Although there are actually not that many sugar cane plantations in Liuba, the price of sugar is very stable these days. Both the Central Plains and Rome have unlimited sugar harvests. After the water network of the Helmand River near Kandahar has been refined, it is indeed It can grow sugar cane.
Liu Ba actually made his early money by growing sugar cane. These days, the yield of sugar cane per acre is only about 2,000 kilograms when there is sufficient water and sunshine. A pound of sugar cane can produce 200 pounds of sugar.
The official price in Rome for large-scale sugar production these days is one denarius per kilogram.
To put it simply, if you grow sugar cane, you can earn 100 dinars per acre. When Liuba's plantation was at its largest, there were 90 acres of sugar cane, and the annual income was 9,000 coins, which is equivalent to about 3 billion yuan in five baht. , excluding some cost factors, Liu Ba can earn 2.5 billion.
This is almost the largest income under Cao Cao, and it is a stable income, so it is understandable that Liu Ba has a special status under Cao Cao, because this is just one of them.
As for the others, it’s not that they don’t want to start sugar cane plantations, but because sugar cane has very high requirements for water and fertilizer. Backed by the carefully constructed Helmand River, Liu Ba can at least take care of sugar cane’s water needs, while others , Just look at Zhou Yu and you will know. Zhou Yu doesn’t want to plant sugar cane. Isn’t it impossible to plant it?
After Jingchu spent more than twenty years to complete the water network on Sumatra Island, Zhou Yu would definitely plant sugar cane on a large scale. Selling sugar is really a good business these days. In fact, even selling sugar will be a waste in future generations. Pretty good business, especially if you're big enough.
Liu Ba relied on this to make his fortune, providing Cao Cao with a large amount of funds, ensuring that Cao Cao could continue to attack in the imperial cemetery.
By the way, this thing is also in the Central Asian market. The origin of the basic market's confidence in Liu Ba under Cao Cao's rule is that it is really the kind that crops once a year and can be eaten as much as possible, unlike the small-scale sugar making of the Zhen family. The scale of the plantation alone is enough to scare people to death.
But it was precisely because he was too confident that Liu Ba was tricked to death.
Everyone knows how attractive financial management will be without losing money, and Liu Ba has taken the initiative to absorb funds from these people. In the subsequent operation, people who have tasted the sweetness will naturally not give up and continue to make this easy money. .
If it is just this, it is not fatal. What really pushes the multiplier to 500% is actually the subsequent operations. The tickets circulating in the market are given other attributes because of market confidence, so that such tickets can be sold, mortgaged, etc. wait.
If it were just like this, Chen Xi could still pocket it, but after some people realized that the profits from this thing could be cashed in now and then purchased it repeatedly, it was equivalent to being inexplicably leveraged.
Then I deposited with a funny bank for one year, and the interest rate was 100%. Then someone deposited for half a year, and when something happened, he took it out, and found out that he got a 50% interest rate. I couldn't help thinking. I put the principal and interest together and deposited for half a year. It seemed like Higher than saving for a year at once.
This then led to deep thought: if I deposited and withdrawn multiple times, the interest would actually increase infinitely, leading to repeated deposits and withdrawals.
Cao Cao and those in Central Asia who bought Liu Bachao's invoice certificates actually had the idea of higher profits. They mortgaged the tickets to obtain part of future profits in advance, and then bought these tickets again. What's even more outrageous is that they were mortgaged Tickets can be purchased in the second round of the market, and then the cycle becomes endless.
The reason why Liu Ba said it was an over-issuance of 500% is actually because after the second round of entering the market, these things were purchased again and may have been mortgaged again. Liu Ba also believed that it was 500% based on his feeling, because he The over-issue was 100%, and the second round was at least 400%.
Based on this, an estimate of 500% is definitely not excessive, and may even be somewhat conservative.
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Chen Xi couldn't see this from the data. At most, he couldn't understand why Liu Ba, whose operations were relatively stable, suddenly went against the will of nature and had the urge to kill himself.
