Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 240 Currency War

Chapter 244 Currency War

Ran Ming is accustomed to the transaction method of later generations, RMB, US dollars, and credit card transfer, which is convenient, trouble-free and safer.

But in the past, he was not in charge of the family and didn't know how expensive Chai Mi was. Now, this time shopping today, Ran Ming understands that the current heavy coins are the bottleneck restricting economic development.

Ran Ming was stunned for a moment, and asked for a while, "If you mint coins alone, is it considered a violation of the system?"

As soon as Ran Ming finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself. Coins have always been the imagination of national sovereignty. Depending on the dynasties, privately minting coins is a felony to punish the nine clans. Ran Ming's question is too unlevel.

However, what is surprising is that Wang Meng nodded and said: "Since Sima replaced Cao, the Sima family has never issued official minted coins. Most of the coins used now are mainly Cao Wei Wuzhu coins, including Han coins, which are circulated in the market." The coins are huge and complicated. If we minted coins in the Wei Dynasty, it would be feasible, and the benefits would be great. However, there is a big problem. If the newly minted coins are still made of copper coins, how to exchange them with the old coins? If it is one-to-one , I’m afraid it will be unprofitable, if the price difference is too large, even if the benefits are there, there may also be imitations by businessmen with bad intentions, which will easily lead to a credit crisis!”

Ran Ming nodded and said, "Gu think of a way again!"

In the following days, while preparing for the minting of coins, Ran Ming also began to prepare for going south to the south of the Yangtze River!

This time, Ran Ming is not simply an ambassador.

First of all, he has to complete his economic war plan, which is an important plan. Of course, relying on Ran Ming alone, his strength is a bit weak.

So Ran Ming thought of Chen Ying, who was born as a merchant, and Ran Ming talked with Chen Ying.

Regarding Chen Ying, Ran Ming didn't have the slightest reservation. He opened the door and said what he thought in his heart. He just wanted Chen Ying to help him, because he knew that no matter how many reasons he said, with Chen Ying's intelligence, he would definitely be able to guess. To, simply do not play these some do not have.

Chen Ying thought for a while and said: "Thirty percent of the profit can be made by casting. As His Highness, there must be no one in Wei State to stop it. Now the coins in Jin State are very chaotic, and the circulation in Jiangzuo is mainly "Shen Lang money."

Ran Ming said: "If Gu Ruo casts money, will he be stopped by the clan of Jin?"

"Probably not!" Chen Ying said with a smile: "Because of the chaotic currency system, the people in the south of the Yangtze River have also suffered from it. All the major families have minted coins, but they have too little copper to unify the market!"

As Chen Ying said, although there were copper mines in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, copper mining was inconvenient and production capacity was limited.Because the value of copper coins is not high, and the circulation is extremely large.

According to the calculation of 190 million households in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, each household has only 190 yuan in deposits, and the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty needs at least [-] million yuan.

Ten thousand yuan is about seventy catties, which requires 300 million catties, which is equivalent to [-] tons of copper.Of course, these coppers are not worth mentioning for later generations.

But for this era, it is really too difficult.

Ran Ming has copper mines in his hands, and more than one.In particular, Taolin's copper mines accounted for almost one-tenth of China's later generations. Even if one percent of the later generations' production capacity was mined, it would be enough for Ran Ming to consume.

After all, in this era, the most useful thing for copper is to make money.

Ran Ming presented a memorial, which was the first time that Ran Ming presented a formal memorial. Of course, this memorial was written by Wang Meng. In this respect, Wang Meng's ability is still very good. It is really well-founded by citing scriptures.

Its core idea is to apply for the minting of coins!
Along with the memorial, Ran Ming also sent several sample coins, one is a brass copper coin weighing about five baht, with Yangwen Yongxing Tongbao cast on the front and Great Wei cast on the back.

The other types of copper coins are divided into four types: ten coins, fifty coins, and one hundred coins. There are also silver coins and gold coins. , exchange for ten thousand old copper coins, five thousand new copper coins, and the same fifty grams of money, ten silver coins, one hundred thousand old copper coins, fifty thousand new copper coins!
Ran Ming's memorial caused an uproar in the court of Wei State, and Liu Qun put forward his own opinion, "The right to mint coins must be taken back to the center!"

Soon, Liu Qun's opinions attracted the support of a large number of ministers.

The prince began to think about this strategy in the court, minting coins, and Ran Zhi could see the benefits in it, but he also saw a loophole in Ran Ming's memorial, that is, people who owned old money would suffer great losses.

Stealing people's money is like killing one's parents, the hatred cannot be shared.

In this way, Ran Ming's prestige in Wei State will be greatly reduced, and at the same time he will make more enemies.

To make a man die, let him go mad first.

Ran Ming wanted to go crazy, and Ran Zhi felt that this matter should help Ran Ming succeed.

The prince's party exerted strength in the court, and Liu Qun and others lost to Ran Zhi.

Ran Min also knew that Ran Ming had to face many difficulties, so he readily agreed to appoint Ran Ming as the official of Wei Guojin, which is an official position in charge of Wei Guojin, silver, iron, and steel.

It was conceived and born from Tongguan Yanzhi in the Western Han Dynasty.

The highest officer in the official office is the chief, followed by the prime minister.

