.When they woke up early the next morning, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai both found that there was a black circle on each other's eyes, and they couldn't help but look at each other and smiled bitterly. Zheng Cai spoke first: "Uncle Second, have you not had a good sleep?"

"Aren't you that either?"

"Second uncle, my nephew thought about it all night last night. If my uncle really wants to come to Nanjing, I think my second uncle would better find an excuse to leave first."

Zheng Hongkui shook his head: "I thought that if the emperor really wanted to deal with the Zheng family, it would not change just because I left. Instead, it would be possible to put my brother in a more dangerous situation. To leave, it would also be to let Sen'er leave."

Zheng Cai wanted to persuade him, but Zheng Hongkui had called two confidants and took out a letter written overnight and handed it to one person: "Tell the letter to the master as quickly as possible immediately, and there must be no delay on the road."

Seeing Zheng Hongkui's solemn appearance, the two confidants knew that the letter must be very small. After receiving it, the confidant patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, second master, if it is fast, it will be five days, and if it is slow, it will be seven days, the villain will definitely deliver the letter."

From Nanjing to Fuzhou, there are at least 3,000 miles of sea routes and more than 2,000 miles of land routes. Even if you arrive in seven days, you will have to travel more than 300 miles a day. The emperor gave him a month. After receiving the letter, his brother had more than 20 days to prepare. It would be considered calm to arrive in Nanjing. Zheng Hongkui nodded: "Go, go."

The two confidants bowed and turned around. After a while, the sound of horse hooves came, and two fast horses left Jinglubo Mansion and gradually disappeared at the end of the street.

In the palace, an Jinyiwei was kneeling down to report to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there was nothing unusual in Jinglubo's mansion last night. Today, two Jinglubo's personal soldiers rode a fast horse and left Jinglubo's mansion. They were probably the ones who sent the letter."

Let him go if you believe in it. During this period, Jing Lubo and Zheng Cai must be ordered to see that he mainly interacts with those ministers. They must remember them one by one.

I obey the order.”

Tian Cheng tiptoed to Wang Fu: "Emperor, Minister of Revenue, Lord Xiong Rulin, asked for a meeting."

Wang Fu waved to the Jinyiwei and said, "You go down."

After waiting for the Jinyiwei to go down, Wang Fu said: "Cross!"

Cheng Chong went down gently. After a while, Xiong Rulin walked into the hall. Behind him was a young man in his thirties, holding a red silk tray covered with the ground.

"My memory Xiong Rulin pays homage to the emperor. Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"Get up. Xiong Aiqing came to the palace today to see me. I guess the matter of the bank mentioned last time has been almost done." Wang Fu asked with a smile.

Xiong Rulin stood up and said, "Go back to the emperor, that's exactly what it is. Today, I have brought the gold and silver coins that have been fixed. As long as the emperor agrees, they can be cast immediately."

After being appointed as the Left Minister, less than a year, the Left Minister was promoted to the Minister of the Shangshu. The three people who were promoted from the Donglin Party members to force the palace to retire collectively were undoubtedly the emperor's absolute confidants. All Wang Fu was relieved to entrust Xiong Rulin to handle the matter. Now Xiong Rulin has indeed lived up to his expectations. Without any news, he has already set the gold and silver coins and made samples.

"Come on."

Tian Cheng took the tray from the young man and sent it to Wang Fu. Wang Fu lifted the red silk on it, and the pallet was shining with golden light. There were dozens of gold coins on one side and dozens of silver coins on the other side. Wang Fu first picked up a silver coin, which was round. There were two big characters written on the front, and the back was the first year of Hongguang. There were patterns in the middle, and there were round grooves engraved with gears on the edge to prevent anyone from scraping.

Putting down the silver coins, Wang Fu took the gold coins. The ground of the gold coins was smaller than that of the silver coins, and the weight was about 70% of that of the silver coins. The back of it was still the four words "Hongguang First Year", but there was no word "one round" on the front, but a pattern of a mountain. There was also a tangled river below the peak. This pattern represented the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the font or the image, it is vigorous and lifelike. Wang Fu smiled: "Very good, the font is good, and the painting is good. Who is doing this?"

"Returning to the emperor, it is the clumsy pen of the empress."

Wang Fu looked at Xiong Rulin in surprise, but he didn't expect that he would like to call the Minister of Revenue to be both good at calligraphy and painting. With this trick, even if he didn't become an official, he would not be without food.

If you are sure, just do this. The first issue is 500,000 silver coins and 50,000 gold coins. How long does it take to complete?"

"Back to the emperor, these gold and silver coins can be directly pressed by machines. The manufacturing speed is very fast and can be completely made in just one month. If the emperor wants to hurry, he can also draw the hydraulic press from the Military Bureau to produce it, which can produce 100,000 pieces per day.

If you produce 100,000 pieces a day, if you rely on handcraft, you don’t know how much manpower it will take. Wang Fu suddenly remembered that more than a hundred years will be the era of vigorous industrial revolution. If you can live for another thirty or fifty years, this industrial revolution is likely to happen first in the East and will be led by yourself.

