Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 453
Chapter [-] The Queen's Mother Is Really Domineering
The Central Plains is a fertile land, but the west of Henan is not the only one, especially in Xin'an County, which is a typical hilly and mountainous area. There are not many large-scale plains, and most of them are small basins.

The kind of fertile land that is easy to irrigate is basically the fat in the mouths of the Zheng family in Xingyang and the big and small aristocratic families in Henan County. Even if Chen Ying opened up wasteland, he would just pick up some barren land.Even in the case of God's rewarding food, the weather is good all year round, but unfortunately, such a year cannot be accounted for even two out of ten years.Even in that case, the output made Chen Ying tangled up.The farmers worked hard for more than half a year, and the output of an acre of land was about five buckets of stone, which was almost enough for a person's rations for fifty days in peacetime.

Chen Ying thought about what he had seen and heard in later generations, and he often felt that the yield per mu was less than one stone and five buckets, which was too little.Chen Ying also sighed, if he could bring some corn, potatoes, or maybe pepper seeds, that would be great.

Since the land in Henan County cannot build that kind of large-scale farms, these refugees can only be resettled in units of one hundred or ten households.Like Lingzhou, in a place that lacks the control of aristocratic families and clans, Chen Ying can gather ten forts and one town together, which is convenient for management and defense.

It's just a pity that the Central Plains has always been a place that major families value, especially the area controlled by the aristocratic families in Shandong. There is almost no large-scale wasteland here, so Chen Ying can't find a place to open up wasteland.

These refugees were hanged by Chen Ying for two meals a day, one thick and one thin, for more than a month. These refugees gradually adapted to Chen Ying's arrangement.

The arrangement of hundreds of thousands of refugees needs to be divided into thousands of villages and thousands of farms in Henan County, but this requires a lot of farm tools.The various workshops under Chen Ying's name did not have the production tools and seeds themselves, and Chen Ying did not even participate in the business of grain sales and purchases.

Although through the robbery, Chen Ying obtained enough money to resettle the refugees in a short period of time, but he had no clue about arranging the supplies for these refugees.In desperation, Chen Ying had no choice but to seek help from Yang Gongren, the samurai Xun and Hou Mo Chen Qianhui.

To Chen Ying's surprise, Yang Gongren and Yu Qing arrived in Xin'an County the next day after receiving the news of Chen Ying's request for help. What surprised Chen Ying most was that Samurai Xun did not come, but Samurai Xun's new wife , Yang Rong, Chen Ying's eldest cousin, arrived in Xin'an in her very flamboyant four-wheeled carriage.

Yang Rong slipped her skirt with both hands to avoid dragging the hem of the skirt on the brick floor. She finished her makeup, her bright eyes were still bright, and her clear eyes shone brightly under the candlelight.

Looking at Yang Rong's makeup, Li Xiuning found it hard to imagine that basically Yang Rong was a woman in her 40s, and it seemed that there was no trace of age on Yang Rong's face.Especially Yang Rong's full and firm chest made Li Xiuning a little jealous.

"Mr. Wu Yang pays respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess and my brother!"

Chen Ying enthusiastically joked: "I haven't seen you for a long time, the big cousin is even more beautiful."

Suddenly, Chen Ying felt something was wrong.Turning her head to see Li Xiuning's expression was a little unnatural.

Fortunately, Yang Gongren came here, stepped forward to smooth things over and said: "Your Highness, I don't know, Chen Ying and I are aunt cousins, and Rongniang is still Chen Ying's eldest cousin in terms of seniority!"

After hearing this explanation, Li Xiuning's face softened a little.

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

At this time, Li Xiuning noticed that Yang Rong actually had a four-wheeled carriage, but seeing that the scale and standard of Yang Rong's carriage was much different from his own, Li Xiuning felt a little more at ease.

Chen Ying knew that the so-called Yiyang was Xinyang in later generations, and Yiyang tea, isn't that Xinyang Maojian?That is one of the top ten famous teas in China for later generations.

