Chapter 155 The empress's mother is really domineering

The Central Plains is a land of ointment, but only western Henan is not, especially in the county of Xin'an, which is a typical hilly and mountainous area, and there are not many plains on a large scale, most of which are small basins.

That kind of fertile land that is convenient for irrigation is basically the fat in the mouths of the Zheng clan of Xingyang and the large and small clans of Henan County, even if Chen Ying opens up the wasteland, it is just to pick up some barren land. Even if God appreciates the food, the weather is smooth all year round, but it is a pity that such a year cannot even be accounted for for two years in ten years. Even in that case, the output made Chen Ying entangled. The farmers worked hard for more than half a year, and the yield of one acre of land was about five buckets with one stone, which was almost enough for one person to eat for 50 days in peacetime.

Chen Ying thought about what he had seen and heard in later generations, and the yield per mu was more than 1,000 catties at every turn, and he naturally felt that the yield of less than one mu and five buckets with one stone was too little. Chen Ying also sighed, if he could have brought some corn, potatoes, or maybe pepper seeds, it would be great.

Since the land in Henan County could not be used to build such large-scale farms, these displaced people could only be resettled in units of 100 or 10 households. Like Lingzhou, where there is no control of the clan and the gate valve, Chen Ying can gather together in ten forts and one town, which is convenient for both management and defense.

It's just a pity that the Central Plains has always been a place that major families attach importance to, especially in the area controlled by the Shandong Shiclan Gate Valve, where there is almost no large-scale wasteland, so Chen Ying can't find a place to open up the wasteland.

These homeless people were hung by Chen Ying for more than a month with two meals a day, one thick and one thin, and these homeless people slowly adapted to Chen Ying's arrangement.

The arrangement of hundreds of thousands of displaced people needs to be divided into thousands of villages and thousands of farms in Henan County, but a large number of farm tools are required. The various workshops under Chen Ying's name did not have the ability to produce farming tools and seeds, and Chen Ying did not even participate in the business of selling and buying grain.

Although Chen Ying had been able to get enough money to resettle the displaced people in a very short period of time through robbery, he had no clue about arranging the supplies for these displaced people. In desperation, Chen Ying had no choice but to ask Yang Gongren and Wu Shi Tong and Hou Mo Chen Qianhui for help.

To Chen Ying's great surprise, after getting the news of Chen Ying's request for help, Yang Gongren and Yu Qing rushed to Xin'an County the next day, and the most surprising thing for Chen Ying was that Wu Shi Tong did not come, but Wu Shi Tong's new wife, Chen Ying's eldest cousin Yang Rong, took her very attractive four-wheeled carriage and rushed to Xin'an.

Yang Rong slipped her skirt with both hands to prevent the skirt from dragging to the brick floor, and her makeup came out, still bright, and her clear eyes shone under the candlelight.

Li Xiuning looked at Yang Rong's makeup, it was really hard to imagine that basically Yang Rong was actually a woman in her forties, and it seemed that Yang Rong had not left any traces of time on her face. Especially Yang Rong's full and firm breasts, which made Li Xiuning a little jealous.

"Wu Yang's family visits the palace and meets the brothers!"

Chen Ying quipped enthusiastically: "The eldest cousin hasn't seen her for many days, and she is even more beautiful." ”

Suddenly, Chen Ying felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Turning his head, he saw that Li Xiuning's face was a little unnatural.

Fortunately, Yang Gongren was from the past, and stepped forward to play a round and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't know, Chen Ying and I are cousins, whether it is Rong Niang or Chen Ying's eldest cousin!" ”

When Li Xiuning heard this explanation, his face softened slightly.

Yang Rong didn't seem to notice Li Xiuning's embarrassment at all, and generously sat on the soft couch and instructed the maid beside her: "Go and bring the Yiyang tea I put in the carriage!" ”

Li Xiuning only noticed at this time that Yang Rong actually had a four-wheeled carriage, but seeing that the scale and standard of Yang Rong's carriage were much worse than his own, Li Xiuning felt a little more comfortable in his heart.

Chen Ying knows that the so-called Yiyang is the Xinyang of later generations, Yiyang tea, isn't that Xinyang hairy? It was one of the top ten famous teas in China in later generations.

However, when the maid brought Yang Rong's Yiyang tea, Chen Ying felt that Yang Rong was tyrannical, and the good tea leaves had to be pounded into tea foam, and then ginger, garlic, peppercorns, salt, and even mutton fat were added indiscriminately, a thick bowl of sticky porridge-like paste, Yang Rong, Li Xiuning, and Yang Gongren all ate with relish.

