I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 218 Make a fortune?Heh, heh heh...

After sending away the Wuyanghou Fanshi people, Dou Pengzu, Liu Pengzu, Liu Sheng's uncle and nephew did not stay idle for too long.

Some people from Fan City made a sample and became a "premature bird". Those dukes and nobles who were interested in buying grain but still had some concerns completely dispelled their concerns.

After briefly inquiring about the doorway with the people of Fan City, the remaining princes and nobles also boarded the gate of the Taiwomen in sequence.

After saying a thousand words and ten thousand words, in the end, Liu Sheng still said the same thing:

——As long as you can afford it, I will sell you as much as you buy for 2000 million shi of grain in Taicang!
——Bronze coins, one hundred coins and one stone, gold, one gold and one hundred stones, with clearly marked prices, no one is deceiving!
Before coming here, I had asked the people of Fan City about the doorway, but after coming here, Liu Sheng repeatedly reminded and emphasized that most of the princes were not too tired.

Tentatively negotiated the price, and confirmed that the price was not negotiable, so they all paid for it.

But the money was spent, and the grain bought back was not available to the princes.

Some people wanted to get it, but Liu Sheng firmly refused it on the grounds that they would deliver all the princes' grain at once in the spring of next year under the pretext of dealing with the people of Fan City.

There are also some people who have no place to store the food after they buy it;
Reminded by Liu Sheng's 'kindness', most of them said with a smile on their faces: Young master is too conscientious to do business!
The reaction of the princes was not beyond Liu Sheng's expectations.

The reason is simple: in this era, storing grain, especially grain in the unit of 'ten thousand stones', requires granaries, manpower, and storage costs, which are a huge and staggering expenditure.

Needless to say, the warehouse must first be large enough to hold so much grain;
Secondly, it must meet various conditions such as ventilation, drying, away from water sources, and convenient transportation.

It is also for this reason that for thousands of years, farmers would rather sell their grain to merchants at a low price after the autumn harvest, and buy it home at a higher price the next year, instead of saving any money and building their own storage. A small granary for grain.

——Except for businessmen with huge funds and the ability to bear the huge storage costs, and they are wealthy businessmen, in the whole world, only the government is left with the ability to store so much food.

The granary of the government will definitely not store food for the people, but only store the Lumi for the salary, the military rations for the army, and the food stored in the government and treasury.

As for merchants, if they spend such a huge amount of money and cost to store food, they will naturally earn a price difference of 'billion points'.

In the past, the meritorious nobles who lived in Chang'an almost never dealt with food;
Even the tax (grain) collected by the feudal country is basically sold directly on the spot, exchanged for money and gold, stored in the fief, or transported to Chang'an for expenses.

Such a lucrative business suddenly appeared, and the meritorious princes couldn't care less about it, and they were unwilling to build warehouses or find warehouses.

——Anyway, Liu Sheng is willing to save it for everyone, so let’s save it!
As for the possibility of Liu Sheng's embezzlement of this part of the grain, it did not worry any of the dukes and nobles.

Because this era is an era of virtue.

As long as Liu Sheng does such a thing, let alone being a crown prince, from now on, there will never be a single person in the world who is willing to treat Liu Sheng as a 'human'.

From buying grain to storing grain, Liu Sheng has arranged a one-stop service for the big guys. The dukes no longer have any worries, so they naturally rushed to subscribe.

In just three days, 140 of the more than 37 princes and honorable nobles in Shangguanli, Chang'an, boarded the uterus to subscribe for food!
And the amount of food subscribed by these 37 people undoubtedly made Liu Sheng amazed by the huge purchasing power of the princes group...
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"Fei Hou Chen Yan, Long Concern Hou Zhou Tong;"

"Zhu Piqiang, Marquis of Duchang, and Yao Province, Marquis of Haiyang;"

"Boyang Marquis Chen Shi, Yangdu Marquis Ding Ancheng, Dongwu Marquis Guo It..."

"Whoo~~~"

"—A total of 37 companies~"

"There are nearly [-] households with more than a thousand households in the food town?"

