Jiannu enjoyed a short period of advanced banking services, and with the loss of Changsheng Island, the bank notes and deposit slips in his hand became waste paper. However, silver dollars are still in circulation.

During this time, Bao Shiqing not only sold things to Tartars, but also bought special products on a large scale, and there were as many as 5,000 quintals of ginseng alone!

You must know that since the outbreak of the war in Liaodong, the source of ginseng has been cut off, but almost everyone regards ginseng as a treasure, and the price is the same every day.

Bao Shiqing just sold ginseng, which was enough to earn millions of taels of silver!

As for other specialties, such as mink, deer antler, medicinal herbs, Dong% pearls, etc., there are countless of them, and the Bao family's fortune has increased at least fivefold in recent months, and it has become a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan. For the first time, the Bao family realized what it means to burn more money, and Bao Youding took 500,000 taels of silver, found Zhang Ke, and wanted to give it to himself.

Zhang Ke didn't accept a point, the Bao family helped him a lot, and he also risked his life. What should be theirs is theirs, which is also Zhang Ke's code of conduct.

"Shaobao, don't hide it, which of the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan has no support in the court? Some are still betting on both ends! Without him, we businessmen have no official protection, and we are just fat in people's mouths, and we are at the mercy of others. Lord Shaobao, even if you pity us, you must accept the silver, otherwise how can the Bao family gain a foothold in Jiangnan! ”

Listening to Bao Youding's words, he is forcing Zhang Ke to be a corrupt official, the truth is so!

Although the commerce of the Ming Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and two-thirds of the world's wealth flowed into the Celestial Empire, the Ming Dynasty did not cross the threshold of capitalism. It has something to do with the fact that the industrial and commercial industry has been at a low level for a long time, and the businessmen who have become wealthy do not want to innovate technology and expand production, but are bent on bribing off the officials, and with the protection of the bureaucracy, they can make money comfortably with their privileges.

As everyone knows. Only when money is invested in production can it be called capital, it can be called capitalism! And after these people make money, in addition to the upper and lower points, they buy land, and then there is squandering and waste. In the final analysis, it is caused by the lack of security of businessmen and the low status of politicians.

"Mr. Bao, I will give you the shelter you want, but I won't ask for the silver, if your Bao family is willing. Just build a workshop in Liaodong and develop the fleet. The world is different, you have caught up with unprecedented times, do a good job! ”

Bao Youding is a mess for the second half of the sentence, but Zhang Ke has already pointed out the way, so there is no reason why he should not go.

"Please rest assured, our Bao family will be obedient!"

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According to Bao Shiqing's statistics, he sent out at least 500,000 yuan during this time, and these transactions were convenient. It accounts for seventy percent of the circulating volume of the market, and if it is given another period of time, the silver dollar can even dominate the market, just like under Zhang Ke's rule.

With the collapse of the bank. The silver dollar has also lost the possibility of being exchanged for huàn, but everyone thinks that the silver dollar is easy to use, and it is still used in the market. Even if depositors turned the world upside down a few days ago, the impact was not great.

The reason is simple, the people still believe that the silver dollar is valuable.

But that confidence was soon shattered. A rumor was spreading rapidly that the silver dollar was minted from a combination of copper and tin, and there was actually no silver in it!

The Han Chinese found Western craftsmen who could turn stones into gold and make deceitful silver dollars.

The more the rumors spread, the merchants and the common people who were originally holding the silver dollars in their hands were all dumbfounded, and they didn't care about asking whether it was true or false, and immediately went crazy looking for people everywhere, trying to exchange the silver dollars for silver.

One person thinks so, two people think so, everyone thinks so, but how can there be so much silver on the market?

Confidence collapsed in an instant, and the lethality of this time was several times stronger than before, after all, only some rich people had deposits, and the number of people holding silver dollars was more than ten times. If there was an earthquake before, this time it was an earthquake, a tsunami, a landslide, a ground crack, and the end of the world.

The commerce of Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places all collapsed, on the one hand, the merchants could not sell a large number of materials, and on the other hand, the people could not buy things with silver dollars in their hands.

The merchant saw that the things were moldy and spoiled, and the people were empty, and they were crying out with hunger. Soon a storm of greater scale began, and the hungry Eight Banners and the obedient Menghan soldiers rushed to the street with weapons. The previous wave was a robbery of gold and silver property, and this wave was a robbery of cloth and grain.

They were in swarms, more terrifying than locusts crossing the border, and everything they could use was moved to their homes.

The Han people were once again devastated, and the last food stored in the family was gone, and some families chose to hang themselves and end their lives, while others secretly escaped and joined the rebels against the Tartars.

The silver dollar storm caught Jiannu by surprise, and with the financial common sense that the old slave was almost zero, he really didn't understand why the originally good silver dollar could become a waste abandoned by everyone overnight.

Anyway, there is still seventy percent of silver in it, why is it worthless?

"His Majesty, King Khan, someone is kneeling outside and begging to be seen!"

"No, don't bother me with any cats and dogs." The old slave was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and was about to get up and go to the eldest concubine Abahai, at this time it was still a woman who could make him forget his troubles for a while.

"His Majesty, he, he said there is a way to solve the crisis at hand."

"Oh!" The old slave became interested and said, "Let him come in!" ”

Not long after, Fan Wencheng, under the leadership of the eunuch, walked into the palace with his head down, don't care if the mountain is not a cottage, it is a palace or not, Fan Wencheng entered the threshold, and knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

"The ministers meet the King of Khan, long live long live long live!"

