Section 2002 Currency

nbsp; Li Cong sat down by himself and slowly thought about his own problems. Is he really the benevolence of women as Wu Zuoxi said? That's impossible. What I want to do is just a long-term investment. Such an investment will not see any benefits in a short period of time, but in the long run, such an investment is the real maximization of benefits for myself. Things in the Eastern Empire are not as simple as they appear on the surface. Such a huge empire is only ruled by the royal family and the Linghu family? Dare that to be impossible, there must be black hands behind him that I can't see. It is impossible to catch these black hands with your own strength, and you can only rely on breaking into their interior. This It's up to Mr. Linghu. m

Although I haven't been with this Mr. Linghu for a long time, I can see many advantages in him. He knows that he also possessed these advantages when he was young. Such a person will definitely achieve great things. I want to be friends with such a person instead of an enemy. Li Cong believes that he can defeat it in the end, but if he can turn him into his friend, wouldn't it save a lot of time? It’s okay to use this time to do other things, and this person has become my friend. As long as he gets along well, I can also get some benefits from him. This kind of win-win situation is definitely possible. What he did, Wu Zuoxi may have never seen this person before, and he didn't believe his own eyesight, so he definitely wouldn't be wrong!

"Forget it, let's not talk about Lao Wu again. I have my own plan. I think that guy will not let me down. He will help me a lot with the Eastern Empire in the future. You help me now Another matter for the staff, I now want to issue a currency, simply put, it is to tie the economies of the four empires to my currency, what do you think about this?" Li never wanted to think about this He leaned on the chair and said about his troublesome matter. Wu Zuoxi originally wanted to persuade him, but he quickly suppressed his previous words after hearing what Li Cong said. This kid is really not an ordinary person. His His vision is not what he can see. He actually wants to use economic means to tie up the four empires. Such an idea is probably something he can think of, but he has the strength to do it.

"Currency? What kind of currency do you want to issue? Why didn't I think of such an idea? What are you pretending to be in your mind? What you think of is something we can't think of. Now the four empires are on the market There are nothing more than three types of currency in circulation, one is copper coins, the other is silver, and the other is gold. As for the platinum on top of the gold, this is a large amount of currency. Such things, even if they exist, will not be used. This kind of thing is too precious, and the big family will not use it. They all use bank notes for settlement, but the bank notes are issued by this bank. What the company sent out is really confusing. If there is a unified currency, it will be a huge contribution to the economic circulation of the entire continent, but such a thing is not so easy to accomplish. It is good that you have this idea Yes, to be honest, I am not trying to hit you, the difficulties and difficulties in the middle are too great, have you ever thought that these difficulties may knock you down." Old Wu thought for a while and said his thoughts on Li Cong She is very supportive, but as soon as her mind heats up, it cools down. She thought of many difficulties. The Four Empires seem to be

We all want to connect, but for real? Especially in the hearts of these royal families, they don't want the four great empires to be too closely linked. They all want to be kings and hegemons in their own sky. How can it be possible for the common people to link up? There are just too many things going on.

Because of the geographical relationship between these four empires, the other three empires are still closely related, but the annual trade volume is only a small part. It is difficult to see the goods of another empire in one empire, and the goods of another empire. Basically, this empire can only appear in the hands of the rich and the upper class. For ordinary people, don’t even think about it. They don’t have the money to buy things from other countries. Among the four empires , the one with such huge resistance is probably the Eastern Empire. The Eastern Empire is not very closely connected with the other three empires due to its terrain. If this currency is issued, the Eastern Empire is probably the first to boycott it. It is also not acceptable to use brokers to infiltrate. The Eastern Empire is a bit too distant from the other three empires to affect them.

