golden scales

In the current world, the profit of salt is far higher than that of real estate.

There was no city management in the Ming Dynasty, so no one was in charge of the sleeping gates and bridges, but everyone had to eat salt, which was a proper just need.In her previous life, Zhu Cihong had enjoyed the good life of paying one yuan per catty of salt for decades, and suddenly returned to a world where salt was a huge profiteering industry.

It is clear from the old palace archives that it was precisely because of the change from grain to silver to silver during the Hongzhi period that the tide of stealing and selling salt by relatives of the emperor and foreign officials began.In the time of Wanli, King Fu asked for thousands of salts from Concubine Zheng Guifei when he was in the vassal state. Could it be that King Fu would sell salt?Of course it is selling salt!

Where there is supply and demand, there is a market. For businessmen, as long as there is profit margin, reselling salt and reselling salt are actually the same thing.However, for the end of the sale of salt quotations—the imperial court—there are two very different things.If the market price of Yanyin is high, the imperial court can increase the sale of Yanyin and control the price of salt until the energy supply of the saltworks reaches saturation.

Zhu Cihong has been a businessman all his life, and he has been a prince for more than ten years. His vision is wide, not to mention his peers, but even in his previous life, he will be compared to the present--Zhu Cihong in his previous life is not qualified to participate in the overall work of even a province. go.

"As long as someone makes a profit with this land quotation, someone will want it." Zhu Cihong further explained: "Then, let them 'secretly' buy and sell land quotations."

Zhang Shiqi said with a smile: "What Your Highness said is right, as long as the land price does not exceed the value of the land, there must be someone rushing for it."

Zhu Cihong smiled and remained silent.

Zhang Shiqi was too naive. He didn't know that ten years ago, Europe experienced the first tragedy of financial bubble collapse in human history.

It was the Dutch who were at the forefront of capitalization, and there was a tulip boom in the 480s.This ornamental plant native to Turkey has won unanimous favor from the royal family to the common people in Europe.In 120, a tulip variety called childer sold for [-] florins per plant, while four bulls or a trailer only cost [-] florins; a thousand pounds of cheese only cost [-] florins.

The following year, a tulip of a rare variety was sold for [-] florins.In addition to this, the buyer will need to pay extra for a new carriage, two gray horses and a complete set of harness.

In Paris, the price of a stem of the finest tulip is equivalent to 110 ounces of gold.In Daming, if someone said to spend 62 taels of gold to buy a flower, he would definitely be considered as having his head kicked by a donkey.Even the most daring eunuch would not dare to charge such a price to the most idiotic emperor.

Are Europeans stupid?

No, they just believe that the price of this thing will keep rising, no matter how high the price rises, people will buy it!

The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam has specially opened up a tulip market for people to trade.

The result was of course sad.Merchants hoarding tulips sold a large number of tulip bulbs in a short period of time, causing prices to plummet. Common tulips are even inferior to onions.

This gave birth to the very interesting Bo-fool theory in economics.

In the state of not knowing the inventory, it is put into the market only because of the guidance of public opinion. Isn't this crying and begging the dealer to wash it off?

Liao Xing's "Diyin" was originally just an imitation of Yanyin for value-added hype, and he did not expect to exceed the value of the land.However, now Donggong has land ownership in its hands, just like a bait hanging high; there are people who make public opinion——who would not want to be a guest of the prince among celebrities from all walks of life?Who won't brag about the content of the conversation with the prince after returning?Not only can you brag, but you can also love money!

The most important thing is that the prince has the distribution rights of "Diyin".

The imperial court needs credibility, otherwise it will completely lose the confidence of the people and cannot promote banknotes, just like the depreciation of precious banknotes.But in Luoyang, an area that is strategically abandoned, an invisible campaign of house raids and family exterminations was carried out targeting the gentry class with the most wealth in society... Even if someone with knowledge can see the role played by the Eastern Palace in it, the Eastern Palace can also completely Play stupid.

The right time, the right place and the right people have been prepared. This is exactly what the saying goes: If you don’t take what you want, you will be blamed instead!

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In Luoyang in October of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the north wind was bleak, but the city was in full swing.It's not just the frequent news of good news from the front line, creating a situation where the world is stable and everything is under the control of the court.There is another incident that has become a topic of conversation in the streets and alleys. Even the traffickers and pawns can't help but say a few words during their breaks.

