Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 791 Currency War (Sixth update, add update 820 for the Silver League)

He had wanted to give up the pick a long time ago. He had thought about it when Uncle Chongzhen was around, but it was a pity that Uncle Chongzhen didn't give him a chance.

The world is so big, he wants to take a look, instead of carrying a bunch of tasks every time, the scenery is so beautiful, he wants to go for a while, instead of being full of thoughts every time.

Letting go of all the glory and being a rich second-generation father with peace of mind, Xishan Shanghe is the capital for his wanderings, so the uncle must help him no matter what?

Advance if you can, and retreat if you can't. Life is short, so why be so serious.

Han Yu finally left with a sigh. When he came, he knew that this trip might be in vain. If the prince really did what he said, he would not be the prince.

Liu Hongjian has been paying attention to the development progress of the Ordnance Institute's artillery. From time to time, he will go back and forth to Tianjin to hear the progress of the new ironclad ship.

In order to guard against the Dutch raids, all the artillery along the Shanhaiguan Pass was dismantled and temporarily placed in Dagukou. If the Beiyang Navy is the lifeblood of the imperial court, then Tianjin Treasure Shipyard is the lifeblood of the Beiyang Navy, and Dagukou is here. throat.

In mid-March, the fleet of Xishan Merchant Co., Ltd. has been finalized. There are twelve large merchant ships, not much cargo, but a lot of artillery in the ships.

For this reason, Duke Ying and Duke Qian persuaded Liu Hongjian a lot. Whether he was the helm of the largest company in Ming Dynasty or the pillar of the dynasty, it was stupid to take risks with his own life.

However, things that Liu Hongjian had finalized rarely changed. The matter of going to Dongying had already been finalized, so the two had to work hard on merchant ships and sailors.

Relying on his own identity and agreeing with Qi Yuangong, apart from a few Xishan merchants who really understand maritime trade, some of the sailors are the elite of the Beiyang Navy, and even the captains and first mates of some warships.

The other part is the fiercest men carefully selected in the imperial guards. There are only 3000 sailors and soldiers on twelve merchant ships, which is almost the limit of large merchant ships.

"My lord, these are the accounts of the Xishan Merchant Co., Ltd. for the past six months. You can check it." The British official Zhang Weixian put the accounts of later generations in front of Liu Hongjian.

At the time of parting, Liu Hongjian planned to distribute last year's harvest as a dividend, which made several shareholders quite excited.

"Just tell me briefly." Liu Hongjian felt his scalp tingle just after glancing at the accounts.

Accounts are the same thing. At this time, there is no such thing as an excel report for later generations, and there is no way to calculate it at one time. If you want to know whether the accounts are correct, you can only do calculations one by one.

He didn't have time to think about this, not to mention the behavior of these shareholders had been carefully considered by him.

"From August last year to March this year, the workshops, shops, and fleets of Xishan Shanghe have made a total profit of more than 840 million taels of silver.

Newly purchased 38 merchant ships, consuming more than 150 million taels of silver, and built 24 Fuming banks in various counties, which should be constructed, recruited and fund reserves, consuming a total of more than 370 million taels of silver.

Currently, there are [-] branches of Fuming Bank in various places.

In addition, the wages of hired workers, craftsmen, shopkeepers, stewards, and sailors of the fleet totaled 46 taels of silver.

Therefore, the gross profit of Xishan Commercial Cooperation in the past seven months was 1000 taels. "Zhang Weixian reported the accounts that had been calculated to Liu Hongjian.

"1000, 65 million taels, so much..." Liu Hongjian stroked his chin thoughtfully.

He is probably the most incompetent CEO in the world. He is incompetent because he doesn't know how many industries he owns, how many employees he has, how much he earns, let alone how much he spends.

"That's right, my lord, but the Dutch invaded the country recently, and our merchant ships are temporarily out at sea, and our business will probably be affected in the future." Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo explained.

He came here from Yunnan this time on a special trip to send Yunnan horses. Although he didn't know what Liu Hongjian was collecting Yunnan horses for, in order to avoid loss on the way, Mu Tianbo specially collected fifty more horses.

A few days ago, the merchant ship took risks and set off from Sakhalin Island, which had just thawed out, and made a special trip to America to deliver the horses.

"Well, let me settle the score!" Seeing that the two were looking at him eagerly and smilingly, Liu Hongjian naturally knew what to do.

He took out the phone from his pocket, counted it twice before putting it back in his pocket.

"This king just did some calculations, Lao Zhang, Lao Mu, and Lao Liu, you three can each get 63 taels of silver, and Lao Jiang and Mrs. Gu's family can get 31 taels of silver. Is this account correct?" Liu Hong Gradually looked at the two of them.

"That's right, my lord." After working hard for more than half a year, they were finally able to get the money, and the two naturally couldn't agree with each other.

"Afterwards, you can go to the general warehouse to get it. Lao Liu is not here. When you go back, Lao Mu, you can take it back for him. Lao Jiang and the Gu family will trouble Lao Zhang to take it to them." Liu Hongjian ordered.

"It's the prince, it's on us." Mu Tianbo patted his chest, 63 taels of silver in seven months, which was unthinkable before.

"Hmm... so that guy got more than 600 million taels at a time? It's really cheap for this kid!" Liu Hongjian said angrily.

Of course Zhang Weixian and Mu Tianbo knew who Liu Hongjian was referring to, but they could only pretend not to know who Liu Hongjian was referring to.

"Come on, if you don't have anything else to do, let's get busy first. In a few days, the house will hold a full moon wine for the fourth child, and Lao Mu will go back after eating the wine." Liu Hongjian said after thinking for a while.

The two of them were about to leave, but they were called back before taking two steps.

"There is one more thing that you both need to worry about." Liu Hongjian frowned and his expression was very serious.

"My king intends to issue new currency when the time is right!" Seeing that the two were also sitting upright, Liu Hongjian said surprisingly.

Whether it is silver ingots or bank notes on the Daming market at present, they are very irregular.

Taking silver ingots as an example, the fineness and quality are not stable, and it is difficult to pay. People go shopping when they go out to buy things. It is not like in later TV dramas that you can just export a piece of silver and pay for it.

In fact, the real scene should be like this. People will carry a steel hinge-like object with them when they go out. After the price is negotiated, the buyer takes out the silver, first shows the color to the store, and then cuts the silver with the steel hinge according to the price. , and then weighed, and then the transaction.

Silver bills are even more irregular. They are not the legal currency of Ming Dynasty, but bearer bills printed by various banks themselves. To put it bluntly, they are just stubs or invoices.

This also makes counterfeiting prevail in various places, making it extremely inconvenient for both business transactions and people's travel.

At the beginning of the establishment of Fuming Bank, Liu Hongjian had considered this matter, but the time was not yet ripe.

A unified currency is really important. As long as Ming is strong enough, and Ming's currency is strong enough, as long as people all over the world recognize Ming's currency, then Liu Hongjian can use money as a weapon.

Launch a currency war without gunpowder.

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PS: I can't do it, I'm a little exhausted, good night, and I wish the motherland mother 70th birthday again, and I also wish all my friends have a good time during the National Day holiday.

(End of this chapter)