Chapter 868 Ten years of sharpening a sword is now showing its edge!
Chapter 868: Ten years of sharpening a sword now reveals its sharpness!
The Xidu Central Trade Market is crowded with people and busy traffic.
The city's residents, merchants, students, and foreign travelers were all densely packed and dark, and the crowds were surging.
By this time, there were not many merchants from the Xi Kingdom and people from various countries in the Southern Wilderness who held various forward commodity contracts. Most of the people came to the market just to watch the excitement.
I want to see what the deed has been speculated about in the past six months and why the Chinese people are buying it like crazy!
"I still don't understand what this food stamp deed is."
A dark-skinned, lean man dressed as a middle-aged farmer asked the people around him curiously.
When everyone around heard this, some merchants showed off:
"It's just food. It's no different from ordinary food. It's just that the monarch sold the food in advance. A food stamp deed is equivalent to one hundred shi of food, and the current market price is ten taels of gold!"
"My Haotian! You are not lying to me, are you? Why is this food stamp deed so expensive? One stone of food on the market only costs twelve or thirteen dollars. Why do outsiders buy such expensive food? They
Are you crazy?"
The merchant said disdainfully: "What do you know, you idiot? Of course the Chinese people are willing to spend money to buy grain to fight in the war. The price of grain in the Southern Wilderness is driven up by them. The price of current grain in various countries in the Southern Wilderness is generally more than twenty dollars per stone.
As for our country, Xi, only if the king keeps the price of food down can we eat cheap food!"
"Hey, no, the new grain collected in our village today has been sold at a high price of one stone and fifteen dollars, which is higher than the price of grain on the market. What is going on, I am confused." Illiterate.
Qian Shou was confused.
"The new grain collected from you is the grain in the deed..." As he said this, the merchant was stunned, as if he realized that he had revealed something terrible.
"Ah~ the grain we sold for fifteen dollars was resold for one hundred dollars?" The farmer opened his mouth in astonishment.
"No...it's not that simple..."
He was still giving orders just now, but the superior merchant suddenly broke out in cold sweat, hemming and hawing, and wanted to explain, but for a moment he was at a loss for words and didn't know how to defend himself. If the farmers became excited because of his words, then he would be in big trouble.
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At this moment, a young man dressed as a disciple of Tianwen stood up and said with a smile:
"The thing is indeed not that simple. The first batch of food stamp deeds sold for only two taels of gold, and later it increased to four taels and six taels. In fact, Xiguo Grain Store did not sell food stamps worth ten taels of gold at all.
deed,
And this year [Dangkang Golden Soil] was actively invested by the grain farm and distributed free of charge. The farmer uncle did not pay a penny. You know, the price of our [Dangkang Golden Soil] has also skyrocketed in the Southern Wilderness countries.
More than twice as much;
In addition, farmer uncle, you have signed long-term grain sales contracts with grain farms in various places. In the past, when the price of grain was low, the grain farms still fulfilled the contract and purchased at high prices. Today, the grain has increased sharply. It stands to reason that the grain farms can also purchase it at the price of ten knives per stone.
, but the king loved the people like his own son, so he forced the grain store to raise the price for the purchase, and distributed the profits from the grain stamp deed to the farmers.
Farmer uncle, you have become rich this year and made a lot of money."
The disciples of Tianwen Academy were clear-cut and explained things in simple and easy-to-understand terms. They explained the reasons behind them and the people around them nodded their heads.
"Yes, that's it. I am indeed a disciple of Tianwen Academy and a leader of the Xi Kingdom. His words are different!" The merchant nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hehehe~ I have indeed made a lot of money. My family has twenty acres of land and the yield is six stones per hour!" The middle-aged Guizhou man grinned widely, his dark face full of happiness and contentment.
"Wow~"
The surrounding people, merchants and even foreign business travelers all exclaimed with envy. After half a year, they harvested one hundred and twenty shi of grain. After excluding the land tax and rent and their own family rations, they sold dozens of shi of grain at a cost of fifteen knives per shi.
But it's only about one tael of gold.
One tael of gold in half a year, wouldn't that be...
