Chapter 501: Hard Currency to Check and Balance the Economy
After returning to the county office, Liu Qi and Yang Bai then came to the main hall.
Liu Qi made a pot of fragrant tea for Yang Bai to taste it, but at this moment, the boss of the wealthy family tasted the same as chewing wax and was extremely bitter when drinking nectar and jade liquid.
Even if you give him Yunnan Baiyao, it will not make up for the trauma in his heart.
The situation in the camp just now was switched back and forth in his mind.
Once the soldiers get angry, the scene is really scary.
Just like when Dong Zhuo was alive, no matter how many powerful clans there were in the world, facing his Xiliang soldiers' prison search behavior, no matter how powerful the gentry and family members had the right to speak in the local area, they were helpless and could only sigh.
This is the power of military power.
But the result was not long, because everyone was ganging up and resisting Dong Zhuo.
Iron-blooded military suppression cannot be played like Lao Dong. Politics is a complex thing and requires a back and forth game. You cannot always rely on killing and scaring people to make a living.
The rich have to fight, but at the same time you have to fight.
The two of them were drinking tea quietly. After three cups of tea, Yang Bai finally couldn't help it.
"Please tell me frankly, my brother, may I ask you to show mercy and let him go?"
Liu Qiyan smiled bitterly and said, "Your words are so difficult for me. You have seen the situation in the army just now. The only thing Liu can do now is to suppress the anger of the soldiers and prevent the matter from expanding. But Ling I will never let it go... To be honest, I am also protecting your Yang family. If I put Ling I back now, I will not say anything else. In my 100,000 soldiers, as long as one tenth of them are disrespectful to the order and insist on going to your Yang Mansion to fight people. I am afraid that Brother Yang's century-old family business will not be protected at all, so I need to be cautious."
After hearing this, Yang Bai wanted to curse her.
On the surface, it sounds like they think about their Yang family, but if you taste it carefully, you will know that there are many threats.
But this threat he must bear.
"Will this matter be resolved according to the envoy's wishes?"
Liu Qi thought carefully and said, "There is still a method to calm the hearts of all the soldiers."
"Please give a famous saying to your uncle."
Liu Qi sighed and said, "The soldiers of the three armies were so angry because of Ling's actions. In the final analysis, it was just because Ling's intention to invade military capital. However, Ling's brother was exposed before he could do anything... But I knew the details in my heart, but the soldiers did not know... It was necessary for Mr. Yang to express something that he could relieve this disaster by calming the hearts of the people."
Yang Bai felt helpless and also felt a little moved.
He knew that the other party wanted him to lose money and avoid disaster.
After all, he is the leader of a clan and he still has a demeanor.
Yang Bai stood up and said, "Yang Bai is deeply grateful to the envoy to treat each other so frankly. Bai is willing to help the army with his family's resources to comfort the soldiers' bloody battles in Guanzhong and eliminate evil for the country."
Liu Qi smiled at the corner of his mouth: "If you have such kindness from Yang Gong, Liu Qi should not accept this wealth of millions of dollars, but the crowd was excited. Liu Qi had no choice but to comfort the army... In this way, today I will borrow Yang Gong's wealth and goods to support the army. When the treasury is full in the future, I will return it."
Yang Bai hurriedly said, "Your envoy must not say this. It is my brother who caused trouble and affected you. How dare you collect debts from you?"
Liu Qi smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Yang is indeed a person of high righteousness. Okay, Liu never owe everyone favors. I have something, and I want to invite Mr. Yang to see it."
After saying that, Liu Qi clapped his hands.
When he was young, two guards carried a large box and walked to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi asked the guard to open it and presented the white porcelain in the middle to Yang Bai.
The moment she saw the white porcelain, Yang Bai's face changed suddenly.
In this era, porcelain was already an extremely rare rare object, and the earth kilns that can produce porcelain in the world are also produced by celadon.
And white porcelain, let alone seeing it, has never even heard of it.
"Emister, where did you find this treasure from?"
Liu Qi sipped the tea gently and said, "It's not what I found, it was made from my Jingzhou."
"Fired?" Yang Bai showed a shocked look: "Where can the kiln be able to burn this thing?"
Liu Qi's body leaned forward slightly: "Jingnan earth kiln can produce this thing... How about it, Mr. Yang, are you interested, let's talk about this thing?"
White porcelain is a treasure that is hard to find in the world, so Yang Bai certainly wants to talk to him.
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Fighting is not the only way to dominate the world.
Although strong military strength is the basis for dominating the world in this era, without political and economic strength, as well as sufficient food and grass as a supply, no matter which princes in the country can't laugh to the end.
And these all need to be accumulated bit by bit and prepared in advance.
In terms of food and grass, military and civilian camps were implemented at the same time, and the large rear area of Jingzhou was in the Antai period, so it can be said that Liu Qi was not short of food.
Although the influx of refugees has greatly increased the number of people and households, as long as the rent and mediocre distribution is reasonable and in place, it can at least solve the urgent need for food and fodder in Jingzhou for ten years... Of course, if the society is stable in a few decades, the problem of land mergers will still appear again, and equalization of land will not be the case at that time. We can only control the hidden population quantity and tax by throwing the cap tax into the fields, but this is a later story.
Cultural things are undoubtedly the best things done by the people of Jingchu, of course, thanks to Liu Biao.
In terms of military, with the development of three years, Jingzhou's military strength has also achieved a qualitative leap.
What we need to gradually look at the future is currency... or circulating things.
As the war gradually increases, the independence of the princes and county magistrates becomes stronger, and the separation time between local governments and central governments becomes longer. There is no doubt that the economic productivity and monetary issues of China-Turkey will become a political and economic issue of Yan Jun.
The Wuzhu coins that are popular in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty are now uniformly measured, formulated and issued by the Han government to maintain the national market.
But how long can this situation last?
Wang Yun, Lu Bu and others supported the Luoyang regime established by Liu Xie. Although they possessed great power, they were like empty shells in actual manipulation of local areas.
As the war grows longer, local productivity decreases, and the stronger local independence, the weaker the dominance of the currency in the market.
It is even possible that once some princes proclaim themselves emperors in the future, the coins circulated and issued by the Han government in the area they ruled would be a waste.
Money is a good thing, but it is only a unit used to measure value. If you want to maintain the prosperity of an area's economy, the best way is to have hard circulation objects that can be circulated in all forces and can preserve and even increase value.
The future world operates gold and oil.
But unfortunately, in this era, yellow gold and black oil do not seem to have such strong reserves and liquidity.
But the Three Kingdoms in history gave Liu Qi a hint.
During the Three Kingdoms period in history, people on the land of China Middle Land would rather barter than exchange things with money.
In the poor and weak Shu Han regime at that time, there was something that helped the Shu Han regime raise a banner of economic benchmarks, that was Shu Jin.
‘There are always the same when I get Shu brocade in front and behind, and it is not similar. It is surprising, but the Xianbei still doesn’t love it anymore. Since I woven Ruyi tiger head and jade brocade, there are also gold and thin Shu brocade. When I came to Luoyi, I was all evil, and I was a worker and a false reputation.’
The existence of Shu Jin enabled Liu Bei to exploit the people of Shu to control the economy and prevent the poor and weak Shu Han regime from collapsing economically, and Shu Jin became Liu Bei's "reserve".
Based on this, Liu Qi believes that it is necessary for him to start preparing some hard currency with valuable potential within his sphere of influence that can be used throughout the country.
This is the case with tea leaves and tea ceremony...and so is the case with white porcelain...
However, if these things are to be distributed nationwide, it is completely insufficient to rely on the official regime of Jingchu alone.
Chapter completed!