I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 368 Currency Exchange
In the blink of an eye, October has arrived, and Liu Chan's sealing of Li Heng has come again.

This time, the ministerial affairs were directly added and given to the Marquis of Jiangling.

At this time, the first batch of university graduates transferred from Yizhou arrived in Guanzhong.

"Prime Minister, this is the current situation of Chang'an Textile Trading Co., Ltd. and Chang'an Road General Trading Co., Ltd." Fei Yi submitted a document.

"Chang'an Road General Trading Co., Ltd. has recruited a thousand people, and people are enthusiastically signing up." Fei Yi added, "Construction of the road from Chang'an to Zheng County will start tomorrow."

But Yang Yi said: "Prime Minister, I think this is completely unnecessary, just use soldiers to build it, otherwise the soldiers will be idle and it will be a waste!"

Zhuge Liang said: "No, according to the latest news sent by Bo Yue, the Wei army has increased its strength by at least 60,000 in Linjin, and as many as 10,000 in Tongguan. We must speed up the completion of the frontline defense, otherwise Sima Yi will seize the opportunity and attack at any time. Will fight back!"

At this time, someone came from outside to report: "Prime Minister, Huo Shao is here first."

"Oh, he's finally back." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Let him in quickly."

Huo Yi walked in quickly: "See the Prime Minister!"

Li Heng glanced at Yang Yi, and he still couldn't change this thing.

Which thing does not need to be sorted out, thought about, and weighed in person?
"I've called you back this time because there's something important that needs you to do."

Zhuge Liang suddenly asked Fei Yi: "How is Qian Xing doing now?"

Huo Yi showed a gentle smile and white teeth.

Li Heng found that Huo Yi had also tanned, his skin had become rough, and his face looked a bit weathered. It seemed that the free trade city in Longyou was not easy to manage.

After hearing this, Huo Yi was shocked.

Li Heng nodded and said: "It is indeed necessary."

At least Huo Yi was working hard there.

yes! In this world, it is never that easy to do something well.

"Yeah! Almost five years!"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Fei Yi, and Fei Yi introduced Qian Xing to Huo Yi in detail.

"I do have something to say about this matter," Huo Yi said with a wry smile. "In the free trade city of Longyou, there are often situations where goods cannot be verified. It would be of great benefit to use clear paper money instead." , but those Qiang people probably won’t use it. If paper money circulates to Longyou, we have to find a way to deal with this problem. After all, there are many Qiang people in our army, and we need their help.”

Yang Yi murmured in a low voice: "Who wants to believe that you can earn interest by saving money!"

"Xian Shao, long time no see!"

Huo Yi said: "Please give me some instructions, Prime Minister."

Zhuge Liang nodded, stood up, and said to Li Heng: "Since it is open today, let's go and see how the people treat money."

Li Heng said: "Shao doesn't need to worry about this first. As long as the entire Guanzhong starts to use paper money, the Qiang people have no reason not to use it. They come to Chang'an to do business, and everyone else uses paper money, so there is no way they won't use it."

Fortunately, history has changed, and Fei Yi is now in charge of Guanzhong.

"Come here and sit down."

"It has opened early this morning."

Huo Yi came over and sat down. He looked up and saw Li Heng, and said quickly: "See the general."

After Zhuge Liang made some preparations, he took his people to Chang'an Money Bank.

The streets of Chang'an were filled with dust. Some people drove ox carts, dragging goods. After entering the city, they headed towards the East Market.

There are people shoveling cow dung behind the caravan.

"This is a good thing that can be sold for money, so don't waste it!"

Some Qiang people also appeared on the streets of Chang'an, carrying animal skins and several horses in their vehicles.

There are also many people lining up at the gate of the official temple in Chang'an County, waiting for naturalization to claim land.

"Ji'an, what's that in front of?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

Li Heng said: "That should be the city office under construction in the East City. The East City is in front of it. The Changping Department is also in that area."

When we got to the front, the workers were building a tall wall made of bricks.

Changpingsi is the place where the official stores food. Tall city walls and arrow towers will be built here.

"Prime Minister, the money shop is in front of you." Li Heng pointed to the front and said.

How did the general come up with this?
Huo Yi sighed in his heart, and his respect for Li Heng grew stronger.

When everyone arrived at the bank, there were people standing outside the bank, and an official was reading the Di newspaper posted in front of the bank. "Anyone who deposits money in a money bank will earn a monthly interest of one thousand yuan."

Someone below asked: "What is the monthly interest rate Qianyi?"

The official said: "The monthly interest is one thousand cents. Deposit a thousand cents in the money bank. After one month, the money bank will pay you one cent per month interest."

"Pay to whom?"

"To those who save money."

"What about the thousand yuan I saved?"

"You can take it away after the full moon."

“If I save money, can I still get money?”

For a time, everyone started talking.

"Yes, in black and white."

"There won't be any lies?"

"How can the official report be trivial?"

Someone else asked: "What is a thousand coins? I have never heard of it. Is that money?"

"It's money. Today's one hundred baht can be exchanged for one penny."

"What's so special about a penny?"

"A penny can be deposited in a money bank and get interest, but a penny cannot."

"Why?"

The crowd aroused another heated discussion.

The official above said loudly: "The government stipulates that deposits and withdrawals can be made at your own discretion."

"Then where can I exchange it?"

"In the money shop."

"Can I exchange it now?"

"The total money that can be exchanged today is 100,000 yuan, until the exchange ends."

The crowd immediately became excited.

"Wait, I'm going back to get the money now!"

There were also businessmen in the crowd: "Can you really earn interest?"

The official ignored them, as if he was too lazy to talk.

"Let's try exchanging a thousand coins first and see if we can pay interest after one month."

A businessman said.

Li Heng looked over and whispered: "Prime Minister, that should be a businessman who just completed a transaction in Chang'an, and he has money."

Zhuge Liang nodded.

The businessman added: "I planned to exchange it for a money order, but I encountered this good thing today. It's not bad. You can give it a try."

The first exchange merchant went in, and the crowd started talking enthusiastically, and some people went back to withdraw money.

"Is this how we recover old money?" Huo Yi asked doubtfully.

"Yes, the old money has a large denomination. If you don't take it back and just issue new copper coins, it will be easy for someone to melt them and engrave the words on the old coins. So it is stipulated that one penny is equal to one hundred baht. Use interest money as a guide People exchange new money, and when the amount of new money increases, they will gradually exchange it with banknotes."

"Why not just exchange it with banknotes?"

“Would you like to exchange your money for a piece of paper?”

Huo Yi was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "It makes sense!"

There must be a buffering process in the middle, which is inevitable.

Building confidence is not something that happens in a day or two.

(End of this chapter)