Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 155 Unifying the Banknotes of the Two Countries
On the night when Ouyang Xue gave birth to his son Su Huai, Su Yi stayed with him until midnight, so when he saw the Ziyue Empire Prime Minister Guo Xian the next morning, Su Yi yawned from time to time.

Prime Minister Guo Xian also knew that Su Yi must have slept very late last night. After hearing Su Yi say that the Military Intelligence Bureau belonging to the Ziyue Empire's military had been dispatched to track down the mysterious force hidden inside the Ziyue Empire, he prepared to Say goodbye to Su Yi.

But at this time Su Yi suddenly asked Prime Minister Guo Xian: "Master Guo, what is the current financial situation of Ziyue Empire?"

Prime Minister Guo Xian immediately said gratefully: "Thanks to the 3000 million tons of rice and 1000 million tons of canned meat provided by the Duke, it has not only suppressed the food prices in the various provinces of the Ziyue Empire, but also allowed the finances of the Ziyue Empire to take a hit. The money has become more abundant, and if the Lord Duke needs it, the Ziyue Empire’s finances can now use one billion silver dollars to subsidize the military expenditures of the Ziyue Empire’s Royal Army and Royal Navy.”

After the Ziyue Empire signed an armistice agreement with the Orensa Empire, it can be regarded as a complete end to the almost two-year war. During the two-year war, the Ziyue Empire suffered extremely heavy losses. Now that the war is over, Ziyue Empire's domestic All industries are waiting to be flourished.

However, the finances of the Ziyue Empire, which was almost on the verge of bankruptcy, could not afford much money to invest in the reconstruction of the Ziyue Empire. Fortunately, at this time, Su Yi directly took out 3000 million tons of rice and 1000 million tons of canned meat. It was handed over to Empress Ouyang Xue, and Ziyue Empire organized personnel to sell it at the price of [-] cents per catty of rice and [-] cents per can of meat in various parts of the country. Temporarily deposited in the Royal Bank of Ziyue Empire.

Although the Ziyue Empire Royal Bank is the only bank in the Ziyue Empire, only 50.00% of the shares in the Ziyue Empire Royal Bank belong to the royal family of the Ziyue Empire, and the other 40.00% are owned by many nobles in the Ziyue Empire. and owned by big businessmen.

Su Yi smiled and said: "It seems that the rice and canned meat are bought well, Mr. Guo has become rich and powerful now, but the military expenses of the Royal Army and Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire are in charge of the finances of the Tang Empire. The money from the empire's finances should be invested in the reconstruction of various places!"

Prime Minister Guo Xian nodded and said: "My lord, the rice and canned meat are indeed bought well. Now 3000% of the 1000 million tons of rice and 25 million tons of canned meat have been sold, and the proceeds are about 12 billion silver dollars, half of which have been deposited into the The Royal Bank of the Ziyue Empire, and about 5000 billion silver dollars were transferred to the finances of the Ziyue Empire. In addition, the 9000 million U.S. dollars in compensation from the Orenza Empire has already been in place, and there are monthly collections from all over the country. Taxation, even if the Ziyue Empire’s treasury allocated a large amount of money for reconstruction work in various places, there is still a huge amount of more than 13 billion silver dollars in the Ziyue Empire’s treasury account.”

"Approximately how much is the annual tax revenue of Ziyue Empire now?" Su Yi asked.

"My lord, due to the impact of the reconstruction of various places, it is estimated that the national tax revenue of the Ziyue Empire this year is likely to exceed 20 billion silver dollars, which is much higher than before the war."

When the last emperor of the Ziyue Empire, Ouyang Qi, was alive, he revoked the decree on tax exemption for cultivated land under the names of hereditary and honorary nobles. The financial revenue of the Cangyu Empire is far higher than that of the original Cangyu Empire.

Su Yi nodded slightly and said: "Since the Ziyue Empire's finances are relatively ample, it should continue to invest more funds in water conservancy projects, transportation facilities, urban facilities, port construction, urban housing construction, etc. In addition, Ziyue Empire The industrialization of the Moon Empire cannot be left behind."

Prime Minister Guo Xian hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, the construction of so many aspects is going to be carried out at the same time. The 13 billion silver dollars in the financial account of the Ziyue Empire is not enough at all. I think it is better to proceed step by step."

Su Yi waved his hand and said, "The Ziyue Empire and the soon-to-be-established Datang Empire are already far behind the world's major powers. If you don't catch up, they will come to invade you in the future. Mr. Guo must have a deep understanding of the law of the forest. As for the problem of funds, I will find a way to solve it. By the way, how is the matter of the Purple Moon Imperial Royal Bank taking back its shares?"

The other half of the proceeds from selling rice and canned meat was deposited in the Royal Bank of the Ziyue Empire, which was used by Su Yi to acquire another 40.00% of the shares in the Royal Bank of the Ziyue Empire.

Su Yi plans to issue large-value banknotes and new small-value banknotes in the Ziyue Empire, and it is best for the Ziyue Empire Royal Bank to handle this matter. In this way, the importance of the Ziyue Empire Royal Bank will also be It goes without saying that Su Yi is of course unwilling to let other people still own the shares of Ziyue Empire Royal Bank.

