"Before I say anything, I would like to summarize the predicament the Maritime Safety Administration is currently facing. This will help you understand what I am talking about more quickly."

If other young people in their early 20s had said this to Song Yingxing, Song Yingxing would have walked away in anger. Naturally, countless people would come forward to vent his anger on his behalf and teach the ignorant young man a lesson, such as Shopkeeper Bai and him outside the door.

Zhang Jun behind him.

But when Liu Yifeng said this, Song Yingxing was not only not angry, but also had a trace of expectation that he couldn't explain.

After getting Song Yingxing's promise, Liu Yifeng took a deep breath and knew that whether his group could overcome the biggest difficulty this time might depend on this battle.

"Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Bureau should not have the ability to restrict the many merchants and explorers in Jinshan City from gold mining. Even if we include the Southern Army and Navy in Moshan City, I don't think they have the ability."

Good guy, he opened his mouth and lifted the fig leaf of Dongshanzhou Maritime Safety Bureau first.

A smile appeared on Song Yingxing's lips. Liu Yifeng was not a foolhardy person. He dared to lift the fig leaf of the Maritime Safety Bureau in front of him, the manager of the Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Bureau. There must be a way to make this fig leaf unnecessary.

After solving the problem, do you still need to hide your shame?

"But the Maritime Safety Administration can control the waterway, which can fundamentally eliminate the possibility of them transporting the gold back."

After finishing speaking, Liu Yifeng glanced at Song Yingxing and knew that he was still waiting for him to continue speaking, so he no longer hesitated and said: "But it can be seen from the fact that Mr. Song and the officials of the Maritime Safety Administration are still struggling, you

The worry should be that there will be greater risks in the future.”

Song Yingxing began to doubt Liu Yifeng's age. His ability and vision really didn't look like someone who had just won the title. Yang Changbai and Sun Xin, both about 20 years old, were both from aristocratic families.

I didn't see the risk at all.

"What's the risk?"

"The risk of another bandit Zhang."

Song Yingxing smiled. He suddenly had the idea of ​​leaving Liu Yifeng to work in the Maritime Safety Bureau.

"I don't know about the Annan Protectorate, but before Zhang Bandi, Dongshan Prefecture's Maritime Safety Administration probably didn't care much about the sentiments of the people."

Song Yingxing nodded. This is an official practice, and the traditional bureaucrats in the local court don't care. However, there are a large family of gentry in the local area, with armed forces and orthodox public opinion to help the court stabilize people's hearts.

But what about Dongshan Prefecture? It only has armed forces.

We once had orthodox public opinion, but now half of it has been lost. The trouble is that Zhang Xianzhong.

The changes in the ideological trend brought by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to the Chinese people are difficult for people outside the Chinese cultural circle to understand. The princes and generals Xiang Ning have these eight words, how many dynasties have been ruined, how many ambitious people have been cultivated, and how many innocent people have been sacrificed

The common people, of course, also established a new dynasty of reform and brought the Central Plains back to the light of day.

In short, I usually don’t feel the impact of Chen Sheng’s words, “Princes, generals, ministers, etc., have their own kind” on the Chinese people, but in extreme times, there will always be a few people who are affected and raise the banner of resistance.

"Before Zhang Bandit, the people of Dongshan Prefecture may not have thought about making trouble, but after Zhang Bandit was born, when the Maritime Safety Administration began to not care about the public sentiment, no one could guarantee whether there would be another Zhang Xianzhong. And there was a Zhang Xianzhong."

Zhang Xianzhong, I think the Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Bureau will definitely be affected within the imperial court."

Song Yingxing picked up the tea cup and pretended to drink tea to cover up his pout.

More than just being influenced, the reply I just received from Xu Guangqi said that the cabinet used this matter to attack the Maritime Safety Administration some time ago. However, Zhang Xianzhong appeared during the gap period when Hao Ping was taken away and Song Yingxing had not yet taken office.

Zhang Bandit had been suppressed, and Xu Guangqi took matters into his own hands and apologized directly before Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli punished him with a one-year fine.

