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On December 27, the ninth year of Xuanwu, in the Weiyang Palace of Chang'an.

Liu Ce, Xu Wenjing, Qin Mo, and Ye Bin sat in the conference hall, looking at the pile of orders in front of the table.

Qin Mo said: "The merchants of the Lanfang Kingdom ordered 10,000 horses of silk, 30,000 horses of cotton cloth, 10,000 catties of sugar, and 5,000 pieces of tea bricks from the Hanling merchant last month.

In addition, beer, liquor, and industrial products such as iron nails and glaze, with a total value of about 3.5 million silver dollars, have been deposited in advance for one-third of the deposit, which is temporarily deposited at the Edo branch of the Central Bank. ”

Then he took out a list: "And this is an order from the royal family of Marais, and in addition to industrial and agricultural goods, there are also orders for armaments worth 1,300,000 silver dollars.

and have a strong intention to purchase firearms in our army, to purchase 5,000 arquebuses and 1,000 flintlock pistols, and are willing to pay in full in advance,

As long as it is delivered before July of the following year, in addition, the Kingdom of Manila has also approached the Hanling firm to purchase economic goods with a total value of 2.3 million silver dollars.

He also proposed to purchase a warship in service in our army to ensure the stability of its border and coastal defense.

It's just that such a major matter must be discussed by the Ministry of War before it can be decided whether to sell it or not, so I have come to ask Your Majesty today how to decide. ”

"In addition, the Kingdom of Insula has promised to provide us with a large amount of rubber raw materials and allow long-term cooperation, and the rest of the countries have also issued invitations accordingly, hoping to exchange rubber for our goods such as tea, sugar, cotton, porcelain and ironware."

A large number of overseas orders contributed to the sustainable development of the Han economy, and the Han Dynasty today basically did not rely too much on agricultural taxes.

But with the inflow of a large amount of silver and gold, there is a corresponding need to consider inflation.

In fact, the problem of currency depreciation in this era mainly depends on the proportion of precious metals contained in the currency, taking silver as an example, all silver content less than 70% is inferior currency, and the silver content of normal market transactions is basically maintained between 75% and 90%.

In other words, as long as the currency is made of good workmanship and materials, there is no depreciation problem.

What's more, Liu Ce will not be stupid to directly put all the precious metals directly on the market, but to classify and effectively place them in the treasury and banks, which greatly avoids the problem of inflation of goods, so as to avoid the occurrence of large-scale silver cheapness and injury to the people.

However, such rapid development is still beyond Liu Ce's expectations, according to the preliminary plan, it will take at least five years or so to achieve an economic and commercial model of this scale.

However, now, before a third of the Nanyang sphere of influence is fully controlled, and the commercial activities have reached such a large scale, it is really a bit unexpected, and this is only the beginning.

After a long time, Liu Ce said to Qin Mo: "Rearrange all overseas orders, military and civilian must be listed in detail,

Let the people of the Department of Commerce and the customs not be idle, they are all busy, and they must control the quality checkpoints.

In addition, the battleships are not sold for the time being, arquebuses and flintlock guns are sold in rations, and the artillery is only sold to the outside world with a three-pounder gun as the upper limit.

Higher-grade firearms must be decided after consultation and examination by the six ministries. ”

Qin Mo said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this is a matter within the minister's duty." ”

Afterwards, Liu Ce looked at Ye Bin and said, "Ye Shangshu, your people are really capable, how come I didn't find out before by making such a big basket for me,

My big man is such a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and he is a foreign envoy who has such an ability, and he is not at peace in the South Seas, which simply impresses me. ”

Ye Bin heard the meaning of Liu Ce's words, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, his actions are not instructed by the minister, this is not the minister's shirk, but when the minister receives the news, the situation in Nanyang has been completely messed up by him, and it is useless to try to remedy it, so he simply pushes the boat down the river, and first starts the business activities and then considers the others!" ”

The one in Liu Ce and Ye Bin's mouths is naturally Ban Dingyuan.

After Ban Dingyuan was expelled by Honglin that day, he did not return to the Central Plains directly, but transferred to Sealand and quickly formed a neighbor with Sealand.

Then, Ban Dingyuan used Sealand as a springboard to gallop between the countries of Nanyang, relying on his excellent diplomatic talent and the terrifying national strength of the Han Dynasty behind him, he immediately pulled all the foreign forces that originally fell to the Jin State to the side of the Han Dynasty.

Especially in terms of economy, although there are tea, silk and other items in South Australia, its quality and quantity cannot be compared with the Central Plains, and many items are much cheaper in price, so they are naturally sought after by Nanyang countries.

In just a few months, the Nanyang countries that tasted the sweetness can be said to have become very dependent on the economy of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty's silver dollar currency was beautifully preserved, and many Nanyang countries began to turn to the silver dollar and copper dollar as their own currency, which was very popular with the nobles and gentry everywhere.

