The long-legged bear is just a microcosm of Changsheng County, where people respect bravery and encourage hard work, which has a profound impact on everyone who lives here.

This change even made Hai Rui feel strange, and he kept boasting about the people of this Asian state for their hard work, which is really the best people.

It's even so good that the old man can't understand it, if it's two taels a month, it's just a matter of motivation. But don't care about this ever-winning industry, the circulation is not silver taels, and it is only the name of Tongbao, which is banknotes, and it is the banknote that collapsed after only more than 20 years of circulation in the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Chen Mu sent troops to the front line, Old Man Hai was about to get angry with Chen Mu.

"What Chen Shuai did in Asia is a good medicine for Baoan Ning, but this money method, after knowing that His Majesty gave Chen Shuai full authority to manage the economy in Asia, isn't it for the emperor to rule the world, why do you look at the small profits in front of you?"

Hai Rui pointed out that what he wanted to talk about was the money law.

In the military palace, several personal soldiers and adjutants trembled when they saw Hai Rui enter the yamen, and when they saw him speak, they were even more eager to find a place to hide and not listen...... How many people can talk to Chen Shuai like this in the whole world?

Does this make the handsome lose face? What if they turn back and hear these things and see them destroyed?

A few days ago, Changsheng County had just killed 13 flag soldiers who had been bribed when the sea ships came over on the coast, and they were scared to death.

As the person concerned, Chen Mu happily waved to his subordinates and said, "You guys go down first, Haigong, please take a seat." ”

Waiting for Hai Rui, who was huffing and huffing, to sit down, Chen Mucai asked, "Hai Gong thinks there is a problem with the money law, where is the problem?" ”

"Why did my Chaobao money collapse? Originating from the unprepared gold and silver, indiscriminate issuance and over-issuance, this is robbery, bartering with paper. ”

Hai Rui said: "When Xia Guan first arrived here, he was very happy to see the military government issuing Wanli Tongbao, but when he visited the military treasury today, he was told that the deposit of silver was only 50,000 taels, but now it has issued 44 million banknotes, and in September and October, he will issue additional Tongbao to Jincheng, Majiagang, Panama and other places, and ordered the Military Government Money Printing Bureau to issue an additional 35,000 yuan, which has exceeded the reserve by more than ten times. ”

"If it goes on like this, Tongbao will collapse for a day, how will Chen Shuai end up then?"

Hai Rui took a heavy breath, stretched out his thin hand in front of him, and said: "Chen Shuai can treat the foreign people as pigs and dogs, so should the Beiyang Flag Army and the immigrant people be the same?" ”

Changsheng County was trying to replace the silver taels with Tongbao banknotes, and one of the reasons was that he had too little silver in his hands, and the imperial court did not prepare more silver taels for him, so that it was difficult for him to pay the people's salaries.

"Haigong, Chen issued Tongbao in Changsheng, using credit, the credit of the imperial court and the Oriental military government, controlling prices, and the people are willing to use Tongbao." Chen Mu Zhengse said: "I don't treat the soldiers and people as pigs and dogs, and the people here are the same, I just encourage the soldiers to exchange their hands for Tongbao, which does not affect their use here." ”

Chen Mu turned his hand and said: "Which flag army in Beiyang doesn't have more than ten or twenty taels of silver in his hand, isn't it tiring to carry it on his body?" They need to be able to exchange Tongbao for silver at any time at the military palace. ”

"I can change it now."

Hai Rui nodded and said: "Now the soldiers have exchanged the past for Tongbao, and the military government has silver, so they can exchange it, what about the future?" Paid every month, does Chen Shuai still have to transport military salaries to the ship behind? As soon as silver was not needed in Asia, the imperial court would stop the delivery of silver. ”

"When the time comes, if Tongbao collapses, what will the military government use to exchange Tongbao? If you can't get silver, what will happen to these well-trained soldiers? ”

This is terrifying for Hai Rui, the Beiyang Banner Army is an elite soldier that the imperial court has spent a lot of money and energy to train, their generals have received the best military education, and their flag army has undergone excellent discipline training, if the military spirit of this army is gone, who can control it?

How much does it cost to keep it in check?

"Don't don't, Haigong is thinking too far, the Oriental Military Mansion also has gold and silver, not the 50,000 taels, the Military Mansion has a silver mine."

What silver mines do you have, you have silver mines!

