"Sir, these seven businesses have a total of 840,000 guan of money, with food, Shu brothels, medicinal materials, livestock and other commodities, with a total discount of less than 500,000 guan, and the Jiaozi they issued has as much as 15 million guan!"

Chen Shunzhi reported the situation to Wang Ning'an, his face turned dark and his fingers kept shaking.

If you say that Yizhou Jiaoziwu is a big pit, then these folk Jiaozi are even more pitfalls!

No matter how reckless the court acted, there were some rules that could not be overcome, but merchants were different. They did whatever they wanted, and did whatever they wanted!

Wang Ning'an had expected it, but was not so anxious. He tapped the table rhythmically and suddenly said: "After so many years, these 16 businesses will definitely not have only such a little money. I'm afraid that even the wealth of one family is not enough! Where did the money go?"

"Sir, I've definitely been transferred away, throw them out and be scapegoats."

Wang Ning'an nodded and said, "Can you find out how the money was transferred?"

Chen Shunzhi smiled bitterly and said, "This is not easy. After all, they are all local snakes in Bashu. After so many years, they should have taken away their wealth. It is extremely difficult to investigate."

Wang Ning'an took his hands and walked slowly.

He needs to start from scratch and make careful decisions... From the beginning of his own move, promoting the Qingmiao Law, and annexing the Jiaozi Affairs, the other party is in different situations.

First, they pushed Wang Gongchen out, then threw out the Jiaozi crisis and forced themselves to enter Sichuan. Then the clerk resigned and blocked the scholars from coming for the exam. They also made 16 merchants look bad and defeated Jiaozi... They took the initiative step by step, and they were very ruthless and decisive, regardless of the price.

When competing with a master of Wang Ning'an, you should not be stingy with the chess pieces. You must throw out the pieces of chess pieces of weight. Even if you are as strong as Wang Ning'an, you are not truly indestructible.

Just imagine, he killed a lot of people, but the matter was not resolved, but the crisis became increasingly serious and out of control. At that point, can Zhao Zhen still protect him?

Take Fan Zhongyan as an example. The saints of those days were strong, and Zhao Zhen’s intention to promote the new policy was also firm.

However, when the new policy was pushed forward, various chaos occurred frequently, the government and the country were shaking, and the country was uneasy... In the end, Zhao Zhen had to endure the pain of expelling the gentlemen of Qingli.

In fact, from the emperor's attitude towards Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and others, it can be seen that he has always felt ashamed of these people. However, the country and the country have never been diverted by personal will...

It really caused chaos in the world and was out of control. Even if Zhao Zhen wanted to keep Wang Ning'an, Wang Ning'an could not pass that level himself... It was really a difficult problem!

How to break the deadlock?

Wang Ning'an felt a mess in front of him. He had to find the key thread from the pile. If it was pulled wrong, it would be like a towering building. One step into the sky, and he would have to smash it to pieces.

Wang Ning'an pondered for a long time, "Go and call the person in charge of the business."

Not long after, a thin old man came. He was dressed well and his eyebrows were shrewd and capable. But when he saw Wang Ning'an, he was a little scared, and his legs were both soft.

"May I have your name?"

"The young man's surname is Tao, and his name is Tao Sanlu."

"How many years have you been operating Jiaozi?"

"I have been back to the king for more than 30 years. The first person who found out that Jiaozi was the father of the old man."

"That's how it's rare that the son will be born in one generation, the father will be born in another!"

"Mr. Wang made fun of it, it's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

"Pooh!"

Wang Ning'an smiled angry, "You are the one who praises you as me? Jiaozi has caused so many troubles. I have come from the capital from afar and finally suppressed the troubles. You have had a problem again. Now Jiaozi collapses, like the water of the Yellow River, and it is out of control... Do you think I should cut off your head and give an explanation to the villagers in Bashu?"

Tao Sanlu was startled and felt very aggrieved. He actually knelt down on his knees and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, the young man knows that he is guilty, but the young man swears to the heaven that he has never had any bad intentions. Until now, our Tao family has not taken any advantage. On the contrary, he has lost all his life."

Wang Ning'an snorted, obviously not believing it.

Tao Sanlu gritted his teeth, "Mr. Wang, let me tell you the truth, so I can save others from misunderstandings, as if I think we have made a lot of money!"

Tao Sanlu recalled when he first invented Jiaozi... Shu has abundant resources, but the four foreign roads are difficult to move forward, and there is a lack of copper materials. As a result, smart merchants joined forces with 16 business banks to jointly provide guarantees and launch Jiaozi.

The original Jiaozi was not a currency, but a bill, which was created to facilitate long-distance trafficking by merchants.

After all, Yizheng copper coins weigh 4 kilograms, and the various regulations are different. The heaviest Yizheng iron coins are 25 kilograms, and it takes 5 kilograms to buy a yarn!

