I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 Li Heng: Don’t worry, I am the most reasonable person!
Li Heng looked at Li Fu.

He came to Jiangzhou this time for only one purpose: to form a navy.

But he couldn't organize it himself, so he had no choice but to come to Li Fu.

Li Fu has interests at hand, so some things are much easier to talk about.

"How much does Mr. Li have?"

"This... I'm afraid..."

"How many of Li Gong's songs are there?"

Li Fu hesitated and said, "I have a thousand songs."

"To be honest with Mr. Li, I also plan to cooperate with Mr. Li at Jiangzhou Textile Institute."

"Textile Institute?"

"Yes, Mr. Li may not know something. Nowadays, a textile machine can produce five pieces of cloth a day."

"Five horses!" Li Fu was shocked and stared at Li Heng with wide eyes, "How to do it?"

"There is a way, but this matter is confidential."

"Does Li Shangshu know what he is talking about?"

"How dare I deceive Mr. Li? Your Majesty and the Prime Minister guarantee this!"

"I have a salary of three thousand, but the Jiangzhou Aristocratic Family gives me a bit of support. If the price of paper is lowered to them, they will also provide some people, saying that papermaking requires manpower."

"How much can you pull out?"

"A total of five thousand can be given."

"Is six thousand feasible?"

Li Fu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's feasible!"

"Okay, let's set up six thousand first, plus Jiangzhou's original three thousand soldiers and horses, a total of nine thousand, and use eight thousand soldiers and horses to train the navy. How about it?"

Li Fu stroked his beard and said, "That's okay, but I need to ask His Majesty for instructions."

"His Majesty's handwriting is here."

Li Fu was surprised again and quickly took it over. After reading it, he looked at Li Heng with shocked eyes.

How did this young man do it?
He said he wanted to set up a new army, and His Majesty the Emperor gave him this power?

"Where's the Prime Minister?"

"This is the Prime Minister's handwriting. Please read it."

Li Fu was stunned again, opened it, and then looked at Li Heng blankly.

"Mr. Li, do you have any worries?"

"No...no..." Li Fu was a little nervous, "It's just that I have some doubts."

"Don't have any doubts. Your Majesty and the Prime Minister both know about this and it was their instruction. We will do it first and we will not treat Mr. Li badly."

"it is good!"

Li Fu was full of doubts, but he didn't ask any more questions. I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Mr. Li, I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."

"I'll prepare some wine for Li Shangshu..."

"No, no, I'll come to Jiangzhou another day and have a drink with Mr. Li again."

"Then I won't send you far."

Before Li Heng left, Li Xiang asked: "Father, what does this Li Jian want?"

"I'm afraid the plan is too big!"

"What's the big plan?" Li Xiang also pondered, "Could it be that he wants to attack Soochow?"

"Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have great trust in this person, and this person's conversational skills are extraordinary. He will become a great person in the future. You'd better get closer to him."

"My son has been interested in him for a long time. The free trade town next to Jiangzhou County has now been established in various ways, and many businessmen have come to Sun Wu."

But Li Fu said: "Isn't this a setup? The young master Dan Cheng has been dismissed. The next young master will probably belong to Li Shangshu."

After leaving Li Fu, Li Heng turned around and walked around the free trade city.

But he didn't stay too long. With Dong Hong here, everything was taken care of in an orderly manner.

By November 23, Li Heng returned to Chengdu leisurely.I received Dali’s appointment letter that day.

At the same time, news of the Shaofu's functional arrangements was also received.

In the future, many government offices in the Shaofu will be transferred to the Ministry of Industry.

Li Heng walked back and forth in the room, and he was very excited at this time!
All right!

Now it’s finally time to escalate the currency war!
Why is it called an upgrade?
Because the first generation currency war among the three countries has already been fought.

Beaten?
when?
That's when Liu Bei made big money.

Liu Bei minted Zhibaician for his own military needs, but Liu Bei himself didn't know that Zhibaician directly traded Cao Wei for things, forcing Sun Quan to also mint large amounts of money.

Why is that?
Because ancient metal currencies followed a rule: bad money drives out good money.

Zhibaiqian is only about three grams heavier than five baht coins, but the face value of zhibaiqian is indeed a hundred times that of five baht coins.

Metal currency is different from paper money. Paper money has value only because of the national credit endorsement, and paper money itself has no value.

But the metal currency itself is valuable. For example, if you melt copper coins and sell them, you can make a lot of money.

But for a hundred dollars, I only use three more grams of raw materials. Let me tell you, this is worth a hundred times to you!
What does it mean to be a hooligan?
This is called playing hooligan!
This rogue currency quickly flowed into Cao Wei, causing many people to immediately fall in love with this currency.

Many people even mark their five-baht coins as hundreds of dollars, making their money multiply a hundred times.

As a result, more and more direct money poured into the Central Plains.

Cao Pi took a look and said, good guy, this is not the way!

So they simply abolished currency and exchanged things for things.

Sun Quan took a look and said, my dear, this is not the way to go!

You use hundreds of dollars, right?
Use Daquan [-] for me!
You are one hundred, I am two thousand!

Let’s compare and see who the common people use?

What are the consequences of this?
The consequences were that Cao Wei's currency was flat, Sun Wu's hyperinflation, and finally forced Sun Quan to take back all the money.

"Xue Liang!" Li Heng shouted loudly.

"Mr. Lang, you're here. What's wrong, Mang Jun?"

"Go to the Shaofu tomorrow and invite all the craftsmen who made money to the Ministry of Industry!"

"What do you want the money craftsman to do?"

"Let you go!"

"Here!"

This second generation of currency wars, of course, requires a more advanced approach.

Paper is now being output in large quantities, and refined salt is about to be output.

Sun Wu must have thought that I would use blue and white porcelain to force them to make a reserve of hundreds of coins.

But the blue and white porcelain is at best a batch of leeks from the powerful people of Sun Wu.

What really forces Sun Wu to store a large amount of money must be refined salt!

I don’t believe that after the powerful people of Sun Wu ate refined salt, they would go back to eat those poisonous rough salts!

Next, start exporting refined salt and then raise conditions.

The next step is to use hundreds of dollars to purchase a large amount of Sun Wu's strategic materials!
Thinking of this, Li Heng felt that the pressure on his heart suddenly reduced a lot.

Fortunately, we have the support of the Prime Minister!
Just when Li Heng was meditating carefully, Dong Hong arrived at him.

"Don't you know why Mr. Dong is here?"

"Mr. Jiang's interrogation of Tan Cheng and his son has produced preliminary results. Now that you are in charge of Dali, all prisoners will be escorted to Dali tomorrow."

"Okay, I will interrogate you carefully."

"The Prime Minister will hand over Dali to you. I hope you won't mess around."

Li Heng's face was filled with a sincere smile: "Don't worry, I am the most reasonable person."

Not sure if it was an illusion, Dong Yun felt that Li Heng's smile was a bit scary.

"Many offices of the Shaofu have been given to you. Don't let the Prime Minister down. Also, Tan Cheng is from Yizhou, so you'd better be careful."

(End of this chapter)