Liu Chan, who knew Zhuge Liang well, naturally knew that what Uncle Zhuge did was for his own benefit.
He deliberately wrote down the Three-Character Sutra that he taught the soldiers and showed it to his teacher Yi Ji, in order to improve the relationship between master and disciple.
When he told Liu Ba about his wine business, he also knew that Liu Ba had extraordinary acumen in the business field.
And the timing was perfect. In the early years, Liu Ba looked down on him when he was making small fuss.
Later, as the business gets bigger, Liu Ba's options for providing advice will become narrower and narrower.
It is difficult to turn back even if you have already taken the wrong path.
With such detailed handwriting, it can be seen that it was written by Zhuge Kongming, a workaholic.
While he was moved, Liu Chan was also a little unconvinced.
The growth experience of more than ten years has worn away a lot of his arrogance as a time traveler. Many things can only be known by being in it. It is not as simple as it seems.
I know that I have to eat one bite at a time. No matter how many things Liu Chan dislikes in this world, he must be down-to-earth.
When you have the ability and sit in that position, you can gradually promote reforms.
Until then, only small pilot projects can be conducted.
However, when it comes to business-related issues, Liu Chan still doesn't quite believe that Liu Ba can provide him with any reliable advice.
After all, this era despises commercial activities very much.
He didn't have much impression of whether Liu Ba was a great talent in history.
But he trusted Zhuge Liang. Since Uncle Zhuge did this, there must be a reason.
Maybe Liu Ba can give himself some surprises this time?
At the beginning, he asked Lao Liu to cast hundreds of coins and exchange a small amount of copper for a large amount of copper. The method to solve the financial void was quite clever.
The so-called straight hundred coins are to issue large amounts of currency. I obviously only minted one copper coin, but I artificially stipulated that it be equivalent to the previous hundred coins.
People in this era are not willing to save more money. How can saving money be practical for saving food?
In the final analysis, money must be guaranteed by credit. Only if others believe that you can get resources in exchange for this thing will they use it.
Money lost is worthless.
Regional leaders who keep their word are replaced at every turn. How can currency still have any credibility among the people at the bottom?
Therefore, Liu Bei's actions did not have much impact on the people at the bottom.
Mainly, the vested interests of big families and local powerful people, who have a lot of copper coins in their families, are treated like leeks.
Of course, after doing this, the big landowners and powerful people will not let you slaughter them. After that, they will reduce unnecessary material circulation to avoid being cut too hard.
In addition, Lao Liu devoted all his efforts to conquer Hanzhong, which objectively caused a shortage of materials in Yizhou, making inflation more and more serious, and it became clear that there were fewer and fewer things that a hundred dollars could buy.
Even so, this move was still a coup. Without it, Lao Liu wouldn't even be qualified to sit on the card table in Hanzhong.
With hope in his heart, but also a little unconvinced, Liu Chan looked up at the dejected uncle and asked with a smile: "I wonder if Mr. Liu has any advice?"
Liu Ba is well-deserved to be called Mr. Liu. He is now the Western Cao of General Zuo's Mansion, with a rank of four hundred stones, and is in charge of the officials in the mansion.
Liu Ba looked around but didn't answer.
Upon seeing this, Mrs. Wu waved her hand, and all the servants and maids who were waiting on her went out immediately, and they even closed the door.
Seeing that only Liu Chan's teacher and relatives were present, Liu Ba said: "Since your wine has swept away other wines in Yizhou, and local families have to pay you OEM fees, why don't you follow the example of Shu Brocade and just use Zhibai?" Money transaction?”
As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunder exploding in Liu Chan's ears.
When smart people chat, they often don’t need the other person to say everything.
Liu Chan quickly stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Sir, you are a great talent, Chan has learned a lesson."
"Tell me where you were taught?" Liu Ba picked up a piece of barbecue with chopsticks without raising his eyebrows.
...It seems that Mr. Liu, who has been clamoring to surrender to Cao Cao every day, still doesn't fully believe that Mr. Liu is a smart man of the same level.
Liu Chan smiled slightly, sorted out his thoughts and said, "Sir's actions have many benefits, so I have learned from you.
