Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 424 Resist Dragon Coins
Now the Ming Navy has seventeen ironclad warships, and there are three hundred large sailing warships.

In addition, the ten sailing warships captured by the Dutch were all Galen ships, which were considered very advanced warships at that time.

Although the current tonnage of the Ming warship is still at a disadvantage compared with that of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

But in terms of the quality of the battleship, it has far surpassed any battleship in the heyday of Ming Dynasty.

In order to protect the Daming sea area, Zhu Youjian divided the Daming Fleet into four major fleets.

They are North Sea Fleet, East China Sea Fleet, South Sea Fleet and Ocean Fleet.

Except for the ocean-going fleet, the main battleships of the other three major fleets are sailing warships, mainly for defense.

Although the three major fleets cannot be compared with the ocean-going fleet, they are currently considered top-level configurations.

With the help of coastal artillery, currently no country has the ability to break through Daming's coastal defenses.

Due to the long coastline, in addition to the four major fleets, the Ming Dynasty established a coast guard earlier.

The main task of the Coast Guard is to protect offshore merchant ships and provide emergency relief and combat smuggling.

Daming Daily, the first media in the history of Ming Dynasty, is now in the limelight.

No matter what policies and news appear in Ming Dynasty, they will use the Ming Daily to announce to the world.

Gradually, the Ming Daily has become the only way for some Ming people to understand the country's news.

Some people don't read the Da Ming Daily for a day, and their hearts are like grass growing.

The news of Taiwan's return also appeared in the Da Ming Daily for the first time.

The children of the common people are all studying in the school. Daming is now free of charge and does not charge any fees.

Ordinary people's children can go to school, which is something their parents dared not dream of.

When the children told their families about the news from the Da Ming Daily, many people burst into tears.

To be honest, as long as the people are fed, they are all patriotic.

As long as they hear about any major national affairs, they will run around and tell them, as if they are as concerned about their own family affairs.

Time passed quickly, and two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the wheat in the north was already green.

The growth of potatoes in many places is also very gratifying, and it will definitely be a bumper harvest in the near future.

The weather in the north is not yet suitable for growing sweet potatoes, but the south has already begun to grow sweet potatoes.

It can be said that Daming is full of vitality everywhere, and the people are smiling.

Daming Daily informed the world about the issuance of Dragon Coins early on, and Dragon Coins will be officially issued today.

Daming pawnshops all over the country can exchange silver for dragon coins.

These pawnshops are all opened by the imperial court, and private individuals can also open pawnshops, but the conditions are very strict, and they cannot issue and manufacture dragon coins.

In the past, there were no such restrictions on Daming treasure banknotes. It was the endless manufacture that resulted in the flood of Daming guaranteed banknotes.

In the end, it seriously damaged the interests of the common people, and made many people resist the new Daming Dragon Coin.

Prohibition of private production of coins is to protect the credit of Dragon Coins. Violators will be held accountable, and serious cases will be ransacked and wiped out.

Few people exchanged Dragon Coins at the beginning, but when they paid with Dragon Coins when buying or selling, they immediately felt the benefits of Dragon Coins.

Driven by some bold crab eaters, the number of people who exchanged dragon coins gradually began to increase.

I used to bring a lot of money when I went out to buy things, but now I don't need it at all.

Just load a few dragon coins, which is much more convenient and less tiring.

"What kind of bullshit Daming Dragon Coins are all deceitful tricks. Don't believe them. The fate of Dragon Coins must be the same as that of Daming Banknotes. We smashed this pawnshop..."

"Yes, liar, when we exchange some dragon coins, the value of the dragon coins will depreciate. At that time, we can't buy a stone of rice with a bag of dragon coins. We must resolutely boycott the dragon coins. They are deceiving us for our hard-earned money. , smashed the pawnshop, refused to exchange..."

When almost all new policies are introduced, they are hardly smooth sailing.

The issuance of dragon coins this time is no exception, and it was boycotted in Nanjing.

A lot of people gathered outside a pawnshop in Nanjing, including ordinary people and gentry from Shanggu. They shouted to boycott dragon coins and forcibly smashed the pawnshop.

The pawn shop is a national pawn shop, which is equivalent to the current bank, and of course it is protected by security.

Seeing someone trying to smash the bank, dozens of security guards immediately rushed to protect the pawnshop.

There are millions of taels of silver and a huge amount of dragon coins in the pawnshop. Once the pawnshop is smashed by these people, the silver and dragon coins will be looted.

The shopkeeper of the pawn shop thought that someone would boycott the dragon coins, but he didn't expect that someone would dare to smash the pawn shop. It was obviously not well prepared in comparison.

There were hundreds of people making trouble, but there were only dozens of pawnshop security guards.

Although they were all composed of the Ming army, their number was limited after all, and they were quickly dispersed by others.

There were even a few security guards who were ambushed and killed, but they still desperately stood in front of these people.

"Kill these bastards..."

Someone in the crowd yelled, and immediately more than 100 people rushed up to beat and kick the security guard.

"Da da da"

Seeing that these security guards were about to be beaten to death by them, suddenly five war horses rushed towards the crowd.

Without saying a word, they drew out the embroidered spring knives around their waists and chopped them off.

"Puff puff……"

These five people moved very swiftly, and their strikes were extremely ruthless.

A cold light flashed across the Xiuchun knife in his hand, and someone was split in half immediately, and blood splattered on the scene.

Before the troublemakers could react, more than a dozen people fell into a pool of blood in an instant.

"They are Jin Yiwei, Jin Yiwei killed people, let's attack them together, hack them to death..."

Someone shouted, and many people in the crowd pulled out their weapons and quickly surrounded the five riders.

These five people are Daming Jinyiwei, and they are also the security chiefs of the pawnshop.

They think that no one will cause trouble, even if someone is blind, there are still dozens of security guards on the scene to maintain law and order.

But when they returned from another pawn shop, they found that someone was beating the security guard and smashing the pawn shop.

The pawnshop was established by the imperial court to issue dragon coins. The current emperor attaches great importance to this. Once the pawnshop is smashed, how can the emperor spare them lightly.

The five of them were furious immediately, and immediately slashed with their front wheels. For them, these troublemakers deserved to die.

After hearing someone yelling that Jin Yiwei killed someone, Wang Meng, the small flag leader of Jin Yiwei, reacted instantly.

They were all wearing plain clothes, not official uniforms, yet someone could recognize them as Jin Yiwei.

These people all have sharp knives hidden deep in them, their actions are almost the same, and their movements are not slow. They are obviously not ordinary people, and there is a high probability that they are some people's servants.

As an experienced Jinyiwei small flag owner, Wang Meng immediately made his own judgment.

This is not the common people boycotting Dragon Coins, someone must have intentionally planned this riot.

Wang Meng slashed and killed a troublemaker with a knife, and shouted loudly:

"We are Daming Jinyiwei, do you know what you are doing? I advise you to stop immediately, otherwise your family will be implicated."

No matter how you say it, Daming Jinyiwei is also famous, and everyone knows it.

After hearing Wang Meng's self-report, the crowd fell silent instantly, and some people backed away quietly.

But some people started to incite the crowd to riot:
"Everyone, don't listen to them, so what about Jinyiwei, just rush over, the pawnshop's millions of taels of silver are all ours..."

(End of this chapter)