People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 398: Bring down all the gold and silver and let them see it!
In fact, Princess Ning'an had received a letter before, saying that a transport team would arrive in Ningbo from Japan, and Princess Ning'an needed to receive it herself.

At first Princess Ning'an didn't know what it was.

I just thought they might be some ordinary goods.

However, she did not expect that when the goods arrived in Ningbo, someone told her that it was the huge treasure ship that Zheng He used when he sailed to the West.

There were a total of twenty-one ships. Although not every ship was as huge as the flagship that Zheng He took when he sailed to the West, they were big enough.

The supplies being transported are sufficient, and judging from the draft, they are very heavy.

Moreover, the Duke specifically asked Princess Ning'an to receive it.

When Chen Han asked her to come to Jiangnan, he told her that he would definitely let her show her talents.

It will give her the opportunity to realize her ambitions.

Because Chen Han knew very well that Princess Ning An was not the kind of person who liked to live a simple life.

She is a woman with many ambitions and many things she wants to achieve.

Not only in terms of money, honor, and career, she wants to soar to the sky on her own, rather than relying on men to climb up.

So Chen Han now gives her a chance, a chance to build the Ming Dynasty State-owned Bank.

But why choose Ningbo?

Because this place is not only a port for going out to sea, but also connects to surrounding commercial areas of all sizes.

The prosperity of open sea trade requires the support of these ports, large and small.

Today, ports have been opened in Rizhao in Shandong, Ningbo in Zhejiang, Zhangzhou in Fujian, and Guangzhou in Guangdong.

These places are not far from Ningbo, so it is necessary to open the first state-owned bank in Ningbo so that more businessmen can get support from the court and promote the development of business.

Now Chen Han is shouting all day long that he must make business more popular.

But how to win people’s hearts?

Is it just shouting slogans?

This is definitely not enough.

We must also increase our support.

But how to increase this intensity is a question that confuses everyone now.

Chen Han thought of opening a state-owned bank.

But although the billions of taels of silver he had collected were a lot, there were too many things to do, and he did not have the courage to open a bank at that time.

Once he arrived in Japan, defeated them and occupied the silver mountains and gold mines, Chen Han felt confident.

The confidence comes from the ability to continuously transport supplies back from Japan, allowing state-owned banks to issue their own Ming Dynasty banknotes.

The credibility of Baochao has fallen into dust, and everyone regards Baochao as a piece of waste paper.

Not to mention the Wanli period, even during the Zhengtong period, no one actually used Baochao.

So a new kind of paper banknote had to be issued.

And what is needed to issue new paper banknotes?
The need for reserves requires financial instruments to support them.

Where do financial instruments come from?

It's strength.

Now Chen Han can continuously transport slaves, gold and silver from Japan, which serve as reserves for opening state-owned banks.

Especially in Ningbo, where business is already developed, people are more likely to accept these financial institutions.

Although opening a state-owned bank is a very complicated process, it does not pose a problem for savvy businessmen.

In fact, even if the imperial court had not intervened, everyone who does business knew that it was unsafe to carry dozens of taels, dozens of kilograms, or hundreds of kilograms of metal currency on the road to do business, and everyone wanted to use paper money.

Moreover, since the invention of Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty, the Baochao of the Yuan Dynasty and the Baochao of the Ming Dynasty have become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's just that everyone was afraid that the treasure notes would become a tool for the empire to plunder the wealth of the people, so they were afraid of them like tigers and wolves.

At this time, Chen Han was setting up a state-owned bank and preparing a large amount of reserves to issue the Ming Wanli Baochao, which was more credible than any previous Baochao.

Why did Chen Han ask Princess Ning An to do this?
Because Princess Ning An can do it.

Because this woman started out as a business person.

She controls a large amount of land. Does she just want to be a farmer?
Not also!

In fact, she was like most landlords in ancient times.

After getting the money, he engaged in real estate, acquired large amounts of land, and built manors.

There is another business that the landlords have been engaged in for a long time, and that is money lending.

Yes, these big landlords really came into contact with finance a long time ago, but everyone just didn’t know that this was the word “finance”.

But this is how things are done.

Most underground money houses are engaged in lending business.

