I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 25 The Value of Money

After putting down the dishes, the monk left and didn't care about He Shao's shout. Instead, the screen was pushed away, and a person came in and sat directly beside He Shao.

"Kou Xiang?"

Just as He Shao was about to get up, Kou Zhun's hand pressed on his shoulder.

"In the future, you don't have to see outsiders like this," Kou Zhun said with a smile.

"Are you also here to give alms?"

"That's not true, I don't believe in Buddhism, I'm here to accompany others to offer incense." Kou Zhun drank a glass and a half of Boruo soup by himself, "It's far worse than the wine you brewed."

"How do you know I made it"

"It was just a guess, but now I know"

Seeing the sinister smile on Kou Zhun's face, He Shao thought secretly that he had taken the bait, but was slapped by an old fox.

"The fish released by believers in the monastery is called Shui Suo Hua, the chicken and duck released in the monastery are called Zhuan Qin Cai, and the wine is called Bo Ruo Tang." Kou Zhun explained the origin of these dishes.

"This monk is too hypocritical, isn't he claiming that he doesn't eat meat? Then how is this dish made?"

"Is it possible they are just tasting salty"

He Shao didn't expect Kou Zhun to be so humorous, so he couldn't help laughing out loud while cursing.

"These bald guys"

"Today, the court officials almost quarreled in front of His Majesty about a memorial, do you know why?" Kou Zhun asked suddenly.

"How can I, a merchant, know about the things in the court hall? Could it be about me?"

"Maybe it's related to you. This memorial tells His Majesty to issue a ban on alcohol."

"Why is this?" Da Song vigorously encouraged the people to drink alcohol, why should production be banned at this time.

"It is written in the memorial that Wanchunlou's newly-produced strong wine Zuixian is the best in the world, and none of the 34 kinds of liquor in Kaifeng City can compare with it, but there are four evils.

The first one consumes more than three times as much food as the lamb in the silver bottle, wasting money and food; the second one is that the new wine attracts millions of people in Kaifeng to fight for wine outside the Wanchun Tower, and there is no production; It is an act of thieves in the daytime to use wine to collect the wealth of the people and compete for the country's interests; the tax levied by the commercial institutes of the four capitals is the wine song tax, and the price of drunken wine is expensive but the tax is low.

Therefore, although this wine is good, it is of no benefit to the country, please ban it, so as to correct the business atmosphere."

"There were people who refuted in the court at that time, but His Majesty was also hesitant to make a decision."

Kou Zhun looked weird, and He Shao's jaw almost dropped after hearing it.

"At first glance, I am indeed heinous, why don't you arrest me?"

The appearance of Zuixianjiu suppressed all the restaurants. If Fanlou and other main restaurants did not contribute to this incident, it would be hell.

"Tell me what you think"

Seeing He Shao's cynical look, Kou Zhun couldn't help but want to hit him.

"In Song Dynasty, the wealthy families accumulated tens of thousands of gold, and many people buried the extra money under the trees in the corners, while the poor either plowed barefoot in the fields or begged by the side of the road.

Drunken Immortal Liquor is sold at Wanchun Tower for [-] renminbi, and most of the drinkers are Kaifeng officials and wealthy households.I use wine as an intermediary to take the wealth of rich households and use it to buy old grain from poor peasant households.

The way of heaven damages the excess and makes up for the deficiency. This is not to seize the people's wealth, but to equalize the rich and the poor. "

In the eyes of these court officials, there is only so much money in the world. If you earn more, others will earn a lot less. If you earn more, the country will suffer. The key to holding this idea is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance or the third division. official.

He Shao was afraid that his idea was too advanced, so he made another metaphor, dipped his finger in the wine and wrote the word "rich household" on the table.

"I used wine to earn forty pennies from rich people"

He Shao wrote a minus forty Wen on the word for rich household, took out the money from his pocket, and wrote the word for peasant household on the table.

"Now I use forty Wen to buy old grain"

He Shao put forty Wen coins on the top of the Nong characters, and wrote Leisi shop, cloth shop, bookstall, restaurant on the table!
"Farmers have spare money in their hands, so they need to go to the Leisi store to buy good-quality farm tools"

He Shao took out ten coins from the forty coins of the farmer and put them next to the Leisi shop.

"I also remembered that the family hadn't bought new clothes for a long time, so I spent another ten Wen to the cloth shop to pull some new cloth to make clothes."

He Shao put ten coins on the word "Buzhuang".

"The farmers were hungry, so they ate something at a street corner store, and the children in the family were old enough to go to private schools, so they bought some pens and ink to take home."

He Shao put down ten papers each in the restaurant and the bookstall.

"This is the flow of these forty articles, what does Mr. Kou think?" He Shao asked.

"Indeed, these are all necessary expenses and nothing out of the ordinary." Kou Zhun nodded.

"If the forty texts are collected in rich families, they have no value, but they become farm tools, clothes, pens, ink, wine and food when they are circulated. This is the real function of money."

"Now the Ministry of Households under your command has to collect taxes from major shops. You can use these taxes to repair military or water conservancy projects."

He Shao took out a penny each from the Leisi shop, the cloth shop, the bookstall, and the restaurant and handed it to Kou Zhun. Kou Zhun frowned and seemed to have figured it out a bit.

"Now I think of a way to get the money out of the pigsty of the rich and let it flow to create taxes for the country. You actually say that I am competing with the country for profit?"

As for taking away the wealth of the people, it is even more nonsense?Hasn't this always been Tianjia's patent?

Economics was still an undeveloped virgin land in the Song Dynasty. Even if He Shao extracted the simplest economic rules, he could express the most profound theories.

"A deal like this shouldn't exist without me"

"Now I don't sell alcohol, I want to take back the [-] Wen and return it to the rich, so that they can bury it in his toilet and pigsty to stink"

He Shao collected all the money from Leisi shop, cloth shop, bookstall, and restaurant, but when he took the money from Kou Zhun, General Kou shook his hand.

"Since you have taken it out, don't think about taking it away"

He Shao believed that the smartest person in the Song Dynasty must have figured out the reason behind it, but he was still a little dissatisfied watching Kou Zhun put the five cents into his pocket.

"This is my money, just for your demonstration"

"Just now you also said that it has entered the national treasury."

According to this circulation method, the emergence of this new wine is not only harmless, but will also promote the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. There are many people in Kaifeng City who can afford two hundred wines. After trying to understand the key, Kou Zhun's Especially hearty in the laughter.

"You are being unreasonable"

What went into the treasury clearly went into the trouser pocket.

"The Great Song gave preferential treatment to merchants. Whenever the court involved merchants, they would discuss with the leaders of Kaifeng. Fan Lou is the leader of restaurants. It is not certain whether the prohibition of alcohol will be implemented."

Kou Zhun's meaning is obvious, and Pei Yi, the mysterious shopkeeper of Fan Lou, has a major say in this matter.

"I don't care if I push it or not, even if I'm not allowed to make wine, I still have other ways to bring down Fanlou."

"You made such a big noise just to bring down Fanlou?"

"They were the ones who provoked me first, and their methods were low. If you don't get angry like this, you will feel really uncomfortable."

"A man should be broad-minded and think about how to use his talents to serve the country's name forever. Why bother with this kind of thing," Kou Zhun said.

"I don't have your big heart. I'm just a businessman. If I don't take advantage when I go out, it's already a disadvantage. If you want me to suffer a disadvantage, then there's no way."

Looking at He Shao's appearance, Kou Zhun loves and hates him at the same time, cherishes his talent, and he can explain the complicated business clearly in a few words, but he hates him without fighting.

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