Crossing Wu Dalang starts from selling cakes

Chapter 462 The sky has changed?Two more!

"What about the things you bought?" Cai Jing asked suspiciously, his face calm and prestige.

Today he was happy and wanted to have a few sips of wine, so he asked his servants to go to the restaurant outside to order his favorite food and wine, plus the ones made by his chef in the mansion, so he was ready to have a few drinks.

Seeing the servant's helpless face and empty hands, Cai Jing couldn't help being curious.

This has never been the case before.

The servant said innocently: "My lord, originally the young one went to the street to buy things, but who knows that there is an order in Kaifeng today, and paper money must be used in Kaifeng, gold and silver are not used, the money brought by the young one is useless, they will not accept it! "

"Huh?" Cai Jing looked surprised: "Isn't it possible to circulate gold and silver with the issuance of banknotes? Why is the silver unusable so soon?"

Cai Jing never expected that the court had previously negotiated that gold, silver and banknotes were shared, but now that banknotes are used in the streets and alleys, gold and silver are not easy to use?
How is this national policy implemented differently?

"I asked about it. I heard that Prime Minister Wu personally announced on the street to encourage the people to use banknotes. Originally, those people were not happy and unwilling to hear about this national policy, but when they saw Prime Minister Wu come out and say it, everyone actually supported it." Come to think of it, so gold and silver can still be used, it is the common people who collect banknotes spontaneously, and gold and silver are not used, just to cooperate with the national policy of the military minister."

"..." Cai Jing was confused.

He didn't expect that Wu Zhi's prestige was so high.

He just said a few words casually, and the people listened to him?
Should not be!

Servant: "And now many people in Kaifeng go to the bank to exchange banknotes, take out their own silver, and inquire about it a little. Although not all of their belongings are exchanged, the people are very cooperative! Now major banks and money houses are all lined up. What about the team?"

"No, I have to go and see!"

Hearing this, Cai Jing couldn't sit still.

He was originally planning to watch a joke. If the banknotes could not be circulated, it would be difficult for Wu Zhi to end at that time, but the situation turned out to be different from what he thought.

There must be something he doesn't know about it.

Cai Jing walked to the street and went directly to the bank. Sure enough, he saw people queuing up at the bank and the bank gate.

The people's comments came from the ear.

"We must support the banknotes advocated by Prime Minister Wu!"

"Yes, yes, Prime Minister Wu has done so many good things for our Great Song in the past few years, and I am willing to support anything he does!"

When everyone was discussing, Cai Jing went to the crowd and grabbed a person and asked, "This banknote is so unlucky, are you all willing to use banknotes?"

Cai Jing is not recognized by everyone, a commoner said with a smile: "Of course, this is advocated by Prime Minister Wu, as long as it is done by Prime Minister Wu, we will support it. Besides, we have no losses, and we can gain more!"

"How is it beneficial?"

The commoner said with a smile: "I saw that you are a newcomer. I don't know. Let me tell you this. In the past, five thousand catties of grain could be exchanged for 1000 taels of silver!"

"Five thousand catties of grain can be exchanged for five thousand banknotes! But these five thousand banknotes can be exchanged for two thousand four hundred taels of silver!"

"This..." Cai Jing was stunned when he heard the news.

What's the point?
In other words, if five thousand catties of grain were exchanged for banknotes, it would not be worth 1000 taels of silver, but 400 taels.

That's all doubled.

In this way, wouldn't the price of silver plummet immediately?

What's the matter?

After Cai Jing tasted it carefully, his whole body was shocked, feeling that something was very bad.

In this way, the price of all silver will drop, and the value of paper money will rise. With paper money, you can buy more food with the same amount of silver. Cai Jing finally understands why the people are willing to use paper money.

This is not about the prestige of the military minister at all, this is the pure interest.

According to modern terms, this is the climax of an era, the trough of banknotes. If you exchange all your belongings for banknotes, you can get more purchasing power, and your net worth will more than double!
What is the concept?
Just change the banknotes and double your property?

Who wouldn't want to do such a good thing?

In addition, this is something carried out by the court and the military minister, and the common people do not doubt the value of banknotes at all.