Waiting in the side hall of the crown prince's uterus all morning, but couldn't wait for the prince who came to buy food, Liu Sheng, who was bored, got up and walked to his elder brother Liu Pengzu.

Picking up the volumes of 'ledgers' and taking a quick glance, Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.

"Thirty-seven Chehous together bought more than 37 million shi of grain;"

"If all 140 families make a move, the 2000 million shi of grain in Taicang will be eaten by all?"

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Liu Pengzu, who was sitting in front of the case, also nodded slowly, with a little surprise on his face.

"Earlier, Ah Sheng said that he would sell grain to the princes, but I was still thinking: how much grain can the princes buy?"

"Heh, it's better now..."

"Does it open my eyes?"

The conversation between the two brothers also aroused the interest of Nanpi Hou Dou Pengzu;

Left and right had nothing to do, so they explained the reason for the two brothers in a chatty tone.

"The honorable nobles in Chang'an don't seem to be very rich. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, they are not even as extravagant as some merchants;"

"But in fact, as long as it is a Chehou, especially those who have more than a thousand households in the city and have been handed down for 30 to [-] years, the wealth accumulated over the years is actually very huge.

"——During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, the total number of farmers in my Han family was only 200 million;"

"But just the meritorious princes who were conferred by the Taizu in the first dynasty, and the total number of their feudal states and cities, there are no less than 20 households!"

"The whole world's agricultural tax, the feudal lords account for [-]%, Chehou nobles account for [-]%, but the Chang'an court only accounts for [-]%..."

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"Sixty percent of the court, three percent of the princes, and only one percent of the marquis Yuanxun, it doesn't sound like much;"

"However, [-]% of the court's tax is used to distribute officials' salaries, army food and salaries, dredging canals, repairing roads, and palace expenses."

"—Such a huge expenditure, but only [-]% of the world's rent and tax, enough is already very good."

"Thirty percent of the vassals' money should also be spent on the daily expenses of the officials and troops of the vassal states, as well as the local government and palaces."

"As for the nobles of Chehou, although more than 100 of them add up, they only account for [-]% of the tax of our Han family. Part of it was taken out and used to govern the closed country."

"Except for daily expenses and occasional expeditions with the army, the Chehous can basically save more than half of their annual state tax."

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"Take the people of Marquis Fan City in Wuyang as an example. For a food town of [-] households, the annual tax is equivalent to [-] shi of grain and rice."

"Based on the price of grain in Guanzhong at about 250 qian per stone in previous years, the [-] shi of grain and rice is [-] million yuan."

"250 million a year, ten years, 500 million."

"Five decades have passed since Wuyang Hou Kingdom existed..."

The gentle and low tone resounded in the hall, causing the two brothers to turn their heads in unison.

On the other side of the head seat, Nanpi Hou Dou Pengzu lowered his head with a light smile, sipping tea and talking from time to time.

"This time, the people of Wuyang Houfan City bought 35 shi of grain from the young master;"

"However, if the money and gold stored in the feudal state are transferred to Chang'an, it is not impossible for Marquis Wuyang to eat 100 million shi of grain alone."

"One Marquis of Wuyang can eat 100 million stones by himself, and the rest of the princes who also have thousands of households are not far behind."

"Calculated in this way, these 37 princes add up to eat 2000 million stones of food stored in Taicang~"

"Well, it is indeed a bit difficult, but it is not impossible..."

After dropping some words in a relaxed manner, Dou Pengzu lowered his head and focused all his attention on the steaming bowl of tea soup in his hand.

Judging from Dou Pengzu's words alone, Dou Pengzu seems to be full of worries about Liu Sheng's opening of Taicang to sell grain this time.

But in fact, Dou Pengzu saw this incident very clearly.

——This time, Liu Sheng will definitely win a big victory!
Even without any basis, Dou Pengzu still firmly believes in this!
As the eldest son of the late Nanpi Hou Dou Changjun, Dou Pengzu is actually not a very smart person.

At least compared to his family relative Dou Ying, Dou Pengzu can only be regarded as "the posture of a middle-aged man" at best.