The wild boar skin looked him up and down, and said slowly: "You are the Confucian student who returned to Dajin in Kaiyuan, right?" ”

"Your Majesty's eyes are like electricity, and the minister is indeed the founder of the Yuan."

"Well, you say you know how to deal with the situation in front of you, tell me about it."

Wild boar skin didn't want to talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic, and Fan Wencheng had already thought about it. Last night, when he knew that everything in his house was finished, he wanted to cry without tears, and sat in the hall all night, motionless.

The housekeeper was terrified, for fear that he would kill himself if he didn't think about it.

Who knew that when the dawn came, he miraculously came back to life with full blood, and hurriedly ran to the palace, asking to see the wild boar skin!

"Your Majesty, the minister has asked a blacksmith to act, and there is indeed seventy percent of silver in the silver dollar, which is not a fraud."

"Then why didn't the people recognize it? It's all useless waste? The old slave roared angrily.

Fan Wencheng mentioned his throat in his heart, and he knew if he could be taken seriously. Feihuang Tengda will look at this time.

In the past, the bank guaranteed that one yuan could be exchanged for one or two, but now that the bank is gone, the silver dollar cannot be exchanged for huàn, and the people are empty-hearted, coupled with gossip, there is naturally a panic."

This is also what Fan Wencheng thought hard about last night, and the old slave slowly tasted it and nodded.

"There is some truth. What I want to hear now is a strategy, what can you do? ”

"King Qiyu Khan, the minister thought that in the past, when the bank was there, the people also used these silver dollars to trade, and there was no difference. As long as His Majesty orders the mandatory use of silver dollars, the natural circulation of goods will be stable. ”

"Hmph, let me give the order?" The old slave's face was gloomy. He said angrily: "I don't have any money to exchange for huàn, if they all come to the door, what should I do?" ”

Fan Wencheng hurriedly knelt down and climbed a few steps and said, "King Khan is angry. Xiao Chen thought that as long as he promised the people that he would be able to redeem huàn after three months, it would be fine. By that time, the rebellion had been put down, and the court had money. It's nothing more than a bank, and King Khan also handles one, so it's not impossible. ”

"Don't mention the banks. I hate those two words! The old slave gritted his teeth and looked like madness. He said, "Just do what you want, and give the order immediately." All shops will accept silver dollars, dare to resist the order, and there will be no mercy! ”

Immediately, a decree was drawn up, and it was added that after only three months, the king of the Khan promised to exchange the huàn silver dollar.

Although three months is a bit of time, the people will be skeptical, but the old slave's butcher's knife is not vegetarian, and the people gradually settle down.

When the shop reopened, there was a long queue of people, all with silver dollars to buy things. The merchant's face was more uncomfortable than eating bitter melon, and he could only accept the silver dollar with an uncertain future through gritted teeth.

Fan Wencheng is indeed a capable person, his heart is black enough, and his hands are ruthless, he cut down five merchants in a row who were unwilling to accept silver dollars, and the bloody heads hung on the city wall.

At this moment, it was finally shocked, and commerce in Shenyang and other places began to restore order, but two consecutive chaos dealt a fatal blow to commerce, and bartering appeared in many places. Even those masters of the Eight Banners don't have a good life of pampering, and even have to go hunting to exchange some silver to feed their families.

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"Alas, I really didn't expect that there are still capable people in Tartar!"

Luo Xiaoyu told Zhang Ke about Liu Aita's news a few days ago, Zhang Ke was overjoyed, and hurriedly arranged personnel to contact Liu Aita, if he could rebel against this guy, the benefits to the Ming army would be too great.

Zhang Ke was very satisfied with Luo Xiaoyu's ability to do things, and then gave him another task. When I arrived in Shenyang, there was no imaginary chaos, but I was a little disappointed.

"Shopkeeper, another jug of wine."

After a while, the shopkeeper dragged the empty plate, walked over with a sad face, and bowed to the end: "Master Ke, the little one, please don't order it again, just be a poor little one, let me go!" ”

Luo Xiaoyu frowned and sneered: "This is strange, you are opening a store, the more customers eat, the more you earn, you should be happy." ”

"The grandson came out happily! The little ones won't hide it from you, and the big guys are afraid that the silver dollars in their hands will be invalidated, so they all come to eat and drink, and they can't wait to spend them all at once. The more they ate, the more silver dollars they had in their hands, and the more scared I became! ”

"Dare to love is like this!"

Luo Xiaoyu smiled slightly, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and took out a silver ingot from it.

"Filigree official silver, ten taels, it's enough!"

"Silver!"

The shopkeeper's eyes instantly turned into a 100-degree light bulb, and the cold light shone brightly, as if he wanted to swallow silver. How many days have passed, and I finally saw real money.

"I didn't say it, buy one get one free for the small one."

The shopkeeper turned around and ran, brought two jars of wine, and sent them to Luo Xiaoyu's table.

"To tell you the truth, the guest officer is the first to use silver these days." As he spoke, he secretly looked at Luo Xiaoyu's money bag.

"Hehehe, shopkeeper, do you still want silver?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, the little one retires!"

"Don't worry, if you want to exchange money, I can point you out."

Thump!

The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, his face was full of cows, and he cried: "Master Ke, as long as you help me change the silver, I will be grateful to you for a lifetime!" (To be continued......)