"Empress, listen to your words, are you already confident? But let's tell us so that we can calm our hanging hearts. To be honest, we can't eat, sleep, and we have lost weight these days..."

The person who said he couldn't eat or sleep was a middle-aged fat man who was at least 200 years old. The head of the Xie family in Mingzhou was named Xie Guobao. The Xie family in Mingzhou was a big sea merchant, mainly engaged in Sino-Japanese trade routes. Because the unreasonable Zhou Guo Navy lived in the Japanese market in the sea business district, the Xie family merchant gradually turned its focus to the banking industry, opened Xie's Toyo Bank, and had branches in all the commercial cities in the southeast, which was very prosperous.

"Brother Fat, you'd better eat less."

Wu Meiniang smiled and changed the nickname of Fatty Xie. She was also a wealthy businessman and also opened a Tianjin Bank. Naturally, she could get along with these businessmen.

Everyone laughed like a response. Mei Niang smiled and then said, "Just say it, there is nothing to hide from you. The king and I want to set up a reserve bureau of the 13 states and use the banknotes issued by the reserve bureau to collect banknotes from each company. In the future, the right to issue banknotes will be controlled by the reserve bureau."

Wu Meiniang’s Joint Reserve Bureau... can probably be called the “Feder”?

Wu Meiniang's method is to collect all bank notes issued by each company and exchange them into the "Federal" banknotes. They are endorsed by the national credit of the United States of Thirteen States.

With national credit, the banknotes can be slightly more stable and may be able to withstand the current bank run.

However, the right to issue money belongs to the "Federal", and the benefits of issuing money from major banks are gone!

Several bank bosses frowned, seemingly unsatisfied.

Wu Meiniang's tone was already sank: "Half the reserves in the Song Dynasty Bank were lost, and this loss is real! Now there is a chaos in the world, which is even more unfavorable for all banks.

The most important thing now is to survive. Only by living can you have a future!

If you are unwilling to participate in the Joint Reserve Bureau, then get half of the reserve fund and deal with the run by yourself.”

"This, this is not OK!"

"How can I deal with it..."

"Yes, half of the reserve is gone!"

"Empress, even if we hand over the right to issue money, can the United Reserve Bureau handle it?"

Hearing this question, Wu Meiniang just smiled bitterly: "The deficit is real... After being tossed by Zhao Dalang, even if it is not half of the reserves of the Dasong Bank, the losses in our southeast will exceed 100 million yuan!

There are also bonds worth 100 million, which are probably wasted!

The two added up to at least 200 million yuan, and gold and silver worth 50 million yuan were lost.

How do you think you should deal with such a huge loss?”

How to deal with it?

Bankruptcy? Jump the sea? Run away?

The bankers just sighed.

Not only did they lose half of the deposit deposited by the Song Dynasty Bank, but they also ate a lot of Song Dynasty government bonds and also gave large loans to the commercial banks in Xuzhou and Haizhou.

With all kinds of losses added to one piece, 200 million will definitely not be able to stop it!

No matter how big the family business is, it can't help but lose like this...

Wu Meiniang smiled: "The Hezhong government can accept the national debts of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time provide a full irrevocable guarantee for the paper money of the United Reserve Bureau!"

"But where did the Hezhong government get the money?" Ji Kui asked, "I won't impose heavy taxes on the commercial cities of the Thirteen States, right?"

"Of course not!" Wu Meiniang's tone was a little cold, "Thirteen Prefectures Market is a hen that lays golden eggs, so we can't do the thing about killing chickens and retrieving eggs.

But someone always needs to fill such a big hole, don’t you think it’s right?”

The Eastern Song Dynasty had a hole of at least 200 million when it was founded!

If this hole is not filled, the germination of capitalism in the southeast will be killed and thirsty!

In addition, the Huaihe River must be treated! If it is not treated, it can flood every year. From the perspective of defending against the Zhou Kingdom, flooding doesn’t matter.

However, the New Zhou of the Eastern Song Dynasty is now a "country of sisters and sisters", and the holes in the New Zhou are not much smaller than those of the Eastern Song Dynasty, so friendly relations with the Eastern Song Dynasty must be maintained...

"But the Empress," Ji Kui frowned, "But who should we ask to fill this hole?"

Wu Meiniang said, "When I see my father, I will tell you again!"

...

In the spacious cabin of the Xianshan cruise ship, Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian finally met their pearl in their palm, Wu Meiniang, and Wu Meiniang’s husband Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai and Wu Meiniang came with a fleet, which consisted of 12 sand-type sailboats. They entered the canal from the Yangtze River, arrived at the Huai River and then entered the sea route, followed the coastline into Haizhou Bay, and finally leaned on the pier on Yuzhou Island.

The Xianshan cruise ship used to meet is the heritage of Wu Chengzhi and the most luxurious cruise ship in Haizhou Bay. This ship was not produced by JD Shipyard, but a product from Tianjin. The hull is wide, the hull is strong, and the decoration is extremely exquisite. It is a birthday gift given to his father by Wu Haogu.

After Wu Cheng's death, the ship returned to Wu Haowen. Today's meeting between Wu Haogu and Zhao Kai was facilitated by Wu Haowen.

The meeting place was chosen on Xianshan.

Now the new Zhou and Dongsong are "sister-sister countries". The leaders of the two countries are actually a family. Diplomacy meetings are similar to visiting relatives, so they are naturally very harmonious.

