Chapter 468: Setting a precedent
“Recolonize Nanzhong?”
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's heart moved.
He looked at Feng Yong, but there was no focus in his eyes. He subconsciously played with the chess pieces in his hand, "Tanglang County in Nanzhong is located in a desolate place, and it will take at least three years for the copper mines there to produce output."
"If you want to exploit Yaquan on the edge of the Shanghai River, it will take at least five years, because you have to open a plank road in the mountain. The money and food that will be spent during this period is not a small amount."
Feng Yong heard the words and understood the elegant meaning. He quickly moved his position, got closer, and started to use Feng Langjun's special skill: clever words and seduction.
"Prime Minister, the reason why we use woolen cloth as a mortgage now is because everyone recognizes it. After all, woolen cloth is a good thing, and no one except us can weave it at present, so it is rare, so it is valuable."
“But there will always be people who learn to weave woolen cloth in the future, and then no one will recognize the note. So if you want to keep the note valuable, you have to ask the court to use copper as collateral.”
When the wool trade with Liangzhou becomes normalized and the workshops in Nanzheng become normalized, the output of woolen cloth will inevitably increase.
When woolen cloth grows to a certain extent, its scarcity will gradually disappear, and then woolen cloth bills will definitely encounter a crisis.
Hence, restoring precious metals as the standard is the normal currency form.
Before this happens, it would be best if a national credit system for banknotes could be established - after all, banknotes are convenient.
It is not only convenient for daily carrying and use, but also convenient for the court to collect more seigniorage.
The cost of banknotes is much lower than that of copper coins.
"Now we can find ways to raise some money and food while the woolen cloth is valuable, and get the copper from Tanglang County out as soon as possible. This way we won't be afraid that no one will recognize the money in the future."
When Zhuge Liang heard this, his heart skipped a beat, "How to raise money?"
Feng Tubiao took a look and wondered, is this something serious? He quickly moved his buttocks and sat closer.
“Prime Minister, I have an immature idea. Please consider it for me.”
"explain."
Zhuge Liang looked at Feng Tubiao's flattering look and thought to himself, from whom did you learn the appearance of this lucky minister?
If anyone else had dared to show such an appearance in front of him, he would have reprimanded him long ago. But for some reason, he always had more patience with this kid than others.
"Ahem, that's it. We can spread the news that the imperial court is planning to mine copper mines in Tanglang County, and then use the woolen cloth produced by the two workshops in Hanzhong as a guarantee to raise money and food from wealthy families in Shu. We have agreed on several dates Share the profits and return them to them when the copper is mined..."
"No! If this happens, where will the court's reputation go? The court borrows from the people. This has not been the rule since ancient times!"
Zhuge Liang flatly refused.
With all the big men gone, how can we have any face?
Feng Yong made a "tsk" sound and said, "Prime Minister, please listen to me first."
"You tell me, and I listen. I want to see what you mean."
"Prime Minister, now the world is divided into three parts, and Yizhou is exhausted. This is a time of crisis for the survival of the sincerity. The Cao thieves now occupy eight percent of the world, and the remaining two points are the Han Dynasty and Soochow. If the Han Dynasty is less than one point How can we destroy the bandits and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty in the southwest?"
“Therefore, if you want to revive the Han Dynasty, you must not follow the rules and find another way.”
“Also, if the prime minister wants to launch the Northern Expedition, he needs the whole Han Dynasty to work together. However, many of the big families in Yizhou have evil intentions, or have other plans, or want to settle down.”
"As for Cao Cao's thieves in the north, since Cao Pi established the law of nine-rank officials and people, the wealthy families have gradually forgotten their families and supported Cao's thieves. How difficult is it to use half of the world that is not united to attack eight points of the world that is united?"
“So we tried to find a way to change the attitude of the Yizhou aristocratic families and let them take the initiative to contribute to the revival of the Han Dynasty.”
Feng Yong talked for a long time, feeling a little dry in the mouth. In addition, he had sweated profusely several times just now, and he felt very thirsty. He picked up the bowl and drank the tea with a few clicks. Feeling that my thirst is not quenched, I want to reach out for the kettle and fill it with water.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang reached out first, picked up the kettle, stood up and poured a bowl of water for Feng Yong.
