Guo Song asked several more stores, but all received the same answer: they would not accept new money. He even tried to buy a few pieces of sandalwood with ten guan of new money, but the stores rejected him without hesitation.
Guo Song's expression gradually became serious. Even a market like the West Market, which is closely related to people's lives, does not accept new money. Then the East Market will not accept it, and by extension, wine shops, brothels, or other vendors.
Will they charge it?
The government repeatedly stated that the new money could still be used, but the people refused to accept it. Guo Song felt that the situation was serious. If it was not solved as soon as possible, this problem would sooner or later cause chaos.
Guo Song immediately came to the wine shop. He unexpectedly saw his eldest sister at the Meishou Wine Shop. Guo Ping and her daughter had moved out of Zhang Lei's house. Guo Song bought them a ten-acre mansion in Chongrenfang. Guo Song
Ping didn't like it. Although it was clean and elegant, it was not down-to-earth. It was surrounded by green trees and it was hard to see a pedestrian for a long time, not to mention there were no shops or restaurants.
Guo Song had no choice but to ask Li Wenyu for help. Li Wenyu was better at doing things than Guo Song. He immediately found a small house with three acres for the mother and daughter, which was also in Huaiyuanfang, diagonally opposite his home. In addition, Li Wenyu arranged ten more houses for them.
A few maids and servants live here, all businessmen. There are many snack bars, which are very lively during the day. At night, the square is filled with street stalls, bustling with people and constantly shouting.
However, Guo Ping was very satisfied with this location. She was born as a working woman and could not enjoy the happiness in the palace. If it were not for her brother's face, she would even want to set up a tofu stall. However, Li Wenyu had a way to drag her to Meishou Liquor Shop.
With help, Guo Ping took over the wine shop business like a fish in water, and Li Wenyu also had the energy to start her cotton business.
"Sister, why are you here?" Guo Song asked in surprise.
Guo Ping smiled and said: "Even you can appear here, can't I be here?"
"That's not what I meant. I meant that you should take a good rest for a few years."
Guo Ping waved her hand, "I'm used to being busy. I have no time to spare. If you want me to do nothing in the house, it would be worse than killing me. There is a shopkeeper here who is busy here, so I am already very free."
Speaking of this, Guo Ping shouted: "Lao Yang, bring my little brother a bottle of the latest wine."
"Aunt Guo, wait a moment, we're coming!"
Shopkeeper Yang agreed and ran over with a bottle of wine. He looked up and saw Guo Song. He trembled with fright and almost threw the wine away. This...is this Aunt Guo's younger brother?
"Be careful, you were so careless that half of the wine was spilled."
Guo Ping quickly took the bottle, complained a few words, and waved her hand, "Go and do your work! I'll do it myself."
She found a wine glass for Guo Song and filled him with a glass of wine. "This is the wine Zhang Ye sent yesterday. The quality of this batch is good. Try it."
Seeing that she was very skilled, Guo Song couldn't help but smile and said, "How long have you been here, eldest sister?"
"On the third day after arriving in Chang'an, Wen Yu and I came here. We didn't know each other well at first, but now I can take care of everything inside and out. Yesterday I went to Taibai Restaurant to collect the bill. Wen Yu said that 70% of the people in this restaurant are
I'll take care of yours for you."
Li Wenyu was right. Originally, Guo Song had sold the wine shop to the Dugu family, but Dugu Lingqiu married it off to himself as his daughter's companion. Now he still holds 70% of the shares.
"Sister, I'm worried that you won't be able to handle it."
"Brother, you underestimate me too much. When it comes to Chengdong Tofu Lady in Yong County, everyone knows about me. Your brother-in-law passed away early. I grinded tofu and sold it all by myself, raising two children.
"Although I am illiterate, I remember exactly how much money I spent, and the account book is in my head."
Guo Ping pointed at her head and said with a smile: "Selling wine is like selling tofu. It pays attention to harmony and wealth, and the food is good, so others can come often. If the food is sour and smelly, people will be fooled once and never come again. Besides, the shop has a shopkeeper.
I'm busy, I'm very leisurely, and I just like the excitement."
Guo Song laughed dumbly and said: "I say one thing to you, and you answer me a hundred words, then it's up to you! You can stay here if you like, but what about Mingzhu?"
"She and Xiao Jin went to Tianlaifang to learn pipa. Your sister likes to play pipa. It's her hobby. But this time she went to learn and paid to learn the art, not to become a musician."
The Xiao Jin Guo Ping was talking about was a female bodyguard sent by Guo Song. He was not too worried about the eldest sister. Zhang Lei also had several wine shop bodyguards. The key was Mingzhu, who was only fifteen years old and very handsome. He was afraid.
