Chapter 687: Borrowing a Chicken to Lay Eggs
Strictly speaking, Fei Qian actually didn't have many assets at the beginning, or in other words, except for some of the Huang family's men and baggage, he was basically empty-handed.
Being able to obtain the current team and assets is basically a routine that Fei Qian plays that is too old to be old, borrowing chickens to lay eggs.
Like the real estate developers of later generations, they often did not have much money in their pockets at the beginning......
Even if it is an individual behavior, when standing on the tuyere, the pig can fly.
There was a short window of time when you could mortgage the unfinished real estate contract, and the bank had the task of borrowing money at that time, so the proportion of money was not low, and all the smart pigs at that time paid the down payment first, got the contract, and then mortgaged, and then took out the money to buy a house, and then mortgaged, and so on, in just a few months, before this window was found to be closed, plus at that time the real estate demon wind suddenly rose, These intelligent pigs have evolved into pigs that can fly......
Fei Qian lent out money when the bad money was not rampant, and then used the money to buy supplies, and then repaid the money when the bad money in Chang'an was overflowing.
Do these warriors in the east of the river and in the north resented Fei Qian?
There are some, but they don't hate it very much, because it is precisely with the caravan of Fei Qian, they have passed on their losses to farther areas, and they have also reaped a lot of benefits.
Just like the stock market, the person who receives the last baton is always the most miserable.
Fortunately, in the Han Dynasty, there was no stock market that ordinary people could participate in, so the main groups of bad money were still those who had stored a lot of wealth and the wealthy in the countryside.
As for the common people of the Han Dynasty, one is that they don't have much assets themselves, and the other is because taxes and everything are mainly in kind, even if the numismatic system collapses, most of them still barter in their daily transactions, although they are also affected, but they are definitely not as miserable as the scholars who saved money and saved until the ropes tied to the copper coins were rotten.
But now is the final window of time to store grain and grass.
Although the big families in various places have also consciously begun to stock up on grain and grass, after all, the national war has not yet begun, and even if there is grain and grass, it must be guarded by soldiers, so a large number of low-cost ordinary iron spear heads that Fei Qian is now pouring have become another extremely popular commodity.
If you want a weapon, you can exchange it for food and grass.
Cui Hou has now almost become the largest merchant in the Northland, and the area covered by the caravan has even extended to Xuzhou and Qingzhou, because the salt and grain there are cheaper than those in Heluo and the Northland.
Cui Hou's eyes, which were originally small, are now even smaller under the more and more rounded face, and when he smiles, he is simply hidden in the **......
"Zhonglang, I don't know what to call Houlai?" Cui Hou rushed to the outside of the workshop camp, saw Fei Qian, and asked.
"Yongyuan has been working very hard recently...... Fei Qian habitually condoled, but when he saw Cui Hou's big cake face, he laughed not very kindly, and couldn't go on.
Since polite words can't go on, let's get down to business.
"Ahem...... Yongyuan, have caravans bartered a lot lately? Fei Qian asked.
Talking about the topic, Cui Hou also became serious, nodded and said: "Exactly, five baht is not accepted, alas, ......" Although he said that he spent as much as he could, there was still a batch of five baht coins smashed in his hands, which made Cui Hou very heartbroken.
"Is it inconvenient?" Fei Qian asked knowingly.
Speaking of this work in this bank, Cui Hou is naturally the head of the road, breaking his fat fingers, and talking to Fei Qian's one, two, three, four.
Although bartering is free from the influence of coins, the limitations are also very large, fortunately, Cui Hou's caravans generally carry more than just one item, so they can cope with six or seven percent when exchanging......
But sometimes it really doesn't work, for example, the other party has grain and grass and wants to exchange for salt, and Cui Hou's caravan just exchanged the salt in front, and a business like this can't be done, either you can only give up, or you have to agree to exchange it when the next caravan comes.
However, it is impossible for caravans to depart anytime and anywhere, often a cycle is calculated in months, and when Cui Hou's caravan comes to the door next time with the items required last time, the other party's needs may change again for some reason, resulting in sometimes the inefficiency of the caravan.
The people of the Han Dynasty were not like later generations, they had a database or something, and they could integrate a list of required items according to the inventory and then count them out for trading in advance.
Fei Qian nodded while listening to Cui Hou's story, then took out a piece of bamboo paper from his sleeve covered with the big seal of the Hun Zhonglang General, handed it to Cui Hou, and said, "Yongyuan, if you use this evidence as a basis, can it be more convenient?" ”
"Credentials?" Cui Hou took the bamboo paper, unfolded it, and saw that the bamboo paper was written in the same format as the goods in and out, and then in the middle of the big seal of the Hun Zhonglang as a riding seal, in the text is to indicate what goods the shipper has, how much, what items to exchange, and what the quantity, it is very simple.
To put it simply, it is a white strip stamped with an official seal......
Cui Hou, as a businessman, also turned his brain very quickly in this aspect, and quickly reacted to the role of this credential, and then said: "Although Zhonglang is wonderful, people in the countryside may not be willing to ......."
In the Northland, naturally there is no big problem, one is close, and the other is that they have all heard the deeds of Fei Qian, the Zhonglang General, and in the area far away from the Northland, the effectiveness of the Great Seal of the Zhonglang General has gradually decayed, and it may not even be as direct and effective as the Great Seal of the local county order......
Fei Qian smiled and said: "It's okay, if the amount is large, it will be bartered, if there are some items lacking, you can try it." ”
When Cui Hou heard this, he nodded and said, "In this way, it may be feasible." ”
If you want to pull away a large number of items, and then give a blank note, who will accept it willingly? But if it is the other way around, a large number of items have been exchanged, and a small number of items are temporarily lacking, give a voucher for postponing the exchange, so it will naturally be much easier to accept......
He also explained some problems that should be paid attention to when using them, and Fei Qian asked Cui Hou to go to Du Yuan to get some such credentials.
Looking at Cui Hou's departing figure, Fei Qian sighed slightly.
This is actually another mode of borrowing chickens to lay eggs......
There is no way, the more materials the better, if you don't take advantage of this last window of time, when the limelight has passed, if you want to fly, you can only rely on your own strength.
Of course, this credential is not only to pave the way for the new currency in the future, but more importantly, it has other additional functions, but to what extent it can be used at that time, it can only be said in the future.