Chapter 205: Currency Shortage
Coming out of the palace, the sun has turned west, and the red glow sweeps across the huge imperial city, spreading onto the green glazed tiles next to it, revealing a fresh color, which makes people feel novel. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xu Ping sat on the tricycle passing through the yamen, looking at the sunset in the distance, and was a little distracted in a trance.
Unconsciously, the consortium created by the three divisions, including agriculture, industry and commerce, gradually moved towards the system of Yongzhou sugar business.
Xu Ping didn't know if it was good or bad, according to the knowledge of the previous life, Europe was first developed by fully competitive capitalism, and that kind of economic system has a basic assumption that every natural person involved in the operation of the economy is selfish and naturally pursues the maximization of profits. All political systems, economic systems, and even laws and morals have developed on this basic assumption, and have even become absolutely correct. As long as it is for one's own interests, violating the law, trampling on morality, or even destroying one's conscience, it is understandable and even naturally justified.
Now that Xu Ping is promoting economic expansion and reproduction on the basis of the three divisions, this assumption no longer exists, and all aspects of society will be different from that history. The law is still serious, morality is not allowed to be trampled on, and all this will be on the track of Chinese tradition.
Xu Ping didn't know where this road would go, and he didn't know if he could go on, he had no destination. However, in China in this era, there is only this road to go, unless the land is turned into hell first.
When he arrived at the door of the Ordinance Editing Office, the car stopped, and Xu Ping came back to his senses. With a sigh, Xu Ping stepped out of the car, ready to go back to the yamen to clean up, and then go home.
As soon as he arrived at the door, the general guarding the door saluted with his hands crossed: "Deputy envoy, someone came from the field affairs in the north of the city just now, saying that he was waiting for the edict to do things there, and he had finished grinding some lenses, and he wanted the deputy envoy to go over and see." ”
Xu Ping was stunned: "Oh, when did you come?" What about people? ”
"The person has already gone back, saying that he is waiting in the field affairs, and he has been gone for less than half an hour."
Qiu Zhizhao is a famous craftsman in the Hanlin Academy, and many famous jade objects in the palace are carved by him, and he is a master craftsman in this era. The status of the craftsman is low, and some craftsmen who are particularly good will inevitably be a little arrogant, anyway, he can't be promoted to any official, and the income will not be less when he leaves the Hanlin Academy, and he doesn't have the leisure to serve the idle people.
When he arrived at the editing office, Qiu Zhizhao saw that no one paid attention to him, so he left the news and went back by himself.
The grinding lenses are used by Xu Ping to make telescopes, because of the high requirements, it has been some days. Now that there was finally news, Xu Ping hurriedly returned to the yamen to hurriedly deal with a few documents, and then rushed to the north of the city.
Out of the imperial city, remembering that Tianzhang Pavilion was waiting to be made by Yan Su and repeatedly said that the telescope was ready for him to go over to see it together, Xu Ping ordered an entourage to inform Yan Su and meet together in the glass-making workshop.
It was dinner time, the streets were bustling with pedestrians, and Xu Ping couldn't go fast on horseback.
After many years of peace, the people in Kaifeng City have also raised Diao, and many people don't have much fire in their homes, and when they get to the meal, they all pour into the streets, either eating snacks at the stalls, or drinking some wine in the small shops. A city with little industry and commerce has gathered more than a million people, and the service industry has developed to the extreme, and almost every item of eating, drinking, and Lazar has specialized people to do.
Even if you cook at home, you can't save much money, you have to buy rice, firewood, and even water for cooking in the capital. Instead of spending all that effort, it's better to go out and eat.
When I arrived at the glass shop in the north of the city, the sun in the west sky was only a little exposed, supporting the afterglow of the setting sun. The willows on the side of the road have already been full of green, interspersed with a few peach blossoms and apricot blossoms against the wall, and still grasping the tail of spring.
Yan Su's house was close to here, and he was already waiting for Xu Ping at the door.
After the two of them met the courtesy, Yan Su looked at the carriage that was slowly passing not far away, and sighed in his mouth: "The third division is getting more and more wealthy, and there is a special oil-walled car for the officials and yamen, and I think of the third division to do things." ”
"It's not because the land price in the inner city is too expensive, the shop rents out the house and lets them live here, and the monthly rent money saved is enough to buy a lot of cars. If you like it, you can move here, you can sit on these cars up and down, and I will let people leave a seat for you! ”
Yan Su heard this, and shook his head again and again: "Don't think that I don't want to, it's just that it's worth a lot of money, and it's not cost-effective to move around." Now here in the north of the city, since the new field business has been opened, there are shops, there are people, and even Goolan tiles have opened two new ones. If you have spare money, buy land here and build a house, and you will definitely make money! ”
Xu Ping said with a smile: "If you want to make a painting, you will have to sell hundreds of pieces, and you still have no money in your hand?" Since you have taken a fancy to this, you should act as soon as possible, this kind of thing is fast and slow! ”
"Originally, I had a few spare money, and it was all sent to your newly opened shop a few days ago. Now that I'm old and want to paint two paintings to sell, where can I paint them in a hurry? ”
Yan Su sighed again and again, and entered the glass business with Xu Ping.
In the days when the new shop first opened, it was really a daily income, and Xu Ping was a little scared when he settled the accounts. At this rate, soon all the copper coins in the capital will be collected into the three divisions, so what is it? Fortunately, after a few days, the sales slowly declined, and Xu Ping breathed a sigh.
The three divisions collect copper coins, but there is no channel to spend them outside, which is a very bad thing. The significance of money is circulation, and once it stagnates, it is very detrimental to the economy and will seriously affect the prosperity of commerce. Whether it is public or private, where the currency stops, it means that where the currency exits the market.
These days, Xu Ping has been paying close attention to the amount of copper coins received into the three divisions, and according to calculations, in a few months, the capital will face a shortage of copper coins. In his previous life, it was the bank that solved this problem, but now Xu Ping is not ready, and the bank will not be able to build it for a while and a half, so he can only use other methods to deal with emergencies.
The compromise solution was to have the shops run by the three divisions issue shopping coupons, partially replacing the currency, so that at least what the three divisions sell will not seriously affect the business of the capital. Moreover, shopping vouchers can also accumulate the necessary experience for opening a bank to issue banknotes in the future, so that there will be no people to use it at that time.
Yan Su is Xu Ping's favorite talent for designing shopping vouchers, he has first-class painting skills, and he is familiar with himself, and he is also interested in science and technology, and many things can be discussed.
After entering the glass business, the two of them let the official on duty lead them and walked straight to the small courtyard where Qiu was waiting for the edict. (To be continued.) )