"Immediately send someone to the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Water to exchange ten billion taels of gold judgment!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu secretly returned to Fuba Castle, and his first order was to start a run on the banknotes of the Land of Water.

"In addition, small scattered payments will be made in the county towns of the Water Country! The total quota is 5 billion taels. ”

"Yes!"

The leaders of the three clans of Zhengyi, who were in charge of handling this matter, all agreed to the promise.

Although they had not fully understood the fundamental purpose of Uchiha Tokumitsu's move, the constant reverence for the Lord was enough for them to complete all their tasks without compromise.

"Within half a month, we will dump goods with the greatest efforts and recover the shogunate's gold yuan bills and water country banknotes, creating a money shortage while running on them!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Shuhiro Hinata, who was in charge of taxes in the southern islands.

"Obey orders!"

Hinata Shuhiro roughly calculated in his heart, and half a month was enough time to digest the barter trade orders reached with the shipowners of the Water Country in the early stage, and he immediately agreed to it.

"Then, the first financial and economic war in the ninja world will be officially set off by the monarchs!"

Uchiha Tokumitsushi ordered with satisfaction.

……

After nearly a month of silence, the Land of Water once again attracted a group of shogunate merchants who waved orders and pulled "noble entry tickets" to barter with shipowners.

And the nobles of the Daimyo of the Land of Water and the intelligence officers of the Fog Hidden Intelligence, who were originally slightly suspicious, also put their minds at ease.

"What~ It turns out that it's really just a qualification review of the honor of the ninja......"

The fog concealment intelligence officer in charge of following up on the matter wrote a report to deal with the matter after a brief investigation.

In his opinion, this is just a trivial matter, and he doesn't know why the village's higher-ups will specifically order attention, but now that the "truth" has surfaced, it is the right way to deal with it by quickly ending the matter, after all, he is still in a hurry to exchange the "light luxury products" that have been booked with the shogunate merchants he is familiar with!

The daimyo nobles of the Land of Water also noticed the recent actions of the merchants of the Shogunate, and the most concerning thing was that with the greatly active trading volume of the Shogunate, the circulation scope and circulation field of the Shogunate were gradually expanding, and the Shogunate's sudden efforts to dump goods began to affect the local merchants of the Land of Water.

The most important thing is that behind the large and small merchants in the Land of Water, there are basically various nobles as the backstage, and the impact of the merchants means that the income of the nobles will shrink as a result.

Especially after the fall of the southern archipelago, most of the local nobles who were originally stationed in the south were forced to accept the offerings of the daimyo on their backs, and these nobles who lost their territory in order to make up for the loss, they used the small power that they had regained with great difficulty to the extreme, and all kinds of expropriation and extortion made the nobles of the daimyo shake their heads when they saw it, so that the business environment in the land of water is getting worse day by day.

It's not that there are no landless nobles who have relatively high morals in the north, but their discipline can't maintain the decent life they need, so when they see that the brothers and sisters who are also landless nobles and are now reduced to petty officials under the command of the daimyo have become rich one by one, they also actively or passively devote themselves to the army of accumulating wealth.

The daimyo also knew that the actions of the landless nobles were actually fishing for nothing, but he couldn't allocate enough fiefs to settle these landless nobles, let alone give up these blood-related relationships that had not settled down, so he could only pinch his nose and seal these landless nobles with an innocuous petty official, so that they would not fall into a situation of lack of food and clothing, which would lead to the dignity of the nobles being discredited.

At the same time, in order to make these landless nobles who acted as petty officials a little more disciplined, the daimyo constantly issued various laws to try to restrain them, but in any case, the landless nobles could always find loopholes to continue to expropriate and extort money to maintain their so-called decent aristocratic life.

While the daimyo and the landless nobles were battling their wits and courage, the shogunate merchants, escorted by ironclad ships, headed north with a load of goods.

Moreover, in front of the shogunate merchants, neither the laws of the daimyo nor the landless nobles were easy to use to accumulate money.

Because the merchants of the shogunate are really supported by strong force, and the shogunate will really send warships north to "administer justice" for the sake of a merchant.

In addition, the merchants of the shogunate have spent money to buy a title of "honorary shinobi" or "justice of the peace", and they belong to ninjas or low-level officials of the shogunate, so according to the armistice agreement signed between the Tokumitsu shogunate and the daimyo of the land of water, they can walk freely in the territory of the country of water and do not have to pay taxes.

Therefore, the landless aristocracy could only plunder small merchants and workshop owners in their own country.

