Chapter 247: Getting Rich Behind Closed Doors

"How long do you have to live?"

Chen Cao looked at Shen Zhuangling's growing belly: "I'm afraid it's a son." ”

Shen Zhuangling laughed: "Grandpa said it was funny, what if it's a daughter?" ”

"Grandpa..."

Zhao Xin personally carried the tray into the house: "Please take a look." ”

Shen Zhuangling pointed to the silver dollar in the tray: "This is made according to the request of the grandfather, and it is made by adding the silver-white molten iron refined by the Taixi craftsmen in the ore. ”

Chen Cao naturally knew that the silver-white molten iron that Shen Zhuangling was talking about, it was nickel synthesis, a good thing for making stainless steel, and the silver dollar coin in front of him was made of stainless steel.

"Where's the ingredient?"

"Full..."

"Nickel..."

"Oh yes, all-nickel die-casting."

Chen Cao nodded, although silver is a good thing, it is too much of a loss to make silver dollars, and without the knowledge of the people, nickel and other metals that are whiter than silver can naturally gradually replace the status of silver in the future.

The obverse of the silver dollar is engraved with the number '1' of Taixi, and the four small characters of Daming Bank are engraved on the edge, but the reverse is a chrysanthemum, and the word 'Daming' is engraved in the middle of the open chrysanthemum, which is somewhat similar to the coins of later generations.

"Well, it's too wasteful to add iron, iron eight nickel two, and the weight will go up."

Shen Zhuangling was surprised: "Grandpa, that..."

"I know what you mean," Chen Cao pointed to the silver dollar: "After the iron eight is made, just wrap it in nickel, even if it is stained with water, it can guarantee that it will not rot for twenty years." ”

In fact, this is Chen Cao's alarmist words, the coins of later generations are also made of iron, the surface is plated, and it is kept for up to five years after being used in water, and the stainless layer on the surface will fall off, and the coins will begin to rust.

Then according to Chen Cao's plan, twenty years is just a reassuring choice, and after five years, the pattern of the world has already changed greatly, and money will naturally change with it, in short, Chen Cao is not optimistic about the poisonous thing such as silver.

Shen Zhuangling took the silver dollar and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then nodded thoughtfully: "Once the private coinage is discovered, it is a big crime to kill the head." ”

Chen Cao knocked Shen Zhuangling's forehead coldly: "Songjiang, I have the final say." ”

"After the silver dollar is minted, it will gradually replace the current currency in Songjiang Prefecture, and the military salary of the sergeant will be calculated on this basis, and in order to make it circulate, the payment of commercial tax should first be based on silver dollars, and if you are unwilling to exchange it, then you will pay 15 taxes, and if you pay taxes in silver dollars, then 17 taxes and 1."

"The whole of Matsue?"

Chen Cao shook his head: "Only in Shanghai County, and other places in Songjiang, if you raise a commercial tax, you will pay twenty-five taxes and one in silver dollars. ”

Shen Zhuangling was shocked when she heard this: "Grandpa, doing this will make Qingpu and other reluctant local gentry cause trouble, and they will make a lot of trouble again." ”

Chen Cao wanted this result, after the last Qingpu trouble, he didn't arrest a few people at all, and now Wang Xing's Songjiangwei was ordered to be stationed in Qingpu, and it was the knife that was raised on the heads of those people.

"Huating County doesn't need to pay attention to it, if Huang Shijing can't effectively implement this tax rate, then his official will be the end, and now which of the literati under his command is either the position of the Songjiang prefect, or the location of the Huating County Order, Huang Chunyao and a few of them hinted to me in private, if it weren't for watching Liu Shouwen's work and being obedient, he would have been removed a long time ago."

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"I heard that in the future, our military salary will be paid into silver dollars."

At the station of the first division of the Dingwu Army, Liu Liangzuo, the battalion commander who had just received the news, walked into the camp of his base camp with strides.

The deputy battalion commander hurried over and asked, "Battalion commander, I heard that the military salary has increased?" ”

Liu Liangzuo's face was indifferent: "Why, the previous salary is less for you?" ”

When the deputy battalion commander heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Where, isn't this happy for the brothers, several company commanders under him have asked several times." ”

Liu Liangzuo was worried again: "The prince of the country changed the military salary from silver to silver dollars, and I heard that even small money has been changed, this is a private coinage, a rebellion..."

Liu Liangzuo is also a related household, and his family was affected by the purge of Wei Zhongxian's party, so he didn't have much thought about the imperial court, but now he has to think about it.

The deputy battalion commander laughed and said: "Why should the battalion commander worry, we only need to obey the military order to convey it, and what to do is the matter of the grandfather of the country." ”

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"Seventeen tax one? Seriously? ”

The shopkeeper of a restaurant on Yuhua Street grabbed his servant: "If you talk nonsense, be careful of your dog's legs." ”

The little guy begged for mercy again and again: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, where does the little one dare to talk nonsense?" It was a notice posted by someone from the Commercial Tax Bureau in the city, and I heard that it was posted from door to door. ”

The shopkeeper smiled, in the past, fifteen taxes and one were changed to seventeen taxes and one tax, then the extra 20% profit out of thin air was equivalent to making money in vain, and he was happy for a while.

But the next words of the little guy made him fall into thought.

"Don't panic, the shopkeeper, I heard from the people of the Commercial Taxation Bureau that if you want to obtain the qualification of the seventeenth tax one, you need to pay silver dollars when the Commercial Taxation Bureau comes to collect taxes."

