I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 879 Plunder
Mining gold and silver raw ores from Fusang and Koryo, casting them in the country, and then importing gold and silver coins into Fusang and Koryo... such a business, the current cabinet can actually think of it.

Now that the smelting of the workshop city, Zhao Xi really doesn't know how far it has developed. The production of gold and silver coins... Alas, I have never used currency before, so I really don't know the specific situation.

"Zirong, what is the gold and silver content in the casting of gold and silver coins?"

Zhao Xi could still understand the truth at a glance.

"Back to the official house, up to [-]%, [-]% to [-]% of the gold and silver content, adding manganese, aluminum and other things can make the gold and silver coins more exquisite."

Mining of raw materials and processing of finished products must be profitable, and the core issue is the amount of profit.

Of course, there is another key point, which is the role of the country's currency in the trade of the entire world...

"Master, please tell me. I need to have a comprehensive understanding, starting with the currency of the country..."

Xue Xiang, in Zhao Xi's opinion, is the minister with the most economic talent in this era, or in other words, in the so-called trade, he is the minister who can best understand Zhao Xi's intentions.

Although it cannot be said that it is comparable to the business elites of later generations, in this era, it is absolutely eager.

When Zhao Xi asked this way, Xue Xiang could correctly understand what he wanted to know.

"Officials, starting with the earliest theory of the officialdom, the concept that currency is also a commodity, based on the sufficient supply of various raw materials for minting currency in the country, the workshop city, the Royal Bank, and even the Shiyi, Shibosi and other yamen Working together to really work on coins as commodities."

"Based on prudent considerations, when foreign countries trade currencies, they focus on the exchange of currency raw materials, gold, silver and copper. As of now, according to the statistics of Workshop City, the total amount of raw materials imported by the Kingdom can basically reach the total amount of currency exported by the Kingdom. More than half. And the actual profit even reaches the level of three to five times."

"Besides, it is precisely because of the currency export policy that I dare not speak of all the surviving dynasties, but all merchants who trade with the dynasties have all used the dynasties' currency."

"The big feedback from the land merchants is that not only Tubo and Uighurs, but even farther west, the Jinniu Dynasty, the Balo Dynasty, and the Tumaluo Dynasty, etc., all use the country's currency as the most, and even use it when trading. With the currency of the country, the price of goods can be reduced by [-]% of the transaction."

The dynasties mentioned by Xue Xiang are really unfamiliar to Zhao Xi, and they must be small countries.Zhao Xi didn't care about these faces, and even the so-called matter of all nations coming to court, Zhao Xi didn't care.

The world is so big, I can't occupy it, and I can't manage it, so I don't have that kind of leisure.

"Similarly, feedback from maritime merchants, whether it is Dai Viet, which is what the country used to call Annan, or the Champa, Bagan, Srivijaya, Boni, Khmer and other dynasties."

"That is to say, the current currency of the country has basically become the common currency that the officials once said."

Zhao Xi didn't even remember him talking about the universal currency.I think it was also what I said when I chatted with them back then. At that time, some theories of later generations were always burst out occasionally in fragments.

Xue Xiang is caring.

Zhao Xi is really listening. The general currency has been formed, but Zhao Xi also has a half-knowledge of the role of the general currency. He hopes that Xue Xiang can find out the extensive role of the general currency from specific examples.

In other words, Zhao Xi really wanted to know if it would be possible to use the universal currency as in later generations when it was not banknotes... legally plundering wealth.

"Officials, I remember that officials said that the earliest transactions were barter transactions. Even when the coins were tight in the early years of the Kingdom, there were barters in many places in the Kingdom."

"When currency acts as an intermediate, that is, the evaluation standard of the value of all items, coins become to some extent more important than goods."

"During these years, I discovered that when Guochao's currency becomes a common currency, it means that Guochao has the right to set prices for all items..."

"For example, rice, whether it is Annan or Champa, assuming that Shiyi Temple approves the price in Guochao territory is [-] yuan, then the local purchase price of merchants will not be higher than ten yuan. But once the price in Guochao territory is [-] yuan Wen, merchants need to reduce the local purchase price in order to ensure their interests.”

"For example, stone lacquer. There are Hu merchants in Xifan who sell stone lacquer, and the price change is also based on the approved price of Shiyi Temple as the standard and basis. In this way, it is equivalent to Guochao having the pricing power of all traded goods. "

"The officials have talked about the difference between price and value. I think that after the common currency, the country and court can control the value and price gap of traded items according to the pricing."

Pricing power and standards... This is the most important aspect of trade in later generations.I didn't expect Xue Xiang to be able to extend to this point only through one common currency.

Zhao Xi really didn't know how to feel emotionally.

"Officials, this time the cabinet agreed to mine gold and silver in Fusang, Koryo and other places, and I agree with it. I want to use this as a pilot to try to see if the price and value can be controlled by means of currency."

"The mining workers, the participants of Fusang Koryo, and the participants of the Guochao do not have the craftsmanship and rights to mint currency, and the currency of the Guochao is only used today. Therefore, in the end, it is necessary to use the currency of the Guochao to measure the mined gold. The value of silver, all forces also need the currency of the country to measure wealth."

I don't know if the other cabinets understood it, but Zhao Xi probably understood it.

The currency of the Song Dynasty is a common currency, that is to say, even the forces of Fusang and Goryeo need to exchange the mined gold and silver for the currency of the country... After all, the raw gold and silver mines are even less valuable.

Similarly, those employees and participants also need to use the currency of Song Dynasty to pay wages and dividends.Therefore, the imperial court controlled the minting of currency, which was equivalent to controlling the entire mining of gold and silver.

This is very different from mining the mining city in Dongchuan...
However, Zhao Xi felt that Xue Xiang should talk to him alone about this matter. After all, since the cabinet invited this matter, they must all have the intention to participate.After all, it is to plunder the resources of other countries, and no one has the burden.

This is also my own negligence, I didn't expect Xue Xiang to extend the currency to this point...
"I'm sure about this matter. The prince will be in the middle to coordinate..."

This kind of matter, the royal family must not miss it. If the royal family does not participate, I am afraid that the ministers will not be at ease.

The fourth prince is the leader no matter what, and as the general of the army, he is from the old guard battalion.Not to mention that the workshop city is an absolute place where officials cannot be peeped and touched by others.

According to Xue Xiang, without the participation of the royal family, it is not a matter of earning more and less, and it is possible to lose everything.

(End of this chapter)