First, Zhao Kai and Wu Meiniang saluted to the "two elders" and then presented gifts of filial piety. Then, the "two elders" invited the young couple to have dinner. It was not diplomatic etiquette at all, nor did the royal red tape. It was similar to meeting the father-in-law and son-in-law of an ordinary wealthy family.

At the family dinner, when the "two elders and second children" and the centrally coordinated Wu Haowen and the host and guests were having fun, Wu Meiniang first turned the topic to diplomatic affairs.

I saw her smile slightly, and there was a rare voice in her tone: "Dad, you and Uncle Tong have been in love for many years. Should you let him live a life? Even if my daughter begs you."

Uncle Tong is Tong Guan. He and Wang Bing are now surrounded in Yidu, and there are still 20,000 to 30,000 people on hand. Wang Bing is good at guarding, and most of his soldiers and generals are new troops, with strong combat power and good at building fortifications. Wang Bing is an expert in this field!

He asked someone to build another inclined earth wall in Yidu's dilapidated city wall. As a result, after the Zhou army's cannon collapsed the outer city wall, he had no choice but to use the earth wall. The cannons were useless after several days. The charges launched were defeated one after another!

As a last resort, the Republican Army had no choice but to take the method of siege and surround Yidu City.

However, Yidu is not a particularly important territory. If you cannot take Yidu down, it will not affect the Zhou army's occupation of the entire Shandong Peninsula.

Wu Haogu listened to his daughter's request and smiled softly: "The military officers under Wang Bing are all from the Retro Party! Mei Niang, Prince of Donghai, can you conquer them?"

Zhao Kai frowned, not knowing what to say.

Wu Meiniang smiled: "Dad, you are so proud of the retro party... They just want to have a farm. Can't I still get 10 million acres of land in the southeast?"

10 million acres?

Where to get it?

Zhao Kai was a little surprised.

Wu Haogu gave in, but he slapped: "Hey, why didn't I think of it? Mei Niang, if you were a man, the current head of the Great Zhou Republic would probably not be the third brother's turn."

It turned out that Wu Meiniang also planned to take action against the landlord and literati in the southeast!

The industrial and commercial development of Southeast prefectures and counties is true, but it does not mean that there is no farmland to be distributed!

Moreover, there are many literati and landlords in the southeast. In the imperial examination venue, in addition to Kaifeng Prefecture, almost all prefectures that produce Jinshi were concentrated in the southeast.

For example, in Hedong and Hebei, the number of Jinshi is not even as good as that in some counties in the southeast.

The prosperity of the Southeast scholars and officials can be seen!

The literati and officials in the southeast, like others, do not do less tax evasion and land concealment.

Take a good look at it and there are 100 million mu of them...

Moreover, the land in the southeast is fertile, mostly paddy fields, and has high value. As long as there are tens of millions of acres, it can not only raise a large number of military households, but also sell them to raise funds to fill financial holes and manage the Huaihe River.

As for the resistance of the scholars and officials... Haha, the United States does not seem to rely on them to live a life! Who will they kill if they don’t?

Thinking about it, these literati and officials were pitiful. Not long ago, they were still arrogant and shared the world with the emperor. In a blink of an eye, they became fat pigs. Both the New Zhou and Song dynasties attacked them!

"Okay," Wu Haogu smiled, "Tong Guan, Wang Bing, please send someone to recruit you. As long as they can agree, I will talk to Sanlang.

So... how do we divide the territory between the north and the south?"

"It's better to be the boundary of the Huai River." Wu Meiniang smiled, "The two companies can do this together to manage the Huai River."

"It's okay to have the Huai River as the boundary in the north," Wu Haogu nodded, "How to divide the south?"

"South?" Zhao Kai was stunned, "The south side is not the sea."

Wu Meiniang just chuckled: "King, there are many good places in the middle of the sea and south!"

"ah……"

"Taiwan Island belongs to my Great Zhou!" Wu Haogu began to bargain with his daughter, "Xingzhou and Xingzhou Peninsula also belong to my Great Zhou!"

"Taiwan can give it to the Great Zhou." Wu Meiniang's face was a little cold, "but Xingzhou and Xingzhou Peninsula cannot be transferred... because Xingzhou will join the United Kingdom sooner or later."

According to her intention, the territory known as the Malay Peninsula (including Singapore) in later generations was to be managed as the homeland of the Eastern Song Dynasty!

But this is not surprising. The Eastern Song Dynasty is a country based on industry, commerce and trade. Of course, it will not give up on the Feng Shui treasure land of "Jijiapo".

Moreover, the militias in the Nanyang Province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Java Chartered Trade Chamber of Commerce, the mercenaries of the Jinzhou Island Chartered Trade Chamber of Commerce, and the Nanyang Fleet were unable to capture Xingzhou Island.

Such a record also gave Wu Meiniang the confidence to bargain with me.

"What about Java Island?" Wu Haogu continued.

"Jia Island is all over the Great Zhou Dynasty." Wu Meiniang said.

"How to divide the West?" Wu Haogu asked about the West again.

Wu Meiniang smiled, "Dad, the West is not ours now... It's too early to talk about division, so why not talk about how to join forces to explore! Such a fat territory cannot be cheaper Zhao Qianshun and Yelu Dashi."

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