Nurhaci and his sons and daughters - no, they should be called Jin Fang now. His family became ordinary farmers in Hebei. They were assigned fields for farming and animal husbandry, and were treated like Han people. "It's a big deal to save your head.
It is a gift, and if you do it well, you may not be able to become a strong general in our army." Jin Fang himself was studying hard and reviewing, preparing to take the martial arts examination and be awarded an officer.
He should be able to pass the exam. Bailang is indeed planning to use him as an ordinary general. It is not so easy to be an officer in the interior. Bailang is not too good at killing people for no reason, although he did think about making wild boar skins.
Guy—however, this bastard hasn't done any evil at this time. He just robbed the Jurchen himself. In a sense, he can be regarded as Bailang's helper.
Let's spare his life first.
Bailang returned to Beijing while Qi Jiguang was in charge of Liaodong to dispatch the Jurchens - according to the emperor's order, all these people had to enter the pass and distribute them to various places, especially the south. As for the outside of the pass, Han soldiers and common people were stationed, and the taxes were mainly collected from furs and grains.
Instead of silver, Bailang is planning to collect a fixed quota of deerskin and mink pelts, and sell these fine furs without exterminating the animals.
Not to mention anything else, Japan has a huge demand for fine deerskin and mink skins, or they can be sold to Western merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and the income is very good. Overseas trade is very profitable, not to mention that today the world is number one in terms of production.
Silk tea leaves and sugar porcelain are both popular hard currencies and can be exchanged for real gold and silver.
It is precisely because of this that the silver plundered by the Spanish from Central and South America flowed into China in large quantities. And Bai Lang is now thinking about abolishing the two-li yuan thing - abolishing silver ingots and replacing them with silver eight-five and copper one-five with edges around them.
The finely serrated silver coins determine the standard weight and size, which is exactly the same as the traditional Chinese copper coins of the round sky and the square.
"This requires a die-casting machine and a steel mold." Silver coins are not difficult. All you need to do is to cast a silver alloy plate and then use a hydraulic machine to stamp it out. However, this hydraulic machine must try to accumulate power, and the pressure can be high enough to be die-cast.
They produce exquisite silver coins. Bailang has even designed the style of the silver coin, with a coiling dragon on one side and a Wanli Tongbao Yuan on the other. At most, there are small characters below indicating which year it was suppressed.
The weight and size are limited, and it should be able to replace one tael of silver. The weight is equal to half of one tael of silver, which is about more than 25 grams. After that, copper coins from Wanli Tongbao will be used as auxiliary coins. The official price is one thousand yuan, and there are
Even the 100-yuan gold coin has a strict ratio of 70% gold, 50% silver, 20% copper, and the weight is strictly limited to 15 grams.
The gold coins are more exquisite, and they are also dragon patterns and Wanli Tongbao Hundred Yuan. If these die-cast coins are popular, he is going to use die-casting for even the lowest copper coins - made of copper alloy. There are huge profits in this.
Seigniorage is a lot of fiscal revenue, and it is also conducive to economic development - Kuping silver is quite troublesome. The content of the collected silver varies, and it has to be purified and poured out, which costs an extra amount of money.
It is also easy to engage in corruption in household statistics. If all silver coins and copper coins are used now, it can more or less make up for the loopholes. From metal currency, it will gradually transition to credit currency - it cannot be used now because this thing has been used by the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
The previous Daddy Pig was so bad at playing that no one would trust him.
This thing is so normal. In the Middle Ages, it was the same for both Chinese and foreign courts. It was instinct to default on debts. And Bailang also knew that issuing Ming Bao banknotes would be useless except for causing panic. Now that the Ming Dynasty's treasury is full, it will be useless in the foreseeable future.
There will be a large inflow of silver and other precious metals. Although the trade with Japan is not yet in the hands of the government, the commercial taxes received so far alone have already amounted to millions of taels - there is still a lot of tax evasion.
Ordering the Ministry of Industry to collaborate on the design of the coinage machine, Bai Lang had nothing to do while drawing the drawings - anyway, most of the civil affairs were handed over to the cabinet and the inner court. He was only responsible for regular inspections of the military camps, inspecting the forging of weapons and daily training.
That's it - it won't work otherwise. If it's the same as in the past, the consumption of training the fire gun soldiers can be more than five or six times that of his patrol situation, and it's not uncommon for it to be more than ten times.
Don't underestimate the courage of the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty.
This year is still going well, with bumper harvests in the four northern provinces, and the northwest can at least survive on its own. Silver income has also seen a considerable surplus due to the emergence of the wool trade. Liaodong can meet its own food requirements without the need for court subsidies. Now there is an unprecedented surplus of food and grass.
In the past few years, these four provinces have become accustomed to Bailang's management and have stabilized.
"It's time to take action." At this time, Bailang heard the news, that is, Japan has been unified by the Toyotomi clan, and it seems that they are coming to the Ming Dynasty to ask for a seal? But there is also news from maritime merchants that Japan has been gathering troops.
Like peeking into Korea? Of course Bailang knew that this was Japan's first Korean War. Bailang suppressed his warlike desire. I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to move in this battle.
As an old commander, Qi Jiguang, Bai Lang also used Qi to regulate the old general's body when they met. "Heart disease is purely a heart disease." This is what he felt. Now Bai Lang asked him to governor the Liaodong troops and horses, and suddenly made the old general
He also "lived" - Bailang didn't care about his previous inaction, and this time he was justly preparing to make Qi Jiguang the chief military officer in aid of the DPRK, and Yang Hao and others took his place.
After Qi Jiguang's training, the Liaodong Army now has a total strength of more than 40,000 people, including 7,000 Zhejiang soldiers, all of whom are elite infantry and cavalry. Bailang also sent 48 finalized six-pound cannons. Qi Jiguang is worthy of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the few military strategists, he immediately realized the advantages of the six-pounder gun. It was not only the improvement in maneuverability and firing brought about by the comprehensive advantage of the gun mount, but also the fact that such a gun could replace many other artillery pieces previously equipped by the Ming army.
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The more unified the armament is, the better, and the less pressure it puts on logistics. Instead of equipping a variety of artillery with different calibers and sizes, it is better to simply equip a six-pounder gun - this thing is light, can also fire a variety of ammunition, and can completely replace it.
There are many kinds of field artillery, from the Tiger Crouching Cannon to the Franchise Cannon. Their performance is far superior to the artillery previously equipped by the Ming Army. Bailang also sent a small amount of flintlock guns, which of course also received praise from the old general - this is
A rifled flintlock gun, the kind that uses lead minion bullets.
This kind of lead bullet with a small cork on the butt has a very accurate trajectory after being rifled. Of course, the old commander used these muskets to form a shooting army - specifically used to snipe the opponent's generals. Now it seems that 200
The cavalry are also "big horses" that have been bred from the grassland. Of course, in Bailang's eyes, they are small and medium horses. Only those with a shoulder height of more than 1.6 meters are considered big horses by Bailang.
This chapter has been completed!