Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 717 The Universal Currency of the World
The new Macheng West Wharf is also the dedicated wharf for the pharmaceutical factory.

More than [-] merchant ships are docking at the pier, and tens of thousands of young and strong North American Indian tribes are lining up in a long queue to unload their cargo.

They carried round sacks, but the sacks were not filled with herbs.

These are all corn purchased by Taichang from [-] dependent countries in North America.

Taichang bought all the hundreds of millions of stones of corn and wheat surplus this year from the [-] North American vassal countries, and also bought [-] cattle and [-] war horses from each vassal country.

This was the first batch delivered, totaling more than [-] stones of corn, thousands of cattle and thousands of horses.

It's not that Taichang didn't have enough merchant ships, and the merchant ships of Daming Western Company were not so nervous at the moment, and the [-] merchant ships that came with him this time were just for him to transfer grain, grass and luggage.

These two hundred merchant ships followed him to transport the 20 troops of food and supplies to South America and did not return to Daming. They are still following him at this moment, and he can be transferred at any time.

With so many merchant ships, not to mention hundreds of millions of shi grains and [-] cows and horses at one time, it is still no problem to pull millions of shi grains and tens of thousands of cows and horses in one trip.

The problem is that it is impossible for the twenty dependent countries in North America to send so much grain, cattle and horses to New Liaoyang City in a short period of time.

Because it is winter in North America at the moment, most of the twenty dependent countries are covered with ice and snow, water transportation has stopped in many places, and the railway transportation volume is not large enough.

It is conceivable how difficult it was for them to transport grain, cattle and horses.

Taichang is not in a hurry, anyway, most of the food, cattle and horses are bought for the primitive tribe civilians here, and there are not many primitive tribe civilians gathered in Xinma City at this moment.

Moreover, he hasn't summoned the tribal chiefs in the Amazon River Basin to discuss on a large scale. The food and cattle will not be eaten up in a short while, and there are plenty of war horses here, so he doesn't have to worry at all.

In addition, the weather here is hot and humid, and the food will not be stored for long, so it is just right to pull it over slowly.

Taichang didn't have time to take care of the food, cattle and horses at the moment, because many elders from the vassal state came to visit him with the boat.

On the Emperor, more than [-] great elders from [-] dependent countries in North America gathered together.

Taichang also specially invited brothers Li Shuchu and Li Shuben to accompany them, and was going to have a good discussion with these great elders about the purchase of potions.

In fact, he didn't expect these great elders to rush over.

He just ordered people to bring food and cows and horses. Unexpectedly, these great elders made an appointment to visit him in South America.

Coincidentally, Daming Medicine needs a large number of customers and orders in order to promote it quickly, and the twenty countries in North America are just big customers that can be won. As for the orders, I believe he will do it himself. face.

Taichang exchanged a few words with the great elders, and then said solemnly: "How about it, has the Ministry of Revenue and Dividends of various mines been distributed to you on time?"

A group of elders heard the words, nodded repeatedly and said: "It's done, it's done, it's more than one hundred thousand taels a month, and it's all given to us."

In fact, more than 10 taels a month is not much, just like a gold mine. As long as the Sioux and the Three Kingdoms increase their mining capacity, a few [-] taels a month will not be a problem.

Not to mention coal mines and iron mines, as Daming and various dependent countries continue to increase their development efforts, it will not be a problem for a few 10 taels or even a million taels a month in the future.

The reason why Taichang asked these questions was mainly because he wanted to see if the twenty vassal states were rich.

It looks like they're all a little rich.

He nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Then your expenses are not big, is the money enough?"

All the elders shook their heads again and again and said, "It's not too big, we can't use it up."

Can this little money be used up?

More than [-] taels, which is not enough to buy a shipment of goods, and the [-] vassal states cannot buy [-] shipments of goods in a month.

This means that the Daming Western Company has not opened semicolons to various North American dependent countries?
What's going on with Xu Erjue, didn't you tell him to hurry up?
Taichang thought for a while, then ordered his old acquaintance Sun Hongniu and asked: "Red Bull, hasn't the semicolon of the Daming Western Company opened to your Xiqi Country yet?"