She was being watched by a gangster, so a female bodyguard with high martial arts skills was sent to protect her personally.
"Sister, let me ask you, does the liquor store accept new money?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
Guo Ping shook her head, "Wen Yu told me that he used to only accept cash, and only started to accept old money in the past two years. He has never received a penny of new money. Our products are easy to sell, and there are long queues every day. Why do we still have to wait in line?"
Collect new money?”
"Did you get paid for selling tofu before?"
"Nonsense! Can I not charge it? Everyone uses new money. If I didn't charge new money, I would have starved to death. Even now, the vendors are still charging me. There's no way! Who can he sell to if he doesn't charge me?
Only big stores have the confidence not to accept the offer and can refuse it outright.
Brother, I think you are here to investigate new money! Don’t come to the East Market and West City to investigate. The shops here are all very wealthy. You go to Huaiyuanfang where I live. There are many stalls and hawkers there, and they are at the bottom.
The truest thing is, they can’t live without new money.”
Guo Song nodded. It was a good thing to have such an eldest sister from the lowest background. He smiled and said: "When I go back, I will stop by and take a look."
"I won't accompany you anymore. You can't get out of here. I have to go to the Moon Viewing Building later to collect the bill. We agreed yesterday."
"You're busy! I'll come see you in a few days."
Guo Song walked out of the wine shop and said to several soldiers: "Go to Huaiyuanfang!"
Guo Song once visited Huaiyuanfang, which is a gathering place for businessmen. The residents here are very business-friendly and do not reject small vendors like the residents of other neighborhoods. Therefore, there are many small grocery stores, snack shops and various mobile vendors here.
, especially a month ago, Guo Song officially issued an order from the King of Jin to cancel the curfew that had lasted for hundreds of years in Chang'an and not close the doors. As a result, the night market broke out and Huaiyuanfang was very lively at night.
Huaiyuanfang is also lively during the day. When Zhang Leigang bought the house here, there were not many small vendors here. Now there are small shops and vendors everywhere, mainly selling needles, threads, vegetables, game, etc.
Guo Song took out a few strings of new money and handed it to several of his subordinates, "Go and buy some small things, whatever you want, and see if you can spend it."
Several soldiers went separately and came back with large and small packages in a moment, saying to Guo Song: "Your Majesty, it's all spent!"
"They didn't say anything?" Guo Song asked.
"They all asked if they could give us old money. We said there was no old money, only new money, so they accepted it."
Guo Song simply took out more than ten guan of new money and asked his men to go to small grocery stores and snack bars to buy things. Half an hour later, the soldiers came back one after another and bought a lot of things with more than ten guan of money, but the result was still the same.
, the other party hopes to receive old money, but in the end they have to accept new money.
Now Guo Song understood that the eldest sister was right. New money is still circulating at the bottom of society, but not everyone is willing to accept it, but there is no way...
Returning to Xingqing Palace, Guo Song immediately found Du You and Cao Wannian. Like Guo Song, these two people were also conducting market research today and had just returned.
"Tell me, you two! What is the current situation of new money in the market?"
Du You sighed and said: "As I reported before, the situation is very serious. Almost all the shops in Pingkangfang do not accept new money, and the same goes for Xuanyangfang. I brought twenty strings of new money, and the last penny is useless."
Now many people have a lot of new money in their hands. There are a lot of complaints and curses, and some people want to move to Luoyang."
These are probably people who exchange money in the black market, and they will have new money on their hands.
Guo Song smiled and asked Cao Wannian, "Where is Cao Lingjun here?"
Cao Wannian gave a bitter smile, "I went to Dongshi for my humble job, and I also brought twenty guan of money with me. Just like Lao Du, I didn't use any money. There was no money, but all the shops didn't accept new money."
Guo Song took out a handful of money and threw it on the table. He smiled at the two of them and said, "I also brought twenty strings of new money, but I only have more than one hundred coins left."
Both of them were stunned. Du You said after a while: "Didn't you say that Xishi stopped accepting new money a month ago?"
Guo Song said calmly: "It's true that the West Market doesn't accept them. In the West Market, I can't even use a penny, but in Huaiyuanfang, I've used twenty guan."
Du You suddenly understood that the small vendors and shops in Huaiyuanfang were very famous, and His Highness Prince Jin had used them in the hands of the small vendors.
"What your Highness means is that the people at the bottom can still accept the new money and are not opposed to it."
"You are wrong. They are also resistant to new money, but there is no way. The customers who buy their goods only have new money in their hands. If they don't accept it, they will starve to death."
Du You and Cao Wannian were silent, feeling really ashamed.
At this time, Guo Song said slowly: "I have already thought about it. We have to take two measures next."