Chapter 87 War (Central)

"Then, that's a little trouble." Huang Laowai didn't expect that the quality of the gold and Yuan was too good, but instead became a big problem. He was stunned and said hesitantly: "There are no copper produced in all places under the rule of our General Administration, except for Taiping Road. Not long after Taiping Road was shot, the copper mines and iron mines had just recovered, and the output was far from supplying consumption. The current source of copper materials mainly depends on purchases everywhere, and a large amount of copper materials are used to build cannons and guns."

"Why not bring some gold ingots directly, you can still be used as money anyway." Hu Dahai, the commander of the Second Legion, was obviously an amateur, and he made a rash suggestion.

He was reminded by him that the War Bureau and the generals who stayed in Yangzhou all spoke, "Yes, is it amazing to get some gold? Why let outsiders take advantage of us?"

"Gold is easy to carry and easy to use. There is no need to cause gold and gold, and it will be useless."

"Hmm, ummm." Li Mubai, deputy director of the Household Bureau, coughed loudly, interrupted everyone's noise, and then secretly looked at the commander's case, and then reminded carefully: "The generals don't know that the original intention of the General Manager is to let the people around the river get used to using our Huai money as soon as possible."

In fact, like Hu Dahai and others, he couldn't quite understand the difference between gold coins and gold ingots, but this did not affect his rise and reiterate his lord's idea, because in the years under Zhao Jun's command, he was the leader of the essential skills to be an official, and he couldn't help but work hard on this.

"Yes." Hu Dahai also looked at Zhu Chongjiu after the case, pondered and sat down. This time he led the Third Army back to Yangzhou for rest. He found that he was becoming less and less adaptable to many places in the General Administration. Not only was he always confused when discussing affairs with his colleagues, but his relationship with his lord seemed to be much distant. It was difficult to find opportunities to sit together and say something crazy like before.

"I want to try it out. Can we establish our monetary credit system as soon as possible." Isn't Hu Dahai's confusion, Zhu Chongjiu put down the coins in his hand and explained with a smile, "To put it simply, in the past, the people thought we were thieves and the court was justified, but our money was good, one for each one. Even if the court strictly prohibited circulation, the people still felt that they were more stable than the court's money and small flat money, and they would still use it secretly. On the contrary, the more money the court had cast, the more money the money was, the more paper it could buy with a hanging of small flat money. The more you could buy it with a small flat money. As the number of people comes, the Mongolian Yuan government always forces the people to use it, and always forces them to buy and sell. It won’t take long to make the people feel that Huaiyang is more credible and worthy of their trust than the court. In that case, even if our army does not fight, the local people will have a good impression of us, thinking that we must be stronger than the court. Gradually, some people think that changing dynasties is definitely a good thing for everyone! At least, the money they have in their hands can still be spent as money, and they won’t be able to buy a sheep the day before, but they can only buy a handful of wool the next day.”

The analogy of "hahaha" is really too appropriate, which makes many people in the chamber laugh and lose their voices.

Before the uprising, almost everyone had suffered the loss of bad money from the Mongolian Yuan, and they still remembered the various evil deeds they committed, especially paper money. The official stipulated that each silo of paper money was exchanged for 1,000 pieces of copper coins. In fact, 500 silo paper money could not be exchanged for a dou of rice. Because the copper content was getting lower and lower, the small flat coins cast by the government also had a very bad reputation among the people. They were usually called black money and black-hearted coins, and were accepted as less than that of Xianchun Yuanbao in the late Song Dynasty.

"It turns out that the chief executive wanted the people of the world to tell who is the official and who is the thief." Although Hu Dahai still couldn't understand what the monetary credit system was, he immediately understood the purpose of Zhu Chongjiu's move.

"General Hu said very much." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and nodded proudly. "I heard some comments about us some time ago. Zhu also vaguely said that Zhu couldn't write such a good article and didn't have time to quarrel with others, so he simply took out some practical things and let the people choose for themselves, to see if they believe in the slander of some people or believe in the things they have gotten in their hands."

"Hahaha" officials from the Household Bureau, the Works Bureau, the Military Intelligence Department and the Internal Security Department couldn't help laughing again when they heard this.