In addition to lending to gamblers and businessmen, they also lent money to ordinary people who were in financial difficulties. In addition to lending gold and silver coins, they also lent money in the form of grain seeds and the like.

Princess Ning'an herself is a big landowner.

While she owned land and produced a lot of food, she used the uneaten food to lend out.

So she is very familiar with this industry chain.

The form of bank lending and private lending are just magnified.

The general process is pretty much the same.

The most important thing is whether it is private or state-owned, the most important thing for everyone doing business is two words - credibility.

So Chen Han knows how to use people well.

He knew that Princess Ning'an was doing such a big business.

Sophia, a foreign woman, is knowledgeable and has the ability to build the framework of a modern university, so she is suitable for academic research and leading students to make progress together.

The woman named Guo Feixue came from the underworld and was a middle or high-level official in the White Lotus Sect at that time.

She has rich organizational and mobilization abilities and strong appeal.

So it is very suitable for her to assist Sophia and help her deal with some matters in the underworld.

As for other young palace maids, they can only help out in the mansion and cannot be entrusted with important tasks.

These are the four main women around him.

Guo Feixue belongs to the Jianghu School.

Sophia belongs to the modern intellectual school.

Princess Ning'an comes from a noble family, that is, a businessman.

An Youniang is a personal bodyguard.

But it really is a good way to put everyone's talents to good use.

When Princess Ning'an arrived at the dock, the surrounding officials and people spontaneously made way for her.

At this time, everyone admired Princess Ning'an very much.

At first, everyone heard that a princess had come from the capital, but instead of staying in the capital, she came to Ningbo.

After coming here, I didn't see her lingering around the beautiful mountains and rivers here.

Instead, he recruited a lot of businessmen here.

Especially those talented people who were bankrupted by Chen Han and eventually had to work as accountants in various small businesses, hundreds of them were won over by her.

And as for what exactly she is doing?

It is said that he is setting up a big money house.

Although there is not much money injected yet.

However, external publicity has already been leaning in this direction.

Princess Ning'an announced that in the future there would be a large money house opened by the imperial court in Ningbo.

You can store money, apply for loans, etc.

At first, everyone laughed at her, saying that a woman was too arrogant and didn't know how to restrain herself, running out to show her face and do these crooked things. Everyone believed that Princess Ning'an would never succeed.

Because in Jiangnan, Chen Han has offended a large number of businessmen.

How many people ended up with their families destroyed and their loved ones killed in Chen Han’s last purge.

Now when people mention Chen Han, they gnash their teeth in hatred.

Although no one dared to say bad things about him openly, no one thought Chen Han was a good person behind his back.

He was even obsessed with killing Chen Han.

Of course they don't have that much energy, and they know it's absolutely impossible to do it.

But it is certain that he hates Chen Han behind his back.

Princess Ning'an said that Chen Han would open a big money house here, and everyone wanted to see the joke.

Therefore, Princess Ning'an's situation here was actually not as she had imagined, that she would be respected by everyone when she came here.

But she persisted.

After more than half a year of effort, the framework has been completed here.

This is what Chen Han told her, that he would give her a chance to realize her dream.

And now I finally have this opportunity.

When Princess Ning'an arrived at the dock, the lieutenant general saw Princess Ning'an and immediately led all the officers and soldiers on the ship, a total of one thousand people, to kneel down at Princess Ning'an's feet and shouted.

"Your Highness, we are under the order of the Duke to escort 1.5 million taels of gold, 40 million taels of silver, and 3,000 Japanese slaves to Ningbo for your disposal.

Please give the order and we will unload the ship immediately."

When everyone heard so much real money, they were shocked.

My dear!
The gold alone amounted to 1.5 million taels, and the silver amounted to 30 million taels.

No wonder these twenty-odd large ships have such a heavy draft.

It would be strange if it wasn't heavy after pulling so many things.

They even brought in three thousand slaves from Japan.

What did these three thousand slaves do?

Just work.

You don't need to pay them wages, just provide them with food.

Even if these people were killed, it wouldn't matter.

Because the Japanese pirates had been causing so much trouble on the southeast coast in the past few years.

