The Indian tribes in the Sierra Nevada had never come into contact with foreign civilizations before they met Lucci and others. In addition, unlike the Indian empires in South and Central America, their understanding of gold was limited to its beauty, and they did not realize its value at all.
You must know that the currency used by these aboriginal people is not gold and silver, but shell coins. So in these days, to judge whether an Indian is rich, it depends on how many shells are hanging on his necklace.
Ruchi and the others wandered around Coloma for two days. After returning to the Nisennan village, he negotiated with the Nisennan chief with the help of Bai Bai and Su Ke to purchase a five-kilometer radius of Coloma.
land.
In these days, buying land from the Indians requires fate. If you like it, you can talk about it. If you don't, you can just play with it. After holding a meeting with the elders of the tribe to discuss, the chief issued 20 pairs of scissors and five hand saws.
Price code for two gold thermal blankets.
Rucci was very happy, but due to poor language communication and ignorance of Indian customs, he did not know at this time that, including the previous seventy square kilometers, the Indians were not so much "selling land".
It is better to say that it is lending land.
In their view, it is normal for outsiders to borrow land that they cannot use temporarily for survival. However, once their ethnic group has experienced several generations of development and population expansion leads to insufficient land, it is only natural that they take it back.
.In addition, even if the land use rights are temporarily transferred, one's own tribesmen still have the right to hunt there.
When the expedition team returned to the Golden Gate Fortress with a full load, it was already mid-January 1794.
Before returning to the fortress, Rucci had a special talk with the officers and soldiers in the expedition team, telling them that all the gold they had found before would be turned over, and that he would distribute bonuses at a ratio of one to ten, and the money would be directly paid into their respective allowances.
Account. As for the discovery of gold, it must be kept strictly confidential and must not be spread. Violators will be deported.
None of the thirty team members disapproved of this order. Although this trip was hard, everyone gained a lot, far exceeding expectations. Under the current monetary system of Beihai Town, private transactions of precious metals, including gold and silver ingots, are strictly prohibited.
, you must go to a Beihai bank or savings bank to exchange it for Beihai dollars. Once the public security police find out that gold and silver in the form of metal are used for private transactions, both parties to the transaction will not only be fined twice the transaction amount, but will also be sentenced to three to six terms in prison.
Months of labor.
After returning to the fortress, Rucci immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Xin, and then went to San Jose de Guadalupe for inspection. In the telegram, he informed that everything was going smoothly and that one of the three target areas had been found and the next step could be taken.
. In addition, he also asked one thing in the telegram, that is, the New Year is coming soon, whether in this time and space or another time and space. When Boss Zhao comes to pick him up, he will bring you some New Year's goods by the way.
At this time, Zhao Xin is about to embark on his annual pick-up trip again. In fact, this is also an important moment for him to inspect local areas and dispatched troops. For those officers and soldiers who are fighting abroad, in addition to going home and being with their families,
During the reunion, what could be more inspiring than having your commander-in-chief travel thousands of miles to express condolences with letters and gifts from his family?
In the big study room of Zhao Xin's house, Li Ji took the tea from A Miao with a smile. As soon as his butt touched the chair, he heard Zhao Xin say: "Have you collected all the family letters and gifts from the garrison troops in various places?
?”
Li Ji stood up in a hurry, without having time to put down the bowl in his hand. He held it with both hands and replied: "The Logistics Command has checked the roster one by one. I asked them to check again yesterday to ensure that there are no mistakes."
Zhao Xin nodded slightly and said: "We have to check it carefully. If we put Zhang San's things into the package for Li Si like last year, the soldiers will not say anything, but they will scold me in their hearts."
Li Ji could only laugh after hearing this. The North Korean Navy currently has as many as 60,000 troops stationed abroad. In terms of communications alone, there are tens of thousands of letters and parcels every month, and even more during the New Year. In the past, all counting was done manually.
Errors are inevitable. However, this year the Logistics Command established a special agency responsible for military mail and used a barcode system, so the chance of errors can be reduced to one in a million.
Nowadays, the territory of Beihai Town is getting larger and larger, and there are more and more newly established institutions. With the continuous introduction of corresponding systems, the resulting system costs are also rising.
Taking 1792 as an example, the entire Beihai Town's annual fiscal revenue was 71.44 million Beihai dollars, almost all of which came from taxation. Among them, the tariff revenue from various ports accounted for 35.5%, including Chiyan City, Anping Port and Whale Port.
Port; goods transaction turnover tax accounts for 24.9%, others include stamp duty, currency arbitrage, seigniorage, and some confiscated Khalkha princes and temple properties account for 39.6% in total.
In terms of expenditure, the military expenditure of the North Korean Navy is more than 41 million, and the civil expenditure including transportation, medical care, and transportation is 33 million, close to 75 million. This does not include the expenditure of shipbuilding and railways.
