Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 338 Spending 1000 million yuan, the court is so domineering when it has money!
Paper money began to slowly become popular.

At least in Beijing and Shandong, it has also become popular.

It is inevitable that paper money will replace silver.

Zhang Haogu estimates that there are about [-] to [-] million taels of silver in Daming. The imperial court has at least controlled half of the silver flow. What Zhang Haogu is thinking about now is to circulate paper money on a large scale.

As for paper money, it is naturally not easy for you to force people to use paper money, but to use administrative orders to slowly implement it. For example, it is slightly cheaper to use paper money to buy rice. For example, mandatory regulations Foreign merchants must first exchange their silver and gold for banknotes.

For another example, the goods in the hands of the Mongols, wool, must first be exchanged for Daming banknotes, and then come to buy other things.

Of course, you can also exchange it for silver, but if you don’t rush to buy the goods and return to the prairie, what are you doing directly exchanging them for silver?
It is also impossible for the Mongols to buy all the things in one go, so naturally there will be a lot of Daming treasures left in their hands.

Some time ago, Cui Chengxiu gave Zhang Haogu a suggestion to set up a farming society among the tribes in the grassland to facilitate the Mongolians to buy things.

Now it is still necessary for some Mongolian tribes in Europe to find a suitable place to grow cotton.

This group of people has also begun to stay.

Shanxi merchants will buy their cotton, and they will also come to Shanxi merchants to purchase grain, salt and tea.

Cui Chengxiu believes that the Mongols should establish the farm community, and at the same time, necessary rules must be established. The tribes fighting among the Mongols belong to the fight. However, the farms should not be provoked. After the farms are provoked, the food and salt are good , and the tea leaves are not sold at all.

Zhang Haogu’s reply is that you can try it. In addition, he has an idea. It is better to build a concrete road directly into Mongolia. In this way, it will also facilitate the influence of the Central Plains Dynasty on Mongolia.

During this period of time, Shanxi merchants in Shaanxi still developed.

Even after being reaped by Zhang Haogu, Shanxi merchants have developed rapidly relying on the unique geographical location, and, because there is no smuggling, more people are willing to try this kind of trading life.

Although there is no huge profit from smuggling, at least it is a way to survive.

Moreover, Shanxi mature vinegar is now very popular in the capital area.

If it is further developed, it will be another source of tax revenue for the imperial court.

This group of guys are also closely watched by Zhang Haogu. If they dare to evade taxes, they will definitely not let you have any good fruit to eat.

Now, Zhang Haogu is still thinking about asking the Mongolians to see what kind of mines there are in Mongolia.

The Mongolian people don't have to be nomads, they can still grow cotton, dig mines, sing and dance, and even regulate their animal husbandry.

Little by little, the natural use of banknotes is a matter of course.

In fact, in the past six months, the speed of banknote circulation has far exceeded Zhang Haogu's imagination. Although Daming is bad enough now, after all, Daming still represents the government, and what it represents is credibility.

In addition, Zhang Haogu even pretended to be tricky, piling up 12 taels of silver, which really fooled many people.

Let more businessmen believe that the Daming Banknotes can really be used in silver, foreign businessmen, Mongolians, farmers, and officials. This year's money and wages are banknotes.

Although officials at all levels exchanged banknotes for silver at the first time, they soon discovered many inconveniences. The court law stipulates that no commercial organization shall refuse banknotes. You give me silver , I can't find it, so I can only give you banknotes.

Love or not.

In addition, a certain degree of inflation has begun to appear in prices. Although it is slow, it has begun to fluctuate. When the time is right, the fixed exchange rate will be completely abandoned.

When banknotes become popular on a large scale, gold and silver transactions in the market can be abolished.

The courtiers were shocked, but Zhang Haogu had the final say on how to spend the money.

Last year's large-scale road and canal construction plan has already begun to be laid. This year, the imperial court will spend more money in Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Shaanxi, in particular, will face severe drought in the next few years. At this time, a lot of money must be spent on water conservancy projects.

In Shaanxi, there are Han River, Dan River, Jialing River, Wei River, Jing River, Luo River, Yan River and Wuding River.Except for the water system in the south of the Qinling Mountains, which is self-produced and outflows, the water system in the north of the Qinling Mountains basically originates from other provinces. Zhang Haogu had already arranged some water conservancy experts to visit Shaanxi when Sun Chuanting suppressed the rebellion.

Zhu Youxiao sent Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan away, and took Nurhachi with him. Whether Liaoxi can get it or not depends on their specific operations.

If you can't fight, don't fight. The Ming army really can't beat the Jurchens in a field battle.

It is best to be able to fight without bloodshed.

Take Liaoxi, and immediately arrange Shenwei Invincible General Cannon on the important military town. As long as these things are in hand, what do you want Huang Taiji to use to attack Liaodong?

His only strategy was to go west and conquer Mongolia.

Then, look for weak points on the nine sides to attack stealthily.

And then, Zhang Haogu's big money-spending plan for the coming year was only said to have taken Zhu Youxiao by surprise.

The capital, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong all have large-scale infrastructure projects, and these projects cost money. Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu's focus on Shaanxi.

"The severe drought in Shaanxi, the more it is at this time, the more it is necessary to build reservoirs and do a good job in water conservancy projects. In addition, it is to build roads so that food and troops can quickly come to Shaanxi to suppress the rebellion."

Zhang Hao talked about it from time to time.

Zhu Youxiao looked down one by one, and couldn't help taking a breath, looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "Master, are you going to throw [-] million taels of silver?"

"Exactly, in addition to roads and water conservancy, there is also a large-scale construction of cement factories. We need to train professional skilled workers!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of water conservancy will last for thousands of years. If it can be completed, the imperial court will be connected from east to west, from north to south. If there is a rebellion in some places, the imperial court will be able to put down the rebellion in an instant!!"

"Before, the master planned to spend 200 billion Daming treasure notes in the capital to build bridges, water conservancy and roads. Now, these are mixed together. Is this 1000 billion?" Zhu Youxiao secretly took a breath, and couldn't help it I lament the generosity of Zhang Haogu.

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Exactly, Your Majesty, the court has money, we are not short of money, spend it!!"

(End of this chapter)