"In addition to the benefits of trade itself, the central bank itself has some other preferential measures for the shogunate, so please tell us a little about it."

After Ning Zhonghai finished speaking, he pointed to Deng Boran, the governor of the Great Chu Central Bank next to him, and Deng Boran also bowed slightly to Tokugawa Yoshimune to show his respect.

In the eyes of the original shogunate ministers, Deng Boran looked polite and poetic, and seemed to be a young scholar, but he could not connect with such an important role as the governor of the central bank, and he felt a little stunned.

As the right-hand man of Ning Zhongxin, the former president of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, Deng Boran is naturally not as simple as it seems on the surface, in fact, whether in terms of experience or talent, Deng Boran, who is now in his early thirties, has performed very well in bank work.

"Lord Shogun, if the shogunate uses the gold and silver coins that are common in our country as the monetary basis, the Central Bank of Dachu will provide the shogunate with an annual seigniorage of 500,000 silver dollars, and after ten years, 1 million silver dollars per year, and can also provide an interest-free loan of 3 million yuan."

When Deng Boran said '500,000 yuan' and '3 million yuan', it made the eyes of the shogunate and the ministers widen in unison, you must know that this is not a small number, you must know that the current shogunate's leader is only 4.5 million stones, once there is this money, the shogunate's financial situation will be effectively improved.

Although Tokugawa Yoshimune still maintained a calm look on his face, his fingers tapped the joints lightly, which showed that he was not so calm in his heart at all.

With such a sum of money, it will be able to increase by 500,000 yuan per year in the future, and in 10 years, it will rise to 1 million silver dollars, which will greatly improve the financial situation of the shogunate. In addition, there is an interest-free loan of 3 million yuan, which is a heart-pounding surprise.

"If this can be the case, it's not that this currency issuance right can't be given to you, but General Ben is a little worried in his heart, if the Celestial Empire issues a depreciated currency in the future, won't my Japan also suffer from your country at that time?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune is still quite capable, and he immediately saw the inappropriateness in this.

Strictly speaking, if Ning Chu really did this, it would indeed cause this kind of impact, but the problem is that the Japanese shogunate itself has been doing this all year round, and it is really a bit shameless to speak like this.

Deng Boran smiled slightly, "It is reasonable for the general to be worried, but the envoy reminded the general, if the financial resources of the two countries are compared, which is bigger and which is smaller?" ”

"Naturally, the Celestial Empire is big, and Japan is small."

Tokugawa Yoshimune seemed to understand, and immediately answered honestly.

Deng Boran nodded, and said in a low voice: "In terms of the financial resources of the two countries, it is naturally ten times that of my Great Chu than the Shogunate, and after my Great Chu dominates the world, it is possible to be twenty times or even a hundred times, if the Great Chu depreciates the currency, how much will it lose in Japan, and the loss of my Great Chu will be even more than a hundred times." ”

Although the words were such a truth, it still made the shogunate and ministers listen a little strangely.

For Tokugawa Yoshimune, his biggest mission is not to prosper Japan, but to magnify the Tokugawa family, so he needs to do everything possible to keep the Tokugawa family from falling, and the current Ning Chu provides Tokugawa Yoshimune with a choice from another angle, not to make concessions in the internal affairs of the domain, nor to make concessions in the national system and national character, just to hand over the right to mint coinage.

Seem....... This is indeed a good deal!

In fact, this is also what Ning Zhonghai is curious about, Ning Yu doesn't seem to care about these face-saving things at all, but for the actual interests, he is not willing to give in at all.

In Ning Yu's own words, that is, life is a real thing, and no matter how good the face is, it can't hide the real problem.

It's like Tokugawa Yoshimune, who was thrifty and thrifty, loved the people like a son, and had a reputation among the people that couldn't be better - but what was the use? The shogunate didn't have money, and he couldn't change it, and if he didn't, he would still choose to follow the old path of the previous shogun collecting money from the people.

In fact, Ning Yu's prediction was not wrong, in the original history, Tokugawa Yoshimune, a well-known general, when the reform of Xiangbao was unsustainable, also chose to recast currency, plunder wealth from the Japanese people, and also implemented the policy of increasing the annual tribute, which led to the intensification of civil contradictions.

Therefore, Ning Yu is unwilling to be such a good emperor on the surface, being a good emperor can't solve any problems, only by choosing to expand his strength abroad and plunder resources, can he really feed back to the people and truly and effectively change the situation of the people.

After hesitating for a while, Tokugawa Yoshimune finally chose to agree, but when he looked at the gold and silver coins in his hand, especially the portrait of Ning Yu on it, he politely made a request, that is, whether he could draw his own portrait on the currency issued in Japan.

After all, it is a currency issued in Japan, but the man who appears on it is the emperor of Ning Chu, how wrong is this!

As for whether or not to draw His Majesty's head correspondingly, Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't have this idea at all, and if he painted His Majesty's head, it would be better to do it like this!

However, this proposal still made Ning Zhonghai a little difficult, after all, this is a matter of the national body, and it is not so easy to decide, but when Ning Zhonghai hesitated, Deng Boran nodded and agreed, because Ning Yu had already vaccinated him in this matter, and it was okay if he really had this request, the actual interests were the most important.

After the two sides finally reached an agreement, Ning Zhonghai, as a representative, officially exchanged credentials with Tokugawa Yoshimune, and signed his name, which was a preliminary cooperation agreement.

......

Jingshi, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Fifty-nine years before Kangxi, every Chinese New Year's Eve, the inside and outside of the capital would become extremely lively, no matter what it was like on weekdays, on this day, there were fireworks everywhere, but it was a good scene.

