Chapter 43 Economics Copper coins are too heavy, and it will definitely not feel good to push a cart of copper coins to buy goods.
With the spread of primitive water power industry, Huaiyang's economy will definitely become more and more active.
Therefore, it is imperative to issue a currency with a large face value and easy to carry.
The credibility of banknotes has been completely ruined by the Meng Yuan monarchs and ministers, so the only option left for Huaiyang is precious metal currency.
This idea was easily accepted by everyone.
Because the large food merchants who come and go often bring some gold and silver currency into the country.
The silver and gold coins they carry are often exchanged for products with a higher value than the metal contained in them because of their exquisite casting and uniform weight, and are widely sought after by wealthy private households.
"If you are brave, please make gold coins on top of silver coins to stabilize the treasury."
Zhang Song's greatest skill is to draw inferences from one instance and then put forward his own suggestions.
"In the past, maritime merchants who came to Yangzhou often carried large sums of silver, which caused the price of silver to be very unstable.
Wei Chen remembered that one year the price of silver plummeted, and one or two silver coins could not be exchanged for one thousand yuan.
But a few months later, It has risen to more than 2,000 again.”
"I remember, it must have been ten years ago.
There was a large cannibal fleet that brought a whole shipload of silver from Japan."
Mr.
Su's memories were immediately recalled, and he added through gritted teeth.
"That year, many small households in Xuzhou City suffered miserably.
But those big households, who usually kept golden beans at home, were basically not affected."
"You said they were cannibals.
Why did they stop transporting silver from Japan to China?"
Zhu Chongjiu's brows twitched and he quickly found the problem.
If Zhang Song and Mr.
Su hadn't mentioned it, it might be difficult for him to remember that in another time and space, starting from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there would be a large inflow of silver.
This led to dramatic fluctuations in silver prices during the Ming Dynasty, which directly threatened the country's finances.
The main source of this silver is Japan.
The smugglers of the Ming Dynasty only needed to bring a whole shipload of copper coins and exchange them for silver, and they would make a lot of money.
Note 1 Obviously, it was not the local merchants of the Ming Dynasty who first discovered this big business.
Instead, he was the most active and open-minded Arab businessman in the world.
But why the Arab merchants gave up the two-way smuggling of silver and copper coins and then withdrew from the waters surrounding China is unknown.
"The storm, it is said, was caused by too many sins, which made the Dragon King angry.
Most of the ship filled with silver was swept away, and the rest were so frightened that they no longer dared to mess around."
Mr.
Su's The voice came from the ears, and there was a hint of pleasure in having a great revenge.
"Those big cannibals are very courageous.
They probably lost all their money and stopped doing silver business.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be afraid of the Dragon King."
Zhang Song's words hit the nail on the head, explaining what caused the big cannibals to give up silver and copper coins.
The real reason for trade routes.
"It should be true that the cannibals are all profit-seeking people and will never stop until they lose all their capital."
Lu Zeng hated the cannibals even more than Zhang Song.
He tapped the ground with his cane and added with a sneer.
"In this case, what Chief Zhang just said is not unfounded.
We must mint some more gold coins to prepare for emergencies."
Zhu Chongjiu took over Lu Luzeng's words and concluded with a smile.
Regardless of the specific reason for the withdrawal of the Great Eaters, it is obvious that Japan's silver mines have been gradually discovered and mined in this era, and have gradually begun to be exported to China in large quantities.
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In this way, if the Huai'an Army continues to use silver as its main currency, it will face great risks of financial fluctuations.
Therefore, taking the first step and using gold to stabilize the entire monetary system is a plan for a rainy day.
At least it will make the credit of the new coins appear more guaranteed, rather than like that of a certain eternal emperor, where the coins are minted smaller and smaller, but the quality is getting worse and worse.
Note 2 No one has any objection to this conclusion.
After all, these days, even wealthy families know how to hide some gold for emergencies, not to mention Huaiyang with such a big foundation.
And judging from the current development momentum, everyone is full of confidence in competing for the championship in the future.
The earlier you prepare, the more confident you will be when sending troops to fight for hegemony in the future.
"Then it's decided that Zhang Song, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, will be in charge, and Huang Zheng, the head of the Works Bureau, and Jiao Yu, the head of the Grand Craftsman's Institute, will start supervising the production of four kinds of coins: gold, silver, copper and steel from now on."
Seeing that everyone's opinions are basically the same.
After reaching unity, Zhu Chongjiu thought about it a little and began to implement the tasks to people.
"Gold coins and silver coins can come later.
Copper coins and steel coins must be given to me within half a month."
"I am a humble minister and I will definitely live up to my lord's trust."
Zhang Song, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, was so excited that his bones were a few ounces lighter.
He bowed down and agreed loudly.
"Be sure to prepare a few more copies.
We will all screen them together in the meeting hall."
Looking at Lu Lu Zeng, who still looked unhappy, Zhu Chongjiu added with a smile.
"During this period, no matter who Chief Zhang finds, everyone must do their best to support him."
"I will obey my orders."
Lu Lu had no choice but to take the lead and agree.
Many people present, like him, looked down upon Zhang Song's character, so they felt a little dissatisfied with Zhu Chongjiu's decision.
