Chapter 114: Drinking to quench thirst

Ding Xian didn't hide it from him, but stretched out his hand and slowly revealed three fingers.

Qi De's eyes lit up and he said, "Three hundred million?"

If it's that number, Zid thinks it's acceptable.

But Ding Xian said indifferently, "Add one more zero. Three billion."

As soon as these words came out, Zide was immediately shocked and said, "How is it possible? So much, it's a drink to quench your thirst."

Ding Xian sneered and said, "So what?"

This sentence shocked Zid.

In fact, printing money is not about how much money is printed, but whether this piece of paper can be exchanged for goods. That's the most important thing, but what's behind this piece of paper. As long as it can be exchanged for materials, it is money, and no matter how much endorsement there is behind this piece of paper, it is not money if it cannot be exchanged for materials.

That's what matters most.

In fact, Ding Xian didn't want to release such a big one. But there are several factors that make him unable not to issue such a large one.

The first is business needs.

Truth be told, even without the Industrial Revolution. In a country with a system like the Ming Dynasty, internal business exchanges also require a lot of money. That's a very large amount.

In other words, if Ding Xian wants the new banknotes to replace the old Beijing banknotes and become the mainstream currency, even if there must be a certain amount.

The quantity is insufficient, and it is simply impossible to replace the old Beijing banknotes to become the mainstream currency on the ground in Nanjing.

The number of new banknotes that are forced to be exchanged in many places alone is high.

Many taxes were forced to be paid in new banknotes by the Nanjing Imperial Court. There is no order of magnitude in a billion, not at all. Even more is needed.

This is also the most important part of supporting Nanjing Bao Banknote to remain strong.

Second, it is the expenses of the imperial court.

The Nanjing Imperial Court established an industrial system, Xuzhou Iron Works, and Foshan Iron Works. There are also shipyards, and a series of other industrial investments, military spending on front-line battlefields, pensions, and so on.

He Xi's side spends more than 100 million a year.

And it's just military spending.

Nanjing, on the other hand, is different. It's several times more than Beijing.

Naturally, it is because Nanjing has a lot more to do than Beijing. For example, the industrial system.

Before the start of the war, He Xi had already built almost with the help of Beijing's construction project. Most importantly, He Xi attaches great importance to overseas markets. In other words, before the war, the industrial system in the north had entered a positive cycle.

This industrial system is profitable, and once any industrial product is mass-produced, the more it must be produced, the cheaper. The cost of the military supplies needed by He Xi is shared by the entire industrial system. Naturally it's cheap. Nanjing, on the other hand, is different.

Not to mention, there is no market for the industrial products produced in Nanjing. Can it compete with Beijing. Just to say one thing, Ding Xian doesn't have this concept at all, not only he doesn't, but many people don't.

If the Taiping Iron Works was in the Hongwu period, there were still many products sold to the outside world. However, after the start of the war, a large number of military supplies made the Taiping Iron Works no longer available for sale. In the establishment of Xuzhou Iron Works, from the beginning did not think of selling products to the outside world.

It is a completely different direction from He Xi taking the initiative to sell arms to Nanyang.

In this way, the huge industrial construction funds are not shared by others, and the things produced must also be procured with military spending. It's a burden.

Needless to say, how much it costs overall.

Third, it is not something that is difficult to talk to outsiders.

Ding Xian and some people have broken up.

This number is not much, Ding Xian likes money, but he prefers power. He knew that this matter was the most important thing since he took office, and once something went wrong, the problem he would encounter was not just his own life.

He only fished a million or two out of his head.

But he knows better that such a large sum of money, if you don't give some people some sweetness. It's hard to push forward. After all, many people are not successful enough to fail. Give money to prevent them from failing.

Or even

In other words, the money given to the nobles may not mean this.

Of course, Ding Xian will never forget to use public money to do his own things. The experience of making money with these top elites of the Ming Dynasty is enough to become a hub of trust between them.

