When Li Zhi left in a hurry, Jiang Qiaoqing immediately came to Wang Xuan's house and saw Wang Xuan sitting on a chair, wiping the tears on her face expressionlessly, as if those tears were not flowing out of her eyes.

"What happened?"

Jiang Qiaoqing looked at Wang Xuan with a little nervousness.

After all, Wang Xuan's move was to put it to death. If Li Zhi couldn't resist the pressure, then they would be very dangerous.

Wang Xuanfeng said lightly: "Don't worry, everything goes very smoothly, much smoother than I imagined." After speaking, the smile on the corner of her mouth became stronger.

Jiang Qiaoqing looked happy and said, "What do you mean is that Your Majesty is determined to keep you?"

Wang Xuan just smiled and did not answer.

Jiang Qiaoqing looked at her curiously, her eyes full of anxiety. When she first met Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan was very well-behaved, studied singing and dancing seriously, practiced until midnight, and listened to her everything. But when Wang Xuan met the emperor, she seemed to have changed her body. She had no idea what Wang Xuan was thinking.

Chang'an.

If you fly over Chang'an City with a glider at this time, you will see a colorful and charming scenery. In the streets and alleys, everyone is holding a bundle of silk, either with their heads or with their arms.

"Brother, cut me a pound of cooked meat."

"Dare you ask the uncle, do you have to pay the bill with silk?"

"Yes! What's wrong?"

"Uncle, I'm really sorry. The shop has been banning silk and paying accounts since yesterday."

"Why is this?"

"Oh! Uncle, you really can't blame the shop for this. You don't know that now everyone uses silk to buy things. It's so expensive that it's okay. How many pieces are counted, but our butcher shop is a small business. A pound of cooked meat is counted as a piece of cloth. Will you agree? But if you don't calculate that, the shop has no use at all with these rags, and you have lost a lot these days. And uncle, silk is worthless now. You are waiting to see it. It won't take long to exchange for a piece of cloth for me. If you want to buy meat, you should buy it with copper coins."

"Brother, if I want to have copper coins, should I go out to buy things with such a bundle of cloth?"

"Vouchers are fine!"

"Is this different?"

"Then we really can't help, why don't you go to another house to take a look."

"I've been there, this is the fifth one."

"!"

"What did you say? Just these fish cost so much?"

"Brother, there's no way. Now everything is expensive. If I want to sell it so cheaply, I can't even afford a toothbrush."

"But it was quite cheap some time ago!"

"But everything was cheap a few days ago!"

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"Brother Hua, in the past month, our shipments in Changan have been sold by half. Our toothbrushes are actually not expensive, but the people buy them with cloth, which is not easy to settle. Now the people can't buy them, and we can't sell them, but it's really hard for us to do it."

“Then reduce production.”

"But if we reduce production, we will have to lay off a lot of people. Now the rest can be done with us early in the morning."

"!"

"Brother Hua, why don't we learn from Brother Xiaopang and go to Jiangnan District to do business."

"I haven't thought about this, but Brother Xiaoyi's mourning is about to end. If we go to Jiangnan, what should we do if Brother Xiaoyi comes back to Chang'an?"

"That's true, Brother Hua, are you planning to do it?"

"If you hold on, you have to wait until Brother Xiaoyi comes back."

Gold store.

"Fortunately, the Sangmu General Manager had expected that it would tighten the silk transactions and reduce the interests. Otherwise, the situation in our financial store might be worse."

"Oh, I'm not awesome, but I've been doing business with my benefactor for a long time, so I still have this vision. Think about it, since the tariffs were imposed, the merchants in Chang'an have successively exchanged a large number of gold tickets and went south. According to the contract we signed with the Yuanxing, we have to send the copper coins to the Yuanxing. Now there are still many copper coins left in Chang'an, but no one knows better than our gold store. My benefactor often teaches me that this thing is precious because it is rare and the price of copper coins will inevitably rise sharply.

Not only that, the environment of our businessmen is not good now, and there are fewer merchants coming to the Jinchang to borrow money than before. The rest of those who want to borrow money from our Jinchang are basically those workshops that are about to close. If they lend them to them, they will definitely lose all their money. In addition, the people are very worried now, and they are all on a diet, fearing that the most profitable deal in the world is to deposit copper coins in our Jinchang. If we don’t cut interest rates, we may not be able to hold on for a few years.”

"Mr. Sangmu said that even now, there are several times more people saving money in the past few months than in previous years. But Mr. Sangmu, it is not a solution for us to continue like this."

"I have no choice but to do this. Not everyone can play with this gold store. Fortunately, my benefactor will be back soon."

"Then-what if the boss doesn't come back?"

"Then we can close the door now, and it will be a dead end sooner or later."

I remember that when the imperial court just levies tariffs, the people in Chang'an were very happy and all praised Wu Meiniang because they didn't want to serve, and the prices in Chang'an became very cheap. Unfortunately, their happy life did not last long. Now the prices have exceeded the time when Han Yi left and are still rising.

This is because the price drop was abnormal economic fluctuation, and the situation was extremely special. The court suddenly ordered the levy of tariffs without warning, resulting in a large amount of goods in the hands of merchants. Because they were preparing to show their strength, they suddenly charged such high tariffs. If the goods were to be sold to other places, it would be better to stay in Chang'an and sell them. Even if they were cheaper, it would be more cost-effective and they could also cash out.

After all the inventory is sold, the merchant immediately redirects the normal price, but because the workshop also has to pay taxes, the price will naturally rise.

But this is actually second-hand. After all, merchants only adjust prices based on taxes, not malicious manipulation. In this situation, it is good that they can protect themselves, so there is no ability to control prices, so the price is relatively reasonable.

