Alien King

Chapter 727 Income from the Royal Central Bank

At this time, Hu Fuzhen said again: "Returning to my lord, there was no problem in the capital. The venues of the passenger station and the freight station have been determined. I have already agreed to the demolition and relocation of some merchants. After the railway station and freight station are built, they can still enter the shops in the passenger station and freight station first at a lower price."

Hearing Hu Fuzhen's words, Ye Tian said: "Yes, it's reasonable to deal with it this way. Since we let people move away, after our passenger station and freight station are built in the future, we should naturally give priority to these merchants who have suffered losses."

Although he was praised by Ye Tian, ​​Hu Fuzhen didn't have any intention of being happy. Instead, his face darkened, and he continued to say: "My lord, but now there is a new problem."

Ye Tian was slightly taken aback, he knew in his heart that you would not push the project forward smoothly for me.

Putting down the tea bowl in his hand, Ye Tian said, "What new question?"

"Now, those merchants have united and collectively appealed to the Ministry of Commerce and Administration, saying that they are only given priority to settle in the shops of the passenger terminal and freight station, which is far from making up for the losses suffered due to the relocation. After several discussions, there is no result. In the end, these merchants had to pay 50 taels of silver per household. Otherwise, they would bring men, women and girls to obstruct the construction site. Just yesterday, there were nearly 30 people sitting in front of the large equipment of the engineering team. Let the engineering team enter." Hu Fuzhen said helplessly.

Ye Tian stared at Hu Fuzhen, and said, "That means, the passenger station and freight station on the capital side can't be built either?"

Hu Fuzhen and Duan Muli looked at each other, and they both said with embarrassment: "It's not that it can't be built, it's just that the Ministry of Taxation needs to add some money, otherwise, these merchants and troublemakers will be very difficult. Let the people from the Ministry of Punishment do it, it’s not legal, let it go, it will delay the project.”

This time, Ye Tian finally understood in his heart that the ministers of the Government Affairs Council thought that the money they had paid before was too low, and their own money was not enough, so they reported the demolition of households as a major event.

At the same time, Ye Tian was also very skeptical. Those merchants in the capital could say that some ordinary people in Jinling City could not earn 30 taels of silver in their entire life. .

Could it be that the administrative officials at all levels have already exploited the money paid by Baba layer by layer, and in the hands of these relocated households, they may not even have three taels of money.And the statement of 100 taels of silver was made by these officials and deliberately exaggerated.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian sighed softly in his heart. This is the root of corruption in ancient China. The entire administrative system does not have an effective supervision system.

The emperors of all dynasties have tried this. The Qin and Han censors, the Sui and Tang Dynasties had three provinces and six ministries, the Ming Dynasty had Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang, and the Qing Dynasty had the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but these supervisory agencies are essentially the emperor’s An accessory, exercising power on behalf of the emperor, is actually not very meaningful in terms of ensuring the fairness, openness and justice of the law.

In order to truly realize the principle of legal justice, a separate legal supervision system must be established, and vertical management is required to prevent outsiders from interfering and ensure judicial fairness.

But this kind of thing is not as simple as talking about it, it requires a very meticulous and thorough change from top to bottom.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian sighed, looked at Hu Fuzhen and Duan Muli, and said, "They all want money, right? Well, how much money is missing, the Ministry of Taxation will pay it together."

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Ji Yanwen raised his eyebrows, and said: "My lord, the Ministry of Taxation and Administration has already paid [-] million taels of silver, and there is really no way to get it out. The treasury cannot be completely empty. Things, the empire is in danger."

Ye Tian squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Yanwen sideways, knowing that this old trickster wanted to get some of the money from the treasury of the Royal Household Office to fill his own pocket.

But right now, the passenger station and freight station in Shangjingcheng and Jinlingcheng have to be coordinated by these ministers. Can't find it.

Scanning the three people again, Ye Tian thought bitterly: You three have made it clear that you have made an agreement, and you came to me to continue searching for silver, this time I will let you go first.However, coveting compensation money is nothing more than that. If some relocated households are beaten or injured, don't blame me for being merciless.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian nodded and said, "Okay, for the short silver taels, I'll ask Diani to pay in advance from the Royal Household Office. However, Lord Duan, the official road from Shangjing City to Jinling City must also start construction as soon as possible. I want to see this official road officially open to traffic before the Spring Festival."

Duan Muli was taken aback for a moment, but Ye Tian unexpectedly revealed the matter of the officialdom again, hesitating for a moment, Duan Muli turned hard, and said directly: "Xiaguan guarantees that traffic will be opened before the Spring Festival."

Ye Tian nodded, and said: "That's the matter. Tomorrow, you go to the Royal Mint to withdraw the bank notes. I will arrange with Dai Ni in advance."

Speaking of this, Ye Tian stared at the three ministers again, and continued: "I reiterate and emphasize that the emotions of the relocated households must be appeased. I will never forgive you."

