Chapter 146 Question
One sentence. He Xi's decision to strengthen education was 10,000% correct, but it was just a little late.
He Xi said: "What do you think?"
Huang Zicheng was silent for a while and said, "How about putting some projects aside first?"
He Xi said firmly: "No."
This is something He Xi will never allow. Because when are the conditions met? As long as there is an excuse, the conditions cannot be met at any time, and many things just need to be done. There will be results. If you don’t do it, there will never be any results.
Huang Zicheng sighed and said, "Student understand. I have told Mr. Yang these things. Let Mr. Yang speak."
He Xi looked at Yang Shiqi.
Yang Shiqi said: "Today, a total of 36 million taels of silver notes have been issued in Liaodong. I have recovered 10,670,000 taels. In addition, dozens of other types of bills have also been issued, such as food stamps and coal stamps. The overall data is very detailed, so I won’t say more here. I have a proposal. Can these bills be abolished?”
He Xi said: "Why?"
Yang Shiqi said: "Generally speaking, the materials corresponding to these bills are sufficient. Even redundant. Nowadays, calculating and distributing bills requires a lot of manpower, and the entire Liaodong is short of people. This batch of manpower can be transferred and placed in In other aspects, such as the bank account, where is the most lacking person."
He Xi thought for a moment and said, "Okay. But the food stamps cannot be touched first, and the other bills can be cancelled."
These bills were also temporarily drawn up by He Xi in order to tide over the difficulties. In essence, it is the control of materials. But with the blood transfusion in Nanjing, such strict material control is no longer needed. It may even be a waste of manpower.
However, the food issue is still very important. At least now, there is no way to relax.
Yang Shiqi said: "This time the Japanese battlefield trophies were also sent over, totaling 300,000 taels of gold and 1.9 million taels of silver. Some of them were mined by Sado. Most of them were from Kyushu daimyo, and there were many from Liaodong. Supplies flowed into Japan, and one of the long swords can buy ten taels. It is equivalent to the Japanese samurai sword."
"Ten taels." As soon as this statement came out, the people below started talking about it.
In terms of quality, a Ming army standard steel sword is far better than a samurai sword. This goodness does not lie in sharpness, but in sturdiness. In terms of sharpness, the Ming Dynasty's standard saber is not as sharp as the samurai sword. But if the two swords cut each other, the samurai sword will definitely collapse.
In fact, it is not that the Ming Dynasty did not have very sharp swords and knives.
But Liaodong is not very productive? Taiping Iron Works is far ahead of Liaodong in this regard. The reason is also very simple. The Taiping Iron Works is close to Nanjing, and Nanjing has this requirement. Not to mention anything else, the swords and swords awarded by Zhu Yuanzhang to the generals below must always be presentable.
Craftsmen naturally strive for excellence.
Not to mention that with such good steel, it is normal to make knives that surpass the Japanese.
But Liaodong is different.
The most important thing about standard long knives is to keep the cost down. Does a long knife need to be that sharp? If you want it to be sharp, you can just polish it yourself. In order to reduce costs, the Liaodong Iron Works did not open the long sword at all and let the soldiers do it themselves.
After all, without Kaifeng, there is one less process. One less process means less cost.
Therefore, after mass production, a steel knife can be reduced to three to five hundred cash. This is still the price for external sales, and the price for the military is even lower. As for the cost, it is even lower.
It is this amazing profit. Many people instinctively forget one thing.
That is to forget to ask whether selling weapons to the Japanese in this way will fall into the hands of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
After all, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has suffered heavy losses and has retreated to Honshu Island. He is about to regroup and make a comeback. The Ashikaga family still has capital. As mentioned earlier, the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu period was the time when the Ashikaga family was at its strongest. Even after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's death, he was given the posthumous title of Emperor Taijo. This also shows the strength of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Now that Kyushu has fallen, the biggest blow to the Ashikaga family is their reputation.
Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lost some men. But to the entire Ashikaga family, it was nothing.
And at this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has the greatest demand for various weapons. The Ming Dynasty's control over Kyushu was actually very weak. Fu Youde only controls some core areas. Strategically important places, and most of them, were managed by the Japanese Daimyo who turned against them.
However, these Japanese famous names will be renamed as Chinese chieftains.
Fu Youde is also very experienced in toast.
Under this situation, He Xi was sure that there must be someone doing this kind of re-export business.
He Xi's heart moved and she asked, "How much money is there in the bank account?"
Yang Shiqi said: "With all this silver, it's about ten million taels." At this point, Yang Shiqi sighed: "Japan is really rich in gold and silver."
At this moment, Liaodong Bank has fulfilled some of its responsibilities as a bank. At least someone has a reason to put money in a bank account and use it with banknotes. The biggest reason for this is the expansion of the Japanese market. For Japan, the fall of Kyushu was a major event that had never happened before. For He Xi, after the fall of Kyushu, the various strategies against Japan had achieved their goals.
What is He Xi doing to attack Japan?
It’s not that we want Japanese land. There’s nothing good about Japanese land. But it wants Japanese gold, silver and markets. Between the two, it is also a matter of one and two, and two and one.
And with the emergence of Kyushu daimyo, no, Kyushu chieftains and other leading parties, all problems were solved.
Previously, the trade between China, Japan and Korea was actually monopolized by a few big names. Most people cannot cross them and directly enter Japanese trade. These daimyo are the Ouchi family, the Otomo family, the Shimadzu family, and the Ashikaga family behind the scenes.
Now in this battle, the Daimyos of Kitakyushu, led by the Otomo family, were wiped out in ashes. Cease to exist. The reputation of the Ashikaga family plummeted.
Even if the hard power has not weakened much, the soft power has been greatly reduced. It is almost impossible to control the other daimyo in Japan. After all, Japan's coastline is so long, in fact, as long as you are willing, you can trade everywhere. The previous closure of the Japanese market was more due to psychological reasons than geographical reasons.
As I said before, the upper class in Japan is actually very closed-minded.
For example, the Shimadzu family, the Shimadzu family hundreds of years ago, will still be the Shimadzu family hundreds of years later. Has not changed much.
Even if the Kyushu daimyos suddenly become Chinese chieftains, will their connection with Japan's upper class be severed? Naturally it is impossible. It is absolutely impossible for Chinese businessmen to sell goods directly to Japan. After all, the two countries are still at war. However, it is perfectly fine for the Japanese from Kyushu to come forward.
Only now did He Xi know why he needed a comprador.
