"Over the past few months, the Foreign Trade Department has only imported grain of 1.5 million tons of cattle and sheep into these areas, totaling more than 25,000 heads, and earned back 9.56 million pieces of silver. Up to now, the silver has been fully paid to the Governor’s Office for storage …"
I heard that Zhou Lao face directly with a satisfied smile to his deputy must way
"Well done … when I was four months old, I had almost twenty million taels of silver income … even if I removed all kinds of achievements, I had almost six million taels … At this rate of making money, I was almost twenty million taels away from the guarantee of the Standing Committee of the Old Standing Committee for a year …"
"Is there anything he can’t solve in the process of export?"
"Yes …" Zhou Lao just said, deputy director of the opening affirmation.
"The biggest problem is the sales of these grains and cattle and sheep … Although the demand in the Central Plains and North Zhili is very large, if we hoard the grain and cattle and sheep in our hands and flow into North Zhili and Central Plains, it will definitely have a great impact on the prices in these places."
"In this case, we can get as high profit as we expected. Not only that, but the grain bought back from the villagers will not only lose money, but also lose money because of the price drop in the Central Plains and North Zhili … We must find a market for him to ensure enough benefits …"
Zhou Lao, an old man experienced in shopping malls, knows very well that excessive demand can have a huge impact on prices. As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Lao’s smile was replaced by dignity.
After some meditation, he asked the front, "Does the Foreign Trade Department have any specific solutions? Of course, he has his own ideas, but he can also say it out and analyze it for you …"
Zhou Lao’s pair of eyes full of encouragement tentatively replied, "My Lord, there are some ideas here that I don’t know if they are feasible …"
"Looking at the need for food in the whole dynasty, it is necessary to ensure the interests of the Central Plains and the North Zhili. We must not input too much food in the two places. If we want to find his market, we can look for it from the outside …"
"Thinking about thinking about slaves, I think that Jin Mongolia is more than North Korea’s Japanese occupation, that is, we often say that the enemy …"
"Officer, no matter what state these countries are in with us, we can sell each other food and cattle and sheep at very high prices, because we are in urgent need of food and cattle and sheep and plunder as much wealth as possible from these countries …"
"In this way, the wealth of these countries will become less and less, and the war potential will become less and less, and the Shaanxi Governor’s Office can develop itself and increase its war potential by earning a lot of wealth from these countries …"
"The official also specially gave this kind of economic plunder a name, that is,’ economic war’ … to weaken the enemy’s strength and increase their own strength through economic war …"
It is definitely a very new idea to earn money for the war, but Zhou Lao figured it out for the first time and recognized it.
But such a big thing is obviously not for him to make a decision as a deputy prime minister.
Zhou Lao directly replied with the appreciation of the Ministry, "Your idea is very good. The general manager once told me some ideas and ideas, which just happened to coincide with each other. The official decided to take you to see the general manager, hoping that you can strive for the opportunity to perform in front of this general manager."
Zhou Lao didn’t say anything wrong. As soon as the Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Department said his thoughts, Wei Zheng looked at him and showed a look of sit up and take notice.
Then I didn’t want to answer this question called Xiang Lian, deputy director, "Your idea is very good, but it is still very difficult to implement it …"
"grain can indeed be exchanged for great wealth from these countries, but grain can also increase the strength of the other side to a certain extent. Only grain and cattle, sheep and horses can not achieve the ultimate goal you mentioned except for returning huge wealth to Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces."
Seeing the thoughtful expression on the other side’s face, Wei Zheng went on to say, "But if we sell each other food, cattle, sheep and some accessories at the same time, it is very likely that your goal of weakening the other side’s war potential through economic means will be realized."
The fact that we can think of economic war, a thing that came into being hundreds of years later, shows that Xiang Lian, deputy director of the foreign trade department, is a very intelligent person.
As soon as Wei Zheng’s words were finished, they were shot from Xiang Lian’s eyes.
Looking forward to Wei Zheng, he asked, "You mean to sell our unique glass mirror refined salt to these countries by the way …"
Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed, "We sell not only refined salt and glass mirrors to the imperial court and the late Jin Dynasty … all things that are unlikely to pose a threat to us can be sold to these countries."
