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Chapter 918 Trying the Company System
"Why does the Kyushu army always regard our Edo Castle as their Tokyo, no matter the Tokyo school or the Tokyo branch, and now they have named their locomotives 'Tokyo', and their intentions are clear." Abe Zhongqiu learned that Yokohama was The steam locomotive on the front line of Edo Castle is called Tokyo, and I can't help but feel depressed.

Because of the influence of the Kyushu Army, even some people in Edo City called the city they lived in Tokyo, which seemed to sound more lofty, and made their shogunate a little worried that their residents would be swayed by the Kyushu Army.Over time, maybe the Edo Castle of the shogunate really became the Tokyo of the Kyushu Army.

Tadaaki Abe could hear the people around him discussing railways and trains.These people who had never seen a train before were finally not so shocked after being stunned, but were surprised why there was such a magical item as a train.For them, the Kyushu Army is like a god who is omnipotent, and can make a "black dragon" made of steel run without horsepower or manpower.This kind of ability is not a manifestation of the gods, how else can it be explained?

"The people of Edo Castle already respected the Kyushu Army like gods, but our innovations have not produced results that can be seen with their own eyes..." Aoyama Yusei, who had been to the capital of Huaxia, expressed despair.

Sakai Tadakatsu patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. Qingshan, let's take a step at a time. The Kyushu Army's profound heritage cannot be compared with us in a short while."

Aoyama Xingcheng said in frustration: "It has to be like this."

The reformist shogunate ministers were hit hard by the opening of the railway, and their confidence began to shake. Some other conservative ministers saw the train for the first time, and while shocked, they also realized the strength of the Kyushu Army. Things are right.

Da Yuer looked at the "Tokyo" locomotive and found that the model was similar to that of the "Industry", indicating that the manufacturing process of steam locomotives was relatively mature.

"In the future, there will be a Tokyo locomotive and a steam engine ship. When we return to the Central Plains for vacation, we can directly take the Tokyo locomotive to Yokohama Port, and then take the Yongchang at Yokohama Port." An employee of the Dongjin branch said.

"It is indeed much more convenient." Da Yuer saw the successful opening of the railway, and was also thinking about the things she was responsible for.

The Tokyo branch has now almost defeated Bank of Edo, occupying more than [-]% of the market share, and monopolizing the trade between China and Japan.At the same time, the Tokyo Branch is trying and working hard for banknotes—the banknotes issued by the Tokyo Branch have already been put into use.

Bank notes can be freely exchanged for gold coins and silver coins at the Tokyo branch. They are the same price as gold and silver, and they are popular because they are easy to carry.By issuing bank notes, the Tokyo Branch exchanged paper for a large amount of gold and silver to fill its own gold and silver reserves.

Now in the money market of Dongying Kingdom, in addition to the copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins minted by the shogunate, there are also bank notes of Tokyo Branch and Edo Bank.The Tokyo branch is equivalent to stealing part of the currency issuance rights in a disguised form.If the Tokyo Branch issues bank notes without restraint, it can even cause turmoil in the currency market of Japan.

"Maybe it's time to try to promote the company system. Merchants must trade in the name of the company, and they must submit a report to the Far East Trading Company every year in order to tax their income. The merchant's influence is too great, and I'm afraid it will not be easy in the future. Control." Da Yuer thought about implementing the company system.

The reason why Chu Yun asked her to choose Dongying as the experimental field is because Dongying now has unique advantages.If Japan's economy is collapsed by Dayuer, after all, it is not a province of Japan, so there is no need to be responsible, and the shogunate will naturally be responsible.Another important point is that if businessmen who trade with Japan do not comply with the new measures, they will be expelled from the market by the Far East Trading Company.Therefore, merchants in Huaxia must abide by the new rules of the game.

If Da Yuer enforces the company system, then these businessmen will have to "register a company" in order to continue to make money in the Japanese market.

However, the implementation of the company system will definitely harm the interests of big businessmen—no big businessman is willing to let the tax department know the source of every income, so that they have no way to evade taxes.

Once the big businessmen get angry, even if the reform is successful, someone needs to sacrifice to appease their anger, and this person is usually the advocate, that is, herself.

Da Yuer was a little melancholy, but she gritted her teeth and decided to try to implement the company system as soon as possible.In addition to being the vice president of the Tokyo branch, she is also a temporary director of the Far East Trading Company, and can coordinate the two large organizations to ensure the implementation of the company system.

Da Yuer didn't know how much trouble her secret decision would cause. What she wanted to take away were the interests of the rising Chinese merchants, and their energy was enormous.

"The construction of the Yokohama-Edo Castle Railway is just a start. In the future, we will build a main line that runs through Honshu Island, Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island, and Hokkaido to exploit valuable resources and sell our goods to Honshu Island. A corner." The official of the railway construction committee responsible for building this section of the railway pointed to a pair of blueprints.

In this schematic diagram of the railway construction of Dongying Kingdom, the main railway line runs through almost the entire four islands of Dongying Kingdom.If Tadakatsu Sakai knew that the Kyushu Army already had a detailed railway construction plan for the entire Dongying Kingdom, he would be stunned if he knew the blueprint.The railway network he wanted to build did not expect that the Kyushu Army knew better than their shogunate where the railway should be built.

"It's a pity that we don't have enough resources to realize this construction plan as soon as possible. Now that the Ministry of Household Affairs is focusing on domestic construction, it is not easy for us to be able to build this section of the railway." Shi Daxuan said.

Because the Kyushu Army can garrison along the railway, if a railway artery that runs through the entire Dongying Kingdom is built, it is equivalent to realizing direct control of the Dongying Kingdom.Shi Daxuan is very eager for this. He really wants to garrison the entire Dongying country, but the domestic railway network has not been completed yet. Want to build such a long railway network in Dongying country?Just can't afford enough money.

"Take your time, our railway construction committee will send people to investigate in the next period of time. We will work with the Academy of Sciences to find out the distribution of minerals, agricultural by-products, and population in Japan to plan a better railway network. said the official of the railway construction committee.

"And if we propose such a railway construction plan now, the shogunate will probably go crazy." Shi Daxuan couldn't imagine the consequences of letting the shogunate know the blueprint.

If troops are stationed along the railway that runs through the entire Dongying Kingdom, the Kyushu Army can directly declare that this is their own occupation.

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