Feng Yong suddenly felt flattered and stood up quickly.
Zhuge Liang held his shoulders and said warmly, "Continue talking."
"Yes Yes."
Adou hasn’t gotten one either, right?
Isn’t my treatment higher than that of the emperor?
The country turtle was feeling happy when he heard the Prime Minister opposite suddenly knocking on the table, "Keep talking!"
“Oh, okay, keep going.”
Feng Yong thought about it and held it for a while, but he got stuck.
It’s over, Guangguan was so excited that he forgot what to say.
“Prime Minister, uh, where did you say just now?”
Feng Yong thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of it, so he could only ask coquettishly.
“A big family in Sichuan.”
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was surprisingly good-tempered at this time.
"Oh, yes, there are big families in central Sichuan. Prime Minister, this is what I think. In the copper mines in Tanglang County, we will raise some money and food from the big families in central Sichuan and promise them some interest so that they can enjoy the benefits. .”
"The world is looking for profit, and with the guarantee of the ranches and workshops in Hanzhong, most people must be willing to borrow. In this way, we can easily raise money and food to speed up the copper mining in Tanglang County. If this can be done, , it can be an example.”
“Then, if the prime minister is short of money and food during his Northern Expedition, we can promise them to buy and sell wool from Liangzhou and other places and learn how to weave woolen cloth as collateral, and we will definitely be able to prepare a lot of money and food.”
"In this way, in order to make a profit, the Yizhou family will definitely vigorously assist the Prime Minister in the Northern Expedition. Someone has to set a precedent. When Guan Zhong opened a daughter's house, wasn't there no precedent?"
National debt originally originated from national wars.
As long as the indigenous families in Yizhou are tied to the chariot of the Northern Expedition, are you afraid that they will be held back?
After listening to Feng Yong's words, Zhuge Liang didn't say anything for a long time, and just looked at Feng Yong steadily.
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty didn’t understand what a central bank was, and he probably didn’t understand what financial leverage was, let alone what invisible hands and visible hands in the market were.
But Huang Yueying and Zhuge Qiao both had shares in the pastures and workshops in Hanzhong, so he had a rough estimate of the pastures and workshops in Hanzhong.
He also knew how much taxes the Han Dynasty could get in a year.
But in the second half of this year, the actions of the boy in front of him completely subverted his cognition.
Soldiers are a major event for the country.
Conquests have always been a waste of people and money.
This year's Southern Expedition was quite normal at the beginning, but in the end, after a certain country bumpkin got involved, it began to turn into a big carnival for nobles.
A certain country turtle waved the bills printed on paper, and from Nanzhong to Jincheng, and then from Jincheng to Hanzhong, countless people followed his command.
Labour is turned into money, money is turned into woolen cloth, and woolen cloth is turned into money, grain or other things.
Nearly one million yuan of money came out of the sky quietly, but then swept through the entire Han Dynasty with great force.
The Han Dynasty received an income equivalent to most of half a year, which to a large extent offset the expenses of the southern expedition.
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, who originally thought he would have to rest for two years before resuming his military operations, found that he could recover in just one year. If he had two or three more years, he would be able to gain at least two or three points more confidence in the Northern Expedition.
Xungui obtained a large number of laborers, which greatly alleviated the labor shortage in Hanzhong.
Those companies that have shares in the Hanzhong textile workshops use their pastures and workshops as guarantees and simply transfer their labor to another hand, earning a net profit of twenty cents per laborer.
At least in Zhuge Liang's eyes, these families did nothing at all and made a living of 250,000 yuan in a few months.
But even so, the nobles and even the court must be grateful to Feng Yong.
This is simply like a dream!
Such a method is unheard of!
Just talking and laughing can stir up trouble, nothing more than this.
Now I hear this son's remarks again, but he wants to play with the big families in Shu at his fingertips, and actually plans to imitate the old practice of Nanzhong again?
(End of this chapter)