Even though he was not short of money, Kennedy still wanted to try to cut the price. After all, it is worth more than 3,300 pounds, and even a small discount can save a lot of money.
As a result, he was told that it was a non-discount price.
Although the salesperson also wishes he could complete the sale immediately and get the commission. But the rules were like this, and she could only tell Kennedy with deep regret that apart from the free escort service that could be discussed, the only remaining options were to buy or not to buy.
Even in the modern industrial environment of later generations, there is a saying that "the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches".
Today’s watches are not to mention luxury goods.
Not to mention their noble origins, their key productivity is not high, so they don’t have to worry about selling the watches at all. Even if there are no outside merchants to buy it, the supply will exceed the demand for the wealthy people in Yi Dynasty alone.
The ruthlessly tough response might make some people uncomfortable, but Kennedy was satisfied.
This shows that buying this watch will not suddenly depreciate significantly, and it is also a good choice as an investment.
Ten thousand silver dollars, even if it is only 27g, a silver coin would weigh 540 kilograms. Naturally, no one would take such a heavy amount of money out for shopping.
Therefore, the buyer only needs to place a deposit, and the mall will give the buyer no more than three days to raise money, and even send mall security personnel to escort.
"How much deposit is required?" Kennedy asked after understanding the relevant operations.
"One hundred silver dollars," the salesman replied.
Hearing this, Kennedy took out his wallet and took out two gold cakes①.
The weight of two gold cakes is about one kilogram. According to the current gold and silver exchange ratio of about 1:15②, the price here is definitely enough for "one hundred silver yuan".
"I'm sorry, sir, we don't accept gold cakes here. Please go to the Royal Bank next door to exchange our coins!" Looking at the gold nuggets that Kennedy took out, the salesman said again with an apologetic look.
After landing on the shore, the first thing Kennedy and others did was to look for Jonathan directly. They had not experienced other consumption on the shore, so they naturally did not know that they had to exchange Yichao currency.
According to Jerry's previous trading habits in China, they only need to bring gold nuggets, silver ingots or Spanish silver dollars and other metal currencies to trade directly. There has never been any heard that they cannot trade directly with these.
You must know that the only currency issued by the Qing Dynasty was copper coins, and the face value of copper coins was too small. As for their official grained silver ingots, they are no different from the gold and silver they carry. It is nothing more than a matter of exchange rate conversion based on purity.
These do not affect the direct use of gold and silver as bulk commodities by both parties, and will naturally not become an issue for consideration. Moreover, when they hired translators, they paid in Spanish silver dollars, so there seemed to be no problem.
After hearing Jenny translate the salesman's words, Kennedy briefly thought that the salesman was having trouble with him, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Jenny immediately explained with certainty: "Sir, there is indeed such a rule here. No matter who buys things here, they can only use the coins of the Yi Dynasty, whether they are copper coins, silver coins or banknotes."
"But you don't have to worry. There is a Royal Bank here, and we can exchange it. Those of us with larger exchange amounts can give priority to exchange."
Since everyone was the same, the unhappy look on Kennedy's face disappeared as his heart instantly regained balance.
Of course, it is impossible for the salesperson to intentionally make things difficult for them by not wanting to take their own commission.
If the imperial court wanted to implement the country's currency, it would naturally have to introduce some policies.
However, Zhang Rui considered that the current situation of the court was not yet completely clear. If he chose to blindly push forward in a short period of time, it would bring a lot of inconvenience to the people and make them complain a lot.
As the saying goes: "To govern a big country is like cooking small dishes."
In order to prevent some officials in the DPRK and China from excessively "disturbing the people" by focusing on political achievements and acting brutally, Zhang Rui ordered that all royal industries and state agencies only be required to use national currency for settlement of tax transactions.
As for the people, people can make their own choices.
As long as the most critical aspects are controlled and the quality of the court's currency is ensured③, the court's currency will inevitably continue to flow into the people. After reaching a certain amount, policies will be introduced to prohibit the circulation of other countries' currencies, and everything will fall into place.
In order to buy a watch, Kennedy could only abide by the mall's regulations. Properly go to the Royal Bank to exchange for Yi Dynasty currency.
For a long time, the government in China has only issued copper coins for circulation. Now that Yi Dynasty has issued official silver coins, many people find it incredible.
After all, the production loss of silver coins is much greater than that of copper coins.
It is precisely because of this that even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north knew that the Yi Dynasty had issued silver coins, they still went their own way and had no intention of following suit.
On the contrary, they continued to laugh at "Nanman Nikan loves to save face and suffers."
Of course, they laughed at them, but it did not affect them at all. Their officials also used the silver coins of the Yi Dynasty.
You must know that the Yi Dynasty had strict regulations on the production of both copper and silver coins. Not only is it well-made, but the copper and silver content are also produced in strict accordance with the proportions under multiple quality inspections.
Not much better than the Shun, Kang, Yong, and Qian court tong bao of the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
The Yi Dynasty's issuance of silver coins was not simply "to save face" as the Manchu court claimed. More importantly, it was to establish the "silver standard" system of currency, then use the "silver standard" to develop the "gold standard", and finally establish the "credit paper currency" system.
As long as the Yi Dynasty can develop stably for several more decades after defeating the Manchu Qing, it will inevitably become the center of the world. By then, the banknotes of the Yi Dynasty will also become the world's currency. As for the benefits! May refer to future generations of U.S. dollars.
Note ①: Yes, you read it correctly, it is a gold cake, not a gold coin.
In 1717, the famous physicist Isaac Newton (the guy who got hit by the apple) fixed the price of gold per ounce at 3 pounds, 17 shillings, and 10.5 pence while serving as director of the British Mint. In 1797, the United Kingdom announced the Mint Regulations, issued gold coins, and stipulated the gold content. Silver coins were in the status of auxiliary coins.
Therefore, there were no real gold coins in Britain at this time.
②: Affected by the continuous inflow from overseas, China's gold and silver exchange ratio had risen from 1:6 during the Ming Dynasty. By the 27th year of Qianlong's reign, the gold and silver exchange ratio was 1:14.9. The British gold to silver exchange ratio at this time was 1:15.5.
③: Except for the central court, the Yi Dynasty prohibited private coinage in all places, and those who violated the order would be punished with private coinage.
The law of the Yi Dynasty stipulates: If the amount of privately minted coins exceeds one penny, the penalty will be punished; if the amount exceeds one hundred, the person will be beheaded; if the amount exceeds one thousand, the person will be chopped into pieces.
