Chapter 619 Exchange
Next to the Nanxiang Reserve Bureau, there is an exchange that has only been listed for two years.
At the beginning, this exchange was a place where major grain producers in Nanxiang and Sichuan delivered grain.
Later, with the flow of woolen cloth into the market and the further expansion of the business of exchanging grain for woolen cloth, Nanxiang gathered all transaction bills here for verification, and then both parties took the stamped orders to deliver the goods separately.
Later, when the Han Dynasty marched southward, Nanxiang’s trading items included beans and other items.
In addition to the low price of grain in recent years, Nanxiang's grain purchase share is not only allocated to a few designated companies, but also part of it is purchased publicly through listings, which can be regarded as a warning to several designated grain suppliers. .
Later, as the secret transactions with the Longyou family began, people from Guanzhong and even Liangzhou came, and more and more things were traded.
So the exchange has become a platform for material transactions.
No matter where you are, as long as you have goods on hand, you can list them through the Nanxiang Exchange, indicating the type, quantity, price, etc. of the goods.
If someone likes it, go and negotiate, and the one with the highest price will get it.
The same goes for people who want to buy goods here.
After the matching transaction is successful, the two parties will take the vouchers given by Nanxiang Exchange and trade on their own in private.
So on the surface, the transaction appears to be in Nanxiang, but when it comes to actual delivery, part of it is in Nanxiang itself, but a considerable part is also in Jincheng, even Longyou, and Guanzhong.
The exchange has made it convenient for many people, so it is very popular.
Whether you are buying or selling, if you want to be listed on the Nanxiang Exchange, you must first provide a certain amount of deposit.
If something goes wrong and the rules are broken, not only will all the deposit be confiscated, but also the person will be blacklisted by the exchange and will not be allowed to trade in Nanxiang from now on.
With the advantages of workshops, banknotes, Nanxiang Reserve Bureau, as well as Feng Yong, Guanfu, Han royal family and other signs, Nanxiang Exchange has become the most authoritative trading place in Han Dynasty.
In addition to being authoritative, in this era of limited information, this is also the most convenient place to inquire about cargo information from various places.
With these two huge advantages that others do not have, the trading volume of the exchange is increasing day by day.
At the beginning, as long as an order was successfully matched, everyone would complete the transaction as quickly as possible.
Later, some people began to rent warehouses in Nanxiang, store goods, and buy low and sell high.
So far, it has developed to the point of agreeing to postpone delivery.
For example, if someone wants to harvest a batch of grain in October, he can make an appointment in advance in August or September.
As for the price, of course, it is estimated based on the food prices in previous years, as well as this year’s weather, rain, current food prices, etc.
As for whether the actual grain price in the market will be high or low a month or two later, whether the buyer or seller will lose or make a profit, and whether the price difference will be larger or smaller, it all depends on the perspective of the buyer and the seller—it is actually a bet.
Feng Yong started this exchange in order to obtain information on bulk cargoes from various places. At the same time, he wanted to use market leverage to adjust prices in Dahan. More importantly, he wanted to provide big data to the Dahan Reserve Bureau in order to control the issuance of notes. .
Unexpectedly, not long after this, someone came up with the futures game, which stunned him on the spot - the wisdom of these ancients should not be underestimated, and they were also good at playing.
Especially during the Northern Expedition, as various news continued to come in, the prices of grain and woolen cloth were the most volatile goods.
“Fifty shi of millet, 250 yuan per shi, delivery on May 16th!”
At the exchange, the latest sign was put up.
"Didn't you say that the prime minister defeated Cao Cao's thieves in Wudu? Why is the price of food so high?"
Some people are confused.
"What do you know? Although the Cao thieves in Wudu have retreated, the big Han army in Longyou has not been completely defeated yet! Who knows how long this fight will last? It is normal for the price of food to be higher."
The price of grain exceeds 200 qian, which indicates that the people are beginning to have insufficient food to eat. If the price exceeds 300 qian, it means famine.
