Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Calling all the old people in the family over is for the sake of peace of mind.

The moment he handed the jade pendant to Lao Zhou, Liu Bai suddenly felt a lot lighter.

It's not a short time to come to Mui City.

Liu Bai has been in a state of high tension.

Now that someone is helping him to share the pressure, it is natural to have a good rest.

This time, Liu Bai slept from the afternoon until the next morning!

After washing up and having a tasteless breakfast in Mud City, Liu Bai planned to go for a walk on the street.

Recently, there are more and more people in the city.

Gaochang and Yanqi in the west are almost all countries founded by Han people, and their appearance is not much different from that of Central Plains people.

Since they came, Liu Bai and the others didn't bother to pretend anymore.

Only when the big shopkeepers entered the city, they made a little disguise for convenience.

Before going out, Lao Zhou walked over with red eyes.

Lao Zhou, who didn't sleep all night, not only didn't show fatigue, but was very excited.

The Datang Stock Affairs Bureau back then could be said to have stirred up the world!

The five surnames and Qiwang who had been rampant for thousands of years were uprooted by them!

If it is done well this time, at least the harvest will not be smaller than that of the stock affairs bureau.

Last time, it was Liu Bai who did it himself, guarding the stock affairs bureau all the time.

And this time the person in charge became Lao Zhou.

He intends to rely on the merits of this time to completely establish his position among the big shopkeepers.

"Master, the exchange rate has been calculated!"

Lao Zhou took a notebook and handed it to Liu Bai.

Liu Bai simply glanced at it.

The exchange rate is something that you can't actually see with just your eyes.

After thousands of years, it has not been determined whether it is better to have a fixed exchange rate system or a floating exchange rate system.

From the figures, it is impossible to truly understand how big a chain reaction the simple exchange of two currencies can bring.

However, Liu Bai knows that a country that is truly 'open' and has close trade relations with the outside world, if it can't handle the exchange rate problem well, it may even have the possibility of subjugation!

Again, the economy is just a trick.

Letting all those engaged in the economy become carpenters will definitely not have any impact on the economic environment.

However, if you are engaged in economics, you plan to cheat people!

It's nothing to cheat people.

It seems that it is not too difficult to use economic means to cheat several countries.

especially in a situation where the enemy has no idea what an economic war is

There is no particularly outrageous exchange rate in the book.

Old Zhou and the others were relatively kind.

Even the worst-quality imitation Han two-body money called "horse money" by people in the Western Regions can be exchanged for one Kaiyuan Tongbao with four coppers.

Under normal circumstances, the copper content of horse money will not exceed [-]%.

It's more cost-effective to use this thing as money than to melt it into pots and pans.

"That's it, try it for a while, and adjust it if it doesn't work."

Liu Bai returned the notebook to Lao Zhou.

He took Xu Chu and Wang Shouren and went to the street.

Wandered on the street for half an hour.

After eating something, find a stall to rest.

Suddenly found that the street was empty!

Liu Bai and the others didn't feel the slightest surprise.

Datang's currency is a rare commodity for foreigners.

Many merchants of foreign races did not sell goods, but made a special trip to the Central Plains to exchange their own goods for Tang currency.

Or, use it to buy other supplies.

Or just melt it down, mix it with some messy metal, and mint their own coins.

The Liu family had already made preparations.

This time Liu Bai came to bring the most money from Datang!

In Mud City, six exchange points are opened at the same time.

After learning that it can be exchanged for Datang's currency, countless people are moved by the news!

Even poor people who only have three melons and two dates in their hands know that exchanging Datang currency is a lucrative business!

Nowadays, in the market in the Western Regions, no matter what family of merchants they are, they are not very willing to accept coins other than those from the Tang Dynasty.

What Liu Bai has to do is to establish the dominant position of Datang currency in one fell swoop.

"Coins are not made randomly. They need to be calculated accurately based on the purchasing power of an area and the quantity of goods. Of course, the disadvantage of this approach is that the amount of work is too large, and often the appropriate figures have not been calculated. Purchasing power has changed”

Liu Bai sat on the stall, explaining to Wang Shouren and Xu Chu.

Wang Shouren nodded from time to time.

Xu Chu's eyes were darkened, and he couldn't understand what Liu Bai was saying.

Liu Bai didn't want to tell them.

However, since Wang Shouren asked, it would be good to talk about it.

Wang Shouren has enough brains, maybe he can help at critical moments.

Moreover, he still has a lot of tasks, and he needs to know when is the best opportunity to do it.

"The easiest way is for the country to reserve gold and silver, especially in foreign trade. As much gold and silver reserves as there are, they will issue as many copper coins. If they are issued indiscriminately, it will definitely break the balance of the market. , Prices will skyrocket, originally one penny could buy two biscuits, but by then I’m afraid I can’t even afford a sesame seed.”

