Chapter 258 Transaction (18)
After completing a one-month journey, Sheila rushed back to Constantinople and had no time to go home and put on her purple robe, then rushed out of the door and jumped into the carriage. When she rushed into the Senate's chamber, she saw that there were only a few empty seats left in the chamber. Sheila's heart finally fell back into her stomach, as long as she was not the last one.
However, Sheila was the last one. As soon as she sat down, she heard the chairman say: "The other members of the parliament have already asked for leave, and now the parliament has begun to submit topics."
The elders of the agricultural group all looked at Sheila, and Sheila immediately took out a few documents from her backpack for them to see. The elders of the agricultural group hurriedly read it while other groups and individual elders handed over. This new plan was similar to before. The change was that Sheila proposed to set up a special zone in the east immediately. The elders of the agricultural group had long been desperate about the current situation and all agreed with Sheila's suggestion.
The last proposal of the agricultural group was handed over, but the chairman put the proposal in the first discussion, which surprised Sheila a little. Before she came to the stage, she looked at the chairman directly, but saw that the chairman looked over with expectation, and then she heard the chairman's gentle announcement: "Please ask the elder Sheila to tell her proposal."
At this point, Sheila could only insist. She talked about the basis of her proposal. Two months later, the food in various places had matured. At this time, there was no way to discuss a perfect plan. Since Sheila chose Ankara in the east, she went to Ankara some time ago to discuss with the local nobles. The local nobles were willing to try to accept food stamps locally.
The elders listened very seriously. When Sheila finished speaking, the chairman asked, "Is anyone going to question?"
The veteran Lukesius who questioned last time stood up and the chairman agreed to his questioning. Lukesius walked onto the questioning table and asked: "His Excellency Sheila, I wonder how much food stamps will be issued this time?"
"There is no way to determine the amount of grain output in the eastern region. My opinion is to issue the amount that can be purchased until all the grain in the eastern region is purchased."
"According to His Excellency Sheila's last statement, these food stamps can buy the goods needed by farmers. What should the merchants selling these goods do if they get the food stamps?"
"You can buy grain in the grain store run by the court. Lord Lukesius, the grain stamps themselves are not commodities, but help to promote transaction completion, just like the wind blows the windmill and water pushes the water wheel. Therefore, the grain stamps must become a closed loop like a talono, repeating the cycle. If this circulation path is not a closed loop of self-circulation, but an ending idea, the grain stamps will eventually fall into the hands of some people and they will bear all this. The dead end model cannot last long. No matter how it is done, as long as there is an end, it will definitely not last long."
Elder Lukesius asked two more questions, and Sheila answered them. When he finished the question, several elders who wanted to go on stage to ask him hesitated and gave up the question. Seeing that the process had been completed, the chairman said: "According to the agenda, we will start voting for the day of the Councillor of Sheila."
Sheila was nervous. This was her first proposal that could reach the voting stage, and she didn't know whether it could be passed. According to the design of His Excellency Tiberio, the proposal was passed in the Senate and would have to be handed over to the House of Representatives for deliberation. Once the people agreed, the Eastern Roman court would have to give priority to replying to it. The court agreed that the proposal would have to be implemented. The court rejected it and returned it to the Senate for discussion. There had been a proposal that had passed the Senate vote, but it was rejected in the House of Representatives without exception. Sheila dared not think that her proposal would be passed. She now just wants to make the proposal approved by the Senate first.
This time, instead of using the ring balance, two wooden boards were erected. The wooden boards were made of good paper imported from the Song Dynasty. The number of Sheila's proposal was written on the paper, one piece of paper said agree, and the other piece of paper said disagree. All the veterans had to do was walk to the paper that agreed or disagree, and use their veteran rings to dip in ink and stamp them on the paper.
As a veteran, Sheila certainly has the right to vote, even if the proposal is his own. Stopped in front of the paper with agreement, Sheila carefully read the number on it, and it was indeed his own proposal. The name of the proposal was the same. Looking at the dense seals on it, there must be as many as seventy or eighty. She glanced at the few seals on the paper with the negative ones. Suppressed her excitement, Sheila used her veteran ring to press her seal hard on it.
This proposal consisted of 115 veterans participating in the voting, and more than two-thirds of the senators were officially approved by the Senate. Among them, 96 veterans agreed, 4 veterans opposed, and 15 veterans abstained. The proposal was passed and copied to the People's Court.
Two days later, the political arena of Eastern Rome was shocked. The first proposal agreed by the Senate and the House of Representatives was born. The proposer was still the female senator, Hira, who is now at the forefront. The Chancellor of the Finance Department learned the news and invited Hira to his office that night. Seeing her father Maximi standing beside Hira, the Chancellor of the Finance Department was not surprised. He stepped forward to shake hands with Maximi and said, "Good evening tonight, Mr. Claysius."
