Chapter Eighty-Eight: The War (Part II)

In the following time, Liu Bowen was like falling into an ice cave.

It seems that there has never been a time in my memory that the court meeting has been held for so long. There has never been a time when the air in the room has been so hot.

And the jubilant voices of the crowd continued to drill into his ears all the time. Every sentence sounds vile and vicious.

Wechen thought that the source of the gold was not a difficult problem. When the Mongols founded the country, they strictly forbade the inflow of gold and silver. Merchants must first go to the Municipal Exchange Office to exchange gold and silver for banknotes before they can be used. The Governor's Office can also follow this example and prohibit the use of loose gold and silver in bulk transactions from now on. Whoever comes to Huaiyang to buy goods must exchange gold and silver for coins. In this way, as long as the trade routes of Huaiyang continue, the source of gold and silver will not be exhausted..."Zhang Song, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, still maintains the tradition of the bureaucrats of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and only solves problems for his masters, regardless of whether the people live or die.

This idea immediately aroused loud opposition from Luo Ben, the prefect of Yangzhou, "Weichen thinks that Director Zhang's plan is inappropriate... The reason why the traders are willing to come to our Huaiyang to trade is first of all because my Huaiyang goods are exquisite, cheap and sufficient. Secondly, the rules of Huaiyang are simple, and the government never bullies others. If you follow the old tricks of Meng Yuan, you will lose the heart of the world's businessmen. In the long run, the Governor's Mansion suffers..."

"Actually, I don't have to worry about not being able to earn gold and silver. If I Huaiyang's mirrors, ice emeralds and other things, I can have more. And it is stipulated that all traders who use gold will be given a 20% discount. Naturally, the gold will flow back in a steady stream..."Li Mubai, the deputy director of the Commercial Bureau, pretended to have a stomach full of business experience, stood up, shook his head and gave Zhu Chongjiu an idea.

"No, no. If there is too much of something, it is not worth much. The mirror and the ice emerald are the treasures of my Huaiyang, and they must not be killed to take the eggs..."Jiao Yu, the director of the Great Craftsman Academy, knew the true cost of mirrors and glass, and stood up and cautiously refuted.

"Weichen thinks that the words of Director Li and Master Jiao have merits, and they are also inappropriate..."Cai Liang, deputy director of the Industrial Bureau, as a third party, quickly gave a different opinion, "The mirror is indeed my Huaiyang's unique skill, and it will not be a problem to sell it at a high price for a few more years." However, the ice cui and glass plates have been transported from the sea by big cannibals, and although the condition is worse than ours in Huaiyang, the price is at least half cheaper. Obviously, there are also people in the Western countries who are familiar with this stunt..."

"As far as the old man knows, the merchants of Venice have been making variegated glass at least a few hundred years ago, that is, what you call Bingcui...", the deputy commander of the Second Army, made Ivanov stand up, stroked his gray beard, and pretended to be a wise man. It's a pity that his brown hair and face are full of flesh, which greatly reduces his image.

"Venice again... According to you, Venice is thousands of miles away from our Huaiyang. The big cannibal has traveled thousands of miles to transport some ice green, how much will the consumption on the road alone? ”

"Ivan, how can you find anything in the far west of your mouth? You're not talking nonsense, are you? None of us have ever been to the one you mentioned, that Europa..."

In all directions, a wave of doubts quickly swelled up. With the exception of the generals of the Second Army itself, almost all the people in the other departments did not want to believe that Ivanov was telling the truth.

"I, I'm an Orthodox Christian, never, never lie..."Ivanov immediately blushed and began to make a big cross on himself.

Far from being honest as expected, this pretentious move attracted more ridicule and questioning. Especially those who knew him well as early as Xuzhou, they all opened their mouths and ridiculed: "I... Last time, you said that there was a dragon with wings and a special catch for yellow flower girls to eat?? ”

"And the Cyclops, who specialize in throwing stones at passing ships..."

"It is also said that everyone in the world is born from an ancestor, so isn't everyone a brother and sister**? …”

In recent years, although the Chinese civilization has experienced a catastrophe, it has not lost its self-confidence. Therefore, everyone does not have the slightest reverence for Europa, Orthodox Christianity and Western mythology in Ivanov's mouth. On the contrary, I felt that this brown-haired and blue-eyed barbarian was so good at making amazing words that he did not have the slightest credibility in what he said.

Ivanov was ridiculed to the point that he had no choice but to turn his head and ask Zhu Chongjiu for help, "The lord, the lord can testify." I, all the things I'm talking about, aren't nonsense..."

