Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 318 Prepare to mint coins
Chapter 321 Prepare to mint coins

Ran Ming was not idle in the mansion at this time, he was busy with a big event.That is to thoroughly grasp the currency circulation of the Jin Dynasty.

The government of the Jin Dynasty did not officially mint coins. Instead, it circulated Han and Wei Wuzhu coins, Wu coins, and Shu coins. Because the copper production was too low and the currency was insufficient, they were all traded in cloth or in kind.

Ran Ming was pleasantly surprised by this big loophole.It's like playing a game. The system has a big bug. If Ran Ming doesn't take advantage of this bug, he will feel sorry for himself.

As the daughter of a businessman, even in later generations, Liu Mo is also a strong woman in business. She heard Ran Ming's plan, praised Ran Ming's wisdom, and said: "Prices are expensive, and now all things in Jiankang City Price increases. People's lives are becoming increasingly difficult..."

Du Cong also said: "Who says it's not? Now the rice has risen by 180%, and Doumi is approaching [-], and there is still a rising trend!"

Ran Ming thought, isn't this inflation?
This is completely commonplace in later generations, especially after [-], the price of money is one day, and the buns that used to cost a dime are now two yuan.

Moreover, the buns have shrunk a lot, and there is no meat at all, and the price is even more outrageous.When Lao Cheng first started working, a house in our city cost 8000 yuan, but now there are at least two zeros on the back.

Inflation is actually a natural reaction caused by the excessive issuance of currency by the government, which caused a sharp decline in the credibility of the currency.

This is not uncommon in China. Mastering the money printing machine means that surplus value can be extracted from the people anytime and anywhere.However, the government of the Jin Dynasty was strange, but the market was caused by the fact that the government did not mint coins, which caused the market coins to be too low.

Ran Ming got the right to mint coins from the government of Wei State, but Wei State is his home country, so he will definitely not kill the chicken to get the eggs.

But thinking that he can control the currency of a country like the Jin Dynasty, and control the money bags of the people of the world like the Federal Reserve, Ran Ming's blood boils when he thinks about it.

The face value of Ran Ming's copper coins is higher than the actual value, so it is natural to face a problem, and it is easy to be copied by those who are tempted by interests and take risks.Shanzhai is a great tradition of the Chinese people, and has great strength in this field.Ran Ming's furniture now only occupies the high-end market, and the middle and low-end market has disappeared, because of the squeeze of counterfeit goods!

Fortunately, for the time being, counterfeit goods cannot touch Ran Ming's core technology, such as rice paper, wine, and metallurgy, which cannot be imitated for the time being. They are already popularized, not to mention Dai and Yan?

Ran Ming said worriedly: "I don't worry about how to promote Gu's coins. The coins made by Gu are of good quality, enough copper, and beautiful. Naturally, I am not afraid that the common people and merchants will not use them. But Gu is very worried about the imitation problem. , if a large number of inferior coins flood the market, it will arouse common people's resentment against the lonely new money, and it will also cause people's distrust!"

"How to prevent imitation is indeed a big problem, but this concubine has acquired a great talent, and may be able to help my husband!" Liu Mo shouted outside the door: "Go to the accountant and ask Mr. He to come over!"

After a while, a green-robed scholar walked in slowly.The young scholar cupped his hands and said, "My lord, my concubine!"

Ran Ming felt that this person was very unfamiliar, and he had never seen him before, so he pointed to the young scholar and said, "This is him."

Liu Wei said: "He Huan in Zhongyang, the name is Ziwei!"

"Zhongyang!" Ran Ming secretly said in his heart, Zhongyang is located in the west of Shanxi, and Shanxi Province is Jin. Could it be Shanxi merchants? "

He Huan bowed and said, "For the grace of the princess, please give Ziwei a bow!"

Ran Ming said: "What's going on?"

He Huan respectfully said: "The student was originally the son of a small official in Zhongyang County. After studying hard for ten years, he inherited his father's career as a small official. However, my father died of illness three years ago, and Ziwei heard that the prince promulgated The recruiting order wanted to go to His Highness. However, when he traveled to Wei County, he spent all his money, was penniless, and suddenly contracted a serious illness. At this time of poverty, thanks to the concubine who sent money and food, Ziwei was able to escape from injury and poverty suffering!"

Having said that, Ran Ming understood.

At this time, there was no imperial examination system. If a scholar wanted to become an official, he had to rely on the local Zhongzheng to determine his origin, and then someone recommended him, so that he could hope to become an official.A poor family wants to be an official. This chance is actually about the same as winning the 500 million grand prize in later generations, and the chances are very small.

Although Liu Mo was born as a merchant, she must have been the successor of Prince Jing of Zhongshan. The Liu family of Weichang in Zhongshan now has a minister and a concubine.So He Huan naturally took refuge in the Liu family!
Ran Ming said: "Listen to what my mother said, do you have a way to solve the anti-counterfeiting problem of coins made by Gu?"

