Daming Military Empire

Chapter 365 Control Currency
The purpose of Zhu Cijiong calling everyone to a meeting is to allow everyone to communicate with each other, cooperate with each other, twist into a rope, and work together to develop together. Now that Xu Erjue has taken a good lead, it is natural to praise him as an encouragement.

He praised without hesitation: "Er Jue said very well, this spirit of mutual cooperation is exactly what I want, and everyone should learn from him."

One sentence can win the Emperor's favor!How could this opportunity be missed? What is the most important thing this year?It doesn't depend on how capable you are, nor how good your family background is, nor how much money you have, the most important thing is how the emperor sees you.

If the emperor takes a fancy to you, no matter how poor you are, no matter how poor you are, you will be able to flourish; if the emperor doesn't like you, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how background you have, no matter how rich you are, you will die immediately!

No, just as Zhu Cijiong finished speaking, Sun Zhihang immediately said: "Your Majesty, why don't you hand over all the gold and silver earned by the Daming Royal Machinery Industry Group to the Daming Royal Nikko Bank and exchange it for Chongzheng Tongbao? Daming Royal Machinery Industry Group also tries to use Chongzheng Tongbao!"

Zhu Cijiong nodded in relief and said, "Yes, yes, yes."

Now Zheng Chenggong was in a daze. He was just reporting on behalf of his father, Zheng Zhilong. He really didn't understand business matters, so what should he do?

He gritted his teeth and imitated Sun Zhihang's tone and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you hand over all the gold and silver earned by Daming Royal Western Trading to Daming Royal Nikko Bank and exchange it for Chongzheng Tongbao? Try to use Chongzheng Tongbao!"

Zhu Cijiong nodded gratified again and said, "Well, that's good, it's a little troublesome for everyone, but the business of Daming Royal Nikko Bank can double and grow, and this is the benefit brought by the cooperation. However, you also have to distinguish the occasions. You can use Chongzheng Tongbao as much as possible in Daming and the vassal states of Daming, but in other places, especially in Europe, you can only recommend customers to use Chongzheng Tongbao. Otherwise, the impact on business will be great. This scale You have to take care of it."

Everyone nodded in agreement, expressing their understanding. Zhu Cijiong continued: "The performance report and work discussion of Daming Royal Nikko Bank have been completed, and the next step is the issue of future development. Taihe, do you have any plans?"

Luo Yangxing nodded and said: "Returning to the emperor, I feel that we should focus on developing in the direction of Nanyang in the future. Now the Daming Royal Bank is selecting sites in Nichinan, Jiaozhi, Annan, Siam, Donghu, Champa and other places, and is preparing to build a new branch. Twenty or so, to develop the exchange and lending business over there."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, yes, but this can only be regarded as a short-term goal. When it comes to development, we must have a long-term vision. It is not enough to have short-term goals. There must also be medium-term goals, long-term goals and even the ultimate goal. For example, the Royal Day of Ming Dynasty For the development of Xingxing Bank, I think the mid-term goal should be to improve the outlets. Now the semicolons are far from enough. We need to expand vigorously. The number of county governments in Daming is more than [-]. The number of branch offices of Daming Royal Nikko Bank must reach at least [-]. More than one!"

This is not an astonishing move, because the Da Ming Ri Xing Long Company expanded in this way at the beginning, but the Daming Royal Nik Ko Bank was established not long ago and has not yet developed. Luo Yangxing nodded understandingly when he heard the words, this goal is not very difficult Achievement is nothing more than spending more money and recruiting more people.

Zhu Cijiong stopped to take a sip of tea, and continued to guide: "As for the long-term goal, I have mentioned it before, that is to control the circulation of currencies in various countries and let them all use Chongzheng Tongbao. It is difficult to achieve, and it will be difficult for other countries. This needs to be pondered by everyone, and I will not discuss it today. Speaking of the ultimate goal, let me ask you a question first. What is the use of controlling the circulation of currencies in various countries? Say it."

The role of controlling currency in circulation can actually be seen on the surface, so everyone has the answer soon.

