Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493: Economics of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 493 Han Dynasty Economics

Although it was a dim candle light, there was still an icy light shining on each piece of armor. What was placed in the hall was the heavy armor that Fei Qian used on the Mo Dao Bing...

Cui Hou was a little hesitant, and said hesitantly: "My lord...if you sell this armor...this...I'm afraid..."

The reason why Cui Hou has some concerns is because the gentry from all over the country, as long as they are older, have their own blacksmiths. In addition to making farm tools, they also make things like weapons and armor needed by the manor, and items like soldiers and armor cost tens of thousands of dollars. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and heavy armor like this is very good, but the price is also very high, starting at least five or six hundred thousand, and not all gentry are willing to buy it.

No way, most people now think that giving a gun is a soldier, and there are very few people who are willing to buy such a suit of armor for soldiers.

Fei Qian smiled, walked up to the armor, and said: "This is a... model, of course, you can buy it, 800,000 yuan a set, but what I want to talk about is not the armor, but..."

Fei Qian knocked on the iron plate on the armor, and said lightly: "Let's say we found iron ore, and we need materials to ensure the mining needs..." Wearing this armor is like saying that there are many iron ingots that can make the whole body Armor means...

Cui Hou stood up with a swipe, his eyes were piercing, and he opened his eyes that had become the size of soybeans and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what you said...is it true?"

Fei Qian smiled, but said, "Yongyuan, what do you think?"

The Han Dynasty could not ban soldiers, but banned iron ore. This kind of profitable thing is not allowed to be mined privately.

"So, there shouldn't be any..." Cui Hou was a little disappointed. In the Han Dynasty, an iron ore was even more valuable than a gold mine. The entire Xiongnu was crushed alive by the Han people with iron tools that exceeded a development cycle...

Basically, iron is used for everything nowadays, not to mention armor, farm tools, and daily necessities are inseparable. Therefore, every piece of iron ingot is a sought-after bestseller, and there is no need to worry about no market.

Cui Hou understood what Fei Qian meant, and used iron ore as a gimmick, and iron ore must only be talked about verbally, not on paper. Everyone understands this, so the agreement is naturally how much goods will be lent, Then how much iron ingots are paid in the end, and if it is violated, it will be converted into how much.

But what Cui Hou didn't understand was that even if the iron ingots were not given in the end, in fact, a lot of interest would still be posted. How could Fei Qian be sure that he would be able to earn more money by then?

But seeing Fei Qian’s confident appearance, Cui Hou didn’t ask in the end, so he chose to believe it. After all, most of his wealth was earned by relying on Fei Qian.

Fei Qian sent Cui Hou out of the hall, and transferred to the hall alone.

There should be iron ore, but it is not there for now. In the area of Bingzhou, there are many kinds of minerals, which are very rich, especially coal...

But even if there is iron ore, Fei Qian still intends to return this man’s coins, because every dynasty will have violent inflation at the end...

Intense inflation is the best, cruelest, and last way for the superiors to reap the rewards of the subordinates. They are about to collapse anyway, so take the money and leave.

Conversely, moderate inflation…

Hmm, cough cough...

The paper currency of the later generations adopts the credit economic model, which is a large system of extremely complex currency and credit cycle. Not printing paper money will definitely lead to inflation, and there are many factors in it that non-professionals simply cannot understand. However, in the Han Dynasty, it was extremely simple, so simple that a half-hearted person like Fei Qian could understand it.

In fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, China was ahead of the ancients in the West—Greeks and Romans. They began to use copper coins, and each country had its own style. By the time of the former Qin Dynasty, it became a model of a round sky and a square place. .

The value of gold and silver is relatively high, and it is impossible for ordinary people to buy daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Therefore, gold and silver can only be circulated among gentry or big merchants, and generally involve large-scale transactions of luxury goods. Use some silver beans, gold leaves, etc., otherwise you will not be able to find them at all, and the value of copper coins is relatively low, and can be used for small retail transactions of ordinary people's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Qin Huang took the lead in unifying the currency, established a money-based system, and achieved the currency model that China has used for thousands of years. Gold is gold, money is copper coins, and silver was added to the currency system at a later stage.

The right to mint copper coins was owned by the government in the Qin Dynasty, and the government uniformly stipulated the weight and style of copper coins. At that time, copper coins were based on weight, and it was stipulated that 1 tael was 24 baht, and the legal weight of a copper coin was 12 baht, so Qin coins were also commonly known as half taels. Half taels of money are square inside and round outside, the so-called Brother Kong Fang.

In the early Han Dynasty, the imperial court was only responsible for regulating the weight and style of copper coins, and the right to mint coins was delegated to private individuals, who could mint copper coins freely. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he fully grasped the right to mint coins, and uniformly minted and issued the famous five baht coins in history.

At the same time, this is also the coin used by Fei Qian at this stage.

Fei Qian took out several copper coins and put them on the table. One represents the imperial court, another represents officials, another represents merchants, and finally one represents common people.

This is the simplest currency circulation model in the Han Dynasty.

The imperial court minted money and distributed it to officials. Officials used the money to find merchants to purchase items. Merchants went to purchase from farmers or small handicraft producers, and then returned them to the imperial court by paying taxes.

However, in this small cycle, too many factors can make this pattern collapse...

Metal currency cannot guarantee to avoid inflation. On the contrary, because the ancient circulation mode is too simple, it is more likely to cause avalanche-style serious consequences due to a certain action.

In fact, the current economy, in Fei Qian's eyes, is already on the verge of collapse, but many people, or all the people in the Han Dynasty, do not understand economics, and seldom have a macro perspective, so in the eyes of some people In my eyes, I thought money was still money...

But in fact, these people just heal their scars and forget about the pain. After all, nearly two hundred years have passed since the last violent inflation, and this time interval is also a bit longer, and the economic problems they are facing now are not caused by a year or two. It is, but it has been lurking continuously during the long-term use of troops against Xiliang and the suppression of the Yellow Turban...

Wait, Fei Qian suddenly thought of a question, which seems to be included in various forums of later generations, and even he himself has not considered it for such a long time since he came to the Han Dynasty...

Is there any delicious bun shop in Chongzuo?

Vegetable bun type...

Depressed...

I wanted to eat, so I went to a store...

Carrot stuffing is only carrots...

Corn stuffing is only corn...

Only fans are stuffed with fans...

The sauerkraut filling is only sauerkraut...

Pure stuffing, pure cute and cute...

At least some dried tofu, beans, dried bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms and the like...

If it doesn’t work, it’s not bad to mix the above four things together. The brains of the steamed stuffed bun shop owner...

There is no filling in one mouthful, and the filling is too much in two mouthfuls...