Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 472 The money conjured out of thin air

In the pavilion on the second floor of the Taiping canteen, Qiu Ming said to Saburo: "This is the canteen specially built by the Yamen for the industrial area. People who have no food in the field can come here. A meal is the cheapest eight yuan, very cheap .”

Saburo was taken aback: "Why is food so cheap? You can't eat anything outside for eight cents."

Qiu Mingdao: "The simplest thing is that a bowl of plain noodles costs eight cents enough money to ensure that you are full. The government here does not collect taxes, but it is specially built to provide convenience for the factories in the industrial zone. Of course, if you want to eat good food, this is a must." There is also in it, there is no shortage of wine and meat."

While talking, the boy came over and saluted.

Qiu Mingdao: "My friend and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's drink two glasses of wine today. A plate of Mushu meat, a plate of Sixi meatballs, a plate of mushrooms and vegetables, and a plate of green onion and egg soup. Bring a jug of your wine, preferably iced Some."

The boy agreed and left quickly.

Saburo said: "Today I made my brother spend money. If I have time some other day, I will treat you to a drink."

Qiu Ming said: "My brother, why bother talking about this. This is a cafeteria, and all the food is mainly convenient and cheap. Most of their dishes are fried in a big pot and then served on plates, so the price is not expensive. Compared with outside In general, the price of a restaurant is twice as expensive.”

Saburo turned around to look around.The outside is covered with glass, and the windows are bright and clean everywhere, and the inside of the pavilion is also bright.Such an environment cannot be compared to smaller restaurants.The price is so cheap, I don't know how to make money.

In the blink of an eye, all the food and wine were served.Wulang didn't drink, so Qiu Ming ordered another plate of steamed buns.

After drinking two glasses of wine, San Lang asked: "Brother, how are you doing as an official now? I heard that the current official salary is really quite a lot. I don't know if it is true. From Xining During the years, the recruitment law was implemented, and it was said that the salaries were given to the officials. Not many years later, many officials still have no money to pay. Looking at the current situation, it should be all paid, right?"

Qiu Ming said with a smile: "Look at the current situation, is it possible not to pay money? If you don't pay money, how can this industrial zone be run? Which official will sit there and answer your questions? Officials have money to send Only then can you do things with peace of mind. If not, don’t say that those who come to the venue don’t say that they are tax-free, and you have to be filial to the officials. Otherwise, who will help you do things!”

"That's right." Saburo nodded. "I don't know how much you pay a month now?"

Qiu Mingdao: "General officials, the minimum is enough money for three years. For those of us who have attended several schools, it usually starts at five dollars a month. Although the money is not much, it is enough to support the family."

Saburo said: "Five guan in a month, enough to support the family!"

The income of people in the Song Dynasty was generally a hundred cash a day, which was enough to support a family.However, it usually refers to Shengmo, which is 77 Wen, and rarely enough money.Under Wang Xiaolie's rule, Shengmo was gradually abolished, and all of them were fully paid.Coupled with stable prices, sufficient commodities, small families are encouraged, and three pennies a month is enough to support the family.Five times a month, considered upper middle income, equivalent to the middle class of later generations.

Qiu Mingdao: "Well, it's just to support the family. Fortunately, the ranks of officials increased last year, and now it's not as difficult to be promoted to Yasi and Kongmu. And as long as you do well and do well in the school exams, you will definitely be promoted. Go up. Being an official is also a job."

The two talked about their recent encounters while drinking wine.Saburo took a steamed bun and bit on it, and picked up a chopstick from time to time, ignoring them.

After eating for a while, Qiu Ming felt a little drunk.Said to Saburo: "In a few days, a new school will be opened in Xiangyang City. We will select those who have done well among officials, and then go to school for a year or two. I heard that excellent officials will generally be promoted to become officials. Yasi. I don’t have many days to work here. If you want to start, you’d better finish it in a month or two. After the time passes, I won’t be able to help you.”

Saburo said: "Okay, okay, I understand. Then you have been in school and come out, aren't you an official?"

Qiu Ming said: "It's not that easy. In the past few years, everything has been newly implemented. Many people have doubts. People like me have a better chance. But it is still more difficult to be an official. Our governor has clearly stated that no favor will be granted in the future. If you want to be an official, you must either be a Jinshi or learn it in school. If you don’t allow grace, how many officials will you lose in a year? Those who have learned in school will naturally have a better chance of becoming an official.”

Saburo asked: "What's the difference between a Jinshi in the middle school and those learned in school?"

Qiu Mingdao: "Everything is pre-determined, and I can't say for sure. However, it should be that the future is different. Those who are in Jinshi will naturally be promoted quickly. Those who come out of school will be much worse. In the past, the rules of the imperial court, Jinshi were promoted. Different."

Saburo nodded.How did Saburo figure out this kind of thing?But it has nothing to do with me, so I don't bother to care about him.