Xu Erjue replied first: "It will be convenient to do business this way, we use Daming's Chongzheng Tongbao everywhere, and we don't have to bother to discuss the price of goods when we do business with others, and we can just pay Daming's price directly. "

At that time, there was no international currency, and it was very troublesome for merchants in different countries to do business, because the price of goods was not easy to determine. Even if gold and silver were also used, the value of gold and silver was different in each country, like countries rich in gold and silver. , One tael of silver may not be worth half a liter of rice. In countries rich in rice, one tael of silver may be worth two or three shi of rice. This pricing standard is different, and the transaction of goods can be imagined.

The convenience of doing business is just an appearance, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but reminded: "Er Jue is right, but the convenience of doing business is not the point, the latter sentence is the point at the price of Daming, you think about this world every day How many goods are being traded, and how amazing the total value of each item is, if the price of the transaction is set by Daming, the profit in the middle is astonishing!"

The profit of doing business in this era comes from buying low and selling high. People don't understand that setting a price can also generate profit, so everyone looked at the emperor blankly, not knowing what he meant by this.

In fact, this is very popular in later generations, that is, speculation in futures. For a while, the whole world went crazy, frying gold, frying oil, frying rice, frying wheat, even frying garlic and pork. Well, we are not talking about frying and eating. Ah, this stir-fry means to stir-fry the price.

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone looked stupid and didn't understand, so he had to give an example: "For example, rice, the price you buy and sell is relatively fixed, right?"

This Xu Erjue is the clearest. He nodded and said: "Now the price of buying rice from Jiangnan provinces and Liaodong is about eight yuan a stone, and selling it in other places is one or two stones."

Zhu Cijiong asked: "How much is the profit?"

Xu Erjue said embarrassingly: "Actually, there is no profit. It would be good to earn half a penny for a stone of rice. If it weren't for the trains in all parts of Daming, this business would really be impossible. But it is also because The price of rice is so low when there are trains in all places. It turns out that when there was no train, the price of rice in Northwest and other places was about one or two half. When there is a drought, the price doubles. It is rumored that some places have risen to Five taels a stone."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, the transportation is convenient, and the prices of various commodities will be stable, but the total sales volume will increase accordingly."

Xu Erjue clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise, that is indeed the case. It turns out that the transportation of rice is troublesome and the price is unstable. Except for rice producing areas such as Jiangnan and Liaodong, there are not many people who use rice as a staple food in other places. Like Rixinglong when it was first established Er, the annual sales volume of rice is only about 500 million taels, but now the Daming Royal Xinglong Company sells 3000 million taels of rice a year. Although the profit is not high, it can earn more than 100 million taels a year."

Zhu Cijiong asked: "Are there any other companies in the rice business?"

Xu Erjue thought for a while, and replied: "Back to the emperor, there must be some, but they don't have a lot of money. If they add up to 1000 million stones a year, it will be good."

Zhu Cijiong guided again: "The Ming Royal Xinglong Company will book all the rice that can be sold by merchants in rice producing areas such as Jiangnan and Liaodong in the coming year. Can it be done?"

Xu Erjue nodded and said: "This is no problem."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "In this way, only Daming Royal Xinglong will sell new rice in the coming year. If you raise the price of new rice to one tael, one yuan and one stone, will it have a big impact on sales?"

Xu Erjue thought for a while, and said with certainty: "The impact should not be great. People who are used to rice as their staple food will not stop eating rice because of such a small amount of money."

Zhu Cijiong said proudly: "Then the profit of this rice has tripled, and can you make nearly 300 million taels more by selling rice a year?"

When everyone heard the words, they suddenly realized, and praised the emperor's wisdom one after another, and there was a tendency to flatter him all of a sudden.

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly raised his hand to suppress it, and said seriously: "Actually, this is a monopoly plus malicious hype. I don't advocate this kind of behavior, at least in the Ming Dynasty, I don't want you to do it. I just give you an example to let you understand the power of pricing. The profits brought. If Daming controls the currency circulation, you just need to operate a little bit, it is not difficult for the price of a single commodity to increase by [-]% to [-]%, which is pure profit. Think about how many kinds of goods there are in the world. How much profit can be made in this way, and how much profit is there?"

When everyone heard the words, they fell into deep thought, and everyone's eyes lit up from time to time. A group of big speculators who turned their hands into clouds and rain in the world market were born in this way!
(End of this chapter)