Regarding this incident, Dou Pengzu still couldn't understand: Liu Sheng, what exactly did he want to do.

However, Dou Pengzu, who is "the posture of a middle man", has not neglected the most noteworthy key point in this whole matter.

——Everything Liu Sheng did was unanimously supported by Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Qi!
This alone is enough.

The unanimous support of the Empress Dowager and the Son of Heaven was enough for Dou Pengzu to conclude that nothing could go wrong this time.

Knowing this, he has a solid foundation in his heart, and Dou Pengzu is not so eager to know Liu Sheng's real purpose and plan.

Anyway, Liu Sheng is sure to win, so instead of knowing Liu Sheng's "how to win" in advance, it's better to wait for the spring of next year to watch such a good show with his own eyes.

——Dou Pengzu, also Chehou~
The life of aristocrats is always so boring and boring.

It is rare to have such a good show, and it is a cool article with a "known ending", which adds to the boring aristocratic life. Of course, Dou Pengzu does not want Liu Sheng to spoil him too early.

It was as expected by Dou Pengzu: after his 'scaremongering' inferences, Liu Sheng's face still did not show the slightest worry.

Just smiling, he straightened his back full of confidence, and looked outside the gate of the palace, where there were already piles of cash boxes and gold boxes.

"If you're not afraid of ruining your family, why don't you let them all come here?"

"There are still many gaps in this pit;"

"Not only can these 37 houses be buried..."

He said a word with a light smile, then stared deeply at the cash box and gold box outside the palace gate for quite a while;

Then, Liu Shengcai suddenly smiled, then shook his head and turned around with a smile.

Looking at his cousin Dou Pengzu, he pointed his finger at the wooden box outside the palace gate, which was almost full of the crown prince's uterus.

"My nephew reckons that all the 'guests' who should come have already arrived."

"I'd like my cousin to go to the Shaofu and send all the gold sent by the princes to the Shaofu."

"—By the way, tell the Shaofu: This is what I got from selling grain this time."

After saying something softly, when Dou Pengzuwen got up with a smile and frowned a little doubtfully, Liu Sheng turned around again and looked at the wooden boxes containing copper coins.

"Keep the copper coins."

"Maybe I'll send it back intact..."

A meaningful murmur did not attract Dou Pengzu's questioning, he just nodded with a smile and walked out of the palace gate.

He greeted outside the side door of the Taiwort, and within a short time, hundreds of servants rushed into the Taiwomb. Under the command of Dou Pengzu, they carried the wooden boxes full of gold cakes to the side door of the Taiwomb.

——In the past three days, most of the more than 700 million shi of grain purchased by the dukes were paid for with gold.

The reason is also very simple: copper coins are really inconvenient...

Compared to a room full of copper coins that are only enough to buy a good horse, princes are obviously willing to save lighter, more valuable, and more beautiful gold.

And in the past three days, the 37 princes who bought food from Liu Sheng sent a total of nearly [-] gold...

"Fifty thousand gold, even in later generations, there will be a full twelve and a half tons..."

"Hey!"

"hey-hey."

Hehe giggled, watching the servants Dou Pengzu found move away all the gold in the crown prince's uterus, and then walked forward, picked up a few copper coins from the remaining wooden box, Liu Sheng smiled easily , Sit back to the top position.

And Liu Sheng just muttered intentionally or unintentionally, also vaguely revealed a little clarity on Liu Pengzu's face.

"Hey, Ah Sheng."

"I heard that after the princes bought the grain, they were discussing in private that they would sell the grain back to you in the spring of next year?"

"——What are you talking about? The grain is not moved in Taicang, and the money to buy grain is put in Ah Sheng's place for a winter. In half a year, it can be multiplied several times?"

Speaking jokingly, Liu Pengzu also got up from his seat, stretched lazily, then walked forward, and sat down beside Liu Sheng.

I saw Liu Sheng lowered his head indifferently, looked at the few copper coins in front of him, and said with a sneer: "The grain they bought~"

"It must be sold to me."

"—It is indeed as they said: Not a single grain of the grain in Taicang will be released from the warehouse."

