Three Kingdoms

On the streets of Pingyang City, there are now gradually formed an office and administrative area in the north of the city, a commercial and goods trading area in the south, and a residential block for residents in the middle of these two areas, spanning the entire east and west. The three parts are orderly, and the population is constantly growing. After the gathering, especially after the news of the opening of the academy spread, some merchants and rural tycoons with keen sense of smell from Hedong and even Sanfu and Bingzhou began to set up branches of trade in Pingyang.

In the commercial area of ​​Pingyang Nancheng, the shops adjacent to the main street are already full. If it were not for the rigid requirements of fire prevention and theft prevention, these shops would even want to cover the narrow gaps between the houses with their storefronts...

It turns out that the Han Dynasty had some systems for commodity trade. For example, different markets sold different commodities. Therefore, if you met some regional rulers who did not know much about business, you might buy salt in Dongfangtou. I still have to go to Xifang to buy rice, and I have to walk three or five markets to collect the necessary supplies.

But in Binh Duong City, when Fei Qian planned the entire commercial area, he did not arrange it according to the old system, but according to the business habits of later generations, breaking this constraint, and invisibly promoting the convenience and development of business.

The sky is still bright and the city gate has not yet opened. Although it is early spring and the weather is still very cold, the shops on the streets of Pingyang have already removed their door panels early and are ready to start business for the day. Under Fei Qian's rule, not only did the restrictions on the market break, but the regulations on the market between Japan and China were also abolished, which greatly facilitated both sides of the trade.

Businessmen are all about being friendly and making money. The store clerks are busy tidying up the store, wiping tables, chairs, counters, etc., while the shopkeepers stand at the door of their respective stores, greeting each other with fists in their hands, chatting by the way, and exchanging information...

Cuijia Rice Shop is the largest grain seller in Pingyang City. Of course, the shopkeeper is also a member of Cui Hou's clan, named Cui Chu.

Ever since Cui Hou took the Cui family and followed Fei Qian to the Northland, with the expansion of Fei Qian's power, the business has grown bigger and bigger. Now it covers almost the entire Northland area, and the products involved range from daily necessities to High-end luxury goods are almost everywhere, and the business industry in Xihe County has developed, but of course it cannot be compared with Fei Qian's Pingyang City.

Cui Zhe smiled and cupped his hands to the left and right, nodded and said hello.

Chinese people have always had a tradition of gathering together, and there are naturally many rice shops around rice shops. As the largest grain and grass merchant in Pingyang, the Cui family rice shop is naturally the benchmark for all rice shops. As soon as Cui Zhecai appeared at the door of the store, there were already people waiting next to him. The other rice shop shopkeepers came up to inquire about the news with a smile...

In ancient times, the price of grain and rice was fixed every day, and even the quantity sold was determined on that day. Moreover, due to limited conditions, ordinary people generally did not have much storage of grain, so they often needed to purchase it. Is the grain stable? In a sense, it also represents whether the entire environment is safe.

Cui Zhe smiled and talked to the surrounding rice shop owners. They were peers, but the competitive relationship was not incompatible, because Pingyang City's population is increasing, and the demand for food or other commodities is increasing. , there is basically no problem in selling the grain they transport, it’s just that they make more or less.

Just as Cui Zhe and other rice shop owners were greeting each other, an ox cart came around the corner, with several guards lined up in front and behind.

Cui Zhe and several other shopkeepers quickly stood aside on the street and stood in awe with their hands clasped.

The one who came was the Sishi, which was actually equivalent to the integration of later generations of industrial, commercial and taxation. Although it was not an important official position for the court or Pingyang, it had the power to directly govern and execute these businessmen. Therefore, when the Sishi came, it was For these shopkeepers, they naturally have to be respectful.

The bullock cart came close, stopped, and opened the curtain.

"I've met Cui Sishi." Cui Zhe took half a step forward and bowed deeply.

Cui Sishi is an older member of the Cui family and can be regarded as Cui Zhe's uncle. However, now that he is using a public identity, he naturally needs to act businesslike. He nodded slightly and said: "Jiaozi uses Is it smooth? Are there any questions?"

Jiaozi.

After a period of trial use of Baitiao for small commodities, Fei Qian gradually began to use Jiaozi for trading.

To some extent, Dong Zhuo's bad money provided a certain basis for Fei Qian's set of business changes. Bad money is completely unfeasible in the market, and barter cannot satisfy the convenience of trade. and demand, and at the same time, gold and silver currencies were difficult for ordinary people to use, so Jiaozi was born.

Nowadays, in Pingyang, gold and silver are traded on a large scale, such as transactions between ordinary people, and Jiaozi is gradually used. Those who play an important role in this are the rice cloth shops of the Cui family and so on. Shops that are directly related to people's livelihood.

"Zhensi City, everything is going smoothly and there are no problems." Cui Zhe said.

The use of Jiaozi in Pingyang and other areas has been smoother than Fei Qian expected, and even exceeded Fei Qian's expectations. Of course, there is the factor of Dong Zhuo's bad money, and there is another reason why Fei Qian is completely Unexpectedly, paper was quite expensive in the Han Dynasty...

Pieces of high-quality bamboo paper are printed into banknotes of different denominations according to the size. Currently, there are only four types of banknotes: one, two, five and ten. As for the twenty and fifty coins, Fei Qian has no plans yet. It is difficult to print, but for most people on the market, it is initially sufficient.

The most important point is that when these banknotes were first introduced, even Cui Hou thought that Fei Qian was doing it at a loss, and suggested that Fei Qian make the one-cent paper smaller, and bamboo paper was still a new item. , so the birth of imitations is basically eliminated for the time being...

Cui Sishi nodded, and then said: "If there is any damage that cannot be discerned, it can be replaced at the Jiaozi official residence in the city."

Cui Zhe and others naturally agreed, and then respectfully sent Cui Sishi away. Then they bowed their hands to each other, and then returned to their own shops and began to welcome the first batch of people entering the city.

At first, the people who came into contact with Jiaozi were hesitant and asked over and over again. Some people even immediately took Jiaozi to spend it for fear of being cheated. However, as they saw the clerks in the shops calmly collecting banknotes, some people gradually Carefully put the Jiaozi away.

This situation occurs more often in the business area south of Pingyang City, and has even spawned many new products, such as jiaozi clips. In the past, most copper coins were tied with a string, but now in order to protect the paper jiaozi Not soaked by sweat, so a wallet sewn with two layers of leather was born...

In Fei Qian's plan, Jiaozi is just an experiment in the current economy, and there are more things that are not applicable for the time being, such as transaction tax.

Nowadays, tariffs are still the main focus. On the one hand, tariffs are relatively simple for Feiqian governance and do not require a large number of official manpower. Ordinary checkpoints can do the job. On the other hand, transaction taxes are too difficult to calculate. In this Han Dynasty, In an era when industrial and commercial taxation is not perfect, it is relatively unrealistic to count the transaction volume of a merchant, or to calculate the merchant's trade volume using what kind of bills, etc...

Perhaps that day, when conditions mature, Fei Qian's business system can gradually move closer to future generations, but now, Fei Qian feels very satisfied that he can take the step of Jiaozi for the time being.

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