open sea

Chapter 563 Vicious
Yin Zhengmao liked Chen Mu's invincible context.

The two chatted a lot, and seeing that it was getting late, Jun Jun went out and took someone to help Fu Yuan's banner troops stationed outside the city to arrange meals, and also brought them food and some wine at the port wine shop.

Originally, Chen Mu didn't want to drink with Yin Zhengmao, but now the situation is not bad, at least he will be a colleague in the next few years, so he asked someone to prepare the table, tidy up and exchange glasses.

However, Chen Mu was still worried about Yin Zhengmao's greed for money. He knew Yin Zhengmao's strong military, political and financial talents, and he also knew that Yin Zhengmao was greedy for money. The problem was that he didn't know how greedy Yin Zhengmao was.

He poured a small glass of wine for Yin Zhengmao, toasted one, and said: "I also hope that Princess Yin will take care of He Xingsheng in her Western affairs. The prosperity of the trade routes depends on them. They are not only related to customs taxation, but also related to the import and export of materials. Can't help but hit."

Yin Zhengmao nodded, picked up the wine glass but didn't drink it, thought for a moment before asking: "He Xingsheng has something to do with Chen Shuai?"

He was wrong.

Chen Mu smiled calmly and said: "They have nothing to do with Chen, not a single one of them, they only have a relationship with Daming. To be honest, the so-called Hexingsheng was in the early days, when Chen was still working in Xiangshan Qianhu, the connection was indeed very deep. When Yuegang was opened, there were [-] boat guides for Chen, and in the second year at sea, [-] bows of [-] ships going out from Yuegang were nailed with Hexingsheng."

"In Nanyang, the route from the Japanese islands to Penghu is Japanese pirates, the route from Fujian and Guangzhou to the Southeast Asian countries is smuggling maritime merchants, Malacca to Haojing is Portuguese, and Luzon is Xiyi. Meng Dasima Wu Gong favored , Promote the general banner Chen Mu to Xiangshan Qianhu, and order me to control Haojing, the flag army is poor, and a thousand households can only allocate five small boats with a hundred materials and one lucky boat."

Da Sima refers to Wu Guifang, which was an official position in charge of the power of soldiers and horses in ancient times. It is no longer established now, but people follow the old system to refer to the Minister of the Ministry of War as Da Sima.

In fact, Yin Zhengmao also has the official position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and is also the great Sima.

"I'm not afraid of Duke Yin's jokes." Chen Mu laughed as he recalled the time when he was poor, raised two fingers and said, "I took the two centipede boats owned by Chen Bu Langji from the outlaws."

"I frightened the Japanese pirates so that He Xingsheng would not be robbed, and they delivered the necessary supplies to Xiangshan, and each took what they needed, but it was not like this later. The government sees benefits and relaxes shipping, and the ships of the Hexingsheng Merchant Gang on the sea range from thirty to seventy, seventy to two hundred, two hundred to four hundred, and four hundred to more."

"In a few years, from Malacca to Japan, regardless of whether it is the sea merchants from Fujian and Guangzhou or the Japanese pirates in the past, no matter the immigrants who took refuge in various countries at the end of the Yuan Dynasty or the survivors who crossed the sea in the Song Dynasty, all routes have dragon flags flying high. All Ming Ships are He Xing Sheng.”

"Hexingsheng has become a relationship between overseas merchants and the imperial court. The military government expands to occupy routes, and merchants follow them to make profits. During the war, they transported supplies for the army. After the war, they dumped goods on the spot and bought special products at low prices. raw material."

Yin Zhengmao interrupted Chen Mu and asked, "So, Jing Haibo wants to encourage merchants in Guangcheng to weave and manufacture?"

Chen Mu smiled and nodded in response. In fact, only he knew in his heart that this order should be reversed or more. This virtuous circle is not formed naturally, but he encourages production, frantically looks for buyers, and continues to sell goods at all costs. Encourage production, encourage technological innovation, and finally find a huge market with a population of more than [-] million in Java, Annan, and Myanmar on the verge of collapse.

However, he is willing to weave this convincing lie. Later generations still think that Britain became the world's first-class power and even the most powerful country because of the Industrial Revolution.

But in fact, the United Kingdom is strong not because of the industrial revolution, nor Adam Smith's free economic theory, but because Watt and Adam Smith's grandfather was not born yet, they defeated the most powerful Spanish Empire Armada and fought for living space , and then challenged the Sea Coachman Holland, established the supremacy of the sea, and continued to fight against the mighty France in every corner of the world after the Glorious Revolution.

Is powerful, predatory, more powerful.

It is the strong ship, sharp gun and market that never sets the sun that created the steam engine.

Chen Mu believed that Yin Zhengmao would not be willing to believe that a group of outlaws, smuggling sea merchants, and himself, a pirate leader in official robes, found an excuse for Da Ming to expand, and he would not be willing to believe that Da Ming had no demand at all, and what they created was only people's greed. desire.

But no matter what, now Daming really has a demand for overseas markets.

He smiled and nodded, with a confident and determined expression: "It is precisely because Daming needs to produce more goods, so I encourage Guangdong merchants to produce and innovate technology."