Maximi's face showed some excitement, and being called a name or surname has different meanings, which represents solemnity. A poor scholar can be called this way by the Chancellor of the Finance Department means that his status has been recognized, although it is based on the ability of another Claysius.
The Chancellor of the Finance Minister quickly let go of Maximi's palm and said to another Claysius, Sheila Andrei Claysius: "His Excellency Sheila, the court basically agrees with your proposal. We have also contacted the Europa Province, and they have basically agreed to allow the four parties to exchange money and grain stamps within the amount they have determined."
Upon hearing this news, Sheila showed a surprise expression, and she hurriedly said, "Congratulations, you have worked hard."
The Minister of Finance was relieved. Although the European province was very determined during the negotiations, they had to determine the number of grain stamps issued. Director Xin of the negotiations said very clearly, "Your Excellency, if we cannot determine how many grain stamps were issued, we can only reject the proposal from Eastern Rome. We agree that the purpose of redemption is in good faith, so we cannot accept that someone will issue additional grain stamps."
Such a rude way, the negotiating secretary of the Finance Minister looked uneasy when he came back, because the Secretary of the Finance Minister and his officials had already discussed the issue of excessive issuance. He could exchange such paper tickets for money and buy various goods. He would be foolish if he didn't want to over-issuance. However, the Secretary of the Finance Minister did not have the courage to challenge the Europa Province in the end. The smart guys in the Europa Province were willing to provide food stamp printing services, but they had to strictly control the amount of money printing paper.
The Minister of Finance couldn't help but put his hands on the printing paper sent as a sample in the Europa Province. The Minister of Finance felt a little painful in his heart. In recent years, they tried their best to imitate the money exchange in all directions, but they never succeeded. Regardless of the exquisite printing, Eastern Rome could not even make the feel of imitating the printing paper. The Minister of Finance really didn't know that the gap between paper could be so far.
Holding back the pain in his heart, the Chancellor of the Finance Minister said: "His Excellency Sheila, it seems that the members of the House of Representatives want to lower the price of food to the price at the beginning of last year."
"It should be like this." Sheila replied simply. She didn't understand the Chancellor's idea yet, so she could only wait for the other party to reveal her feelings.
"Does Your Excellency Sheila have any estimates?" the Chancellor of the Finance Department continued to ask.
Sheila thought for a long time before reporting a number. If it was converted into kilograms, it would be about 1 billion kilograms. The Minister of Finance's eyes widened. The Eastern Roman population had not yet begun to be counted. According to the current number of Roman legions and family members, the total number was about 2.5 million. If it was 1 billion kilograms of grain, each person could get 400 kilograms. 400 kilograms of grain, and he would not starve to death! He really would not starve to death!
"Your Excellency, most of this is crops such as pumpkin, potatoes, and wheat is very small." Sheila quickly explained.
The Minister of Finance started to tremble unconsciously, and he murmured: "1 billion jin! 1 billion jin! 1 billion jin of grain!"
Sheila's father was also shocked. He stared at his daughter's side face, afraid that his daughter would get the wrong number. Could it be that he mistakenly said 100 million jin to 1 billion jin? Sheila's father quickly smoothed out, "Is it 100 million jin? Sheila, you are sure that you have made no mistake."
"This is just an estimate. It is an estimate of one billion jin." Sheila insisted on her previous statement. She was actually very uneasy. The Ankara region is very large, including the city of Ankara and the fertile river valley area near Ankara. The agricultural department of the Europa Province predicted a 1 billion jin based on the types and growth of crops grown. Sheila herself did not believe it, but she had to say this number. If the estimate was less, the issuance of grain stamps would inevitably be greatly affected...
"Okay! Let's calculate it based on one billion jin. Mr. Sheila, will you have time to go to the office with my deputy tomorrow? I need you to convince the Europa Province to believe this number."
"Okay, your lord." Sheila agreed readily. Since it was estimated by agricultural technicians in the Europa Province, I think the Europa Province would not deny it.
Leaving from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sheila sat in the carriage without saying anything. His father didn't say anything, but was worried. When she got home, Sheila went straight to her bedroom. She took out a thick leather case from the bottom of her bag and pulled out a stack of four square meters of money. These were all large denominations. Sheila was no longer the comprador of the Europa Provincial Office. The province gave Sheila the commission for this coupon of the Sepoolites to her in proportion to her partners. The value of the stack of money was no less than the gold coins given by the Leo family.
