Chapter 502: Finding Business Opportunities (Seeking votes and subscriptions)
Spring has passed and summer has come. It is the beginning of the fourth summer since Luo Chong came to this world. April 1st is not April Fools' Day, but it is an important day that can be written into the history of the Han tribe, because the currency of the Han tribe was officially released on this day.
In order to cope with the upcoming market changes, Luo Chong has also made preparations for a month, mainly to reserve materials, but fortunately, the population of the Han tribe is not large, and there are no unsolvable problems for the time being.
In the various workshops of the Han tribe, all the responsible persons are also reading the notice issued by the superiors to the workers, and informing them that they have a day off today. Those tribesmen who came early in the morning are a little nervous, not because of excitement, but because they are a little confused and uneasy.
In the workshop of the textile workshop, hundreds of female workers gathered here, and Shang, as the person in charge, stood on a temporary platform.
"The leader said that from now on, the Han tribe will start private ownership, that is, no more distribution of things to each household. From today on, all the tribe members working in the workshop will be given something called money. In the future, if you need anything, you have to use money to exchange it."
After hearing the news from the leader above, the discussion immediately started.
"What is money?"
"Alas, the tribe used to divide things well, why don't you suddenly divide things? How can we live in the future?"
"Come on, Third Aunt, you didn't say that a while ago. I remember when the leader divided the land this year, you were very happy, saying that you finally had your own land, and you could store the grain at home in the future, and you would sleep on the grain every day."
"Go away, little girl, you dare to talk to Third Aunt like this just after giving birth to a baby." The woman called Third Aunt was exposed, and she quickly put on the airs of an elder to cover up.
"I guess it's because the leader distributed land to everyone, and then he distributed it to everyone when the tribe ran out of food. After all, we have food now. As for other things, we certainly can't distribute them casually. Our tribe has so many people and several cities. It takes seven or eight days to walk from here to Liuyang County. How can we distribute it fairly to everyone?"
"Well, now that you mention it, it makes sense."
Shang above also glanced at the reactions of the crowd, then clapped his hands for everyone to be quiet, and once again drew everyone's attention.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet. You all know that at the beginning of this spring, the leader distributed land to each household. The first season of rice will soon be ripe, and you should have your own savings in a few days.
You won't starve, but everyone knows that there are many people in our Han tribe, so it's no problem to distribute food to everyone, but meat is limited. Although the tribe has many cattle and sheep, with so many people, we can't eat them all for a few days. But it will be different in the future. When everyone gets paid for working here, in addition to the food harvested from the fields, you can also raise meat yourself if you want to eat.
The leader said that the money can be used to exchange for anything. If you want to raise some livestock, you can go to the breeding area to buy them after you get the money."
After Shang finished speaking, the people below started talking again, but everyone was still discussing the worries about their future lives.
"Ah, I've thought about raising pigs and sheep by myself, but when I think about it carefully, it's not appropriate. It's better for the tribe to share them with everyone as before."
"What do you mean? Isn't it good to have pigs and sheep at home? You can eat them whenever you want."
"Oh, you think it's nice. You can eat whenever you want. Let me ask you, how many people are there in your family? You kill a pig and it will take you several days to eat it. I think by that time, your family hasn't finished eating it, and the remaining meat will be smelly. Even if you salt it, can it taste the same as fresh meat?
In the past, it wasn't so troublesome to share the meat among the tribe. There were many people at that time, and we could kill more than a dozen pigs at a time and share them on the same day. We didn't have to worry about anything going bad. We could raise them by ourselves in the future. Even if we kill one in winter, do we just eat jerky in spring, summer and autumn?"
"It's okay to have salted jerky. I see that you've only had two years of good life, and you've become picky about food. You forgot about it when you were hungry before, but now you even dislike jerky and want to eat fresh meat every day."
"Tsk, don't talk so nicely. If you don't want to eat fresh meat every day, then don't eat it if you have the guts."
"You, aren't you just being argumentative?"
"Okay, okay, everyone listen to me. I haven't introduced to you how to use this money just now." Shang waited for a while, and took a tray from the table next to him. On it was a set of ten coins from the Han tribe.
