Chapter 173 Economic Warfare

To the east of Tsushima, more than 100 large sea ships set sail and cut through the waves, heading towards Tsushima Island.

Each ship had a deep draft and was filled with goods. There were also more than [-] male and female slaves, all of whom were filial to the emperor.

It has to be said that as the search continues to deepen, overseas island countries have really squeezed out a lot of oil.

On the flagship, Wang Huaien was in high spirits due to the transfer.

This is the third time to transport goods to Beijing. He has only twice been promoted from a commander to a transshipment envoy. This time I am afraid he will become a provincial councilor, and in the next step, he will become a general manager.

In addition to Daru Huachi, the next one is the general manager, who is not as comfortable as the Zhizhou of the Song Dynasty, but more powerful than the Zhizhou.

"It's best to stay in Japan, where there are many tourists." Wang Huaien thought happily.

Suddenly, a scream interrupted his thoughts.

"Song Jun!"

At this time, a fleet of ships appeared on the left and right, each with hundreds of ships, surrounded by a wild goose formation.

"Run!" Wang Huai'en's spirit was so strong that he almost peed.

He did not become a captain based on his ability, but sent ten beauties to Hudun, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Campaign. He did not fight in Japan, but only collected money and food to support the army. At the same time, he served the generals very comfortably, so he had a good job. Continuously.

At this time, the Song army bullied the minority with more troops, and it was a surprise attack without martial ethics. Why didn't Wang Huai'en run away first as a sign of respect?
It's just that the ships are full of goods, money, food and slaves, and they really can't run away.

"Quick, unload the goods and run!" Wang Huaien kept shouting.

The sailors were so affected by him that they panicked and sent some of their men to throw the cargo into the sea.

It's just that Song's ship arrived too fast, and the general moved two cabins, and the thunder had already hit.

Boom~
Wang Huaien was agitated, and a large area of ​​his crotch was immediately wet.

"It's down, it's down..." Wang Huai'en cried in a tearful voice.

Because they did not expect that the Song Army would go north to launch an attack, the transport team was not actually equipped with sky mines, and there were not many soldiers escorting the ship, so it was almost powerless to fight back.

The main general is about to surrender, and the ships stopped resisting and surrendered one after another.

"This is too easy." Hu Feng was stunned.

Liu Yu said: "It's just a transportation team. It's like a land transportation team encountering an ambush. How long can it resist?"

"How to deal with so many ships?" Hu Feng asked.

"Of course I will take them back." Liu Yu said with a smile: "Those Goryeo-Japanese ships can be dismantled to make small boats, and the Shandong Chuanjiang Beihai Division can use them."

"Okay, I'm a layman so I won't interfere too much. Send me a boat to Shandong." Hu Feng said.

"It's just on our way, let's take these ships back together and come back again." Liu Yu said with a smile.

The purpose of going north is money, food and goods, so of course I put them in my pocket first.

Within a moment, Wang Huaien was brought to the flagship, along with the account books.

Liu Yu thought he was too smelly, so he escorted him directly back to the bilge of the ship, and then looked at the account books.

There are 3 taels of gold, 11 taels of silver, 20 jins of copper, 40 shi of grain, and the rest are jade, coral, and pearls.

"Hey, is the Emperor of Song Dynasty driving the car?" Liu Yu said: "It can't be His Majesty driving the car, right?"

"It's very possible. Let's go take a look?" Hu Feng became interested.

The two boarded the ship and saw that it was not the emperor's car or someone else's?
"Brother Hu, you are adding merit to your merits. If you return to Lin'an, a count will be indispensable, right?" Liu Yu said.

"It's all brothers working hard, what credit can I get?" Hu Feng said modestly.

He spent more than 100 million guan in Goryeo to transport 20 shi of grain, 13 jin of saltpeter, [-] pairs of iron and leather armor, gold, silver, copper and other common goods to the country, and also found out the route and time of Yuanting's transportation team. It’s really no credit.Liu Yu and Hu Feng rushed back in a happy mood, but Kublai Khan was not so happy.

At this time, there were two banknotes in front of Kublai Khan, which were exactly the same and had the same number.