"Old Wu, I know that this matter is very difficult, so I didn't act rashly. I'm not discussing with you. My idea is to issue some banknotes and silver dollars. You can make them into one tael, five taels of silver, or even It is ten taels of silver, but I think ten taels of silver is a bit big, and five taels is enough. Paper money is the kind of silver bill we are circulating now. Now, the exchange of silver bills issued by major companies is very complicated. There are still some fake ones, and those banknotes are relatively large, so they are not very easy to carry? Although it is just a piece of paper, it does not look very delicate, and even if you take it out, you don’t think it is a face-saving thing. What I want is to make only one kind of thing that is relatively small, easy to carry, and can be exchanged across the continent. I know that such bank notes will not be circulated so quickly across the continent. Of course, I also know that this is very difficult. Difficult, but there are difficulties, we can solve them slowly, I am just a preliminary idea, the next step I want to open a store in the whole continent, my idea is that even if the Eastern Empire can’t do it temporarily, it can be done in the other three Let's implement it in the empire. Now the empire does not prohibit these companies from issuing their own bank notes. I just issue a larger scale and a wider range. Besides, the royal families of the three empires will not make things difficult for me at this time. After all, I I still have the northern battlefield in my hands, and I can slowly create some chaos for them in the south, but if they relax a little, I will relax a little. If they don’t know how to praise, I’ll just have a good chat with them. In short, this I won't give up on the plan." Li Cong said firmly, Wu Zuoxi was naturally surprised by such a thing, I really didn't expect that Li Cong had planned so well.

Wu Zuoxi did not speak. He is not like Li Cong. Li Cong's understanding of the Four Great Empires is still relatively small and not that deep. After all, Li Wan has not been here for so long. Wu Zuoxi knows the Four Great Empires very well. Especially for the Western Empire where he belongs. On the surface, it seems that the three major empires must obey your demands now, but in fact, are they really like this? Don't they have ideas of their own? They must have their own ideas. Li Cong would definitely be able to agree to ordinary small things, but how could they be willing to issue such a big thing like currency? Just like what Li Cong said, all major firms are issuing their own bank notes, which is nothing, after all, their influence only affects one province, or at most a few provinces. Even if some large banks of the entire empire are issued in one country, there are no large-scale banknotes spread across several other empires. Cao's Commercial Bank has already done this. The Northern Empire, the Western Empire, and the Southern Empire , there are their commercial banks in the territory, and Qianzhuang is the most basic thing in Li Cong's whole plan. Now there are nearly millions of banks controlled by Li Cong on the whole mainland, which makes a great deal for Li Tong to issue currency. Good preparations, if there were not so many banks, Li Cong probably would not dare to say this. With so many banks, Li Cong is very confident in both speaking and doing things.

"I said boy, I was once again shocked by your generosity. I remember that I haven't known you for a long time, but from the first time I saw you, I felt that you are not an ordinary person. I think These things will happen in the future, but I didn't expect her to come so soon. Only people like you have the courage to earn 120 silver in the mall, and then put all the 120 silver into it. It is indeed a lot of money. If I am not wrong, you have invested a lot in these years. I don’t know the situation of other empires, but I am very clear about the situation of the Western Empire. In a decent county, you want to To open a reputable bank, the amount should not be less than 800,000 taels. This amount should not be high? Wu Zuoxi looked at Li Tong and said, he really doesn't know the person in front of him, and he knew this guy from it Up to now, everything this guy does will bring him huge surprises. Many people have ambitions, but there are still a few people with such ambitions as Li Cong. Many ambitious people are either because this is not good or that is not good. In short, there are various reasons that make them change from an ambitious person to an ordinary person, but the kid in front of him is different from those people. He has greater ambitions than those people. With his own actions, he will use his own actions to put his ambitions into practice. Just like currency, it is very difficult for others to issue it, and it is basically impossible to achieve, but in the hands of this kid Everything here seems to have become a reality. After decades, centuries, and thousands of years, this kid may be the master of the four great empires. No one can predict all these things.

Wu Zuoxi can only hope that he and this kid will be friends forever, otherwise one day he will look up and see that his former enemy is already much stronger than him. Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, this kid continues to maintain his own This kind of aggressiveness is the only way to do it. If you can't achieve a little achievement, you will die. In that case, this kind of enemy's combat effectiveness is not very strong. Right now, his aggressiveness is still very strong, much stronger than yourself. If you With such aggressiveness, maybe I have to go a step further now, and I might have assisted the Tuoba family instead of working for the court at the beginning. I worried too much at the beginning, and the result was so bleak.

