The black market, a brand new term, spread all over Shenyang City within a few days. In particular, the businessmen and ordinary people who held silver dollars in their hands flocked to it.

As long as you hold the silver dollar, you can exchange it for silver, but you can't exchange it for huàn according to one to one, and one yuan can only be exchanged for three coins of silver. One tael of silver and sixteen coins became three coins, less than eighty percent, but what can be done!

Although the king of Khan issued a strict decree that all shops must accept silver dollars, people always have a way, and if they close the doors of their shops and do not do business, can they still hold a knife to their necks and force people to sell them?

Forced into desperation, the officials of Jiannu who held a large number of silver dollars in their hands, as well as the merchants and ordinary people, found the mysterious black market one after another, and exchanged the silver dollars in their hands. No matter how much you lose, you will admit it, and you can get it back a little bit.

Even Fan Wencheng was no exception, the housekeeper ran in breathlessly with two ingots in his hand.

"Master, it's been exchanged, you see that it's twenty taels of silver!"

Fan Wencheng glanced at it and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Sir, what's wrong with you? Still not happy about the silver? ”

"Happy? A hundred taels of silver became twenty taels, and I came out with joy? Fan Wencheng roared angrily!

He has always boasted of his intelligence, but he didn't expect to be played with in applause, and his indignation can be imagined. In fact, it's not just him, from the boar skin downwards, the entire Dajin Kingdom has been played around.

These people are not in a hurry to exchange the silver, as long as the rumors have passed, and everyone has regained their composure, they will understand that the silver dollar contains a large amount of silver, and no matter how valuable it is, it will not be so low.

But who made Jiannu know nothing about finance, they have been tossed and scared, as long as they are stained with the word bank, they are afraid to death. I can't wait to make a move right away.

It's not surprising that they were slaughtered!

The silver dollar was exchanged for silver, and then the silver was exchanged for the silver dollar, which seemed to have returned to the original point, but at least more than ninety percent of the silver flowing in the market of Dajin Country was lost, and it was sucked clean by the star **.

But is there a way, there is no way at all!

And take the initiative to let people slaughter! After a few more days, he heard that the black market had risen to five dollars of silver for one silver dollar, and Fan Wencheng immediately exchanged another hundred yuan. A few days later, it rose to seven yuan, and Fan Wencheng hurriedly exchanged all his family funds back for silver. I returned home with a snicker.

After tossing around, there were only more than 100 taels of silver left under his hand, which made him cry without tears. At this time, there is simply not a word on the market that can be described.

A large amount of silver outflow, not to mention ordinary people, even the pockets of the Eight Banners nobles were tight, and business fell to the point of dispensability overnight, with a depression in all industries and a shortage of materials. It's even more decaying than when it was just defeated!

Commerce has been back for at least a few decades, and people have even gone to the point of talking about money, bartering has been adopted, and Jiannu has been beaten back to the era of fishing and hunting almost overnight.

The war of finance is far more lethal than that of war. The bloody reality not only taught Jiannu a lesson, but even the Yizhou soldiers who made a lot of money became panicked.

When the ships carrying silver docked outside the island of Changsheng. Qiao Fu, Yu Weiliang, Du Qing. Ming Wenyuan and the others were completely stupid.

The men brought boxes of silver out of the boat and piled them on the dock like a hill.

Qiao Fu rubbed the sweat on his palms, opened the box, and suddenly there were white flowers, dazzling eyes, and he held a handful, and pressed his hands heavily.

"Mr. Bao, how much silver did we get?"

Bao Shiqing said with a smile: "Champion Gong, this arbitrage cost about more than 300,000 taels of silver, and it was exchanged for almost one million yuan!" Coupled with the silver deposits in the treasury of Changsheng Island, all of them are counted, and they have earned more than three million taels from the Tartars! ”

"Oh my God!"

Qiao Fu sat on the ground, although he admired Zhang Ke's ability to make money, but after all, he had been in the capital for a period of time, and he did not participate in the matter of abolishing the two yuan at all, and greatly underestimated Zhang Ke's ability to turn over the clouds and rain.

And three million taels is indeed an astonishing amount, and the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong is less than four million taels a year, which means that it almost gets a year's military expenditure. And it was snatched from the hands of the Tartars, and this is the effect of six million taels!

When Zhang Ke appeared on the dock, these people all had the urge to kneel and kowtow.

"Master, take in the disciple!"

Zhang Ke didn't care too much about the blazing heat in the eyes of his subordinates, he had more important things to worry about.

"Shiqing."

"The subordinates are here."

"Well, you immediately transfer all the silver dollars to the big ship, immediately withdraw to Dengzhou, and take the road back to Liaodong." Zhang Ke commanded.

Bao Shiqing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "My lord, why bother, at the moment, the black market is still exchanging huàn silver, and there is a fleet to help the rebel militia everywhere." ”

"I don't want to be in a hurry, but God won't agree!" Zhang Ke raised his head and looked at the northwest direction, the vast sky.

A gust of sea breeze blew, cold to the bone, as if countless steel needles pierced the cracks of the bones, and it was painful to penetrate the heart, even if it was a thick leather robe, it was difficult to resist the cold wind.

Everyone present was shocked, Mingwen had been at sea for a long time, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

"Oh no!"