Although most of the Japanese pirates were coastal residents who were forced to go to sea, those pirates also left a very deep impression on the common people.

If it weren't for people like Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Hu Zongxian who defeated the Japanese pirates along the Zhejiang coast during the Jiajing period, our lives would not be so good now.

So when Japan is mentioned, everyone grits their teeth.

And now the Duke has indeed gone to Japan to fight.

They also captured several thousand slaves from there and brought them over.

This is really refreshing.

Many people applauded when they heard that the Duke was fighting in Japan.

"As expected, he went to Japan to fight."

"Okay, great, kill them all."

"That's right. More than a decade ago, the Japanese devils burned, killed and looted here. Now it's finally our Ming Dynasty's turn to counterattack them."

"But I haven't heard how many people our Duke brought with him. Wouldn't he be at a disadvantage?"

“Not necessarily. I heard that our Duke is now equipped with the most advanced muskets and artillery.

When the Duke was suppressing the rebellious princes in the Central Plains before, didn’t he also face several or even dozens of times the number of troops?
Won't they be beaten just the same and run away in panic?

Therefore, our Duke cannot be measured by ordinary people.

The Duke is a genius and will surely return victoriously."

When Princess Ning'an heard that so much gold and silver were transported this time, she finally felt confident.

The most important thing when opening a money shop is to have reserves.

Moreover, if you want to set up a money transfer agency with the imperial court as its background, you need a large amount of reserve funds.

Otherwise, if a malicious run occurs, the front end may be squeezed out.

And now Chen Han has brought in 40 million taels of silver and 1.5 million gold at one time.

These large, state-owned banks were opened immediately.

And with so much reserve, new Ming treasure notes can be issued immediately.

Although the common people have completely lost their trust in Baochao.

But fortunately, Chen Han is now in the southeast area, where he has eliminated a large number of unscrupulous businessmen and has gained very high public support.

Even though there are many remaining chaebols, they are very resentful towards Chen Han.

But this group of people is already a minority.

Even if they make a fuss, how much trouble can they cause?

And if they dare, the Tax Inspection Department will not be a pushover.

Now that the Jinyiwei has been transformed into the Tax Inspection Bureau, it has begun to build branches of the Tax Inspection Bureau in various places.

There are also some in Ningbo.

Even now, Princess Ning'an has been appointed as one of the main persons in charge of the Ningbo Tax Inspection Bureau.

Princess Ning'an didn't have time to manage the Tax Inspection Department some time ago.

Just let the Jinyiwei investigate the tax payment situation of the people around them.

Now that we have started to set up the Ming Bank, we must invite these people out.

With them in charge, the people will feel more at ease.

However, many businessmen who were hostile to the future said with a frown at this time.

"What is there? Don't think we don't know. We just say there are so many, but in fact, there is nothing at all."

"Maybe it's just a few hundred or dozens of taels of gold and silver. Everyone is shouting here loudly."

"Who says it's not true? What else can Chen Han do? Isn't he just using some crooked methods?"

"How did we lose before? He disguised himself as a Japanese pirate and killed us all. Now he's trying this again. Who would believe them?"

As these questioning voices became more and more numerous, many people also followed the crowd.

"That's true. Although the Duke has done a lot of good things for us, how can we get so much gold and silver from Japan?"

"If the Japanese had so much money, why did they come to rob us?"

There is no way to refute this statement.

Because it's just like they said.

If the Japanese devils had so much gold and silver, they would not have risked coming to the Ming Dynasty.

Princess Ning An snorted after hearing this: "Well, since someone is questioning it, General, bring down the gold and silver immediately.

Let’s go to the dock and show it to the people and everyone whether our Duke is bragging or not.
Does our Duke have such strength?

It also lets the people of the whole city know that we have the confidence to open the largest money house in Ningbo, which is the Ming Bank.

And this confidence comes from the gold and silver shipped this time."

After these words were spoken, the lieutenant general also felt it necessary to let the people here know how powerful the Duke is now.

So he waved his hand and shouted, "Bring down all the gold and silver."

Under the urging of the officers and soldiers, more than 3,000 Japanese slaves began to move boxes of packed gold and silver from the ship...

(End of this chapter)