At this time, the Spaniards and Portuguese in the West obtained a large amount of silver in the Americas, and a large part of this silver was shipped from the Americas to Asia, to buy goods from the East, and then to the West.

Wang Yan didn't know anything about these situations, and he only had a keen sense of the crisis now.

Chen Yonghua sighed slightly, "The current situation is actually easy to solve, spend the silver, buy a large number of materials from the Qing court, and build a large warehouse to store the materials related to the people's livelihood such as grain and salt, which are used to lower prices, and sell silk and porcelain to Nanyang and Xiyi, so that not only can I get the materials in the Ming Dynasty, but also make the Qing court scarce materials, and earn the difference in price." ”

Wang Yan's eyes lit up, and he played with a Xiyi gold coin in his hand and said: "Ben Du has also thought about this problem, silver money, this thing, you can't eat it when you're hungry, you can't wear it when it's cold, why can it make people rush to it." Now that Jing Fufu said it, the Tao seemed to understand that the function of silver money was its purchasing power, and that if he did not use this power, he would be a dead thing. But at the moment, the Qing court's financial resources are far better than mine, what if the Qing court buys our supplies in turn? ”

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "This really has to be guarded against, the prince can let the imperial court issue a clear order, prohibiting the trafficking of grain, salt and iron to the Qing court, if the Qing court also blockades us, we will buy from Nanyang, and the rest don't have to worry, the current prices in Guangnan are high, the Qing court has no intention of doing sea trade at all, and secondly, the economy is destroyed, and the merchants are profit-seeking, and they are definitely willing to sell materials to Guangnan." ”

Wang Yan nodded, thought for a while, and said: "What Fufu means is that for salt, iron, and grain, we have to build a large number of warehouses and buy back materials from others, so that we can feed the army and lower prices with enough materials, and for silk, porcelain, and tea, we will try our best to export and raise prices, so that the merchants in the areas ruled by the Qing court will trade with us, and we will earn the difference from them." ”

In fact, the reason is very simple, although the Qing court now occupies a large territory, but it has no ability to trade abroad, the first Qing court rulers do not know much about overseas trade now, and the second Jiangnan has the sailors of King Lu of Zhoushan, and the Qing court can't go to sea if it wants to trade.

Such a situation made Guangzhou, a foreign port, in short supply of materials, while the Qing court had no way to sell the goods.

It is the nature of merchants to seek profits, and they will definitely buy porcelain, cloth, and tea from Gangnam, where the price is low, and transfer it to Quang Nam, where the price is high, to sell.

Of course, these transactions will definitely be stopped by the Qing court, but it doesn't matter, there are smuggling groups in the Ming Dynasty, and there will definitely be smuggling groups in the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Yonghua was amazed at Wang Yan's ability to understand, he was able to figure out some truths because he watched his family trade with overseas and take care of the tea plantation since he was a child, but Wang Yan was not only thorough, but also able to draw inferences.

"In addition, the imperial court should also mint money to alleviate the embarrassment of insufficient copper coins after commercial development."

Wang Yan thought so, "The imperial court also minted a batch of money in Fujian, but because of the lack of copper, it did not mint much, and the fineness was very poor, and the people basically did not buy it." In fact, at the current financial crisis of the imperial court, the first thing that His Majesty and the household department thought of was to mint money, but Quang Nam did not have any copper reserves, so he gave up. ”

This is outside the study, and suddenly someone announced, "Guogong, according to your orders, Feng Lao of Jingyuan and representatives of various businesses in Guangnan have all come." ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly when he heard this, "Today I have a long talk with Fufu but I have gained a lot, with Fufu's talent, I only study in the Guozijian, which is a waste of talents, it is better to hang the name of the shogunate counselor, while studying and preparing for the exam, while giving advice to the governor." How is it? ”

Chen Yonghua stood up and saluted, "Late life dares to disobey his fate!" ”

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction, and then instructed the subordinates outside: "Let's take Feng Lao and them to the side hall first, and the governor will come later." ”

"Fufu also came with me to listen to the thoughts of many merchants."

Wang Yan's subordinates have now gathered a lot of scholars, but most of them are traditional scholars, even if they have a special talent, they will not deviate too far from the values of traditional scholars, they understand military affairs, logistics, firearms, manufacturing, and Western studies, but they do not understand the existence of economy.

Chen Yonghua's views on the role of silver money and how to regulate it made Wang Yanru a treasure.

They left the study and came to the side hall, where more than a dozen representatives of the firm were seated.

said that it was a representative, but in fact, the head of the business came in person, after all, it was invited by the Duke of Chu, and none of them dared not give face.

"I'm waiting to meet Guogong~"

When the crowd saw Wang Yan coming in, they hurriedly saluted, and Wang Yan waved his hand, "Sit down." ”

At this time, Wang Yan sat down in the right seat, and let Chen Yonghua sit in the upper left place, and said to everyone with a smile: "Today, the governor invited you to tell you about the reform of the imperial court's commercial tax. Previously, the Governor had written to Feng Lao of Jingyuan Firm, asking him to reveal to you the news that the imperial court was going to be reformed, the purpose of which was to give you a breath of relief first, so that you could prepare your minds. Now that the imperial court has decided, tomorrow His Majesty will order the imperial court to formulate a strategy and promulgate it. Until then, I would like to hear your thoughts. Which of you says first? ”

To be honest, many businessmen are not adaptable, and the way they speak now, they only dare to sit on half of their buttocks, and they are given a seat by the emperor with the same appearance.

In the past, what policies the imperial court wanted to implement, how could they ask the opinions of the merchants, and all the merchants were desperately trying to find agents in the imperial court to speak for their interests, but now Wang Yan came directly to the door, and they were a little uncomfortable.

After Wang Yan asked, there was silence in the side hall, although this was not the first time Wang Yan had met them, they had a secret communication with the Zheng family a year ago, and they had also met Wang Yan.

Most businessmen know that the Duke of Chu in front of him is different from the vast majority of bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, but how dare the businessmen and businessmen who have lost the tail of their cars for thousands of years dare to give advice to the majestic Duke of Chu?

Seeing that the atmosphere fell silent, Wang Yan immediately glanced at Feng Yingchang, and the old man immediately understood, stood up and said: "The strategy of the imperial court to reform the commercial tax, the grass people fully agree, the current scale of trade is so large, and the imperial court has canceled many checkpoints, so that the goods will not be exploited during transportation, and the thirty taxes will be changed to ten taxes, and everyone will earn no less than before." ”

When the people of the firm saw Feng Yingchang standing up, they knew that this old thing must have mentioned Wang Yan to speak, and their faces were a little ugly.

Wang Yan smiled slightly and nodded approvingly, "Old Feng's words are very reasonable, the gentry in Jiangnan made trouble with the imperial court for a little tax, and now that the imperial court has lost, have they curried favor?" Two months ago, the Qing soldiers were killed under the city of Guangzhou, and as you can see, more than 300,000 people in Guangnan were killed and wounded, and if you don't pay taxes, the imperial court will not be able to recruit troops to fight. If the Qing army captures Guangzhou, you will have to follow in the footsteps of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, not only will your property be robbed, but even your life will be worried. How many cities were slaughtered by the Qing soldiers, you merchants are well-informed, and you should know without the need for this governor to say it. At present, the imperial court has changed to ten taxes and one, and you only need to take out a small amount, and it is not that you don't make money, so you should take a long-term view. The Governor has proposed to abolish the decree that merchants could only wear cloth clothes during the time of Taizu, although no one has followed it for a long time, but this is a signal that there will be many measures in favor of commerce in the future, if you think long-term, you should understand how to do it! ”

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