"Immediately send people to Daming Mansion in the Kingdom of Water to redeem the gold judgment of 10 billion taels!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu secretly returned to Fubo City, and his first order was to start a run on the banknotes of the Land of Water.
"In addition, small amounts will be distributed in various counties and cities in the Kingdom of Water! The total amount is five billion taels."
"As you command!"
The leaders of the three Zhengyi tribes who were responsible for handling this matter all agreed.
Although they have not fully understood the fundamental purpose of Uchiha Tokko's move, their respect for their master has always been enough for them to complete all tasks without compromise.
"Within half a month, we will use the greatest efforts to dump goods and recycle the Shogunate Gold Yuan Notes and Water Country banknotes, creating a money shortage while running a bankrupt!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Shuhiro Hinata who was in charge of the tax affairs of the Southern Islands.
"I obey your orders!"
Shuhiro Hinata made a rough calculation in his mind, and half a month was enough to digest the barter trade order reached with the shipowners of the Kingdom of Water, and he immediately agreed.
"Then, the first financial and economic war in the ninja world will be officially launched by you!"
Uchiha Demitsu ordered with satisfaction.
…
After nearly a month of silence, the Kingdom of Water once again attracted a group of shogunate merchants waving orders and bartering with shipowners for the luxury goods of "noble entry tickets".
The daimyo nobles of the Kingdom of Water and the Kirigakure intelligence officers who had some doubts at first were relieved.
"What~ It turns out it's just a qualification review for honorary genin..."
The Kirigakure intelligence officer who was responsible for following up on the matter scrawled a report after a brief investigation to deal with the matter.
In his opinion, this is just a trivial matter, and he doesn't know why the village's senior officials specifically ordered to pay attention to it. But now that the "truth" has surfaced, it is the right way to deal with it and end the matter quickly. After all, he I’m still anxious to exchange for the “affordable luxury products” I’ve reserved with a familiar shogunate merchant!
The daimyo nobles of the Land of Water have also noticed the recent actions of the shogunate merchants, and what concerns the ministers the most is that as the shogunate's trading volume has become greatly active, the circulation scope and circulation area of gold yuan coupons are gradually expanding, and the shogunate suddenly made efforts to carry out Commodity dumping has also begun to affect local merchants in the Water Kingdom.
The most important thing is that behind the large and small merchants in the Kingdom of Water, various nobles are basically the backers. If the merchants are affected, it means that the income of the nobles will shrink as a result.
Especially after the fall of the Southern Islands, most of the local nobles originally stationed in the south were forced to accept the support of the daimyo. In order to make up for their losses, these nobles who lost their territories even used the small power they finally regained. To the extreme, the nobles of Kinki shook their heads when they saw all kinds of unreasonable taxation. As a result, the business environment in the Kingdom of Water became worse and worse day by day.
It is not that there are relatively noble nobles who have lost their land in the north, but their integrity cannot maintain the decent life they need. Therefore, when they see the fellow nobles who have lost their land and are now reduced to petty officials under the daimyo's command, they are getting rich one by one. They also actively or passively join the army of making money one by one.
The daimyo also knew that the actions of the landless nobles were actually to make a profit, but he could not allocate enough fiefs to settle these landless nobles, let alone give up these unsettled people who were related by blood, so he could only hold his nose. Each of these landless nobles was given an insignificant petty official, so that they would not be reduced to a situation of having no food and clothing, which would lead to the loss of the dignity of the nobles.
At the same time, in order to make these landless nobles who serve as petty officials behave, the daimyo constantly issued various laws in an attempt to restrict them. However, no matter what, the landless nobles could always find loopholes and continue to levy and plunder in order to maintain their so-called decent noble life.
While the daimyo was battling wits with the landless nobles, the shogunate merchants, escorted by ironclad ships, headed north with loads of merchandise.
Moreover, neither the daimyo's laws nor the money-making methods of the landless nobles worked well in front of the shogunate merchants.
Because the merchants of the shogunate are really supported by powerful force, and the shogunate will really send warships north to "justice" for a merchant.
In addition, the merchants of the shogunate spent money to buy the title of "honorary genin" or "justice of the peace". In terms of status, they belong to ninjas or low-level officials of the shogunate. Therefore, according to the armistice agreement signed by the Tokoku shogunate and the daimyo of the country of water, they are You can freely travel and do business within the Kingdom of Water without restrictions, and you don't have to pay taxes.
Therefore, the landless nobles could only plunder small merchants and workshop owners in their own country.
The large-scale bankruptcy of small merchants and workshop owners also further caused problems in the production and circulation of goods in the Kingdom of Water, allowing the shogunate merchants to easily gain a higher market share.