Sun Hongniu said without hesitation: "The Great Ming Western Company has bought stores in the cities of our various countries and is about to open. I heard the shopkeeper of the semicolon said that because there are more than 60 cities in our 60 countries in North America, they will buy them at one time. Open more than [-] semicolons.

These more than 60 semicolons seem to require more than 100 shipments, and it will take a little time for them to be ready.

However, the shopkeeper of the semicolon has already said that they are trying to open before the Chinese New Year, and more than 60 semicolons will open together in [-] North American dependent countries. "

Before Chinese New Year?

Before you know it, it's New Years Eve!

Because the weather in South America is reversed, it gets hotter as the Chinese New Year comes, so Taichang forgot about the Chinese New Year.

Oh, the money for buying grain, cattle and horses may not be delivered to others years ago.

The money he brought was basically paid and rewarded to the troops of the Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp in North America, and he didn't have much money at the moment.

Hundreds of millions of grains and 3000 cows and horses cost nearly [-] million taels of silver. Even if he didn't pay the money he brought for food and rewards, it was impossible for him to bring so much silver.

He was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but said embarrassingly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to give you the money to buy grain and cattle and horses before the New Year, because I didn't bring so much money, so I can only ask the inner treasury of the capital to transfer it over."

What are you talking about?
We're not here to collect money!
Sun Hongniu quickly waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't give it, just treat it as our filial piety to you."

"Yes, yes, you don't have to worry about transferring back and forth, just treat it as our filial piety to you."

All the elders also nodded in agreement.

Just kidding, I came to you to discuss the issue of buying and selling, and you even gave me something, how can this work.

Taichang shook his head without hesitation and said: "No, sending it back and forth will break the rules of the market. Don't think about giving these tens of millions of taels of silver to me in the future, and I will not reward you in the future. There's a lot more."

Uh, market rules?

Sun Hongniu said in a daze, "Your Majesty, what are market rules?"

How to explain this?
These people can't understand the market rule system!
Taichang thought for a while, and then said vividly: "Barter, you know, just like you used to, you give someone a piece of beef and exchange them for some corn or other things. Trading rules like this are the simplest market rule.

In other words, if you give something to someone, they have to give you money or something in exchange, otherwise, your work will be wasted.

Maybe, now you think that there is enough grain and beef to eat, and it’s okay to give the extra to me.

This is actually not possible, because these grains and cattle are exchanged by thousands of your clansmen with their labor.

You let them work in vain for a year without getting anything, what do you think?

The reason why they worked so hard to grow so much food and raise so many cattle and horses must be something they wanted.

How can you just give it to me for free?

Maybe once or twice is not a big problem. If you send more times, everyone will feel that they can’t get anything in return. Will everyone work tirelessly to grow food and raise cattle and horses?
Therefore, this market rule cannot be broken. In the future, you will have to pay for everything you buy.

When I buy things from you, you have to accept the money according to the price. "

Well, everyone understands barter.

Sun Hongniu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "I guess the internal treasury won't be able to come up with so much cash for a while, maybe some of it will be silver notes or gold ingots, is it okay?"

Cash?

We don't want the silver ingots, nor the gold ingots.

Sun Hongniu thought for a while, then took out his wallet, took out the banknotes and gold coins, silver coins, copper coins and so on like a baby, and then said with hope on his face: "Your Majesty, we all like silver tickets and these coins. Can you ask Neikuquan to send us these? Also, we also like the golden tickets, can you give us some too?"

Seeing this, all the great elders took out their wallets, and took out the bank notes, gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins inside like treasures, and then nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, we all like these."

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help being taken aback.

These guys are so fond of gold tickets, silver tickets and coins!

Perhaps, there are so few interesting things these days. When you are bored, it is also a good way to take some coins out to play, or take gold and silver tickets to appreciate them.

After all, these things are not only exquisite, but also represent wealth, and there is a sense of satisfaction in playing with them.

This is a great thing!

With the development of world trade, the importance of currency will soon be reflected.

If Ming's gold tickets, silver tickets and coins are slowly spread to other countries, so that all countries in the world can use Ming's currency, then Ming's currency will become the world's common currency.

By then, Daming will be able to dominate the economy of the entire world!

(End of this chapter)