Chapter 49 Money Shortage

The carriage that Tang Da avoided was Yang Shiqi's carriage.

Yang Shiqi is doing the final review work at the moment. Even the bumps in the carriage were not enough for Yang Shiqi to wake up from these data.

A total of more than 2 million stone of grain have arrived on the shore one after another. There are also a lot of cotton, hemp, and other raw materials. And Liaodong has to pay a lot of linen, salt, especially salt is simply the most sought-after goods. Nearly two-thirds of the liabilities were offset.

As for others, Damu, Korean paper, fur, etc. The total share is less.

Moreover, Liaodong's finances have also been in an extremely dangerous state. The steering is good.

Yang Shiqi went deep into this kind of thing and saw He Xi become this trick. In addition to being happy, I was also very shocked. In many places, he still doesn't feel like he knows how to explain it. I only feel that everything in front of me contains the great truth of governing the country and securing the country.

It's just that he hasn't realized this truth yet.

At this time, the carriage was beaten. The groom outside said, "My lord, we have arrived. ”

Yang Shiqi turned over and got out of the car. Came to the Niuzhuang Station.

Because Yingkou is developed with Niuzhuang Post Station as the core. Therefore, this post station, which covers a huge area, is located in the core position of the rapidly developing Yingkou City. Now the decision has been made. Move the Niuzhuang Post Station. A new government house was built here.

Although, the new government has not yet been repaired. But this is already the place where He Xi went to Yingkou to stay.

As soon as Yang Shiqi entered the inner room, he heard He Xi say: "Our God of Wealth has arrived. Let's talk about it. How's it going? ”

Yang Shiqi saluted the group. Finally, he sat down and said, "After I handed over to all parties, it was almost the same. At least in the first half of this year, all orders have been paid. There are just a few things, and it's very cumbersome. After a while, I don't know what to do? I would also like to ask for your advice. ”

He Xi said: "Say it." What's the matter? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The first thing is the matter of the Sea of Korea and Japan? Yongchang Hou's -------"

He Xi said: "I have already taken care of Yongchang Hou, you can rest assured." ”

He Xi and Lan Yu have exchanged letters several times in the first half of the year, and He Xi played tricks back then. Lan Yu can only recognize it. However, Sapphire demanded that all the bills in his hand be honored. And it's going to be a premium. However, He Xi doesn't care about any of this.

Now the industrial chain of Liaodong is almost complete. Salt, coal and iron, and most importantly, the textile industry. Raw materials are shipped from overseas. Processed into cloth. That's the biggest demand. As long as this industrial chain is on the right track. How much does it cost no.

Now Liaodong is not too short of money.

Yang Shiqi said: "There is a more important thing, that is, there is not enough money. ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "How is it possible?" I didn't count the details. But I still understand one thing about the general ledger, this time they sent goods, and then purchased from Liaodong, not much, at least one or two million taels of input is still available. Why is there not enough money? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "My lord, it's not that there is no money in Liaodong, but there is no silver. No, it's not that we don't have money anymore. It's that they don't have any money. ”

Yang Shiqi also felt embarrassed for a while. But that's the way it is.

At the beginning, He Xi used the principal of more than two million taels to play a game of covering several hats with a pot lid. I finally got through the hardest part of the time. Now I actually told him that there was no money again.

Fortunately, Yang Shiqi quickly explained clearly. It's not that there is no money left. but there is no silver left.

It is commonly known as money shortage.

Before He Xi, no matter what method is used, it is good to deceive. It's okay to borrow it. Loans are also good. Now the accounts are closed. This time, the maritime merchants came to bring some physical goods, and there were no silver taels. And even if they want to buy it from Liaodong, they don't have enough money.

And the maritime merchants made less money, but this time, after paying off the silver they had borrowed before, there was not much left. Restocking is also very problematic.

If you borrow money like before, it is impossible to borrow three percent before. However, the interest of three coins is not what these maritime merchants are willing to do, which has also become a problem.

This era was the precious metal standard. It's not that easy to depreciate. In other words, it's not that easy to appreciate. And they are not going to use small amounts, but large numbers. Hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels at every turn. As a result, the cost of capital is too high.