Wang Shouren was thoughtful.

"So, young master, are you planning to completely break the market balance in the Western Regions?"

He knew very well that the Liu family did not have a good reserve of gold and silver.

And the countries in the Western Regions don't even have this concept.

In other words, the Liu family's approach is to toss the fragile market in the Western Regions to death!

Liu Bai smiled and said: "Breaking the balance does not mean that the Western Regions will not be productive. The amount of wealth tends to be stable. Sometimes, the gold and silver in your hands will disappear indiscriminately, and will increase indiscriminately. We are not in the game, if we jump out of the five elements, the gold and silver will naturally flow over by ourselves."

Chapter 928 Who would have thought that economic tricks could directly determine the outcome of a war

There was a rush to exchange Datang currency in the mud city.

The currencies of all ethnic groups have established corresponding exchange rates with the Tang currency.

The tribes without currency also traded their cattle and sheep in exchange for gold, silver and copper coins from the Tang Dynasty.

In just two days, the Liu family actually exchanged [-]% of the money they brought in at once!

The warehouse of the Mud City Supermarket branch is full of currencies of various ethnic groups.

In the east and west of the city, as well as in the manor of the Shanshan royal family, the cattle, sheep and livestock sent by various clans were packed to the brim!

People who are knowledgeable, such as Liu Bai and the others, all smile so hard that their teeth can't be seen.

Only by distributing all the money brought in can we establish the dominant position of Datang currency in the Western Regions.

When the people of the Western Regions get used to using the currency of the Tang Dynasty, it will be time for the people of the Tang Dynasty to keep their word.

And those who don't know how to do it, such as Baku, the lord of Shanshan, and others, look at the broken coins in the warehouse, and want to cry but have no tears.

The quality of foreign currency is really bad.

It looked like a copper coin, but it accidentally slipped through the gap between your fingers and fell to the ground, and it actually broke into pieces!

They watched helplessly as box after box of exquisite Datang coins were replaced by this pile of rubbish

In the warehouse, Baku clutched his heart, his body crumbling.

His lips trembled slightly, and his face turned pale.

Although he was not the owner of the money, more than [-]% of it was earned by him.

"No wonder Mr. Su said at the time that the owner is the number one prodigal son in the Tang Dynasty, and his family's property spread all over the world. If he said he would sell it, he would sell it all. Now, the practice in the Western Regions is probably not much better than it was back then."

Baku can only think about these words in his heart.

If he dared to speak out, the big shopkeepers of the Liu family present could tear him alive.

Lao Zhou laughed so hard that he could no longer see his eyes.

The flesh on the face forced the upper and lower eyelids to squeeze together.

"Look, young master, we have exchanged a total of nearly 1000 million guan of gold and silver, and even the copper coins brought by the subordinates and others from Guanzhong, there are only two or three boxes left!"

Liu Bai is very satisfied with Lao Zhou's work efficiency.

According to his estimation, it would take at least five or six days to exchange all the gold, silver and copper coins he brought.

Only then can the enemy not be alarmed.

Now it seems that Lao Zhou really tried his best to make meritorious service in the Western Regions.

On the other hand, it can also be seen that the enemy really doesn't know much about the economy and doesn't pay much attention to it.

Otherwise, when the war is imminent, there will suddenly be a large-scale rush to exchange, and it is time to send troops to suppress it!

Not that they are stupid.

But in their minds, there is no such concept at all.

In their view, what is important in war is the formation of troops.

As for the rest, as long as there is enough food, it is more than enough.

Who would have thought that economic tricks could directly determine the outcome of a war?

"very good!"

Liu Bai took the lead and applauded Lao Zhou.

Lao Zhou was also polite, with his hands on his hips, laughing loudly.

Doing business in the Central Plains is boring.

Intrigue is too serious.

Where is it like in the Western Regions?

If you want to do whatever you want, not only the government will not stop you, but you will not even have competitors.

It's like a person who tied sandbags all day long, suddenly untied the sandbags, and jumped directly to the beams of the house!

Lao Zhou felt that if he had done well in the Western Regions, after returning, he might not have kicked Shen Wansan down and made himself the head shopkeeper.

Liu Bai opened the box closest to him.

Inside are all yellow gold coins!

This is the only one, the box used to hold the gold coins of the Great Food Kingdom.

The total value is not too high, only about [-] guan.

He picked up one, weighed it in the palm of his hand, handed it to the shopkeeper, Laosun, and raised his chin at him.

Lao Sun has a good ability to distinguish gold and silver.