The large-scale bankruptcy of small merchants and workshop owners further led to problems in the production and distribution of goods in the Mizunokuni region, and the shogunate merchants easily gained a higher market share.

Of course, the cycle is not impossible to break.

For example, if the behavior of the landless nobles was controlled, the goods sold by the shogunate merchants were secretly obstructed, and the local workshops were reduced or subsidized, in fact, it was not impossible to prevent the expansion of the shogunate merchants.

However, in the face of such a situation, the landless nobles not only did not stop, but increased their efforts to collect wealth, lest their brothers and sisters eat more than themselves, and under such violent persecution, the small merchants in the land of water finally fell into a desperate situation of collective bankruptcy.

The reason why the Tokumitsu shogunate targeted the shipowners of the water country to promote "light luxury" was also because there was really no suitable "middle class" in the water country at that time.

In such an environment, the Shogunate merchants, who were supposed to recall the Southern Islands, made a comeback again after more than a month under the escort of the shogunate's ironclad ships!

And this time, the number of goods carried by the shogunate merchants and the cheapness of the prices are also on a higher level, under the background of the collective bankruptcy of small merchants in the country of water, the goods of the shogunate have been driven straight into the supply and marketing market of all low-end goods in the country of water!

At the same time, as the three ironclad ships slowly arrived at the port of in the Daimyo Prefecture, under the vigilance of the Kiji Ninja stationed there, the representative of the Tokuko Shogunate, Shuhiro Hinata landed at the port with a group of ninjas carrying huge containers, and proposed to the state-run gold bank of the Land of Water to redeem the funds.

"What! 10 Billion Gold Sentence?!! ”

The daimyo in the high hall were already frightened by the arrival of the shogunate fleet, and quickly sent people to inquire about the shogunate's intentions.

Just when the daimyo secretly vowed in his heart to revive the coastal defense of the water country, the guardian shinobu who went to the lobby brought back a sensational news.

"Why...... Why are they paying so much money now? Where did the Deguang cub get so much money! ”

The daimyo and the ministers were a little panicked.

It's not that there is no 10 billion gold judgment, and the reserves of the gold bank are indeed insufficient, but the treasury of the Land of Water and the inner treasury of the daimyo still have enough gold as reserves, but what if they are all paid in one go?

Didn't the gold of the Land of Water immediately empty a small half?

Besides, the gold judgment in the treasury and the inner treasury of the daimyo was finally saved up again by the daimyo nobles after the war!

How can the money that you have worked so hard to get your hands on so easily by the Tokumitsu shogunate?!

"Ladies and gentlemen...... The shogunate ironclads in the harbor are all in a state of full combat readiness......"

The guardian swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Moreover, I saw that the torpedo launcher on the battleship has been loaded into the water and entered the state of readiness......"

"Whew...... Whew......"

The daimyo's breathing became heavier and heavier, and the wings of his nose fluttered.

The ministers were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe a little louder.

"Your Highness......"

Just when the ministers were looking at their noses and noses and hearts one by one under the oppressive atmosphere, a stumbling aristocratic official ran into the hall and knelt on the ground to report: "The ninja of the Tokuko shogunate demands that the golden judgment of 10 billion be paid within three days......"

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and the afterglow of their eyes began to peek back and forth at the looks of the daimyo and the aristocratic officials.

"Ten Billion ...... ...... in three days"

The Daimyo's face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping.

"How much gold is left in the gold bank's reserves?"

The Daimyo's icy voice made all the ministers and nobles present tremble, and the officials of the Golden Bank who knelt on the ground trembled.

“…… There are still 7 billion gold banks in, and the treasury of gold banks in various counties is worth about 28 billion yuan. ”

The official replied tremblingly.

"In other words, my country, as one of the five great powers, has only three hundred and fifty billion gold judgments worth all the gold reserves?"

The daimyo asked in an inexplicably trance-like and peaceful tone.

“…… Yes, yes. ”

The official of the Golden Bank was suddenly shocked, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and replied in a low voice.

"That's a great ......"

The Daimyo's voice was even more erratic.

The nobles were more cautious.

"Redeem it......"

The Daimyo's voice suddenly became normal, "Then mobilize 10 billion gold from other county towns and sentence it back as a reserve......"

"Your Highness, if you pay in full, it will ......"

In the queue of ministers, the prime minister immediately stood up when he heard this, intending to admonish.

"Shut up!"

The Daimyo, whose expression had just regained his indifference, suddenly burst out, scolded angrily, and then picked up a vase beside him and smashed it towards Daizo, "Didn't you hear? The fleet of the Deguang cubs is already loading torpedoes in the harbor! ”

"If you don't pay the golden sentence, don't you know what those savage and vulgar ninjas will do?"

