"Good opportunity?" Li Ze looked at Xia He in confusion.

"Of course it's a good opportunity!" Xia He sat upright and put on an official attitude. "This is a great opportunity for us to promote paper money in Henan. Henan is the core of the Central Plains and has a large population. As long as we seize this opportunity and let the general public accept the credit currency of paper money, it will be much easier to promote it in the future. Young Master, Luoyang is the capital of business."

"What are you going to do?" Li Ze became interested and asked.

Xia He smiled uncontrollably: "The people have never seen such a paper currency before. Almost everyone does not think that such a light and colorful piece of paper can be used as money. They always feel that there is no yellow copper coins and white silver in their hands. So far, in addition to forcibly promoting it in the army, we have struggled to implement it externally. Even soldiers, after getting it, they are often exchanged immediately for silver dollars, copper dollars, etc. We also stipulate that money houses in various places cannot be prohibited from exchange in order to ensure credit. Do you know why the people call paper currency?"

"Military ticket!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"That's it!" Xia He said: "So this time, I want to take this opportunity to promote banknotes in Henan. What kind of money is just a matter of habit. Just like before gold, silver and copper are used as currency metals, aren't shells and other things used as money?"

"That's right. But how are you going to promote it?"

"Now they have no choice." Xia He said.

"You mean the people who were affected?"

"Yes!" Xia He said calmly: "Based on past experience, prefectures and counties in various places should basically use various means such as labor-for-relief to deal with this disaster. Do a day in exchange for a day of food or corresponding remuneration. Then this time, we will no longer directly send grain or copper or silver dollars, but paper money."

"Do you think the people will accept it? What if there is a mess in your life?"

"How can trouble a mess as long as you can buy banknotes?" Xia He shook his head and said, "Now the victims have no choice at all. After getting banknotes, they must try to buy them at the first time. As long as they succeed in one go, the next step will be much simpler."

"This is really a solution."

"This is one of the means! In addition," Xia He said: "I discussed with Sun Lei that in the disaster area, I am also planning to pay them free of charge. Each household affected by the disaster can receive one yuan in government subsidies every day. This yuan is the past 100 yuan. It is enough for the people to buy food, vegetables and other items for a day for a month."

"This requires a lot of money. Now, the money is missing!" Li Ze frowned.

"The banknotes are not gold, silver and copper coins." Xia He said: "I can send them over. I have asked Sun Lei to prepare and print millions of banknotes to deal with this disaster."

"Have you ever thought about it, it will lead to price increases."

"It is acceptable to just control it within a certain range. In fact, if the disaster occurs, prices will rise rapidly regardless of whether we send money or not." Xia He said: "At this time, we can only stabilize prices through both the market and the government."

"Have you discussed it with Pei Ju and the others?"

"This is exactly why I want to go to Henan." Xia He said: "If it were someone else, I'm afraid Pei Ju won't buy it. After all, the promotion at this time is quite meaningful to take advantage of the situation, and Pei Ju must be uncomfortable."

"Are you going to use your power to suppress others?" Li Ze laughed: "Pei Ju is an old-fashioned literati. If you don't see him, will you buy your account?"

"He is in a mess now!" Xia He smiled: "The so-called illness is urgent and I go to the doctor. I personally say that he always wants to sell some face. And he has no choice but to disagree. You must know that in addition to the serious rescue from the government, at this moment, he also needs countless big businesses to enter Henan to help him with emergency treatment!"

Li Ze looked at Xia He: "So, have you reached an agreement with those big businesses?"

"Not bad!" Xia He said: "I have contacted about twenty strong trading companies. They will do their best to organize various daily necessities into the disaster area, including a large amount of food, but they only collect paper money."

"How much rebate did you give them?" Li Ze suddenly asked.

"It's true that I can't hide it from you, Young Master!" Xia He's face turned slightly red: "One point. In fact, for them, this is an unexpected gain. They originally planned to enter the disaster area in large quantities. These big merchants have a large amount of accumulated goods in their hands, which is a great opportunity to quickly sell the backlog in their hands."