Of course, the endless cycle is not unbreakable.
For example, if we control the behavior of the landless nobles, secretly obstruct the goods sold by the shogunate merchants, and provide tax cuts or subsidies to local workshops, it is not impossible to prevent the expansion of the shogunate merchants.
But when faced with such a situation, the landless nobles not only did not stop, but instead increased their efforts to collect money, fearing that their fellow sufferers would take another bite than themselves. Under such violent persecution, the small merchants in the Kingdom of Water They finally fell into a desperate situation of collective bankruptcy.
The reason why the Tokoku shogunate targeted shipowners in the Land of Water to promote "affordable luxury" was because there was no suitable "middle class" in the Land of Water at that time.
In such an environment, the shogunate merchants who originally recalled the southern islands made a comeback after more than a month, escorted by the shogunate's ironclad ships!
But this time, the amount of goods carried by the shogunate merchants and the low prices were even higher. Against the background of the collective bankruptcy of small merchants in the Kingdom of Water, the merchandise of the shogunate came straight in and directly took away all the goods in the Kingdom of Water. Supply and marketing market for low-end goods!
At the same time, as the three armored ships slowly arrived at the Kinki Port of Daming Prefecture, under the vigilance of the stationed Kirigakure ninjas, Shuhiro Hyuga, the representative of the Tokumitsu shogunate, landed at the port with his head held high and a group of ninjas carrying huge containers, and headed towards The state-owned financial bank of the Land of Water offered to redeem the funds.
"What! Ten billion gold judgment?!"
The daimyo in the high hall was already panicked by the arrival of the shogunate's fleet, and quickly sent people to find out the purpose of the shogunate's visit.
Just when the daimyo secretly vowed to revive the coastal defense of the Land of Water, the guardian nin who went to the lobby to report the news brought back a sensational news.
"Why... why do they have to pay so much gold now? Where did Deguang brat get so much money!"
The daimyo and ministers were all a little panicked.
It’s not that there is no gold judgment of 10 billion, the gold bank’s reserves are indeed insufficient, but the treasury of the Kingdom of Water and the inner treasury of the Daimyo still have enough gold as reserves, but what if it is all paid out in one go?
Then wouldn't the gold in the Kingdom of Water be almost half empty immediately?
Besides, the gold coins in the national treasury and the daimyo's inner treasury were finally saved by the daimyo nobles after the war!
How could it be that the Tokumitsu shogunate could get the money that they worked so hard to get so easily? !
"My lords...the shogunate armored ships in the port are all in a state of full combat readiness..."
The guardian nin swallowed and said with difficulty: "Furthermore, I also saw that the torpedo launcher on the battleship has been loaded into the water and ready for launch..."
"Huh...huh..."
The daimyo's breathing became heavier and heavier, and his nose continued to quiver.
All the ministers were so frightened that they did not even dare to breathe louder.
"Your Highness..."
Just as the ministers were looking at each other in the oppressive atmosphere, a stumbling noble official ran into the palace, knelt down and reported: "The ninjas of the Tokumitsu Shogunate requested that within three days The gold judgment of 10 billion will be paid within 10 days..."
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and began to peek back and forth at the expressions of the daimyo and noble officials.
"Ten billion...within three days..."
The daimyo's face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water.
"How many gold coins does the gold bank have in its reserves?"
The daimyo's cold-as-iron voice made all the ministers and nobles present tremble, and the kneeling Jinhang officials were even more trembling.
"...Kinki Gold Bank still has 7 billion, and the gold bank treasury in various counties and cities is worth about 28 billion."
The Jinhang official replied tremblingly.
"In other words, my country, as one of the five major countries, the Kingdom of Water, only has gold reserves worth 35 billion in gold reserves?"
The daimyo asked in an inexplicably dazed and peaceful tone.
"……Yes, it is."
The Jinhang official felt extremely horrified, swallowed hard, and replied in a low voice.
"It's really good..."
The daimyo's voice became even more erratic.
The nobles and ministers are more cautious.
"Pay it forward..."
The daimyo's voice suddenly became normal, "Then we will mobilize 10 billion gold coins from other counties and cities and bring them back as Kinki reserves..."
"Your Highness, if you pay in full, it will be harmful to..."
In the queue of ministers, the Tibetan Prime Minister heard this and immediately stood up to dissuade him.
"Shut up!"
The daimyo, who had just regained his indifferent expression, suddenly became furious. He yelled angrily and then picked up a vase next to him and threw it at the Tibetan Prime Minister. "Didn't you hear it? The fleet of Tokumitsu's kid is already loading torpedoes at the port. !”
