"From now on, those who buy goods in the three divisions of the store, the value of the goods is less than 20 yuan, will not be delivered, and those who really need to deliver will receive cash according to the distance of the road. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info more than 20 yuan of full money, still delivered to the door, all cash will be collected, and other goods are not allowed to be discounted. …… Due to the inconvenience of carrying cash, in order to facilitate the people of the capital to buy goods in the store, the three divisions issued paper coupons according to the edict. Paper coupons can only be used in the stores of the three divisions, and the three divisions will not be held responsible for any misappropriation of other uses. …… The year, month and day, the list shows that the government and the people know. ”

Outside the shop in front of the state bridge, a student of Guozijian shook his head and read the list outside the Sansi shop rhythmically. A large group of idlers gathered around, and there was a lot of discussion.

A businessman-like clerk said: "It's only been a few days, why don't you deliver goods in the shop?" How inconvenient it is to hire donkeys and carts in the city, but it costs a lot of money! ”

A person next to him said: "Isn't it still sent for twenty yuan, your huge staff, every time you go in, just buy enough goods for twenty yuan." A small household like ours, it will take a consistent amount of time to go in, and you will take it and leave, and you will never need to send it to the small house in the shop. ”

The merchant shook his head again and again: "Twenty runs, you said so lightly!" How long does it take for me to get up early and work in the dark, to die and work? Besides, if you don't deliver the goods, you have to bring cash when you enter the shop in the future, which one goes out with more than a dozen copper coins on your body? You can't take that money, can you? ”

The people around him were stunned, and suddenly came to their senses: "I know that you can't get cash outside the staff, so the third division got some paper coupons for you to exchange!" Let's go, let's go and see what this paper coupon looks like. ”

Someone asked the Guozijian student who shook his head and read the list text: "This Xiucai, dare to ask where to exchange paper coupons?" ”

"It is written on the list that the paper coupons will be exchanged by the gold and silver shops of the three divisions next to the shop, and they will be redeemed from other places, and the real and false three divisions will not be responsible. Also, the paper coupon must be stamped with the seals of the three divisions, the treasury department and the Kaifeng Mansion, and one less seal is considered a fake. ”

"It's inconvenient! Besides, this is a matter issued by the official, who dares to cheat! ”

"Hehe, this coupon can be used as money in the Sansi shop, real money, why is no one cheating? Tell you, anyone who makes fake paper coupons will be regarded as stealing copper coins, and they will lose their heads! ”

There is no shortage of idlers in the capital, and after a while, the news will spread to half of Tokyo City. There are those who have a few spare money in their hands and like to join in the fun, so they go to the gold and silver shop next to the store and exchange a few paper coupons in their hands. It's not to buy goods with this, it's just curiosity to get two in your hand, and show it off in front of people.

Under the shed of a tea shop opposite the store, Xu Ping, Guo Jian and Liu Xin occupied a table, drinking tea while watching the movement on the opposite side. This is the first day of the issuance of shopping vouchers, and the three of them don't know what the situation is.

After a while, a public official of the Salt and Iron Division hurriedly came from the opposite side, came to the three of them, and saluted: "Deputy envoy, two judges, although there are many people in the gold and silver shop, looking lively, the paper coupons have not been exchanged much. ”

"Got it, you still go back to guard, and come over every half an hour to report how many paper coupons you have exchanged."

The official agreed, and turned to the other side.

Liu Xin said: "It seems that it is not easy to use this paper coupon. ”

Xu Ping drank tea and said in a deep voice: "This is natural, using the cash in your hand to exchange for a few pieces of paper, ordinary people naturally have doubts in their hearts, where to believe it at the beginning." After a while, I slowly became familiar with it, the letter of the three divisions was raised, and the people who bought the goods really saw the convenience of paper coupons, so they would slowly use them. ”

Guo Jian said on the side: "There are only 10,000 in the first month, and no matter how much you change it out, there is no need to worry." ”

"What's the hurry? When it came to the end of the month, how many didn't change out, so I went to change it together! Xu Ping smiled, "But our purpose is not to exchange these ten thousand yuan, but to make people accustomed to using paper coupons, two different things." ”

Listening to Xu Ping's words, Liu Xin and Guo Jian laughed together. However, I forgot that it is not difficult for the deputy envoy's family to change the ten thousand pieces, and how much is left at the end of the month, Xu Ping will go to the bottom alone.

You won't lose money when you exchange this paper coupon in your hand, and it's good to calculate it carefully. Copper coins are difficult to carry, and correspondingly, in addition to being generally used in the market, many occasions are converted to a handling fee. The flying money business under the three divisions only charges a handling fee of 20 wen for 1,000 yuan, which is already the lowest. The private gold and silver shops are even more expensive.

There is a cost to the flow of funds, and the less developed the finance, the higher the cost of funds. At first, I didn't realize that as long as these industries of the three divisions continued to develop normally, business people would slowly find that paper coupons would reduce their costs.

Xu Ping's real confidence in paper coupons is not to exchange them with cash, but to connect them with the issuance of paper coupons and other exchange businesses in gold and silver shops, where you can directly exchange common light goods such as gold and silver and cloth for paper coupons, without charging additional handling fees. This is very beneficial for businessmen from other places, who can save money and buy directly from Sansi Shop.

As long as this first step is taken away, the advantages of paper coupons that are easy to carry will be revealed, especially when the shop of the third division is opened to the outer state capital, the superiority of this point will be even more obvious.

Two months ago, Xu Ping had already begun to plan to open a branch of the third division in Luoyang, Xijing, and last month Yang Xu replaced Wang Yong as the transfer envoy of Quanjing West Road, plus Fang Kai, who assisted the new tea law in Xiangzhou, a transfer judge, and the conditions for Jingxi Road have been met.

There are many wealthy families in the east and west, and it is the most developed place in the world at this time. As long as they establish a foothold in these two places, especially if they can expand to Xiangzhou, the three divisions will control the commerce in the most heartfelt area of the world.

On this basis, the chain connecting agriculture and industry is full.

Half an hour later, the official who was guarding the gold and silver shop came to report again, but the situation was still not improving.

Xu Ping and the three of them looked at each other and shook their heads slightly, it seemed that it could only be like this. In the first days, I also created a public opinion, so that the people of the capital knew that there was such a thing, and I am afraid that it would take a few days to take it slowly.

Suddenly, the official who had just left for a long time hurriedly turned back again, arrived at the table, saluted, stood there stunned for a while, and then let out a sigh of relief and said, "Deputy envoy, the remaining paper coupons in the gold and silver shop have been exchanged at once!" ”

"What?!" Xu Ping and the three of them were taken aback and stood up together.

Seeing that the official still had some expressions that did not belong, Xu Ping forcibly calmed down and said to him: "Don't worry, say it slowly, how many people are going to change?" Are those people together? ”

"It's just one."

"Which one?"

"The Eight Great Wangs, it was his family's prefect who went to the shop to exchange paper coupons, and they used cloth, silk, incense, medicine, pearls, etc., not cash. And after exchanging the paper coupons of the gold and silver shop, there are still some treasures left in his house, which are all sent in the shop. ”

It turned out to be their family, so it's no wonder, 10,000 guan is not a particularly large number for the Eight Kings family, and it is nothing to take it out. And it's all treasures, obviously to take advantage of the three divisions, anyway, he is not afraid that the three divisions will dare to swallow his money and not recognize the account of the paper coupons, no matter how you calculate it, you will not suffer. (To be continued.) )