However, Ran Min accepted Cui Da, the censor Zhongcheng, as Jinguan Zhongcheng. Of course, this also meant a layer of supervision for Ran Ming!In this way, even if Ran Ming is given the power to make money, it can be considered that Ran Min has given Ran Ming enough face!
Ran Mingrang will be the supervisor to make a hydraulic stamping machine for stamping copper coins.

Ran Ming has also confirmed the candidate for going south.Wang Meng needed to be in charge of Jiaodong Kingdom, so naturally he couldn't leave.

Apart from Ran Ming, Jiaodong Kingdom has no generals to lead the army, but Jing Zhan, the head of the guards, is also loyal, training the troops, and the commanding army can stand alone, so naturally they need to stay.When Ran Ming went to Wang Zhi, Li Shi needed to stay in Buqicheng as Ran Ming's spokesperson.

In this way, there are only three people that Ran Ming can take away, one is the young Liu Laozhi, and the other is Hu Bin.These two bookboys, Ran Ming needed them to go to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to see them.

Of course, there is also Chen Ying, Fatty Chen.

In addition, Ran Ming's five hundred Qilin guards served as guards, 500 archers, and [-] sailors each.

On the third day of July in the fourth year of Yongxing, Wang Zhi successfully gave birth to a daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe.

Ran Ming was very happy to be a father for the first time.Now holding this little person who weighs seven and a half catties, Ran Ming said excitedly: "Daughter is good, good daughter, let father hug her, this is the little princess of our Ran family!"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Meng turned pale with shock.

Then he secretly ordered that no one should disclose what Ran Ming said today.

Wang Meng didn't know that these were common words of Ran Ming in later generations, but that parents love their children.There is no special meaning.But in this age when kingship was supreme, Ran Ming's words made Wang Meng hear about Ran Ming's ambition for the first time.

Princess, only the emperor's daughter can become a princess, and the daughter of a vassal king can only become a princess or county lord.

Ran Ming embarked on a journey to the Eastern Jin Dynasty before his eldest daughter was full moon!
The drizzle was continuous and the air was fresh, which made people feel very comfortable. Ran Ming had a smile on his face, but he was not feeling well in his heart.Because today, he must go to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as the proton of Wei and Jin to abide by the covenant.

At the berth of Buqicheng, there is a large ship docked, the flagship Feiyun of the Jiaodong Kingdom Navy.

Ran Ming said to Mrs. Li and Wang Zhilei, "I'm leaving!"

Mrs. Li held back her tears: "Bon voyage, my husband!"

Ran Ming nodded: "The family will be handed over to you two. I am at ease with Mrs. Li. However, Zhilei, I want to tell you, for the sake of your sisters, I still advise them to find a good family to marry. Well, women have short youth, if you miss this village, there will be no such shop! No matter what, we must respect their choice!"

Wang Zhilei had been crying like a tearful person, sobbing so hard that she could only nod her head.

Ran Ming clasped his fists at Wang Meng again and said, "Jiaodong Kingdom will leave it to Mr. Gu. What worries Gu the most is the relationship between those slaves and the Han people. Gu believes that Mr. can handle it well!"

Ran Ming glanced at the women again, and the most surprising thing was that stripes did not come to see him off on the pretext of feeling unwell.Ran Ming thought to himself: "I hope time can dilute all this, forget about me. We are really not suitable!"

Although Li's expression is normal, she is the only one who knows how important Ran Ming is to her. She doesn't even dare to look into Ran Ming's eyes. Having a son and a half daughter is also a wish.

However, it is up to fate whether she can give birth to a son and a half for Ran Ming.

Ran Ming gritted his teeth, waved to everyone, took Liu Mo's hand, turned around and walked onto the "Feiyun!"

"Lao Song is a twisted interpretation of rowing boats, red leaves, green mountains and rapids. Sunset is far away from drunkenness, and the sky is full of wind and rain to go down to the west building!" Ran Ming boarded the boat and shouted loudly, "Sail, set sail!"

It wasn't until Ran Ming's boat disappeared at the end that Wang Meng advised: "You two ladies, please go back, it's very windy here!"

Li suddenly burst into tears.

Wang Zhi helped Mrs. Li slowly return to the palace!
This time, Ran Ming went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In addition to the five-tooth warship "Feiyun", he was accompanied by six warships of the same level. In addition, Ran Ming also brought 21 Wanshi sea ships.

The so-called sea-going ship of ten thousand stones means that it can carry more than ten thousand stones, and ten thousand stones is about [-] tons today.

Of course, Ran Ming still doesn't have the technology to manufacture the Zheng He treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, and now the largest sea ship manufactured in Qingzhou is only [-] shi, with a load of about [-] tons!

Ran Ming went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty this time, not just as an ambassador to Jin Dynasty.

The main purpose is to open the trade routes of Wei State.Ran Ming brought a boatload of high-quality green salt, [-] shi. If [-] shi of green salt were put on the Eastern Jin market, at least the market for green salt could be brought down to the price of ordinary salt.

In addition to green salt, Ran Mingdai also brought [-] high-quality Xianbei war horses, [-] knives of rice paper, [-] altars of mellow liquor, and nearly [-] tins of canned meat.

From kelp to salted fish, Qingzhou Ran Ming's industry, all kinds of products, Ran Ming didn't let go.

(End of this chapter)