The next day, His Royal Highness Zhu Youjian, the King of Ming Dynasty, began his own journey of borrowing money.

If you want to speculate in futures, you must have enough cash flow. You can't make money by doing it in a small way, and it is not in line with His Majesty King Xin. If Zhu Youjian wants to do it, he will make it big!

Speaking of which, Zhu Youjian also has some friends, but he was reluctant to borrow money before.

But now he has finally realized how difficult it is to live in the capital. He already has a large family to take care of but has no money. Zhu Youjian decided to put down his face temporarily and earn money first. If he has money in his hand, he can earn back his face at any time in the future.

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Nowadays, there are many wealthy people in the capital. The most wealthy people are undoubtedly Zhang Guoji and Zhou Kui, the two richest men promoted by the imperial court. Their wealth is more than ten thousand yuan. It is no exaggeration to say that the wealth can rival the country. After all, some countries

The annual income may not be as much as these two people earn.

But leaving aside these two richest men, there are still many wealthy people in Ming Dynasty.

The important place of the capital, at the foot of the emperor, is a natural political and economic center. Its commerce is so developed and its population is so large. Therefore, there are countless rich and powerful people of all kinds. The tycoons from other places who come to the capital to gain experience are like crucian carp crossing the river.

If you want to borrow money, the best choice is Zhang Guoji and Zhou Kui. But even if they make endless money, it is not easy to get them to lend it out. After all, businessmen will not lose money.

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What's more, Zhu Youjian had just been rejected by Zhou Kui's house before. He didn't even enter the gate of Zhou Kui's house. How could he still borrow money from Zhou Kui?

There was no way to get through Zhou Kui's place, and the same thing happened to Zhang Guoji's place. After all, these two people always vented their anger out of the same nostril.

Zhu Youjian and his Mr. Zhang didn't consider these two people at all. It was better to go to his friends if there was no hope for them.

So the people in the inner city of the capital could see the carriage of Prince Xin running around. It was Zhu Youjian who was asking his friends to borrow money.

"Brother Li, Xiao Wang is really here to give Brother Li a fortune. The price of silver in futures is bound to experience a turmoil recently. You can make a huge profit by seizing the opportunity. Xiao Wang plans to make a fortune in futures."

I hope Brother Li will not hesitate to help me with some money."

"Brother Wang, Xiao Wang recently visited an expert. There will be some turbulence in the futures. But if you seize the opportunity well, you can earn inexhaustible money in this life. Xiao Wang plans to share the wealth with Brother Wang. At the same time, he also hopes that Wang

Brother, lend me some funds."

"Brother Han, does he know anything about futures? Yes, Xiao Wang recently discovered that this futures is different from the stock market. Buying and selling in the short term can be very profitable. This futures market has a lot of potential. Brother Han, is he willing to make some money with Xiao Wang in futures?"

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Ever since Zhu Youjian thought about it, he felt that this thing about face was going to be like this.

With Zhang Jinrui, his Mr. Zhang, and Zhu Youjian, he traveled around the capital, chatting with the Confucian scholars and impressing many people.

Although some people are not optimistic about futures, they still have some confidence in Zhu Youjian. After all, he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty and a serious member of the Tian family. The money lent is still guaranteed, so they all lent Zhu Youjian a sum.

, ranging from tens of thousands to tens of thousands, to hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Others planned to work in partnership with Zhu Youjian. They were also persuaded by Zhang Jinrui and invested money in Zhu Youjian. These people had a lot of money left in their hands, each with hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Zhu Youjian established the first company in his life: Daming Xinwang Futures Company.

The office of his company is in Zhu Youjian's Prince Xin Mansion.

Most of Zhu Youjian's literati and Confucian friends were rich. After all, no one who could be friends with King Xin had to worry about his family background.

These tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of treasure notes may not seem like much, but if one family pays so much, it really adds up to a large sum.

Previously, they were limited by the fact that Zhu Youjian had just returned to the capital and did not know what was going on with him. In addition, Zhu Youjian was too embarrassed to come to them, so they did not dare to help Zhu Youjian easily.