This person offered two hundred and fifty yuan per stone because he thought that the Han Dynasty would be at loggerheads with the Cao thieves in Longyou. This is also the thinking of a considerable number of people in Shu today.
The money here is the five-baht copper coin that is the most valuable, not a hundred-dollar coin or something like that.
Even if the final transaction is made with woolen cloth notes, it will still be converted into five baht.
It was also fortunate that before the Northern Expedition, many aristocratic families in Shu were jointly designed by the Han Prime Minister and a certain country turtle, and they took the initiative to line up and get on the chariot - the kind with the doors and windows welded shut.
Failing to conquer Longyou, the source of wool will be in short supply, and even the money they invested in the early stage may be wasted.
So even when Cao's bandit army entered Wudu and threatened Hanzhong, although some people took the opportunity to raise the price of grain, others joined forces to sell grain desperately to hold down the price. When the price was at its highest, it did not exceed 500 yuan.
It’s just that although the price of food is relatively stable now, it is difficult to keep it below 200 yuan.
In the VIP room of the exchange, someone saw this scene condescendingly, and immediately smiled, "It seems that we finally made it in time."
Then he told his men, "Go and put up a sign for two hundred stones of wheat, at a price of one hundred dollars per stone."
No one ate wheat before, but now it is ground into powder, which is the best grain. Therefore, although the price is not as high as that of millet, the price has also increased.
Hundred yuan per stone, which is considered a low price compared to the current situation.
As soon as this sign was put up, it was immediately taken down.
Then there was another hangout, and then another second.
For some reason, it seems like a big grain farmer has come to spread money today. As long as a sign is placed, a new sign will be put up immediately.
After five or six times in a row, someone finally realized something was wrong.
More than a thousand stones of grain, which can be considered a large amount of grain after all, were thrown out without any scruples. If this person is not a fool, then he must have inside information.
The Taigong of the sixth room of the Li family has a good granddaughter, who is a well-known Lady Mu in Nanxiang, so Li Taigong is also a well-known figure in the exchange.
When he saw this strange scene in front of him, he immediately found an opportunity and went to strike up a conversation. "Looking at the stranger, may I ask your name? Where is your fairyland?"
There is a way of saying that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm local snakes. The man saw that wherever the grandpa went, everyone avoided him. He knew that the old man in front of him was a person who should not be underestimated.
At that moment, he stood up quickly and said, "I'm sorry to hear from you, Grand Duke. I'm from Longyou. Please give me your surname Jiang."
“Ginger? Longyoujiang?”
Li Taigong was surprised. The surname Jiang was a common surname in Longyou.
“Exactly!”
Just the two characters "Longyou" are enough to make everyone listen attentively, let alone the surname Jiang?
Taigong Li's expression changed. He came closer and whispered, "Can you speak further?"
Looking at the door of the VIP room being closed, many people started making a commotion: Longyou...what happened again?
After a while, a new sign was put up on the exchange, and the price of grain suddenly dropped to 200 yuan, and it was still 500 shi at a time.
At that moment, someone started yelling, "You are a thief! Are you going to let others live?"
What's more, his face turned pale, his hands and feet were weak, and his vision went dark, and he fainted - the price of food last month was 480 yuan when it was the highest, but now it has reached 200 yuan, and more than half of it has been cut off. This is not a plan. The lifeblood?
The news soon spread in Nanxiang: Feng Langjun defeated the famous Cao thieves general Zhang He in a street pavilion, and nearly ten thousand Cao thieves were killed.
The more important news is that Guangwei County in Longyou has fallen into the hands of the Han Dynasty, and it is no longer possible for the Cao thieves to reinforce Longyou from Guanzhong.
After hearing these two news, some people cheered, others howled, and even worse, they hanged themselves directly in the guest house in Nanxiang, or quietly found a place to jump into the river...
(End of this chapter)