This is the style of the Europa Province. They believe in power and keep their promises. If they want to get extra benefits from them, they have to find ways. But after completing the agreement, they don’t have to worry about the Europa Province being untrustworthy. Sheila remembered that the "Travels of the East" tells the story of the Song Dynasty before the Song Dynasty completely controls the sea routes. If the ship owner unfortunately dies in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will seal the ship owner’s ship and contact the relatives of the ship owner to claim the inheritance. In terms of strictly keeping trust, the Song Dynasty has an astonishing persistence. The Song Dynasty is really amazing. It is this style of faith and action that Sheila always holds trust in the Europa Province. This trust finally bears fruitful fruits.
Lying in bed and thinking about properties everywhere for a long time, Sheila was confused about the land near Golden Horn Bay before going to bed.
After waking up, Sheila suddenly felt that she didn't know where she was, and everything in front of her was familiar and unfamiliar. This was definitely not the hotel where she lived in the east, here... this is her home! Her mind finally woke up, Sheila was sure that she had returned home again. Every time she woke up in the past few days, there would be such a process. Compared with the living environment in the east, home was really good. Yesterday's experience also came out clearly. Sheila remembered her thoughts before she fell asleep and wanted to buy real estate in Golden Horn Bay.
Thinking of this, Sheila remembered the regulations of the Senate again. Every year, the senator's property must be reported. Once an income without a source is found, he will be held accountable, and even deprived of his identity. The famous Sula family in the Republic era has a long history, and his sixth ancestor served as consul twice. However, the shame suffered by this respected consul is more obvious than his glory. Because it was found that he had more than 10 Es gold and silver tableware and violated the law, he was expelled from the Senate. Since then, the family has been lost to unknown.
As a great scholar, His Excellency Tiberio has known his historical achievements, so the system he formulated was detailed and had very strict supervision of the financial income of the veterans. Unless the money was not used at all, something would happen if it was used. After thinking for a while, Sheila decided to cooperate with her sister-in-law Leo's family.
After getting up in the morning, I sent someone to contact Leo's house, but before noon, someone was sent. Sheila suggested that the Leo's house buy land in the Golden Horn Bay area. Because there is an Europa Provincial Office, a large number of merchants began to gather around her. Sheila believed that if she purchased land and built a street here, she would definitely have a very bright future.
"Your Excellency, we have no money to buy land now," replied the Leo family, while looking at Sheila carefully.
"I don't know if the Leo family is willing to come forward to buy land." Sheila asked.
Everyone is rich, and this kind of thing sounds like no one understands.
"Your Excellency can trust us?" asked the Leo family.
"You can buy it in my sister-in-law's name first." Xira came up with her solution.
"Can we borrow some money to buy it together?" The people from the Leo family expressed their views readily.
"Of course," Sheila also replied readily. Dasong never cares about giving more parts to his partners when doing things, as long as he is loyal to his cooperation. If the loyalist is not rewarded, then what is the meaning of loyalty?
The last time the Leo family sent gold coins, he naturally accepted Sheila's kindness. Both sides talked about which piece of land to sell. Sheila took out a map and pointed out a location to the messenger. This place is relatively remote, with two or three warehouses and a minority house. Sheila's finger fell further away from the warehouse, "It's here."
"Why not here?" The people of the Leo family were a little surprised. The area he was referring to was a rising commercial area, and many people were optimistic about the development there.
Sheila waved her hand, "Too many people think that the land has a promising future and the price has been raised."
"Then the warehouse is also good."
Sheila shook her head, "It's suitable for warehouses. And there are so many commercial areas, so it also requires a large area of land to make warehouses. I don't want to compete with them. The place I like is not too far from the warehouse, and is separated from the area you mentioned. Symmetry is the most suitable layout."
Since Sheila paid the money, the people of the Leo family didn't want to persist. He and Sheila decided about the roughly and said goodbye. Sheila sat alone on the sofa, only felt her heart beating very quickly. Part of it was worried about the ability of the Senate, part of it was worried about the loyalty of the Leo family, and more of it was worried about the unknown. Her family has not been rich, and she has only gotten a house until now. But Sheila will be rich and very rich in the future. This wealth makes Sheila, who has never been rich, very uneasy.
When faced with uneasiness, some people would be nervous, and some would be excited. Master Keiji Matsuoka only felt fear and uneasiness that made him excited. The Ashikaga army opposite sent their elite troops, and the number of Kamakura Shogun troops here was only one-third of the other. Last night, Master Matsuoka ate half a beggar chicken, and this morning he ate the remaining half. The hot beggar chicken was soft and smooth, with a strong aroma. The chicken overnight tasted a little strong, but the aroma was very restrained, and it became deep and rich. The semi-solidified gravy was particularly salty. It was dipped in steamed buns and stuffed into his mouth. It was really salty and fragrant.
