Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1027 Eating War Bonds
"Osaka Castle is already at war, and the price of food in Edo Castle is also getting higher and higher. I don't know how long the rise in food prices will continue." The frenzied buying of residents in the city has created a situation where supply exceeds demand.

Regardless of the market price, the rice shop price of Huaxia merchants is [-]% of the market price, and it has become cheap rice in the eyes of the residents of Edo City.

"How come today's rice has run out before noon?" Residents who bought rice asked anxiously when they saw the empty rice shop.

"We transported the rice across the sea, and the supply of rice is not so fast, please forgive me." The shopkeeper of the rice shop said to everyone.

"It's a pity. It would be great if you had more food," said a resident of Edo Castle who came to buy rice.

"Please take care of me in the future." The owner of Mipu said.

He saw that the residents of Edo Castle who were unable to buy cheap food at the back of the queue were disappointed and left. He knew in his heart that there were still a large number of rice boats stranded at Yokohama Port. Excellent rice and crazier.

Because of the outbreak of the war, the shogunate collected a large amount of grain to supply the front lines, and the supply of rice among the people became tense, especially in cities that usually depend on the surrounding villages for food supply.

The emergence of this crisis made people in Edo City panic, and no one knew when the food would be completely out of stock.The rice shop set up by Huaxia merchants sells stable grain every day, and has won wide acclaim in Edo Castle. Residents line up to buy grain every early morning.

"Our commodities and food have gained a firm foothold in Edo Castle, and the residents of Edo Castle have a better and better impression of us. I heard from the people that the residents of Edo Castle complained about the shogunate, but not about our rice. Not only is our price [-]% of the market price, but the most important thing is that we sell grain on time every day, giving them hope. Overseas grain will not be affected by their civil war.” Inside the Tokyo branch, the branch’s The employees have been paying attention to the situation of the rice shop, and found that the rice shop opened by Huaxia merchants is very popular.

"Nowadays, the price of food in Edo City has tripled compared to usual. Everyone has to save money to survive this cold winter, especially the poor here. The price of food has risen so horribly that it is estimated that it will soon rise to Five times, or even ten times." Said President Qian of the Tokyo branch.

"President, what should we staff in Edo Castle do? We can't even afford cabbage these days. The rise in rice and vegetable prices in Edo Castle has also affected us employees. All my wages are used to buy rice and vegetables, but I don’t have any savings.” The employees complained.

"The higher-ups have allocated a batch of grain to us as an allowance. This batch of grain is enough for our daily expenses, so don't complain and work hard, you know?" President Qian announced a more important news .

"Really? It seems that the higher-ups are really considerate to us, and they can consider our current situation!" The employees were overjoyed when they heard that the free food had been approved.

In this era, most of the expenses of the people are on food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the rise in food prices makes their lives difficult.

"Treasurer Qian, there is news from the capital."

A staff member of the Edo Castle Telegraph Station walked into the Tokyo branch and said directly to President Qian.

"A telegram from the capital? Come on, please come inside." President Qian led the man to the backstage.

"Confidential telegram from the household department in the capital." The staff of the Edo Telegraph Station handed a translated telegram to President Qian.

The government's telegram uses the transmission method of cipher text, and then the telegram is deciphered after the receiver decodes it.

In fact, no hostile force in this era can intercept the Kyushu Army's telegram... because no force other than the Kyushu Army knows what "electricity" is, let alone intercept information through "wires".

However, in order to speed up the progress of cryptography, Chu Yun still fought wits and bravery with the air, and everything was done as carefully as possible, and the official telegram sent ciphertext.

"The Ministry of Accounts asked our Tokyo branch to buy a large amount of war bonds issued by the shogunate? What does this mean?" President Qian found it hard to understand the secret letter sent in the name of the Ministry of Accounts.

"This is an order from the Household Department. I'm just a telegraph operator and I'm responsible for decoding the telegram. I don't know the purpose of the Household Department very well. I also felt very strange when I decoded it. The total value of the war bonds issued by the shogunate is 100 million taels." Silver was purchased by civilians, samurai, and merchants in Japan. If the shogunate is defeated, these war bonds may be a pile of blank paper at that time. Why did the Ministry of Accounts allow your Tokyo branch to consume a large amount of war bonds?" The telegraph operator translated the order Sometimes it is difficult to understand.

"The grammar of the typesetting and wording is most likely an order sent by Da Yuer in the name of the household department." Seeing the wording and arranging sentences in the telegram, President Qian thought of Da Yuer, who had worked in the Tokyo branch before. , she is an official of the household department, and it is reasonable to send instructions in the name of the household department.

"Hasn't she been relieved of her duties?" asked the telegraph operator.

"Don't think about it too much. She is currently serving on a committee of the Ministry of Accounting. Removing her position here does not mean that she will not be used. In fact, although the committee of the Ministry of Accounting does not have much real power, they are in the The macro level is clearer than ours, and their opinions can determine the policy of a country." Governor Qian said, "Since it is an order from the Ministry of Accounts, our Tokyo branch will find a way to eat the war bonds issued by the shogunate. And there will be further instructions from the capital.”

"Is the branch's silver enough to purchase war bonds in large quantities from the private sector? That's a total of 100 million taels of silver..." the chief accountant of the Tokyo branch asked in surprise.

"It is not necessary to use real money to buy a large amount of war bonds. We still have this." Governor Qian pointed to a bundle of bank notes and said, "Our bank notes can be freely exchanged for gold and silver, and even printed on them. Any amount we want. But they are indistinguishable from a blank piece of paper for our cost. The war bonds issued by the shogunate are essentially blank paper, and it is just right to use blank paper to buy blank paper?"

"The war bonds are now in the private sector, how can we buy them in large quantities?" the chief accountant asked again.

"The instructions on the telegram let us use our Japanese comprador businessmen to secretly buy private war bonds at high prices on our behalf, and push their prices even higher," said Governor Qian.

　There will be an update tomorrow morning. .I've been in a bad state recently, and I'm trying to find a way to recover more. .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)