Chen Ying really couldn't stand this weird taste, but now was not the time for Chen Ying to show his tea art, so he had to ask Yang Rong for some tea, ready to slowly fiddle with it later.

Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying with a smile and said, "Little cousin, can you talk about it now?" What help do you want? ”

Chen Yingdao: "Because of this war, there are a large number of displaced people in Henan, and my little brother is also a pacification ambassador now, so the livelihood of these hundreds of thousands of displaced people falls on the little brother, and I have no choice but to ask the eldest cousin and the eldest cousin for help!" ”

Yang Rong waved her hand and said: "The girl who got married, the water that was spilled, I can't help with the Yang family's affairs now, I can still say something in the Wu family, so what do you need and how much food?" Is 50,000 stone enough? ”

As soon as Chen Ying heard this, he gave Yang Rong a thumbs up.

is worthy of being the biological mother of a generation of empresses, and she is really domineering enough. Open your mouth is 50,000 stone of grain. Yang Gongren said lightly: "The Yang family can also help the little cousin with 350,000 yuan of money and grain." ”

As soon as Chen Ying heard this, it was no wonder that the ancient clan gate valve could control local government affairs, just like now, when Chen Ying, as an outsider, wanted the support of the Zheng family, the Zheng family was a dime. And because Hongnong Yang is related to Chen Ying, his mouth is 350,000 guan, this gap is really too big, it is simply a world of difference.

Of course, this is also a commonplace thing in this era. A huge family, for the children of the family, that is full support, when a family's financial and material resources support one person or a few people, even a fool can make achievements. For example, Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, was the right general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The status is equivalent to that of the vice chairman of the Military Committee and a super general, but in addition to Wang Xizhi's achievements in calligraphy, this product has no achievements in the military, and there is not even a record of leading the army to fight or military opinions. (Wang Xizhi's reputation is very high)

Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "As the so-called brothers settle accounts, I can't let the eldest cousin and the eldest cousin suffer, I mean, let's establish a joint operation mechanism!" ”

The money bank founded by Chen Ying naturally used the functions of the bank in later generations to regulate the market economy. As the so-called first three kicks are difficult to kick, now without the intervention of the government, how to implement the banknotes issued by Datang Tongli Money Village has become a headache for Chen Ying. Of course, the use of the left and right guard rates, left and right division of the rate of military pay and bounty, this is only a part, these banknotes have come full circle, have returned to the hands of Tongli money, almost no one collects or continues to use this banknote.

Yang Gongren was not keen on doing business, so he got up and looked out the window with his hands behind his back. Chen Ying took out a small box, and there was a thick stack of paper in the box.

Chen Ying took the paper and handed it to Yang Gongren, Yang Rong, and Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning looked at these papers inexplicably, these papers were printed with patterns of mountains and the Great Wall, and the front was written Shiguan. There are also patterns of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the front is printed with the words "Wuguan". There is also a pattern of Chang'an City, which is printed with two words, and the fourth is printed with a Luoyang pattern, which is printed with the word consistent.

Li Xiuning frowned and asked suspiciously, "What is this?" ”

Before Chen Ying could explain, he saw Yang Rong's eyes glow: "This is money?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "This is the banknote issued by Tongli Money, how beautiful is it?" ”

In fact, this is not the earliest paper money in history, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to the long-term war with the Xiongnu, the treasury was empty, in order to solve the financial difficulties, in the minting of "three baht coins" and "platinum coins" (alloy coins made of silver and tin) at the same time, and the "white deer skin coin". The so-called "white deer skin coin" is to use the white deer skin of the palace as the coin material, each square foot, painted around, and each leather coin is worth 400,000 yuan. Because its value is far from the value of the leather currency itself, the "white deer skin coin" is only used as a tribute between princes and princes, and is not used in the field of circulation, so it is not a paper money in the real sense, and can only be said to be the pioneer of paper money.

Paper money is easier to carry than metal money and can be used in a larger range, which is conducive to the circulation of commodities and promotes the development of commodity economy.

Chen Ying is now making Tongli Qianzhuang's banknotes in order to promote the commercial development of Datang.

