Chapter 4298: allow me to think

Chen Xi looked at Weiz and fell into deep thought. In good conscience, the asking price of Weitz was obviously calculated, and the price given after it had dropped a lot.

Regarding the annual tax revenue of Guangtong Qu and Tongji Qu, the Han Dynasty also has statistics. 100 million, this figure seems to be only slightly higher than the 500 million that Weitz said, and it only reached the 500 million level last year, but so far, Guangtong Canal and Tongji Canal are still far away from the tax revenue ceiling.

The tax upper limit of this kind of golden waterway was actually estimated when it was designed. With Chen Xi's current development rate, after the population has entered the explosive period, let's not say much about Tongji Canal. With Guangtong Canal, the annual tax revenue is estimated to reach one billion.

Therefore, the discount price of 12.4 billion is not considered high. In fact, it is completely in line with the price of 40% discount in the urgent discount. Of course, when the Zhen family was suppressed, the 10% discount was really outrageous. To do that kind of thing, the Wei family took the initiative to discount four for one, which is actually enough to show how bad the situation on Cao Cao's side is.

It's just that 12.4 billion in cash Chen Xi can write out on the spot, but 12.4 billion in materials, to be honest, in the current real goods, it is impossible to pay a premium, and it is impossible for Chen Xi to take them out in a short time when they are purchased at cost prices.

To be realistic, it's not that Chen Xi didn't have any. There were strategic materials reserved at the end of the year, but the difference between Chen Xi and Liu Ba was that Liu Ba really dared to clear them, but Chen Xi never cleared them, even in name. There will also be a five-year plan contingency reserve (capital) plan, and this is what Chen Xi does first in every five-year plan.

In the first five-year plan, this thing was about to be moved several times, but it didn't move in the end. In fact, Chen Xi's original intention was to waste this plan rather than touch this reserve.

"I have 12.4 billion in money, but I'm afraid it won't be possible to transfer 12.4 billion worth of enterprises and materials." Chen Xi thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, there are too many, and if the price is lower, Chen Xi can pass, and now It is indeed impossible to provide assistance.

"Marquis Chen should have contingency reserves. Can we use them? It's the end of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, and half of the five-year plan has passed." Wei Zi said sincerely. Fifteen years or so, the annual income should be close to one billion, and the current price of 12.4 billion is packaged and sold, so there is really no choice.

"Sorry, there is no reason not to use this thing." Chen Xi shook his head, Wei Zi was silent for a long time, and there was even a hint of sadness on his face. For Chen Xi, isn't this a sufficient reason? I see. !

"Hou Chen, wait a minute. I'll go back." Wei Zi was silent for a while, then got up and saluted Chen Xi. He needed to go back and discuss. Chen Xi's reply! Chen Xi looked at Weitz's bleak back, shook his head involuntarily, said nothing, the price of 12.4 billion is indeed very low, even if Chen Xi wanted to take advantage of this time to repurchase, but it is currently impossible for Chen Xi to draw such a large amount of money. Materials, as for the use of emergency reserves, Chen Xi just thought about it for a while, and then killed the idea.

Although Guangtong Canal and Tongji Canal are important, they will be redeemed sooner or later. Compared with the thunderstorms one after another in the past two years, Chen Xi is somewhat afraid, so Chen Xi still doesn't want to use the emergency reserve if he can use it. .

Of course, if Weitz is willing to accept an industrial transfer worth 7 billion yuan, Chen Xi is even willing to pay more in cash. Of course, this part of the cash will be paid before June next year. In total, the total value can reach more than 15 billion yuan. Unfortunately, Cao Cao's current The situation is not supported.

Wei Zi was sent back by Cao Hong. Of all the high-level people in Cao Cao's influence, only two people did not participate in Liu Ba's financial operations, one was Chen Gong, and the other was Cao Hong.

Needless to say, the former has two sleeves, and all the money is operated on Chen Xi's side. As the last member to obtain the original stock of the state capital, he does not get involved in financial operations such as Liu Ba, while the other, Cao Hong only participates in a financial management-related business called savings.

