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"This involves a question of official currency," Shui Wangtai said, standing up and saying, "Obviously, the forces around us are a default state for our currency, but as long as the official does not recognize it, we call it private currency, just as we do not recognize the scattered silver, other forces can also not recognize the value of our silver coins." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Shui Wangtai opened his notebook and said, "Recently, we can know from the information collected by our bank that after many merchants came to our Oriental Port, they exchanged the silver taels they brought into our currency through the bank, and then purchased and consumed them in the Oriental Port. However, when he left the port of the East, he found the bank and asked for it to be exchanged for loose silver taels. ”

"Didn't we just recycle our silver taels and copper coins?" Yang Minghuan was stunned for a moment, "How can it be exchanged for them?" ”

"Yes, we don't have silver taels to exchange for them," Shui Wangtai nodded, "The problem is that there are people outside of us who have silver taels, Dongfang Port is only a part of An Yun, although we claim to be China, but we have not completely occupied the entire An Yun, and the other big forces in An Yun still belong to the people of the Wu Dynasty, and it is not illegal for them to use scattered silver taels, and we do not prohibit the transaction of funds other than legal tender, so there is a strange transaction in Anyun, exchanging scattered silver taels for legal tender." Don't laugh, this price is not cheap, after the merchant enters the Oriental Port, he spends a fire to exchange the currency of the Oriental Port, and when he leaves, he will use our Oriental Port currency to exchange it for a silver tael of insufficient fineness, and once again lose a sum of money for no reason. ”

"Are they stupid? Why do you have to exchange it for silver taels? Gu Qingqian couldn't help but be stunned and hurriedly asked.

Shui Wangtai shrugged his shoulders, "I have also consulted, there is a reason for this, these merchants who exchange silver taels are mainly from the Wu Dynasty, and they are worried that bringing these silver and copper coins back to the land of the Wu Dynasty will be troubled by the officials of the Wu Dynasty, so they can only choose to break the fortune to avoid disasters and directly exchange them into silver of different colors and bring them back." ”

"Aren't they losing a lot?" "When their money arrives in the port of the East, we will shear the wool once, and when we leave, we will give it to the silver dealers to shear the wool again." ”

"That's right," Shui Wangtai nodded, "The loss is very large, they have no objection to the fire consumption we charge, they think it is more reasonable for us to charge the fire consumption, but they hope that we can also provide the exchange service of scattered silver taels." Otherwise, if they came to Oriental Port once, they would basically be exchanged for silver and take away nearly 10% of their profits. ”

"It's not a small loss." Gu Qingqian couldn't help but shrink her neck as she spoke.

Shui Wangtai nodded again and said, "That's right, in fact, this silver matter has also seriously hit the enthusiasm of the merchants of the Wu Dynasty to come to Dongfang Port to trade. ”

"So what does this have to do with fiat currencies? What's the use of us getting the distribution rights? "It's very simple, once we get the right to mint money from the Wu Dynasty, then our silver coins will become the legal tender of the Wu Dynasty, which will not only be able to gain the initiative in the next business activities with the Wu Dynasty, but also stimulate the merchants of the Wu Dynasty to come to Dongfang Port to purchase goods."

"Yes," Xie Mingfang sat aside, she hadn't been to the meeting of the main elders of Dongfang Port for a long time, "not only that, but we can also obtain the right to build roads from the Wu Dynasty according to our standards, ensure the smooth flow of transportation roads, and not only limit ourselves to roads, but also open railways." ”

"That's right, the railway is a very important thing," Xiao Mingwei hurriedly agreed, "The railway is the largest transportation force besides the sea, and during the First World War, Moltke used the railway to quickly transport troops to ensure that the Germans would not lose their fighters early in the war because of the consumption of military strength due to long-distance mobility." If we talk about building railways, I agree. Even building roads is very important to us. ”

