Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 675 Coins and Population

  A few days later

  Changchun Garden, Assembly Hall.

  Li Fushou and the courtiers are discussing matters. He is in the top position. The royal court officials are sitting in the left and right columns and are discussing the most important currency issuance matters.

  In front of Li Fushou, a large piece of red sandalwood wood carved with gold and jade inlaid on a large desk, there are several exquisitely crafted coins, one gold coin, one silver coin and 6 copper coins.

The front patterns on the gold and silver coins are the shining image of King Li Fushou. The gold coins are wearing the crown and the image of the royal uniform. The silver coins are wearing the uniform of the generals without a military cap. The back of the coin is the royal family. badge.

  The face value of copper coins is 1 jiao, 2 jiaos, 5 jiaos, 1 minute, 2 minutes, and 5 minutes, totaling 6 types.

  Neither gold coins nor silver coins have numbers. A gold coin represents a gold circle, and a silver coin represents a silver circle. The value of a gold circle is equivalent to 10 silver circles. The value of a silver dollar = 10 jiao = 100 cents.

after careful consideration;

  The distribution of gold ocean, silver ocean, and copper ocean issued by the Great Ocean Kingdom is reasonable. A gold circle contains 3.585 grams of gold, and a gold circle=10 silver circle=100 copper angle=1000 copper points.

The value of a gold circle is slightly higher than a German gold mark, and the value of cheap items is more clearly and accurately. The unit of 1/4 penny and 1/3 penny is not often used, and the coin is also relatively small. It won't look too heavy in a purse.

In today’s world, European and American powers basically determine their currency value based on the price of gold. The value of gold is much more stable than that of other countries’ paper money and silver coins, and gold itself has a very high value. Therefore, such a monetary system is very stable without inflation and deflation. The worry is the best option at the moment.

  What role does Jinyang of the Great Ocean Kingdom play in the world currency system?

  Let's take a look at the gold content of coins in various countries;

  1 pound = 7.32238 grams of gold = 20 silver shillings = 240 copper pence

  1 franc = 0.2903225 grams of gold

  1 U.S. dollar=1.50463 grams of gold

  1 German gold mark=10 German mark=3.58425 grams of gold

  1 gold circle=10 silver circle=100 angles=1000 points=3.585 grams of gold

  1 ruble=0.774234 grams of gold

  1 yen = 0.75 grams of gold

  1 Spanish peso = 0.507816 grams of gold

  1 Couping two silvers = 37.3 grams = (the ratio of gold to silver at the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895) 1.865 grams of gold = (the ratio of gold to silver after 1900 is 1:35) 1.065 grams of gold

  Then the above figures are rounded, the conversion ratio is;

  1 British pound = 25 francs = 5 U.S. dollars = 2 German gold marks = 20 German marks = 2 gold rounds = 20 silver dollars = 9 rubles = 10 yen = 14 pesos

  It can be seen from the above conversion ratio that the value of 1 gold circle in the Ocean Kingdom is equivalent to 1 German gold mark, and the value of 1 silver circle is equivalent to 1 German mark, which is basically equivalent to German currency.

  One silver dollar is worth one silver shilling, one silver dollar is worth 25 cents, one silver dollar is worth 0.5 yen, and billion silver dollars is worth 0.45 rupees.

  Through such a ratio exchange, the most used silver dollar can be exchanged with the silver shilling 1:1, taking into account the current pound usage habits, greatly facilitating the promotion and use of the people, and the value is not inferior.

This is because the Ocean Kingdom was originally a country rich in gold. The resources of gold and copper mines are extremely rich, which guarantees the stability of the currency issued by the Ocean Kingdom. The slightly lacking is that the silver mine reserves are small, but this does not affect the overall situation. .

  Then why not use silver as the unit of valuation?

Compared with gold, the price of silver fluctuates quite drastically. Calculated at the constant value of one pound, before 1894, one pound could be exchanged for 4 taels of silver, and six years later, with the continuous supply of world-class Mexican silver mines The price of silver has greatly depreciated. In 1900, 1 pound can be exchanged for seven taels of silver, which has depreciated by 65%.

In the early and mid-Qing dynasties, the price of silver exchanged for the pound sterling fluctuated considerably. If only the closed economy of the Manchu and Qing dynasties was not a problem, it would cause huge exchange losses in the open international ocean trade. Stable economic development is a major injury.

"I think these coins are beautifully rolled and the price comparison is more reasonable. This is the final coin issuance plan after repeated discussions. I have already said a lot about the relevant pros and cons, and the discussions are very full. I think it can be passed and ordered. The Kingdom Reserve Bank supervises the issuance and formally replaces the pound sterling and the U.S. dollar circulating in the market."