The ten brand new coins sparkled in the morning light. Metal objects are inherently more precious. Now everyone saw the shining points here, and they unconsciously focused their attention on it.
"This is the money of our Han tribe. There are ten kinds in total, but they are all called money, but they are different in size, weight, and the things they can be exchanged for are also different. Now I will tell you the benefits and uses of this money."
Shang said, and had already walked down with the tray, shuttled among the people who had lined up, and walked while talking so that everyone could see what the coins looked like.
"I heard your worries just now. Some people said that if they can't finish the pigs they slaughtered, they will go bad, but they don't want to eat pickled meat. What should they do? Haha, it was really difficult in the past, but now that we have money, it's different."
As soon as these words came out, some people who were discussing this matter just now also looked over and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.
"If you can't finish the pigs you slaughtered, you can sell the remaining meat. Just like you said, your family can't finish it, but other families are too lazy to raise them, so if they want to eat meat, they can directly exchange it with you.
Of course, maybe you have thought about this, but you don't know what to exchange it with. You said you want to take food, but the butcher doesn't want it. He wants a piece of animal skin, but you don't have it.
Or someone has a piece of animal skin, but feels it is too much of a loss to exchange it for a small piece of meat, and cannot eat a large piece of meat. What should I do then? "
At this point, Shang paused, and the people around him nodded quickly. Yes, the problems just mentioned are what they are about to face. Most people have thought about this problem.
"But now it's different. From today on, all the visible and tangible things in the Han tribe can basically be exchanged for money, and the money is divided into large and small, which can be exchanged with each other. You can take more and give less. In this way, you can exchange as many things as you want to buy, and those who have exchanged money can also use the money to exchange for what they want. "
With a buzz, the surroundings exploded again. No one expected that money could have such a function. Doesn't this mean that money is basically omnipotent, and can buy anything, and everything can be measured by the amount of money.
"Lord Shang, can I use the money I get from selling pork to exchange for food?"
"Yes, of course. ”
“Lord Shang, Lord Shang, can I exchange the extra food for money, and then use the money to exchange for a small cart?”
“Of course, I’ve said that money is in our Han tribe. As long as there is something to sell, it can be exchanged for money. It’s just that the things are different, and the amount of money required is also different. Whatever you want to exchange, just prepare enough money. ”
As soon as Shang finished speaking, everyone nodded excitedly again, because they suddenly realized that from today on, the Han tribe might really undergo a big change, and money is really convenient for transactions.
But at this moment, the woman who just said that she wanted to eat fresh meat every day suddenly had a brain cramp and asked a very tricky question, which stumped Shang who had been doing homework for several days.
“Lord Shang, I have another question. We work here every day, and men have to go to the fields to work, and some have to work elsewhere. Even if there are people at home who can help raise pigs, they don’t have time to kill and sell them themselves. What should we do? "
This made Shang Wen stunned. In the past few days, the leader had summoned the managers of these workshops to popularize the role of coins so that they could explain it to the workers in each workshop. But now this issue is a bit beyond the scope of coin transactions. This should be a life issue. It doesn't seem to have much to do with money, but it is indeed closely related to the lives of these female workers.
For a moment, Shang couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. When the leader introduced the coins, he just casually used the pork transaction as an example, so Shang just copied Luo Chong's rhetoric, but now someone is taking advantage of the issue. What if I don't have time to sell? How do I know what to do? Shang couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"This..." Shang hasn't figured out what to say, but at this time, the woman who asked the question just now spoke again.
"Lord Shang, do you think this will work? Since everyone is busy, can you find someone who has time to be responsible for selling meat? When someone wants to sell meat, they can send it to that person and directly exchange it for the money for a whole head, and then let that person kill the pig and sell it to everyone? "
After this statement was made, everyone thought about the possibility of this method again, and suddenly they felt that it was really feasible, but no one took it seriously. Lian Shang did not think much about it. After all, this kind of thing was unprecedented, and everyone had no experience, so they just dealt with it casually.
