Destiny Only Han

Chapter 682 Zhang Buyi: Is the promised son-in-law also half in length?
Looking at Lu Wan's upright expression, although Liu Ying was too lazy to talk to him, she still muttered:

"How can it be possible for everyone to realize the freedom to eat sugar! After all, there is one who is willing to eat between being able to afford it and being able to eat it. But having said that, as there are more and more sugarcane plantations, what about the farmers in other places? I don’t know, but Qianshou in Guanzhong will fry sesame candy every year during the Spring Festival, and add a little brown sugar to the noodles to add color... Well, the sweetness is mainly provided by crushed persimmons.”

Liu Bang was in a good mood, so he nodded in agreement, and looked at Lu Wan full of threats: "If you bully my son again, be careful that I will slap you!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Liu Ying and asked: "Xiao He said at the beginning that planting sugarcane is more profitable than rice planting, so the tax is collected according to the commercial tax standard. I remember you also said that the so-called Son of Heaven is to lead everyone to obtain happiness."

"I mean, is it possible to adjust the taxation, reduce the cost of brown sugar, so that everyone can eat sugar freely!"

Liu Ying's brain turned quickly, and she gave a thumbs up in agreement:

"Father, your idea is really great! Although the profit of sugarcane is high, after all, sugarcane consumes too much water and fertilizer, and the land is still very fertile, but in another ten or eight years, I'm afraid it will only rely on the plantation The fertilizer produced by pigs, geese and people is not enough, and we need to buy a lot of fertilizer from outside!"

"And when we came this way, Dad also saw it. After leaving Nanhai County, many places in Guilin County and Xiang County only have houses and plantations on both sides of the road, and the places a little further away are still wasteland!"

"So I think it's better to change the tax standard when the boat is small and easy to turn around, and it can also stimulate people with spare money and skills to actively open up wasteland and farm."

"Not to mention the variety of sugarcane so that everyone has sugar to eat. After cutting the sugarcane of the year, before the next crop of sugarcane grows, crops with a short growth cycle can be grown in the field. For example, soybeans, not only It can fertilize the fields, and the bean curds are in short supply now!"

Liu Bang interrupted, and said displeasedly: "It's all about helping others. Don't you have a main business? As a man, you don't have your own career to work on. You don't want to be ashamed! Ovary is so talented, how can you be so talented?" a son?"

Liu Bang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You made a profit, and then sold it? You are actually a fool, aren't you?"

Liu Ying nodded: "That's true. But when our railway is repaired and the train passes through the whole country, the price of food in the world will become the same, so maybe there will be a new currency anchored by food..."

Zhang Buyi snapped his fingers and said, "Investment, help my mother take care of the family business, help Zhiyang take care of the fiefdom and property..."

Liu Bang didn't bother to correct his address, he just frowned and asked, "What are you doing now?"

"Father, think about it. It doesn't matter whether it's gold, silver or copper coins. They can't eat or drink, but they can be exchanged for food and drink. Why? Because this metal is relatively rare and valuable, so it has the property of being worth exchanging."

"That is to say, one catty of brown sugar can be exchanged for ten catties of white rice. Because of the large demand and the gathering of merchants in Chang'an City, there is serious introversion in order to compete. In addition, the price of grain is much higher than that in Lingnan." , so one catty of brown sugar can be exchanged for about seven catties of rice or millet, and if it is wheat and beans, it can be exchanged for about ten catties."

Liu Bang was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "So that's the case. No wonder you have been urging Zhisu Neishi to build granaries all over the country, and to buy and sell unlimited grain at the price set before. I think it is for this grain standard?"

Liu Ying touched her pocket first, and found that she no longer had the habit of carrying money with her, so she could only give up and start performing without real objects.

Therefore, when Liu Ying went bankrupt, not only would Lu Wan not be able to get back the money, but her reputation would also go bankrupt...

Liu Bang curled his lips in disdain: "Naigong is not a fool, of course he won't change it! The weight of Qi's saber coins is worth at least three Qin Banliangs!"

Liu Bang crossed his arms. Although he was a head shorter than Zhang Buyi, he had an aura of [-] meters: "Tell me."

"But that's not important. What's important is how to define the value of half a tael?"

"Why did you use the price of grain to measure the price of brown sugar? I don't think anyone in the market now uses grain and other things to barter. Everyone goes to the market to sell it first." Commodities, and then take the money to buy what you want..."

"But the crux of the problem is how to define the value of copper coins? For example, Qi's sword coins and Qin's half taels, if one is exchanged for one, would you exchange it?"

It is designated to open to traffic this year... Liu Ying looked at Lu Wan, and changed her words: "Oh, if the project is yellow, it will be yellow. Anyway, after the project goes bankrupt, the loan will definitely not be repaid. After all, it is said in the terms that the liability is limited , the debt is naturally limited..."