"Well," Xie Mingfang smiled gratefully at Xiao Mingwei and continued, "For Dongfang Port, we need the surrounding traffic to be as smooth as possible, and the transportation of raw materials and the output of finished products all depend on the smooth flow of traffic." As we have just heard, it is impossible to go west and south, and the sea to the east is the territory of the Medenors, and since they are now able to use such great means to trap us, there will definitely be more large-scale operations in the future, and the blockade of the port will definitely appear gradually. ”

Bu Zhongfu nodded, and Xie Mingfang said again, "We have lost the conditions for shipping, so the only way left is to go north to the Wu Dynasty, if we have a stiff relationship with the Wu Dynasty again, who will we sell the goods we produce?" Do we consume it ourselves? Not to mention that we don't have enough food here, even if An Yun has so much food to buy and so many mouths, he will definitely eat An Yun up. At that time, no one will sell their last rations for silver, and even if there will be brave men under the heavy reward, it is too whimsical to fill the mouth of the entire Oriental Port by smuggling. So I think the relationship with the Wu Dynasty must not be evil. ”

"So where is the bottom line with the Wu Dynasty? Could it be that we will withdraw from the Oriental Port and return everything to the Wu Dynasty? Zhang Yuan couldn't help but ask out loud, "The infrastructure construction we are carrying out in Dongfang Port, even if it is a scumbag infrastructure construction, factories, and ports, didn't it cost us our mind and energy to build?" Now say lose it? This is too embarrassing, isn't it? ”

"Of course it can't be," Du Yande hurriedly pressed Zhang Yuan's shoulder down, "Don't worry, don't worry!" I think the most important thing for us, the Oriental Port is ours, we must not leave the Oriental Port, for this, we can buy land from the Wu Dynasty, if we don't sell it for rent. ”

"How can this be?" Zhang Yuan tilted his head and stared at Du Yande, "Isn't this pretending to be a grandson?" We occupy here, this is our land, how can we take money to rent land from a group of ** feudal bureaucrats? ”

"That's not what you said," Du Yande hurriedly patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder again, "Think about it, if we buy this land or group this land, it's not good to say, but there is no need to make enemies with the Wu Dynasty, everyone knows that now that we have been attacked on three sides, do we have to wait until we are embattled and ambushed on all sides?" In comparison, the Oriental Port has money ......"

"You can't say that," Gu Qingqian almost jumped up, "We are rich, but this money is not blown by the wind, this is earned by all the elders working together, these are the property of the Senate, and it is also everyone's common property!" You can't just throw it out! Those feudal bureaucrats are notoriously unproductive when they take money, and if they think that we are weak chickens, they will come and make a fortune when they want money, or they will drive us away after collecting money, what can we do? ”

"We are not afraid of them." Yuan Zhenli pursed his lips, but was immediately interrupted by Gu Qingqian, "It's not that I'm afraid, but the emperor of the Wu Dynasty must only believe the words of the officials of the Wu Dynasty, and we don't know anything about the people who put a little shoe on our backs, and when the Wu Dynasty army drove to the gate of Dongfang Port, we didn't know what happened to provoke them?" In the end, it is not a waste of money, and in the end, the bamboo basket will be empty. ”

"I understand your concerns," Du Yande said, pausing, "This matter requires the cooperation of the Great Library, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Finance to carry out negotiations." Saying that, he looked at Yang Minghuan, "We have to talk about this matter with the officials of the Wu Dynasty." ”

"We still have channels with the Wu Dynasty official," Fan smiled slightly, "Isn't there still Cen Min?" In addition, there is also this line of the Army Intelligence Bureau, and our agents have all been mixed up in the Beihai Admiral's Mansion. ”

"Isn't that to thank us?" Ren Xuefeng laughed on the side, everyone couldn't help but look over, he shrugged his shoulders, "It's very simple, the number of displaced people we have here is too large, so that there are not enough displaced people in the entire Annan and a part of Guangxi, and their departure has caused the local wages to rise." Our agents took this opportunity to sneak directly into the General's Mansion as domestic servants. Many of them have received basic education, and although it is still difficult to read traditional Chinese characters, they are already educated, so they are quite comfortable in the mansions of the generals and several other officials, and the best ones have already mixed in with the line of staff. ”

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Cen Min was sitting at the table reading a book, he didn't have much education, but as a person whose family had money to let him practice martial arts, his family always let him learn to read and read under the condition of being poor and rich in martial arts. He was holding a booklet in his hand, and it was completely different from any book he had ever seen, full of pictures. When it comes to books with pictures, he has seen a lot of them in his daily life, but he has never seen such a book full of pictures.