"Students are arrogant, please don't blame the prince and princess!" He Huan said that he was arrogant, but in fact his attitude was extremely low. Ran Ming liked such people very much.

He Huan took some new coins made by Ran Ming and said: "This copper coin weighs only one penny, and can be exchanged for ten old and five plant coins in the market, but this kind of new money has already flowed out, and the common people and merchants are vying to buy it! The value has already been fired up to a hundred dollars, and as for the one that can be exchanged for a hundred dollars, it has already been fired up to thirteen hundred dollars."

"What?" Ran Ming was very surprised when he heard the news. Originally, the new money was used to replace the old money, mainly to replace Wei's currency that was also in chaos.In fact, Ran Ming has already made a lot of money by making this kind of money. The cost of tenth-grade money is only 37 renminbi, while the cost of hundred-grade money is only [-] renminbi, which is nearly three times the profit.Ran Ming was completely speechless now.

"Grandma's" Ran Ming sighed in his heart, no wonder people are scrambling to open a bank, no wonder later generations say what is the easiest business to make money?
finance.Grandma's, my privately issued fairy money is better than the government's legal currency, hehe...

This kind of money is different from the bad money issued indiscriminately. The only advantage is that Wei Guo has enough gold reserves. If he wants to exchange this kind of copper and silver coins for gold, Ran Ming can exchange as much silver as he wants. Ran Ming did not issue currency blindly. Spam, but rely on the gold reserves in hand.He is actually a half-baked guy in the financial field. He can issue [-] million coins with [-] million worth of gold.But Ran Ming only issued half of the gold reserves!
He Huan went on to say: "This kind of money has a very good color and is as smooth as a mirror. Although I don't know how it was made, the color will not change no matter how long it is stored or worn. When you touch money, you can find out whether it is true or not.”

This is the golden finger of Ran Ming's time traveler. Ran Ming used nitrate oxidation treatment, and even used the cold-rolling process on the coins. This can be clearly distinguished from the minted coins from the feel and appearance. .

He Huan said again: "But although this kind of coin cannot be stolen, it can steal silver or copper!"

As he said that, He Huan took out a silver coin and a small knife, and gently scraped it on the silver coin. After a while, a layer of silver sand appeared on the table.He Huan's movements were very light, and a lot of silver sand was scraped off with just a dozen banks.

Ran Ming fell into deep thought, no matter silver or silver, they are all precious metals, and they are all things that can replace coins. Although the amount stolen by this method is small, it may not last much.If everyone uses this method, the weight of silver or copper coins will be greatly reduced, which will gradually cause credit problems.

Ran Ming naturally knew that this kind of problem would not happen to banknotes, but banknotes also faced more serious copycats, and now Ran Ming did not have laser anti-counterfeiting, so he could only rely on engraving and printing.No matter how exquisite the engraving and printing is, it can't stand up to the domestic counterfeit masters. It can be imagined that the market will be flooded with lifelike bad coins after not too little.

He Huan said with a faint smile: "Actually, it is not difficult to solve this problem."

As he spoke, he picked up his finger, dipped it in tea, and drew a circle of a coin on the table, and then drew an octagon, so that Ran Ming understood what He Huan meant, that is, the coin was punched out in millimeters. The scale of the unit, if the diameter of the coin and Baidu are all displayed on the scale, there will be no such phenomenon of stealing silver!
Ran Ming said: "In this way, Zi Wei has done Gu a great favor!"

"Actually, it is not the case. To make the people trust this kind of currency forever, it must be beneficial to the people!" He Huan explained: "If the currency is damaged and cannot be used, such large denomination money and silver coins are almost always the same. Common people have a year's harvest per mu of land, so ordinary people can't afford this kind of loss, but His Highness is different. Casting money makes money in itself. A big increase will win the favor of the people!"

"Damn!" Ran Ming stared at He Huan dumbfounded. This guy is simply a pervert. At this moment, he actually remembered the exchange system for residual coins in later generations.

Ran Ming didn't have too many talents in his hands at this time, and the only political expert was Wang Meng.

Ran Ming knew that Wang Meng became an official six years earlier than in history, and Ran Ming didn't know if he might be a bit of a distraction.Ran Ming excitedly said: "He Huan listens to the letter. You are ordered to join Cao Cao's army in the King's Mansion of Jiaodong!"

Cangcao joining the army is just an eighth-rank official, and an eighth-rank official is also an official. Unlike an official, an official is just an aide and cannot be called an official!

He Huan said with great joy: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

Ran Ming was secretly excited. He competed with Wang's, only to realize that his strength was too little.Initiating economic sanctions is actually a move that hurts the enemy by eight hundred and hurts oneself by one thousand. This conflicts with Ran Ming's strategic layout.So Ran Ming decided to control the currency of the Jin Dynasty, to see what else the Wang family could do.

"Wait and see, Wang Youjun, from now on, I will let you make a living by selling calligraphy!" Ran Ming thought spoofingly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)