Chapter 146 Questions

One word. He Xi's decision to strengthen education was 10,000 percent correct, but it was a little late.

He Xi said: "What do you think? ”

Huang Zicheng was silent for a while, and said, "Or, some projects will be put aside first?" ”

He Xi said firmly: "No. ”

This is something that He Xi resolutely does not allow. Because when, is the condition met? As long as there is an excuse, it is impossible to meet any time conditions, and many things just need to be done. There will be results. If you don't do it, it will always be fruitless.

Huang Zicheng sighed and said, "Students understand. I've explained all these things to Lord Yang. Let Lord Yang say it. ”

He Xi looked at Yang Shiqi.

Yang Shiqi said: "Today, Liaodong has issued a total of 36 million taels of silver tickets. I have taken back one thousand six hundred and seventy thousand taels. In addition to this, food stamps, coal stamps were issued. and dozens of other bills. The overall data is very granular and I won't say much about it here. I have an offer. Can these bills be abolished? ”

He Xi said: "Why? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Overall. The supplies corresponding to these bills are sufficient. Even superfluous. Nowadays, a large number of people are also needed to calculate and distribute bills, and the entire Liaodong is in short supply. This group of people can be transferred and placed in the rest. For example, in the silver trumpet. Where are the most lacking people. ”

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Yes." However, the food stamps cannot be moved first, and the other bills should be revoked one by one. ”

These bills were also temporarily formulated by He Xi in order to tide over the difficulties. In essence, it is the control of materials. But with the blood transfusion in Nanjing, this kind of strict material control is no longer necessary. It is even a waste of manpower.

However, the issue of food is still very important. At least now, there is no way to relax.

Yang Shiqi said: "This time, the Japanese battlefield trophies were also delivered, with a total of 300,000 taels of gold and 1.9 million taels of silver. Some of this is mined by Sado. More is the Kyushu daimyo to serve, and there are many materials from Liaodong flowing into Japan, one of which is a long knife, which can buy ten taels. Equivalent to the Japanese katana. ”

"Ten taels." As soon as these words came out, the people below were all talking.

In terms of quality, a Ming army-style steel knife is far better than a katana. This goodness is not in sharpness, but in solidity. If you talk about sharpness, the Ming standard saber is not as sharp as the katana. But the two swords slashed at each other, and the katana was bound to break.

In fact, Da Ming is not without very sharp swords and swords.

But Liaodong is not very prolific? The Taiping Iron Works is far above Liaodong in this regard. The reason is also very simple. The Taiping Iron Works is close to Nanjing, and Nanjing has requirements in this regard, not to mention anything else, that is, the swords and swords that Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded the generals below, and they always have to be presentable.

Naturally, the craftsmen strive for excellence.

Not to mention that with such good steel, it is normal to make a sword that surpasses the Japanese.

And Liaodong is different.

The most important thing is to keep the cost down. Does a long knife need to be that sharp? If you want to be sharp, it's actually okay, just polish it yourself. In order to reduce costs, the Liaodong Iron Works did not give the long knife at all, and let the soldiers go to the front by themselves.

After all, one less front is one less process. One less process, less cost.

After mass production, a steel knife can be depressed to the point of three or five hundred dollars. This is still the price of external sales, and the price for the army is even lower. As for the cost, it is even lower.

It is this amazing profit. Many people instinctively forget one thing.

That is to forget to ask, will selling weapons to the Japanese in this way go into the hands of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

After all, now Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has suffered heavy losses, has returned to Honshu Island, and is about to regroup and make a comeback. And the Ashikaga family still has the capital. As mentioned earlier, the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu period was the time when the Ashikaga family was at its strongest. Even after the death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, there was the nickname of Emperor Taishang. This also illustrates the strength of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Now that Kyushu has fallen, the biggest blow to the Ashikaga family is prestige.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu although he lost some manpower. But for the entire Ashikaga family, it was nothing.

And at this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has the most demand for various weapons. And the Ming Dynasty's control over Kyushu is actually very weak. Fu Youde only controlled some of the core areas. Strategic locations, and most of them, were managed by the Japanese renegade daimyo themselves.

However, these Japanese daimyo are going to be renamed Chinese toast.

For toast, Fu Youde is also very experienced.

In this situation, He Xi is sure that there must be someone doing this kind of entrepot business.

He Xi's heart moved, and he asked, "How much silver is stored in the silver number?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "With these silvers, there are about 10 million taels." Speaking of this, Yang Shiqi also sighed: "Japan is really rich in gold and silver. ”

At this moment, Liaodong Silver has fulfilled some of its responsibilities as a bank. At least there are people who have put the silver in the silver trumpet and use the silver ticket. The biggest reason for this is the development of the Japanese market. For Japan, the fall of Kyushu was a major event that had never been overcome. For He Xi, after the fall of Kyushu, various strategies for Japan have achieved their goals.

What did he do in Japan?

It's not that you want Japanese land, and there's nothing to ask for in Japan's land. It's about Japan's gold and silver and the market. Between the two, it is also a matter of one and two, two and one.

And the emergence of the Kyushu Daimyo, no, the Kyushu Toast, these leading parties, all the problems have been solved.

Previously, Sino-Japanese trade in Korea was actually monopolized by a few daimyos. How many people can't cross them and enter the Japanese trade directly, these daimyo are the Ouchi family, the Otomo family, the Shimazu family, and the Ashikaga family behind the scenes.

Now in this battle, the Hokyushu daimyo led by the Otomo family have been wiped out. ceases to exist. The prestige of the Ashikaga family plummeted.

Even if the hard power is not weakened much, the soft power is greatly reduced. It's almost impossible to control the other daimyo in Japan. After all, Japan's coastline is so long, in fact, if you have the heart, you can trade everywhere. The previous closure of the Japanese market was more due to psychological reasons than geographical reasons.

As I said before, the upper echelons of Japan are actually very closed.

For example, the Shimazu family, the Shimazu family hundreds of years ago, is still the Shimazu family hundreds of years later. Not much has changed.

Even if the daimyo of Kyushu were transformed into Chinese toasts, would their connection with the Japanese upper class be severed? Nature is impossible. Chinese businessmen who sell goods directly to Japan are absolutely impossible. After all, the two countries are still at war. But the Japanese in Kyushu came forward, but it was perfectly fine.

At this moment, He Xi knew why he needed compradors.