Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1798
Shen Changxi gave a salute, and explained calmly: "Everyone! This time, Mr. Gao entrusted the shop to identify the fineness of Australian silver dollars. It is really worthy of the little reputation of the shop in the past! Since the ancestors of the shop more than 50 years ago distinguished After Langji made the cross-shaped silver cake, the ground in Guangfu has not done this kind of work for almost a year."

Most of the people in the audience are businesses that have been passed down from generation to generation. There are a few young boys who followed the elders at home when they were distinguishing the cross silver cakes. Slightly nodding his head, reminiscing about the turbulent years in the past.

However, it is really inappropriate for a junior to talk about the history of nearly a year ago in front of a group of uncles. After pointing out his own "authority", "Shen Gongbao" stopped talking, suddenly pointed his finger, and there was a "shua" sound , bringing everyone's attention together again.

"Looking at the color, boy, I'm a little uncertain. After all, this black lamp is blind, and only two Australian oil lamps are still better than the sun in the sky. Moreover, although the oil lamp is bright, the flame is still a little yellow. If this one is sold for gold For the sake of color, I can only ask everyone to come back tomorrow."

Leaving some leeway for words, the business of dumping silver and selling gold is full of this virtue, and everyone is too lazy to say anything, just waiting for "Shen Gongbao" to continue with their own airs.

"However, this treasury pattern silver is also called snowflake silver. It means that the color is pure white like snow. If the fineness is low, it will never be as white as snow. From a small point of view, only from the fineness, the fineness of this Australian silver coin is only slightly inferior. There is a little silver in the treasury, but it’s different when you look at it after it’s melted.” After speaking, shopkeeper Xiao Shen looked at old shopkeeper Shen, but shopkeeper Shen just stroked his beard, closed his eyes and nodded slightly, and didn’t speak, Xiao Shen was determined.

"It's strange to get [-]% of the silver in the official treasury. This Australian's silver, in my eyes, is worth looking at." Shopkeeper Xiao Shen didn't hesitate to go down after enjoying the attention of the public. conclusion.

The businessmen sitting together immediately had a commotion.

The businessmen gathered in Jufeng are all the leading businessmen in Guangzhou, and many of them are directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry or leaders of various industry guilds.Basically, he is the leader in the industry and has great influence.In the newly established Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce and Industry, it also has a pivotal position.

Today Liu Xiang held a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the municipal government. The content was that the Senate was about to issue new coins in Guangdong, and Guangzhou Special City was the first.Therefore, a meeting was specially held to "tell" the leaders of various industries, asking them to do a good job in cooperating to ensure the smooth circulation of coins.

The merchants have all become sophisticated, and once they hear that this is an "enunciation", they know that it is an order that cannot be negotiated.In other words, in the past three months, the Australians have been playing and playing in Guangzhou, which is really lively, and they are all for the stage. The real grand finale is here.

Even though there was no systematic financial theory in ancient China, since Sang Hongyang in the Han Dynasty, businessmen have learned it without a teacher.Because the imperial court's monetary policy went bankrupt, of course, there were also many who made huge profits from it.Merchants are more or less aware of the currency system that Australians have developed in Hainan—many people have come into contact with this "Australian" banknote because of their trade with Lingao.

Now that the Australians have arrived in Guangzhou, the businessmen are somewhat psychologically prepared for the implementation of the new currency in Guangzhou.To be honest, merchants are not very resistant to circulation notes, because this kind of banknotes on Hainan Island circulates well, and the Australian government also recognizes them-compared to "I am only allowed to use it as money, and you are not allowed to use it as money." This is very conscientious for the big money of Ming Dynasty.

However, the negative impression left by the Daming Banknotes on the merchants is too profound. When they think that Australians may fully circulate banknotes, the merchants are straight in their hearts.Many people have secretly hidden the best silver ingots in their hands, in case the Australians did the old trick of the Ming Dynasty: forcing merchants and common people to exchange silver into banknotes.

However, there was no mention of silver exchange for banknotes at the meeting. The new currency is still silver, but it has become silver dollars.

Merchants have seen silver rounds for a long time. When the Franji people came to Guangdong for trade decades ago, they unloaded this kind of shiny round silver pancakes. Later, the red-haired men also brought silver rounds.This kind of silver is very popular among merchants because of its fineness.However, merchants seldom use it directly. They either cut it into pieces and weigh it, or simply recast it into silver ingots.

Although businessmen who have been to overseas say that in many places overseas, this kind of round pan silver is directly circulated and used, but no one in Daming does this: the fineness of the silver is not reliable at first, but the pan silver obtained in the early years is of good quality. Completely, more came later, many silver pancakes were of different sizes, and the color and weight were also different. In the end, they were cut into pieces and weighed to make people feel at ease.

The silver dollars brought out by the Australians were completely different from those brought by the Francois and the red-haired men.Although the size and weight are almost the same, the degree of refinement is very "Australian" - as delicate as the "Australian products" they sell.Once everyone got it in their hands, they couldn't help playing with it for a long time.