"In the past, we only collected a share of taxes in Haojing and Yuegang, but as long as we occupy a port and sign a treaty to open Fu, we can collect taxes both at the place where the goods are purchased and at the place where the goods are sold, one of which originally belonged to another country. The taxes belong to the military government, as long as the sea routes are prosperous enough, there are three ports within a thousand miles, and one port is enough for the military government.”

"And the prosperous business routes can bring back more goods to Daming. We use the original money to buy back raw materials, whether it is cotton weaving, cloth clothes, jewels, jade, gold and silver processed jewelry, etc., and Daming has most of the world's goods. Excellent craftsmanship that is not available in the country, low-priced raw materials are processed into high-priced goods, and then sold back, five times? Fifteen times?"

"Under the huge profits, merchants and artisans will improve their technology, reduce costs, and earn more profits, and Ming will be able to reap more taxes."

"So the more prosperous the trade routes are, the better it is for the military government and the Ming Dynasty. That's why I asked Yin Gong to take care of He Xingsheng. Taking care of them is good for everyone."

Yin Zhengmao really understands what it means to go abroad this time, and he also got the answer to the reason why the Nanyang military mansion was so rich earlier. He looked at Chen Mu with more serious eyes, poured the wine with sour hands into his mouth, and paused for a moment as if In order to let the pungentness fill his mouth, he swallowed and gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Shuai's words are very vicious to others, but to himself... it is a good medicine for healing."

vicious?

Chen Mu smiled softly, he can guarantee that if Yin Zhengmao knows what will happen after this, he will be more vicious than himself.

You used to be a big, fat, thick-headed chubby guy. Others are a group of skinny guys. Everyone eats one meal a day for growth and development. You eat two meals a day. Others rob each other but dare not mess with you. You feel like you eat twice a day. I am quite satisfied.

But I didn’t expect that the few people who didn’t starve to death in the end were eating five meals a day, and you still had two meals a day.

Can I not beat you when others grow up?If you don't beat you, you are afraid that you won't be able to beat you. If you really hit you, it means that you have the confidence to beat you.

In the future, others will eat enough every day, and you will be beaten up the next day if you are hungry and thin. Shit and piss on your head, saying that you have bad genes, so you will not gain weight naturally-you will believe it yourself!
It's just that Chen Mu didn't expect that Yin Zhengmao was more vicious than him.

"Since that's the case, it's time for the old man to say a third word to Shuai Chen."

He heard Yin Zhengmao slowly narrating: "It was the 34th or 35th year of Jiajing. When I was in the military department, the southern Japanese and the northern captives were making trouble. Emperor Sejong wanted to build a palace. The court had no money to use. This old man once made a report. Copper coins were cast in Huguang, which is suitable for both the north and the south, and is easy to circulate. Therefore, the copper coins in the first hand were collected from Yunnan and transported from Sichuan to Huguang. It was calculated that 39 taels of silver were used to cast 5000 coins, which is worthwhile. 93 taels of silver."

"The Ministry of Households did not pass, because the road to Huguang is far away, Huguang Chenglingji is mixed with five parties, treacherous and easy to flourish, it is better to be close to Yunnan, the place is remote and simple, that is, mountain drum casting. Because the land of Yunnan is not easy to circulate, money cannot be used. More casting, more casting will destroy the price, so only 1 silver coins were cast, and [-] copper coins were cast in the mountains of Yunnan."

Chen Mu listened quietly, and secretly compared in his heart, one tael of silver on the market was exchanged for seven or eight hundred copper coins, and Yin Zhengmao proposed to mint money, 39 taels for 5000 million coins, which would earn [-]%.

But fortunately, he dared to think that if so many copper coins appeared in one place at once, the prices would definitely inflate, and the people would not be able to live well.

Chen Mu blinked, looked at Yin Zhengmao and waited for him to continue.

"Japan uses copper coins, but the country's coin casting skills are not good, and its country's silver price is low, but one penny of mine can be worth four of them."

Chen Mu smiled lightly, and said to Yin Zhengmao relaxedly: "Now that the two countries are at war, Mr. Yin's idea of ​​reselling copper coins to Japan for silver may come to nothing. Let's wait until the war is over."

"No, it's the moment! Others can't do this, Jing Haibo is different."

Yin Zhengmao sat upright, with his ruthless expression making the law lines sink deeply, and his palm pressed on the table: "He Xingsheng has a deep relationship with Japanese merchants, and those merchants can pretend to be profiteers to enter Japan for business. When the military is in danger, the military is the first. Qian Juwan buys a certain item from his country. If it is normal, he will not sell it. If he lures him with smuggled soldiers first, they don’t have so much money, so they only give him a batch of soldiers. When discussing the purchase of sundries, most of them will sell iron in exchange for copper coins.”

"When everything is sold out, the sea, land and waterways will be blocked, and birds and fish will not be allowed to pass... For a year and a half, the domestic prices will soar, everything will be lost, and there will be nothing but copper coins, and the country will collapse!"

(End of this chapter)