However, after the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, the entire Beijing division no longer had the atmosphere of the year, and the impact of the war spread from the court to the rivers and lakes, but it was a little more cold, and the fireworks were not visible, but even the lives of the people were not as good as day by day.

Now it is a time of blood, and there are few pedestrians on the road, but in the alleys of the eastern suburbs, a man in an old cotton wool coat, his face is extremely heavy, he also carries a small sack on his back, and he is stepping on the snow with a deep and shallow foot, and from time to time makes a 'creaking' and 'creaking' sound.

When the man walked into a small house inside, he had a little more smile on his face, and then he pulled the knocker, and when the door opened, there were two children of six or seven years old, dressed in decent cotton clothes, and threw themselves into the man's arms with a cheer.

"Amma, Amma!"

"Amma is back!"

The man picked up the two young children, but his eyes were red, his big name was called Changling, he was originally a man under the white flag, and later followed Kangxi to the south, and then escaped with his life, and then joined the Eight Banners New Army and participated in the training of the New Army.

During the period of participating in the training of the Eight Banners New Army, although the other children of the Eight Banners were very idle, not to mention returning home every day, they even sent people to respond to the Mao, but Chang Ling has always been extremely self-disciplined, and in addition to the time of paying silver for more than a year, he rarely returned home, which is also a new thing in the Eight Banners New Army.

When Changling carried the two children and the small sack into the back room, a woman greeted her, first took the small sack, felt the weight, but muttered, "Why is there less and less........

Changling's footsteps stopped for a moment, and then as if he didn't hear it, he changed out of his cotton clothes and walked into a room inside, only to see an old man lying on the bed on the roof, salivating at the corners of his mouth, and the whole person exuded a smell of decay and decay.

"Amma, my son is back!"

Changling knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times to the old man, and then regardless of the old man's reaction, he got up and raised the old man's body, then went out to fetch a bucket of water and began to wipe the old man's body.

"Amma, the thieves in the south have already conquered the southwest, and I heard from the adults, I'm afraid that the northern expedition will be going on next year......"

Chang Ling was rubbing the old man's legs and feet, and although the old man could hear and see, he opened his mouth to only a few monotonous syllables, and he couldn't say a complete sentence at all.

Chang Ling looked like he had long been used to it, and sighed in a low voice: "Amma, the emperor said that we all have to go to the battlefield next year, fight for my Qing Dynasty, and fight for our Eight Banners!" The son has already thought about it, I am afraid that this battle is destined to be shrouded in horse leather! ”

When the old man heard Changling's words, he was a little excited, and his mouth made a ho-ho sound, but he couldn't say a word, but the corners of his eyes were moist, and a few tears flowed out.

"Hey, our masters are not characters who are afraid of death, I heard how terrible those traitors are, but my son has also thought about it, this shot is coming-snap!"

Changling gestured on his chest, "At most, the chest is just a hole...... If you are unfortunate enough to be hit by that cannon, you will be happy, and you will die cleanly and without pain. ”

The old man listened quietly, but slowly muttered a sentence from his mouth, but he still spoke sparsely, not a sentence at all, and Changling had to listen carefully, just listening and listening, but from the old man's mouth he heard a sentence that seemed to have been circulated for a long time.

"Eight..... Eight Flags ...... No...... Full...... Ten thousand..... Full ......"

After hearing this, Changling couldn't help but show a wry smile, his old man thought it was when he was a peaceful feudal lord........ What Eight Banners are less than 10,000, full of 10,000 invincible, I don't know what time it is, now I really want to say, or Chu is not satisfied with 10,000, full of 10,000 invincible!

According to the current establishment of the Fu Han Army, the number of a full division is just 10,000, and the Qing army has never been able to bargain for a full division of the Fu Han Army on the battlefield, but has repeatedly suffered defeats.

For the current generals of the Qing army, when encountering a regiment of the Fu Han army, there is usually a certain opportunity, but in the face of a reorganized division, they often have to avoid the sharp edge - otherwise, once they wait for the tactical encirclement of the Fu Han army to unfold, they will bite off a piece of meat if they are not careful.

After serving the old man, Changling kowtowed his head to represent the completion of filial piety, and then went out of the small room, changed into clothes, and ate this rather sumptuous reunion dinner with his wife and children.

Although it was sumptuous, it was actually one more meat dish than the usual vegetarian dish, and no one dared to move the chopsticks on top of those pitiful pieces of meat, until Chang Ling sandwiched them into the bowls of his two sons, and they ate happily.

At night, after Changling put his two sons to sleep, he stayed with the woman for a while and enjoyed these short warm moments.

"I got some money back this time, you should have seen it all."

"Well, twelve taels of silver."

The woman's face was a little puzzled, she had never seen her husband get back so much money, and she was a little surprised.

"That's my money, that's all."

Changling sighed lowly and said with a wry smile: "Tomorrow, you take the child and go to Shengjing...... I've already said hello to you, and you're going to survive. ”

The woman was not assertive, and was a little shocked when she heard this, but she soon understood, and her face became extremely pale.

Chang Ling didn't plan to explain more, and said softly: "As long as you can support these two children, if you remarry in the future, it will be up to you...... As long as I can support two children......"

"What about Amma?" The woman asked the first question.

Changling's face showed a trace of pain, "Ama is also suffering when he lives, and I will solve it...... Tomorrow you will take the child away, it is still too late to go, and next year, I am afraid it will be too late......"

With a loud rooster crow, the glimmer of light in the sky penetrated the room, like a silver spill in, but at this time in the room, there was no warmth, Chang Ling sat in front of the table in a daze, with a dagger glowing cold in front of him.

As soon as the rooster sings the world white, Yongzheng has been three years old, and it is coming.