Not only is the color silvery and white, but the nearly perfect circle shape and the finely detailed pattern make everyone who gets it feel that it is not money, but an exquisite handicraft.Compared with any kind of silver dollar and silver ingot they have seen before, it can be called cloud and mud.

However, no matter how good-looking silver money is, you have to look at its fineness.Merchants gathered in Jufeng, just to see how fine the Australian silver dollar was.

"The fineness is so good, how about the weight?" Gao Ju asked.

"Each coin is worth six cents and seven cents and six cents." Shopkeeper Xiaoshen said, "That's the case for every coin, there is no difference."

"It's Australian money, not surprising." Someone laughed, "What about half a dollar and twenty cents?"

"The quality of these two small silver dollars is much worse," Xiaoshen said, "the color is [-]%."

There was a slight commotion among the businessmen present.As soon as these words were said, several shopkeepers who participated in the meeting couldn't bear it anymore, and bit each other's ears, and the scene became noisy for a while.Obviously, the three kinds of silver dollars that the Australians are going to issue are not very good.Except for the one yuan coin, the fineness of the other two coins was lower than they estimated.From the appearance alone, the fineness of the three silver dollars seems to be almost the same.

Boss Zhu snorted, and said, "This Australian has only been in the city for a few days, and this method of accumulation is pure!"

Reducing the fineness is a traditional accumulation technique on coinage.This is the case with all kinds of Chongzhen Tongbao that are flooding the market now.Not to mention all kinds of privately minted small money and miscellaneous money.

"You can't say that." Shopkeeper Ding of the grain store said, "If you say that Australians want to accumulate money, why bother to mint silver dollars, just take out the circulation certificates and use them--wouldn't it be easy to kill those who don't accept it? "

Shopkeeper Ding's food business has benefited from the ban on the dental business by the Australians, so his words are inevitably biased.But it makes sense.Australians issue silver coins, whatever their fineness, which are always silver.As far as the color difference is concerned, the various loose silver they collect every day is even more varied in quality, and it takes a lot of effort to just look at the color and weigh it every day.

Master Gao kept silent while they were discussing the fineness, and at this moment he asked slowly, "Old Shen! Is the sample money everyone gave you the same fineness and weight?"

Merchants who participated in this meeting each got a set of "sample coins".It was the three silver coins in one set of sample coins that were used to show shopkeeper Shen the value of selling gold.

Shopkeeper Shen nodded: "Going back to you, Mr. Gao, this money is absolutely worthless. I have followed my grandfather and father to study business in this shop since I was a child, and the gold, silver and copper coins I have passed through my hands are considered to be a lot. I have never seen such neat and tidy money." The money. Put it on the stamp and weigh it, and there is no difference."

Everyone is a veteran of the mall, so they naturally know the advantages of the uniform quality and weight of the coins.

"What's the use of being uniform in color and weight?" Boss Zhu said again, "Once the silver money hits the market, someone will naturally cut the edge and grind the flour. Just look at the copper coins on the market, which one is not like this? It will be the same at that time." It can only be used after the color scale is measured."

Shopkeeper Shen said: "This is not the same - after all, copper coins are only small coins. If you wear a little bit, the value is negligible, and people will not compete with you. This silver dollar is more than six coins. If you grind a few cents, how can the receiver let it go?" ? This Australian silver dollar is no better than cross silver, just say that the convex edge of the tooth pattern and the double-sided pattern, as long as it is worn off a little, there will be traces, who will accept it?"

Everyone argued about this again, and the scene was like new water boiling for a while.

Gao Ju suddenly said: "I'm afraid Shopkeeper Shen is right."

As the most influential businessman in Guangzhou Fucheng, he made the scene quiet by raising a single sentence.

"In my opinion, the promotion of new currency by Australians is not negotiable. It is a matter of iron and steel," Gao said. "The quality of this silver coin is good or bad, and whether it can be circulated in the market. We don't care. The money must be used and circulated." Only when you get up can you make things happen.”

"Master Gao, what do you mean..." The person who asked the question was the leader of the manure shop, surnamed Mi, who really loves to be opportunistic and opportunistic. People dare not give him face in person.

In fact, he was not invited to this meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but he was well informed, and after hearing about it, he insisted on "instrumenting" in this small private meeting.

"What I mean is that the Australians are now the emperors in Guangzhou. They want you to be round and you have to be round. If they want you to be square, you have to be square. Fortunately, the exchange plan given this time is also very decent. Let's put It is not a disadvantage if you take out some silver and exchange it into silver coins. The most important thing is not to sweep the face of the Australians."

Everyone understands what he said.In order to fight for dental stickers, the tooth line attacked the Chaoshan guild hall.Swept the face of the Australians, and now they have ruined their families and ruined their homes-this is a lesson from the past.

(End of this chapter)