Liu Zhang did not forget at all. On the contrary, he brought up the Chamber of Commerce in order to fundamentally solve the problem of the five baht money.
Even a top wise man like Jia Xu didn't understand the significance of the Chamber of Commerce. Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel a little proud, even a little proud.
"Wenhe, the Chamber of Commerce is all about curbing these crappy five-baht coins!"
All the officials in the room cheered up again and looked at Liu Zhang.
"Dong Zhuo plundered Sili and Guanzhong's five-baht coins, destroyed them all and recast them, so their widespread circulation must be inevitable."
"Our Yizhou's demand for external purchases of goods is very low, but it is extremely unrealistic to completely cut off the supply. Once the sales of Shu brocade and salt are stopped, our losses will be huge. That's why I came up with the strategy of the Chamber of Commerce."
"Through the Chamber of Commerce, all Sichuan brocade and salt will be purchased and sold together. If businessmen from other states and counties want to buy, they have to follow our policies. Then this rotten five-baht coin can restrict them."
"It's not that we don't want the five-baht coin minted by Dong Zhuo at all. After all, it has been circulated. If we don't want it at all, then the merchants will have nothing to do."
Yang Hong and others were confused again. After talking for a long time, could they still let this money flow into Yizhou?
"Lord, this money cannot flow into Yizhou!"
Liu Zhang waved his hand, signaling Huang Quan to calm down.
"The money only goes into the Chamber of Commerce and will not flow into Yizhou."
"After the Chamber of Commerce is established in Yizhou, it will be sent to the major prefectures and counties to set up branches to determine local prices and the value of coins. Of course, this is a story later."
"In the early days, if merchants from other prefectures and counties wanted to use the five baht coins minted by Dong Zhuo to purchase Yizhou products, they would need to exchange a certain proportion of the five baht coins for our Yizhou coins."
Jia Xu immediately realized what Liu Zhang meant,
"My lord, you want to mint coins in Yizhou?"
"good!"
Liu Bei was able to mint one hundred and five baht coins in Chengdu, which shows that there must be a place to mint coins in Chengdu. This was also the most critical step for Liu Zhang.
"But if we don't make bad money, we must make high-quality products. Only high-quality products can circulate throughout the world."
"Just imagine, if you want to come to Yizhou to buy salt and Shu brocade, you have to use our currency. Will this have a chain reaction?"
Yang Hong and others were all wise men, and they immediately realized Liu Zhang's ultimate goal.
We want to use currency made in Yizhou to replace the original five-baht coin and become a new currency benchmark.
Because of the special characteristics of Shu County and salt, other merchants had to exchange them. In the long run, Yizhou currency will become more and more important. Even if the world is not unified, Yizhou currency will become the most important currency.
In fact, Liu Zhang's ambitions go far beyond that. In the future, if Liangzhou and Guanzhong are unified, war horses will also flow into the Chamber of Commerce, and the importance of Yizhou currency will be even higher!
If things go on like this, in just over ten years, Liu Zhang can even use financial warfare to plunge various places into huge chaos.
"Lord, how can we exchange the five baht coins in our hands for recast five baht coins?"
Yang Hong's question once again expressed the aspirations of the aristocratic family. Although the new currency is good, they cannot afford it if it is too expensive.
"Everyone, please rest assured that our Yizhou family will naturally exchange money one to one. However, merchants in other counties do not have such a preferential policy. Even if they use five baht coins issued by Emperor Wu, the exchange rate is still higher than the face value.
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After hearing Liu Zhang's promise, everyone finally felt relieved and their faces began to light up with joy.
Everyone also understood the significance of Liu Zhang's establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, and they understood it even more.
The Chamber of Commerce has strong control capabilities. Not only can it buy materials from all over the country, it can also limit the total amount of exports.
With the mandatory Yizhou new currency, it is more effective to prevent the malicious intentions of certain forces and prevent the emergence of malicious short-selling of Yizhou reserves.
"My lord is wise!"
"Okay, it's getting late today, so you should go back and rest as soon as possible! The affairs of the Chamber of Commerce cannot be determined in a day or two. I will discuss it in detail with you in the future!"
Liu Zhang gave the order, and everyone resigned one after another.
However, Liu Ye and Jia Xu did not leave. They were inspired to stay by Liu Zhang's eyes.
"Zi Yang, do you have any ideas?"
Liu Ye didn't notice it from beginning to end, and there wasn't even an obvious change in his expression. Liu Zhang was quite curious.
"My lord, if the Yizhou family sells their goods to the Chamber of Commerce, has your lord ever thought about how to deal with it?"
Liu Zhang nodded slightly. He fully recognized Liu Ye's worries and was very sure that this would definitely happen.
After all, the aristocratic families in the house can only represent some of the people who love Liu Zhang. There are too many aristocratic families in Yizhou, and there will always be people who jump out to oppose him.
Forced by the powerful military power, they did not dare to directly resist Liu Zhang, and would definitely pursue and block him from the side.
"What Ziyang said is true! Our reserves are obviously not enough to maintain the operation of the Chamber of Commerce at the moment."
Jia Xu also had this worry. He knew how much money Yizhou had.
Liu Zhang showed a wry smile. There must be problems, and they were more than that.
"The Yizhou Family can also purchase our food on a large scale, leaving us with no food to sell and losing credibility in the hearts of the people!"
Jia Xu and Liu Ye frowned. The current strategy of the Chamber of Commerce and Minting Money is very beneficial, but it is also very difficult!
"Lord, do you have a solution?"
"have!"
Jia Xu and Jia Xu were slightly stunned. They didn't expect Liu Zhang to answer so happily.
"I am so passionate about the South-China issue that I do not hesitate to invest manpower and material resources, and even personally lead troops to conquer, just for the sake of the Chamber of Commerce and minting money."
"Nanzhong is vast and rich in mineral resources. Gold, silver, copper, and iron are inexhaustible! As Lu Su develops Nanzhong, these minerals will be discovered one by one. By then, we will have a steady supply of them.
Continuous minting of materials!”
Jia Xu couldn't help but nodded. Once the source of copper was solved, coins would not be a problem.
"Lord, what about the other supplies?"
The problem of crazy selling by the Saga has been solved, but it will also be a problem for them to buy crazy.
"This requires the development of some talents to go to various places to collect grain!"
According to Liu Zhang’s memory, Guanzhong and the Central Plains were short of food, but Hebei, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou were not short of food!
Especially Jingzhou and Yangzhou. There is currently no war in these two big states, and there is a bumper harvest every year. There must be no shortage of food!
As long as there is money, food can be continuously transported into Yizhou.
"Zi Yang, I know you are proficient in business, so I want to leave these matters to you for the time being."
"I'll take your orders!"
Liu Ye has no objections. He is very familiar with Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and he will be very comfortable in operating it.
"Wen He, please arrange the minting work as soon as possible. Remember, what we mint is fine quality. I don't want to see bad money like Dong Zhuo!"