fact is that His Highness wants to use good money to replace bad money. Although His Highness must pay for many goods with good money, he does not cure the root cause! I am really worried."
Cui Junsu's words can be regarded as good advice.
But Li Yuanxing believed in science and economic research.
Moreover, the bad money theory was studied in the Western world in the 16th century, and it was called Gresham's Law. Moreover, in the ancient Roman era, the gold coins used by the Roman Empire were always cut off, but the gold coins became lighter and lighter. This is also
The earliest bad coins.
"The law of bad drives good, and the law of good drives bad. These two laws coexist, but they will change or even intersect under certain backgrounds."
Wu Zhao's original words were, positive Gresham and anti-Gresham.
Of course, Li Yuanxing would never say the word Gresham.
"The law of bad driving out good must come into being under a major premise. Both bad and good coins are legal tender stipulated by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Tang Dynasty; the two coins have a certain legal ratio; the sum of the two coins must exceed the needs of society.
The amount of currency. Cui Shangshu thinks, does the Tang Dynasty have enough coins?"
Cui Junsu smiled and shook his head: "We use silk, rice, sheep, and cattle to trade instead of money because there is a shortage of money."
"One more thing, when merchants from Great Qin come to our Great Tang, how will they do business?"
"Bartering with goods and bartering with money." Cui Junsu answered truthfully.
Li Yuanxing took out a strange-looking gold coin from his pocket, and then said: "Let's talk about bartering first. If their goods are different, will my Datang merchants lower the price or reduce the quantity of the exchange? In other words, they
If you use your own gold coins, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty will accept the intact gold coins, but if you use the incomplete gold coins that have been cut, they will think they are stupid merchants of the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Yuanxing’s gold coin is Aole!
Then Li Yuanxing took out another bag containing various ancient Roman coins.
Naturally, there are cut ores, complete and incomplete dinars (silver coins!)
"The law of good drives out bad! In market transactions, merchants are more willing to accept coins with guaranteed value. I call it hard currency, while bad money is soft currency. In the Tang Dynasty, there will be inevitable bad drives.
In good times, at that time, I will also have a way to solve it, and at that time, Datang will also have the strength to control it."
Cui Junsu nodded: "The attitude of the Ministry of Household Affairs is that we are pretending to be confused for a few years now and do not stipulate when the official coins of the Tang Dynasty will be made. Silk can also be used, grain can be used, and cattle can be used!"
"Exactly, people will like hard currency. This requires a process. Some people will definitely be harmed, and some will take advantage of the opportunity. For example, some people secretly exchange gold, silver, and copper with King Qin's money.
, earning the small price difference, or money for running errands, what does Cui Shangshu think?"
Cui Junsu did not answer immediately.
At this time, Cui Junsu also realized that a change would bring about many problems, large and small.
It takes a long process for good money to truly become the official money of the Tang Dynasty. At present, it seems that as Li Yuanxing said, some goods can only be purchased with good money, which in disguise promotes the circulation of King Qin's money.
As for saving money, people with good character should save it.
Li Yuanxing also understands that there is a limit to everything. For example, he likes to put new money in his wallet and spend the old broken money first. This is also a reaction of bad money driving out good money.
"One more thing, Cui Shangshu must make an idea early. There must be a regulation on the exchange of gold coins and silver coins. One tael of gold coins can be exchanged for several taels of silver coins. This is definitely not static. Silver coins should be exchanged for copper coins. One tael of silver coins should always be copper coins. This is
This is a rule set by my king. When minting the coins, I made some manipulations in terms of the weight and silver content of the silver coins."
Cui Junsu clearly knows that the exchange of silver and coins fluctuates due to fluctuations in silver prices.
It is absolutely impossible to change the formula of Li Yuanxing's Qin Wang Qian, otherwise it will be a vicious struggle between bad Qin Wang Qian and good coins.
"My king, there is also frosting sugar!"
Li Yuanxing, is this a joke?
It was obviously not a joke, Cui Junsu quickly reacted: "Your Highness is right. Your Highness doesn't want the caramel, but His Highness keeps the frosting sugar. It sounds like he is just talking about sugar, but when he thinks about it, he is talking about coins.
I think all the major chambers of commerce are willing to cooperate with Prince Qin’s Mansion, they are His Highness’s favorites!”
"Exactly, businessmen like hard currency!"
"Your Highness, it goes without saying that foreign merchants barter, but a recent report from the Ministry of Commerce said that the proportion of barter has been declining in recent months. Foreign merchants will choose to sell their goods and then use the money to
Buying goods. So, Your Highness, do you think it can be controlled within the scope of King Qin’s money?”
Li Yuanxing shook his head gently: "There is no need to control it forcefully, the market will prove that my Qin King's money is hard currency."
"Someone will send someone to pay attention!" After Cui Junsu answered, he suggested: "I don't know how foreign merchants view King Qin's money!"
Li Yuanxing gave a light high-five: "That's right! I think the Ministry of Household Affairs should cooperate with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Commerce to consider the exchange of foreign currencies for Tang Dynasty currency. For example, the dinar can be exchanged for Datang silver coins, or
Is it a copper coin?"
Li Yuanxing's suggestion made Cui Junsu feel bright.
"What your Highness said is insightful. Businessmen still like good money. Why not arrange for the Ministry of Commerce to release the news? For the sake of the safety of their own coins, foreign merchants will definitely give first choice to good money. This way, at least in Chang'an City, King Qin will
The money will be circulated enough." It is difficult for Cui Junsu to fully agree with Li Yuanxing's statement, at least he is very confident when it comes to coins.
Li Yuanxing also agreed with this statement.
"The rest of the prefectures and counties will be mapped out slowly!"
Cui Junsu said goodbye. He did not leave Qin Wangzhuang. Because it was getting late, his status was not high enough to open the door of Chang'an City at night without any trouble.
On the other side, about three miles east of Qin Wangzhuang, there is a small village.
This Zhuangzi is only five miles away from the village of Prince Qin's Farm. This is the largest food processing plant in Prince Qin's Mansion, and its main business right now is the processing of vermicelli.
The side business is processing maltose and horse cake.
When Li Jing arrived, the place was still in full swing, and hundreds of large pots were steaming.
Processing vermicelli is actually a manual job. In modern times, handicraft workshops are definitely dominated by men.
But here in the Tang Dynasty, you should never underestimate the physical strength of strong women. A strong woman can pick up a bag of sweet potato powder weighing 100 kilograms with one hand and walk dozens of steps away to the processing room without feeling any pain.
asthma.
Li Yuanxing was shocked when he saw this scene.
When Li Jing saw this scene, he felt it was normal.
Just entering the food workshop, Li Jing subconsciously took two steps back because he felt a very dangerous aura! (To be continued...)
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