The grain produced in the Jiangnan area is actually not enough to eat, because Jiangnan is the www.biquge.info of the Biquge of the Grand Canal, and a large part of the grain here must be sent north to the capital, and the food security in the north is too dependent on the Grand Canal.

Along the Yangtze River upstream to the two lakes area, here is the real granary of the Qing Dynasty, the waterways are dense, the lakes are many, the land is fertile, and the grain produced here every year has to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River.

After the rice grain in the Lianghu area and the rice grain in the south of the Yangtze River were mixed together, part of it went north to Zhili, and part of it stayed in the south of the Yangtze River for the local people to eat.

This pattern has been around since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and unless there is a war, any dynasty must rely strictly on this set of rules for the operation of grain.

However, the destructive power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War on the entire Yangtze River basin was too great, and although the war had ended for more than five years, the grain operation system in the Lianghu and Jiangnan regions had not been completely restored, which brought huge business opportunities to Xiao Letian's Nanyang rice.

The excellent climate of Nanyang is suitable for rice growth, and the land cost is low, which is more suitable for large-scale production, which makes Nanyang rice have a strong market competitiveness, even if the freight of Shanghai Road is added, the price will not be higher than the local rice in Jiangnan.

Coupled with Xiao Letian's strong support, the sales system of Ryukyu grain merchants has been deeply embedded in Jiangnan, and more than once suppressed the impulse of local grain merchants to raise prices.

In this economic crisis, the only thing that did not collapse was the price of grain, and it was precisely because of the stability of grain prices that the low-level people had a way to live, and no people died of starvation.

However, the power of the grain merchants is also very weak, they can only delay the speed of the collapse of paper money, but cannot change the trend of the collapse, and the purchasing power of paper money is an indisputable fact.

Until the end, when the purchasing power of paper money and silver coins was more than doubled, Ryukyu could no longer sit still, Xiao Lotian began to secretly order major Chinese merchants to save the market, and Jiangnan opponents officially appeared.

Why did Xiao Letian start those treasure islands in the Pacific Ocean? Why did he concentrate a large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry in one place, on the one hand, for military spending, and on the other hand, to prepare for industrial investment in the Special Economic Zone in the future, and the last very important reason was that he wanted to fight a battle to defend the credit of paper money in Jiangnan.

Foreign bankers sold and smashed the market, those selfish businessmen in Jiangnan followed suit and discarded it, and small merchants and ordinary people panicked and refused to use it, and the pressure of these three parties fell on the shoulders of Xiao Letian and those Chinese businessmen.

"We will eat as much as they throw! We must keep the price on the red line of exchanging a silver dollar for two round banknotes, and no matter what, we can't let the banknotes become garbage!"

"You must remember that our Chinese people will surely win the final victory in the war, and the Russian expeditionary force will certainly fail! The credit of paper money will one day be restored to its original level! God will bless those who save people! Saving people is not only a good opportunity for you to love our people, but also a good opportunity for you to make a lot of money!"

"If the war is won, you will be able to get double the profits, why not do such a deal? Therefore, I ask you, even if you don't rush at my Xiao Letian's affection, even if you look at the love of money, please don't give up!"

"Chinese Confucian merchants, your efforts and dedication will not be in vain, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely record your merits, I wish you all to get the title of Chinese!"

This is Xiao Letian's speech to all the high-level Chinese businessmen at the secret banquet, when countless people burst into tears and even cried hoarsely, and they said that they must live up to the trust of the prime minister.

When Xiao Letian, who had a tired face, left the banquet before he emphatically said, "Remember to defeat the greed in your hearts, I know that many of you still have petty greed, and now that the paper money has collapsed to the point of halving, we can finally double the profit...... There must be people who are trying to keep the price of the banknotes a little lower, so that they can make a bigger profit!"

"If the purchasing power of paper money is smashed by one-third, will you earn more, and if it is smashed by two-percent, of course you will be more excited...... But remember, businessmen are also socially responsible! Remember, you are not only a businessman, but also a member of the Chinese community, and you may be a nobleman in the Chinese community in the future!"

"Remember your responsibility, don't be so greedy, if the paper money really collapses, let those foreigners predators start to loot physical property in advance, when those land, minerals, factories, workshops, and shops have become the property of foreigners!

The heavy words were shocking, Xiao Lotian directly lifted the dark lid in the hearts of many people, and the businessmen present understood that this was a threat from Chiguoguo, as long as anyone dared to do that, I am afraid that there would be no possibility of becoming a knighthood in their lifetime.

"Don't worry, the prime minister, we dare to disobey our orders!" everyone bowed deeply and saw off the prime minister.

All the Chinese merchants finally took action, and boatloads of silver coins began to be sent to the Yangtze River Valley, and those Chinese merchants secretly began to exchange banknotes and silver coins, and the people of Jiangnan suddenly found that their banknotes could be spent at once.

The two round banknotes were exchanged for a shiny silver coin, whether it was a Mexican eagle or a Ryukyu dragon silver coin, at least it was a real silver plate, and it was placed in the palm of the hand with a heavy white light, and the edge was blown with his mouth and then quickly placed in his ear, and the joyful buzz finally sounded.

"It's still good for silver! This is called money! I've learned a long lesson in my life, and I don't want paper tickets anymore, pit people!"

Although two for one makes people feel painful, it is better than not being able to spend it, and the people wiping their tears can only pinch their noses and admit it. Banknotes can be exchanged not only for silver coins, but also for grain.

The Nanyang grain ships anchored in the Yangtze River let out bold words, if you have no place to spend your banknotes, then come and buy grain, how much you want, Nanyang rice is there, support you.

At first, the people rushed to buy it, but two days later, the people in the commercial ports along the river found out that the grain ships were grabbing more and more? The grain supply was really open, and the people's hearts were stabilized again, and the credit crisis of Jiangnan banknotes finally appeared.

It's a pity that the dawn only lasted a line, and the bankers who were unwilling to fail made a counterattack, they began to frantically sell paper money in the market, and a large number of rumors spread in Jiangnan, and the rumors were all not optimistic about Xiao Letian's war.

The foreign devils knew very well that financial warfare was a war of confidence, and they would not engage in any tactics of adding oil, and the frenzied foreign devils actually poured 200 million yuan of banknotes into Jiangnan within three days, and all the banknotes on their hands were emptied.