Because in the "Jingzhou Covenant", the Grand General Administration openly supported the merchants of Huaiyang, which caused a tide of cursing everywhere. Not only were the scoundrel literati loyal to the Mongolian Yuan criticized Huaiyang, but even some famous scholars and great scholars who claimed to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and devoted themselves to studying, jumped out, either going into battle with naked arms, or mobilizing their disciples to throw dirty water on the Grand General Administration of Huai'an.

For a time, the people inside the General Manager were fluctuating. Many officials believed that everyone was too eager for quick success and instant benefits at the beginning and should not express support to Wu Liangmou, Yu Changlin and others. Some even tried to persuade Zhu Chongjiu to destroy the alliance and hold several leaders accountable.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Chongjiu, who had always been full of advice, was rarely arbitrary this time. Not only did he reject the proposal to break the contract, but he immediately announced that the Chief Executive Officer would stop the debate on this matter and allow the outside world to comment. Then, he used all the power of the Chief Executive Officer and the Huaiyang Business Company to provide full support to the Fifth Corps.

One of the ways to support it is to sprinkle money to all states near Jingzhou, use the newly minted gold, silver, copper and iron from Huaiyang to purchase grain and various specialties from various places, and at the same time sell cotton, silk, agricultural tools and various daily necessities produced in Huaiyang to the above-mentioned areas at a low price.

Because some of the people here were resistant at the time and were prepared in a hurry, this move was extremely simple and rough. It was almost the cargo ship of the Huaiyang Merchant, carrying four kinds of money to go up the river. Through local merchants and fine works scattered by the Military Intelligence Bureau, they smashed the local area in a big way, and the smell of money made all the gentry and celebrities along the river cover their noses.

However, after more than a dozen ships of "A Du" were smashed, the effect was not very good. Not only did the people near Jingzhou's impression of Huaiyang quickly reverse, but the image of the Huaiyang General Administration Office has also been greatly improved in other areas along the river.

Amid the lively laughter, Liu Bowen, the figure of the Central Army soldier, seemed particularly lonely. When Wu Liang made the "Jingzhou Alliance" and used the army to endorse the vendors, his opposition was the most resolute. After that, storms were coming everywhere, and he also advocated that the Grand General Administration Office take back the alliance and imposed punishment on Wu Liang's plan. Now the facts have proved that the criticism of scholars and gentry had no power to fight back in the face of the real money of the Grand General Administration Office, which made him feel that he, who claimed to be far-sighted, could not resist.

"If it really doesn't work, the Industrial Bureau can add more copper to the gold dollar to reduce its quality." No one noticed Liu Ji's lack of conscience. An official from the Bureau of Officials stood up and made a loud suggestion.

His proposal was quickly swallowed up by a rebuttal, "No, what the chief executive said is that credibility is the first."

"Yes, we would rather not create gold and gold in the future than ruin our reputation."

"The price comparison between gold and silver has been changing. Who knows which day it will fall back and change ten."

"I've met it when I changed ten or eight."

It’s not that everyone is overly excited. Before this, they never thought that there was a way to attack the enemy without sending troops. This is in line with the legendary image of “planning and winning thousands of miles away”, making everyone feel as if they were Sun Wu and Zhuge was reborn.

"On the market, how many taels of silver can one tael of gold be exchanged for? Is this always the case? How long will it take to change?" Zhu Chongjiu listened with his ears sideways for a while, knocked on the table, and brought the topic back to the topic.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Song, the head of the Interior Department, studied this and stood up from his seat and responded, "At present, Huaiyang is almost the same as one-double eleven, and Huguang can get one-double twelve, but because of the crowded sea merchants, the gold price is much lower. One-double 10 and one-double 9 are possible."

"Then why no one went to Guangzhou and Quanzhou to exchange silver for gold?" Zhu Chongjiu was surprised and couldn't help asking in a low voice.

He remembered that when he was preparing to make coins, Zhang Song reminded him of the fluctuation of silver prices. The reason why he minted gold dollars on the silver dollars was to stabilize the currency. Unexpectedly, in actual operation, he still failed to completely solve the problem. At least he bought the gold coins and returned it to the furnace. This trick was unexpected for everyone.