Do you understand what Pixiu is? Cao Hong is this

types of people. Cao Hong sent the money back to Chang'an every year and stored it in Chang'an Bank, so Cao Hong is currently the richest person in Cao Cao's power. Of course, this time Cao Cao forced Cao Hong to use all the money he had accumulated over the years to buy various materials.

Cao Hong was very heartbroken, but Cao Hong was really Cao Cao's hardcore, so Cao Hong took out all the money in pain, and then exchanged it into tickets in Chang'an, and sent it to the state-run hall at the beginning of Han in Midia, and then the hall over there Either settle with Rome, or transfer materials from Central Asia, in short, deliver them to Cao Cao's forces in the Herat area as quickly as possible.

By the way, before Liu Ba's collapse, this settlement system can be directly connected with Liu Ba, and then Chang'an's tickets can be exchanged directly at Liu Ba's side. , can be settled on the same day.

It can be said that this is the most efficient settlement method at present, but once the settlement system of this super-large-scale bill-to-material exchange exceeds one billion, it needs to be reviewed by Chen Xi, and then signed and stamped on the back of the bill. One billion, also needs to be signed by the central bank personnel at the corresponding level, and affixed with a seal.

In fact, this is the endorsement method of multinational banks in international settlement in the 19th and 20th centuries. Back then, there was no such online transfer and online docking. The settlement process of cross-border trade would be extremely complicated, and the Han Dynasty can currently undertake this kind of settlement. Only Chang'an Bank.

Of course, at present, because Liu Ba has collapsed the Herat-Kandahar economic system, Chen Xi’s ticket cannot be exchanged directly in the local area, so he can only exchange it at the Midea Trading City, and then send it to Herat .

Relatively speaking, this efficiency is already very high, but compared to the previous method where you only need to bring a ticket to pick up the goods locally, it is already a lot worse, but whoever asked Liu Ba and the others to do it, Chen Xi can't help it , can only use the more primitive way before.

"How about it, did the servant of Shangshu pass over there?" Cao Hong asked immediately.

"No, Marquis Chen rejected this proposal." Weiz shook his head repeatedly.

"The package of two golden waterways is only 12.4 billion. I have no money. If I want money, I just buy it." Cao Hong said very puzzled, "Does Marquis Chen still think it is expensive?"

"It's not that it's expensive, but it's that we can't mobilize materials of that scale." Weitz sighed and said, "It's still a problem to think about whether there are so many materials in the Midia Trading City, and if the materials are mobilized from the mainland, It takes too much time, we have to get over the run, and now the restlessness has been calmed down, but it has not been fully realized, and the run is still in sight.”

In fact, Wei Zi and others did not consider more vicious means, that is, certain families under Cao Cao's command, as well as the Central Asian family, have now privately processed the tickets sold to them by Liu Ba at a low price to the people under Cao Cao's command.

After all, what Cao Cao is doing now is actually to protect the people and soldiers, and cut off the big households under his command. Of course, for the sake of fairness, he cut off his own family first, and now the big households under his command have nothing to do with Cao Cao who has regained the hearts of the people.

But are the families following Cao Cao really willing to lose money, real estate, and factories and mines? It is true that even if these people are ***, even if they put pressure on Cao Cao, facing Cao Cao who has regained his military power will not solve the problem.

After all, the current situation of Cao Cao's power, after Liu Ba decisively distributed the assets to the soldiers and the people, the original situation of internal explosion has become the situation that Chen Xi faced with the middle and upper class before, but he can face more than a hundred people represented by the middle and upper class dissatisfaction, and the dissatisfaction faced by the millions of grassroots who had previously controlled military power and basic social organization power, at least the former can be suppressed.

Therefore, for these middle and upper classes, it is not enough to kill Liu Ba. It is just a catharsis. They also want to get back their assets. to those people.

So when Cao Cao started to exchange for the common people and soldiers, the smart ones among these people had already started to sell their own tickets to the common people and soldiers at a low price—anyway, if the common people and soldiers can exchange them, that doesn’t mean that we can also exchange them. , Big deal we suffer a bit.

For the people and soldiers who have already begun to exchange land, plantations, and farms at this time

For example, it is not a matter of course for new low-priced tickets to suddenly appear in the market and to make tentative acquisitions. When these low-priced tickets can really be exchanged at Cao Sikong's side, then these low-priced tickets will become It's cheap to pick up for nothing.