Zhu Chongjiu knew that at this moment, the development of Eastern and Western civilizations was rapidly approaching each other. He waved his hand and said with a smile, "Okay, okay." Don't make fun of Ivan, there are indeed many legends and customs on his side, which are very different from ours..."

"Venice has glass, and it's true," Ivanov refused to stop, stiffening his neck and emphasizing in a sullen voice.

"It's true that Venice has glass. It was built earlier than our Yangzhou side. Many years earlier. There is also our hydraulic forging technique, which was originally figured out according to Ivan's introduction... In this regard, he has made the same great contributions as Huang and Jiao Dajiang..."Zhu Chongjiu nodded, telling the truth.

Ivanov immediately felt that the bones all over his body had turned into feathers, and he turned his head around, and then slowly sat down, adding with pride on his face, "Believe it or not, anyway, the secret of glass can't be kept for too long... That big cannibal is the most greedy for money, and when he finds out the huge profits of glass, he will definitely try his best to steal the formula. Even if you can't steal from our Huaiyang, you will steal from Europa. Anyway, it's a matter of time or later..."

Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu was willing to testify on behalf of Ivanov, Huang Lao Crooked did not dare to doubt it anymore. Quickly stood up and said in a low voice: "In this way, Weichen thinks that the output of Bingcui and glass does need to be greatly increased... Before the big cannibal has made a move, he will sell it first. When the big cannibals got the formula from Europe and from the west, the whole country was already full of our Huaiyang goods. He can't sell it for a high price if he wants to..."

"Hmm..."Zhu Chongjiu thought for a while and nodded resolutely, "The glass workshop can be opened more." The matter was handled by the Industrial Bureau, the Commercial Bureau and the Huaiyang Company. The glass produced should not only be sold to the surrounding areas, but also some should be shipped to Quanzhou and Guangzhou. The price is at the discretion of the shopkeeper in charge of the affairs there. Didn't the great food merchants like to go and sell their goods with gold, so they sold the glass to them, and they sold it to other places outside of China..."

"The ministers obey orders..."Yu Changlin, Li Mubai, Huang Laowei, Cai Liang and others bowed down at the same time and agreed in unison.

"The coinage thing is still business as usual. Don't be in a hurry to stop suppressing the gold yuan, and you don't have to change the fineness. Again, the first thing is to establish the credibility of our Grand Governor's Office. As for the problem of Jin Yuan's loss of capital, it can be made up for by expanding the sales of goods..."After looking around, Zhu Chongjiu made a second decision.

"Weichen obeys..."Zhang Song, the director of the Internal Affairs Department, stood up and bowed his hand.

"As for the next sale of goods, I have a not very mature method here, let's see if it works..."After a little consideration, Zhu Chongjiu continued to mention, "Not only focusing on Jingzhou, you can summarize your experience in Jingzhou a while ago, and then aim at Dadu." We have never cut off the canal, and Meng Yuan needs to buy grain from the south to subsidize the gap in the north, so since the death of the detachment, there has been no attempt to jam the canal waterway again. In this way, we will sell all the products produced in Huaiyang, except for mirrors, glass and weapons, at a lower price, and would rather make less money, and let the goods be sold in large quantities to the north. For four or five months, all parts of the canal must have become accustomed to using our Huaiyang goods, rather than their own home-grown goods. At this time, if we suddenly start hoarding goods and reluctant to sell, prices will inevitably be chaotic in various places along the coast. ”

Accepting Mr. Su's direct advice last time, he has now completely abandoned the "farming" in his memory...... Mining...... Explosive ...... Offensive...... Replanting...... Re-mining - "the humble way." Instead, the war is always in mind.

Without sufficient capacity to expand territory, the means of war are more than a battle for dominance. Zhu Chongjiu wanted to learn from all kinds of negative tricks used by countries and countries in another time and space, and tried them again and again...

"The lord's plan is very clever..."The vision of all civil and military officials, how can people in the era of information explosion be broadened? Immediately clapped their hands and applauded. "Use the method of dealing with the answer Ya Badulu to deal with Dadu, hehe, toss a few times, and the Tartar Emperor will no longer have the money to send troops to fight us..."

"I heard from the vendors that they have also learned our spinning and weaving methods, and they are tossing and turning. Let's just use Huaiyang goods to hit the door, so that those who raised weavers will lose their money..."

"Good, the richest people in the world are the Mongolian emperors and those lamas, who will go if you don't earn their money?"