However, when the maid brought Yang Rong's Yiyang tea, Chen Ying felt that Yang Rong was plundering natural resources. The good tea had to be smashed into tea foam, and then added ginger, garlic, pepper, Salt, even mutton oil, a thick bowl of 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 off his tea art, so he had to ask Yang Rong for some tea, and planned to play with it slowly later.

Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying with a grin and said, "Little cousin, can we talk now? What help do you want?"

Chen Yingdao: "Because of this war, a large number of refugees appeared in Henan. How I say now, my younger brother is also a pacifying ambassador, so the livelihood of these tens of thousands of refugees fell on my younger brother. I have no choice but to ask my big cousin and big cousin Call for help!"

Yang Rong waved her hand and said: "The married daughter, the water that was poured out, I can't help with Yang's affairs now, I can still say something in Wu's, how about this, how much food do you need? Fifty thousand shi is enough not enough?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying gave Yang Rong a thumbs up.

She is worthy of being the biological mother of a generation of queens, she is really domineering.Opening your mouth is [-] shi of grain.Yang Gongren said indifferently: "Mr. Yang can also help my little cousin with [-] to [-] guan of money and food."

When Chen Ying heard this, it was no wonder that the ancient aristocratic clans could control the local government affairs, just like now, when Chen Ying, as an outsider, wanted the support of the Zheng family, the Zheng family would not give them anything.As for Hongnong Yang's relatives with Chen Ying, he opened his mouth for [-] to [-] guan.

Of course, this is also commonplace in this era.A huge family, for the children in the family, it 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 during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, was the Right General of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.The status is equivalent to the vice chairman of the military committee, general Chaopin, but apart from his achievements in calligraphy, Wang Xizhi has no achievements in the military, and there is not even a record of leading the army in battle or military opinions. Shit stuff. (But Wang Xizhi's reputation is very high)
Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "As the so-called brothers settle their accounts clearly, I can't let my cousin and cousin suffer. What I mean is, let's establish a joint operation mechanism!"

The money bank founded by Chen Ying naturally used the functions of later generations of banks to regulate the market economy.As the saying goes, it is difficult to kick the first three legs. Now, without the government's intervention, how to promote the banknotes issued by Datang Tongli Bank has become a headache for Chen Ying.Of course, this is only a part of the military pay and rewards paid by the left and right guards and the left and right officers. These banknotes have been circulated and returned to Tongli Bank. Almost no one collects or continues to use this banknote.

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

Chen Ying took these papers and handed them to Yang Gongren, Yang Rong, and Li Xiuning.Li Xiuning looked at these papers inexplicably. The patterns of mountains and the Great Wall were printed on these papers, and the words "Shi Guan" were printed on the front.There are also patterns of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the words Wuguan are printed on the front.There is also the pattern of Chang'an City, with the words "Two Guan" printed on it, and the fourth type is printed with the pattern of Luoyang, with the words "Ultimate" printed on it.

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

Before Chen Ying had time to explain, he saw Yang Rong's eyes light up: "Is this money?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "This is the banknote issued by Tongli Bank. How beautiful is it?"

In fact, this is not the earliest banknote in history. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to years of fighting with the Huns, the treasury was empty. In order to solve financial difficulties, the "three baht coins" and "platinum coins" (made of silver and tin Alloy coins) at the same time, "white buckskin coins" were issued.The so-called "white buckskin coins" use the white deerskin of the palace garden as the currency material, each square foot, painted around, and each leather coin is valued at 40 yuan.Because its value is far away from the value of the leather currency itself, the "white buckskin currency" is only used as a gift between princes and princes, and is not used in the field of circulation, so it is not a real banknote, it can only be said to be a banknote pioneer.

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

Chen Ying is now making banknotes from Tongli Bank in order to promote the commercial development of Datang.

Yang Rong caressed these banknotes carefully, pointed to a series of Arabic numerals on them and asked: "What does this ghostly symbol mean?"