At that time, Liu Ba was out of his mind and didn't think about this idea, but a moral gentleman like Xun Yu didn't think about this possibility at all, and this blind spot was about to secretly hang Cao Sikong who was about to come back to life again.

Of course, no one knows about all this, and no one is aware of it.

Cao Hong looked at Wei Zi, he couldn't understand these things, but he knew that Cao Cao's current situation was very dangerous, otherwise he, a penny-pinching iron rooster, wouldn't spend all his money to help Cao Cao tide over the difficulties, although Cao Hong's money is very important to Cao Cao It is a drop in the bucket, but Cao Cao is still very moved.

"I'm going to discuss with the Hedong side again. If it doesn't work, we can only lower it a little bit more." Weiz said with great aggrievedness, the price is already very low, but there is no way, who let the current situation, Weiz There was simply no way to find a second person to take over.

It’s not that no one can afford more money than this. If money is really needed, as long as Wei Zi sells the right to use Guangtong Canal and Tongji Canal, wealthy businessmen from all over the Central Plains will buy it Unfortunately, what Wei Zi wants is not money, but materials that can be quickly transported to Herat to stabilize the entire Cao Cao market, all kinds of materials.

Of course, it would be even better if we could switch to some technologies and companies.

At present, under the rule of Cao Sikong, due to the run-on problem of the local people and soldiers, the confidence of the people of Beigui in the market has been affected to a certain extent. Some daily necessities are already in a state of grabbing goods, even though Chen Qun has hoarded these materials to a certain extent. , is not enough to deal with.

Coupled with the fact that the follow-up materials could not be delivered on time, the real run began, which may cause panic among those who were not involved in the matter under the rule, and finally collapsed completely.

This is also the reason why Weitz must have supplies. The supplies worth about 12 billion, for Cao Cao, who has a population of nearly 3 million under his rule, are equivalent to 400 yuan per head. After the first wave of runs, the follow-up will be able to run smoothly.

However, the problem is how to survive the first wave of runs, and the longer the delay, the more terrible it will be when the first wave of runs occurs.

"Didn't get it?" Chen Gong came out from Lu Bu's side, carrying a paper bag, and asked Wei Zi somewhat tiredly.

"No, Marquis Chen doesn't quite accept this price, and he doesn't want to use emergency assets. He seems to want to give money. The question is, do we want money?" Weiz said helplessly.

Money is very important, but if you really just want money, Cao Cao can borrow some. In fact, the reason why there is no complete chaos under Cao Cao’s rule now is that Cao Cao divided the entire Helmand River Industrial Park and filled it again. In addition to the industries owned by the Zhen family branch in Central Asia, there are more than ten tons of gold bricks piled up at the gate of the Kandahar government office.

These gold bricks were borrowed from the Yuan family. The Yuan family may be short of supplies, but the Yuan family really has no shortage of gold bricks. However, because Yuan Tan is not around, Mistress Wen can only borrow so much.

These gold bricks have stabilized people's hearts to a certain extent, but only to a certain extent, after the run on materials comes, these gold bricks will not be able to stabilize people's hearts.

Just like ibuprofen ten days ago, when I needed this life-saving help, the BRICs couldn’t stabilize people’s hearts. Similarly, when the supplies in the market were emptied and a run happened, the BRICs couldn’t make it easier. The people and soldiers calmed down.

Especially when gold could not be exchanged for goods, this became the discounted salaries of sumac and pepper in the Ming Dynasty. These things are indeed more expensive than gold, and there is a premium compared to salaries. The problem is that I want to eat! You give me a gold brick, I can't buy supplies in the market, there is hair to use!

The same is true for Cao Cao at the moment. To re-establish the reputation of his money and tickets, he needs supplies. Only when the supplies of more than 10 billion yuan arrive, can Cao Cao issue gold bricks to repay the debt. Otherwise, he will wait for a larger scale to issue gold bricks directly. run on it.

Money and tickets that can’t be exchanged for any supplies are no different from paper. Cao Cao didn’t think about borrowing a few tons of gold from Yuan’s family to pay for it, but the gold was issued and he couldn’t buy supplies. Are there any substantive differences in the tickets? No or die!