"What's wrong?" Yu Weiliang said nonchalantly: "Isn't it good now, if you want people and people, you want money and money, even if the Tartars are killed, what can you do, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth." ”

"Brother Yu, how can it be as simple as you say!" Ming Wenyuan stomped his feet, pointed to the sea and said: "See, the weather is getting colder and colder, and in a few days, the sea will be frozen, and then there will be a flat river between Tartar and Changsheng Island, and there is no danger to defend." ”

"Really?"

Yu Weiliang finally knew that he was in trouble, he opened his mouth wide, and the cold wind choked him and coughed.

"Alas, more than that, once Changsheng Island is surrounded by ice floes, the fleet outside will not be able to dock, and it will not be able to replenish. Imagine more than 10,000 soldiers trapped on Eternal Life Island, opposite by the endless attacks of the Tartars, what will be the result? ”

Ming Wenyuan spoke in a loud voice, and everyone else listened to it sincerely.

Qiao Fu jumped up first and hurriedly asked, "Lao Ming, don't talk nonsense, will there be sea ice in the end?" ”

"I can't say for sure." Ming Wenyuan scratched his head and said, "Based on my years of experience, Changsheng Island is the limit of sea ice. To the south, there is no more in the area of Jinzhouwei (Dalian). In recent years, the weather has become colder and colder, and the seaside has become more and more every year, sometimes freezing for a month. ”

In the land of Changsheng Island, without the backing of the vast ocean, it is a desperate situation, and when he heard what Ming Wenyuan said, the big guys all raised their hearts to their throats.

Ming Wenyuan arched his hand at Zhang Ke and said, "My lord, I think it's better to evacuate Changsheng Island and retreat to Liaodong." Wait until the spring flowers bloom to seize the island. ”

"No!" Zhang Ke shook his head resolutely.

He had been planning for so long, just to take some money back, wouldn't it be in vain? What's more, Zhang Ke also wanted to take this opportunity to greatly weaken the strength of the old slave, and retreated without fighting, which was not Zhang Ke's style at all.

"Sea ice is a difficult one, but it's the same with Tartars, as long as you use your brains. Turn passive into active, Eternal Island is the graveyard of the Tartars! ”

Zhang Ke said confidently: "First the people revolted, and then the financial crackdown, and the anger of Jiannu has reached its peak. You have to find us desperately. Our advantage is firearms, and with two legs not being able to catch up with four legs, Jiannu has thrown itself into the net, so why don't we do it! ”

"Your Excellency. Having said that, Changsheng Island is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it is not a place to use troops. Du Qing said. Apparently he also advocated withdrawal.

Zhang Ke is still kind to his subordinates, but once he makes up his mind, it is useless for others to say anything.

"Once the sea freezes, from Beixinkou to Nanxinkou, dozens of miles of sea will become a flat river, and Jiannu can gallop at will." Zhang Ke voiced everyone's concerns.

"However, we all have hands, don't we know how to change the terrain and create conditions that are beneficial to us?"

Qiao Fu's eyes rolled, and he said: "I agree, let's just recruit people, guard the sea, freeze it, and immediately chisel the sea." ”

Good idea!

Many people's eyes lit up, and they all agreed, and gave Zhuangyuanlang a thumbs up. But Zhang Ke doesn't see it that way, you must know that in history, in the famous Battle of Juehua Island, more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians on the island dug the sea day and night, buried their heads in hard work for three days and nights, countless people suffered frostbite, and even lost their fingers.

However, the weather is not beautiful, day by day it is getting colder, and the sea surface that has been chiseled is quickly frozen, and as a result, when the old slave is killed, as soon as he walks by, the soldiers and civilians of Juehua Island are all sacrificed, and the grain on the island is looted.

Although the situation on Changsheng Island is much better than that of Juehua Island, who knows how much sea ice there will be, Zhang Ke doesn't want to take risks. What's more, the sea can only be used for passive defense, which goes against Zhang Ke's original intention.

"You all come here, I have an idea, let's take a closer look."

……

Three days are fleeting, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, a large amount of ice floes have appeared on the sea, Bao Shiqing has left Changsheng Island with a big ship two days ago, and there are only less than 15,000 soldiers led by Zhang Ke on the island, and everyone is waiting anxiously.

In the afternoon, the missionary Jaime found Zhang Ke and said in stiff Chinese: "Your Excellency, General, in the evening, there will be, a big, blizzle, snow!" I swear by God, in the name of God! ”

"Here's your chance!"

Zhang Ke stood up suddenly, immediately issued an order, the soldiers acted quickly, and everyone drove more than 200 ships to Nanxinkou and Beixinkou, and anchored and parked according to the predetermined direction.

Sure enough, after a night of snowstorms, the sea froze into rocks, and the ships were frozen in the ice, only half of them were exposed, like castles, densely packed, as if guards, blocking the way of the Tartar attack.

With the ship as the wall, in the cabin, there are a large number of firecrackers, so that they can both attack and defend, and no matter how many Tartars come, they are sure to fight to the end.

From the initial use of ice to build the city, to the current use of sea ice to make fortifications, Zhang Ke's means have undoubtedly improved a lot.

Just as the Yizhou soldiers were stepping up to improve the fortifications, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the opposite continent, and the white dragon flag flew in the air.

The Tartars are coming! (To be continued......)

ps: Kavin is very strict, and his thinking doesn't make sense......