Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 445 Tang Ruowang

In order to prevent this problem, Li Jingke vigorously cultivated Shen Jixian, a big monopoly businessman.Shen Jixian's shops have been opened all over the Ming Dynasty. As long as this big merchant supports banknote transactions, ordinary people don't have to worry about the depreciation of banknotes.

When Daming's foreign trade starts and a large amount of foreign silver is absorbed into Daming, it will be able to make up for the shortage of silver reserves in the treasury.

Of course, Li Jing also needs to absorb a large amount of foreign gold, but Li Jing knows the importance of a country's gold reserves.

Although Daming's gold is a non-circulating currency (of course it is definitely a hard currency), it can still be exchanged for silver.At this time, one tael of gold was exchanged for about eight taels of silver (it fluctuated with the amount of silver inflow from foreign countries, between eight taels and ten taels), but in Western countries, the ratio of gold to silver was about one to twelve.

That is to say, if businessmen from Western countries come to Daming to exchange silver for gold, and then return to China to exchange gold for silver, one tael of gold can earn the price difference of two taels to four taels of silver.

In order to avoid the loss of silver, foreign trade cannot use silver for transactions, but gold must be used.If Western merchants pay with silver, they will pay at a ratio of one to twelve according to the Western exchange ratio, so that the price difference will be earned by Chinese merchants.

And Li Jing is not afraid of Chinese businessmen making money, because he can recover the price difference through taxation.As long as the price difference is recovered, the country will hoard a large amount of gold.When Daming's gold reserves reached a certain amount, Li Jing was going to link the banknotes to gold. At that time, Daming's banknotes would be truly strong.

However, relying solely on trade for gold reserves is still too slow, and the fastest way is to plunder other countries' gold resources.And the Wa country has a lot of gold and silver resources. Li Jing's plan to invade the Wa country is not just for the national enmity between the two countries. Li Jing's purpose is to plunder the Wa country's gold and silver.

In fact, the best way to invade a country is not military occupation, but economic aggression and cultural aggression.A better way than economic aggression and cultural aggression is military aggression plus economic and cultural aggression.

Li Jing did not intend to completely turn the Wa country into a territory of Ming Dynasty. It is too difficult to turn the country of Wa into a territory of Daming. However, Li Jing still has a way to make the country poor. The country of Wa is an island country with relatively scarce resources. The attack is supplemented by economic aggression, and it is easy to impoverish the Wa country.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the shortage of copper in the country of Wa, the copper coins of the Song Dynasty were used. Later, with the development of the mining technology of the country of Wa, a large amount of gold and silver were extracted, and then a large amount of copper was traded. At this time, the country of Wa had a stable monetary system.

Now it is only necessary to grab the gold and silver minerals of the Wa Kingdom to Daming and destroy the currency system of the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom has no choice but to use the money of the Ming Dynasty.

What autonomy does a country have when it uses another country's currency?

At that time, Da Ming said that the Wa country had to obey, otherwise it would have to face Ming's military and economic sanctions.

It is a pity that these ideas of Li Jing cannot be clearly explained to the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Under the edification and education of Confucianism for nearly a thousand years, the literati advocated the doctrine of the mean and convinced people with virtue. In the event of a conflict or being invaded by a foreign country, their first thought is not to use force to maintain the dignity of the country, but to change the behavior of the enemy through enlightenment. It can be said that most literati have lost the bloody spirit of their ancestors to expand their territories.

Fortunately, Li Jing still had a group of warriors with the same ambitions as him, and officials like Shen Zheng who wholeheartedly supported Li Jing. Without the support of these people, Li Jing's idea would never have been realized.

Sun Chuanting saw Li Jing nodded, pondered for a moment and continued: "Commander, Chuanting would like to ask the commander to allocate another sum of money for shipbuilding. Most of the ships conscripted for this expedition are unusable. If new ships are not built, the training crew will The army can only be a display."

"Well, the ship must be built, otherwise, why should we build the dock?" Li Jing nodded.

Speaking of which, Li Jing was suddenly taken aback: "Huh? We're going to build a ship? So the dock has already been built? So soon?"

Sun Chuanting nodded and said with a smile: "The dock has indeed been completed. The reason why it is so fast is that Chuanting has expanded the original almost abandoned dock. This has saved a lot of time. In addition, I have to thank Mr. Fang, Fang My lord built a cement factory near the shipyard, using cement, sand and gravel to supplement it with stone, and the embankment of the shipyard is much stronger than before.”

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "Brother Boya is really talented. I thought it would take at least a year to build the dock, but I didn't expect it to be completed in less than half a year. The progress is so fast, and the money allocated before should have been almost spent.

Shipbuilding is a major event. It cannot be sloppy, let alone try to save money. It is necessary to build a strong ship, and the ship must be able to mount new heavy artillery.In sea combat, the more powerful the weapon, the more obvious the advantage will be.