"If you don't pay the gold judgment, don't you know what those brutal and vulgar ninjas will do?"
"Kirigakure's ninja army is still fighting fiercely with Kumogakure in the Land of Thunder. Do you think the ninja army and the government army stationed in Kinki can stop the shogunate's armored ship?"
"In other words, if you can stop three armored ships, what if there are ten or thirty more?"
The more the Daimyo scolded him, the more anxious he became, and he no longer cared about his grace as a king.
"Do you want to abandon Daming Mansion Beishou again?"
"And you! As the Tibetan Prime Minister, can you dissuade the little boy Tokuguang from not paying the gold sentence?"
After the daimyo cursed angrily, he pointed the finger at Dazo Xiang, who was hit with a vase and suffered a bloody head.
"..."
The Tibetan Prime Minister, who was beaten and bleeding profusely, did not dare to say anything. He just knelt down and kowtowed.
In fact, most ministers and nobles understand the consequences of paying too much of the reserved gold judgment.
But so what? Under the forceful suppression of the shogunate, the Kingdom of Water, whose sovereignty had been lost, had no other choice but to resist with force.
But armed confrontation is exactly what the nobles and ministers fear the most.
You know, Uchiha Tokumitsu is now known as the "General of the Conquest of the Barbarians", and he also commands the Konoha ninja army and is the governor of Konoha. His power and military power are far greater than the shogunate during Kirigakure's conquest!
With such a monster-like neighbor, the daimyo nobles were afraid to avoid him, and how could they dare to offend the shogunate and give him a reason to start a war.
Moreover, another reason why the daimyo did not dare to provoke war at will was because he was afraid that Kirigakure in his country would take advantage of this to expand his influence and further control the local counties and cities of the Water Kingdom.
The coup launched by Sunagakure has made the nobles of various countries extremely wary of the ninja community.
"...Go and quickly mobilize the gold judges to deal with the shogunate's exchange."
After a moment of silence, the daimyo said quietly, got up and left all the ministers behind, then returned to the back hall to continue sulking.
After all the ministers paid their respects, they left one by one.
Although none of them said anything on the spot, the exchanges of glances between them had already communicated well.
The water country's gold reserves and actual issued banknotes are not equal. This is an open secret and the fundamental reason why major countries earn seigniorage.
The actual circulation of banknotes in the Land of Water is now a confusing account due to the loss of a large amount of data after the fall of Damingfu, the plunder of the Ninja Army, and the subsequent increasing efforts to print money to save the economy.
Maybe three hundred billion? Maybe 500 billion? Even a trillion?
This is already a problem that cannot be estimated.
Because in addition to the Kingdom of Water, there are also a large number of banknotes hoarded by other countries or wealthy merchants as currency reserves, so although the supply of banknotes is not rampant, if those deposited banknotes are activated to meet the demand, the Kingdom of Water How long can the gold reserve last?
And how much are the reserves of the gold bank? Only 35 billion!
But this time it was different. The menacing shogunate wanted to forcibly withdraw gold coins worth more than 10 billion taels, which was a heavy blow to the Kingdom of Water's gold coins reserves.
Of course, the national treasury and the daimyo treasury must have a lot of gold reserves, but so what?
But who knows how many Water Country banknotes the Tokumitsu Shogunate has in hand?
"We are different from the golden coupons of the shogunate. Free redemption is the foundation of banknotes..."
A nobleman muttered.
The other ministers were also moved, and had other thoughts besides sadness.
If... the reserves of the Kingdom of Water cannot pay out so much gold, what kind of situation will it face?
The first thought that came to the mind of the noble nobleman was that his banknotes would be completely reduced to waste paper!
"The local counties and cities have transferred 10 billion to Damingfu, but there are still 15 billion scattered around..."
The nimble-minded ministers and nobles are already planning ways to obtain the gold reserves of various counties and cities.
Pay it forward! You must seize the time to redeem the banknotes in your hands into gold!
Thinking of this, the ministers and nobles who were strolling around in the courtyard quickened their pace one by one, and finally couldn't bear it and started running.
In this way, after Uchiha Tokumitsu invested 10 billion Water Country banknotes in the first round for redemption, an unprecedented bank run frenzy in the ninja world suddenly swept across the Water Country.
"……That's it?"
After Uchiha Tokumitsu learned about this the next day, he couldn't help laughing: "I haven't exerted my strength yet! Why are they all falling down on their own?"
"Notify Hyuga Shuhiro to continue to increase the redemption amount!"
Uchiha Tokko ordered: "I will completely bankrupt the entire Water Kingdom!"
Second update today
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