But even if he knew about it, Chen Xi wouldn't take care of it. If the trouble reaches this level, it must be necessary
One person is the one who supports the vat, and Liu Ba is the one who supports the vat, so there is nothing to say. "Can Liu Zichu be saved?" Zhuge Liang said suddenly. Although he was very dissatisfied with Cao Cao and even hoped that Cao Cao would ascend to heaven as soon as possible, Zhuge Liang was still quite satisfied with the civil servants and generals under Cao Cao's command. Even in Chang'an, those people were top-notch existences.
"If we go by the 500% super-delivery he said, there is actually no way to save him. The most he can do is save Cao Sikong." Chen Xi said calmly, "This is because he has the largest one in Central Asia. The irrigation area is still being expanded, otherwise Cao Sikong may be dragged to death. Industry can save lives after all."
"That's it." Zhuge Liang stopped talking. Everyone present could understand Liu Ba's loyalty to Cao Cao. Just like everyone can mock Liu Ba's ability and Liu Ba's character, no one would doubt his loyalty to Cao Cao. loyalty.
Therefore, when it comes to that point, when choosing to protect himself or protect Cao Cao, Liu Ba may choose to protect Cao Cao without even thinking about it.
"But even if Cao Sikong is saved, I'm afraid Cao Sikong will have to change from a prince to a laborer. This pit is too big, and the pool Liu Zichu can use to store water can't bear it." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "No matter what, It’s impossible to repay it all, it depends on Cao Sikong’s choice.”
In fact, there is no choice. All choices are just assumptions. There is only one real choice, and that is to protect the interests of the generals, soldiers and the people under their rule.
Liu Ba may not be aware of this aspect yet, but Cao Cao will never make a wrong choice. It is not a question of loving the people like a son, but more directly. Cao Cao knows the reason why he can survive until now. If he chooses something else, then It's not a matter of cutting it into eight pieces.
In Central Asia, Xun Yu and Liu Ba arrived in Kandahar as quickly as possible. At this time, a run on Cao Cao's subordinates had actually occurred, and because Liu Ba took the lead in collecting a large number of tickets, he ensured that his own property would be returned to his own hands first, causing the market to The physical objects that can be exchanged for the tickets have further shrunk. To put it simply, they cannot be exchanged.
One thing to say, if it is just Liu Ba's own over-issued situation, the idea of redeeming it first to stabilize the market is absolutely correct. After all, only if he ends up safely can he waste time to redeem the vouchers for others.
If all the physical assets are really divided by those people, then no one can expect to get profits. Just like the disintegration of the Soviet Union, after those physical assets are harvested, it is pure nonsense to create enough profits to support the people. .
On the contrary, it is still concentrated in the hands of the state. If it is supported according to historical inertia, it can be maintained continuously.
This is Liu Ba's idea. From the beginning, he has never thought about the possibility of the production enterprise being exchanged for tickets by others. The so-called over-invoice certificates and the transfer of physical assets in the market as tickets are actually just Liu Ba's use. means of absorbing funds.
Don't even think about exchanging tickets for physical assets. Just as Chen Xi estimated, once there is any fluctuation in the market, Liu Ba, as a referee and athlete, will definitely be the first to receive the news, and then take action first to transfer important assets. Recycle.
Because the overpayment is only 100%, and Liu Ba’s plantations mainly grow annual sugar cane and rice, etc., they are cash cows visible to the naked eye. When the overpayment is doubled, it can rely on reputation and market confidence. It's covered, so as long as Liu Ba gathers his property first, he doesn't have to worry about those messy accidents.
However, this is only what can happen under the logic of doubling the issuance. Now, due to the increase in market value and other people also carrying out over-issuance under this logic, the overall issuance is no longer doubled, but five times. , during the run, after discovering that the market is really irredeemable, panic will completely destroy market confidence.
When Xun Yu and Liu Ba returned, this was the situation Kandahar faced. By this time, even Cao Cao had realized that something was wrong.
When Liu Ba came back and saw this scene, he was somewhat stunned. As he said, it was not the first time he had done this, so how could he not be able to hold it back? However, the facts told him that before others also entered this super hair Logic, and after losing control, it is really impossible to control it.
"Wen Ruo, Zi Chu, you are back." Xun Yu and Liu
When Ba came back, Cao Cao was circling around the government office. Because of what was happening in Kandahar, Cao Cao was somewhat confused. Those people were holding tickets and shouting to exchange money, which made Cao Cao confused.