"Great Khan, both of these banknotes are genuine." Tamerlane, who was in charge of the printing and printing banknotes, was covered in cold sweat and explained tremblingly: "I have verified that there are no mistakes in the printing and printing bureau. There’s a counterfeit bill, I just can’t tell the difference.”

If this horse riding was true, everyone from plate making to printing would be beheaded, promoted, dismissed and exiled, and no mercy would be given.

"Can you tell where they came from and what's the total number?" Kublai Khan asked.

"Great Khan, the political affairs hall is supervising the investigation, and there will be results soon." Ahema said proactively: "The news I got from Xiangri is that the counterfeit banknotes came from Shandong merchants. However, there is no such person. It is most likely the work of the Song Dynasty. ."

"How to deal with it?" asked Kublai Khan.

Ahema said: "Reproduce new banknotes, prohibit exchanges, and print rice rolls from the Song Dynasty to disrupt its foundation."

When there is more money and less goods, the result will of course be skyrocketing prices. Both Mongols and Han people know this, but Ahema’s response... Pirating rice rolls is the right thing to do, and remaking banknotes is also possible. If exchanges are prohibited... suddenly Bilie fell into deep thought.

Banning the private circulation of gold and silver does not mean that we have truly entered the era of paper currency. If exchange is prohibited, we don't know whether private commerce will collapse, but it will definitely collapse to the outside world.

Why do countries want you to waste paper?

"The fighter planes are discussed by each department." Kublai Khan didn't know what to do, so of course he let the people below do it.

The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was unhappy, but the emperor of the Song Dynasty was happy.

At present, the discovery of cave salt is far away, and we basically have to rely on imports. When 13 kilograms of salt came back at one time, the emperor's mouth burst into laughter.

"Hu Qing has made outstanding contributions and should be given a title. What do you think?" Zhao Shi asked.

"I think it's okay." Lu Xiufu first agreed: "Korea obeyed Yuanlu's advice. If the leader of Yuan Dynasty ordered it, he would collect all the saltpeter in the country for supply. Hu Feng's move really weakened the enemy and strengthened us."

"Not only that, there are also 20 stones of grain and 30 gold and silver, which are of great benefit to the central nervous system. They should be rewarded." Ma Shangshu continued.

"For a warrior, it's not just about the handover of swords and soldiers, food and grass are the key. Hu Feng can be the count." Chen Yizhong said.

"Yes, the Zhengshitang has drafted an edict to reward him after he turns around." Zhao made the final decision.

"I obey the imperial edict." Zhang Shuangguo responded.

The Privy Council didn't know how to find Hu Feng, and the Imperial City Division had to know, so they immediately sent a clipper north.

It was a coincidence that the clipper delivering the letter met Hu Feng in Dengzhou, and he immediately decided to go back to receive the reward.

Just as the ship left, a group of people kicked open the gate of Wang Jiwu's house and arrested the whole family.

Ahema still has a lot of money. Wang Jiwu's family leaked so much counterfeit money. It was either a conspiracy or a purchase of counterfeit money, which is a serious crime. In addition, this guy made a lot of money by smuggling alcohol, so it was confiscated.

Wang Jiwu did not have the consciousness to fight to the death and killed him as soon as he was captured.

"The villain is willing to be a bait to catch the trickster, Shangguan will be merciful." Wang Jiwu wanted to make meritorious service and begged for a reduced sentence.

Hu Feng had already run away, and sending documents to the sea would only alert the enemy. Ahema agreed to the plan without thinking for too long.

I just waited and waited, only to hear the memorial from King Wangzhen of Goryeo: "Recently, treasure money has been flowing in, and grain has been flowing out. It is becoming increasingly difficult to supply the Eastern Army. Please ban grain from going to sea."

What I didn’t say was that it must have been the good deeds of the southern thieves.

Ahema was so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do.

After working hard for a long time, I only caught some of the minions who were bribed with treasure money. I didn't know anything about it, and the southern thief didn't catch a single hair.

After the incident was exposed, Count Hu, who had been lucky enough to escape, certainly did not dare to go north. He wandered along the Jianghuai River and sold a lot of treasure.

No more acting, just start selling it. Erguan Baobao only sells for [-] Wen, I ask you if you want it?
Who doesn’t want real treasure banknotes that even the manufacturing officials can’t recognize?
(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like