"Hehe, that's for sure on this issue. If there is no investment, there will be no return. If all the silver I earn is piled up, people in the entire continent will be surprised. Even the emperors of the four empires There will be no exceptions. I don't know how much property I have, but I'm sure that the richest people on the mainland may not be able to catch up with me, just like those big families that have lasted for tens of thousands of years. It is definitely not as good as mine. They may have more assets than me, but the money they can actually take out is definitely not as much as mine. The amount you predicted is about the same. I have thousands of provinces in the Western Empire, and tens of thousands of them. Every county has its own money shop, and where there is a money shop, there must be a grain shop. Although the investment in the grain shop is much less than that of the money shop, people depend on food. The influence of this thing is absolutely great. Powerful, of course, it only affects some ordinary people, and big bureaucrats are useless." In front of Wu Zuoxi, Li Cong always made no secret of how much property he owns? In his opinion, Wu Zuoxi doesn't have much ambition anymore. He came to help him because he was thinking that he wouldn't be too lonely in the future. As for other things, this guy certainly wouldn't think too much about it. His official career in the Western Empire has come to an end, and he will not go back to help the emperor of the Western Empire make any decisions. He himself said this a long time ago. Such ungrateful behavior of the royal family of the Western Empire will change anyone's heart. Not happy, let alone a person with such an idea and such great ambition.

"Then for you, the time to issue a currency is ripe, right?" Wu Zuoxi said in disbelief, this matter is too big, even an imperial government has not issued a currency The currency that circulates throughout the country, as far as he knows the Western Empire, the currency issued by the Western Empire is only an official form. What is the casting of silver? This is still up to you to decide. Ingots are what you need to bring up when you pay taxes. For private circulation, it can be in this situation or in that shape. As for bank notes, there are no feasible rules. Yes, this ticket number is like this, the best one may be like that.

When these companies issued bank notes, they all came according to their own preferences, and they didn't think too much about it. Of course, it's not that no one thought about issuing a bank note that could be used nationwide, but how much money would it take? Power, the imperial government also thought about such a thing, but after thinking about it for a long time, it announced that it gave up. First of all, some economic strengths in various places are very opposed to such behavior, because if you want to get a bank note, you have to Hand over the silver in your hand to the other party, so that you can take out the bank note, which is easy to carry, but most people think that what they hold in their hands is silver, which is a real thing , not a piece of paper, this piece of paper is just a piece of paper in wartime, and nothing can be exchanged for it, only in peacetime does this piece of paper have its own function.

"First of all, I have to declare to you that I am not hitting you. Even if you can overcome such difficulties, but with the current printing technology, it is impossible for you to make it completely real. I remember that in history, there was also a very powerful businessman who wanted the banknotes of his own bank to spread throughout the empire, but because of this incident, he himself went bankrupt, and all the wealth of Wanguan's family became someone else's. The mistake he made was that The banknotes printed by it are too easy to imitate. If you imitate on a small scale, you will only lose some money, but your competitor manufactures it on a large scale. Who is your opponent now? You want to issue a currency that can be circulated across the continent Your biggest enemy is the royal family of the four empires. The technology mastered by the royal family is definitely more than one grade higher than that of the common people. If they want to snipe you, it is very easy. They only need to print billions or tens of billions Even the hundreds of billions of silver bills you issue, I see what kind of silver you give to others." Li Cong also knew about what Wu Zuoxi said. At that time, the businessman relied on his own efforts to sell his assets I have achieved tens of billions of silver, but because of this silver ticket, this guy became a pauper again, and even lost his own life in the end. I am much stronger than that person now, but I The enemy is also much stronger. At least at the beginning, the royal family didn't think about dealing with that guy, because he was a businessman, a businessman without much political desire, but he was different, his political desire Even a fool can see it.

