Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 72

There is a door!

Chuemon secretly calculated, yes, the North Koreans are indeed not fools, and it is impossible to accept the exchange of copper for gold forever.

But now is the initial period of North Korea’s opening of the country. North Korea is still the appearance of the old times. Foreign forces are forcing the signing of a treaty, and foreign missionaries have not entered North Korea. How can ordinary people know about foreign countries, let alone that times have changed.

The large-scale import of red copper to North Korea in a short period of time will indeed lead to a fall in the price of North Korea’s copper and an increase in the price of gold in exchange. But so what, as long as it can be exchanged for gold, Japan is not at a loss.

It has been exchanged until the North Koreans refuse to exchange it, or the price of red copper is already at a loss.

The gold standard requires sufficient gold reserves, and there is enough gold to dare to issue banknotes boldly and guarantee payment. What are you thinking, try to change it. As for North Korea’s silver, it doesn’t matter. The international silver price will gradually decline in recent decades, and we have to keep the gold standard.

“In the end, the people who do business are different.” Chungemon sighed.

As long as there is enough profit, capital will be active, and when this profit is large enough, capital will flow everywhere. There is no need for any deliberate guidance or forceful intervention at all. When the door of the country opens, capital smells the breath of profit, and it will rush to it.

Not to mention that in this era, the bourgeoisie is still an advanced class. At least he has considerable vitality and objectively promotes social and economic development.

“Don’t dare, I’ve praised it miserably…” A few people on the opposite side raised their glasses and cheered.

They are all official businessmen themselves, tied together with the old Tokugawa family. Being loved and admired by Chuemon is one of the fundamentals for them to establish a monopoly chaebol. Can they be unhappy?

Having a drink with them, Chuemon thought of something. The shogunate established three major clubs in that year for two purposes. One was to obtain profits through the monopoly granted by the shogunate, and then to subsidize the shogunate’s finances and strengthen the shogunate’s armament. The second is the placement of personnel, especially the middle and lower level samurai.

The shogunate was able to provide very few positions in those days, and many imperial family members had never been employed in their entire lives, so they received a very humble salary, and then raised goldfish, planted potted plants, and pasted paper umbrellas at home to supplement their families.

Now the personnel have been gradually resettled, the industry has also formed a scale, and the three big chaebols have gradually grown up. Does the three major clubs in the hands of the shogunate need to change from monopoly large state-owned enterprises to enterprises owned by chaebols?

Of course, critical industries such as military industry, railways and telecommunications must still be in the hands of the government. Are general light and heavy industries all packaged and sold to private merchants, large or small, to promote the development of national capital and further release market vitality?

Anyway, that was what the Meiji government did back then. Whether Chunemon should do it now is still in the middle.

Think about the shogunate’s income today, barely able to keep the entire country’s government agencies running, keep armaments, and invest in education and the economy. Some of the enterprises in the hands of the three major associations can actually be transferred to the private sector.

talk later…

After the meal was over, Chungemon chatted with them for a while, and then parted ways. I will make an appointment in the future. All the big bosses are busy people. They are in Hong Kong for a while, Busan for a while, and Shanghai for a while, running everywhere. There are not many opportunities to gather in Edo.

Back in the city, Chuemon first took a nap, and it didn’t take long, because after three o’clock in the afternoon, in the name of afternoon tea party, he summoned various foreign ministers, or envoys of foreign powers.

This afternoon is Sheng Haizhou, who said it is also a big event, a very big one. Speaking of it, it has something to do with the Qing Kingdom, which is what Chungyouemon wanted to do for a long time.

Sell ​​ironclads!

As mentioned earlier, the current Manchurian first-ranking general, Mr. Doron Ado, replaced the historical Li Hongzhang and occupied Shanghai, the most stable source of wages in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. With the support of the Manchu Qing court, and his friendship with Zeng Guofan, he got better and better in Shanghai.

Because he repelled the large-scale siege of Shanghai by the Taiping Army, he also gained the trust of foreigners and Shanghai gentry. Now there is only one Tianjing left in the Taiping Army. What does this mean?

When Emperor Xianfeng kicked his legs, he once said that the one who conquered Jiangning was crowned king!

On the outskirts of Tianjing, there are two troops that may attack the city, one is the Hunan army under Zeng Guofan, and the other is the army under Dolonga.

Dolonga’s subordinates mainly have an eight-banner sailor. Twenty percent of the sailors are Japanese employees, and 40 percent are recruited Sauron, Xibo and Mongolian. Don’t ask why these people are actually On the boat did not vomit. The remaining 40% were recruited Han soldiers, and in general this army was dominated by Manchuria.

The main combat power is more than 20 shallow water heavy gunboats, and a thousand-ton steam paddle wheel battleship. The number is small, but it is the hope of the Manchu Qing to regain control of an important armed force.

Moreover, the Sauron people, the Mongols and so on, because of the harsh living conditions, still maintained a considerable fighting capacity. With the generous pay of Jianghai Customs, the will to fight is very high, and everyone must die for their emperor.

It was also after seeing the fighting power of the 30,000-odd infantry troops that the Eight Banners Navy had cooperated with Dolonga to capture, and the Manchu court hoped that the Manchus themselves could capture the great merits of overcoming Jiangning, so the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, the yamen for national affairs, After getting some hints, ask the Japanese consul in Shanghai if it is possible to sell the armored ships to the Qing court.

Let Lord Doron Ado drive this invincible ship and lead the way into Jiangning City, fighting for their fullness. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Hearing this, Chuemon’s heart was ten thousand in agreement. First of all, the armored ship is a test product of the French, and it is just like that, and it is a life to be dismantled in the end. The second is that the shogunate ordered two more ironclad ships from the UK, and the ironclad ships were sold to the Qing Kingdom, and our side just happened to be seamlessly connected.

The crew sent to England, ready to open a new ironclad back. The ship was sold to the Qing Kingdom, and he did what he liked. The shogunate was like prostituting an ironclad ship for several years. Not only trained the crew, but also defeated Russia.

It is a pity that the Qing Kingdom meant to buy only one, because the price of ironclad ships was indeed a bit high. It’s also strange that when Elgin frightened Wen Xiang, he asked for one million taels of silver when he opened his mouth.

I can get a discount on this boat, it’s second-hand anyway!

Now Katsukaishu came over to ask, and after some consideration, Chuemon said that he could sell it to the Qing for 600,000 taels of silver. But this is the reserve price. If the asking price is a little higher, you can play it by yourself.

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