Chapter 198: The Silver Office
Counterfeit money disrupts the country's economy and causes inflation, and it is the focus of the crackdown at any time. But just like the 'smoking is harmful to health' printed on modern cigarette packs, what should be smoked is still smoked, and what should be counterfeited must be made, and huge profits will be as addictive as cigarettes. How can you stand by the river without getting your shoes wet, a good fox can never fight a good hunter, and a counterfeiter will always be caught one day. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the main offender was executed, and the accomplice was exiled for 3,000 li, and the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty had been seriously shrunk, and these 3,000 li had reached the holy land of the exiles in Qiongzhou.
After many years of accumulation, the labor camps in Qiongzhou are naturally indispensable to the people in the Huomen who were escorted from all over the Great Song Dynasty, so Zheng Huchen will say that they are all under the rule of His Royal Highness. The labor camp is equivalent to a modern labor camp, where they eat pig and dog food, and do cow and horse work, and the so-called urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks are basically contracted by them, and the wages are naturally none, and countless people die of illness, exhaustion, and accidents. If they can get out of this demon cave and have enough to eat, of course these people will flock to it and dare not do their best.
Since this is the case, the matter is simple, but Zhao Hao feels that it is better to be careful, after all, it is too abrupt to suddenly transfer so many prisoners who have committed the same crime, and those who have a heart will know it at a glance. Nowadays, large-scale construction is being carried out everywhere, and the prisoners in the labor camps are certainly involved, and death and injury are inevitable, so it is only necessary to secretly transfer the people in the fire gates scattered everywhere in various names, and then replace them with other people's names and surnames, so that the eyes of the vast majority of people can be covered. The people who operate the bureau are more familiar than Zhao Hao, and naturally there are ways to do it without leakage, but the names and surnames of the people in these fire gates are still there, but the people have disappeared from everyone's sight forever......
"The selection of manpower and the establishment of workshops will be hosted by the Secretariat, and at the same time, the existing network should be used to provide information to help open up transportation channels and protect people and property. The total bureau has to send personnel to operate, how to exchange, what to sell, and what channels to go. Zhao Hao thought about it and said, "You two must work together, don't miss the affairs of the house because of your own selfishness, if this king knows that you are elbowing each other, fighting endlessly, you will be severely punished." ”
"Your Highness, rest assured, your subordinates don't dare!" Zheng Huchen and Zhuang Shilin looked at each other and saluted in unison.
"If you dare or not, you will know later, but this king knows that this matter is very profitable, and it will inevitably make people blush and do something inappropriate!" Zhao Yu didn't want to let them calm down like in the past, but continued to teach a lesson. He knew that people often dared to do anything in the face of huge interests, it was common for fathers and sons to become enemies, and brothers to turn against each other, and it was not impossible to do things that betrayed the Lord, so they must be warned in advance so that they can understand.
"Without His Royal Highness, his subordinates are still a lost dog today, and they can't live in fear" Zheng Huchen saluted again, "The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, and the subordinates still know it, and they will never do disloyal and unrighteous things for some small profits!" ”
"Your Highness, although your subordinates are from a businessman and have a humble status, they also have a heart of loyalty, and they will never dare to ruin Your Highness's great cause because of selfishness!" Zhuang Shilin knew that he would not be able to lift shoes for the people of the palace without the strength of His Royal Highness. He also knows that his wealth is closely related to His Royal Highness, and if he loses, he will gain nothing, and he can still settle this account.
"Hehe, well done, this king won't let you be busy in vain!" Zhao Hao smiled and said with a smile, he knew that it was not enough to just say that there was no benefit, and the interests could only last for a long time, "If it is done, this king will take out one percent as a reward for you, fifty percent will go to the inner treasury, and forty percent will go to the total division for emergencies." ”
"Your Highness!" The two said excitedly, Yicheng doesn't sound much, but because of the large base, the two games are also a huge amount of money. And they also know that the expenses of the inner government are not small, not only the food and drink expenses in the inner government, but also the needs of the affairs bureau and the old camp are all paid from the inner government. In addition, His Royal Highness is loose in his hands, he is never stingy when he has money, and he basically responds to requests, but in addition to the expenses he likes to get some new things, he calculates that fifty percent of his income is used for himself, but very little.
"No thanks, this is your hard-earned gain, and you deserve it!" Zhao Yu said generously with a wave of his small hand.
"Your Highness, my subordinates think that although it is not risky to use only the peripheral personnel of the Secretariat to exchange and traffic counterfeit money, it cannot be exchanged in large sums, otherwise it will arouse suspicion, so the cycle is long and the return of money is slow. If a fleet of ships had been set up to exchange counterfeit notes, it would have been difficult to arouse the suspicion of the Tartars even if there were 100,000 millions. Zheng Huchen said.
"Tell me more." Zhao Hao is worried that the money is coming slowly, and now he is very interested in having a good way.
"Your Highness, most of the merchants who come to trade with our dynasty carry rare spices, and in addition to bartering, they will sell the goods. But when we forbade copper coins to go out to sea, they would exchange them for gold and silver when they left. And the same is true of the Tartars, who are only allowed to barter with paper money, and when they are allowed to go abroad, the merchants are allowed to exchange paper money for gold and silver......"
"This king understands!" Zhao Yu heard this and said, "You mean that we pretended to be a merchant and went to the Tartar's Pingzhun Treasury to exchange counterfeit money for gold and silver, and we were under the banner of the Tartar merchant, so the Tartar no longer had any suspicions, and only thought it was a normal transaction, isn't that so?" ”
"Your Highness guessed correctly, that's exactly what happened!" Zheng Huchen also high-fived and said, "We can not only exchange gold and silver, but also take the opportunity to buy a large amount of money, and it will not make the Tartars suspicious, and the risk is much less!" ”
"Good idea, then we will pretend to be Persians this time, and next time we will pretend to be big cannibals, shoot an arrow to change places, so that they can't recognize the number of roads, and they can't figure out the rules, and even if they are aware of it, it will be difficult to catch people!" Zhao Hao laughed.
"As His Highness said, we let the Tartars catch the blind, and we were deceived of a large amount of gold and silver and could not find the bitter master!" Zheng Huchen also smiled.
"Okay, it's up to the two of you to decide how to operate, and then it's good to divide the money and this king. It's just that we have to act quickly, and when the Tartars find out that they have been deceived, they will be widely publicized and strictly ordered to be investigated, and it will be difficult to succeed again! Zhao Yu said.
"What Your Highness said is that now that the Tartars have just issued an edict, they will think that it is normal to have a large-scale exchange, and if it is like this for a long time, it will make the leveling treasury tight, and it will be found that there is a fake. And at this time, the big and small fire gates will also be active, and then we will make a fortune, and they will carry the black pot, and it will be difficult to trace our palace! Zhuang Shilin also agreed with His Royal Highness's words.
"Your Highness, since the errand has been assigned to our bureau, please give your name to Your Highness!" Zheng Huchen arched his hand.
"Well, then let's call it the Inner Mansion Silver!" Zhao Hao originally wanted to imitate the previous life and call the Great Song Pingzhun Library, but he thought that it would be easy to be ambiguous by calling it like this, so it was still a custom to enter the countryside...... (To be continued.) )