Chapter 12 New stage, new life

After Yun Zhao sets down, Hattori is not qualified to see Yun Zhao again.

After that, he will face officials from the Lantian Business Department.

This time, Hattori was deeply responsible and brought many Japanese people.

This negotiation was related to the formal trade deal between Lantian and Japan, and Japan was not taken seriously.

Yun Zhao never intended to import anything other than silver from Japan.

Compared with Lantian County, Japan is basically in a state of closed and ignorance.

The reason why Yun Zhao was eager to control the coast of the Ming Dynasty had a lot to do with the Ming Dynasty's trade.

Since the main currency of the Ming Dynasty was copper coins and silver, the value of truly good copper coins has always been relatively stable. However, the value of silver is very abnormal in the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Juzheng implemented the one-whip method, he compiled all the taxes into the currency, which led to insufficient copper coins. The consequence of insufficient copper coins was that the silver was popular.

It would be fine if everyone used bad money to exchange for silver, but the copper plates in Lantian County have always been famous all over the world for their exquisite texture.

In order to win over the market and win the Ming Dynasty merchants to come to Lantian, Yun Zhao acknowledged this loss.

This has given birth to many people who have made a fortune by playing coins, including Feng Ying’s commercial manager Liu Ru!

With the rapid prosperity of business in Lantian County, the pace of Lantian merchants has gradually extended to all parts of the world, including Japan.

The Ming Dynasty lacked silver deposits... However, Japan does not lack it, and those Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and British people are even more lacking. They can get cheap silver from all over the world to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Their silver is not valuable, but they can use the silver price of the Ming Dynasty to buy various precious goods in the Ming Dynasty, such as silk, paper, porcelain, etc.

During this transaction, it seems that no one suffers, but the one who is really hurt is the Ming Dynasty.

The unfair transaction made the Ming Dynasty's blood and sweat be profited by these bastards.

This is why Yun Zhao must promote silver coins.

A silver coin is not as heavy as a tael of silver, but its value is only one tael of silver. A silver coin minted by Lantian can be exchanged for 800-ciete copper coins, but one tael of silver cannot.

The silver ingots, silver bars and silver blocks of foreign merchants can only be turned into Lantian silver coins after the Lantian business is smelted before they can be passed through Lantian County.

Lantian silver coins are not sterling silver, everyone knows this. Many times, the reason why Lantian silver coins are popular is because Lantian is too strong.

Even if a silver coin is not sterling silver, it is just a conceptual currency, everyone is willing to use this kind of silver coin.

Yun Zhao believes that when the new papermaking and printing system of Yushan Academy matures, this kind of silver coins will eventually be replaced by paper money.

Before this, Yun Zhao needed to hold a lot of silver and gold.

Especially Jinzi, in Lantian County, has always been only in and out of the world.

When there is enough gold, Yun Zhao can use gold as collateral to print banknotes.

Once the banknotes come out, it is Yun Zhao's turn to harvest the world.

After Shi Lang blocked the coast of the Ming Dynasty, it could effectively prevent the Ming people from continuing to be robbed through commercial operations.

As the country with the richest products, the highest commercial value and the highest GDP in the world, if the Ming Dynasty cannot be effectively protected, a year of prosperous trade will cause heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that under the leadership of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japan is ready to firmly follow the path of closing the country.

This strategy cannot be said to be wrong, it is a manifestation of the overwhelming burden of Japan by trade inequality.

What Shi Lang has to do now is to lead sixteen ironclad ships to patrol the Ming Dynasty's sea and rob any ships they met on the sea. Until these maritime merchants began to obediently recognize the leadership of the Lantian merchant, they would not turn from pirates to navy.

Power is the eternal existence in this world.

When the Business Department sorted out the results of the negotiations into documents and sent them to Yun Zhao's desk, Yun Zhao signed and printed the documents, and the documents were considered effective.

As Tokugawa Iemitsu's special envoy, Hattori finally agreed to the method of using cash bank settlement. At the same time, he also agreed to the conditions for settlement at the Fuso silver price to a limited extent. However, this condition requires the approval of Tokugawa Iemitsu before it can be calculated in the final calculation.

Yun Ao basically had no idea about this. He felt that Tokugawa Iemitsu would not use the price of Japanese silver to settle the settlement, and this would lead to a loss again.

Because this is equivalent to Yun Zhao doubled the price of these goods and sold them to him, the method he may use is to settle the amount of gold. Doing so is the most beneficial way for Japan.

And Yun Zhao himself needs a huge amount of gold to build his own national bank, so he will naturally agree.

Once Tokugawa Iemitsu has sufficient steel, gunpowder, muskets, artillery, and the Portuguese entrenched in ports such as Nagasaki, the hard days of the Dutch will come.

This is called moving the whole body with one move.

This year's spring and summer are very good, and the plague seems to have disappeared all at once. At least this terrifying existence was not found in the Lantian territory. Although there seem to be sporadic villages in Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi that have been destroyed by pneumonia.

However, these things are very far away from Lantian County...