Yang Rong stroked these banknotes seriously, pointed to the series of Arabic numerals on them and asked, "What does this ghost draw symbols mean?" ”

"This is the number of the big eclipse, which represents one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety!" Chen Yingdao: "In order to prevent the appearance of counterfeit money, each one is printed with a different number combination, which represents the password with the pattern and currency value, as long as it is a fake currency, it can be seen at a glance." Moreover, these banknotes are easy to carry, even if they are 10,000 yuan, 1,000 pieces weigh a little more than four catties, and a person can easily carry 200,000 yuan to travel. ”

Li Xiuning is the princess general of the Tang Dynasty, and the perspective of thinking about things is often from the military: "If this is used as the salary of the army, if the generals in the army mutiny, the money in their hands will ...... Turned into a pile of useless waste paper? ”

Chen Ying explained with a wry smile: "The theory is that this is feasible, and what cannot be destroyed will be the credit of the money bank." ”

After half an hour of explanation, Chen Ying finally introduced the benefits and convenience of these banknotes to everyone. What Chen Ying meant was that he first used the channels of the money village to reach a preliminary loan agreement with the displaced people, and then issued the banknotes to the people who took out the loans, and the Taiyuan Wu family, the Hongnong Yang family, the Hou Mo Chen family, and Chen Ying's own business names unconditionally accepted the banknotes according to the face value.

Yang Rong suddenly asked: "You mean, if you deposit money in Tongli Bank, you can get three cents of profit every year?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Yes, if you deposit 10,000 yuan in the bank, you can get 300 yuan more in a year." If you deposit 100,000 yuan, the interest income alone will be as high as 3,000 yuan. If it's a million...... That's 30,000 times! ”

Yang Rong patted Chen Ying's shoulder and said, "Sister, I've handed over the coffin book to you, I'll let someone find Ma Zhou when I go back, and save ...... first."

Chen Ying asked nervously, "How much to save first?" ”

"100,000 times!" Yang Rong said disapprenously: "Save 100,000 guan first, and the family can also raise 70,000 or 80,000 guan, and at most two months, you can deposit 200,000 guan." ”

Chen Ying was ecstatic. said secretly: "The empress's mother, she is really domineering. ”

This is also the first deposit business of Tom Lee Bank.

Yang Gongren was also a little moved, of course, what he valued was not Chen Ying's Tongli Money Village's credit, but Chen Ying's personal credit, Yang Gongren said: "Hongnong Yang's 128 stores in Henan County, including 160,000 stone grain, can all be purchased with paper money!" ”

When the news of Chen Yingqian's annual profit of three cents came. The generals who heard the news also donated generously and promised to deposit their promises into Tongli Bank.

In just a few days, Chen Ying's 20,000 or 30,000 generals ranged from tens to hundreds, of course, like Luo Shixin and Zhang Huaiwei, all their assets were deposited, and as for others, they were less consistent, and more than dozens of times.

In just one month, Chen Ying absorbed more than 200,000 yuan in deposits in Henan County alone.

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Until now, these displaced people are very worried. It wasn't until February 17 that they finally got a letter that the Tang pacification envoy was going to give them the land. And according to the information originally registered, they were given pieces of paper in denominations of consistent, two, five, and ten, according to the literate people.

The displaced people did not understand what these banknotes were, but when they received them, they had already signed and pressed their fingerprints, and with the harvest of the next three years as a pledge, they could buy what they needed from the shops of the Yang, Taiyuan Wu, and Hou Mo Chen companies

In the minds of the displaced people, this so-called "banknote" is probably a kind of bill, a kind of certificate.

With apprehension, an old farmer with a face full of vicissitudes and a dozen offspring belonged to a farm, a total of 46 households. Judging from experience, they needed twelve ploughing oxen and twenty sets of ploughing implements, seeds for their families, and grain for living until the harvest in the autumn, and they borrowed a total of sixty-five yuan.

"Uncle Defa, do you think we can get cattle?" A young man with a young face asked timidly.

The old farmer, known as Uncle Defa, smiled wryly and said, "I don't know, just ask!" ”

With a nervous mood, everyone first came to a grain store under the guise of the word "Yang", and timidly asked the guy: "We want to buy grain!" “

"Buy grain, old grain, new grain, millet or millet? Wheat? Or rice? “

"Two hundred stone valleys, one hundred stone wheat!"

The man did the math for a while and said: "Two hundred stone valleys are sixteen and three hundred dollars, and one hundred stones and wheat are four and six hundred dollars!" ”

Uncle Defa carefully counted a few pieces of paper in his arms and handed them to the buddy.

The man skillfully took the banknote, took out a hundred dollars from the counter and handed it to Uncle Defa, this is your change, come and get food from me! ”

Everyone looked at each other and said in amazement: "Can you really exchange it for food?" ”

The guy pouted and said, "It's not paper, it's money, it's money, if you don't want it, give me as much as you want......"

PS: Two more 8,500 words, weakly ask for a ticket.