"Silver dollars? Or even a silver dollar? ”

Xiao Xiao nodded: "The small one is not clear, I heard from the people of the Commercial Tax Bureau that Daming Bank will launch silver dollars equivalent to gold and silver, but if you want to pay taxes, you have to go to Daming Bank to exchange them." ”

Obviously, this shopkeeper is just an outsider in Yuhua Street, they belong to Hui merchants, and the source of local merchants is basically an industry monopolized by Daming Foreign Trade Group, and seventy percent of Yuhua Street is their industry.

It's just that the construction of Shanghai County is now focused on Yuhua Street, which is naturally the most prosperous place.

As soon as the little servant finished speaking, the staff of the Commercial Taxation Bureau came to the door with the booklet, and the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him: "Yo, isn't this Lord Zhang, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

'Master Zhang' is very young, he has just graduated from the Nanjing Military Academy and has been assigned to the Commercial Taxation Bureau.

"Don't call me Master Zhang, I'm just an errand boy, you can call me by my name."

The shopkeeper still nodded, and asked, "I don't know if the gust of wind blew Brother Zhang here, but what kind of tax reform does Grandpa Guo have?" ”

The young man surnamed Zhang snorted: "You are well-informed, take this booklet, and according to the order of the Governor of Songjiang, I have come to preach the new tax law to you and other businessmen;

In order to promote the taxation of our Songjiang Mansion and make the people live a good life, Grandpa Guo has decreed that all merchants who pay taxes in silver dollars will enjoy the policy of 17 taxes and 1, and if they still use gold and silver to pay taxes, but the tax rate is still 15 taxes and 1, and the general ledger should be checked at the end of the year;

In addition, in order not to make you and other merchants lose money, Grandpa Guo has ordered that anyone who exchanges gold and silver for silver dollars can enjoy an eight-percent discount interest rate, and the equivalent exchange can be exchanged for ten silver dollars, and in addition, the exchanger can exchange two silver dollars, which is equivalent to ten taels of silver can be exchanged for twelve silver dollars;

Of course, this opportunity is not always available, and it can only be used for large exchanges. ”

The words were very clear, and the shopkeeper understood it immediately: "Yes, yes, the little one understands, one hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for one hundred and twenty silver dollars." ”

"Well, that's the reason, in addition, the governor Yamen also said, the copper money is collected correctly, a silver dollar is worth one or two silver, as for the money, centi and other valuation methods remain unchanged for the time being, you wait to listen, when the tax is collected next month, all the merchants' homes will not accept gold, silver and copper coins, only silver dollars, if the merchants can't take it out, you don't do this business, close the door."

The shopkeeper also panicked when he heard this: "Brother Zhang, didn't you just say that gold and silver can also be collected?" ”

"Yes, I said it, but I didn't finish speaking, this month will be collected, but it will not be collected from next month, and your businessmen should also turn over the total, in addition, the current silver dollar exchange can only be done in Daming Bank, don't go to the wrong place, remember, it's a bank, not a bank..."

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After several military exploits, Yan Chun, the small flag officer of the year, was already the commander of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Dingwu Army at this moment, and his identity in charge of 1,800 people was naturally not comparable to that of the Shaanxi refugees back then.

"How's it going, how is life now?"

Chen Cao sat opposite Yan Chun, and behind Yan Chun sat the commanders of the Second Regiment at all levels.

"I have a good life now," Yan Chun grinned, exactly the same as the first time Chen Cao saw him: "My mother-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy to me last year, and now my parents and brothers are working in the workshop, and my life is worry-free, all thanks to the cultivation of my grandfather." ”

Chen Cao laughed, and then patted his knee: "I can only be regarded as a guide, your credit is from your own shot, not on my head, I am also rewarding meritorious deeds, as much as possible not to let meritorious people like you fall into credit." ”

"Grandpa, I heard that we will send silver dollars in the future?"

Xin Laosan has now also followed Yan Chun to become famous and has become the deputy of the second regiment.

Chen Cao nodded: "Our future development must keep up with the pace of the Taixi countries, and we can't let those small barbarian countries flatten our Tianchao Kingdom, this currency is the first priority, but you can rest assured, from next month onwards, the silver dollars you receive can be used as long as they are in Songjiang Mansion, but if the family uses silver dollars, even if they are reported to the logistics department of the Dingwu Army, they will help you solve it;

The psychological quality of the soldiers should also be strengthened, and the personnel at the regimental staff level must not be given a vegetarian meal, and the instructors must be sent to units at the platoon level; whatever needs the soldiers have, whether they are living or in the troops, they must not be taken lightly, and they must have a lot of heart-to-heart conversations with them;

Last time, the third division was stationed in the Japanese country for a long time, which caused some soldiers to be psychologically distorted because of homesickness, resulting in the incident of the battalion roar, I determined that the military law of the armed army is strict, although I allow you to move freely in non-war matters, but you must also act in accordance with military law, the instructor's job is to dredge the psychology of the soldiers, so the battalion commander of the third division who had a battalion roar was ordered by me to be shot, and the deputy battalion commander went to the military court and sentenced him to 12 years. ”

Yan Chun had heard about this incident, and at that time, the regimental staff officer came back to talk about it, and preached it in the regiment: "The humble duty understands that the humble duty must make the instructor attentive, and what the staff officer can't do, the humble duty must not make the soldier have a psychological burden." ”