"This is a big food number, representing one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninety!" Chen Yingdao: "In order to prevent counterfeit money, each piece is printed with a different combination of numbers. The pattern and the password of the currency value can be seen at a glance as long as it is a counterfeit currency. Moreover, these banknotes are easy to carry, even if they are 20 coins, a thousand sheets weigh a little more than four catties, and one person can easily carry [-] coins when traveling .”

Li Xiuning is the princess general of the Tang Dynasty, and she often considers things from the military point of view: "If this is used as the military salary of the army, if the generals in the army mutiny, the money in their hands... will become 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 is the credit of the 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 bank to reach a preliminary loan agreement with the refugees, and then distributed the banknotes to the people who made the loan. The Taiyuan Wu family, the Hongnong Yang family, the Hou Mo Chen family, and Chen Ying himself All merchants accept these banknotes at face value unconditionally.

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

Chen Ying nodded and said: "Yes, if you deposit 100 guan in the bank, you can get [-] guan more in a year. If you deposit [-] guan, the interest income will be as high as [-] guan. If it is [-] million guan ...that's [-] guan!"

Yang Rong patted Chen Ying on the shoulder and said, "My sister gave you the coffin. When I go back, I'll ask someone to find Ma Zhou and save it first..."

Chen Ying asked nervously, "How much should you save first?"

"One hundred thousand guan!" Yang Rong said disapprovingly: "Save 20 guan first, and the family can raise another [-] to [-] guan, and at most two months, you can deposit [-] guan."

Chen Ying was ecstatic.Secretly said: "The queen's mother is really domineering."

This is also Tongli Bank's first deposit business.

Yang Gongren was also a little moved. Of course, what he valued was not the credit of Chen Ying's Tongli Bank, but Chen Ying's personal credit. Yang Gongren said: "Hongnong Yang's 120 stores in Henan County, including 16 shi of grain, all of which can be purchased with banknotes!"

When the news of Chen Ying's bank's annual three-point profit came.The generals who heard the news also donated generously, promising to deposit it in Tongli Bank.

In just over a dozen days, Chen Ying's [-] to [-] generals have tens or hundreds of guan. Of course, people like Luo Shixin and Zhang Huaiwei have deposited all their property.

In just one month, Chen Ying absorbed more than 20 deposits in Henan County alone.

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Until now, these refugees feel very disturbed.It wasn't until February [-]th that they finally got the letter that the comfort envoy of Tang State would give them the land.And according to the information originally registered, each of them was given a piece of paper. According to people who can read, the pieces of paper said different denominations of one guan, two guan, five guan, and ten guan.

The refugees didn't know what these banknotes were, but they had already signed and pressed their fingerprints when they received the banknotes, and they could pledge the harvest of the next three years to the three families of Yang, Taiyuan Wu, and Hou Mochen. Buy what they need in the store of the merchant

In the minds of the refugees, this so-called "paper currency" is probably a kind of bill, a kind of certificate.

Feeling anxious, an old farmer with a face full of vicissitudes brought a dozen young children. They belonged to a farm with a total of 46 joint ventures.Judging from experience, they needed 65 oxen, [-] sets of tillage tools, seeds for the family and grain to live until the harvest in autumn. They borrowed a total of [-] pennies.

"Uncle Defa, do you think we can get a cow in exchange?" a childish young lady asked timidly.

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

The crowd first came to a grain store with the sign of "Yang" in a feeling of anxiety, and asked the clerk timidly: "We want to buy grain!"

"Buying grain, old grain, or new grain, millet or millet? Wheat? Or rice?"

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

The clerk did some mental calculation and said, "Two hundred shigu and sixteen guan are three hundred yuan, and one hundred shimai and four guan are six hundred yuan!"

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

The clerk took the banknotes skillfully, and took out one hundred coins from the counter and handed it to Uncle Defa. This is your change, come and collect food with me! "

Everyone glanced at it, and said dumbfounded: "Can you really get food?"

The man curled his lips and said, "It's not paper, it's money. If you don't want it, give me whatever you have..."

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