In addition, when inspecting the army, the centurions and generals in the army were somewhat hesitant to speak. Cao Cao's intuition felt that something was wrong, but Cao Cao did not understand this thing very well, so when the trouble reached this level, Cao Cao even Didn't realize what the problem was.
"We rushed back from Chang'an. We felt that there were some problems under the rule before, and we couldn't figure it out, so I also went to Chang'an to ask." Xun You sighed, then looked at Liu Ba, "The rest Let Zichu tell you."
"It shouldn't be, how could this happen?" Liu Ba said somewhat lost.
As he said, it was not the first time Liu Ba had done such things as exchanging physical enterprises in advance to ensure the industrial chain under Cao Cao's rule, but his reaction this time was completely different from the previous two times. Before, he just scolded her and said it was Liu Ba. There was black money again, but there was no run, and when Cao Cao turned around and handed out the money, everyone happily took the money back.
Even Cao Cao's senior officials believed that this was Liu Ba's deliberate way to build up people's hearts and popularity for Cao Cao. Although it was a little dirty, the effect was good.
Compared with the invisible and intangible things of benevolence, Cao Cao's method of directly asking for and giving out money to everyone is very able to gather people's hearts. In recent years, Cao Cao's rule has been stable for this reason. The reason why they are not worried is that even if Liu Ba hacks their money again, Cao Cao will help them get it. After all, Cao Cao is their boss and has to solve the problem for them.
Liu Ba didn’t explain this specifically, but he also believed that the market had confidence in him. However, reality told him that the market’s confidence in him was only because everyone thought he could make so much money, and now he can’t. , then it’s useless.
"What exactly happened?" Cao Cao looked at Liu Ba. Until now, Cao Cao had not realized how big the problem was.
Liu Ba went through all the problems in his mind, and finally sighed. He had realized that he was dead and Cao Cao could not die, so Liu Ba had to die.
"Sikong, let everyone else leave. If you leave a long article, Zixu will be here." Liu Ba sighed, and with that sigh, his whole body became a little older.
Different from pure capitalism, these descendants of Han aristocratic families, these orthodox people who studied Confucianism and Legalism, have more or less the consciousness to clean up their own messes.
Cao Cao looked at Liu Ba's expression, somewhat puzzled, but still drove everyone else out, leaving only Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Wei Zi and Liu Ba.
"I misjudged the market's confidence, and in order to attract funds, I indulged some people's excessive behavior." Liu Ba glanced at Wei Zi while speaking, but in the end he didn't say anything. This was not Wei Zi alone. ’s behavior, and Zhen’s behavior.
"Then how should we solve the problem now?" Cao Cao was not worried when he heard Liu Ba's answer. In his opinion, the problem was not big, not to mention that people always make mistakes. Some time ago, Zhou Yu and Chen Xi failed one after another, and now Liu Ba It's normal to miss.
Therefore, Cao Cao was not prepared to deal with Liu Ba. Liu Ba's conscientious behavior over the years in making money for Cao Cao to support his family was quite understandable, so Cao Cao naturally planned to step forward and help Liu Ba resolve this matter with military force.
Even Cao Cao was somewhat secretly happy. Liu Ba had worked conscientiously for so many years without making any mistakes. Cao Cao had no chance to show off. But now that he has a chance, Cao Cao felt that he needed to show off himself in front of Liu Ba. , proving that he is actually not a waste supported by Liu Ba, but a real strong man who can fight.
"It's too late. If we realized last year that there was still this idea of cyclical increase, we could still rely on force to suppress it. Now our force has destroyed most of it. The people in the military camp have already looked at the Lord a little wrong." Liu Ba sighed lightly, then looked at Wei Zi, "Zixu, your family...forget it, I won't ask."
Wei Zi looked at Liu Ba. After the Zhen family came, their family also got involved in this game, especially after imitating the closure of the Zhen family's industry chain. It was simply
It’s just unlimited money printing machines.
"Alas, it was my negligence." Liu Ba sighed and said, "My lord, please behead someone to share the wrath of the people in the Helmand River Irrigation Area."