After eating such delicious food, Matsuoka feels that he needs to vent his energy and make his stomach feel hungry and truly hungry. In this way, he can feel the deliciousness of meat more sensitively.
According to the Japanese nobles, the war begins with a 'one cavalry' and the generals of both sides must first cut the enemy. He walked forward with a battle axe in his hand, and Lord Matsuoka shouted loudly: "The general on the opposite side should come out and die!"
There was almost the same scene before the 'Yiqi Cha'. A samurai in vermilion armor walked out from the opposite side. He held a samurai sword and pointed at Keiji Matsuoka and shouted: "Who is here? I understand. I won't kill the nameless ghost under my sword!"
"I am Kamakura Matsuoka.com.com is the general name!"
"I am the Chinese treasure Qianye." This China does not refer to China, but to a region of Japan. Japan learned the term Kyushu from China, and named many place names of Japan according to the name of China. For example, the four countries are called "Yuzhou", which is compared with the "Yu" in Henan. China here means "the country of the central region".
"Okay, let's start the war." Matsuoka didn't want to remember the other party's name, so he strode forward.
Baotou Qianye also quickly stepped forward and slashed over with his sword. Matsuoka did not dodge or dodge, and waved the battle axe toward Baotou Qianye's head. The treasure knife was swung halfway through, and Matsuoka on the opposite side really didn't mean to dodge. The axe was really chopped over, and if this continued, they would die together.
Unexpectedly, the other party was so brave. Baotiao could only use his waist force to change the angle between the two. With a slap, Baotiao's knife slashed on Matsuoka's armor. After 0:1 second, with a puff, the battle axe that cut towards Baotiao's head deeply penetrated into Baotiao's neck.
Before the knife was broken, Matsuoka raised his hand to pull out the battle axe. Blood splattered out. Matsuoka went down the battle axe again, and the treasure trotter's head was chopped off. Matsuoka shouted loudly: "Enemma is ashamed! I'll take off her clothes!"
The Kamakura army behind Matsuoka shouted in unison, "Hehe!" and then raised their weapons to fight towards the Ashigaki army. The Ashigaki army tried to fight back weakly, and then was killed by the Kamakura army wearing steel armor and holding a battle axe and fled in all directions.
At about the same time, another Ashikaga army was defeated by the Kamakura army led by Hirosu Asai. The news reached the base camp of the Ashikaga family, and the Ashikaga family felt fear. The situation that was once evenly matched was at this time because the Kamakura army equipped with steel armor and tomahawks, the changes in the Ashikaga family were unfavorable. Both Ashikaga families sent elite samurai and elite soldiers, and were completely defeated by the small number of Kamakura Shogunate troops. If this continues, the Kamakura Shogunate can use their army more effectively.
In such a bleak cloud, the Ashikaga family's counselor saluted and said, "Your Excellency, Inichiro is in Shikoku. His wife is from the Ashikaga family."
"The Four Kingdoms Army has cooperated with the Kamakura Shogunate!" Someone immediately objected.
The strategist was not convinced by this reason, and he continued, "Even so, I don't believe that Mr. Inichiro will forget the hatred of the Anda family. Lord, he helped us kill the generals of the Kamakura Shogunate. Now I try to ask Mr. Inichiro for help, at most, Mr. Inichiro refused to agree. If he is willing to help, we can turn over from such a situation."
Japan was not big, and the Ashikaga also controlled the territory leading to the Seto Inland Sea. The envoy easily got on the ship. Just when the envoy thought it could easily reach Shikoku Island, a brig appeared in front, about seven or eight times larger than the envoy's sloop. The ship with the Shikoku military flag was similar to that of the Song Dynasty. The brig was shattering waves and blocking the boat. A guy holding a trumpet on the bow of the boat was like a bell, shouting to the boat below: "The ship in front stopped immediately for inspection!"
The messenger ordered the boatman to turn around and escape, but as the speed of the big ship was far higher than that of his own boat, the boatman just refused to obey the order. Not long after, the boatman put down the boat and leaned over. The messenger lamented in his heart that if he fell into the hands of the Four Kingdoms Army, he would have a good idea? They were the Yiyu navy, a real pirate.
More than half an hour later, the patrol ship of the Four Kingdoms Army took back the boat and returned to Shiguo Island. The messenger sat in the cabin like earth. He regretted that he was going to visit relatives in the Four Kingdoms, and he also deeply hated the boatman so bored. He immediately confessed the messenger. Not only that, the boatman also handed the gifts carried by the messenger to the Four Kingdoms Army. The Four Kingdoms Army searched the boat again, and then left the boat with the messenger and the gifts.
Chapter completed!