The construction cost of the railway from Heilongjiang City to Yaksa alone is 170 million.
Such a large amount of expenditure cannot be borne by Zhao Xin alone and the output of several gold mines. In view of this, Chen Qingsong began to plan the issuance of 50 million North Sea dollars in public bonds a year ago, which is equivalent to silver
10 million taels, for sale to Beihai Town and the Qing Dynasty, with a coupon rate of 3.5% and a term of ten years.
After half a year of advance planning, the Intelligence Bureau has confirmed that only the salt merchants, Shanxi merchants and Thirteenth Bank under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can subscribe for 50%; while the officials, gentry and dignitaries of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can subscribe for 30%, leaving the remaining 20%.
For sale inside Beihai Town.
In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, everyone from officials to businessmen thought that paying real money and silver to buy Beihai Town's public bonds was buying Zhang's "ship ticket" to save his life. Even Heshen even told Liu Quan that he wanted to buy it after learning about it.
Three hundred thousand taels.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The sales channel is guaranteed, and the approval of the 29-member committee of Beihai Town is just a formality. After all, everyone knows what the revenue and expenditure structure has been over the years.
Zhao Xin took a sip of tea and asked, "What do people say about the issuance of public bonds next year?"
"Everyone has no objection." Li Ji thought for a while and said with a sincere face: "Lord, you are the god of Beihai Town. Without you, we would not be where we are today. Now that the money in your hand is not enough, even if you ask everyone to donate,
I won’t say anything, so why bother paying back the principal with interest?”
Zhao Xin's smiling expression just now gradually subsided, and he stared at Li Ji and said, "Didn't you go to the public debt study class yesterday?"
Liji said quietly: "No... Xiaochun had a fever yesterday, so I, I didn't go."
Zhao Xin frowned and said with concern: "Oh? Then let A Miao go over and take a look. The child was born prematurely and is too weak."
Xiaochun is the youngest daughter of Liji and Zhinao. In the first few years, after Wu Xianning prescribed medicine for conditioning, Zhinao's dampness-heat and blood stasis syndrome gradually improved, and pregnancy and childbirth became a matter of course. The two now have a son and a daughter. Because of the good relationship between Liji and Liji,
Because of the well-known relationship, the names of the two children were given by Zhao Xin. The son was named Zhao Qi, who was three years old; the daughter was named Xiaochun, who was less than one year old.
While the two were chatting, A Miao opened the door and walked in. She frowned and said to Zhao Xin, "That woman is here again. See you there?"
Zhao Xin knew who she was talking about. The other party had asked to see him twice this month and he had ignored her on the excuse that he was too busy. However, considering the other party's identity, it would be inappropriate not to see her again, so he said: "Invite her to sit in the flower hall for a while. I will
Will be there in a minute."
When Li Ji saw that Zhao Xin had something to do, he was about to leave. Zhao Xin stopped him, stood up and motioned to go out together. As he walked, he asked, "Things in Kyoto need to be stepped up. Jia He and the others have been there for almost a year, right?"
Li Ji whispered: "One of our people has sneaked into Xianyuan Gong's house to work as a cook. After the completion of the new palace, that person rarely showed up. If we want to lure him out, we must make Xianyuan Gong seriously ill.
So I can take advantage of the opportunity to visit the doctor."
Li Ji deliberately emphasized the word "serious illness", and Zhao Xin nodded silently, patted the other party's shoulder and said: "Tell Jia He and the others not to worry too much, I am not a dog-eat-dog person.
"
"Yes Yes!"
The two of them walked along the corridor to the door of the flower hall, and Li Ji went out from the side door. Zhao Xin thought for a moment, then opened the door curtain and entered the warm spring flower hall. When he walked around the screen, he saw Shen
Xuan and A Miao were talking to a white woman with silver hair. The woman was sitting opposite A Miao, with a light white makeup on her face and two blue eyes that were particularly conspicuous. She wore a gray hat on her head.
He was wearing a sea otter skin hat, a simple black European-style satin skirt, a cross hanging around his neck, a snow-white fox fur draped over his shoulders, and a pair of black pointed-toed high-waisted leather boots exposed under the skirt.
Zhao Xin said with a smile: "Hello, madam."
Seeing Zhao Xin's arrival, the woman slowly stood up, performed a European-style court ceremony, and said in somewhat jerky Mandarin: "Your Highness, it's not easy to meet you."
Zhao Xin made a sign of pain, shook his head and said with a smile: "Too busy, too busy! As you know, I am currently presiding over border negotiations with neighboring countries. This matter is of great importance and cannot be careless."
Shen Xuan pretended to turn her head to talk to A Miao, curling her lips slightly. A Miao also pretended to listen and nodded heavily.