But now it seems that His Majesty the Emperor cares about family ties. He still believes in the King and is still His Majesty the Emperor's only younger brother. This relationship is hardened. Plus Zhu Youjian came to find him personally. These people can't lose face and invest one after another.

Then, Zhu Youjian's futures company was established.

As a result, Zhu Youjian had millions of treasures and a very rich start-up capital.

But Zhu Youjian was still dissatisfied. He listened to Zhang Jinrui's analysis and looked at the plan Zhang Jinrui designed for him. He said cruelly: "Mr. Zhang, Xiao Wang decided to mortgage the palace and get another sum of money."

, it’s impossible to speculate in futures if you don’t have enough capital.”

Zhang Jinrui looked at Zhu Youjian in front of him with a complicated expression, and was deeply impressed by him: "King Xin has the style of a wise king in ancient times, Jin Rui admires him."

As soon as he said it, Zhu Youjian went to the Ming Dynasty Bank and finally used his identity as the Prince of the Ming Dynasty to borrow a total of 50 million banknotes from the bank using the property deed of Xinwang Mansion as collateral.

Now, Zhu Youjian, who had plenty of money, had the capital to buy futures.

When those who invested in Zhu Youjian saw that Zhu Youjian had such a big hand, they all thought that Zhu Youjian had got some inside information, and they added an additional amount of investment funds, which increased Zhu Youjian's start-up capital.

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Looking at the large amount of money in his hand, Zhu Youjian smiled confidently. He set up a banquet and drank with Zhang Jinrui in the palace. He ordered the food and wine directly from the best hotel in the capital and let the two of them eat happily.

After a game, thinking about a bright future, Zhu Youjian announced proudly: "I want to do business, and I want to be the biggest. Who is Zhu Gongzhu, the king of Zhou, and who is Zhili Iron and Steel Company? I believe in Wang Futures

The company must surpass them and impress the emperor!"

Zhu Youjian and Zhang Jinrui were already recruiting talented people with great ambitions and were ready to do a great job. In the palace, Zhu Youxiao was also in a good mood.

In the Wuying Hall, looking at the huge world map in front of him, Zhu Youxiao placed small flags on it.

"Ceylon" "Mughal Dynasty"

"Safie remembers correctly, this is Persia, right?" "Ah, there is also Ottoman."

"My Ming merchant ship has traveled this far. This is a good thing."

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at the locations where the Ming Dynasty's tentacles had reached on the world map. South Asia, the Middle East, and even Africa were all within the scope of the Ming Dynasty's exploration. They were also the areas touched by the seven voyages to the West during the reign of Emperor Taizong Wen.

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It has only been a few years since the maritime ban was lifted, but the Ming Dynasty's already booming shipping business has come so far.

Nodding, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with all this: "It's a good thing, a good thing, there is nothing better than this in the prosperous times. I remembered the caravans from the south of the Yangtze River and ran to Africa. They got a lot of gold and silver and returned them to me.

What kind of golden mask did you give as a gift? This Africa is also a rich land."

Eunuch Wei on the side said with a smile: "No, the Ming Dynasty is now peaceful and the world is prosperous. The merchants who come and go in the world have sent countless amounts of money to my Ming Dynasty. Now the imperial court is implementing a series of policies. This is all because of trust.

Your Majesty’s great blessing.”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and suddenly asked: "How much money has flowed into Ming Dynasty recently?"

"It's so much, it's so much. Our Ming Dynasty is like a bottomless pit right now. It swallows as much money as it has. Those foreigners are sending in boatloads of money without even a splash." Eunuch Wei said proudly.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty dominated the world and was rich all over the world. This huge empire with nearly 40 million households and thousands of miles of territory swallowed up endless gold and silver. This small amount of silver really didn't make much noise in the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Youxiao still felt a little uneasy. Is it really a good thing that so much money flows into the Ming Dynasty?

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and nodded: "Call Master, Mr. Lu Ge, Mr. Qian Ge."