"Printing counterfeit money is only one aspect. They still have many ways. For example, they hoard a large amount of silver notes in their hands, and then go to a bank account that you belong to to exchange the silver, but your bank account is impossible. With so much money, they will find reasons to attack you, and they will say that your place is just a convenience for cashiers, and it is not so convenient for exchanging money. Don’t you understand this kind of truth? You have been doing it for so long It’s a matter of time, you may have more solutions than me for this kind of thing, it may not be a simple matter to make a bank prosper, but it is a matter of minutes to make it go bankrupt.” Wu Zuoxi said earnestly, he did not He is not a person who creates difficulties, but he cannot solve these difficulties himself, so he asked Li Cong to answer, as long as Li Cong can answer all these, he will help Li Cong to do this matter, in his own heart I also want to do some big things to be famous in history, and Li Cong is the person who can help him do things, but he doesn't know what to do with these difficulties? He has Li Cong to give him an accurate answer. Since he is going to do such an unprecedented event, he must make sufficient preparations to prevent others from finding his loopholes. Although it may not be 100% possible to succeed, it will Li Cong appreciated the idea of ​​minimizing the failure rate. He listened to what this guy had to say, and then it was time to answer the question.

"Old Wu, you are really a responsible person. I knew it was right to ask you to be my staff officer. Other people may cater to me and finish this matter, but when this business is launched, there will be many At that time, it was really a headache for me. Now you can tell me about these mistakes. I am very happy. Now I will tell you one by one what my thoughts are? As for the counterfeit money you mentioned I have thought about the problem a long time ago. I have a very good technology. The banknotes printed by that method will never be copied, and we will mark each banknote, that is, one Group of numbers, you have seen those things on my subordinates, many people here don’t understand what it means? If you want to use that kind of thing as a mark, it may be very good. Besides, I will use this printing technique in There are some little secrets on it. I can’t tell you how I got this. These are my own secrets. In short, such things as fake bank notes will never happen, and what you said is the risk of a run. bō, I also have a way to deal with it. For example, in a county, only the ticket number in the county can withdraw money, and you can withdraw your own money from those ticket numbers in the county, but the amount is limited. If you are limited to how much money you can withdraw every day, if you exceed the amount, you must report it within 1 to 2 days, and we will prepare the money for you as quickly as possible. I think this is my How about the two ideas? Although they can’t say 100% solve the problem, they can at least solve some small problems. If someone really wants to find fault, we can only face it slowly and go if there is no difficulty. It is impossible to do things, we are stronger only when we have difficulties, what do you think, old Wu." Li Tong said with a smile, Wu Zuoxi also shook his head with a smile at this time, it seems that he has considered too many things , Compared with these young people, I am really a bit old, besides, Wu Zuoxi is not the person who clings to those problems.

He was thinking that the only problem was the printing of counterfeit banknotes. Now that Li Cong can solve this problem, it means that other problems can be solved slowly with some small problems. Wu Zuoxi points With a nod down he began to support the plan.

"Since you are so confident in this plan, I won't say anything else. Now let's discuss this plan bit by bit. Since this plan is very detailed, we shouldn't let go of any problem. Let’s start with the coins with relatively small denominations. You said that the smallest one is one tael of silver. Do you have any idea about what shape it should be? Since it is a coin, we want to mint it like this There will definitely be a loss of coins. Who will bear the loss? If it is small, we can bear the loss, but the number of things you want will definitely not be small. According to my calculations, it may cost A denomination of billions and tens of billions is not a small amount. One coin is equal to one tael of silver. According to the current situation, the loss is generally about 2. There will be two taels of silver for 100 silver and 20 taels of silver for 1000 silver. If We printed 1 billion coins in the first batch, which is quite a lot of silver. From this point of view, the loss will not be small. From this point of view, how should we bear the loss? If we do not have enough coins If there is a large amount, there may be many people who will resist, even if they only have 2, they will pursue this issue. Wu Zuoxi took a sip of the tea that Li Cong made and said, the taste of this tea is also good. The guy nodded again and again, but his mouth was not idle. These words he said are also issues that Li Cong should consider now. Loss is indeed a big problem. If it is popular in the entire continent, 20 billion coins are absolutely possible. If If calculated in this way, it would be tens of millions of silver, which is the smallest denomination, and more if the denomination is large.