Not to mention that the senior officials of the Maritime Safety Administration more or less have their own properties in the Annan Protectorate or Dongshan Prefecture and do not rely on their salaries at all. Even the traditional bureaucrats in the imperial court do not rely on their salaries.

In other words, this daily battle in the cabinet ended with Xu Guangqi directly confessing his crime, and Emperor Wanli getting sidetracked.

But what if another bandit named Wang, Bandit Li or Bandit Chen appears in Dongshan Prefecture?

Xu Guangqi definitely couldn't handle it this time, so Song Yingxing had to resist. And even if the bandits were suppressed in time, the best result is probably that he would completely lose his official career and return to his hometown to write "Tiangong Kaiwu" in peace.

The personal training between myself and Emperor Wanli was pretty good, and the premise was that Emperor Wanli valued his book very much.

"People die for money, and birds die for food. As long as the gold mining method is leaked, the entire water system east of Jinshan City will be filled with gold diggers. Once the amount increases, people will naturally find gold. These gold diggers will

Among the people, there must be some who are not willing to hand over their gold in exchange for the policy benefits of the Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Administration. They want to take the gold back to their homeland and become local tyrants."

"But not to mention that the way back to Daming is inseparable from the Maritime Safety Bureau. Even the way back to Tuoshan City is inseparable from the Maritime Safety Bureau. Once the Maritime Safety Bureau starts setting up cards to collect gold, there will definitely be bold and ambitious people who take risks. There will be adventures in the process.

There are also trading houses, one has strength and the other has resources. If the two are combined to create Zhang Bandit, the scale may not be comparable to that of Zhang Xianzhong."

Song Yingxing put down the teacup and sighed.

Half of this tone was sighing for the future risks that the Maritime Safety Administration was worried about, and the other half was sighing for his three disciples.

They are also young people, and their three disciples performed very poorly at that meeting. Yang Changbai and Sun Xin could barely keep up with the thinking speed of the Maritime Safety Administration officials, while Wu Sangui was completely lagging behind. Regardless of Wu Sangui's young age

, Yang Changbai, Sun Xin and Liu Yifeng are the same age.

"So, what is your method that can help the Maritime Safety Administration avoid this risk and prospect for gold with peace of mind?"

"Master Song, before that, I would like to ask a few questions."

"You ask."

Song Yingxing showed the greatest patience. As long as Liu Yifeng could see where the Dongshan Prefecture Maritime Safety Bureau was really in trouble and explained it clearly in a few words, it was already worth his patience with Liu Yifeng.

"What does the Annan Protectorate use for trade?"

Song Yingxing didn't expect Liu Yifeng to ask this question at all: "It depends on who you do it with, whether it's internal or external."

"How is it internally, and how is it externally?"

"Domestic trade is very simple, normal trade, but there are also cases of barter."

"It's more complicated externally. Most of the Dutch and Persians are more cooperative. They will first go to the Annan Protectorate to exchange our Ming coins for normal trade. But sometimes they will trade with their country's gold and silver coins.

If the transaction amount is small, the merchants will estimate the value themselves. If the transaction amount is large, they will often go to the Annan Protectorate together to do an estimate."

"The Franji people are more troublesome. They think that whether they exchange with us or use their own country's gold and silver coins, they will suffer a loss, so they basically barter."

"The Tianzhu people are the most troublesome. They will exchange some of their coins, but they will mix their domestic bad currency into the transaction. You must be careful. Therefore, many Annan merchants are unwilling to trade with the Tianzhu people. They are used to doing business with them even if they have to trade.

Barter.”

"In other words, the currencies used in Annan trade are mainly Ming coins, but in general there is still no unity?"

Song Yingxing didn't understand how helpful Liu Yifeng's question was to the current situation in Dongshan Prefecture, so he didn't answer. Instead, he was silent for a while and said, "So, what is your method?"

After Liu Yifeng was silent for a while, he asked as if he had made some decision: "Sir Song, if Dongshan Prefecture issues a currency that can only be used in Dongshan Prefecture, but the right to issue the currency and the seigniorage tax belong to the local court, what do you think?

Will the imperial court agree?"
Chapter completed!