Chapter 493 Economics of the Han Dynasty


    ?Although it was a dim candle light, every piece of armor still shone with an icy cold light. Displayed in the hall is the heavy armor that Fei Qian used on Mo Dao Weapon...


    Cui Hou hesitated a little and said hesitantly: "Lord...if you sell this armor...this...I''m afraid..."


    The reason why Cui Hou is worried is that the nobles from all over the country, as long as they are larger, have their own blacksmiths. In addition to making farm tools, they also make weapons and armors needed for the manor, and items such as soldiers and armors can easily cost tens of thousands. For hundreds of thousands of dollars, a full-body heavy armor like this is very good, but the price is also very high, starting at at least five to six million, and not all nobles are willing to purchase it.


    There is no way. In the current concept of most people, a soldier is a soldier if he is given a spearhead. There are very few people who are willing to buy such a suit of armor for the soldiers.


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


    Fei Qian knocked on the iron piece on the armor and said lightly: "Let''s just say that we have found iron ore and need supplies to ensure the requirements for mining..." Wearing this armor is like saying that if there are too many iron ingots, it can be used all over the body. Armored means...


    Cui Hou stood up in a flash, with piercing eyes. He opened his eyes the size of soybeans and asked in a low voice: "Lord, do you really mean what you said...?"


    Fei Qian smiled half-heartedly and said, "Yongyuan, what do you think?"


    The Han Dynasty did not prohibit soldiers and armor, but it prohibited private mining of iron ore, a highly profitable thing. However, such regulations are basically in vain. As long as there is iron ore across the country, it is mined secretly.


    "So, there should be none..." Cui Houlue was a little disappointed. In the Han Dynasty, an iron mine was even more valuable than a gold mine. The entire Xiongnu was crushed alive by the Han people with iron tools that exceeded one development cycle...


    ??And basically everything uses iron nowadays, not to mention soldiers and armor, but also farm tools and daily necessities. Therefore, every iron ingot is a hot seller, and there is no need to worry about lack of sales.


    Cui Hou somewhat understood what Fei Qian meant, using iron ore as a gimmick, and iron ore must only be talked about verbally, not on paper. Everyone understood this, so the agreement was naturally about how much goods to lend. Then how many iron ingots will be returned in the end, and if you violate it, it will be converted into how much money.


    ??But what Cui Hou doesn''t understand is that even if no iron ingots are given in the end, a lot of interest will actually be posted. How can Fei Qian be sure that he will be able to earn more money by then?


    ?However, seeing how confident Fei Qian was, Cui Hou did not ask in the end and chose to believe it. After all, most of his net worth was earned by Fei Qian, so Fei Qian would not treat it as a child''s play...


    ?Fei Qian sent Cui Hou out of the hall, and then moved into the hall alone.


    There should be iron ore, but it is not available now. There are many kinds of minerals in Bingzhou, which are very rich, especially coal...


    ?However, even if there are iron mines, Fei Qian still plans to return this person''s coins, because violent inflation will occur at the end of every dynasty...


    Severe inflation is the best, most cruel, and last way for those in power to harvest those at the bottom. They will collapse anyway, so they can just take a handful and leave.


    Conversely, moderate inflation…


    ?Hmm, ahem...


    The paper money of later generations adopts a credit economic model, which is an extremely complex large-scale system of currency and credit circulation. It does not mean that printing more paper money will definitely lead to inflation. There are many factors involved that non-professionals cannot understand at all. However, in the Han Dynasty, it was extremely simple, so simple that even a dabbler 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 - the Greeks and Romans. It began to use copper coins, and each country had its own style. By the time of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, it became the model of a round sky and a round earth. .


    The value of gold and silver is relatively high and cannot be used by ordinary people to buy firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Therefore, gold and silver can only be circulated among nobles or big businessmen, and it usually involves large-scale transactions of luxury goods. Even if it is used, it is Use some silver beans, gold leaves, etc., otherwise you won''t be able to find them at all. The value of copper coins is relatively low and can be used for small retail transactions for people''s food, clothing, housing and transportation.


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


    The minting rights of copper coins were returned to the government in the Qin Dynasty, and the government uniformly stipulated the weight and style of copper coins. At that time, copper coins were measured in weight, and one tael was 24 baht. The legal weight of a copper coin was 12 baht. Therefore, Qin coins were also commonly known as half taels. Half a coin is square on the inside and round on the outside, so-called Brother Kong Fang. In the early Han Dynasty, the imperial court was only responsible for stipulating the weight and style of copper coins. The right to mint coins was delegated to private individuals, who could freely mint copper coins. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he fully took control of the minting power and unified the casting and issuance of 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 a few copper coins and placed them on the table. One represented the imperial court, then he took one to represent the officials, another to represent the merchants, and finally he took one to represent the common people.


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


    The court minted money and distributed it to officials. The officials used the money to buy items from merchants. The merchants purchased the items from farmers or small handicraft producers, and then returned them to the court by paying taxes.


    However, in this small cycle, too many factors will cause this model to collapse...


    ?Metal currency does not guarantee the avoidance of inflation. On the contrary, because the ancient circulation model is too simple, it is more likely to lead to an avalanche of serious consequences due to a certain move.


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


    But in fact, these people have just healed their scars and forgotten the pain. After all, nearly two hundred years have passed since the last severe inflation, and this time interval is also longer, and the economic problems they are facing now are not caused by one or two years. , but were constantly lurking during the long-term military campaign against Xiliang and the pacification of the Yellow Turbans...


    Wait, Fei Qian suddenly thought of a problem. This problem seemed to be included in various forums in later generations, and even he himself did not consider it after coming to the Han Dynasty for so long...


    Is there any delicious steamed bun restaurant in Chongzuo?


    Vegetable bun type…


    So depressed...


    I wanted to eat, so I went to find a shop...


    Carrot fillings are only filled with carrots…


    Corn fillings are only filled with corn...


    Vermicelli filling is only filled with vermicelli…


    The only stuffing with sauerkraut is sauerkraut…


    Pure stuffing, pure cuteness...


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


    If that doesn’t work, it’s not a bad idea to mix the above four things together. The boss of this bun shop is so smart...


    There is no filling in one bite, and there is too much filling in two bites...


    I will never go to a black shop or a bun shop with a green name...


    (End of this chapter)