There are also one or two old and cautious people, such as Lu Luzeng, who cautiously reminded, "The lord is in a hurry to carry out this plan." Although my Huaiyang is rich, after all, the territory is only half of Henan. And the Mengyuan Emperor has thirteen provinces. The land is vast and the family is rich..."

"The old man's words are wrong... If the Tartar Emperor had used the power of the country, he would have destroyed our Huaiyang long ago... Why wait until today? Chen Ji, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, shook his head and interrupted with a smile, "Don't say that there is no one in the Mengyuan Imperial Court who is good at managing financial goods. Even if there are people, all he can mobilize is at most half of the strength of Zhongshu Province, and there are still many elbows in the capital. He wants to compete with us, and he is destined to lose everything..."

"Hmm...... Alas..."The elder Shi Lulu muttered for a moment, and sighed softly. Although Chen Ji's words were full of arrogance, when he thought about it carefully, he was not wrong at all. The Great Yuan Dynasty seems to be a vast land, but the power that the imperial court can mobilize is pitiful. On the other hand, Huaiyang has only captured half of Henan so far. But just by setting a strategy, you can quickly gather all your strength. You can beat your opponent to the ground every time.

"In fact, it's not just low prices that suppress local goods. Anything that is in short supply in the local area, we can secretly buy it at a higher price, so that the local poor will become poorer and the rich will become richer. Seeing that the last opponent was silent, the enthusiasm of the crowd grew. They opened their mouths one after another, and perfected and supplemented the plan put forward by Zhu Chongjiu in detail.

"The real shortage of food is in Zhongshu Province. Although Hama organized a large number of people to work in the fields, the effect was not significant. As long as we raise the price of grain in the Huaiyang area during the summer harvest and autumn harvest. Naturally, there were local merchants who would sell grain south along the canal. And when the time comes, we will secretly intercept the grain ships going to the north and hoard the grain at a high price."

"It's not right to just mess with food. The key is to kill all the big businesses in the province that are unwilling to buy our accounts. When the rest are all in the same breath as our Huaiyang, they can naturally manipulate it as they want..."

War is the best litmus test, and no one who can sit in the chamber of the Governor's Mansion at this moment is a fool. It's just that everyone didn't realize it before, and the fact that the businessmen, who were usually looked down upon by scholars, can actually become a sharp weapon to kill the enemy. And Zhu Chongjiu just cautiously pushed open a window for everyone, and immediately after, a storm began to brew rapidly with the council hall as the core.

"Wechen has a mention, please consider it. According to Ivan, in their hometown, the church would sell a kind of indulgence. Whoever buys it will be forgiven of his sins after death. The chief steward was merciful and did not want to kill the prisoners. Therefore, I might as well print a batch of indulgence scrolls and sell them to those generals of Meng Yuan. In the future, anyone who is captured by our army on the battlefield will be able to calmly get out with this volume..."

"Wechen heard that the henchmen of the Hama faction built a large sea ship in Zhigu in order to transport grain by sea after the canal was abandoned. Some time ago, the price of timber in the north skyrocketed. The Military Intelligence Department might as well find a way to send a few drawings of the Daifuku ship over and wait for Hama to build the ship. Yu Tonghai's escort fleet is estimated to be almost trained. Just went to fetch the big ship back..."

"You don't have to pick it up, it's best to let Hama keep it. When his fleet is full of grain and departs, we will suddenly send a fleet to intercept it. The capital is waiting for the grain ship to arrive, and we don't need to toss the price of rice, we have to fly to the sky..."

"Trade is a road. But when it comes to copper and gold, we still have to find a way to be self-sufficient. As far as Weichen knows, Tongling has produced gold and copper and other things since ancient times, while Monk Peng sits on Baoshan but does not know how to operate. Now that Xu Shouhui has made an alliance with my Huaiyang, why don't the lord send someone to discuss with Monk Peng, and the Huaiyang firm will fund him to open a mine. If there is a property, the two sides divide it equally... In this way, it can solve my urgent need for Huaiyang, and he Peng Monk doesn't have to live a tight life..."

"There is also Qizhou, which is also a place of copper production. Xu Shouhui doesn't know how to operate, so it's better to hand it over to Huaiyang Firm. ”

"It's a pity that there is a Zhu Chongba in the middle..."

"With the things he did, as soon as the covenant with Gaoyou expires, the lord can immediately send troops to destroy him."

"Boom..."A thunderbolt suddenly came to mind outside the house, opening the curtain of this year's autumn flood. The black clouds, wrapped in lightning and torrential rain, rolled rapidly from south to north.

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