As Lantian boundary markers continue to flee, Lantian County, located in the center of Lantian, is becoming more and more prosperous.

Today, Lantian County has completely broken out of the scope of agricultural production. Almost every household has people working in workshops or doing business. The agricultural income has dropped to an almost negligible level for every household.

Therefore, under this situation, the phenomenon of land leasing naturally occurred.

However, leasing is OK, but the government does not allow contracts with leases of more than five years. As for land purchases and sales, it is strictly prohibited. Individuals have no right to sell the land under their own name. Moreover, if they are desolate for more than two years, they will be forced to be taken back by the government.

People who lease land or give birth to sell land are all young people. The elderly and middle-aged people who have experienced hardships still regard land as more important than life.

In May, there were finally wheat to harvest in the village under Maopijiang. When he looked at the heavy ears all over the ground, he realized that Lantian's rescue work for Xiangyang was completely over.

This year, there is naturally no tax collection, but the people still have to take out some of the grain to repay the seeds, farm tools, and ox money they borrowed from the government last year. Although it is impossible to be clear, people are still very happy.

Standing in the field and looking at the wheat waves that were undulating with the wind, Mao Pijiang opened his arms, as if he wanted to completely immerse his body in the blue sky.

This heavy sense of satisfaction far exceeds the happiness he brought about by writing a good poem, a new lyrics, and an opera.

Those illiterate people were harvesting by his side and busy, even if they were young, they tried hard to throw wheat sheaths on the ox cart.

He could clearly feel that the sad, dull and stiff faces in the past have become vivid now, even the wrinkled old faces look particularly beautiful at this moment.

"This is the meaning of a gentleman governing the world."

At this moment, the sorrow in Mao Pijiang's heart completely disappeared. He didn't care what kind of character Hou Fangyu portrayed him as, how unbearable he was, and how ugly he had made him ugly.

Compared with the grand scene in front of you, what Hou Fangyu did in Jiangnan is not worth showing off.

"I, Mao Pijiang, led a thousand people from nothing to now, and now the crops are everywhere, chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are everywhere. How can you kill the rumors of a villain in Hou Fangyu?

I watched with my own eyes, a thousand people, under my leadership, clearing land, farming, farming, opening canals, building ponds and dams, and rebuilding houses. Every building has my hard work, which is not comparable to that of a few sour songs by Hou Fangyu.

From today on, you, Hou Fangyu, have no place in my heart, and it is not worth taking a place in my heart."

Mao Pijiang stood for a moment and then started harvesting wheat again.

He used to look down on such things, but now he was indescribable to see the wheat being cut down by his sickle.

One of the assessments of local officials in Lantian County is to look at their proficiency in agriculture. Only those specialized departments will not be able to assess agricultural affairs. Of course, those specialized departments will not be able to take on local officials and take charge of the government.

Therefore, going to the countryside to serve as a village chief is the first step for the local chief of Lantian County. Without this most basic step, there would be no chance of becoming successful later.

In Xiangyang, not only Maopijiang has achieved such a harvest, but the rest of the villages are basically the same. Except for the fact that new grains are not growing well here, there is no big problem.

I heard that the soil specimens here have been taken away by officials who specialize in agricultural research in Yushan Academy, and some experimental fields have been opened here, leaving six officials to replant and compare them.

This is not the first time that the promotion of new grain in Lantian County has failed. In the past, the promotion in southern Shaanxi was not good. However, after the agricultural officials of Yushan Academy cultivated advantageous seedlings, it has improved a lot.

At present, the poor promotion of Hanzhong New Grain is just a temporary matter.

Mao Pijiang and others must stay in Xiangyang for three years, and then they will be sent to the newly opened territory to serve as higher-level officials. After three years of continuing, he will be able to hold office positions at the provincial level.

So Mao Pijiang, who calmed down, was full of expectations for his future life.

It has been a month since Dong Xiaowan came to Xiangyang. This stupid woman gave up her job at Mingyuelou and came to Xiangyang alone with all her wealth. After putting on a wedding dress for herself, she stayed in Mao Pijiang's bedroom and waited for her man to come back.

Then, she was scolded by Mao Pijiang.

That night, she was sent to a widow's house and repeatedly told Dong Xiaowan that he would not be able to get married secretly, and he would wait for a few days before he could get the wedding gift.

So, ten days later, Dong Xiaowan received a lively wedding at a farmer in Hanzhong. Not only did it have a wedding, but it even had a marriage certificate issued by the Xiangyang Dali Prefecture.

Seeing Dong Xiaowan feeding chickens in the yard with green clothes and cloth skirts, Mao Pijiang felt excited. He entered the yard and grabbed the basin of the valley from Dong Xiaowan and poured all the chickens and ducks.

Then he picked Dong Xiaowan up and whispered in her ear: "My father may come to see me, you'd better take this opportunity to give birth to a son for me."

Dong Xiaowan moaned: "It's still daytime..."

Mao Pijiang laughed and said, "What's the matter? You can see it clearly during the day!"
Chapter completed!