That is, if you carry 125 kilograms of money and get four or five kilograms of goods, the value between the money and the goods is seriously unequal, and long-distance trafficking is very troublesome, regardless of buying or selling.

I bought two trucks of goods with ten trucks of copper coins. What was that feeling? I felt that it was full of traffic. There were even more miserable people who took ten trucks of goods to sell them, but in the end I had to hire dozens of carts to bring back the money...

If you think about it a little, your scalp will be numb.

Jiaozi emerged from nowhere, which was helpless and also a blessing to the soul. It was definitely a great initiative and soon prospered business. But gradually some businessmen discovered that in principle, their Jiaozi had to correspond to the corresponding currency, one to one, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, and if there is a mistake, it will not be able to pay it to others in full, and they will be sued.

However, in fact, the transaction is carried out at the same time, and there are copper coins in and out. It is enough to just cut them on the books, and there is no need to actually move the money out.

In other words, it is enough for the 16 merchants to maintain a certain amount of copper coins savings and cope with the current exchange. They gradually found a three-to-one ratio.

In other words, if you have one copper, you can issue three copper coins, and your net worth can be tripled out of thin air!

Then they found that there were so many kids in the warehouse, and they would only grow hair if they kept them. If they took them out and borrowed them to others, they could still earn generous interest...

Tao Sanlu talked about Jiaozi’s development history over the years!

After hearing this, Wang Ning'an was amazed!

It's simply the history of monetary development!

Jiaozi changed from the original bill to a paper currency that replaced metal currency. The talents of the Sichuan people should not be underestimated.

Everything was at its peak and decline. Just when 16 businesses cheered and cheered for their inventions, a group of people appeared. They deliberately collected Jiaozi on the market and concentrated at a certain time to run at a certain business.

When the business bank is unable to bear it, they will follow the trend and make a request for investment.

"We all know that Wang Xianggong, we are taking advantage of the situation to rob, but there is no way. These people are all Jiang Qing's family in Bashu. They have strong financial resources and extraordinary strength. If we don't cooperate with them, we can't even save our family property... Over the years, it seems that we have made a lot of money, but in fact, the maids hold children, and they are all from others."

"Especially in recent years, we have paid too many Jiaozi, and the money we saved in our hands is no longer enough to support exchange, so we have to borrow from these big families every year to deal with the run. It is not cheap to borrow money from them. We have to take land and mortgage the property. Gradually, all the wealth we have in our hands was looted by them. And we also owed them a huge sum of money. Now, the business only has an empty shell, just like me, the old man... Cough cough, I have not lived for a long time!"

An abnormal rosy layer surged on Tao Sanlu's face, and he kept coughing with his head down, as if he was about to cough out his lungs.

Wang Ning'an pondered for a while before saying quietly: "So, are you cheated by the aristocratic family?"

"That's right, Wang Xianggong Mingjian."

"Then why don't you stop? Just stop Yin Jiaozi!"

"No!" Tao Sanlu grinned and cried, "Grandpa Wang, we have sent too many Jiazi. If we don't take it back, it will collapse sooner or later, but we don't have enough money..."

"So you will issue new Jiaozi instead of old ones?"

Tao Sanlu was speechless for a while, just crawled on the ground and cried, "Please give me a punishment!"

Wang Ning'an didn't know what to say. These 16 businesses are insatiable and self-responsible. What consequences are all caused by one's own fault.

But they are not the most hateful ones. When the Jiangqing family and wealthy families saw Jiaozi making money, they repeatedly used despicable means to bring 16 businesses into their own hands.

If these 16 businesses are human-eating wolves, then the Jiang Qing family hiding behind them is a wolf-eating tiger, which is even more hateful!

If you want to fight, hit the big tiger!

Wang Ning'an already had a firm view in his heart.

"Tao Sanlu, I will give you a chance to lose your merits and sins. How do you think the current situation should be dealt with?"

Tao Sanlu wiped his tears and said pitifully: "I'm afraid I can't find out how many Jiaozi are there on the market. Even if the palace and the treasury are empty, they may not be able to exchange for all Jiaozi... There is only one way, that is, like us, issue new Jiaozi and replace old Jiaozi...but the new Jiaozi must have strong support to cope with runs and gain a foothold."

I have to say that Tao Sanlu has been dealing with Qian for a lifetime, and what he said is really reasonable.

It is almost exactly the same as Wang Ning'an thought, but there is one thing that Wang Ning'an will not be fooled.

"Tao Sanlu, if the Royal Bank takes Jiaozi over and continues issuing it, wouldn't it be a good way to pay off the debt you owed? "Will this be a good method?" Wang Ning'an said mockingly.

Tao Sanlu's face turned pale in an instant. He forgot that Wang Ning'an also played money, and he played bigger than him!

After a night of contemplation, Wang Ning'an finally took action.
Chapter completed!