Chapter 312: Financial War (Second Update, Asking for Support)

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Figured it out?

What kind of solution?

Do you want to take two million out of it yourself?

Although he can really come up with this money, Zhu Yifeng doesn't want to take this money from the "inner library". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past two years, he has monopolized the export of raw silk and other local goods in Huguang, and through the direct export of these local goods and the import of foreign goods such as cotton cloth, the annual profit of the foreign company is about 5 million taels. Of course, the most lucrative income at present is more than 170 taels of gold exchanged in Japan, which is a profit of nearly 20 million.

Even after deducting the depreciation and other expenses from the official bank, the profit is more than 10 million taels. It is precisely because of this that there are currently at least 15 million taels in the "inner treasury", and of course this money is now deposited in the Far Eastern Bank.

However, unless he had no choice but to do so, Zhu Yifeng would never touch this "family money", not to mention that this "family money" was extremely necessary for Far Eastern Bank's trade, even if it would be more important in the future.

According to Zhu Yifeng's plan, in the next five years, Far Eastern Bank will continue to monopolize the export trade, and its profits will exceed 40 million taels, plus other profits, after five years, Far Eastern Bank will be able to spend 70 million taels, that is, 100 million yuan for a more important cause.

This money is soon related to the future of the country, and it is also more related to the future of the Zhu family, Zhu Yifeng has never thought that he is so selfless, no matter what the future holds, he must first ensure his own benefits. 100 million yuan of strategic investment beyond the times! Enough for his children and grandchildren to "splurge". This is precisely a manifestation of selfishness, and of course, people are always selfish.

"I still have to find a way somewhere else!"

"This is our ...... Silver dollar coupons issued? ”

Zhu Yifeng looked at the extremely beautifully printed banknote in his hand in surprise, and suddenly looked at it, this solid row of dragon banknotes looked a bit like a silver ticket, but carefully looked at it, it only borrowed the form of the silver ticket in the pattern, and its pattern and texture were more borrowed from the West, and more importantly, its complex texture was "gravure printing", which was mainly used for the printing of currency and other negotiable coupons even in later generations.

"Is it gravure?"

"Yes, my lord, in order to be able to print the new silver dollar coupons, the official silver has hired many engraving technicians from the United States and England with a large sum of money, as well as a division of plate technicians, who are in charge of product design, engraving steel intaglio plates, and teaching apprentices. While teaching apprentices and training engraving technicians, they also personally designed and engraved the steel intaglio of the silver dollar coupon of the official silver number, which is divided into four kinds of silver dollar coupons: one yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, and one hundred yuan, and is currently engraved into the first two, with precise engraving, clear lines, clear layers, and very good color quality, even compared with European and American banknotes, it is not inferior......

When mentioning this matter, Wang Zimao seemed a little proud, everything must be planned in advance, from the original issuance of "public bonds", found that the printing of public bonds can only be printed in the traditional way of silver bills, he became interested in the printing of Western exquisite banknotes, so he immediately decided to hire technicians from Europe and the United States, buy equipment, for printing bonds and banknotes.

"You've done a good job!"

Zhu Yifeng opened his mouth and praised that he was indeed a little negligent in the issuance of banknotes. I feel that the texture of the paper used for silver dollar coupons seems to be stronger than the paper used for banknotes in later generations.

The lord's actions made Wang Zimao quickly explain.

"This paper is also different from the mulberry paper used to print public bonds before, this paper is based on Xuanxian mulberry paper, drawing on the process of three pieces of paper and Western cotton and linen paper, and the three paper-making processes are fused together......

In the design of this set of silver dollar coupons, Wang Zimao can be said to have taken a lot of effort, it can be said that the strengths of the collection of the best, not only from Xuancheng to escape the war, but also through the Far Eastern Company from Japan to attract papermakers, plus hired from the British papermaking engineer to bring cotton and linen papermaking technology, and then the advantages of the three together, in the raw materials to add the unique plants along the river, and finally formed this beautiful, sturdy paper that is difficult for outsiders to copy.

"Let's start with the paper......

Looking at the slightly yellowed silver dollar coupon, Zhu Yifeng nodded, he was not interested in how to make this banknote, but the full version of the extremely clear, three-dimensional dragon watermark and complex patterns, coupled with special paper, it is indeed difficult to imitate this banknote.

However, the problem now is not here, you need not only beautiful paper money that cannot be imitated, but paper money that can be spent!

"So is it the right time to issue dollar bills?"

This is what Zhu Yifeng is most concerned about, banknotes can only be spent to be money, or not just waste paper.

"My lord, the Manchu Dynasty's Hubu silver tickets have been used in Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi since last year, and even Zhejiang and Fujian can see it, and their silver tickets can be spent, and we can also spend them!"

The Hubu silver note is a paper money issued by the Manchu Qing government last year to cope with huge expenses, which resembles the Ming treasure banknote and is slightly smaller, in fact, it is the same as the silver dollar coupon is also a reference to the way of the private silver bill, this is because the people are used to the form of the silver ticket.

