C1186 Feast of Bloody Wealth

The impact of the economic crisis on society was undoubtedly huge. Ordinary citizens were only concerned with food and wine, nothing more than a little bit of life in front of them. They couldn't see too far nor did they want to see too far.

Although everyone admired the Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea quite a bit, they couldn't compare to the difficulty of life.

What would she think when she saw the notice written in the soy sauce shop, "Will you accept the south ticket and only accept the silver?" How could he be angry when the same goods in the tea shop, current silver and paper money were two times more expensive than each other?

When the paper money was earned, it was at the price of one silver coin. However, when it was spent, it was only used as half of the silver coin. Half of the wealth was instantly devoured.

Letian Firm and all the shops there were under attack by the angry citizens. The rotten eggs got hit a lot, and in the end the bank employees did not dare to go out anymore. They did not even open their doors in broad daylight.

The high ranked officers of the Xiang Army and the officials of the Qing Dynasty also had a lot of money in their hands. They did not care about Xiao Letian's rules, and directly went to the head storekeeper of the Jiangnan branch to request for exchange.

If you do not exchange for it, the government will not provide any protection for you.

Although there were Ceng Guofan, Hu Xueyan and the others in the process, one or two people's power was insignificant, so it was impossible for them to interfere in the personal matters of their subordinates. Since they were exchanging their own Notes, no matter how strong the Great Marshal was, he could only give them a suggestion.

How could Xiao Letian make such an opening, the Letian Bank rejected such an unreasonable request, causing the conflict to intensify.

The government servants who were protecting the bank had all left. The angry citizens started to attack the bank, the Ryukyu headquarters had no choice but to close down all the branch numbers in Jiangnan to ensure the safety of the people's property.

"Letian Bank is closed! Our money is going to be wasted! Oh my god, you robbers... Xiao Letian, why don't you go and die! "

Almost all the people in the entire southern part of the city were cursing Xiao Letian for dying. The purchasing power of the banknotes had crumbled yet again.

The more chaotic the Jiang-Nan was, the more excited the foreign Bankers s in Shanghai got. Bottles after bottles of expensive wine were opened, and the feast of wealth was opened to them.

"Come come come! Ladies and gentlemen! The huge Jiangnan economy is about to fall, and we're about to reach the harvest season! "Cheers …"

"Xiao Letian still wants to save the market? Dream on, he issued 1.6 billion notes in Jiangnan, that was 1.6 billion silver coins! A silver coin weighed 30 grams, a hundred million silver coins was 3000 tons, and a hundred million silver coins was 48000 tons of pure white silver. Even if Xiao Letian sold himself, he wouldn't have that much money on hand! "Cheers …"

"Thank you for this war, thank you for Xiao Letian's arrogance, it was precisely because of this war that you gave us this feast! I firmly believe that after Russian defeats Xiao Letian, the bill would eventually become a pile of scrap paper, and the silver that was snatched away by Xiao Letian wouldn't return to Jiangnan … "

"At that time, Jiangnan will be like a giant who has lost all his blood. He will have countless valuable assets but no cash flow. At that time, the silver in our hands will be ready to strike! "Cheers …"

"Hahaha …" When the time comes, we will only have to spend one silver coin to buy high-quality assets that we normally wouldn't be able to buy with ten silver coins. Ladies and gentlemen, ten times the profits will appear before our eyes! "

The atmosphere of the royal ball has reached its peak. Under the shine of wealth, the lady becomes a slut and the gentleman becomes a wild beast … Everyone imagined using the least amount of money to take over the vast lands of Jiangnan, including the wharf, the commercial street, the filature factory, the textile factory, and the ceramics factory … All sorts of valuable assets would be given to him as his own name.

One after another, the dancers were singing, singing, and dancing in a graceful manner. Not far from the windows of the hall, they could see the people of Qing hurriedly walking around. They were desperately searching for the shops that still had money on them, and their faces were filled with panic.

Just as the atmosphere of the party was at its warmest, a man suddenly pushed open the door and nodded to his friends. He quickly walked in front of Citigroup, Standard Chartered and the President of the France Bank and said in a low voice.

"This is not good!" A lot of competitors suddenly appeared in the market. They were secretly eating the paper money, and now the speed at which the paper money crashed has slowed down! "

Citigroup, Standard Chartered, France and the other branch managers that were stationed in Shanghai were all veterans that had been training in the headquarters for many years. They were extremely familiar with the business, especially Heng Liwen who was an experienced person like Citigroup.

"The opponent's plate?" "Can you find out who the manipulator is?"

"It's not easy to find the specific person, but I suspect that this amount of money is related to the grain merchants of Ryukyu. I think that Xiao Letian is using the grain merchants to stabilize the paper money's reputation!"

"Food? A grain merchant? It really was them. It seems like Xiao Letian had exhausted all his abilities and had pushed all those hardworking merchants to the front desk. However, this Asia is a strange place. The Chinese have a very deep fear of food, Xiao Letian is pinching their veins! "

The basic principle of business was that once there was a deal, there would be an opponent. This world was two opposites, and harmony and unity were opposites.

You don't like the prospect of paper money to find ways to sell, when the price hit a certain point, opponents will inevitably appear, and the lower the price you bid, the stronger the opponent's market.

Right now, the credit for the paper money was actually locked on that war, if Xiao Letian won, the paper money would immediately recover back to its original credit and purchasing power, then the person who sold the paper money cheaply would definitely lose out.

If the Russian won, the credit of the South Amount would immediately be zero, and the entire army would be wiped out, while the higher ups of the Bankers would earn a lot.

Now that the purchasing power of paper money was halved, the opponent finally began to move.

During the entire crisis, the price of food in Jiangnan, which was usually the most volatile, did not fluctuate too much. Although many grain merchants wanted to make a huge profit in this crisis, they never expected that the Ryukyu would actually increase the supply of rice.

It was a pure misunderstanding of the people. Before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a proverb that went around saying, "The south is well versed in the river, the world is full!" At that time, Jiangnan's food production was definitely a stabilizer of food security throughout China.

But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, after the development of Jiangnan's industrial and commercial industries, the production of food had declined year by year, because a large amount of manpower and material resources were concentrated in more profitable industries, such as porcelain, silk, and tea.

Therefore, from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the proverbs of the common people had once again become 'the lake is very familiar, the world is plentiful'! The food production of the two lakes and two wide regions was even more important to the Empire.

As for now, there were still two lakes and two broad regions in Jiangnan where the harvest was not very good. The food security in the world depended entirely on the Ryukyu, while the Ryukyu focused on the Southern Ocean.