I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 186 The financial game is about industrial advantage!

At noon on August 26, Li Heng was swimming happily when Dong Hong hurried over.

"Lang Jun!"

Dong Hong frowned and shouted loudly.

"Ziling, come on, come on, come down quickly!"

"Something is going wrong!" Dong Hong said, "Come up quickly and stop swimming!"

Li Heng was a little confused. He swam to the shore, then climbed ashore and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look!" Dong Hong took out a few coins and showed them to Li Heng.

"This is?"

"I received this at the Salt Store today."

Li Heng took it over, looked at it carefully, and asked Dong Hong: "Is there any problem?"

"This is obviously fake money."

"Is this fake money?" Li Heng looked at it carefully and rubbed it carefully with his hands. "It's not fake money, it's real copper money."

"But the workmanship is obviously not from us." Dong Hong took it over and showed it to Li Heng carefully, "Look here, look at this again, this is our money, there is a big difference."

"That's it?"

"This matter is very serious. If it is not dealt with seriously, counterfeit money will inevitably spread!"

Li Heng laughed loudly.

"Why is Mr. Lang smiling?"

"Zi Ling is worrying too much!"

"Am I worrying too much?"

"Yes, you are worrying too much!"

"This is fake money!"

"This is real money! Real copper coins!"

"But this is obviously not the work of the imperial court."

"In your opinion, who minted this money?"

"Ku Ren!"

"That's it, no problem."

"no problem?"

"no problem!"

"why?"

“Because it’s money!”

"But this is fake! This is Wu money! It is against the rules to use Wu money to buy my big man's goods!"

"This has my Dahan Coin logo printed on it, so it's fine."

"What if everyone in Wu follows suit?"

"Ziling, do you know what currency is?"

"Money for shopping."

"I tell you, money is a tool for measuring prices, a medium for purchasing goods, and a means for preserving wealth. It is a contract between property owners and the market regarding exchange rights. It is essentially an agreement between owners."

Dong Hong looked confused.

Li Heng said: "It is a valuable item that everyone recognizes. If everyone thinks that a piece of shit can be exchanged for a piece of silk, shit can also be currency, but..."

"but what?"

“But shit is not currency because shit is not recognized, while copper is recognized as valuable. This kind of item made of copper is considered valuable, and we assign a specific amount of value to it. "

Dong Hong seemed to understand a little bit, but asked: "What does this have to do with those Wu businessmen using Wu money? I don't approve of this kind of money from Wu people."

"You don't agree because you can see that they were not cast by the imperial court, but can private businessmen see that? Even if private businessmen can see it, will the businessmen think they are fake money?"           No, the businessmen will Keep using it.”

This is the difference between paper money and metal money.

Paper money is a credit endorsement by the government. Paper money, an objectively existing item, is not valuable in itself. Its value is artificially assigned.

But the raw materials of metal copper coins are valuable in themselves. Under normal circumstances, they are worth about 80% of the currency itself.

In other words, in ancient times, the profit from minting was about 20%.

Of course, it must be said seriously that if paper money is implemented in this era, it will be in the past because the price of paper is very high.

However, the value of paper will decrease rapidly as the quantity increases.

Copper is different.

Therefore, the monetary properties of copper coins themselves are very problematic.

Li Heng then asked: "Since merchants will continue to use it, it means that merchants recognize this kind of money. The reason why merchants recognize this kind of money is not because it is Wu money, but because it is marked with the logo of my Han coin. The merchant himself It is Han money that is recognized.”

"But it is Wu Qian. If this continues, Wu people will follow suit..."

"What I want is for them to follow suit!" Li Heng interrupted Dong Hong, "What I want is not that they have to use the money from Yizhou, but that they all recognize Han money, because only in this way, the money in our hands Coins have unlimited purchasing power!"

"Then they can mint money at any time."

"As long as Sun Quan is willing, I have no objection, but Sun Quan will not be willing."

This isn’t just a financial issue, this is a fucking political issue!

Politically, Sun Quan recognized Yizhou's orthodox status.

What about financially?

This means that Sun Quan has completely opened the right to purchase goods to Yizhou.

Yizhou can mint money at any time and buy it legally in Wu State!

Any ruler would not agree.

Dong Hong's head felt a little awkward, and he continued to ask: "What if Sun Quan is willing?"

"Wouldn't it be better if Sun Quan is willing?"

"better?"

"Wu can also mint money to buy in Yizhou. What Wu can buy is nothing more than salt, blue and white porcelain, silk and cloth. In this way, we have more money in our hands and can buy more grain in Wu and even trade ironware privately. , these are what we need most.”

Dong Hong suddenly realized: "So, no matter how you play, Sun Quan will always suffer a loss?"

"That's the case for the time being, but things have to be viewed dialectically."

"What does dialectics mean?"

"I will tell you about dialectics in detail another day. It is a bit complicated. You just need to know that what we need most at the moment is a currency that is recognized by the whole world, so that we can buy and buy to make up for our current shortcomings. "

"And this game is even more exciting if Cao Wei is involved, because Cao Wei's territory is short of copper, and the most copper mines are in Sun Quan's territory."

After listening to what Li Heng said, Dong Hong couldn't digest it for a while, but he understood one thing: there is more money now, which is not harmful to the big man himself.

The downside is that Sun Quan and Cao Rui did not recognize this currency.

All three families have their own currency, and all three families want to control their own coinage.

This is not just a financial issue, it is an important political issue.

And at the economic level, once it is recognized, it is easy to be hit by Yizhou Dimension Reduction, which has high-end and urgently needed products.

Li Heng patted Dong Hong on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, wouldn't it be better if Wu merchants are willing to mint currency for us?"

As for the right to mint money, it cannot be fully controlled simply.

At this stage, Ji Han cannot fully control the coinage power, and there is no need to fully control it.

Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were various currencies among the people.

The shortage of money was a common occurrence in ancient times.

Since everyone is willing to participate in this coin minting game, why not?

Anyway, my industrial chain is several steps ahead. Once commercialization expands in the world, I will have the advantage!

"Let's go eat grilled fish." Li Heng put on his clothes and said to Dong Hong with a smile, "The death of Liu Yan and Zhang Cu should have reached Zhuge Rong's ears. Wu Guo's current attitude towards us The most important thing is that Wu Guo will not compromise easily!"

(End of this chapter)