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Seeing Jiang Quanyi withdraw, Song An asked, "The young master has already given this batch of firearms to General Qian's cavalry, why did he transfer it to Jiang Quanyi?" ”

Wu Zheng shook his head and said: "I have thought about it carefully, Qian Qiaogong's cavalry is not suitable for equipping this batch of firearms, the strength of the light cavalry lies in speed rather than firepower, and the cavalry of the Qing army is the battlefield. Since the two cannot be taken into account, it is better to separate them, speed to speed, and firepower to firepower. ”

Song An didn't quite understand, so he responded casually and stopped talking.

Wu Zheng suddenly asked: "Do you oppose the advice of Mao Xiang and others to levy additional taxes on the people?" ”

Song An hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm not against it...... It's just that, compared with ordinary people, Jiangnan has to be rich businessmen, so why not tax so rich people? ”

Wu Zheng was silent, then looked up at the window, and said leisurely: "It's a pity that ordinary people don't have the right to speak." ”

Song An hurriedly said: "But the young master has the right to speak!" ”

Wu Zheng turned his head and looked at Song An and said, "If it were in normal times, I would have already said no to it...... But right now, a big war is about to start, not the time to oppose them. ”

Song An muttered depressedly: "Isn't that a loss for the people?" ”

Wu Zheng suddenly smiled, "Sometimes it's a blessing to suffer!" ”

Song An was very puzzled, "What does the young master mean by this?" ”

Wu Zheng looked strange, shook his head and said, "In the future, you will understand." ”

……。

That night, Wu Zheng summoned Mo Zhinian alone.

"There's a lot of dissent down there, right?"

Wu Zheng asked straight to the point.

Mo Zhinian nodded slightly and said, "That's true, but the main thing is not that there is an objection to the prince's war, but that there is an objection to the way to raise military funds." ”

"Oh...... What are some of the best ways you've come up with? ”

Mo Zhizhi hesitated for a while, looked up at Wu Zheng and said, "The old man has a plan...... For the prince's reference. ”

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "At this time, it's just you and me, it doesn't hurt if Mo Lao has something to say." ”

Mo obsessed: "Whether it is to tax the people, or to collect donations from businessmen and wealthy households, it may damage the credibility of the prince...... Silver dollars were issued again. ”

"Silver dollars?" Wu Zheng looked at Mo Zhi in surprise, "Is there any silver in the library?" ”

"Nope."

"What ......?" Wu Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, he just thought that Mo Zhinian was driven crazy and joked with himself.

I don't want to be obsessed with Zhengse: "The Financial Secretary minted three million silver dollars before, and after it was launched, it was snatched up by the market, and the reputation is very good." So, the old man thought, why not make a batch of silver dollars in larger quantities? ”

Wu Zheng frowned slightly and said: "The profit from making silver dollars is not much, taking five out of a hundred is already the limit, if you want to raise up to millions of taels of silver, how many silver dollars do you have to mint?" Not...... The Great War was imminent, and the military workshops did not have to spend time and effort to mint silver dollars. ”

Mo Zhi insisted: "No, the old decay means, minting fake silver dollars!" ”

Wu Zheng was shocked, pointed at Mo Zhi and said, "You ...... You are crazy?! ”

Mo Zhinian said calmly: "This is an expedient measure...... Now that the war is imminent, there is no silver in the treasury, and there is a way to choose the lesser of two evils, which is no way. ”

Wu Zheng resolutely disagreed, "Do you know that credibility is hard work, but if you lose it, it's just in the middle of it?" Instead of counterfeiting silver dollars to raise money, it is better to tax it directly, at least in a fair and fair manner. ”

Mo obsessed: "Maybe the prince didn't understand the meaning of the old man, the fake silver dollar that the old man said is sixty percent true, four percent false, with copper and iron as the heart, so, as long as you don't open it, ordinary people can't see it." ”

Wu Zheng shook his head, "There is no impermeable wall, once it is discovered, where is the credibility of the General's Mansion?" ”

Mo Zhinian suddenly smiled and said: "From the land of the three mansions to the land of the thirteen mansions now, which year's income can support such a large expenditure of the prince?" The prince has always used the silver, why not take credibility as a bet? ”

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment and defended: "These are two different things...... ”

"That's what it's all about!" Mo Zhinian rarely took the initiative to interrupt Wu Zheng's words, "The prince wants to say that the strategy used before is that the willing person takes the bait, and the minting of fake silver dollars is a clear robbery, right?" ”

Wu Zheng nodded unconsciously.

"The old man has a suggestion, the prince can issue a general's decree to use the fake silver dollar as a pledge to circulate it with the equivalent of silver taels...... At the same time, it is clearly stated that the three-year period will be redeemed by the original price of the General's Mansion after the expiration of the period, so it is not considered a clear robbery, right? ”

These words made Wu Zheng's heart move, that is to say, the fake silver dollar is just a bargaining chip, with the reputation of the General's Mansion as collateral, to raise funds from the people, and redeem them after expiration, which does bypass the suspicion of robbery.

Wu Zheng asked: "But this is a bit of a suspicion of adding to the snake, why don't you don't know how to raise money from the people, and you have to create fake silver dollars to fool people?" ”

Mo Zhinian shook his head and said, "It's just human nature...... If it is a donation, the people will be reluctant, obviously they can give ten taels, maybe only one or two in the end, even if they grit their teeth, that is, two or three taels. But if you take the silver dollar as a basis and hold it in your hand, it is very likely to come out of eight or nine taels. The prince imagined that the people were satisfied with their hearts and contributed money and efforts to the Northern Expedition, and they could exchange it back for silver taels after three years, but not for it? ”

Wu Zheng was a little depressed, "Could it be that they know that the silver dollar is fake, and they don't care?" ”

"Nope. Who says silver dollars are fake? "Don't be obsessed with a serious and authentic way, "With the reputation of the prince and the general's mansion as the hostage, even if it is a piece of iron, the prince says that it is silver, and that is silver!" ”

Referring to a deer as a horse?!

Wu Zheng opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a while.

Mo obsessively said: "The old man has estimated that he can raise no less than two million taels of silver with this strategy. ”

"But two million is not enough."

Mo obsessed: "Then borrow another two million taels from the Chamber of Commerce, I have already discussed it with Xi Benzhen, Huang Zongxi and others." ”

Wu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Then there will be fifty percent...... Next, I'll figure it out! ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief, which means that Wu Zheng agreed to his plan.

But don't be obsessed, what other way does Wu Zheng have?

You must know that Wu Zheng has not even received a fortune over the years, and the only bank he owns is 20% of the shares, and every time the dividends are subsidized by the Financial Secretary.

Mo Zhinian also thought of the Weaving Division, but he just made 1.5 million taels from the Weaving Division, how can there be more silver?

"Then the prince raises military expenses...... Do you have eyebrows in your heart? Mo asked tentatively.

Wu Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Weaving Division...... How much silver is it worth? ”

Mo was obsessed with a loose string in his heart, and then tightened again.

Loose, because what Wu Zheng said is really the weaving division.

Tight, because of Wu Zheng's tone at this time, it is equivalent to changing hands to the weaving division.