Hai Rui said: "What kind of silver mine? ”

"Taxco, in the northeast, it was not distributed to the people, there have been more than 20 horsemen stationed in the past, and the 300 banner army just drove over the day before yesterday, and set up a mine officer to supervise the mining of silver in the mine."

As he spoke, Chen Mu looked at his thumb and added as usual: "And Potosi of Peru, isn't that all my reserves?" ”

Hai Jui: ???

What do you say?

"Old man Taxco knows that the silver mines there are not very productive." The old man shook his head stubbornly and said, "Peru, there is also the Potosi silver mine, which is from Xiyi, how can it be used as a reserve for the Ming Dynasty, not to mention, you have never mentioned this silver mine in the treaty." ”

Hai Rui looked at the treaty as soon as he came, he felt that the treaty was okay, but it was just okay, basically he couldn't see Chen Mu's lion's strength to open his mouth, and he only encroached on the original land of the Westerners to the west of Panama and Mexico City, and he was very restrained in other places.

It seems that after being in a high position, Chen Mu also looks like a normal person.

The land north of Mexico City has not been managed much by the Westerners in the past, and it is reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to take it, regardless of the affairs of the Westerners, as for this side, there is a war between the two sides, and they lose, and they have already given seven points of face if they don't take the whole territory.

"Oh, it turns out that Haigong thought that the Potosí silver mine belonged to the Spaniards."

How fresh is it?

Chen Mu arched his hand with a smile and said unashamedly: "I can't hide it, the Spaniards are also my reserves." ”

Hai Rui, who was sitting opposite Chen Mu, almost brushed his sleeves away when he heard this, it was difficult for any normal person to endure Chen Mu's crazy words and treat the Spaniards as reserves?

However, the anger was only for a moment, looking at Chen Mu's serious expression after his smile gradually faded, Hai Rui thought of something, and asked patiently: "Maybe the old man is old, please tell Chen Shuai in detail?" ”

"I'm a rational idea for the Axiom of the Sea. As we all know, there are a lot of precious and large things in this world, including gold, silver, and copper, and the most and heaviest in Asia is silver, which is also one of the main purposes of the Oriental military government to go to sea. ”

"After the victory, Chen and the Westerners already knew in the treaty negotiations that the most important thing for the Westerners is the gold and silver mines, for these things, they will rivet their best to continue the war, maybe in the end they will still fail, but they will drag our army for several years, these years have spent a lot, consumed a lot, and the elite soldiers may die in the war."

Chen Mu spread his hands and said, "Ordinary people's lives are not peaceful. ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that before these 80,000 people come, Chen has no confidence to win the war, and even if he wins, he will be dragged into another war.

"Without the Westerners, maybe next year or the year after, they will not only have to face the Westerners, but also attack others, who knows if they will shake hands and make peace?"

Hai Rui was a little impatient when he heard it, everyone understood the reason, and he also felt that Chen Mu was right not to win the silver mountain: "But what about this reserve?" ”

Chen Mu squinted and smiled: "Between Ming and Xi, all transactions must be made with Tongbao, if I buy his, I must use Spanish silver dollars, he buys mine, exchange silver for Tongbao and then trade, we will open a silver exchange market at the border, so that they can trade with a large amount of Tongbao." ”

Hai Jui was circumvented, since the Ming Dynasty also wanted to use Spanish silver dollars to buy Western goods, what else to talk about all the transactions with Tongbao? Isn't it okay to trade directly with silver?

Chen Mu saw the old man's doubts, and said with a smile: "First of all, the things that Daming sells are processed products, we sell silk, flower cloth, bird guns, artillery, large casting utensils, and we also sell sugar, cigarette rolls, tea and porcelain, but we don't need to buy processed products from the west, just buy raw materials, we get more silver in the transaction, and they get less silver dollars." ”

"Secondly...... Have you heard, but the treaty says that the Potosí silver mine produces half of the silver, and we will mint half of the silver coins. ”

"Wanli Tongbao will expand westward, through the hands of the native people, and become the currency of the entire Asia, including the land of co-governance, that is, the whole of Asia, and in the future, it will go to the country of Ailan, to Spain, and they will use our currency."

Chen Mu always thought that he was right, the Potosi silver mine and the Spaniards were his reserves.

Chen Mu said cautiously: "The only problem is to guard against counterfeit money!" ”