But now the entire Huaiyang system is in a period of rapid growth, and everyone is too busy to keep their feet off the ground.
So no one had time to hold Zhang Song back.
When the latter comes to the door, he frowns and helps if he can.
Even if I really can't help, I will try my best to point out a clear way for the latter, so as not to delay my lord's affairs.
As a result, the work of making copper and steel coins went very quickly.
In just five days, Zhang Song, Huang Laowai and Jiao Yu came up with three plans.
In accordance with his previous promise, Zhu Chongjiu took all three types of money samples to the meeting hall and displayed them in public.
Then let everyone express their opinions.
It took just half an hour to decide on the final design plan and hand it over to Baigongfang for trial production.
"Wei, Weichen, Weichen has a heartless request."
Even though he was one of the first Xuzhou team members, Huang Laowai still felt his scalp tightening when it came time to formally discuss matters.
Holding the mother's money finally selected by everyone in both hands, he stammered and saluted Zhu Chongjiu.
"Master Huang, if you have anything to say, feel free to say it."
Zhu Chongjiu knew where he was coming from, raised his hand, and tried to encourage him as pleasantly as possible.
"It's like we are both in Baigongfang, you can say whatever you want.
It doesn't matter if it's wrong or right."
"Then, the humble minister dared to ask the general manager to move to Qianfang.
He forged the bed with his own hands and consecrated it.
No, turn it on, turn it on."
The beads of sweat on Huang Laowai's forehead became thicker and thicker, and his mouth became wet.
It's getting more and more unlucky.
"Haha" low laughter came from all around.
All civil and military personnel tried their best to tighten their mouths and lower their heads to prevent their eyes from coming into contact with Zhu Chongjiu.
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The latter hates others treating him as a disciple of Buddhism.
He has publicly emphasized countless times that he is not the reincarnation of Maitreya, and he has nothing to do with this sect or that sect.
But many people, especially the craftsmen from Bai Gongfang and the Grand Craftsman Academy, still stubbornly believe that their own general manager is trying to cover up the truth.
Still stubbornly believing that as long as Zhu Fozi is present, everything will go smoothly for everyone.
Including the yield rate of boring barrels, it will suddenly increase a lot.
"You want me to cast this first copper coin, right?"
Amid low laughter, the muscles on Zhu Chongjiu's face twitched repeatedly.
In the end, he resisted the desire to kick Huang Laowai's piece of mud to the ground, and responded more kindly: "Okay, it just so happens that I don't have much to do today, so I might as well go with you."
Quickly turning his head, he scanned everyone's faces one by one, "You guys, as well as Changshi Lu, Changshi Su, and the chief and deputy directors of each bureau, come with me to Jiangwan Qianfang today.
Look.
Let’s see how our Huaiyang money is made, so as not to have no impression at all when talking about it in the future.”
"Yes, I will obey."
Everyone who was ordered secretly rolled their eyes at Huang Laowai, and then reluctantly agreed.
Xu Hongsan went out and prepared the four-wheeled carriage, and everyone galloped southward along the original cement-paved official road.
After a while, they drove into the heavily guarded Jiangwan New City.
Then they passed through four or five open posts and hidden sentries, and finally the carriage stopped at a secret place in the south of the city.
"From east to west, there are the cannon-making workshop, the gun-making workshop and the mirror-making workshop.
The money workshop is located in the big house closest to the water.
Currently there is only one forging press.
If the trial production is qualified, The Grand Craftsman's Institute will send new forging machines one after another."
As soon as he entered the familiar territory, Huang Laowai's feeling of intimidation completely disappeared.
Pointing to the tall brick buildings in the fully enclosed courtyard, he proudly introduced them to his colleagues.
The core figures of the Huaiyang Clan all know that this top secret is hidden deep in Jiangwan New City.
However, those who often had the opportunity to come and broaden their horizons were limited to Lu Luzeng, Mr.
Su, Chen Ji, Luo Ben, and a few dozen people from the Work Bureau.
Others have either only been here once when the Paofang was first moved, or they have only seen it a few times from a distance and can only have a rough impression in their minds.
I was able to get close today, and I was immediately stunned by the huge waterwheels that were thrust into the depths of the river.
Note 1: Zhu Chongjiu’s memory here is obviously wrong.
In fact, the large inflow of silver did not have a fatal blow to the Ming Dynasty's economy.
However, the inflow of silver was cut off due to the Spanish massacre of Chinese in Manila and the war in Europe, which dealt a fatal blow to the Ming Dynasty's economy.
See Hong Ye's History of the Founding of the Qing Dynasty Note 2: In ancient China, most dynasties minted relatively sophisticated coins during their prosperity.
The copper content accounts for 60% or even more than 70%.
The national treasury will also have relatively sufficient gold and silver reserves.
Anyone who mints low-quality copper coins will be regarded as an open plunder of people's property.
The emperor in power also paid attention to his face and tried not to mint "evil money" or "white money" to prevent it from being infamy for thousands of years.
Only the so-called Yongzheng Emperor issued an order to cast copper, four and six lead coins.
It is also called euphemistically, in order to prevent folk fraud
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