The three of them were a little afraid to meet Ye Tian's gaze, they all lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, but nodded vigorously.

After watching Ji Yanwen and the others leave, Ye Tian thought again, he should go to the Royal Mint to have a look.What Ji Yanwen finally proposed was an additional project payment of [-] million taels of silver. Ye Tian didn't have any objection to this, but before that, Ye Tian had to ensure that the Royal Household Office could easily pay for this amount. money.

Previously, Ye Tian had been concentrating on weapon design and armament manufacturing, and later, together with Ouyang Ruochen, he proposed the plan of Xiangyanfang and the expansion of the Royal Chariots and Horses.But he has never paid attention to the operation of Dai Ni's Royal Central Bank.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian pouted and said to himself: "It's time to visit the Royal Central Bank."

Half an hour later, Ye Tian sat in a carriage and came to a solemn building not far from the Royal Mint.

Royal Central Bank, the six large characters are eye-catchingly presented above the gate of the building.

Inside the gate, people come in and out.But Ye Tian could tell that these people were clearly well-dressed and expensive, and they were officials if they were not rich.Obviously, the Royal Central Bank is now engaged in the business of depositing, withdrawing and exchanging large-value bank notes, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

As for deposits, withdrawals and remittances of small amounts, the Royal Central Bank has now set up semicolons in every street in the capital, and those semicolons can naturally undertake the remittance business of ordinary people.

Not only in the capital city, but the Royal Central Bank has started to have semi-colons in all counties, states, and counties. The capitals of each province have assumed the task of centralized exchange and reimbursement for each province. The entire Central Bank has initially followed Ye Tian's idea. A financial system with clear hierarchy and strict structure has been formed.

Seeing those people coming in and out, Ye Tian curled his lips, and after getting off the carriage, he ran into the backyard.

It happened that Dai Ni was in the office in the backyard, carefully checking the accounts from all over the place.Seeing Ye Tian walk in, Dai Ni's eyes lit up, she stood up quickly and greeted her.

Ye Tian came in front of Diani, and inadvertently glanced at the paper in Diani's hand, only to see that it was full of numbers, and Ye Tian felt a little dizzy after only one glance.

Stretching out his hand to wrap Dai Ni's shoulder, Ye Tian said with concern: "It's really hard work for you. If I have to face these densely packed numbers all day long, I will definitely go crazy."

Dai Ni smiled lightly, took Ye Tian into her seat and sat down, then made a pot of tea and said, "Why did you suddenly think of this place?"

Ye Tian smiled awkwardly, a little embarrassed to say it.

Dai Ni continued to smile and said, "Are you here to ask for money?"

Ye Tian was even more embarrassed, so he blushed, scratched his thumb at Dai Ni, and said, "Those who know me are Diani."

Dai Ni put the brewed tea on the table next to Ye Tian, ​​smiled slightly, and said: "Today, the Royal Central Bank has opened nearly [-] branches across the country, and there are ten branches in the capital alone. There are at least three capitals in every county and province."

Speaking of this, Diani paused for a while, and then continued: "From last month's report, the daily flow of banknotes in the Royal Central Bank reached 4000 million taels of silver, and the exchange amount is roughly 40% of the exchange rate. Calculated, the daily income of the whole country is about [-] taels of silver."

Hearing this number, Ye Tian stared, feeling a little surprised.

When checking the daily income of the Royal Carriage and Horse Shop with Ouyang Ruochen before, Ye Tian was very surprised by the daily income of 10 taels of silver.

Now the Royal Central Bank's daily income is 40 taels of silver, which shocked Ye Tian even more.I have never asked about Diani's affairs. I didn't expect that Diani, a genius, would rely on her own ability to develop a bank with no real estate into such a behemoth.

With a daily income of 40 taels, a monthly income of 1000 taels of silver, and an annual income of 4000 million taels of silver.

This is all pure profit.

After a while, Ye Tian calmed down the shock in his heart, looked at Dai Ni, and asked again: "Now, how much silver can you pull out here at most?"

Dai Ni thought for a while, and then said: "Before the Royal Trade Union has been manufacturing all kinds of weapons such as light prism tanks and ice armored chariots, so the expenditure is naturally higher. Recently, the project of the Royal Vehicle Factory will be launched. That's all. For one item, about 100 million taels of silver was invested. The income of the Royal Chariot and Horse Company has always been good, and has continued to rise steadily. The medicinal materials of the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau have now begun to be exported to the Western Continent, and they have also earned a lot of money. The small income. With the offsetting of the two, only the Royal Carriage and Horse Company and the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau can fully meet the production tasks of the Royal Trade Union. The income of the Royal Central Bank has hardly moved."

Speaking of this, Diani thought again, continued to look at Ye Tian and said: "My lord, I think the most important role of the Royal Central Bank is not how much profit it can make, but how much money it can make at any time. There are hundreds of millions of deposits of silver in the treasury."

(End of this chapter)