If you want to buy other goods, as long as you have enough points, you can pick up the goods first and pay later. You can take the goods away first and pay the difference next time you come to buy them. You can even order the next batch of goods right now. Next time you come, you don’t have to rush to buy them. You can just take the goods away as soon as you come. This saves time and effort. You can make three trips while others make two.”
"Oh? This practice is unheard of. However, merchants with high scores must have been doing business in Qinghe for a long time, so it's normal for them to have such a reputation." Yan Zipei said, "Let me continue. If everyone does business in Qinghe, over the years, everyone will have more points. Wouldn't this rule be useless?"
"That's not true, Chief. These points will automatically reset to zero at the end of each year. Trying to accumulate points over time is simply not possible. It's just that the benefits gained from the points can be carried forward to June of the following year, avoiding inconvenience for high-scoring merchants at the beginning of the year."
"Oh, this Qinghe Bo, it seems that he is not only good at governing the place, but also good at doing business. It's really a pity." Yan Zipei sighed.
"So I really couldn't buy crystals, so I asked him if he had pig iron ingots that I could exchange for. But he said that pig iron needed to be purchased at the iron factory with a ticket, referring to the iron ticket I had. I asked around and found out that this iron ticket is bearer and has no time limit. As long as I have the iron ticket, I can go to the gate of Qinghe Industrial Park and exchange it for the corresponding amount of pig iron."
"There is also this matter. Is he cheating you?" Yuan Min asked doubtfully. After all, he had spent a lot of money on shopping along the way, and he couldn't afford to lose money.
"Your Excellency, I can't lie. I've inquired from many sources and I've found that Qinghe does have this rule. After all, pig iron is too heavy. It would be time-consuming and laborious to haul it from the industrial zone to the market for trading. It's much more convenient to collect it with a ticket. Besides, the pig iron in Qinghe has a unified regulation. Every ingot is the same size and material, so you don't have to worry about receiving scrap iron.
"I had originally wanted to buy some paper in Qinghe. As you know, the paper in Qinghe is strong and white, far superior to paper from other places, and even cheaper. But that man not only didn't have any paper, but he actually converted the price of the paper into this iron note, telling me to take it to the paper seller and buy the paper."
Yan Zipei was suddenly startled and stood up from his seat. This was not a solid bill, it was clearly a silver bill!
Having said that, on second thought, whether it is iron notes or silver notes, they do not violate even the slightest law of the Daliang Empire.
There were actually silver bills within the empire, but most of them were used by certain large merchants for settlements among each other. Not only was the issuance volume very small, but the silver bills issued by each merchant could only rely on their own financial resources to endorse the silver bills, and only by finding the corresponding merchant could they be settled and exchanged for cash, so it was basically impossible for them to be circulated and used on a large scale.
Besides, what common people would use large-denomination silver notes? I'm afraid they've never seen one.
Therefore, although the empire prohibited the private minting of coins in various places, it did not restrict merchants from issuing various bills including silver bills. It just said that whoever issued it would bear the risk.
But what about the "iron ticket" in my hand?
In addition to the snow-white paper and neat handwriting, there are also colorful outlines and the printing is quite exquisite. The denomination column even indicates that it is only worth "one catty of pig iron." You should know that in Qinghe, a catty of pig iron is less than one cent of silver. This is the price for takeout, which is ten copper coins, which is completely in line with the daily needs of the people.
And if these iron tickets can no longer be exchanged for pig iron, but can be used to purchase various supplies, then even though they are only popular among merchants now and almost non-existent among the people, they will surely become popular in the future as Qinghe expands.
The most important thing is that as long as the big chimneys in the Qinghe Industrial Park continue to emit black smoke, there will be no risk of a run on this iron ticket.
As long as Lin Hai wants, he can issue such iron tickets almost unlimitedly to plunder all the wealth in the world!
Of course, Lin Hai would not be so stupid. It can be seen from the fact that he did not force everyone to use iron tickets right away. What he wants is a long-term approach, to promote iron tickets in a subtle and silent way.
Great, great. I originally thought it was a big demon that was about to become powerful, but I didn’t expect that it was about to become the demon king.
Yan Zipei actually didn't know much about bills, currency and the like. He only came across some such knowledge when dealing with several tycoons who issued bills excessively and couldn't pay them back. But his intuition told him that if someone was doing something you didn't understand, then you must be careful, because that person will definitely stab you from an unexpected place.
Yan Zipei stood up and said, "Use most of the tickets. Keep a few for me. Also, send a note to Qinghebo and tell him I'm here and hope to meet and talk."
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