The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 355
Huang Sheng had already arranged for Gu Ling'er to bring many educated women and retired soldiers to set up a bank, and assigned Zhao Shimin to study coinage.

Because Huang Sheng found that using silver to weigh as currency was too fucked up, and using copper coins could not meet the demand. After all, tens of thousands of copper coins could hold a sack that could not resist a person, and the value was only a few dozen taels of silver.

It is not only inconvenient to use these things to circulate, but also will cause a lot of fire consumption. Huang Sheng plans to cast silver dollars like later generations, which is commonly known as Yuan Datou.

A silver coin is worth one tael of silver, and the weight is also one tael. A gold coin is also one tael and is worth ten silver coins. Money, ten copper coins.

The nickel-copper-iron-tin alloy is used to cast a small coin of one penny, and the exchange rate of one thousand small coins is exchanged for one tael of silver, which is one silver coin.

Printing banknotes is not considered for the time being, because Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is too fucked up. He printed a number of Ming Dynasty banknotes and only printed them but not recycled them, which caused inflation and public resentment.

The people of Ming Dynasty still remember this unforgettable lesson. It is impossible for ordinary people in Shengdou to accept banknotes produced solely on the credit of the government. They only believe in precious metals.

Therefore, the gold, silver, and copper coins minted by the Huang family are only circulated within the scope of their own system at this stage. These currencies have their own value of precious metals. Over time, ordinary people will find that using such currencies is convenient and quick, and they will not be exploited by fire consumption due to exchange. , will be happy to use the currency of the Huang family in the future.

Under Huang Sheng's operation, the big merchants are faced with banknotes and money orders instead. In the future, merchants in Liaodong can deposit silver in the bank of Huangjiashan Island, and they can withdraw silver coins or cash in Daishan Island, Zhejiang, two thousand miles away with a small amount of water transfer. gold.

Merchants can also get banknotes of 1000 taels and 100 taels of silver to use directly in the Huang family's territory, and can go to any bank of the Huang family to exchange gold coins and silver coins.

Coin minting is inherently profitable, because Yuan Datou's silver content is only [-]%, so why not make more than [-]% of the profit for the Huang family's service to the society?

Another great advantage is that you can overdraft. In the case of average recognition, there is no risk of overdrafting [-]% according to the circulation. If the recognition reaches a certain level, overdrafting by one or two times can also be considered.

As the end of the year was approaching, many outstanding teenagers began to inquire about the recruiting regulations issued by the patriarch, and the replacement quota for martyrs and wounded and retired soldiers was full on the same day.

On Huangjiawan Island, in the small building of Zhao Rui, the chief housekeeper of Huang's house, Master Huang with a tanned face was stuck on Zhao Rui's white belly to listen to the fetal sound.

Zhao Rui said depressedly: "Master, my family is worthless, many wives have seen it, and they all say that my family is pregnant with a girl!"

Huang Sheng smiled, not believing it at all, because it was unscientific, and asked, "Can this be seen with the eyes? How can it be seen?"

"My family has been pregnant for more than eight months. They all said that my family has not become ugly, and the mother who gave birth to a baby is ugly. They also said that my family's belly is too big, so she must be a big girl."

"Girl is good! The master has never given birth to a daughter. Now it's all right. I finally have a daughter."

"Master, you don't have a son either?" the beauty was anxious, tears welling in her eyes.

Huang Sheng had a son in his previous life, so he said the wrong thing. He stroked the beauty's cheek and said, "Even my daughter-in-law would like it. It doesn't matter how much I love you in the future. I will definitely help you give birth to a son, okay?"

The beauty turned from cloudy to sunny, and said: "Master keeps his word, don't forget about my family when the time comes." Pregnant women tend to think wildly, this is a period of physical fragility, even the wise Zhao Rui is no exception.

Huang Sheng had no choice but to coax him with sweet words...

Li Guozhu finally saw Huangjiawan Island, and was immediately shocked by the prosperous scene here. Today, Huangjiawan Island has [-] to [-] permanent residents, and travels with Tianjin Wei, Dengzhou, Fushan Port, etc. There are dozens of liners in China.

After two years of hard work by more than 1000 road construction craftsmen, the 50-mile-long road around the island has been opened to traffic. Resist the [-]-year tsunami disaster.

It can also basically prevent water and soil erosion on Huangjiawan Island. Its roadbed construction materials are all stone, which comes from several small hills that were blasted when the mountain was leveled. The road surface is a concrete structure, and its firmness is beyond doubt.

The most distinctive novelty of Huangjiawan Island is the opening of the public transportation round-the-island line. Two horses pull a nine-step four-wheeled carriage, which can accommodate 26 passengers in ten rows.

You can go to any platform for two renminbi to get on the train, and you can go back to the original point. Residents on the island can apply for a monthly subscription waist card for only [-] renminbi, and can ride multiple times a day.

Forty bus carriages are now in operation, and several coachmen who retired due to injuries have become grassroots cadres of the newly established bus station. They are improving the management system for formulating operating standards.

There are no poor households in the Huang family, and everyone has enough food and clothing. Li Guozhu took a dozen of his confidants for a walk on the streets of Huangjiawan Island, but they didn't find a single person in rags, nor did they see any fighting or cursing.

The streets are bustling with people coming and going, but they are clean, not even spitting. There are bags of feces under the buttocks of mules and horses. Those who clean the streets all the time are wearing red cloths on their arms. The sanitation supervisor writes four on a 50-year-old woman.

All the buildings on the island are small buildings with two or three floors, and there is no adobe or thatched house.

There are all kinds of goods in the store, including north-south goods and western goods, even more than the variety of Edo Castle in Japan.

Li Guozhu seeing is believing, he was imagining if Master Huang managed Jeju Island, what would it be like in a few years?He thought that he would also settle in Jeju Island in the future, and build small buildings like Huangjiawan Island there so that his subordinates could spend the rest of their lives in peace.

He has strengthened his confidence in cooperating with the Huang family. It is entirely possible for Mr. Huang to win Jeju Island and build a country overseas. After a few years of development, he can win Japan after winning North Korea!Be terribly obedient, Li Guozhu didn't dare to think about it anymore.

The five shipments that the Li family was in charge of purchasing had already been sent to Huangjiawan Island. Li Er had been waiting for more than two months with six tents. There is no need to go to Japan at all, the owner of the goods comes here directly to hand over the goods, and pays off the goods immediately.

Li Guo's assistant had several 10 taels of silver, so he simply left the payment for the goods, and it was the same for him to bring the goods back.

Li Er didn't want to stay here for a moment when he got the money. After all, at the end of the year, the merchants were waiting for the money to be paid as a bonus to settle accounts. They hurriedly took the Huang's class boat to go home for the New Year.

They brought too much cash, in order to ensure safety, Huang's family sent the 'Guangning' straw boat to run this shift.

Chinese New Year is approaching, and everyone plans to go home for a reunion, and Li Guozhu is no exception. On December [-], after saying goodbye, he took the fleet back to Japan's private port.

The cargo ships and warships of Huang's family still set off, carrying a lot of porcelain, glass products, Songjiang cloth and Li Guozhu, because they had to bring back rice and copper ingots in order to keep their promises.

The fleet to Japan was led by Liu Liangcai, with [-] large and small warships and [-] transport ships. They may not have time to return to Huangjiawan Island for the New Year.

(End of this chapter)