"The ninja army of the fog is still fighting with the cloud in the land of thunder, do you think the ninja army and the government army stationed in can stop the ironclad ships of the shogunate?"

"Or can it stop three ironclad ships, what if there are ten or thirty more?"

The more the daimyo scolded, the more anxious he became, and he could no longer take care of his grace as a king.

"Do you want to abandon the Daimyo Mansion Hokukari again!"

"And you! As the Prime Minister of Tibet, can you dissuade the little cub of Deguang from not paying the golden sentence? ”

After scolding angrily, the daimyo pointed the finger at Ōzo Xiang, whose head was broken and bleeding from the vase.

“……”

The Tibetan minister who was smashed and bled didn't dare to say much, as long as he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

What kind of impact will be caused by the excessive redemption of the reserve money, in fact, most of the ministers and nobles understand.

But so what? Under the military suppression of the shogunate, the land of water, whose sovereignty had been lost, had no other way but to resist by force.

But armed confrontation is precisely what the princes and nobles fear the most.

You must know that today's Uchiha Tokumitsu is known as the "Great General of the Expedition", and he commands the Konoha ninja army as the governor of Konoha, and the power of the army is far above the shogunate during the fog and hidden expedition war!

Such a monster-like neighbor, the daimyo nobles were afraid to avoid it, and where did they dare to offend the shogunate and let it find a reason to provoke war.

Moreover, another reason why the daimyo did not dare to provoke a war at will was that he was afraid that his own country would take advantage of it to expand his influence and further control the local counties of the water country.

The coup d'état launched by Sha Yin has made the nobles of various countries extremely wary of the ninja community.

“…… Go ahead and quickly transfer the gold judgment back to deal with the shogunate's exchange. ”

After being cold for a while, the daimyo said quietly, and got up to leave the ministers behind, and returned to the apse to continue sulking.

After the ministers bowed from afar, they also left one by one.

Although none of them said anything on the spot, the eye contact between them had already been communicated.

It is an open secret that the water country's gold reserves and the paper money actually issued are not equal, and it is the fundamental reason why the major powers earn seigniorage.

The amount of banknotes issued in the Land of Water is now a confused account due to the loss of a large amount of information after the fall of the Daimyofu, the looting of the ninja army, and the subsequent increase in money printing to save the economy.

Maybe 300 billion? Maybe 500 billion? Or even a trillion?

This is already a question of no way to estimate the budget.

Because in addition to the territory of the Water Country, there are also a large number of paper money that have been hoarded by other countries or wealthy merchants as currency reserves, so although the supply of paper money is not flooded, if those deposited banknotes are activated to redeem the demand, how long can the gold reserve of the Water Country last?

And how much is the reserve of the gold bank? Only 35 billion!

But this time it was different, the menacing shogunate wanted to forcibly withdraw the gold judgment worth as much as 10 billion taels, which was a heavy blow to the gold judgment reserve of the water country.

Of course, the national treasury and the daimyo inner treasury must also have a lot of gold judgment reserves, but so what?

It's just that who knows how many Mizunokuni banknotes the Tokumitsu shogunate has?

"Unlike the shogunate's gold bills, free redemption is the foundation of paper money......

A nobleman muttered.

The other ministers were also moved, and they had other thoughts in addition to their sorrows.

If...... If the Reserve Fund of the Water Nation can't pay that much gold judgment, what kind of situation will it face?

The first thought that came to the mind of the nobles was that their paper money would be completely reduced to waste paper!

"The local county town has transferred 10 billion to the Daimyo's mansion, so there are still 15 billion scattered in various places......"

The nimble ministers and nobles are already thinking about how to obtain the golden judgment reserves of various counties.

Hurry up and pay! You must hurry up and redeem the banknotes in your hand for gold!

Thinking of this, the nobles who were originally strolling around the court quickened their pace one by one, and finally couldn't help but run.

In this way, after the first round of Uchiha Tokumitsu's investment of 10 billion water country banknotes for redemption, an unprecedented run frenzy in the ninja world suddenly swept through the water country.

“…… That's it? ”

When Uchiha Tokumitsu learned about this on the second day, he couldn't help laughing: "I haven't made the effort yet!" Why are they all going to fall on their own? ”

"Inform Hinata Shuhong, continue to increase the amount of redemption!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu ordered, "I'm going to bankrupt the entire water country completely!" ”

Today's second update

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