In this way, I will allocate another one million taels of silver to you, and you must hire the best boatman and use the best materials to build the boat. "

"Thank you, Marshal, but I suggest to build the small boat first, and wait for the boatmen's skills to mature before building the big one." Sun Chuanting said after a moment of hesitation.

"Build the small boat first and then the big one? Do you mean we can't build a big one now?" Li Jing asked suspiciously.

Sun Chuanting nodded with a wry smile, and sighed: "Commander, to be honest, after Chuanting took office, he hired boatmen who can build ships at a high price. Unfortunately, all the hired boatmen said they couldn't build big ships. Our Ming Dynasty builds big ships. The skill has been lost for many years.”

Li Jing nodded silently. No wonder the navy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty did nothing at sea. It turned out that there was no way to build large ships.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said, "Let the boatmen build a few small boats first, and let me figure out a way for the craftsmen who build the big boats."

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly.

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing said to Xiao Jiu, "Go and invite Mr. Tang Ruowang."

"Tang Ruowang? Is that the Xiyi man who came to Daming to preach?" Sun Chuanting asked.

Li Jing smiled and nodded.

"I heard that this Tang Ruowang is very knowledgeable, he can be said to know astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom. Could it be that he can build ships?" Sun Chuanting asked doubtfully.

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "Tang Ruowang doesn't know how to build ships, but he was sent by Portugal to preach, um...Portugal is what everyone calls Francois."

Smiling, Li Jing continued: "The Portuguese's shipbuilding skills are second to none in the West. We can use Tang Ruowang to hire some craftsmen who know how to build ships at a high price."

Sun Chuanting was overjoyed when he heard the words: "If we can invite craftsmen from Xiyi, then we can learn how to build big ships from them, but are these barbarians willing to teach us how to build ships?"

"Hehe, the Yi people value profit, as long as we can afford it, let alone let them teach us how to build ships, even let them help us fight wars." Li Jing laughed.

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Of course, not all Xiyi people recognize money. For example, this Tang Ruowang, his greatest wish is to spread their religion in Daming. As long as we agree with him To preach in Daming, you can ask him to do whatever you want. Hehe, we have learned a lot from Tang Ruowang in these years, and many of the things researched by the Academy of Sciences were taught by Professor Tang Ruowang."

Sun Chuanting nodded: "I heard that he has a very good relationship with Mr. Xu Ge, and Mr. Xu Ge's family has joined their church."

"It's Catholicism." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Yes, Catholicism. The commander-in-chief has a really good memory, and Chuanting admires it." Sun Chuanting smiled.

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "What's so difficult about memorizing a name?"

Li Jing smiled and continued: "This Tang Ruowang is a talent. In order to make him useful to me, I have already promised him to build a church in the capital."

"Building a church? Will it cost a lot of money?" Sun Chuanting asked hurriedly.

"Hahaha!" Li Jing laughed loudly when he heard the words, pointed at Sun Chuanting and said, "You! I think you are about to become a stingy landlord and old fortune. Don't worry, I won't pay the money. He wants the money. Find your own way. Hehe, he is a member of the Catholic Church, the church has plenty of money, who will pay if the church is not allowed to pay?"

"Hehe, if you want to talk about being stingy, Chuanting can't compare to being a handsome man. This calculation is very good. You have gathered people's hearts, and they have to handle things by themselves." Sun Chuanting laughed.

Li Jing said with a smile: "It's okay not to plan carefully. We have to do so many things now, and we need money everywhere. The little money in the treasury can't stand the toss."

Sun Chuanting heard the words and sighed softly: "Commander, in the past Chuanting only admired your ability to lead the army, but didn't think that you would be able to govern the country. Daming is really blessed to have you."

"Hehe, what can I do without you alone? As the saying goes, there are three gangs for a good man, and three stakes for a fence. Only when everyone works together, can Daming be governed well." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Chuan Ting is taught." Sun Chuanting clasped his fists together.

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands: "Brother Boya, you are not very convincing. It is good to say that this character is good or bad. It is not good to say that it is not good because your character is easy to offend people. Not too much. Let’s say it’s okay, because this character will motivate you to make progress, and you can achieve today’s achievements precisely because you have this disobedient character.

However, you are no longer the governor of a province, you are the admiral of the Ming Dynasty, and you must cooperate with the brother troops in the future. If you still have such a personality, I am afraid that it will be difficult to coordinate with the brother troops, so I I hope you get on well with your colleagues. "

Sun Chuanting nodded silently when he heard the words, knowing that Li Jing was very satisfied with what he had done during this period of time, Li Jing said these words to him quite confidingly, which meant treating him as one of his own.

While talking, the guards brought Tang Ruowang to Dongnuan Pavilion, and when Tang Ruowang saluted Zhu Youjian, Li Jing smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, let me introduce you. This is Sun Chuanting, Mr. Sun, who is currently the admiral of the Daming Navy."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing pointed to Tang Ruowang and said to Sun Chuanting: "Brother Boya, this is Mr. Tang Ruowang."

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