C3410 There is a way to amass money

Zuo Zongtang was indeed worthy of being called an important subject among the late Qing officials. His insight was extremely sharp, the biggest crisis the Chinese were facing could be said to be a huge bomb, which he discovered with a single glance.

In fact, the Chinese strategy during the war was just a trick!

War required money, and Xiao Letian did not know how to use money, so where would the money come from? It was still better to come from the people and find a way to withdraw money from the huge treasury.

What was he supposed to do? The simplest thing is to borrow money, I will send War bond to the people to borrow money, if you are greedy for the interest or you just have a patriotism to support me in battle, then buy the War bond.

This was the most direct and clearest method!

But this method is too direct. The scale of your release is reflected in the market and anyone, including your enemies, can see it.

Folk lending is the first method, the second method is financial market borrowing!

There were always third parties who watched the battles and wanted to make a fortune from them. There were City of London, Switzerland Zurich, Netherlands Amsterdam, New York, USA … Too many financial consortia want to make war money.

But these organizations' appetite was too big, many of the loans not only had high interest rates but also had political motives. Xiao Letian borrowed a little but did not borrow too much.

The third method was to earn money on your own.

That's right, the Chinese had a very large direct branch of the consortium. The first Letian Firm used various means to support a huge network of companies.

Four Seas Corporation, Mi family grain store … A group of famous big enterprises in Asia were all gathered under the Letian Firm's command.

Including the business of the Northern Industrial Zones, it was basically the private property of the Chinese.

This colossal network, which relied on the Letian Firm as its first foundation, encompassed the telegraph industry, iron and steel, color, mechanical processing, shipbuilding, chemical industry, food processing, maritime transport … More than ten industries.

This kind of very large colonization group, its profitability was very scary. This was the most important ammunition supply base for Xiao Letian's chariot.

But it was still not enough! It was still not enough!

The fourth way to amass wealth was to issue paper money directly and then inflate it manually.

This was just a big business deal that would create huge profits in a short period of time. It could be said to be an evil trick in amassing money!

Our country has a stock of 100 million silver taels. If we calculate that I can only print 100 million silver taels on the basis of the ratio of 1 to 1 exchange, it would be the safest.

But no businessman would be so stupid, because a note built up credit at one point, and there would be no full-blown runs.

It had been hundreds of years since sterling notes had been issued, and there had never been a national run because the British public was so confident in their country.

British Empire was the best in the world and his gold reserves were also the best, who would doubt that!

This would result in gold and silver being stored in the treasury forever, and the market would always have paper money circulating back and forth. Only a small number of people would have the need to exchange money.

For this kind of business, as long as you keep a certain amount of gold and silver prepared, you can guard against small scale exchanges. As for the remaining gold and silver, you can do whatever you want with them.

Procurement of arms, international settlement, purchase of colonial lands by the British... Anyway, there were plenty of places to spend money!

In order to stabilize his confidence, Xiao Letian ordered the Mi family grain store, the Four Seas Trading Company and more than a dozen other food trusts to transport large quantities of rice from the Southern Ocean to the north to reduce prices.

This was the Chinese national strategy, why did they fight the Borneo, why did they fight with the Spaniard for the Luzon, why did they want France to give up Vietnam?

This warm grain production area near the Equator was an important supply center for the Chinese in their future strategy!

Using the cheap food to stabilize the hearts of the people in extreme poverty, as long as the people with the largest numbers can calm down and not cause trouble, the remaining merchants will be able to settle the matter.

Furthermore, there was a fifth way to amass wealth, which was the Jiangnan stock market. It was like a casino that attracted the attention of all the merchants, causing them to temporarily forget about the difficulties of the real economy.

In this game of stealthily changing the pillars, shifting the universe, there would come a day when he would not be able to continue playing. Xiao Letian knew very well that he would have to make up for the hole in the end.

How much money was overpaid, and how much gold and silver must be used to fill the gap, so as to thoroughly pacify the chaotic financial order.

This hole could only be filled by the compensation from the Franco-Prussian War. Xiao Letian was very clear that if the war had failed, or if he had won but he had not extracted any money.

Then he would not return to his home country. If this financial bomb exploded, he would die without a burial ground!

Xiao Letian's layout could be hidden from the common folk and merchants of the world, but it could not from people like Zuo Zongtang.

Fan Jin clenched his teeth, hardened his heart and said, "Marshal, I admit that you are right! The leader did spend a lot of money during the years of war, and we also drew a lot of water from Jiangnan's economy... "

"But that has nothing to do with my proposal! When did I ever say I was going to pay you for your military service with a south ticket? In the end, I still need to use Real Gold and Silver or real weapons to support you! "

"Our method is not to just stuff you with a gunny sack of paper money. We still have to send you the Gun cannon, guns and explosives, and a cart full of food and materials!"

"What you need to fight for is real things, not a few pieces of paper! "You don't have to worry about the problem of not having enough money. In any case, won't you be able to get military supplies when the time comes?"

"Aiyo!" "You have quite the tone …" Zuo Zongtang sneered and said, "A military supply of over 30 million silver, in the end, you still need money to buy it. If you don't have money, then you just don't have money, could it really be that you want to use paper money to buy it?"

"Jiangnan is already poor enough. It's been a year since the war and chaos, and you still want to take out another 35 million silver? Have you all not woken up from your sleep?! "

"No, no, no …" Fan Jin shook his head: "Please listen to what I have to say. Our package is like this! "

"As long as the marshal agrees, we can set up a company in Jiangnan that can be jointly funded by a lot of merchants. How about we call it the Western Development Bank?"

"The reason for setting up such a company is definitely to invest in the Western Regions. Where then would the money come from? "It's very simple. We have to think of a way to get it from Jiangnan's stock market!"

"We will raise funds from the people of Jiangnan and invest in the Western Regions. The earliest would be the battle for your revenge. As long as you win, our stock will definitely skyrocket!"

"These people will die from the difference! "Don't worry, Jiangnan is much richer than you think. Even a foreign bank in Shanghai can buy it!"

"35 million gold, we will split it into 35 million shares …" If we gather the forces of the world to organize this national war, how could it not be possible? "

Bang! With a loud sound, Zuo Zongtang smashed his fist onto the table!

"Ridiculous!" "Shameless!"