"It's amazing, it's amazing. The farmers of Xi Country are so happy. Even though the food supply has increased greatly this year, we, the people of Izumo Country, haven't made any money at all. Most of the money has been made away by the nobles. And now the price of goods in the country is very high."
The skyrocketing price has made the people finally make some money, only to spit it out again. It can’t be compared with your Xi country. Prices haven’t increased at all. The money you earn is real money!”
A merchant from Izumo Kingdom sighed with emotion, his expression full of envy.
"That's natural. Who said you don't have a good king?"
"Hahaha, that's right. I still remember that when the young king first took charge of the Xi Kingdom ten years ago, our Xi Kingdom was called a poor man, with ragged clothes and a tinkling sound of poverty. How can we not worry about food and clothing now?
Save it to continue to educate your children."
"Yes, my children will also go to Tianwen College to study in the future and become talented like this young man. Young man, you are very knowledgeable. Please tell us about this deed. How can this thing be exchanged for food and still be so valuable!"
"I'm exaggerating, I'm just an ordinary disciple in the dean's sect. I don't deserve to be praised as a great scholar." This disciple of Tianwen was very humble and had the demeanor of a humble gentleman. His magnanimity was comparable to that of a gentleman in the wilderness.
The extra concessions made everyone nod their heads.
Afterwards, this Tianwen disciple quickly explained the food stamp deed.
"Dear fellow villagers, in fact, the food stamp deed is not valuable, it is nothing more than a piece of paper. The reason why it is valuable is because the credit of our king and the government of Xi State guarantees that a food stamp deed can be exchanged for one hundred
Stone grain, therefore, the deed is worth as much as gold."
Seeing that the people around him didn't seem to understand, Tianwen's disciples paused and asked again: "Fellow folks, are you worried that the king will break his promise and that the Xi Kingdom will not be able to provide food?"
The common people were still thinking about it at first, but when they heard Tianwen's disciple asked this question, they blurted it out in unison without even thinking about it.
"Don't worry!"
"Hunter, what you said is guaranteed by the king. The deed is the law of the country and the rules of heaven. How can everyone be worried!"
"That's right, our country of Xi is the granary of the Southern Wasteland and even the Celestial Empire. We produce countless kinds of goods every month. Who would worry that the country of Xi can't produce the goods? Isn't this a joke, hahahaha~"
"Hahahaha~"
The people around Xi Kingdom suddenly laughed out loud, acting as if it was natural that things should be like this. Even the merchants, nobles and nobles from various countries in the Southern Wilderness nodded their heads, and they were not worried that Xihou would break his promise.
"That's right!" Tianwen's disciples high-fived, then raised their voice and said loudly: "Fellow fellows, do you know what wealth is?"
The people around were stunned, and they all wondered. Isn't wealth just wealth? What else could it be?
Tianwen disciple made everyone suspicious, then took out a piece of white paper from his sleeve, raised it and said:
"Fellow folks, if this piece of white paper in my hand is guaranteed by Your Majesty and Xi Guo and is worth one tael of gold,
Do you think it is worth one tael of gold?
Can I use it to buy grain of equal value?"
The people thought for a while, but soon someone responded.
"Yes! Of course I can!"
"Yes, I think so. It's similar to a grain deed. It's guaranteed by the king. I believe it. If you guarantee it for me, I won't believe it. It's just like wiping your butt!"
"Hahahahaha~ What you say is rude but not rude!"
The Tianwen disciple was not annoyed at all, but instead smiled and agreed: "The farmer uncle is right, the credit of the younger generation is not valuable, only the credit of the king and Xiguo can make a piece of paper worth a thousand gold..."
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In the market, in the teahouses and taverns on the streets of Xidu, and in various cities of Xiguo, similar scenes were staged one after another. Tens of thousands of Tianwen disciples rushed to all directions, claiming and popularizing, just like a well-trained army.
!
Ordinary armies fight with swords, guns, swords and halberds to protect their homes and country;
Tianwen's army went out to fight, fighting with each other, to stabilize and rejuvenate the country!
This is the strong army that Yao Yun has put in countless efforts over the years to train.
After ten years of sharpening a sword, it shows its sharpness now!