So now paper money appreciates and silver depreciates.

No wonder that Wu Zhi always had a calm and calm expression, as if he was not afraid that the banknotes would not be pushed out at all.

It turned out that he had hidden this trick.This was not mentioned at all in court.

Now all civil and military officials are waiting for Wu Zhi to hit a wall, but Wu Zhi came up with this trick.

This is too cruel!

Don't you want paper money?

Well, you don’t want it, the common people want it, let’s raise the price of banknotes, the sooner the silver is exchanged, the more profitable it is, if the exchange is late, well, you can hold a pile of silver at home to depreciate!

Most importantly, who has lost the most in this wave?
Not the common people, because how much money do the common people have?

Who is the loser?

That is the literati and bureaucrats in the world, those civil and military officials, because they have money, fields, and houses in their hands, and their families have a lot of money.

The more money you have, the more you pay.

The earlier you exchange, the more you will lose.

This is forcing everyone to exchange banknotes!

After Cai Jing knew the truth, he was dumbfounded.

I didn't see it as a joke, but I became a joke instead.

If he is not using banknotes, his family's silver will be discounted, waiting to lose it all!
No one wants to be taken advantage of by such a prodigal.

Cai Jing narrowed his eyes slightly: "This martial minister is too ruthless, really too ruthless! This move is so ruthless, who can withstand it? This old man can't parry it either!"

Did not expect ah.

Since ancient times, gold and silver, things that no one can change, were actually directly changed by Wu Xiang.

replaced by banknotes.

The key is that he succeeded.

Gold and silver cannot be shaken, but he is shaken.

He went to the street and found that the common people used banknotes, and some shoppers took out one, two, five, and ten banknotes.

It is no longer silver.

And these common people look at the banknotes when they use them, and they find it quite interesting.

"This thing is so light, you don't have to carry such heavy things when you go out in the future!"

"Hehe, yes, Prime Minister Wu has done a good job in this matter, and the value of the banknotes is still high!"

"Yeah, my house has been completely changed. Although there are not many, I can buy more things. Everything that Prime Minister Wu does is for the benefit of our common people. Our whole family has benefited, and we are all happy!"

Seeing this, Cai You, Cai Jing's son, said anxiously, "Father, the circulation of banknotes can no longer be stopped. If this continues, we will lose [-]% of the money in our family. Otherwise, we will quickly sell the money at this moment. You can even resell currency!"

"Many gold and silver items have fallen in price now. Our family has quite a few, so we must sell them quickly, otherwise we will lose too much in the future!"

Cai You is far-sighted, if they don't buy these banknotes now, their property will drop in value.

There are also many gold and silver artifacts in their family, which are stored in many houses, basements, or in their old homes.

These must be done quickly.

Can't keep it at home.

Cai Jing sighed: "It seems that His Majesty and Minister Wu are here for the truth. The implementation of this national policy is unprecedentedly strong, and it is more than ten times stronger than when the national policy of the Song Dynasty came down."

In the past, there was a national policy, which was discussed and discussed, and then followed the process and implemented. It would take several months for it to be implemented.

However, the national policy of banknote issuance just proposed by Prime Minister Wu immediately caused earth-shaking changes in Bianjing.

This efficiency and speed made Cai Jing a little panicked.

"You're right, hurry up!"

Cai Jing couldn't sit still anymore, and walked back immediately.

While leaving, he couldn't bear to sigh with emotion: "The currency of our Great Song Dynasty has been changed by the military minister for so many years, and the living people use Ming coins as transactions, and they are still so popular!
This is really an anecdote through the ages!

I see, this day is really about to change!Wu Xiang has changed the Song Dynasty completely differently from before. Wu Xiang is so enthusiastic about changing the Song Dynasty. Doesn't he have the heart to seek rebellion?I don't believe it! "

Cai Jing suddenly thought of this, and trembled all over. If Prime Minister Wu had the intention of rebelling, the Song Dynasty would really change.

It wasn't just them who were shocked, even the royal family and nobles, such as Song Huizong's brothers and sisters, and those princes panicked when they heard the news.

(End of this chapter)