  Li Fushou made a decision with a big wave of his hand, and there was a burst of warm applause in the hall.

This major currency issuance plan, which has been repeatedly brewed for more than three years, has finally been passed, indicating that Ocean Kingdom has taken a solid step in its independence. Since then, it no longer needs to pay seigniorage to the United Kingdom and can save up to more than 3 million pounds per year. tax.

  This also shows that the annual tax paid by the Ocean Kingdom has been slashed by half, from more than 6 million pounds to more than 3 million pounds. This is obviously not what the British Empire wants to see.

  However, the Ocean Kingdom today has enough confidence to say “no”.

  According to year-end statistics at the end of 1893;

  The population of the mainland and overseas states of the Ocean Kingdom continued to grow rapidly. It had reached a population of 27.41 million at the end of 1893. It is expected to exceed the 30 million mark by the end of this year. This is an extraordinary achievement.

This year

The total population of Songjiang City, where the industrial economy continues to grow at a high speed, has exceeded 1 million, with a population of 1.062 million, making it the third metropolis with a population of one million in the Ocean Kingdom, forming the Huangpu River Economic Belt with Songjiang City as the center. Strong growth momentum drives the sustainable development of surrounding cities.

  From a macro perspective

In Australia, the light and heavy industries in the secondary industry accounted for 62.1% of all economic components, the primary industry in agriculture and animal husbandry, plantation, and mining accounted for 23.2%, and cultural education, transportation and service industries accounted for 14.7%. Shows standard industrial economic characteristics.

Of course

  This is on the basis of not calculating the agricultural economic components of overseas provinces. It only lists the proportion of Australian domestic economic components, which is not broadly representative.

This is because in overseas provinces, agriculture and animal husbandry account for more than 80% to 90% of the economy, and the population of overseas provinces exceeds 12.3 million. If calculated together, it will reduce the proportion of the industrial economy of the Ocean Kingdom as a whole. From more than 60% to less than 30%, it was back to its original shape in one fell swoop.

  It shows that Ocean Kingdom has only entered the industrial economy with one foot, and the other foot and most of the body are outside. There is still a long way to go before entering the industrial society as a whole.

Among the total population of 27.41 million, the total population of Australia is 15.14 million, accounting for 55.5% of the population. Among them, the white race is about 1.1 million (about 600,000 in the two southern states, and about 400,000 in Queensland. In addition to the tens of thousands of white descendants in South Australia and Western Australia), the East Indies and Aboriginal populations are less than 50,000, and the other 14 million are Chinese, which is 13 times the total population of other ethnic groups. Social mainstream nation.

  I believe that through ethnic integration and intermarriage, coupled with continuous immigration to Australia, the proportion of the mainstream Chinese population will increase rapidly.

  In overseas provinces

Among the total population of 12.3 million, there are more than 800,000 African indigenous blacks, more than 100,000 whites (mainly descendants of Portuguese), and more than 60,000 East Indies indigenous people. Among them, Mozambique’s indigenous blacks have increased from more than 1.3 million. After more than 10 years of high-intensity infrastructure construction and labor export, now there are only more than 570,000 people left.

  There are still about 220,000 indigenous black nomadic tribes in Somalia, which has been reduced by half compared to more than 10 years ago. Most of them live in oasis near Mogadishu.

  On this issue

   Wu Mozhou, Earl of Fuyuan, who has been in charge of the African chief executive for many years, used **** and cruel methods to resolutely implement the kingdom’s immigration policy. The indigenous African population could only leave and not enter. Offenders went directly to the gallows and confiscated all their property.

  In the African colonies, there are always some Chinese immigrants who are greedy for the cheap prices of black indigenous slaves. They try to smuggle, buy, sell, hide, hide, and conceal the indigenous black slaves in order to obtain huge profits.

  For this reason, the Mozambican garrison headquarters hangs thousands of people every year, and all involved, regardless of their position or status, are all on the gallows, without exception.

  Ocean Kingdom adopted a zero-tolerance policy against the smuggling, trafficking and use of black indigenous slaves, and frequently used heavy blows, and finally severely stopped this unhealthy trend.

  The so-called lack of human heart.

In Mozambique and Somalia, the local black indigenous people are often extremely cheap slave laborers. Although they are nominally contracted laborers, they are actually slaves without any rights. They must endure endless exploitation and oppression, as well as inhumane labor. press.

  In comparison, hiring Chinese workers is much more expensive.

  Currently, the 6-day-a-week, 10-hour work system implemented in Australia and the minimum work pay system make the labor cost of Mozambique, which is relatively backward in economy, significantly higher than the surrounding areas.

  Take ordinary Chinese workers as an example;

  The weekly salary in Mozambique must not be less than one silver shilling, which is one silver dollar, and the annual salary is almost two pounds.