Things like silver dollars have a certain history when they began to circulate on the earth. Some of their own currencies also encountered great resistance at the beginning, but they can be considered to be in circulation later. Dozens of vehicles What is the silver in the house, a big lump, but dozens of silver dollars? It can be put in a small pocket, whichever is convenient and which is easy to use, everyone is not a fool, of course, the people who minted silver dollars will definitely reap certain benefits, this loss is a benefit, Li Cong remembers the history textbook As mentioned above, one silver dollar can earn two taels of silver. If it is 20 billion, it will be 4 billion taels of silver. This is definitely not a small amount. Li Cong will definitely cast more silver dollars. The loss should Will there be many? However, it is impossible to make money like this on this big road, because the loss here is very small, almost negligible, what is the loss of 2%, and the people here are too I won't make this money anymore, but compared with Li Cong's big plan, this is all small money, and it can all be sacrificed.

"I have already thought about the issue of wear and tear very clearly. Ordinary silver can be said to be very soft. It is completely impossible to use some tools such as iron armor to break them apart. We can Adding some other impurities in it makes the one yuan very hard. At least it is not easy for you to destroy these silver dollars. Anyway, we can exchange silver dollars for you for a tael of silver. We may have some losses at the beginning, but I Guaranteed that our silver dollars will gather a lot of shadows after they are circulated, and we are not just issuing this kind of silver dollars, we will also issue some banknotes, and in the end we will definitely eat a lot of silver in our hands." Li Cong laughed Li Cong said that obtaining the right to issue currency is the ultimate goal Li Cong needs, but he won't understand it if he tells him this now.

"It's not a big disadvantage. It's just that what you said is what you imagined. How to implement it is still a problem. And what's the benefit of doing it in the end? I know I got it The right to issue currency will definitely bring a lot of benefits in the future, but can these countries really listen to you?" Wu Zuoxi is indeed an old and cunning person, he doesn't understand why he wants to get this right, although he will save face after having this right. Things are very good, but it is impossible for Li Cong to waste so much manpower and material resources just for a good face?

"There are many benefits of this. What I need at this stage is this kind of momentum. Have you ever thought that one day the entire continent will use one currency, and the right to issue this currency is in my hands. I need to decide how much currency the country wants to issue. Isn’t this a fun thing? And I can turn all the debts owed by the royal families of various countries into the debt of the entire country, but the right to issue currency must be in In my hands, their debts can be completed by borrowing money from me, but they must use the country's fiscal and taxation as a guarantee." Li Cong said with a smile, what he is going to do is similar to that in history The Federal Reserve is the same, but it is impossible to make such a thing in a short period of time. It takes a long time to plan a day, and if there is something wrong, you will lose money.

"It's very interesting to listen to your words, but why do you have such confidence? The royal families of the major empires don't have a lot of debts at this time, they can use their own ability to pay back, and now the world is peaceful. There is no major turmoil, and there are not many places to use money. I am afraid that your idea will come to nothing. In fact, your idea is really fantastic, and I admire it very much. It seems that the current situation is not easy to realize. "As for Li Cong's idea, Wu Zuoxi had never heard of it before, but now, after he knew the news, he really felt that it was a bit fun, and Li Cong could actually bring up this idea, so he would do it for it. To be honest, Wu Zuoxi really wants to see that Li Cong can control the issuance of major empires, especially the right to issue currency. This is the most fun thing. He is a little impatient. I stopped, that's why I asked these questions, let's see what Li Cong planned from the back? I can also give him some suggestions to make this plan more perfect, so that I can also solve the doubts in my heart earlier, and see how miracles in this world happen?

"You are right. The world is peaceful. There is indeed no chance for me to act. But what if I make a fuss about the world? Is the world really peaceful now? This is just a temporary superficial phenomenon. There is an undercurrent in the world, as long as we can find an opportunity, we can always start a war, and even if these conflicts do not break out, I can use my own military power to directly bring about a war, and wait until all countries fight well Why didn't they come to me to borrow money when they were exhausted? At that time, I was the one who had the final say on the world. It was the easiest way to obtain the world. If you want me to follow each other city by city It's impossible for them to fight, how many cities are there in the world? I'm afraid you, a former prime minister, don't know very well." Li Tong said with a smile, Wu Zuoxi nodded again, how many cities in the world could be his He didn't know it himself, even the Western Empire, he didn't know it very well.

