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Chapter 795 Beans
The impact of the patrol inspection stationed in the village is quite large, but in just two days, the county magistrate Zou Yuanbiao issued an order, and the local village chief, Jiashou Xiangyong, joined the inspection troop as a supplementary force to help the people solve various problems .

People enjoy it. A first help is to help fellow villagers and neighbors, and no one complains. Helping with inspections will more intuitively affect their promotion and work more vigorously.

At least in Acapulco, the people are used to the presence of the Ming army. In Xu Wei's words, Chen Mu has won the hearts of the people here.

Wanli Yazhou Tongbao appeared here, joined the circulation in a very short time, and perfectly replaced the local currency cocoa bean system, of course, there are also drawbacks.

Wanli Tongbao depreciates the value of cocoa beans a lot. For decades, cocoa beans and artificial equivalents are [-] cocoa beans a day. Now cocoa beans are affected by Wanli Tongbao and market pricing, and it is impossible to buy things with cocoa beans .

Both the market and the currency were controlled by the Ming army. All major shops did not accept cocoa beans as currency. It became difficult for the common people to exchange cocoa beans for Wanli Tongbao. At first, a [-] denomination Tongbao could be exchanged for ten pieces of cocoa. Cocoa beans, but the price rises rapidly to the point where two hundred cocoa beans can't be exchanged for a Tongbao.

The common people no longer accept cocoa beans as currency, a change that is not a problem for the people of Acapulco.

In the past, their market economy was destroyed by the rules established by the Westerners. The main labor force of the family stayed in their hometown for less than [-] days a year, and other family members also went to the master's house every day, with almost no personal property.

The current situation is just the imbalance in the minds of several exempted chiefs who were excluded from the Spanish levy system in the past, but they are also the vested interests in the current situation-most of them rely on the prestige brought by their blood to serve as the chiefs. The chief, the taxes of the 110 households under the village are collected by them. Under the regulations of the Eastern Military Government, the chief of the village can have 5.00% of the tax as salary.

But this change is not so friendly to outsiders.

It has been a while since Chen Mu ordered people to issue invitations to all tribal leaders from the Blackwater Islands in the north to Panama in the south under the control of the Ming army. The tribal chiefs have arrived at the port, and those who are far away are on their way.

They didn't just come here to pay respects to Chen Mu, or to travel long distances and boats for fun.

For example, once fought side by side with Shao Tingda, the White Horse Chief, named after him on the battlefield, has great power, high prestige, and a large number of people. The cargo and nearly 40 cocoa beans arrived at the port after a long journey of more than half a month.

People heard that Acapulco has a Ming army market, as long as they are willing to serve the Ming emperor on the other side of the ocean, they can be protected and trade.

The white horse came to do business. He was extremely greedy for the Ming army's guns, bows and arrows, armor and cavalry. As a result, he planned to go back without seeing Chen Mu on the first day of his arrival, but was persuaded by Shao Tingda's good words.

"One hundred thousand!" Wearing a rib jacket stitched with bones and animal skins, a turkey crest on his head, Spanish stockings on his legs, and western-style leather boots, the white horse master pointed to the entrance of Daojun Temple and stopped. He pointed at the door of shop No. [-] and said angrily, "Ten taels!"

The cavalry team under the White Horse is strong, all Andalusian war horses, and his guards are also wearing Western-style armor. Although some armor has signs of damage and holes, this is more shocking to other tribes in this new continent than intact armor—— This is a trophy, showing that the owner of the trophy defeated the Spaniards.

One hundred thousand cocoa beans is a huge sum of money, enough to buy a thousand slaves, go to the market to buy things, the market does not want cocoa beans, let him go to the No. [-] shop, and at the No. [-] shop, one hundred thousand cocoa beans can be exchanged for ten taels of silver .

Thinking of the slaves, Master Baima became even angrier. He first pointed to the slaves he had brought, then pointed to the shop, and said angrily, "One hundred, no!"

This is not over yet, the key point is that the more you speak, the more angry you become. Baima's Chinese will be 'kill', 'win', 'no war', and 'friend'. This is all learned when Shao Tingda was stationed by the Baima River. Master White Horse can speak Spanish, but he can't speak it well, and he just makes mistakes when he is impatient.

Wearing that leather jacket tightly covered and wearing a big feather crown, I became hot, but the more I talked, the hotter and hotter, the hotter and the wrong, the more wrong and urgent, let the tribal riders behind me put the Spanish sword Pulled out.

The inspection archers standing upright on the street immediately set their arrows on the string, and they were about to shoot into the sky in a blink of an eye. The Jiashou who were scattered in the surrounding markets also drew their weapons. According to daily training, they couldn't find the chief within the visual range. Then he moved closer to the inspecting archers and formed a formation.

When the faction was in full swing, Shao Tingda turned his head and waved to the inspecting archers, then turned his head and said slowly in Spanish to Chief White Horse: "Don't worry, everything is changing these days, they will give you two hundred beans for two Ten tongbao is already a face for Chief Baima, even if I exchange it with beans, I can't exchange for twenty tongbao without three hundred."

"Your people take the goods and go to camp first, I will tell the commander in chief about it, don't make trouble."

Only Shao Tingda could stabilize Chief Baima's mood. After thinking about it, he asked his subordinates to tell Chen Mu what happened here, and he took two guards to accompany Baima to the planned campsite to prevent further incidents. What's wrong.

There are not many people in Baima's group, but there are eight tribal leaders, who can gather three thousand troops, which counts to tens of thousands of troops, so it should not be underestimated.

The matter was reported to Chen Mu by the sick seedling, and he was also stunned: "One hundred thousand cocoa beans, he is not afraid of melting in hot weather?"

Who would have thought that this would happen again? At first, Chen Mu thought that the prices in Agang were not fair, and that many tribal leaders would suffer losses when they came to buy and sell, but he did not expect that others would bring a large amount of cocoa beans, which are the most devalued items. up.

The sick seedling curled his lips and nodded, "They are all good beans, roasted, why don't you change the price? My nephew looks at them... very pitiful."

It's really pitiful. The price set by Chen Mu, a black-hearted ghost, makes the buyer very disadvantaged. He bought a turkey and gave him [-] Tongbao, and put it in a restaurant to make [-] plates of spicy fried turkey. , diners are still eating very vigorously.

"No, the price cannot be changed, this is a letter."

Chen Mu turned around and paced in the official hall with his hands behind his back, saying: "Now that the outside tribes have changed prices, what will the people in the port think in the future? Whether the prices are high or low, if the people recognize you, they can't be changed. Change day and night. , Without the letter, nothing can be done in the future.”

"They brought a lot of horses. Shop No. [-] can take the mares inside, five taels a horse; shop No. [-] can also accept the slaves they bring, one hundred tongbao per person, no, eighty. Other goods are as usual. , let Shao Shuai bring the eight chiefs to meet me."

(End of this chapter)