The cover of this booklet is printed in five large characters, "Smiling Proud Jianghu", the booklet is quite thick, about 50 pages long, and the booklet is extremely smooth from the rough local books I usually see. The characters in it are vivid, almost vivid on the page, and the most valuable thing is that this story is quite addictive to him. "I can't imagine that the squirt man can have such a skill and tell a story so vividly." Cen Min closed the booklet with some reluctance, and sighed helplessly, "It's just a pity that it's too short." Cen Min also got this comic book by accident, at first he just flipped through one or two, but after a closer look, he was out of control, and sent people everywhere to find other booklets, wanting to read the story to the end. As soon as he watched the beginning of the whole story, Cen Min was already deeply moved by the plot, especially as a person who practiced martial arts, his heart was surging at the gentleman's friendship between Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng, and he sighed at the determination of those who claimed to be famous and decent people to kill the people in the Demon Sect. But this is just the beginning, and there is no more, which makes his heart as unbearable as a cat's claw.

"Your Excellency!" The voice of the guard came from the door, "A few of the little ones are back, and there are no other books on the market." ”

Cen Min couldn't help but sigh, "This has to see a story, and it will make the official anxious." As he spoke, he said lightly to the door, "Okay, let them go down." ”

At this time, a servant walked in, holding a cup of tea in his hand, "Sir, take a sip of tea and take a break." ”

Cen Min nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go down, master, I can't sleep well today." He didn't notice the sparkle in the servant's eyes, and the servant deliberately tilted his head, "But for the sake of the book?" ”

Cen Min was startled, turned his head and saw that his copy of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" was spread out and placed on the table, so he smiled and said, "Yes, I don't know where this book came from, but the most important place is gone, which makes people itch and feel unbearable." ”

"Little dare to ask, which book did the master see?" The servant asked in a low voice, and Cen Min walked to the table with a teacup and flipped through the booklet to look at it, and then said the chapters he had seen. The servant smiled slightly, "The little one has a book there, and it was stuffed to the villain last time when he went out to buy vegetables." Saying that, Chong Cen Min arched his hand, "If the adults don't dislike it, the small ones will be fetched." ”

Cen Min was in good spirits at this moment, and said busily, "Okay, good!" Hurry up and pick it up! ”

After a while, the servant walked in with a booklet, and the booklet was taken into hand, which surprised Cen Min, this booklet was obviously decorated, and there was kraft paper on it to wrap the outer cover, this book was much better than the previous one, and he hurriedly picked up the book and flipped through it carefully.

These "comic books" were a step in the Senate's strategy of "cultural aggression", which attracted the attention of the people of the Wu Dynasty and neighboring countries by promoting the culture of the Senate, so as to have a favorable impression of China and meet the needs of "peaceful evolution". The main reason for using comic books is that the indigenous literate people in this time and space are limited, and if they are in the form of pictures, they can understand it more and show the charm of the Senate more intuitively. These books are basically villain books from the old time and space, and the big library spent several months in the absence of old manpower to change the "original proofread version" of several villain books.

The comic books were sent to the printing department, bound into volumes by stereotyped printing by naturalized migrant workers, and then sent out through secret service channels in the north, south, and southwest, to create "cultural aggression" and also generate income for the port of Vostochny. In addition to comic books, the four books of "Analects", "The Mean", "Mencius" and "University" and "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi" and "Spring and Autumn" have also become one of the output commodities of Oriental Port. Ever since these books were put on the market, they suddenly became a storm that swept the market, and suddenly they became sought-after goods.

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