The woman stared at Zhao Xin with her blue eyes. Seeing that the other party was also looking at her, her pretty face turned red and said: "Your Highness, please don't forget our agreement. I took the liberty to visit today because I want to know about the progress of the war in India.
How's it going?"
The visitor was Lady Elizabeth, the sister of Louis XVI and the aunt of Louis Charles. It is said that Lady Elizabeth, who had sworn never to marry, and the Louis Charles siblings had been in Beihai Town for more than a year. When they first arrived, General Zhao Xin
The three of them settled in a courtyard two kilometers away from their home; it was originally Liu Zheng's residence, but since Liu Zheng took his two wives to Kulun, the house became vacant.
In the first two months, the three people who accompanied Louis Charles every day, in addition to Deguine and his son, were ten people who were originally given to Zhao Xin by Tipu Sultan, but were left in Pazaya by Deng Fei.
Lai's Indian maid. Thanks to these beautiful Indian girls who are good at singing and dancing, and can also speak a few words in French, the life of the three of them was not so boring at the beginning.
In addition, the people from the Intelligence Bureau escorted the three of them out for a day of relaxation every week, and Zhao Xin also gave them his carriage. Anyway, as long as they did not run into the Condorcet family, the four Ra gods and their families.
Once, Mrs. Elizabeth brought Louis Charles and Charlotte to Zhao Xin's house for a visit. When the two children saw the yard full of cats, they screamed with excitement. They also played with Zhao Xin's son Momo for an afternoon before leaving.
He also took away two of Duofu's offspring.
To be honest, Zhao Xin has ten thousand ways to make Louis Charles and his sister happy in Beihai Town. Just the toys he sends over every now and then can make the two children addicted to them.
But Lady Elizabeth was different. She shouldered the great trust of her brother Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and it was her mission to restore the French Bourbon dynasty. After being dazzled, the woman quickly calmed down and began to think about the future.
As a result, Degene's father, old Degene, became the tutor of the two children. Jiao Xun, who was busy preparing for the Higher Institute of Technology with several La Shen, was also invited by Degene to become the tutor of the two children and
Mrs. Elizabeth's Chinese teacher teaches three days a week, two hours each time.
Before Zhao Xin went to Bacheng to command the operation, he and Mrs. Elizabeth initially reached a memorandum of agreement.
After the Northern Navy intervenes in local governance and the war with the British, it will assist Governor Leclerc, who is loyal to the king, to regain control of the French Indian colony, clean up the republicans, and use it as a base to counterattack the First French Republic. In addition, the Northern Navy will also provide
The French colonial forces provided military training and weapons assistance so that Louis Charles could personally control an army loyal to him. Once all the above conditions were met, Louis Charles and the three of them could go to the local area to govern.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In exchange, Louis Charles must obtain the support of Beihai Town on the condition of transferring French Louisiana; as for the total price of Beihai Town’s acquisition of Louisiana
, it is 40 million North Sea dollars. If converted into francs, it is 66.6666 million francs, which is really smooth!
Of course, the military aid materials provided by Beihai Town will be deducted from the more than 60 million francs. As for the fact that Zhao Xin and the others rushed into the Temple Tower to rescue people and brought the three people back to Asia from Europe, they will not be charged.
It's money, it's a friendly gift.
The reason why the agreement between the two was in the form of a memorandum was first of all because Louis Charles was only eight years old this year and he had not yet been recognized by the royal families of Europe. In particular, he needed the allegiance of his uncle, the royalist leader Count Artois.
Next is Louisiana - the area west of the Mississippi River is still in the hands of Spain. When the "Seven Years War" was about to end, Louis XVI was about to lose. In order to retain the territory in North America, he secretly signed the "Seven Years' War" with Spain.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau gave the Louisiana territory to the King of Spain, who was also a member of the Bourbon family. Now if you want to get it back from Spain, you must sign another secret agreement, and the troublemaker Britain cannot take it back.
Make trouble.
Since Beihai Town's war in India started, Lady Elizabeth was stunned when she accidentally learned about it from Jiao Xun. Jiao Xun felt sorry for this woman, so he tried his best to help her find out.
But how much did Jiao Xun know about South Asia? He could only make blind inquiries. In December, as he received less and less information from Jiao Xun, the anxious Lady Elizabeth could no longer hold back and started to ask questions.
This time, I went directly to Zhao Xin's door in the name of a visit.
The problem is that the two people have been having an affair since they were in Bacheng, and Shen Xuan also vaguely heard some rumors, and the boss was not happy about it.
Zhao Xin knew that he was in the wrong, and he was busy negotiating with Li Chao, which was more important at the moment, so he kept saying that he had no time. However, now that Leclerc had returned to the position of governor, it was time to let the other party know.