"No need, then just one month. During this period, the matter of coin must be kept strictly confidential." A month later, it was also revealed whether Zheng Zhilong would obey orders and come to Nanjing. If Zheng Zhilong was really brave, he would definitely lead the Yulin Guard to wipe out the power of Zheng Zhilong in Fujian. At that time, the matter of currency found would have to be temporarily suspended.

I obey the order.”

"By the way, Xiong Aiqing, how is the bank's charter drawn up?"

"When I go back to the emperor, I am about to recommend someone to the emperor. This person has a deeper understanding of the bank than I am."

Such a person." Wang Fu looked at the young man beside Xiong Rulin. He just came in with a tray containing gold and silver coins. Could it be this person?

"Fan Yue, don't you pay homage to the emperor yet

"The villain pays homage to the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"Emperor, Fan Yue is still from Fuzhou. He has followed his father to Southeast Asia since he was a child. He has traveled to various countries of Obarro and is proficient in foreign languages. I heard that Obarro had already opened a bank. Fan Yue had dealt with it and was consistent with the content of the local bank mentioned by the emperor. I was so brave to recommend Fan Yue to the emperor." Xiong Rulin introduced on behalf of Fan Yue.

"Are you proficient in many foreign languages?"

"Back to the emperor, that's exactly."

"You know the bank of Obarro. Then tell me, what can the bank of Obarro are doing now?"

"Return to the emperor, Lord Xiong has already shown the details of the emperor's bank establishment to the villain. The Obaro bank is far less than the emperor's functions. The emperor's idea of ​​banking is extremely genius. If it becomes a short time, it can gather wealth and goods in the world for use. The villain believes that if the bank can really operate as the emperor imagines, the annual benefits will probably far exceed the taxes of the Ming Dynasty." Fan Yue said, his eyes suddenly became eager.

Of course, Wang Fu knew that the bank's profit was huge. At the moment, the Ming Dynasty was rich in the people and the country was poor. To be precise, officials and gentry were rich, and the court and the people were poor. Li Zicheng went to Beijing for less than a month and could squeeze out more than 70 million taels of silver in the capital alone, ten times the taxes in the Southern Ming Dynasty. If we were to use the deposits of the private national bank, it would be as high as hundreds of millions of taels, even if we attracted half of the money to the bank. The court could reap huge profits by relying solely on interest rate spreads and water collection, not to mention that the bank's land management was far less than two.

"Tell me about Obarro."

Strictly speaking, the bank of Obaro is not very different from the bank of our dynasty. However, these banks mostly do business with the government. They lend to the government, and the government returns it with taxes every year. They also lend to merchants, which are generally limited to large merchants. However, the difference between the bank of Obaro and the bank of our dynasty is that if someone saves money, they need to pay a storage fee. Not only does Obaro not charge fees, they also give depositors certain profits."

“That’s all.”

Wang Fu had a faint disappointment in his tone. Did the European Bank look very good at this time? There was only one deposit and loan business, and the Ming Dynasty's money house also used usury, but they all rely on their own funds to operate and do not absorb deposits. However, it was precisely this difference in vision that the money house was destined to be unable to grow bigger and could only be opened locally. No one has the ability to open the money house all over the world, because no one could take out so much local capital. Only when the later appearance of the bill number would break the boundaries of the region.

Wang Fu became excited again. With his advanced vision for hundreds of years, the Ministry of Revenue Bank of the Ming Dynasty may be able to go abroad in the future, open up business all over the world, and use the money of Westerners to make money from Westerners.

"When I go back to the emperor, the Obaro Bank is too simple compared to the emperor's ideas. However, with the emperor's suggestions, it only takes a month for the villain to improve the bank's constitution. The villain is willing to devote himself to the emperor and establish this bank so that he can truly control the wealth of the world." Fan Yuedi's eyes were filled with fanaticism.

Although I am so confident, I will ask you to help Xiong Aiqing deal with this. Do you have fame and fortune?"

Fan Yue's face was a little dark: "Go back to the emperor, I am a white man." He followed his father to Southeast Asia since he was a child, so he had no time to participate in the imperial examination.

"It's okay, I give you the same Jinshi as a member of the Ministry of Revenue and temporarily serve as the Central Office of the Ministry of Revenue. If you can improve the bank's charter in one month, I will order you to be the first president of the Ministry of Revenue Bank."

"Thank you for your kindness." Fan Yue's face turned red with excitement. If he could be the first president of the Ministry of Revenue, he would not change his minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It is conceivable that if the bank could continue to operate as expected, he would be the God of Wealth in the Ming Dynasty in the future and would definitely leave his name.

"However, if you mess up the bank, I will never let it go." Seeing Fan Yue so excited, Wang Fu warned.

"Don't worry, if there is any mistake, please ask the emperor to chop off the head of the minister. The minister will never complain."

Wang Fu nodded, stretched his head, Xiong Rulin understood it, and quickly pulled Fan Yue to kneel down: "I'm going to leave."

Go."

Looking at Xiong Rulin and Fan Yue’s backs as they went down, Wang Fu murmured to himself: “January, January.”
Chapter completed!