"Yes, now the Manchu court is relying on this silver ticket to maintain its rule, last year the Taiping Army's Northern Expeditionary Army has crossed the Yellow River, the household department does not care about observing the consequences of the trial of the official ticket, so it approved the official ticket to Xianfeng to implement it to the whole country. Intensify the printing of 2 million taels. Later, after this Yixun ascended the throne, he printed 2 million taels, and after we robbed Zhejiang's grain, in order to solve the grain salary, we printed 5 million taels of Qing Dynasty silver bills......"

Silver Ticket!

Suddenly, Zhu Yifeng's eyes lit up, just thinking of a way on his side, how to forget about this matter, silver ticket! He can seal it in the Manchu Dynasty, but can't he also print it himself?

took out a document from the drawer, looked at Zhang Sen and said,

"This is a sample of the Tobe silver ticket, you can take a look at ......"

Handing the document to Zhang Sen, Zhu Yifeng said with a smile.

"Well, can you find a way to print it?"

Where to get the money?

Of course, it is impossible to rely on the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, not to mention, the banknotes have not yet been officially issued, and after thinking about it, Zhu Yifeng finally set his sights on the Manchu Qing Dynasty's silver bills. What kind of agency is best in charge of this? Of course, it was the intelligence agencies who were in charge of this, after all, the silver ticket was to be used in the Manchu-ruled areas in the future.

"Print it?"

Zhang Sen looked at the silver tickets in surprise, then looked at Han Du with some puzzlement, and then asked tentatively.

"My lord, is the government nervous right now?"

He said this because he had heard about the controversy at the budget meeting. Now Han Governor wants to print the silver stamps of the Ministry of Households, obviously to solve the problem of consumption.

Shaking his head, Zhu Yifeng looked at Zhang Sen and said.

"The reason why I want to print this Qing Dynasty silver ticket. First, it is indeed insufficient, is this second? ”

Pointing at the silver ticket in his hand, Zhu Yifeng sneered.

"Not going on the Northern Expedition for the time being, it's a strategy formulated by the Fuzhong, it's not that we don't have the strength of the Northern Expedition, but because after the Northern Expedition, we can't establish effective rule, and rash expansion is likely to drag ourselves down,"

From one state two years ago, to the current three provinces, the territory has expanded too fast, although the use of the old bureaucratic rule seems to be stable, but in fact, there are many unknown hidden dangers in this degree of expansion. It's like blowing up a big balloon, it continues to inflate, and sooner or later it will explode. The most important issue now is to thoroughly digest the territory of the three provinces and train their internal strength, as for the north...... There are Taiping troops on the Henan side, and there are Taiping troops in the east. As for Zeng Guofan, who has always been a confidant, under the attack of the Taiping army, he was unable to take care of Hunan at all, and waited for a few more years, until the three provinces completed the digestion, initially cultivated a group of their own people, and had a stable ruling foundation, whether it was the Northern Expedition or the Western Expedition, it was naturally put on the agenda.

"But we can't watch the Manchus use silver tickets to loot private wealth, so in the past few years, we have to fight an economic war with the Manchus, and it ......"

Pointing to the silver tickets, Zhu Yifeng sneered.

"This silver ticket is an economic war, and since the Manchu Qing Dynasty introduced official tickets, the issuance and circulation have been subject to various resistances. Now the value of this banknote has been falling because of the increase in circulation, and now the 1,000 banknote is only worth 3 or 400 wen in the capital, so we have to push it hard and completely abolish it! ”

This is Zhu Yifeng's goal, and it is important to obtain a "shortfall" of 2 million yuan, but more importantly, it is necessary to completely abolish the Manchu silver bills, and make them naturally withdraw from the market by printing a large number of counterfeit money, and can no longer support his regime with worthless silver bills.

"Lord, the minister understands, it is to use this silver ticket to destroy the reputation of the Manchu Dynasty, of course, by the way, you can also earn a sum of silver, the lord can rest assured, the minister will definitely do this well!"

Whether Zhang Sen can handle this matter well, Zhu Yifeng is not clear, but he knows very well that now for him, the biggest opponent is actually not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but time!

Time and opportunity are your biggest opponents!

If he could, Zhu Yifeng would prefer to be able to strengthen himself with the strength of the whole country, but he does not have the ability to unify now, and there is no way to digest the fruits of this victory.

When the world is not ready to be united, the cost of reckless reunification is likely to be devastating. This price is not something he is willing to accept, but on the other hand, the opportunities in front of him make him unwilling to miss them, and some opportunities are the same for the country and people, if they can't be seized, then they are fleeting.

Thinking of another ongoing matter, Zhu Yifeng frowned, and even whispered a little tangled.

"This is an opportunity...... Really...... Don't miss it! (To be continued.) )