That is to say, after Ding Xian scattered so much money.

also brought in a large number of supporters for himself, although he was fed with money. But a moment is enough to make a big splash.

Ding Xian's position as the first assistant is also secure.

These things won't be said to Zid.

Qi De was silent for a while, and then said, "Shoufu, if this continues, the imperial court can support it for a few years."

Qi De's sentence asked Ding Xian what he was most worried about. How he hoped that such days could continue, that he could be the first assistant while making money, and everyone would happily distribute their wealth.

However, he is an extremely smart person, how can he not know that such a situation is unsustainable. In today's situation, the annual expenditure of the Nanjing imperial court is at least hundreds of millions of yuan. And the annual income is up to 80 million. Overspending by several times.

And what is the currency capacity of Nanjing? How many banknotes are issued to depreciate in value.

Ding Xian didn't know any of these things.

Now it's like walking on a cliff in the dark, and in the darkness, you can't see anything. But I knew there was definitely a cliff in front of me. I don't know if that step will be a kick. fell into the abyss.

What's even more terrifying is that you can't stop leaving.

Ding Xian said, "Three years."

Ding Xian secretly said in his heart: "If I can support it for three years, I can be regarded as worthy of Zhu Yunwen."

Qi De was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said, "Lord Shoufu, you say, do we want to launch a decisive battle against Beijing."

Ding Xian didn't know what Qi De was talking about for a while? Said, "Decisive battle?"

"I don't really know what Beijing is doing. But one thing is very clear, that is, Beijing's financial resources are above us, and under each other, it can hold out for three years, but after three years, it will be difficult for us to continue, but Beijing will definitely be able to persevere.

Speaking of this, Zid couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Ding Xian felt uncomfortable hearing this. But we also have to admit that this is true.

He Xi's name is already a golden signboard. Many people have no brains to believe in He Xi, and there are even some foolish men and fools, all of whom are rumored to be the reincarnation of the God of Wealth.

Even the enemy felt that Beijing would be financially determined to be able to support it for longer than Nanjing.

Ding Xian is not enough to lift shoes with He Xi in this regard.

Zide looked at Ding Xian and said, "Instead of sitting and waiting. It's better to fight and see if we can fight it."

Ding Xian looked at Qi De, and he saw the determination in Qi De's eyes.

A thought flashed through my mind, "He's serious."

For a while, countless thoughts flashed in Ding Xian's heart. If he could, he knew he wanted Nanjing to win. But he knew that the odds of winning such a battle were not too great.

Many of the southern troops have developed a phobia of the north.

Launching a decisive battle, will it really be won, won't it be a brittle defeat?

Ding Xian hates this kind of gambling behavior in his heart. He was a very sane man. Rational to ruthless, everything is based on the maximization of one's own personal interests.

Can this battle be won? None of them are good for him.

Needless to say, defeated. It is very likely that his prosperity will come to an end. But after Nanjing destroyed Beijing, his position as the first assistant also had problems. There is no danger of war.

This Zhu Yunwen doesn't need an unscrupulous first assistant to make money.

Of course, if it is true that he wins, he is not out of the question. After all, everything about him is deeply bound to your Nanjing Imperial Court, and preserving the Nanjing Imperial Court is the most beneficial thing for him.

However, the odds are too low in his opinion.

Ding Xian said, "This matter is not something you and I can be sure of."

Zid said, "Okay, then I'll figure it out

Push."

Zid is not the same as Ding Xian.

If Ding Xian started from the beginning of maximizing interests, he wanted to realize a Ming dynasty that separated the north and the south. And Zid never thought about it from the beginning.

In Zide's heart, he never thought that a divided Ming existed. Even in the dead of night, in the depths of Qi De's heart, he felt that it might not be unacceptable for Beijing to defeat Nanjing.

After all, in the past few years, many people in the world have been war-weary, and what orthodoxy and unorthodoxy is not enough to make them desperate on the battlefield.