That is ground quotes.

A square piece of rice paper, printed with secret characters only for ticket numbers, clearly stated that this is a voucher for purchasing unowned land.Each land quotation can only buy one mu of land, and the imperial court sets a price of five cents, and private resale is strictly prohibited.And the land price is also fixed, that is, five taels of silver for high-grade fertile land, three taels for medium-grade land, one tael for low-grade land, and three cents for low-grade land.

To put it simply, one acre of high-quality fertile land can be bought for five or two five cents.

This is Luoyang, Zhongzhou!

It's not Kaifeng that was flooded by the Yellow River!

Not to mention Hebei, where the land is given away for free and no one wants it!

It seems that in order to stimulate the market, Emperor Chongzhen sent an imperial decree to exempt Henan province from grain tax and corvee for three years!

When Zhu Cihong received this imperial decree, his heart was turbulent for a long time: This is the first time his butterfly wings caused a storm in the whole province!

There is only one reason for the people to flee to land: the land burden exceeds the land income.

No one is an idiot. After a year of hard work, not only did they not save money and food, but they even posted a sum of money. Who did it?Now that there is an imperial decree to exempt food tax and corvee, at least three years of farming will be done for myself!As for the policy after three years, that is three years later!

Due to the habitual surname of 3000 years of farming civilization, the whole Luoyang is looking for a piece of paper called "Diyin".If it weren't for the vermilion official seal affixed to the quotation, I am afraid that there would be many people who forged the quotation.As for the "Private resale is strictly prohibited" written on it, because there is no need to register in the government office, it is completely ignored by people.

Zhang Shiqi's magistrate's yamen was almost broken down.The gentry used the most simple and direct method in line with Ming's characteristics: bribery!

For a five-coin land quotation, the additional bribery cost has already reached two taels.

Soon there was news on the market again, the first batch of fertile land released was swept away by people, many people didn't even look at the land, only saw the album and offered real money.Among them, the Liao family in Gongxian County became the big head quietly, and bought [-] acres of fertile land in one fell swoop, which made people jealous.

The Liao family even let out a word, this is Liao Xing, the boy of the Liao family, who has won the favor of the East Palace and given him many invitations.In addition to these five hundred, there are many more at home!have to!yes!

All of a sudden, the Liao family was crowded, and all kinds of relatives and old friends popped up one after another.Not to mention anything else, I just want a piece of land to settle down.After all, the Liao family has a deep affection for the local people, and they can only part with each other out of sophistication—of course, the "heart" of the buyer is also indispensable.

With the Liao family taking the lead, more and more "diyin" began to circulate in the market, even to the extent of public bargaining in teahouses and restaurants!

Under the protection of Min Zhanlian, Zhu Cihong led Wu Sheng and Liao Xing out of the Palace of Fu through the side door.He was dressed in a blue Taoist robe, with a square scarf on his head, and he looked like a son of a rich family.The three of them left Fu Wang's mansion and went straight to the largest restaurant in Luoyang City. They didn't want a private room, they just asked for a table by the window, and ordered some water, wine and meat, but no one was in the mood to eat.

Not long after the three of them sat down, a man in brown clothes and a cap with melon skin came over, first bowed as a salute, and then smiled flatteringly: "Masters and young masters, are you from other places?"

"Who are you?" Liao Xing reprimanded in local dialect: "You are blind! Do you want to bully foreigners?"

"Oh, the villain has lost his mind, lost his mind." The man smiled but refused to leave: "It would be better if you are a local, but do you want to buy land?"

Liao Xing looked at the Crown Prince with a proud expression on his face, clearly saying: Look!I'm not lying!Now buying and selling land quotes has become a trend!

Zhu Cihong has never been a person who pursues low-level satisfaction. He considers himself a reincarnation of a successful person. When encountering such a financial turmoil caused by himself, he should stand on the small building, unfold an ivory bone fan, and face the breeze. Mingyue sang a sentence leisurely: "If the sky has love, the sky will be old, and the right way in the world is vicissitudes of life..."

However, he still came out after all, came to this mortal world full of smoke and fire, and saw with his own eyes the product that should not belong to this land in this era-the financial bubble.Although it was not a good thing, Daming finally took a step forward on the way forward. (To be continued.)