Moreover, the situation here in Liaodong is suffering from capital hunger and thirst, and it needs a steady stream of financial support.

He Xi has to do a lot of things, and he needs a steady stream of funds and a healthy capital chain. If this problem is not solved now, it will be solved in the future.

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Before, the Marquis of Yongchang came with a letter. I didn't say it, but now I can say it. Immediately, He Xi took a letter out of his arms and handed it to the people around him.

Yao Guangxiao, Huang Zicheng, and Yang Shiqi have seen them one by one.

For a moment, the three of them fell into deep thought.

I don't know, what kind of dumb riddle He Xi is playing.

In Lan Yu's letter, there is nothing about money. Rather, it has been delayed for several months, and the war is about to break out.

In the first half of the twenty-first year of Hongwu, Lan Yu has been preparing for this matter. The moment of truth has come. Therefore, Lan Yu wants to ask He Xi for help, but there is no shortage of food and grass. After all, even when He Xi was the most difficult, he did not dare to move the military rations that passed through Liaodong to transport Goryeo. And the reason why Yang Zhen can only buy grain from Nanyang. It is also because of the drought in the north and the battle of Goryeo, most of the grain in the south of the Ming Dynasty already has a place to go.

There is no shortage of food.

But the lack of ordnance, firearms, ships. All kinds of supplies.

There is no shortage of these in Liaodong, after all, the Shenyang Iron Works has overcapacity. It's been preparing. This is also one of the reasons for the difficulty of Liaodong's capital chain, because it has to bear the weapons and equipment of hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is weapons and equipment that are in the midst of war attrition.

These people also heard some rumors about this matter. But this one thing is not the same as the thing in front of us. Does it matter?

He Xi looked at these people in front of him. said: "I am going to issue a new kind of bill, a silver ticket, or a golden ticket. ”

Yang Shiqi was stunned for a moment and said, "Where does this start?" ”

He Xi said: "This time Yongchang Hou fights, a large number of ships are needed, specific, how many, the more the merrier." From here to Goryeo, if everything goes well, it will only take two or three months. Don't delay the north wind to rise, ride the wind down. But hire these ships to fight. I thought it was to add a naval army to the Marquis of Yongchang out of thin air. ”

Yang Shiqi was taken aback and said, "How is this possible?" This time, there were nearly 100 ships of all sizes. Moreover, the capture of Tsushima Island does not need so many ships. In the past six months, we have nearly 100 whaling ships, large and small, and there are also as many as 100 warships that are already on the front line. Coupled with the two major firms of Xuanyang and Jinghai, it is enough. Why spend money to hire these people. Not to mention. Among the silver trumpets, it is empty, and it can run rats. Where to get the money? ”

He Xi said: "Isn't it just a silver ticket? ”

Huang Zicheng said: "My lord, what is this silver ticket? ”

He Xi said: "It's the same as food stamps and cloth stamps." ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Isn't that just a piece of paper? My lord, we can't repeat the mistakes of treasure money. ”

He Xi said: "What do you think money is? Money in a letter, believe is real money, do not believe, is a piece of waste paper. On this silver ticket, there are dozens of factories in Liaodong, more than 100,000 people in Liaodong, more than 100,000 troops in Yongchanghou, and my credit and life. I say he's money, and who dares to say it's not? ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, you are taking a risk by doing this. But it's been twice. ”

He Xi was silent for a moment, and he also knew that his method really couldn't be called the right way. A lot of the place is risk-taking, or so-called financial innovation. If you keep doing this, you're going to pay a price.

It's just that many things are forcing He Xi to make such a choice step by step.

He Xi said: "These things, in the future, I will definitely establish a complete financial system when I have time." Now do as I say. Pass the order down. Let Yang Zhen do it. Give them a high price. The premium is doubled as long as they accept the silver ticket to pay. There is also a template of the silver ticket, do it immediately. ”

Yang Shiqi sighed and said, "Subordinate, let's do it." Then he turned and went down.