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Seeing Jiang Quanyi withdraw, Song An asked, "The young master has already granted these firearms to General Qian's cavalry, why did he transfer it to Jiang Quanyi?"

Wu Zheng shook his head and said, "I have thought about it carefully. Qian Qiaogong's cavalry is not suitable for equipting these firearms. The strength of the light cavalry lies in speed rather than firepower. I am very suspicious that the wind and thunder cavalry can match the right way. Since the two cannot be taken into account, it is better to separate them. Speed ​​belongs to speed and firepower belongs to firepower."

Song An didn't quite understand, so he responded casually and stopped talking.

Wu Zheng suddenly asked: "Do you oppose Mao Xiang and others' advice and impose additional taxes on the people?"

Song An hesitated for a moment and replied, "I am not against it either...but, compared to ordinary people, Jiangnan is a wealthy businessman, so why don't he levy more taxes on such rich people?"

Wu Zheng became silent, then looked up at the window and said leisurely: "It's a pity that ordinary people have no right to speak."

Song An said anxiously: "But the young master has the right to speak!"

Wu Zheng turned his head and looked at Song An and said, "If it were normal, I would have denied it... But now, the war is about to begin, and it is not the time to oppose them."

Song An muttered depressedly: "Isn't that the people suffer a loss?"

Wu Zheng suddenly smiled, "Sometimes you suffer losses, it may be a blessing!"

Song An was very puzzled, "What does the young master mean?"

Wu Zheng looked strange and shook his head and said, "You will understand in the future."

....

That night, Wu Zheng summoned Mo Zhinian alone.

"There are no more disagreements below?"

Wu Zheng asked straight to the point.

Mo Zhinian nodded slightly and said, "That's true, but it's not mainly because he has objections to the prince's war, but because he has objections to the way to raise military expenses."

"Oh...what are you discussing how to come up with a good way?"

Mo Zhinian hesitated for a while, looked up at Wu Zheng and said, "I have a bad idea... for the prince to take care of it."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "It's all you and me at this time, so it's okay for Mr. Mo to say something."

Mo Jienian said: "Whether it is levying taxes from the people, or raising donations from merchants or wealthy households, it may damage the prince's credibility. After thinking carefully, I came up with a stopgap solution... and I will issue silver dollars again."

"Is there silver dollars?" Wu Zheng looked at Mo Ji Nian in surprise, "Does Curry have silver?"

"No."

"Then..." Wu Zheng was so amused and cried, thinking that Mo Zhinian was driven crazy and was joking with him.

Don’t want to say seriously, “The Finance Department has minded three million silver dollars before. After launching it, it was snatched away by the market and has a good reputation. So, I’m thinking, why not create a batch of silver dollars with a larger quantity?”

Wu Zheng frowned slightly and said, "The profits from making silver dollars are not much. It is already the limit to get five out of 100. If you want to raise up to millions of taels of silver, how many silver dollars do you have to mint? No... The war is imminent, and the military workshop cannot spend time and effort to mint silver dollars."

Mo Zhinian insisted: "No, I mean, casting fake silver dollars!"

Wu Zheng was shocked and pointed at Mo Zhinian and said, "You... are you crazy?!"

Mo Ming said calmly: "This is a temporary solution... Now that the war is imminent, there is no silver in the warehouse, and it is said that the two evils are the least of the right to choose the right one. There is no way."

Wu Zheng firmly disagrees, "Do you know that it takes a lot of effort to get a reputation, but you can lose it, just by casually? Instead of making fake silver dollars to raise money, it is better to directly collect taxes, at least to be honest."

Mo Jienian said, "Maybe the prince didn't understand what Lao I meant. The fake silver dollar I said was 60% true and 40% false. He focused on copper and iron. In this way, as long as he didn't look at it openly, ordinary people would not be able to see it."

Wu Zheng shook his head, "There is no airtight wall. Once it is discovered, what is the credibility of the General's Mansion?"

Mo Zhinian suddenly smiled and said, "From the land of the Three Mansions to the current Thirteen Mansions, when can the annual income support the prince's expenses? The money the prince has used has always been used as a bet on credibility?"

Wu Zheng was stunned and defended: "These are two different things..."

"This is one thing!" Mo Zhinian rarely interrupted Wu Zheng's words on his own initiative, "The prince wanted to say that the strategy he used before was to take the bait, and the casting of fake silver dollars was robbed clearly, right?"

Wu Zheng nodded unconsciously.

"Then I have a suggestion that the prince can issue a general's order to use fake silver dollars as a pledge and circulate at equivalent silver... At the same time, it is clearly stated that it will take three years and be redeemed by the general's house at the original price after the expiration of the period. This is not considered to have been robbed clearly, right?"

This made Wu Zheng feel moved, which means that fake silver dollars are just a bargaining chip. They use the reputation of the General's Mansion as collateral to raise funds from the public and redeem them after the maturity. This indeed bypassed the suspicion of open robbery.

Wu Zheng asked: "But this is a bit of a scammer. Why don't you explicitly raise funds from the public and make fake silver dollars to fool people?"

Mo Zhinian shook his head and said, "It's just human nature... If it's a donation, the people will be reluctant to give up. They can obviously give up ten taels, but maybe only one tael in the end, even if they grit their teeth, it's only two or three taels. But if they use silver dollars as a basis and hold them in their hands, it's very likely to give up eight or nine taels. The prince just imagines that the people are satisfied with their hearts and contribute money and efforts to the Northern Expedition, and can exchange silver for three years without doing it?"

Wu Zheng was a little depressed, "Do they don't care even though they know the silver dollar is fake?"

"No. Who said the silver dollar is fake?" Mo Zhennian said seriously, "If the prince and the general's mansion are of great reputation, even if it is a piece of iron, the prince said it is silver, that is silver!"

Referring to a deer as a horse?!

Wu Zheng couldn't close his mouth for a while.

Mo Jienian said: "I have estimated that using this strategy can raise less than 2 million taels of silver."

"But two million is far from enough."

Mo Jienian said: "Then I will borrow another 2 million taels from the Chamber of Commerce. I have discussed it with Xi Benzhen, Huang Zongxi and others."

Wu Zhengqing sighed, "Then it will be 50%... Next, I will find a way!"

As soon as these words were said, Mo Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief. This means that Wu Zheng agreed to his plan.

But Mo Zhong didn't understand, what other way did Wu Zheng have?

You know, Wu Zheng has never even received his salary in recent years. The only bank's shares he owns are subsidized by the Finance Department for each dividend.

Mo Zhinian also thought of the weaving department, but just got 1.5 million taels from the weaving department, so how could there be more money?

"The prince raised military expenses... he had a look in his heart?" Mo Zhengian asked tentatively.

Wu Zheng hesitated and said, "How much money can the weaving department... be worth?"

Don’t be obsessed with the fact that the heart is relaxed and then tightened again.

Song, because what Wu Zheng said was indeed the weaving department.

It's tight, because Wu Zheng's tone at this time is equivalent to changing the weaving department.
Chapter completed!