However, after the imperial court acquired those workshops, it began to pay wages with silk cloth, these workers once stimulated Chang'an's economy and were the main consumer force. Now that the wages they received are silk cloth, they can only use silk cloth to consume in the market. When they began to use silk cloth a lot, other people, nobles, and officials' families also began to use silk cloth to store copper coins.

This is the rule that bad money drives out good money.

Because the merchants took away a large amount of copper coins, the already scarce copper coins became more valuable and would continue to rise. Everyone refused to use copper coins and put them in the gold store to save them. The reputation of the gold store even exceeded that of the imperial court. Moreover, there are so many transactions in Han Yi, so everyone is not afraid that Han Yi will be liable for the debt.

Chang'an is the first market in the Tang Dynasty. The urban economy is very developed. If it is just a rural economy, it is actually nothing. However, this phenomenon of bad money driving out good money will have a huge blow to the urban economy. When people use silk cloth a lot, there will be too much silk cloth on the market, which will directly lead to the large-scale depreciation of the silk cloth in the hands of the people, which will increase and decrease, leading to the originally reasonable price increase and become unreasonable, which is already higher than the consumption level of the people. This also affects farmers, farmers, farmers, and farmers will naturally be harmed.

Li's Mansion.

"Father-in-law, Taoist Master Xuanji, the situation seems to be a little bad now!"

Liu Yuanzhen told Li Yifu and Taoist Master Xuanji about the situation on the market with an anxious look on his face.

Li Yifu also heard something and immediately asked Taoist Master Xuanji: "Does Taoist Master have a solution?"

Taoist Master Xuanji smiled and said, "Don't worry about Li Zhongshu, this is a normal phenomenon. Throughout history, anyone's reforms have been smooth sailing. There will always be some twists and turns, but they will soon return to normal."

Li Yifu hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?"

Taoist Master Xuanji smiled and said, "Just talk about this silk matter. There is only one reason why silk suddenly becomes so valuable. It is because the merchants in both cities and Beixiang began to resist silk, which made silk become worthless. As the same goes, those merchants are selfish. They will only focus on their own wallets and will not take the overall situation into consideration. How can they care about the lives and death of the people?

But if these stores are controlled by the court, then everything is decided by the court, and there will be no such problems at all. If the court believes that a foot of cloth can sell a pound of meat, which is conducive to the development of the country, then it can be done because the buyer is the court. Besides, the vouchers, since the gold shop is private, they do not have that much ability and can only issue them based on their own copper coins. However, if it is from the court, the vouchers can even be used directly as currency. Although it is just a piece of paper, it has the reputation of the court. When the court brings all these stores back to the country in the future, this voucher can be issued, and by the way, the gold shop can be squeezed out."

Li Yifu nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and said, "The Taoist priest's words are very reasonable!"

Taoist Master Xuanji smiled and said, "Now those businessmen do this will only make the people hate them even more. In that case, the court can close the merchants in the name of obedience and take over by the court, and then all the problems will be solved. Therefore, this situation is beneficial to Li Zhongshu now, and Li Zhongshu does not need to be anxious at all."

"Haha, every time Yifu listens to the Taoist priest's teachings, I always feel enlightened. It is really a blessing for Yifu to get to know the Taoist priest!"

Liu Yuanzhen also smiled and nodded.

Taoist Master Xuanji waved his hand and said modestly: "How dare you, how dare you?"

Just then, a man suddenly ran in hurriedly and muttered a few words in Li Yi's ear.

"What? Is this true?"

"Now, this matter has spread in Luoyang."

Li Yifu frowned and paced back and forth in the room.

Taoist Master Xuanji said curiously: "Li Zhongshu, I wonder what happened?"

"Yes!" Li Yifu just spoke, but suddenly stopped again, and said, "Prince, please forgive me. This matter is of great importance. Yifu is not clear about the specific situation for the time being. Let me tell the Taoist priest after Yifu is confirmed."

He said to Liu Yuanzhen again: "Go and prepare to buy a car, I want to go to Luoyang immediately."

Liu Yuanzhen was stunned and looked at Li Yi Mansion in surprise.

Li Yifu paused anxiously and said, "You are still stupid enough to stand here to do something, why don't you go and prepare quickly."

Liu Yuanzhen said, "But father-in-law, what should I do if you leave?"

Li Yifu said: "Don't worry about this, go and prepare quickly. Forget it, don't prepare any luggage. Just prepare the carriage and dry food. I'm going to set off today."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

On that day, Li Yi's mansion took a carriage out of Chang'an City, and he did not even ask for leave from the three provinces.

But shortly after leaving the city, a fast horse galloped towards him.

"Isn't this Li Zhongshu's carriage? Can Li Zhongshu be in the car?"

The man immediately jumped off the horse and saw the carriage from Li Yi's mansion.

"Guard Guo? Why are you here?"

When Li Yifu heard someone calling him, he couldn't help but lift the curtain to come. When he saw this person, he seemed a little surprised.

"Does Li Zhongshu go to Luoyang?"

"Yes! But the queen asked you to treat me?"

"It was the queen who sent Bei Zhi to him, but it was not for Li Zhongshu. The queen said that if Li Zhongshu wanted to go to Luoyang, let Bei Zhi tell Li Zhongshu not to go to Luoyang, stay in Chang'an and handle the government affairs well, and let Yuan Sheren and others not act rashly and do their own duties well."

Li Yifu was a little confused when he heard this, "Guard Guo, is the incident in Luoyang true?"

"I don't know about this humble position, but the queen talks about Luoyang, so you don't have to worry about it for the time being. The queen has his own arrangements." nt
Chapter completed!