"And you can also raise the price a little bit." Li Ze sneered: "It's all about making money here and outside. Not only did you make money, but you also make reputation. What you give them now is a point, but you're afraid that they'll cost them almost the same."

"Young Master, see how sour you are!" Xia He laughed: "They made a profit, but the court needs it! At this time, being able to enter the disaster area and sell all kinds of goods at a basically acceptable price is to help us stabilize the local situation. A large amount of goods flowing in can also play a role in stabilizing prices! When merchants sell the goods, we can receive more taxes. Merchants who use money will receive more goods. Those manufacturers can receive more orders. This is a good thing if this is said to be!"

"Of course I know, but I just feel a little unhappy. The court was very worried that it might not be able to get a good reputation by then. But these guys have made a lot of money, and they have done the good people inside and outside." Li Ze touched the big bubble at the corner of his mouth with his hand, grinning in pain, which made Xia He laugh again.

"Did those big businesses agree to accept full acceptance of banknotes?" Li Ze asked.

"These people are so savage!" Xia He said: "In fact, the big merchants have less resistance to paper money, because they had already used bills of exchange between each other earlier, but it was limited to a relationship of extreme trust between the two parties. Now, paper money is based on the credit of the court, and now, the Tang Dynasty is in full swing. Of course, these people understand that as long as the court becomes stronger, the credit of paper money will always be strong. Why don't they use it? On the contrary, those small merchants do not understand the mystery and their resistance is stronger."

This is true, Li Ze said: "So have you started to join forces with these big businesses?"

"Yes!" Xia He said: "Not only money shops, but also these large merchants and large production workshops with influence in the country. Especially those production workshops affiliated to the court, we have officially submitted to the Economic Development Committee for discussion. In the future, we will only collect paper money when purchasing and selling them in these places. Of course, we have given a certain buffer period. After a year, they will no longer collect silver dollars, copper dollars and other metal currencies from the past. Of course, this is also a regional area, and it is still only planned to start trial operation in Shaanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This time, due to the disaster in Henan, we took the opportunity to include Henan. Areas such as Hunan and Hunan have been suspended and allowed to develop naturally. However, as long as the above-mentioned places are progressing smoothly, these places will naturally be converted."

"Okay, if you want to go to Henan, just go! But there is one thing you must pay attention to. You can use economic means and market means, but you must not use administrative means to force yourself!" Li Ze reminded: "The people there are now full of anger and have a tumbling chest, so they cannot sniff the sparks."

"No." Xia He said. "Besides, where is the Right Jinwu Guard? They also use this kind of banknote."

For Henan Governor Pei Ju, these days have been extremely difficult. Now he stays in Kaifeng, where the disaster is the worst, and the Yellow River breaks. Kaifeng is a major city in Henan. The river water flows back into the city, and the entire city is almost destroyed, and more than 100,000 people are displaced. So far, the deaths have exceeded 100,000, and this number will definitely not be the final number. When the exact number of reports from various places comes, I am afraid that the death will be several times that of this number. This is almost a devastating blow to Kaifeng.

Once affected, the people will instinctively concentrate on the city, forming areas where refugees gather. These areas, that is, the places where accidents are most likely, will change the residents if they are not careful.

This is also the reason why Pei Ju rushed from Luoyang to Kaifeng at the first time. After working in a long period of ten days of high-intensity work, he finally exhausted the governor.

With the efforts of officials from all over the country, the people affected by the disaster are still in a stable mood. So far, no strange situation has occurred, but it is not too much to be careful before the rescue arrives.

The court's reaction was extremely fast. Now, almost all traffic on land has been cut off, but the well-connected canal network has become a lifeline. Rescue materials from all over the country are gathering towards the disaster area as quickly as possible. The first batch of grain transported from Shandong has become an important bargaining chip to stabilize the disaster area. As long as food is seen coming in, the people's emotions will be comforted. As long as the later rescue can keep up, Pei Ju doesn't have to worry about any major problems.
Chapter completed!