"Reporting to the lord, I think there are at least three reasons." Although Zhang Song was a corrupt official in the Mongolian Yuan, his intelligence and reaction speed were first-class. After a little consideration, he gave a clear answer. "First, the price ratio of gold and silver fluctuates. Unless you are prepared in advance, it may not be too late. Second, it is because the road is unsafe, the government and the green forest have to manage it, and the gain is not worth the loss. Third, the trade in Quanzhou and Guangzhou is actually controlled by local big investors. Outsiders dive in, at the least they will lose all their money, and at the worst they will lose their lives."

"You mean the Pu family in Quanzhou and the Ma family in Guangzhou." Zhu Chongjiu's brows jumped, and a cold light flashed quickly in his eyes.

"That's right." Zhang Song took action again and responded loudly, "In fact, these two families are both Seme people, not my race. The Mongolian Yuan court only asked them to pay taxes and never cared about how they acted in the local area."

"Well,!" Zhu Chongjiu nodded and pondered in a low voice. He had heard from Chen Wansan many times that the General Administration of the General Administration of the Central Government took the risk of selling rifled cannons to Chen Wansan, and that the Shen family's idea of ​​restraining the Pu Shougen family in Quanzhou. However, judging from the current results, the focus of the Shen family's development is obviously not to compete with the Pu family for maritime trade routes, but to fully manage the Sanfoqi and try to establish a country at sea. Therefore, in the future, the matter between the Pu and Ma families must still be done by the Huaiyang General Administration of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the Central Government of the

While pondering, Lu Lu Zeng stood up and said loudly: "Lord, the old minister thinks that even if someone buys gold and yuan in large quantities, I, Huaiyang, cannot stop casting. First, the lord has made a long-term plan and cannot give up halfway. Second, based on the current gold and silver exchange ratio, our General Administration will suffer some losses, but the silver price cannot always be so low. As long as it slowly rises, it can ensure balance of income and expenditure."

"What Shan Gong said is very much." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and waved his hand, signaling Lu Lu Zeng to sit and speak, "But"

He quickly turned his eyes to Chang Lin, and he asked in a low voice: "How much gold ingots are stored in the Household Bureau? If the gold ingots are always like the current ones, how long can it last?"

"This?" Yu Changlin lowered his head and thought for a while before giving the answer, "Report to the lord, the Ministry of Revenue has sufficient gold deposits. If the gold-silver exchange ratio remains unchanged, it can at least last for three to five months or even a whole year. However, in this case, other expenditures may be affected. After all, only in the second half of this year, Huaiyang did not use troops abroad, but in previous years, the sound of war drums has not been heard for a day."

"Yeah,." Everyone heard it and pondered in a low voice almost at the same time.

The Huai'an army's military advantage is unparalleled, but the Huai'an army's expenses during wars are probably the best in the world, so everyone must be prepared for danger in times of peace and have enough money and food to prepare for war, instead of spending their old capitals in a confused manner.

"Yes." Liu Bowen, a member of the Central Army, also pondered in a low voice, but looked up at the expressions of everyone. He gritted his teeth and swallowed the words he had already reached his mouth. He said that he was not willing to do anything. He couldn't help it last year and secretly turned his head. Although it was too late to get out, he could at least learn from Xu Shu of the past and never make another plan for Cao Aman for his whole life.

"Bowen, do you have a good idea to teach me." Zhu Chongjiu saw Liu Bowen's expression change keenly and took the initiative to consult him.

"I am not, but I am not. I am not aware of this, so I dare not speak nonsense and ruin the country." Liu Bowen's face changed a lot, but in the end he decided not to continue to "go with everyone".

"It might be better, we will never be guilty of words." Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and explained with a pleasant look. "You slowly think about when you have a solution and can tell it at any time. Even if you say it wrong, no one will pursue it."

Liu Bowen felt a surge of turbulence when he heard this. To be honest, Zhu Chongjiu was indeed not bad to him. Even though he refused to recruit the General Administration, the other party still treated him with courtesy and even took the initiative to spend money to help him open a college in Yangzhou and spread the learning of his ancestors.

After he decided to join the General Administration Office, Zhu Chongjiu was even more kind to him. In a very short time, he promoted him to the second highest position in the General Staff Headquarters, only lower than the old Lu Luzeng.
Chapter completed!