"Do you think about glass mirrors, refined salt and flintlock muskets? Only rich people or nobles in these countries can afford things. Handsome can be sure that we will send these things to these countries, which will definitely make the nobles and rich people in these countries crazy …"
"In handsome eyes, the crazier and more fascinated they are with these things, the more money we may earn from them, and these countries just exchange countless wealth for a bunch of things that are good for their personal enjoyment but almost nothing for their country …"
At this time, the expression of practicing face can already be shaped by the word "excited"
Yes, it’s exciting … I’m excited that my ideas have been approved by the guard, and I’m excited that the guard has given me as many ideas as possible to make up for my shortcomings …
At this moment, Zhou Lao spoke, "The idea of’ economic war’ can be implemented to the deputy director of the guard after I have perfected it …"
"I believe that this’ economic war’ will help these countries that have been attacked by the’ economic war’ in a few years, and they will collapse because of the massive looting of national wealth. In this case, our tiger and leopard army can destroy these countries without moving too many troops …"
"Not only that, but I also think that this kind of’ economic war’ can not only be aimed at the post-Jin Mongolia, Japan, Korea … these hostile countries, we can also point the finger at the court appropriately."
"Every time the court calculated us, we fought back. This time, let the court taste the calculated taste and let them taste the power of this’ economic war’ …"
"Finally, I have an idea … this idea of’ economic war’ is to come out to the deputy director and add to the fact that the deputy director is young and I can’t manage so many things at my age. I want to ask the guard for approval to let me go to the post of director of foreign trade department later and let the deputy director take charge of the so-called’ economic war’."
"And I, the deputy prime minister in charge of the foreign trade department, will assist in some coordination work to ensure that the’ economic war’ can be carried out smoothly to achieve the expected goal …"
In the face of Zhou Lao’s discussion, he also had a face of excitement and finally reacted from the excitement.
But before this discussion, I was shocked again, and I didn’t respond for a long time.
But his pair of eyes shot out two hot eyes, but at this moment he betrayed his mad man’s desire for the director of foreign trade department
Wei Zheng’s face did not show any dissatisfaction with this idea.
Wei Zheng, a soldier of later generations, believes in one sentence very much, that is,’ a soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier’
If this sentence is put here, it means’ an official who doesn’t want to be a big official is not a good official’
The two pairs of eyes staring at Wei Zheng at the same time, without thinking, affirmed
"But Zhou Lao suggested that Shuai agreed … Shuai Ma suggested that a standing committee be convened to instruct the director of the foreign trade department to carry out this so-called’ economic war’."
Chapter five hundred and twenty-nine Day trip
At present, although there is no real navy in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, a large-scale fleet with more than 200 merchant ships and warships has been established only a few months after the support of a large amount of silver.
At this moment, in addition to 50 ships to ensure the waterway transportation between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula, there are 115 large ships left to sail together.
A large fleet of ships has just been ordered by the director of the foreign trade department and organized for the first time such a large fleet to sail to practice. I am seriously thinking about all kinds of mistakes that may occur during this trip with a full face.
Because such a large-scale fleet leaves the Dynasty, it is very likely that one careless move will lead to the collapse of the entire fleet, and all kinds of materials worth millions of silver will be wasted.
At this time, the deputy director of the foreign trade department who is really responsible for this voyage is also pulling up to practice. Ou Xiao, the old department, strode to the front of the practice with a serious and hot complex expression and reported
"Adults have a total of 100,000 loads of grain, 50,000 loads of refined salt and 5,000 rods for export. One thousand glass mirrors of different sizes are responsible for protecting the whole fleet. A total of 1,500 soldiers of a butch army musket regiment have boarded the ship and are ready to March to Japan at any time …"
Hearing this, Xiang Lian’s face was full of seriousness, and finally a smile appeared.
When a firm expression emerges to the face, Ou Xiao orders directly to the front.
"Then let’s go … don’t forget that the official gave you an account of these materials in exchange for as much wealth as possible. If possible, the official hopes to come back and the fleet will see that we are in urgent need of all kinds of brass and sulfur …"