  Take the lowest-paid plantation employees as an example. The weekly salary is generally around 1.3 to 1.5 silver dollars, and the annual salary is around three to four pounds ten shillings.

  This salary level is considered to be the lowest in the overseas states of the Ocean Kingdom. It is multiplied by 2 times in Somalia and Shangri-La, and 3 times in Australia. This is a significant regional difference.

  Many pasture or plantation employers often take risks in order to save this cost and try the law, but they end up confiscation of all their wealth. Everyone involved in the case will be put on the gallows without forgiveness or extrajudicial favors.

  To this kind of scum that got into the eyes of money, you can't be merciless at all.

Being able to act as an employer shows that you have made a lot of money and enjoyed the benefits of colonizing Africa, but you openly risked the kingdom’s prohibition and participated in the criminal activities of smuggling, trafficking and using slaves in order to earn more dirty benefits. Such a scum is really not a pity to die.

  Strictly control the use of black indigenous labor, strictly control the separation of black men and women, and strictly control the marriage of black women by Chinese immigrants, and other strict measures are the main reasons for the substantial decline in the local indigenous population. Obviously, strict control policies have achieved great results.

  The reproductive capacity of the black indigenous peoples is amazing, and freedom must not be allowed.

  If some Chinese immigrants with no lower limit are not afraid of strict control policies, I am afraid that many people are willing to marry local black women as their wives. In their simple understanding, it is better to have a woman than nothing, and they will never realize the harm.

  According to the local regulations formulated by the African Chief Executive;

For those who married with local black indigenous people, whether they are of Chinese descent or European white descent, they are regarded as black people. They are not allowed to enjoy preferential policies for Chinese descent, cannot live in residential areas of Chinese descent, engage in industrial and commercial activities, and are not allowed to own farms and shops. Waiting for property rights, you are not allowed to enter Chinese-American shops for consumption...

   Obviously, this discriminatory local policy violated the Ocean Kingdom’s attitude of welcoming immigrants. After relevant newspaper reports, it attracted the attention of King Li Fushou, and immediately ordered the prohibition of the continued implementation of this local law.

  Although local regulations can continue to be published in plain text, but with the insistence of Wu Mozhou, Earl of Fuyuan, the above-mentioned regulations have been implemented as unspoken rules tacitly, which greatly deterred those immigrants who were ready to move.

  Wu Mozhou clearly knows that Mozambique must not be tempted by immediate short-term interests. Mozambique must be built into a society composed entirely of Chinese and a small number of white people, and a stable mainstream social group can be formed in order to gain a firm foothold on this continent.

  Citi State did this, Tsarist Russia did the same (refer to Jiangdong 64tun), and the Ocean Kingdom did the same.

  It’s just that Ocean Kingdom’s methods are softer. It has never used killing as a means. Isn’t it good for large-scale labor export?

Mozambique not only exported labor to the German-owned Tanzania in the north, but also sent labor to South Africa, Zimbabwe, the French Reunion Island, and the British Mauritius in the south. The next step is to increase the delivery of labor to all the black indigenous populations on the site. Send away.

at the same time

The power of the Ocean Kingdom penetrated into the chaotic Kingdom of Madagascar. In the local wars and disasters, a large number of local light-skinned women were transported to Mozambique, which became a very popular bargaining chip, which greatly relieved the Chinese immigrants’ influence on women. Strong demand.

  In this case, the African chief executive can only open one eye and close one eye.

  Family formation is a process that must be experienced in the colonization of Africa. Only the family can stably take root, spread its branches, multiply its offspring, and form small members of a stable family in a harmonious society.

  The yin and yang are the ways of heaven!

  Those people in Somalia are rich and can import a large number of white women from Europe and Arabia to solve their marriage problems. Mozambique does not have that condition.

Looking around are the territories of Black Africa, and only the Kingdom of Madagascar on the other side of the Mozambique Strait. The local population has experienced the mixed blood of South Pacific and Arab immigrants, and is isolated outside the African continent. Its appearance and characteristics are roughly the same as those of South Asians. It seems that a lighter complexion can be used as the goal of a marriage.

  Now the eight immortals cross the sea in overseas provinces and states, each showing their magical powers.

Borneo has set its sights on importing female populations on Java. The residents of Australia and Shangri-La, which developed earlier, have more financial resources. Most of them target Chinese women from mainland China, and a small number of them are combined with white women, which can basically solve the imbalance of the male and female population. Marriage problems caused by.

  If there is a market, there is supply. In the feudal capitalist society opened by the Ocean Kingdom, there is no need for excessive intervention. The invisible hand of the market is adjusting the contradiction between supply and demand.

  (End of this chapter)