The economy of the Han Dynasty is destined to reach a higher level, but correspondingly, South Australia's foreign trade economy will inevitably suffer an unprecedented blow.

After all, the Central Plains is there, and it is not comparable to the half-way monk of the Jin Kingdom, not to mention that there is Liu Ce, a traverser, who is hanging on the wall, which is simply lawless.

However, economic plunder has never been peaceful, not to mention Liu Ce, as long as he knew a little about economics in the Han Dynasty, even the students who went to middle school also knew this truth.

Therefore, snatching South Australia's foreign trade and economic sovereignty in this way is tantamount to a declaration of war.

In fact, this is also Ban Dingyuan's plan.

I have to say that this guy's courage is really outrageous, he really wants to force the imperial court to go to war with South Australia! And it almost worked out too.

Ban Dingyuan knew that even if this visit to Australia failed, it would be impossible for the imperial court to start a war, after all, the economy of the Han Dynasty was in a period of steady growth, and there was no need to fight an ocean-going war for some mineral resources.

But if South Australia's foreign trade income is cut off, the situation will change.

It can be said that Ban Dingyuan's plan has been very successful so far, and seventy percent of the countries in Nanyang have turned to trade and trade with the Han Dynasty, which greatly reduced the tariff revenue of the Jin State and directly pried open the suzerainty policy formulated by the Jin State.

It stands to reason that a commercial war in the physical sense is imminent.

This made Liu Ce feel troubled, after all, his current colonial plan is to encroach step by step, and after digesting those territories and completely monopolizing the Nanyang economy, he will have a showdown with the Jin State.

But this class is far away......

It really completely disrupted himself, and even the layout of the imperial court.

Just when Liu Ce was still thinking about how to deal with the aftermath of Ban Dingyuan's transgression, Qin Mo spoke again: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for being blunt,

Before dealing with Ban Dingyuan, please deal with the current thorny matters, the Department of Commerce, the Customs Department, and the Department of Taxation and other official offices.

Because of the increase in the volume of public affairs, the clerks are in urgent need of reliable manpower, and even the bank has complained to Wechen, saying that the accountant and cashier are understaffed and cannot handle many official duties in one fell swoop.

Please ask the imperial court to immediately arrange for the decentralization of personnel, but at present, the officials to be treated by the Ministry of Micro Ministers and Households have already made arrangements for the people's livelihood, and they really can't fill such a hole. ”

Qin Mo's words are very straightforward, that is, there is indeed a shortage of people in the local government offices.

If there were only one or two missing, he would not have come to report at all, and he could only say that the shortage of personnel had reached the point where it had to be filled.

In order to avoid the occurrence of redundant officials, the Han Dynasty attached great importance to the arrangement of officials and officials, and in many cases, it was better to use shortage than abuse, and in many places one person was used as four or five people.

But even so, the plan could not keep up with the changes, because the establishment of many new yamen, especially the establishment of customs, made the already scarce number of corresponding professional officials even more strained.

Liu Ce thought for a while and asked, "How many gaps are there?" ”

Qin Mo: "The total gap is ...... sixty percent"

As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Ce, but even Ye Bin and Xu Wenjing were taken aback.

"Such a big gap?"

In the face of everyone's doubts, Qin Mo replied: "Nowadays, all walks of life have implemented precise management, which is not easier than the previous overall management, so the number of officials is naturally in short supply.

If the situation hadn't been so tight that there was no way, the minister wouldn't have asked His Majesty about someone. ”

Liu Ce showed a look of understanding, and then said: "In this way, how many of the students who graduated from middle school this year are still idle at home?"

Under the simple training, you will be directly assigned to each branch office for internship, and if you can, you will be directly regularized. ”

Qin Mo said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, except for the students who graduated from middle school, except for those who are unwilling to become officials, those who can be arranged, and the ministers have already arranged them." ”

Liu Ce shook his head: "No, you didn't make proper arrangements. ”

Qin Mo frowned: "Please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Liu Ce smiled: "Aren't those girls who are idle at home after graduation also be assigned?" ”

"This ......"

Qin Mo was a little embarrassed, although he also thought about arranging for those graduating girls to go to various branches, but he never dared to start this.

Liu Ce said: "Don't think too much, in fact, there are some places where women are more suitable than men, such as the cashier at the front desk of the bank, I think women are more suitable." ”

Qin Mo said: "The minister also knows, that is...... Alas, since His Majesty doesn't care, what does the minister have to worry about? ”

Liu Ce nodded very gratifyingly, agreeing with Qin Mo's open-mindedness.

The higher the status of a woman, the stronger the country's heritage, which is an unchanging truth.

After all, a great man said that women can hold up half the sky.

After saying Qin Mo's question, Liu Ce's face was slight, ^_^ let's talk about it, how do you plan to end up in the current situation in Nanyang? ”