Jiang Yu represents the imperial court as a family?
No one knows whether it counts.
However, the political policies of local governments are different. If Jiang Yu agrees, it is not impossible for Bai Song's banknotes to be implemented in Youzhou.
But after all, it is a new thing, and officials are relatively resistant to new things, and they all adhere to the policy of not seeking merit but seeking no faults. Who would gamble with his own future on a person's reputation and luck?
Jiang Yu thought about it and couldn't make a decision.
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Bai Song thought to himself that the situation was not good, so he continued: "Sir, the implementation of banknotes is a policy that benefits the people. If it is implemented in Youzhou with good results, the entire Tang Dynasty will follow suit in the future.
Wouldn't it be a good thing for you to follow your example? Moreover, what I have given you is not only a large amount of food, but also high-quality grain seeds. Just these potatoes, no need for any skills, just cut them into pieces and sow them in the soil.
The harvest can be harvested in just one month. As long as you promote this thing, there will be no hungry people in Youzhou or even the entire Tang Dynasty in the future, and everything is your credit."
Jiang Yu couldn't understand how much change this ordinary potato could bring to the world. It sounded more like painting a cake for himself, without seeing any immediate benefits. Jiang Yu didn't have to put all his chips on Bai Song alone.
On the body.
On the contrary, he preferred his original plan, which was to gather all the wealthy merchants in Jixian County, scrape some meat from them, and distribute some grain to each family to see if it could solve the problem of the hungry people.
Just as Jiang Yu was about to give a reply, the door was suddenly opened.
It was Li Zhan who walked in. He didn't know how he overheard the conversation between the two. As soon as he entered the room, he said: "I can guarantee you and help you issue the bank note."
Bai Song and Jiang Yu were both stunned.
Mr. Jiang hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, that bank note is not a trivial matter. Just in case..."
Li Zhan waved his hand: "There is no such thing as a chance. I believe in Bai Song's character. At the same time, I also want to see what the banknote he described looks like and what changes it can bring to the world? Don't worry,
If something happens, I will bear the responsibility and it will not affect Mr. Jiang."
After hearing what the prince said, Jiang Yu didn't feel like saying anything. He sighed and just nodded.
Li Zhan came to Bai Song's side again, smiled and whispered, "Let's consider this as compensation for you."
compensate.
Bai Song didn't like such terms, but it was very important for the bank to get the support of the court. After thinking about it, he happily accepted it.
How to count as getting support from the court?
First of all, the imperial court should set an example and start using banknotes.
Li Zhan no longer did the specific operation process himself, but left it to Jiang Yu to cooperate with Bai Song.
Bai Song had already made preparations and had ordered several carts of potatoes harvested earlier to be delivered to the barn in the east of Ji County.
Bai Song followed Mr. Jiang outside the barn. Jiang Yu was a little surprised to see several carts of potatoes weighing several thousand kilograms. He thought to himself that this guy was not joking. He really had a lot of food reserves.
"Master Jiang, here are three thousand kilograms of potatoes. In the next two days, people will continue to deliver potatoes. The total is twelve thousand kilograms. According to the market price of fifty copper coins per kilogram, the total is six hundred taels of silver..."
"Wait!" Jiang Yu quickly interrupted, "Didn't you say you won't take any money?"
"Master Jiang paid two hundred taels of silver to collect these potatoes, and I will give Master Jiang a bank note of the same value as collateral. Six hundred taels of silver will be exchanged for six hundred taels of silver notes. Are the potatoes considered a free gift?"
Jiang Yu frowned and really couldn't figure out why Bai Song was doing so many things.
"In the future, when the government needs money, they will use banknotes to exchange money at the bank. The court is just temporarily giving the money to me for safekeeping. This is the role of the banknotes. I just want to show the people in the county what the banknotes are like.
How to use it? The imperial court gives priority to the use of banknotes, so the people will naturally not doubt it."
At this point, Jiang Yu finally understood.
But Jiang Yu would not have thought that Bai Song could use other people's money to invest in himself with cash. With Bai Song's modern thinking, he could easily create higher value.
The price of fifty cents per catty was casually mentioned by Bai Song. The price of potatoes was set very high. Currently, despite the famine, the price of rice in Jixian County is only twelve cents per catty.
On the one hand, they feel that they can make more money by doing business with the government. Potatoes are a new thing, and the initial pricing determines the subsequent price trend.
Only by raising the price first and letting the people see that growing potatoes is profitable can potatoes be promoted. At the same time, the price of firewood, rice, oil, and salt can also be raised to allow farmers to profit. There are many abandoned fields in Youzhou, so that the people can use their fields.
Take advantage of it.
The land of the Bai Song Dynasty can be said to be quite large for an individual, but when placed in the entire Youzhou, it is just a drop in the ocean. The power of one person alone cannot change people's livelihood.
Then Jiang Yu withdrew 600 taels of silver according to what Bai Song said. After that, all the grain in the fields was purchased at market prices, given in cash, and then exchanged for silver notes.
The banknote has not yet been issued, and Bai Song promised to deliver the banknote to the prefect's mansion as soon as possible.
Then he gave a portion of the cash to Uncle Qu and asked him to collect all the potatoes grown by the farmers at a price of twenty cents per pound.
This price made the old farmers extremely excited, but Bai Song made a profit of 30 yuan when he changed hands.
The next day, he collected eight thousand kilograms of potatoes from the old farmer and gave them to the prefect's mansion, and received another four hundred taels of silver.
Within two days, all the potatoes were sold out, and a thousand taels of silver notes were exchanged for a thousand taels of cash, which quickly made up for the shortfall in their own funds.
With working capital in hand, Bai Song felt much more at ease.
The next step is to find a serious shop for the bank and think of a signboard.
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Regarding the bank, in Bai Song's conception, it also had a more important identity, which was Bai Song's own intelligence and security agency.
Bai Song is responsible for the operation of Mingmian Bank.
The establishment of a secret intelligence network depends on Qing'er.
Therefore, the bank is a joint venture between the two of them, so when choosing a store, Bai Song still took Qing'er with him.
One day, Bai Song invited a charlatan.
Yaji took Bai Song and Qing'er to visit all the shops in the county.
Unfortunately, Bai Song's funds on hand were a bit tight and he didn't have any extra money to buy a shop. In addition, the bank needed a large amount of capital to maintain it. After some thinking, Bai Song decided to change the former Shangyuan Restaurant into a bank.
Shop, wait until you have sufficient funds later, and then find a more decent shop.
In the following days, Bai Song focused all his attention on supervising the renovation of the bank.
Seeing that the bank is getting better and better day by day, all it needs is a signboard.
Bai Song invited Qing'er to Donglai Restaurant to have his own food and wine. He listened to Wang Xiaohua talking about the updated Three Kingdoms below, looked at the completed shop outside the window, and wrote four words on the palm of Qing'er's hand with wine.