Soon, following the message from the chamberlain, Zhang Haogu, Lu Xiangsheng, and Qian Qianyi came to Wuying Hall.

"See Your Majesty." "No courtesy."

Zhu Youxiao didn't have so much red tape and didn't like a lot of nonsense. He asked directly: "I heard that more and more money is flowing into the Ming Dynasty, and I always feel that something is wrong, so I came to see you.

Let’s take a look.”

Lu Xiangsheng frowned. More and more money was flowing into Ming Dynasty. This was a good thing, but it was also not a good thing. The former was because Ming Dynasty had become the world's commercial center, where the world's wealth gathered; the latter was because of the massive amount of money.

The influx of money will inevitably cause price fluctuations

Lan, especially the impact on the value of treasure notes, is not a good thing for Ming Dynasty.

Qian Qianyi also smelled something, and the three of them looked thoughtful. Zhu Youxiao asked, "But what have you discovered?"

Lu Xiangsheng explained: "Your Majesty, if the imperial court originally had one million taels of silver, considering the rich materials of the Ming Dynasty, this one million taels of silver would be very valuable and a hard currency. But later, another ten million taels or more would come.

The Ming Dynasty still has so much money, but the money is no longer as valuable as before, so people have to use ten taels of silver to buy things that used to cost one tael."

"People's income has not increased much, but their expenses have increased." Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Yes, if there is too much money, it is worthless."

Qian Qianyi added: "Your Majesty, I have carefully studied the treasure banknote strategy formulated by your Majesty and Yuan Fu. Based on the gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty's treasury, we issued treasure banknotes and spread them throughout the two capitals and twenty-four provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, it has spread to North Korea, Taungoo, Ayutthaya, Nanzhang, Sulu, Brunei and other countries in Southeast Asia, and even the Japanese countries in the east are now using our Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, which shows the circulation and reputation of our Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes."

"One half of this is because the Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, with abundant gold and silver, and the other half is because of the reputation of the imperial court itself. The imperial court dominates the world and all countries submit to it. The Ming Dynasty is rich in products, and all countries need my Ming Dynasty's things, so naturally they need to use them.

I use the money of the Ming Dynasty to trade, so that the imperial treasure banknotes can naturally circulate smoothly."

"How many treasure banknotes are lent by the imperial court to Nanyang and to the people now? If there is more and more money, will more treasure banknotes have to be printed? Then the treasure banknotes will inevitably depreciate. As a result, the people's spending will increase, not to mention the increase.

The imperial court's treasure banknotes will also face an impact. The most conspicuous thing is that the treasure banknotes lent to Nanyang before were all valuable, but as the treasure banknotes depreciated, the treasure banknotes they returned were still the same amount, but that amount was only equal to

The imperial court’s previous investment was one-tenth or even less.”

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Yes, as Ming Dynasty has more and more money, these are inevitable."

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes seem to be based on gold and silver, but in fact, they are mainly based on silver, because whether it is a Southeast Asian country or a Western country, all transactions with the Ming Dynasty are silver and commercial goods.

This silver is already linked to goods. If there is too much silver, the imperial court's treasure banknotes will inevitably experience impact or even depreciation."

"The silver standard is ultimately unfavorable to the imperial court. For example, the Japanese country has so much silver and has a large silver mine. How much silver can it mine?"

"And now that money from various countries is flowing into the Ming Dynasty, then the countries will definitely change in the future. If all the Western countries have changed and the Ming Dynasty remains unchanged, then the Ming Dynasty may collapse financially if it is not careful."

Listening to the cabinet's analysis, Zhu Youxiao also frowned. Today's Ming Dynasty is not the same as the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties.

During the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, the Central Plains was still short of silver. Why copper coins had always been the main currency in circulation was not because the Central Plains was short of silver, but gold was too valuable.

During the Han and Jin Dynasties, gold was buried underground as a burial object for ancestors. The princes, generals and ministers brought a large amount of gold underground one by one, which made gold increasingly rare and precious. Otherwise, how could the word "gold" come from?

But compared with gold, silver is even scarcer and is even called platinum.
To be continued...