Under Lao Zhu's oppressive eyes, Han Du replied vaguely: "Oh, it's not very high anyway. If the emperor can give me 200,000 taels of silver, I am sure that I will kill those privately printed treasures." people."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu was shocked and looked at Han Du absentmindedly. Although two hundred thousand taels of silver is a lot of money, it is nothing compared to the treasure notes printed privately by those people.
You must know that according to Han Du's calculation, those people secretly printed at least 20 million to 25 million banknotes. Calculated based on 20 million taels of silver, 200,000 taels of silver is only one hundred and one of them.
So what Han Du meant was that the cost of the mirror was only a hundred and one?
Lao Zhu lost his voice for a while, and after he came to his senses, he asked sharply: "Tell me, what is this mirror of yours made of?"
Han Du hesitated, but was finally defeated by Lao Zhu's sharp eyes like a sword.
"Sand, sand..."
sand? That's it?
Lao Zhu's face darkened. He didn't believe that a mirror could be made from just sand.
"anything else?"
"There are also some things that I have configured."
This is right. Lao Zhu nodded when he heard this. If it were really just sand, how much would this mirror be worth?
"So, what do you think?" Lao Zhu guessed Han Du's thoughts and asked tentatively.
Han Du nodded and said: "What I want to do is to use the mirror to recycle the treasure notes issued before. Even if something like a mirror is sold for fifty coins, those who can afford it will definitely go crazy. As a result, a large amount of treasure banknotes will inevitably flow back into our hands, and the number of treasure banknotes on the market will decrease. By then, it will be clear where the treasure banknotes are being printed privately."
Apart from the imperial court and those who privately print treasure banknotes, there is no other source for treasure banknotes. The number of treasure banknotes circulating in the market now reaches 40 to 50 million guan. Even if those who secretly print treasure banknotes release 4 to 5 million guan into the market every year, the court will have difficulty finding the source of these treasure banknotes. But as long as the treasure banknotes on the market are collected by Han Du using mirrors, and the court has stopped issuing treasure banknotes, once the treasure banknotes begin to decrease, as long as those people dare to continue to put treasure banknotes on the market, then this sudden increase in treasure banknotes will The source of the banknotes is much easier to trace.
Originally, Han Du thought there would be no problem in doing so, and Lao Zhu would definitely agree.
Who knew that Lao Zhu frowned after listening to Han Du's words. Said: "In this case, what about those who buy mirrors? If they spend a lot of money to buy such a low-cost mirror, won't they suffer a loss?"
Now you know that people who buy mirrors will suffer a loss? Then just now you thought ordinary people could buy it.
Han Du explained helplessly, "There is nothing we can do about it, so I sold the mirror at a higher price to prevent ordinary people from buying it and causing unnecessary losses. And I can spend fifty guan to buy it." As for the people in the mirror, they don't rely on these fifty strings to save their lives. Even if they lose everything, they can still afford the loss."
Lao Zhu nodded and felt that this was what Han Du said. Since they can all spend 50 coins to buy a mirror, they should all be wealthy enough to avoid causing any big problems. Unexpectedly, Han Du raised the price with the purpose of excluding ordinary people. Lao Zhu couldn't help but glance at Han Du. This kid could solve a big trouble with one unintentional move. What other unknown abilities does he have?
However, Lao Zhu's frown still did not relax. "Then..." Lao Zhu hesitated for a moment and continued to ask: "Then those who privately printed treasure money, they suffered a loss by keeping the mirror in their hands, what if they transferred the mirror to others? In exchange for So what if you keep the real money and silver in your hands?”
Han Du thought carefully and finally explained: "Your Majesty, now the treasure banknotes have depreciated a little. When we start to use mirrors to recycle the treasure banknotes. By then, as the number of treasure banknotes on the market decreases, the value of the treasure banknotes will inevitably rise to It will be equal to the face value. At that time, the emperor can issue an edict to prohibit gold and silver transactions. Then no matter how much gold and silver those people hold in their hands, they will not be able to spend it, and it will be worthless."
"But I remember you said that the best credit of treasure banknotes is that they can be directly exchanged with gold and silver. So what if those people use gold and silver to exchange for new treasure banknotes? Wouldn't this be impossible to find?" Lao Zhu thought in his mind Still have doubts.
Han Du was very confident about this and explained with a smile: "If those people dare to do this, then they will fall into a trap. If it is a small amount of exchange each time, then we may not notice it. But in this case, then It requires too many people to participate, and when there are more people, it will be impossible to keep the secret as tight as now, and there will definitely be flaws exposed by then. And if a large amount of treasure banknotes are exchanged in a short period of time, haha, then It’s just self-inflicted.”
Moreover, Han Du didn't say anything, that is, he hoped that someone would exchange gold and silver for new treasure banknotes. The more he exchanged, the happier Han Du was. Because he didn't exchange the treasure notes for regular money, Han Du could easily exchange a piece of paper for a tael of silver.
This is simply faster than robbery.
A piece of paper can take real money from other people's hands. There is nothing better than this in the world. Some people may think that even new banknotes require manufacturing costs. But how much does this cost? Now I am just trying to make a little bit on a small scale, and the cost is not that high. If it comes time to print in large quantities in the future, the cost will be extremely low.
In fact, in Han Du's heart, as long as everyone in the world uses the new treasure banknotes. Han Du didn't care whether those who secretly printed treasure banknotes could be caught.
As long as Handu continues to improve the production technology of treasure banknotes so that those people cannot forge them, no matter how much money they made from privately printing treasure banknotes in the past, they will one day spit it out.
It's a pity that Lao Zhu doesn't think like Han Du.
When he heard that Han Du had a perfect way to deal with those people, he was very happy, and the worries in his heart finally came to an end for the time being.
As an emperor, Lao Zhu hated people and things beyond his control the most. These people have been able to secretly print treasure banknotes for so many years. There must be more than one person involved, and maybe it is a huge gang.
How can one sleep soundly on the side of the couch? Such a group of people has been hiding under Lao Zhu's nose for so many years. It would be strange if Lao Zhu wasn't afraid. When Mao Xiang checked for several days and found no clues, although Lao Zhu did not blame Mao Xiang, alarm bells were ringing in his heart. I have been secretly guarding against this secret force.