What's more, the military attack of the four major empires is too obvious. When you were in the downtown area of ​​the Northern Empire, the Southern Empire and other empires had already felt it. I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. Now Li Cong does have an opportunity in his hands that is to provoke The war between the Three Great Empires and the Eastern Empire is what Li Cong needs to do most. If the Four Great Empires are really in chaos, it is really impossible for you to pass this plan. If you get it, half of the world will really be wrong. Most of it is in the hands of this kid in front of me. It seems to me that I have to rely on this guy to save myself from having no status in the future. Being friends with such a person can be regarded as an account for the rest of my life.

"You kid really has a different brain than others. Problems that others dare not think about are easy things for you, and when you say these words, your face is not red at all. What does this mean? It means that you are a A natural leader, others say it’s shameless, but I don’t think so. People who are shameless can’t achieve great things. If they have their own face, they won’t do things. If you think so, why? If you want to help these three empires resist the Eastern Empire's attack, you just let the people of the Eastern Empire in. The three major empires will definitely send troops to intervene when they are afraid that Thunder Gate will unite with the Eastern Empire. Adding a lightning gate to the empire will cause it to fight? Doesn’t this achieve your goal?” Maybe it’s not surprising to think of this problem at this time, indeed, if Li Cong can do this, it can solve many things Yes, but if he does this, there will be many other risks.

First of all, this war is not within my control. Although there is a gap in the strength of the four major empires, what will happen to the entire continent if a full-scale war breaks out? The important thing is to let them bleed rather than let them be destroyed. If they are really destroyed, I will get nothing. What is the use of wanting such a continent? So you usually make a long-term plan in this matter.

The first is to issue currency to expand one's own influence, and the second is to slowly expand the war so that both sides fall into the abyss of war and have to borrow a lot. At the same time, the regimes of the four empires cannot fall. It is too slow to start a new regime from scratch, and it is useless to control it by yourself, because its ability to control places is very weak. The four empires are deeply rooted on this continent, and their power spreads all over the land they rule. Every corner, mainly control them, they will become their most senior workers, they will use national taxation to repay the debts owed to them, and they will charge high interest for lending money to them for war. The interest is compound interest, and they don’t know how many years it will take to pay off the money. Now their emperor may not see it, and it will be too late when their descendants understand it. At that time, they have already controlled the entire For everything in the mainland, they can only help themselves to rule the continent instead of being the real king, and it will be too late to regret it.

"Thank you for saying that I am a leader. In fact, I have thought of this matter, but I just have a big framework for how to do it. Now what we have to do is to issue currency first. If this thing fails, the future There is no need to talk about things. Now I have read some things in the major banks. These banknotes are really not very good. The banknotes I issued already have a look. You can take a look , I don’t know if it’s possible.” Li Cong said and took out a few banknotes on the earth, and they also had denominations of 5, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 up to 100,000. Such things are very common on the earth. , but this thing is not ordinary in this place, and the printing of this thing is very exquisite, these things seem to have never appeared in this world, this thing itself is like a kind of art.

"This is indeed a remarkable thing. This is the first time I have seen these things, especially this paper. I dare say that no technology on this continent can produce such things. Are you sure about these things? How did you get it? I dare say that even if such a thing is worthless, someone will definitely buy it with money. I want to collect this. This set of numbers must be what you said That thing? It’s really good. If all the bank notes are like this, I don’t think anyone will object, and many people will exchange this thing.” Wu Zuoxi’s reaction when he saw this thing exceeded Li Cong’s expectations Yes, Li Cong had put these things on his body for a long time, and he was afraid that this guy would say it was a piece of paper. In fact, it was just a piece of paper, but these things had never appeared before, and they were indeed very beautifully printed things.

"Yes, these are the so-called anti-counterfeiting marks. I believe you should rest assured that there are such things. Every one has such a watermark, and there will be no accidents. I am going to go to the place where our Cao's house is relatively powerful. It will be implemented for a period of time, but it will not be released on a large scale, I believe someone will buy my account." Li Cong said with a smile, such a thing is very good, people like Wu Zuoxi have been prime ministers of the Western Empire , he feels that this thing is very good, not to mention other people, they will definitely be very interested in this thing.

Li Cong's words made Wu Zuoxi seem to have seen the goal. He has already become very interested in this matter. Such a person can definitely help him a lot. Li Cong also hopes that he can help him succeed. RS! .