"It should be okay, you can discuss this kind of thing when you go back, let's not talk about it today, let's talk about the use of the money first, and then pay everyone, and everyone can go home, take a day off today, and come back to work tomorrow morning. "
Then Shang continued to explain to everyone the ten denominations of coins. There are three denominations of brass coins, one, two, and five cents. Ten cents can be exchanged for one dime, and the dime also has three denominations of one, two, and five. The coin is a two-color set of coins with a brass ring and a silver core, just like a gold medal inlaid with gold and jade, except that this is copper inlaid with silver. When making it, a copper ring is first punched out with a punch, and then a small silver sheet is punched out. The two parts are put together, and then they are hammered together with the steel stamp of the die-casting machine. There are patterns on it that groove each other, so that the two parts can be firmly fixed together.
Ten dimes are equal to one yuan, but the yuan is special. The yuan has a total of four denominations, all of which are stamped out of silver plates, namely one, two, five, and ten. The silver coin with a denomination of ten yuan is currently the largest denomination in the Han tribe, but it is already considered a lot of money. After all, the average monthly salary of the Han tribe is only thirty yuan, and there are only three silver coins for ten yuan.
As for the hundred yuan, there are none yet. Yes, if gold can be mined in large quantities in the future, it is feasible to make one hundred, two hundred, or five hundred yuan, but this denomination is too large. If converted into modern purchasing power, it may cost several thousand yuan in RMB.
After talking about these common sense questions about currency, he also told everyone about the official pricing standards for grain, so that everyone can have a clear idea of the value of money. Of course, this is not something that can be remembered overnight, after all, everyone has just come into contact with things like currency, but Luo Chong is also prepared.
At present, all workshops and warehouses in the Han tribe have calculated their own costs, and have clear quotes for their own workshops’ products. In the future, buying public things will naturally not be so troublesome. Even if you are doing private transactions and are not sure how much you should sell it for, you can go to the warehouse that sells grain and ask. The clerk in charge of the warehouse will convert a reasonable price based on the grain price at the time, and then let the clerk ask. The buyer and seller negotiate the transaction price by themselves.
After popularizing these basic operations, Shang also warned everyone to keep their money properly, and what kind of punishment the county government will give for theft and robbery of other people's property, so that everyone will not break the law knowingly.
The last part is the joyful money distribution, which is also the salary payment part. The female workers in the textile workshop get the average salary, 30 yuan per person per month. From now on, they can have two days off every month, but the holidays are not fixed. If you need to take leave for something, you must apply to the foreman in advance. If you take leave more than twice in a month, your salary will be deducted.
Of course, it is not a full deduction. No money will be deducted for leave within two times. There will be a living allowance of 50 cents for three to five times, which is to cover the meal money. If it exceeds five times, the full salary for that day will be deducted.
However, if you have nothing to do and don’t need to take leave, you can also not take a leave this month, save up the holidays and take them together to do something specifically. For example, if you are going on a long trip, it is a more humane vacation system.
When it was time to distribute money, in order to facilitate everyone to trade, Luo Chong did not directly distribute three ten-yuan coins to each person, but distributed 20 yuan of small coins of one, two, and five cents. The remaining dimes and yuan were only distributed a few, totaling 30 yuan, with each denomination, so that everyone can master these denominations as soon as possible.
Another point is that since these coins designed by Luo Chong have different denominations and special patterns, even if the people cannot read, they can tell how much money it is based on the pattern. Even a blind person can distinguish the denomination based on size, weight, and pattern.
Today is a holiday, and everyone got their wages and went home happily. However, on the way back, the woman who just proposed to find someone to collect live pigs and kill them for meat thought it over and thought about the possibilities and what benefits she could get from it.
If Luo Chong knew about this, he would probably be surprised. He didn't expect that as soon as the money was distributed, someone would immediately find a business opportunity and specialize in collecting live pigs and killing them to sell meat. Isn't this a proper butcher? This is a good business. Not to mention how much money you can make from this business, you can definitely eat the best and freshest meat every day.
(End of this chapter)
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