Three days later, the first batch of funds raised by the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, 335,000 yuan, had all been received. Looking at the copper coins piled up in a room, Li Zexuan sighed in his heart:
"The times are so backward~! This mere 300,000 yuan is not enough to fit in a room, and the servants at home spent most of the day just counting money! It's not like modern times, just tap on the phone with your finger, Whether it's 300,000 or 30 million, everything will arrive instantly! Worst of all, modern cash is much better than the copper coins at this time! Ten thousand to a stack, 30 million is just a box of things, it's not Like now, 300,000 yuan can be piled up in a room!"
Regarding the currency of this era, Li Zexuan actually complained many times in his heart. Just imagine, if you were to go to the West Market to buy a horse, wouldn't you say it at least a dozen times? In ancient times, the amount of copper coins was basically about three to four kilograms. A dozen or so coins equaled about forty or fifty kilograms. The weight of the copper coins used to buy horses was almost equivalent to the weight of a person. You can imagine the large-scale transactions in this era. How inconvenient.
"Paper money, paper money, paper money must be developed in the future~!"
Li Zexuan sighed.
Modern online payment is still too far away from the technological level of the Tang Dynasty, but paper currency can still be looked forward to.
In fact, before the Tang Dynasty, there were already shadows of paper money. According to historical records, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the treasury was empty due to long-term wars with the Xiongnu. In order to solve financial difficulties, he minted "three baht coins" and "platinum coins" (alloy coins made of silver and tin). The "White Buckskin Coin" was issued.
The so-called "White Deer Skin Coin" uses the white deer skin from the palace as the currency material. Each piece is one foot square and surrounded by colorful paintings. Each leather coin is worth 400,000 yuan. Since its value is far from the value of the leather currency itself, the "White Deer Skin Coin" is only used as a tribute between princes and is not used in the circulation field. Therefore, it is not a paper currency in the true sense, it can only be said to be a paper currency. pioneer.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, a currency called "flying money" appeared. At that time, it was inconvenient for merchants to bring a large amount of copper coins when they went out for business, so they first went to the government to issue a voucher, which recorded the place and the number of coins. Then they used the voucher to withdraw money and purchase goods in another place. This voucher was called "flying money". "Flying money" is essentially just a kind of exchange business. It does not intervene in circulation and does not perform the function of currency, so it is not a paper currency in the true sense.
"Jiaozi" in Chengdu, Sichuan during the Northern Song Dynasty was the beginning of real paper money.
Why paper money did not appear in the Tang Dynasty, or in dynasties earlier than the Tang Dynasty, but in the Northern Song Dynasty? This is not accidental. It is an inevitable product of social, political and economic development. The commodity economy developed very rapidly in the Song Dynasty, and more currency was needed in the circulation of commodities. However, there was a shortage of copper coins at that time, which could not meet the demand in circulation.
At that time, iron coins were popular in Sichuan. Iron coins were low in value, heavy in weight, and extremely inconvenient to use. One copper coin is worth ten iron coins, and the weight of each thousand iron coins is twenty-five catties for the large coin and thirteen catties for the medium coin. It costs 20,000 yuan to buy a piece of cloth, which weighs about 500 kilograms and needs to be carried in a car. Therefore, there is an objective need for lightweight currency, which is also the main reason why banknotes first appeared in Sichuan.
Furthermore, although the Northern Song Dynasty was a highly centralized feudal autocratic country, the national currency was not unified. There were several currency zones, each of which was independent and not interchangeable. At that time, there were copper coins for the Thirteenth Road (an administrative unit in the Song Dynasty), iron coins for the Fourth Road, and both copper and iron coins for Shaanxi and Hedong. Each currency area strictly prohibits the outflow of currency. The use of banknotes can prevent the outflow of copper and iron money.
In addition, the Song Dynasty government was often attacked by Liao, Xia, and Jin. It spent a lot on military expenditures and indemnities, and it also needed to issue banknotes to make up for the fiscal deficit. Various reasons led to the creation of paper currency-"Jiaozi".
According to the original history, it was impossible for paper money to appear in the Tang Dynasty, but now that he, a modern man, has traveled through time and become a rich second generation with great wealth, then he has to do something.
After a lot of random thoughts in his mind, Li Zexuan went directly to Yan Shaoning. Regarding banknotes, he would do it in the future, but certainly not now. This would require time and relevant talents.
Arriving at the academy, Li Zexuan went directly to Yan Shaoning's office.
"Shaoning! All the money for road construction has been received. Then arrange the manpower as soon as possible and start construction~!"
Li Zexuan pushed the door open and saw that Yan Shaoning was still alone inside, so he got straight to the point.
Yan Shaoning stood up and said in surprise: "The money has come so quickly? Well, I have already made arrangements here. In this case, let's start construction today~! How is the cement preparation at the factory?"
Li Zexuan replied: "There is no problem at the workshop, the cement production can definitely meet the supply~!"
Since the Qiquge Workshop moved its main production capacity to Plum Village, the output of carriages, scooters, colored glaze, cement and books has gradually increased. Now Qiquge's supply capacity has been greatly improved. Scenes like those in the past where tens of thousands of people rushed to grab something, but it was instantly destroyed once they grabbed it, rarely happened anymore.
This is also the purpose of Li Zexuan's expansion of the workshop. Although hunger marketing can arouse people's enthusiasm for purchasing in a short period of time, it will only make people disgusted after a long time. After all, he has also experienced the torture of a certain brand engaging in hunger marketing in his previous life.
Yan Shaoning nodded and said: "That's good~!"
Li Zexuan then glanced around and asked with a smile: "Where is your Miss Mo?"
"She has been at the workshop recently, asking the workshop master to help her make lenses~!"
Yan Shaoning replied subconsciously, but he instantly realized the idiom in Li Zexuan's words and hurriedly cursed: "Damn, what do you mean by our Miss Mo~? You kid must not talk nonsense and ruin Miss Wei'er's innocence. Yu, when the time comes, Mr. Mo will have to settle the score with you~!"
Li Zexuan laughed loudly and turned back to go out. His words were left in the air, "Haha, I'm afraid Mr. Mo will come to you instead of me. Who let you steal the heart of another daughter~?"
Yan Shaoning's ears turned red with rare embarrassment. He chased out the door, trying to find Li Zexuan to argue with him, but there was no sign of Li Zexuan outside?
This guy could only say "poof" and murmured: "Why does this kid have all those things in his mind all day long? Fortunately, he is still the headmaster of Yanhuang Academy, and he doesn't look like a headmaster at all. It’s really useless to be a teacher~! Oh, getting married? What kind of marriage? How wonderful it is to be free and carefree~!"
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