Seeing Liu Ying's inexplicable smile, Liu Bang was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he nodded heavily and patted Liu Ying on the shoulder:

While Zhang Buyi was silent, Liu Ying walked around Lu Wan, ran back and said with a smile: "He is not stupid at all, if you don't believe me, ask him, what is the so-called high price? "

But he frowned, looked at Liu Ying and asked:

It's just that his expression shows that my son is really talented in Liu Bang's eyes, but in Lu Wan's eyes, this kid is really insidious, and he doesn't know what he's holding back!
However, Lu Wan stood up uncontrollably and said, "The train? Just the iron bull? Hehe, it's been so long since I've even seen a shadow, so why are you bragging?"

ps: about ancient sugar prices.

"That's right. That's why Qin Shihuang abolished the currencies of the six countries and forced them to exchange Qin Banliang one-to-one, so people all over the world complained. Well, this is also the reason for accepting the soldiers of the world. Iron weapons are mostly used for military purposes. The bronze sword is still the main one, after all, it is a face-saving project, and the golden light looks like a celebration...so taking the soldiers of the world is actually taking the wealth of the world."

Therefore, although wheat has a large planting area, it is still only the staple food of the middle and lower class people.

But, this is my father's arrangement... Zhang Buyi was full of grievances, but Zhang Liang had repeatedly explained some things, so it was inconvenient to tell Liu Bangming, but he said weakly: "Actually, I have my own main job……"

Well, the banknotes are printed with Lao Liu and his own head, surrounded by two ears of grain, and strive to become a hard currency like green coins. At that time, the money will be scarce. The nuclear-powered banknote printing machine will be turned on for half a month, and the water will be released. There will be no economic crisis. Now, the chances of going to the guillotine are even lower... The corners of Liu Ying's mouth raised, her expression was inexplicable.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Bang smiled and said nothing, but when he looked at Zhang Buyi who was huddled in the corner, his face flashed a bit of displeasure.

Liu Ying thought for a while:
"There is basically no certainty about this. Like the plantations in Lingnan, because they guard the large granary of the Nichinan Governor's Mansion, the price of grain is not high. In addition, it is an important production area for sugar cane. The price of brown sugar is about the price of grain. about ten times that."

As a result, Lu Wan raised her eyebrows gradually, and chased after Liu Ying who was running away: "Dare to cheat Naigong? Brat, don't run if you have the guts!"

"I have thought about it carefully over the years. The so-called food is the most important thing for the people, so the value of copper coins is actually mainly linked to food. In other words, whether it is the Zhou Dynasty or the Qin Dynasty, as well as the Han Dynasty today, it is actually implemented. It is the grain standard. That is, the value of grain determines the value of copper coins."

Zhang Buyi walked over with a face full of apprehension, and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty..."

Well, there are many old antiques in Guanzhong, and the daily diet is mainly grain food, that is, steamed rice or millet. As for pasta, it is rare to eat occasionally.

"Well, if it's the plantations around Panyu, you can also grow watermelons. Those guys who are so dark and look like the black monkeys raised in my teacher's house like to eat this kind of fruit the most!"

"Come here. I'm calling you!"

Zhang Buyi lowered his head and licked his lips: "That's right, it is to buy land, build a suitable plantation according to the local geographical environment and hydrological conditions, and then sell it at a high price after two or three years have passed and the plantation starts to make a profit... ..."

"Not bad, you can think of so many things in a short period of time, which shows that you have worked hard on weekdays. Well, I have never asked, what is the price per catty of the brown sugar that most people eat?"

Well, in order to get Liu Ying's letter of guarantee, Lu Wan not only invested in a lot of interest-free loans, the most important thing is that he also used his influence to attract a lot of investment for Liu Ying from his former subordinates...

Liu Ying nodded:

Liu Bang made some calculations. Although it is winter now, the Nichinan Governor's Mansion can do three crops a year, so the price of grain in Lingnan has been maintained at the price of [-] yuan per stone. Luck, so the price of grain in winter may rise to two hundred and fifty or sixty yuan a stone.

There seems to be no sugar industry in the Han Dynasty, so I couldn't find it.

However, Li Kuangyi of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Zi Xia Ji" that when milk glutinous rice (sugar) was newly opened, it was 1 wen per catty.At that time, during the Zhenguan period, a bucket of rice cost 5 Wen, which was equivalent to 1 catties today. That is to say, a catty of lactose could be exchanged for 12.5 catties of rice.

Japanese scholar Ikeda Wen wrote in "Research on Ancient Chinese Books and Accounts", the second year of Tang Tianbao, the evaluation of Jiaohe County City, the seal of Jiaohe County Governor's Mansion, one or two of sugar, Shangzhi Qian Shier, Ci Shiwen, Xia Jiuwen .The price of rice is thirteen cents per bucket, calculated on the basis of 16 taels a catty, a catty of sucrose can be exchanged for 120-180 catties of rice.

In the Ming Dynasty, productivity was relatively developed. Shen Bang, the magistrate of Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, recorded the prices at that time. Rice was 2 centimeters and 8 cents per catty, sugar was 40 cents per catty, and one catty of sugar could be exchanged for fourteen catties of rice.Of course, the disparity in comparison is mainly because there is no sugar production in the north, and the freight is too expensive.Therefore, in the book "China: Sugar and Society-Peasant Technology and the World Market" published by American scholar Mu Sujie in 1998, the value of every load of white sugar in Guangzhou in 1600 was between 1 tael and 2 tael, which was equivalent to the price of grain. four to five times.

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