Qiu Mingdao: "In the future, not only officials have to avoid, but officials with higher ranks also have to avoid. For example, they must go to the neighboring states to work as a secretary. If they are lower, they are not allowed to work in their own county. .Many things will be different in the future, and who knows what will happen?"

After speaking, Qiu Ming looked out the window, looking a little melancholy.

Seeing Qiu Ming's appearance, Saburo was also a little lost in thought.Yeah, nothing will be the same in the future, who knows what it will be like?This change not only affects people like myself, but officials are even more affected.

Under Wang Xiaolie's rule in the past two years, the agricultural harvest has been bumper, the industry and commerce has developed, taxes have been reduced, and the society has never been more prosperous.Everyone has made money, and they all praise Wang Xiaolie.In this situation, for Wang Xiaolie, danger and opportunity coexist.

If the economy can continue to develop like in the past two years, and the common people earn more and more money, it will be a good thing for Wang Xiaolie.Prestige will become higher and higher, even to the point of being indestructible.Once the economy declines and affects the lives of the people, the people's evaluation of Wang Xiaolie will be completely reversed.At that time, everything was difficult.

Wang Xiaolie is not a fairy, and there is no way to conjure money out of thin air.In the past two years, the economic development has relied on a large amount of investment.These costs have just been invested, and I don't know when and what month they will pay back. It is impossible to make money from them.Coupled with large-scale tax cuts, the government's income has dropped a lot.Everyone likes tax cuts, but the reduction in fiscal revenue is a headache for the government.

Being able to maintain this situation is all about printing money.

Initially, Wang Xiaolie planned to print millions of coins and gradually build up the bank.Unexpectedly, Xiangyang Huizi is exquisitely printed and extremely difficult to forge.More importantly, the value of the currency is strong.As long as you have huizi in your hand, you can go to the bank to exchange for copper coins.With a meeting, you can buy almost all kinds of goods in the world in Xiangyang, and the price is not high.Merchants quickly embraced Xiangyang Huizi, and circulation far exceeded estimates.

The current Xiangyang Huizi has been used all over half the world.In the Song Dynasty, the two roads of Jinghu and Huainan had already passed through Xiangyang Huizi.Even in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, until Sichuan and Sichuan, Xiangyang Huizi began to flow unimpeded.To some extent, the current Xiangyang Huizi has a similar function to copper coins.

The copper smelting industry in the Southern Song Dynasty was greatly reduced, and there was an extreme shortage of copper coins.The appearance of Xiangyang Huizi filled the gap of copper coins, and the market was far bigger than Wang Xiaolie imagined.Due to the stable currency value, Xiangyang Huizi quickly squeezed out the markets of other Huizi and Jiaozi, and even began to squeeze out the gold and silver market.However, due to the small face value of clubs, which is conducive to daily transactions, it is also crowding out the daily copper coin market.

In the north, Xiangyang Huizi also began to pass through Jingxi and Shaanxi roads, the south of Hedong Road, and some places on Jingdong Road.Even the scope used by Xiangyang Huizi is larger than the territory ruled by Liu Yu.

It's not that no one has thought of restricting Xiangyang Huizi.But the people don't care about the government's ban at all, and use more and more.There are even big officials in the frontier who want to learn from Xiangyang Huizi.Especially in Sichuan and Sichuan, Zhang Jun's subordinates imitated Xiangyang Huizi and printed several kinds of Jiaozi.It's a pity that the depreciation was too fast, and the merchants didn't accept it at all after it was printed.Unless it is discounted and discounted, coupled with government enforcement, it will be difficult to spend Chuanshu Jiaozi.

As a banknote, it is actually a big question to maintain the stability of the currency value of the club.Wang Xiaolie used copper coins for the distribution committee, first of all to ensure that the committee will not depreciate the value of copper coins.Then through the bank, the members will be expanded with a currency multiplier, and the amount is far beyond what other people can match.Another point is that the industry and commerce in Xiangyang have developed rapidly in the past two years, and the goods provided have guaranteed the purchasing power of Huizi in Xiangyang.

Wang Xiaolie is very clear that he has been able to develop smoothly in the past two years because the scarcity of private currency has provided him with opportunities.But this kind of opportunity is not stable, and it will not always be like this.If you keep printing money, you must ensure that the market needs to exceed the speed at which you can print money.Many of the national debts of later generations are in this form.Once the national debt is sold, it is not ready to be repaid.More likely, after a few years, social currency is no longer scarce, and printing money will cause inflation at that time, and it is actually impossible to print more.

For Wang Xiaolie, the past few years have been a good opportunity.Print as many meetings as possible within the allowed range.And try to spend the printed meetings effectively.Whether it is a government-run business or an industrial zone, it is all a way of playing tricks.

(End of this chapter)