Chapter 67

The military salary is 120,000!

Military 30,000!

Government Expenditure......

If you don't have 240,000 taels of silver every month, you won't be able to support it at all! If the war expenses are larger, if there are no three or four hundred thousand taels, they may not be able to sustain it.

And now,

No more money!

Faced with such a reality, Zhu Mingzhong only felt that his head was big for a while.

"Don't we still have food?"

Thinking of food, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes suddenly lit up, food, there was a lot of food in his hands.

"Strategy, but didn't you say that this grain should be of great use in the future, and it can't be sold easily?"

Belch!

It seems that he really said that, after all, there is no panic in the heart of having food in hand, and it is very likely that a lot of food will be used in the future.

Compared with Qian Lei's direct resignation as a complaint, Yao Xiang slowly calculated the detailed accounts.

"These two million stone grain, according to your instructions, in order to prevent it from being destroyed by the Qing captive, 1.5 million stone of them have to be transferred to Yangzhou and Changzhou, and there is no large granary in the two places, so the grain can only be dispersed to the granary of Fu County, so that the cost of transporting grain will naturally increase, so it will take at least 200,000 taels!"

The reason why the grain is transferred away is to avoid Changyingcang being captured by the Qing army, which will lead to the grain being seized or burned, these grains are the foundation of supporting the loyal army, and sometimes, the military salary can be in arrears, after all, the loyal army has been changed to pay once every three months, but the army can not be without food! So no matter what, it is necessary to keep the food.

Money!

In a word, it's still a matter of money!

Now everything is because of financial problems.

"So much? Didn't Yangzhou just solve the 120,000 taels of salt tax last time? ”

Zhu Mingzhong felt furious in his heart when he heard this, but he was still a little unwilling to ask.

"Even if you add the 120,000 taels of salt tax from Yangzhou, there are actually 1,475,313 taels of silver in the Huke Silver Treasury, and now the cumulative expenditure is nearly 1.2 million taels, and the remaining silver is less than 300,000 taels!"

Yao Xiang's answer made Zhu Mingzhong exclaim almost immediately.

"This can't be, I remember that the library didn't say that there were nearly two million taels?"

"Jingluo, there are 60,000 taels of gold in the silver money of the former Qing puppet official who came from Yangzhou, and these gold are all in accordance with your instructions, and they will not be used for the time being, and since they want to exchange gold for silver, who can exchange so much gold now?"

The reason why he said this is very simple, the value ratio of gold and silver in China is now one to eight, that is, one tael of gold for eight taels of silver, and in Europe it is one to fifteen, one tael of gold for fifteen taels of silver, and it is precisely because of this price difference that European businessmen can import Japanese and American silver into China for gold, and they can make more than double the profit.

For Zhu Mingzhong, who has always been interested in developing overseas trade, of course he is not willing to sell 60,000 taels of gold at such a low price, and since he wants to sell it, he should also sell it at a price of 1:15, which is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

If you really can't do it, just dispose of the gold!

After all, money is dead!

As for the gold, it will be exchanged for silver in the future......

"That's it!"

Sighing, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Qian Lei and Yao Xiang, and then said loudly.

"If it's gone, it's gone, the way of the money, I'll think about it, Bingqi, Baotian, you don't have to worry about the silver, first take the gold in the silver treasury to Yangzhou, give it to those salt merchants, and exchange it for silver from their hands, as for the rest, let's find a way to ......."

The reason why he decided to hand over the gold to the salt merchants was because Zhu Mingzhong had long regarded those people as fat sheep and would cut them no matter what, but it was not yet time. When the time comes, the loyal army will no longer need to worry about money.

"Jinglu, even if all the gold is exchanged, it won't last long!"

After a slight order, let Qian Lei speak.

"The key to this is to find a way to open source, if it is not open source, even if you get some silver, but it is also a mountain of empty food!"

Open source!

The reason why Qian Lei said this is very simple, as a left senator, he knows very well that only Huaiyang and Changzhou's taxes cannot maintain the expenses of the loyal army, and the current expenditure is large, and the future expenditure will only be greater, especially in the future, it is very likely that there will be a larger expenditure.

"After a big battle, I don't know how many soldiers will be killed, how many soldiers will be wounded, and the dead officers and soldiers will need to be compensated, the wounded soldiers need to be healed, and the disabled soldiers also need to be resettled, these are all silver ......."

Without waiting for Qian Lei to finish speaking, Zhu Mingzhong snorted coldly.

"When the time comes, the silver will naturally be available!"

The reason why I didn't start with the salt merchants in Jin Province in Yangzhou now was not because of anything else, but because the time was not ripe at the moment, but when the time came, the time would definitely be ripe.

Jingluo's answer made Qian Lei and Yao Xiang stunned, although they didn't know where the money would come from, but the reason why the two of them came here today was for another thing, and even acting in this play was also for that event as a foreshadowing.

"Jinglu, in fact, there is another way, if it is implemented, it can solve the dilemma of the year!"

"Oh? What's the idea? ”

Hearing Qian Lei say this, Zhu Mingzhong knew that this kid was not picking, but coming prepared!

"Please take a look!"

As he spoke, Qian Lei took out a copper coin.

"Making money?"

Take over the money, this is the market circulation of the "Shunzhi Tongbao", perhaps now Huaiyang has driven away the Qing Dynasty, but the market circulation of money, is still "Shunzhi Tongbao", as for the Ming Dynasty money, as early as more than ten years ago Tianqi, Chongzhen both cast new money, because the copper contains only two or three percent, the quality is brittle and thin, the ground is broken, so the people refuse to use. And this copper content is as much as seventy percent of the "Shunzhi Tongbao", which is still circulating in the market until now.

"Jingluo, it is this money, the humble post has sent someone to ask, in the past, the Jiangning Bureau minted money Qianwen including the capital of silver in about 0.6 yuan, that is to say, every money Qianwen can get nearly half ......of the silver profit"

This is exactly the reason why Qian Lei and Yao Xiang came here for the purpose of subsidizing expenses with money.

"Bingqi, you mean we also mint money?"

Looking at Qian Lei, Zhu Mingzhong immediately understood what he meant.

"That's right, after a strategy, we can open a money bureau in Jiangbei, and collect scrap copper coinage, and now there is more money in the market than silver is cheap, and the furnace can get nearly double the profit! Just ......"

Emphasizing the windfall profits of minting money, Qian Lei looked at Jing Luo and added.

"It's just that, after a while, I'm afraid that this coinage is a bit risky......"