"Only using Zhibaiqian, using the physical object of wine as a platform for Zhibaiqian, promoting its circulation can increase the dependence and confidence of powerful families on it. This is a benefit."
Just as he was mid-sentence, the barbecue Liu Ba had brought to his mouth stopped.
"Since the Yizhou families are forced to collect large amounts of money again, they will naturally not sit back and watch it depreciate. Even if they are forced, they will take the initiative to support the money. The current dilemma of the money being worthless can be alleviated. These two benefits also."
Liu Ba put the meat back, put down his chopsticks, and looked up at Liu Chan with admiration in his eyes.
"Currently, Zhibai money is only circulated in Yizhou. Outside Yizhou, it can only be used to purchase Shu brocade. Its circulation is not large and its influence is insufficient. Now with the help of Duoyi Wine, it will surely expand its influence outside the sphere of influence of our army. And credibility. These are the three benefits.”
Liu Ba rarely showed a smile. He was about to touch his hands and speak, but saw that Liu Chan still had something to say, and his hands stopped in mid-air awkwardly.
"If there are more irreplaceable commodities in the future, all of them will be traded using Zhibai money. If its influence can be spread all over the world, all large-scale trade will be done with Zhibai money...
"If you retreat, you can gather the wealth of the world and enrich the people within my territory. If you advance, you can defeat the enemy's resources and strengthen our army. At that time, we will support the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital. We can expect to regain the power of the Han Dynasty." ! This is the four benefits.”
Under Liu Ba's 8:20 eyebrows, a pair of eyes burst out with brilliance. He stood up and bowed and saluted: "Young Master is a great talent, but Ba is not as good as him."
[Liu Ba’s favorability +20]
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[Liu Ba's favorability is 50, business talent +10×2, coordination talent +10×2, and obtains the characteristic "Maverick"]
[Liu Ba’s favorability is 60,…,…]
[Maverick]: When your ideas are different from those of all factions, they are more likely to be accepted by everyone.
Liu Chan quickly returned the greeting: "Zen was also inspired by Mr. Chen and I dare not claim to be a great person."
But Liu Ba insisted: "Young Master said the four benefits, but Ba only thought of the third one, which is indeed not as good as what Zhuge Kongming said. It is indeed the Han Dynasty's luck that General Liu got the Young Master, and his words of surrender to Cao will never be repeated in the future." carry."
At the same time, he made up his mind to discuss what Liu Chan said with Kong Ming and Fa Xiaozhi and report it to Liu Bei to finalize it as an important strategy.
Liu Chan was a little embarrassed to be praised. He was just picking up Yingjiang's hair and showing off.
Yi Ji on the side nodded his head, smiled and twirled his beard when he saw that the young master was humble and polite, and neither arrogant nor impetuous.
He also figured it out, if it doesn’t treat the classics then just treat it.
Not all the heroes of ancient and modern times studied Confucian classics intensively.
If you can't cure the classics, how can you still cure the people who can cure the classics?
As for Mrs. Wu, the joy in her heart has never stopped. If her favorability hadn't been capped at 100, I'm afraid it would have already reached the sky-high level by now.
Liu Chan's appetite, which was not very good at first, has mostly improved since he returned home. Now that his son admires even Master Liu, he has completely improved.
She just felt that all the dishes today were delicious, and she made up her mind to reward the new chef...
"Hulu...hehe..."
At this time, there was an untimely loud snoring sound.
Everyone looked at the source of the sound in astonishment, only to find that General Wu Yi was drinking a small drink, listening to the high arguments that everyone could not understand and couldn't relate to, and he had already fallen into a deep sleep...
All the snot bubbles came out of my nose.
Several people looked at each other and laughed in unison.
Wu Yizhi sat up immediately, his nose bursting with snot: "What's wrong, who dares to slack off and delay my brother-in-law's fight against Cao, I will kill you... huh?"
The General slapped his head, remembering that he was having a banquet at his sister's house, and smiled a little awkwardly.
Yi Ji raised his hand and said: "General, in his dreams, he is mobilizing manpower and material resources to support our lord in the battle of Hanzhong. He is so loyal and admirable, huh? Hahaha..."
Several people laughed even more.