"But the money that the dukes 'put' in me..."

"Hey!"

"—Don't even think about it~"

"How much it shrinks depends on the beginning of spring next year. I'm in a good mood..."

It was full of jokes, and even had a tone of gloating, which made Liu Pengzu laugh and nod.

In secret, he also roughly understood Liu Sheng's plan.

But the same as his cousin Dou Pengzu: Liu Pengzu doesn't want to see through this scene too early and how it will end.

On the contrary, at this moment, the few copper coins placed in front of Liu Sheng attracted Liu Pengzu's attention.

"Ok?"

"Qin Banliang, Han three baht, Luhou eight baht, Taizong four baht..."

"Tsk tsk, it's so complicated;"

"The dukes ransacked all their mansions in order to buy grain?"

The slightly joking tone did not make Liu Sheng divert his attention from the coins in front of him.

Looking across the front of the eyes in sequence, these four copper coins with "different shapes" also showed a strangeness on Liu Sheng's face.

Qin Banliang is the fruit of the unified weights and measures, unified currency and other systems implemented after the first emperor Yingzheng unified the world, following the same track of cars and the same text of books.

Just like the name of "half tael", each Qin half tael weighs half tael (twelve baht);
The whole body is copper-yellow, about the size of a later silver dollar, with a square hole the size of a soybean in the middle;
On the top, bottom, left and right of the money face, there are four characters of "sky round place" written in Qin seal script respectively.

——This is the coin with the strongest circulation, the highest purchasing power, and the most recognized coin in the Han Dynasty today.

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But the next Han Sanzhu was completely opposite to Qin Banliang.

The weight of about three baht is only a quarter of that of Qin Banliang, and the copper content is even less visible to the naked eye;
It is about the same size as a one-yuan coin in later generations, but the inner hole is bigger than the outer ring!
If it wasn't for the fact that the inner hole was square and the body of the coin was also faintly glowing with copper yellow, Liu Sheng would only think that what was in front of him was a key ring with a round outer circle and a square inner circle...

On the narrow face of the coin, which is not much wider than the key ring, the words "three baht" are written on the left and right.

Just these two words~
Tsk, how to say...
——It looks like the words Fang and Wen are written as 'put', separated from the left and right, and engraved on the left and right sides of the money face respectively.

The word 'three' on the left side, I wish it could be written as three points of water;

The character '瓦' on the right is disproportionately slender, like the neck of a giraffe.

It just so happens that the word "three baht" is so slender, but it is really recognizable...

This is the currency with the poorest circulation, the lowest purchasing power, the least popular, and the least valuable in the world today.

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The remaining two coins are three baht more than the Taizu—that is, the key ring is much more normal.

Empress Lu eight baht, weighing about eight baht;

From the perspective of fineness, the copper content is lower than that of Qin Banliang, but much higher than that of Taizu Sanzhu.

The size is about the same as the three baht, but the inner hole is more than half smaller.

As for Taizong's four baht, the proportion and copper content are similar to those of Lvhou's eight baht, but the overall size is smaller, the thickness is also thinner, and the weight is only four baht.

If it is said that Qin Banliang is very popular and Taizu's three baht is very unpopular, then the Empress Lu's eight baht and Taizong's four baht are in between, neither very popular nor popular. Not very annoying.

And these four copper coins with different sizes, weights, and even copper contents are in circulation in today's Han Dynasty at the same time!
Such a strange phenomenon naturally aroused an inexplicable desire for knowledge and an uncontrollable curiosity in Liu Sheng's heart.

"Qin Ban doubles twelve baht, four times the three baht of Taizu, three times the four baht of Taizong, and one and a half times the eight baht of Empress Lu..."

"The copper content and fineness are also uneven;"

"—What does the 'one coin' in the popular sense refer to?"

"A Qin Banliang, or a three baht, eight baht, or four baht?"

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng became more puzzled and more interested.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Sheng finally raised his head and looked outside the gate of the palace. The thin figure stood on the side of the gate for a long time, standing like a pine tree.

"Summer sparrow~"

"Come here and ask me something."

(End of this chapter)