As a financial concept that directly transcends this era for thousands of years, and even the financial development of this era was established under his own guidance, Li Xingchen did not need any more explanation from Tang Zhengliang, and he was already relieved.
However, the courtiers present here still have doubts on their faces. Although the merchant's status has been improved, the courtiers are above the clouds after all, and they only know the superficial knowledge of these transactions in the dust.
Tang Zhengliang hurriedly explained clearly, and everyone suddenly understood.
It is true that the imperial court does not have that much money and goods, but the people do.
There are so many merchants among the people who have already tasted the benefits of the North-South mutual trade. If they were allowed to rush directly into the blank northern market, wouldn't it make these guys crazy with joy?
You must know that in recent years, with the North-South trade exchanges, even this kind of exchanges has a restricted scope and restricted areas. The so-called restricted areas naturally mean that trade can only be carried out in areas designated by the governments of both sides. Merchants in the south still exist similar to the market.
There is no other way to make a lot of money. The South has established a complete business system. Whether it is banks or goods circulation, the South and the North are no longer on the same order of magnitude.
The North is still a self-sufficient small-scale peasant society in each place, and some places are even still conducting the most traditional barter transactions, while the South has even established a financial system that can support the entire society, with the national treasury and internal
With the government as the center, among the government treasury and bank treasury scattered in various state capitals, various merchants formed the branches of this big tree, and finally formed a chain covering the Han Dynasty from top to bottom.
Big forests at every corner.
Therefore, the current Han Dynasty, to put it bluntly, is actually carrying out economic colonization of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The cheap goods of the Han Dynasty continue to enter the Northern Zhou Dynasty, constantly snatching the status of the local goods of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Since there is no complete financial system at all, the local Northern Zhou Dynasty products
In the market, similar goods are either expensive or not available at all. Therefore, although the goods from the south have changed hands many times, the price has long been many times more expensive than those purchased in the south, but they are still higher than the local goods in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Goods have advantages.
Most of the profits fell into the hands of southern merchants, while a small part fell into the hands of second-level dealers and even third-, fourth- and fifth-level dealers in the north. Behind these second-level dealers, there were often shadows of local state capitals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
.In other words, it was actually the southern merchants and the Han Dynasty court behind them who took the big head, while the local state capitals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty took the small head, and the money was taken from the wealthy families and ordinary people.
As the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty got longer and longer, a large amount of goods poured into the northern market. The north was like a huge bottomless pit with goods pouring in continuously, while the southern merchants naturally counted the money.
Hand cramps.
At the same time, due to their existence, the local commerce and industry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty suffered an unprecedented blow and almost collapsed. If these local industries and commerce had not been defeated, it would naturally be impossible to achieve economic colonization of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Because of the behavior of these second-rate dealers in the north, the people in the north still call them "compradors". In short, they are people who specialize in buying things from the south.
When Li Xingchen heard this name, he felt dumbfounded.
However, this also reminded him that since the Han Dynasty could complete the economic colonization of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it would naturally be able to complete the economic colonization of other countries. Thinking that after the Han Dynasty unified the world, it would impact the Western Regions and even the European market further west with an economy that was ahead of the entire era.
Li Xingchen felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.
Moreover, controlling the enemy economically is far more reliable than conquering the enemy directly.
Wildfires never burn out, and the spring breeze blows again. People are always tenacious, and they still resist after being conquered. But if the economy is controlled, it means everything in people's daily life is controlled, and naturally it means directly attacking them.
Broke this man's spine.
After all, life is worse than death, but it is much more painful than death.
So now the ministers in the court were suddenly stunned, not only because they suddenly realized that the big man still had such an invisible force, but also because they suddenly didn't notice this war without gunpowder smoke before.
Although on the battlefield full of swords, the Han Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty were still indistinguishable, but on the economic battlefield, the Northern Zhou Dynasty had been severely defeated.
Dahan's market has opened its bloody mouth, waiting to swallow Beizhou in one mouthful.
Liu Xiuzheng proposed to compensate the Northern Zhou Dynasty for a certain amount of money and food as an apology.
But Li Xingchen refused.
Money and food do not mean anything, and even if both sides are more secretive, they will not even affect the morale of the front line. Historically, the Northern Song Dynasty did not send less coins to the north, but it did not prevent the Western Army soldiers from fighting in bloody battles, and even
The soldiers would still be ashamed of this and hope that they could regain everything they lost after making great achievements.
Li Xingchen does not need this kind of compensation that is likely to be turned back to encourage others' arrogance.
The man now has a big family and a big business, so he is not short of money and food.
Li Xingchen directly requested the Northern Zhou Dynasty to open Xuchang as a trade town.
After Liu Xiuzheng hesitated, he decisively refused.
Nowadays, the goods of the Han Dynasty only entered the Northern Zhou Dynasty through the market between the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, which was enough to cause economic turmoil in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Even the rice grains traveling from the south to the north have affected the price of grain in the southern state capitals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is now cheaper.
Rice grain has suppressed the price of grain. What will happen when war breaks out?
Once the exchange of goods between the two sides is cut off, and there is no cheap food from the south, the price of food in the north rebounds rapidly, and the people will rebel!
Several forecourts between the Huaihe River and Huaihe River have already caused such a big impact. If the forecourts in Xuchang are opened again, who knows what will happen!
You must know that Xuchang is directly in the heart of the Central Plains, and even blocks Luoyang's retreat.
Liu Xiuzheng had been in the Han Dynasty for a long time, and of course he knew the power of the Han Dynasty's trade. If the Han people were given such an opportunity, I am afraid that in less than a year, the entire market south of the river would be under the control of the Han merchants and the Han court behind them. In other words
In other words, even the local state capitals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty would have difficulty deciding the prices of basic daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt. Of course, that is assuming that these state capitals do not collude with the enemy.
What a terrible thing.
Liu Xiuzheng would rather give him more money and food than give in on this matter.
Seeing Liu Xiuzheng's expression of not even thinking about it, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile.
In fact, he was just trying to scare Northern Zhou.
In this conflict, the big man did not suffer any loss, and Li Xingchen did not expect Yu Wenxian, who should have been able to detect anything, to make any more concessions.
As for opening a forum, now is not the right time.