Prime Minister Guo Xian immediately said: "Your Excellency, due to the war, Ziyue Empire Royal Bank suffered heavy losses. The deficit alone was as high as 40 billion silver dollars. Those nobles and big businessmen who hold shares in Ziyue Empire Royal Bank are very I am willing to sell the shares of Ziyue Imperial Royal Bank, and now I have bought back the other 9000% of the shares of Ziyue Imperial Royal Bank with less than 40.00 million silver dollars."

When Su Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "If I can take back all the shares of the Ziyue Imperial Bank, I can rest assured that I will pay to make up for the deficit of the Ziyue Imperial Bank. I will spend another 5000 million in the near future. Tons of rice, 5000 million tons of flour, and 400 billion cans of canned meat are sold within the Ziyue Empire, and half of the proceeds will go to the Ziyue Empire’s finances, while the other half will be put into the Ziyue Empire’s Royal Bank to make up for the shortfall.”

Prime Minister Guo Xian was immediately overwhelmed by Su Yi's generosity. Even at the price of 5000 cents per catty of rice, 5000 cents per catty of flour, and 400 cents per can of meat, 120 million tons of rice, [-] million tons of flour and [-] billion cans of canned meat can also sell an astronomical figure of [-] billion silver dollars.

"This... Lord Duke, isn't 5000 million tons of rice, 5000 million tons of flour and 400 billion cans of meat too much? According to the purchasing power of the people of our Ziyue Empire, we may not be able to sell them all in a year."

"As long as the price is under control, it's fine to prevent the low price of grain from hurting farmers. It doesn't matter if you sell it for a year. In addition, since the shares of Ziyue Empire Royal Bank have been taken back, the next step is to abolish the original issue of Ziyue Empire. We will strive to jointly issue large-value banknotes and new small-value banknotes with the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty."

Prime Minister Guo Xian pondered for a while and said: "As long as the free exchange of large-value banknotes and new small-value banknotes with silver dollars, silver, and gold can be guaranteed, the people should gradually accept it. In addition, I suggest that large-value banknotes and It is best to implement the gold system for the new small-denomination banknotes."

Su Yi nodded and said: "The large-value banknotes and new small-value banknotes to be issued by the Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty will also implement the gold standard. I have a batch of new papermaking and printing equipment in my hand. With these new equipment, the current The Royal Bank of the Tang Empire has produced a new set of banknotes that are highly anti-counterfeit, Mr. Guo, do you think it is okay for the Ziyue Empire to use this set of banknotes as well?"

Prime Minister Guo Xian said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, the Ziyue Empire uses the banknotes of the Tang Empire. Isn't that inappropriate? Can you ask the Ziyue Empire Royal Bank to issue a new set of banknotes?"

Su Yi thought for a while and said, "I'm just casually mentioning the matter of the Ziyue Empire issuing banknotes. Let's talk about it after I discuss it with Xiaoxue!"

After Prime Minister Guo Xian left the Hall of Virtue, Su Yi sent someone to find Xu Haoming.

"Haoming, now 100% of the shares in Ziyue Imperial Bank have been owned by the royal family. Next, you need to recruit some more trustworthy people and send them to Ziyue Imperial Bank. In the future, Datang Imperial Bank and Ziyue Although the Imperial Royal Bank is called two banks, it can actually be regarded as one, and the funds of the two banks can be exchanged at will."

Xu Haoming nodded and asked, "Marshal, I heard that Ziyue Imperial Bank is in a big deficit. Do you want to transfer a sum of money from Datang Imperial Bank now?"

Su Yi shook his head and said: "I still have more than one billion funds in Ziyue Empire Royal Bank, plus I will take out 5000 million tons of rice, 5000 million tons of flour and 400 billion cans of meat in Ziyue Empire Half of the proceeds from the sale will also go to Ziyue Imperial Bank, which is enough to make up for the deficits of Ziyue Imperial Bank, and there is even a lot of surplus. For the time being, there is no need to transfer funds from Datang Imperial Bank to Ziyue Imperial Bank .”

Xu Haoming then said: "Don't worry, commander, my subordinates will help you firmly grasp the Ziyue Imperial Bank, and try to make Ziyue Imperial Bank and Datang Imperial Royal Bank truly one."

"By the way, I am going to let Ziyue Imperial Bank also issue large-denomination banknotes and new small-denomination banknotes, and directly adopt the new set of banknotes produced by Datang Imperial Royal Bank, but the two countries have not merged after all. Together, isn't it inappropriate for the Ziyue Empire to use the Tang Empire's banknotes?"

Xu Haoming hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, how about slightly changing the new set of banknotes produced by the Royal Bank of the Tang Empire, just change the Tang Empire on the banknotes to the Ziyue Empire, no matter how rigid It is stipulated that the exchange rate of paper money between the two countries will always be one to one, which is equivalent to unifying the paper money of the Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire."

"That's a good idea. If Xiaoxue has no objections, let's do it this way!"

(End of this chapter)