Huashufeng suddenly understood after hearing this and said: "This is a brilliant idea! How much silver is contained in the silver dollar?"

Liu Pei said: "Ninety-two percent!"

Huashufeng sighed and said: "It's considered a conscience! The official's silver is only 85% good!"

Since the birth of the Chinese silver dollar, the silver content of the official silver dollar has changed several times. The general change process is that the main currency has gradually reduced from 90% to 89% silver, and the auxiliary currency, for example, the nickel, has gone from 86% to 84%, and then

In the process of reaching 80% and finally 70%, the decrease in silver content is the main direction of change.

According to the "Memorial of the Du Branch to Present Newly Minted General Silver Coins and Agree on the Fineness and Components" in the 33rd year of Guangxu's reign, there are four types of silver coins: seven coins and two cents of silver coins: silver nine cents of copper and one; three coins and six cents of silver coins: eight and five cents of silver and one and five coppers.

; One cent and four cents of silver coin: eighty-two silver, one and eighty copper; seven cents and two centimeter silver coin: eighty-two silver and one and eighty copper. In the second year of Xuantong, there were changes again, but they basically remained at the main coin of nine silver and the auxiliary coin.

The scope of Ginpachi.

How much does it cost to cast a silver dollar? According to Liang Qichao's description: The legal price of the one-yuan main coin is equal to the actual price, plus a casting fee of 6%, and this 6% is not enough to purchase silver and work. For each coin cast, it should be

The loss is about 4 cents, which is the amount lost by purchasing raw materials to mint new coins. The quality of old silver coins is not uniform, so the starting market price is below the legal price of the national currency. If it is considered to have the same effect as the national currency, each coin

There should be a loss of more than one-third and one centimeter, which is the amount lost by changing the old to the new. (Excerpted from "President of the Currency Bureau Liang Qichao Submits Coinage Plan to the President for Chen Chen (Explanatory Post)" September 3rd of the Republic of China)

As for the silver content that Liu Pei said was 92%, it was actually only 88%! And the cost of making money was not that high for Liu Pei. It was very troublesome to make money in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It had to cast mother money and sand molds.

. And Liu Pei's silver coins are made using modern stamping technology, and the cost is very low! The interest rate of 12% only costs less than 2%. There is enough room for making a windfall.

However, Liu Pei left such a large profit margin not just to make a fortune. After all, Liu Pei cannot always rely on modern times. He must strengthen the industrial capabilities of the Ming Dynasty. So he has arranged for Bao Dezhi to design a water conservancy stamping machine. The interest earned in this way is

It is prepared for future coinage. After all, their ability to control costs is not as good as modern times, so the reserved space can be larger. However, all the silver coins used in the early stage were stamped in modern times. Moreover, Liu Pei also used all 30 million in cash.

He bought industrial silver, stamped it into silver bars, and brought it to the Ming Dynasty for use. Now Liu Pei sent all his idle servants to take advantage of the autumn harvest to collect grain from various places, and stocked it in Jiaozhou for later use.

But Liu Pei did not intend to explain this matter. He said: "Silver dollars, like banknotes, are used internally first. We will use them ourselves first, and then lead other businessmen to come."

Use it and eventually promote it.”

In the next few days, the three of them stayed in the study room without moving. When they were hungry, they asked someone to bring food, and when they were sleepy, they went back to the room to sleep. Huashufeng also called many of his shopkeepers to give their opinions. After repeated discussions,

After discussion, a business development plan was finally made, forming a thick stack of documents.

The plan is divided into two parts. The first step is to open department stores in Songjiang Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Taizhou Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture, and attract local wealthy businessmen to participate in the shares. The second step is to launch silver dollars and banknotes for internal settlement.

There are many other specific operation plans. Huashufeng is responsible for all operations. At the same time, Huashufeng is also responsible for establishing a training school.

After the matter was discussed, Huashufeng immediately convened a meeting of shareholders. In his heart, there was nothing more important than Huitong Tianxia. However, Huashufeng was still very resolute. During the few days of the meeting, he

He told me that one of his rural villas was converted into a school, and an old shopkeeper was sent as a teacher. The first batch of people to be trained were the clerks in his shop.

