Chapter 308 is tricky
This is the institution responsible for currency exchange. The east and west cities of Chang'an City are prosperous in trade, and here, the places where business can be done are not just the two cities.
Just like Chongrenfang and Pingkangfang, there are also various shops, people's daily necessities, and rare treasures from all over the country.
It can be said that as long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy in Chang'an City.
Behind such a prosperous trade, the circulation of currency is also in units of billions. You can imagine how huge the transaction volume of money would be among the major mailing shops in Chang'an City!
Recalling the little things mentioned in the history books, Fan Xian suddenly felt that he seemed to have caught some clues.
Since the delivery shop is one of the main places where money stays, if the imperial court governs bad money, they should have been seriously impacted in the first wave.
Compared with ordinary stores, the items stored in the mailing shop are basically not his own. Some are stored and some are pawned.
Before the date, they could only watch these valuable treasures placed there and there was no way to cash in.
Among the many items, the ones that are stockpiled the most are copper coins and some silk.
Although ordinary stores selling things also need a lot of copper coins to store, they stock up on more goods.
Even if the court wants to curb evil money and confiscate part of it, they can still use goods to offset losses.
Such compensation means will not work in the storage store.
"Uncle means that because the Xu family opened a delivery shop and had a lot of bad money stored in their hands, they interfered with it?"
Although the facts were almost in front of you, Fan Xian still couldn't believe that Master Xu, who was thick-eyed and big-eyed in the court, would be the culprit of disrupting the monetary order in Chang'an City.
According to his observation, the historical records of Xu Shi and others are basically fair. Xu Shi is indeed a relatively straightforward and bold minister.
No matter what, he could not tie the image of Master Xu to the mastermind behind the various chaotic sounds in Chang'an City.
"If it weren't for the fact that I had a real evidence, how dare I tell you?"
"Actually, this incident was not a secret. In these days, countless ministers from the court made money by opening shops in Chang'an City."
"If we manage bad money, we will definitely infringe on their interests." He leaned over and knocked on the table.
His serious expression and worried look were very disproportionate to his usual cheeky skin.
Pei Fanxian also had no choice but to correct his attitude. It seems that they really encountered difficulties this time.
"So, Fan Xian, this is not an easy task, and this is why I have to ask for help from you."
"There have been rumors among colleagues in the court that the largest gift shop in Chang'an City, Jufeng Shop, is behind the boss of the Xu family."
"I didn't care about it at first, but now Xu Ziqing, the water supervisor, jumped out to disrupt the situation, which attracted my attention."
Pei Fanxian nodded deeply: "Actually, it's a good thing for them to jump out now. I was worried that they would do something secretly, but now they have used all their tricks in the open, which is also convenient for us to deal with it."
"That's right." Pei Yan murmured for a few words, but then changed his tone: "But, do you have a way?"
hehe……
Hohoho...
Pei Fan smiled awkwardly, saying this method...
It's really not that easy to think of.
"Uncle, what does a saint mean? Are you just waiting like that?"
Pei Yan is not an ignorant person. He has already gone to Li Hong's place to make trouble. It is conceivable that Li Zhi must have received his memorials.
However, it seems that Li Zhi was not on his side either.
Pei Yan sighed and said bitterly: "Of course the saint knows it, but he is not in a hurry. He only said that the Luo River Ferry is related to the lives of the people in the capital, which is crucial. If there is a blockage, you must wait until the silt is cleaned up before doing other things."
It's ridiculous to say that Li Zhi is of course full of confidence in the management of bad money and hopes to succeed.
But in fact, he did not attach so much importance, at least he did not show his eager enthusiasm to promote this matter.
This is easy to understand. Li Zhi was originally a slow man, but now he is old. Many things can be delayed if possible, and he can let go if possible.
Especially this matter is not an urgent task like military information, Li Zhi even lets the situation develop.
However, his personality is also a double-edged sword, with good and bad things, and everyone has seen them.
It is impossible to let him move his fingers to deal with Xu Ziqing, so he is too lazy to care. Even if he sees that Xu Ziqing did it on purpose, he will pretend not to see it.
The good thing is also very obvious. He handed over all the power to Pei Yan, which means that within your power, I will not care about any means you use to solve this matter and let you go.
However, everything depends on you, and I have no hope.
Pei Yan also went through this confrontation and finally understood this point, so he turned to Prince Li Hong.
He was sure that Li Hong would never stand by and watch.
After all, young people are more responsible. Like his father, the emperor has been in a position for twenty years and has long lost his energy. It is only a day when he can make a living.
Sure enough, Li Hong quickly conveyed this incident to Pei Fanxian. Lao Pei's face was saved, and he didn't want to take the initiative to ask for help from this kid.
"How is it? Uncle frankly said, I have no choice. If we follow Xu Ziqing and the others' wishes, it will be possible to delay for another two or three months. By then, our plan will be completely ruined."
"But since they blocked the ship carrying copper materials outside the ferry, are the other cargo ships temporarily parked outside the ferry?"
Pei Fanxian is a time traveler and focuses on logical analysis. He sorted out the causes and consequences of this matter and soon discovered doubts.
"Isn't this very strange?" The two of them talked about Xing and were drunk. The tea in front of them had already dried up. Fan Xian smacked his lips. Pei Yan seemed to be a little puzzled, and he said: "Maybe those goods are small boats, and the boats carrying copper materials are extremely large. They have to wait until the ferry is cleared before they can move."
Fan Xian patted his brain and said helplessly: "My good uncle, think about it, how is this possible!"
"Not mentioning the Luohe Ferry, you have always seen how busy the ferry is in the outskirts of Chang'an City."
"The merchant ships at Chang'an Ferry all come from the Luohe Ferry. Uncle thought about whether there are small ones of those boats?"
"If according to what Xu Ziqing said, the Luo River Ferry is no longer accessible and it will take until the dredging is over. Then it has been a month since the ships that have stopped outside the Luo River Ferry will probably be filled with the river."
"Since the big ship carrying copper materials cannot come, it only means that other ships cannot come either."
"Many of the daily necessities of the people in Chang'an City rely on the goods transported from Luoyang. But looking around, the lives of the people in Chang'an have not been affected in any way in the past month."
"My nephew lives in Xicheng City and has opened a store himself. He watches people coming and going in Xicheng City every day, and the things sold in every shop are not as expensive as usual, which means that the goods in Luoyang have never been cut off."
"Since merchant ships can leave, why can't copper ships leave?"
Chapter completed!