Huashufeng secretly thought about it in detail. These guys under him have already reached a certain level in dealing with people, have seen the market, and are more or less literate. This way they can learn quickly.

Many. And the most important thing is that these people have worked under him for a certain number of years, have a certain foundation in loyalty, and are easy to use.

Huashufeng also had his own selfish considerations in making this arrangement. For this reason, Huashufeng also specially arranged a few big guys. He also hoped that these big guys would be promoted step by step after becoming officials overseas, so that he would

Now that I have a spokesperson in the government, I have the power to protect me. I don’t need to rely on Liu Pei for everything.

Huashufeng already knew clearly that he was completely tied up on the ship by Liu Pei! At this time, it was useless for him to report to the court. Those officials would definitely kill him after finishing Liu Pei. One reason was the rebellion.

There is always a reason to kill the wrong person and not let him go. Another reason is because of Huashufeng's family property.

Therefore, Hua Shufeng felt that since he could not get off the ship, the remaining question was how to obtain more benefits on the ship. Although he did not have a clear idea of ​​​​creating political power from the barrel of a gun, it was undeniable that Liu Pei's

That military parade left a deep impression on him. He had vaguely realized that he could not stand up to Liu Pei at any time in the future. There would be no benefit in that! He could only seek for himself within the rules set by Liu Pei.

The greatest benefit is the right one.

After arranging the school affairs, Hua Shufeng personally led the team to the south to open a new store. He looked forward to the day when the world would be unified.

On the way home, Liu Pei

For the first time, he did not ride a horse, but got into Fang Degang's carriage. He wanted to use this time to talk to Fang Degang. Liu Pei felt that Fang Degang seemed to have quite a disagreement with him on the matter of entering the village from overseas. So he

I feel that this difference must be bridged, because in the future plan, Liu Pei will have more than ten years to develop overseas. Once the executor of the policy and his opinions deviate, there will definitely be problems in doing things.

The most critical point is that Liu Pei noticed that although Fang Degang hated those corrupt officials, he seemed to be more inclined to rule the country by elites, which means that he tended to build the superstructure with scholars as the main body. This was exactly what Liu Pei absolutely could not accept.

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What Liu Pei needs is a nearly modern country, which is to open up people's wisdom, expand widely, and emancipate their minds. If the country continues to allow a small group of people who monopolize and master knowledge to continue to hold power, in that case, what is the difference from the Ming Dynasty?

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Liu Pei got into Fang Degang's carriage on the way and saw Fang Degang leaning on a cushion reading. Liu Pei specially arranged for someone to make this carriage for Fang Degang. It used high-quality axles and rubber wheels and had a large load-bearing capacity.

Said that the space is wider than that of an ordinary carriage. It is covered with a thick layer of soft cushions. There is also a small bookshelf and a small coffee table. However, Fang De is not a person who likes luxury when he first arrived, so he politely declined all other decorations.

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When Fang De just saw Liu Pei climbing into the carriage, he was surprised and smiled: "Why are you interested in riding a carriage, my lord? Haven't you always emphasized that riding a horse is the way of a man?"

A while ago, Liu Pei laughed at Fang Degang for being unwilling to ride a horse and not understanding the spirit of a man. He didn't want to be returned by Fang Degang today. Liu Pei said with a smile: "I'm just bored on the road and I want to talk to you."

Fang De just put down his book and said, "Master, do you have something to tell me?"

Liu Pei didn't hesitate, crossed his legs and said, "I mainly want to talk to you about overseas development."

After hearing this, Fang Degang put down his book and his expression became serious. He said, "My lord, are you worried about the conquest of Ryukyu?"

Rupei shook his head and said: "Actually, it is not difficult to conquer Ryukyu. Ryukyu itself has few troops and was bullied by the Japanese with many casualties. Therefore, our opponents should be Japanese, and there will not be many. I estimate that we can defeat them with 3,000 people.

It’s Ryukyu.”

Fang Degang asked strangely: "Then what are you worried about, lord?"

Liu Pei said: "What I'm worried about is what happens after the pacification of Ryukyu. After all, Ryukyu has an owner. We occupied it for no reason, and there are a lot of troubles. And we can't send troops in the name of the court, we can only leave in the name of pirates.
Chapter completed!