Chapter 678: 18. The end of the expedition (2)

"What a coincidence, Your Excellency, did not expect you to be here."
"Good evening, Mr. President, how is it going? Is the conversation going well?"
"There are some minor troubles, but they have been solved. After all, we are all reasonable adults."
The door of the box was closed, the sound insulation method started to operate, the opera "Merry Widow" on the stage was entering, and the actors playing diplomats and widows were singing something. But for the big man in the box who can decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people and the fate of the country, it is just a noise to cover up the conversation-whether this soap opera like Albian sweets is good or bad, right Li Lin and Richelieu's "accidental" meeting was just a murmur.
This was not an accident at all. It was a secret activity that was arranged. Just a few minutes ago, Li Lin and Queen Antoinette also had "happy", "kind", and "deep" exchanges. At the end of this "unexpected" After the encounter, more important and substantive talks began.
This is not to say that the queen is not important, or that the queen is not as powerful as the prime minister, so she is treated with contempt. It was purely the Queen’s own attitude that led to such a result.
Menopause neuroticism, jealousy, distorted maternal love, power desire-when these things are concentrated on a woman or an old woman, it is a huge trouble and disaster.
"Even if I am, I occasionally feel at a loss for Her Majesty, and the late Empress Dowager Medici is also a difficult person to persuade, but at least she will not be unreasonable in anything..."
The Cardinal looked at the actors dancing on the stage and continued to say:
"How did you convince her?"
"It's simple. Treat her as a customer and tell her what benefits she can get from the transaction."
Li Lin shrugged and announced the answer.
Both men and women are obsessed with power, but in this age of masculinity and sing-mainliness, no female except the omnipotent mother goddess holds great power without being criticized. Like Queen Elizabeth of Albion, and the United Duke of Ross, who is about to be promoted to the Queen Mother, they all rely on the strong support of ministers and secret services to maintain the situation. Queen Antoinette did not receive such support, so she could only seek to compromise with the monopoly consortium and exchange benefits. In exchange for Li Lin's containment of Prince Wang.
This can also be regarded as a business practice. The queen pays the price, and Li Lin sells a guarantee that the two parties are simply a relationship between the customer and the industry, and there is not much personal feelings mixed in. The negotiations proceeded smoothly.
Also. There is another important reason. Enough for the queen to drop her negative feelings for Li Lin.
"The queen and the crown prince have agreed to support the'Occupied Area Banknotes' issuance plan, which is really great, Lord Prime Minister."
The beautifully shaped fingers unscrew the cap. The fragrance of the brandy fluttered in the air, Richelieu's throat rolled, and Li Li took the wine glass.
The so-called "occupied area paper money" is plainly a military ticket.
What is a military ticket? Simply put, it is to print numbers and text on paper, and then tell you that this is money, which can be used to buy things and can be used to spend money. At first glance, it is no different from paper money, but paper money has a certain amount of valuable physical deposits to prove its value. The things that can be used to guarantee value must be hard currencies that can be accepted and used by countries, generally gold and silver. Such precious metals, like the earth in the old age, also used oil as an example of basic energy to be linked to currency, and in the current Wilt, the only paper currency in circulation is the ve company voucher called the "gold mark", which acts as a hedge It is various industrial products of ve company.
As for the military ticket, it will not be linked to anything to maintain value. The only guarantee for the value of these pieces of paper is the bayonet of the occupying army. The only role of military tickets is economic aggression.
Relying on the deterrents of bayonet and bullets, the occupying forces can use military tickets to exchange various commodities from the merchants of the occupied countries. If it is not enough, just start the printing machine to add printing. But merchants cannot use military tickets to purchase goods from suppliers, nor can they be exchanged for currency. Only when the issuing country wins the war can these military tickets be exchanged from the issuing country. If the issuing country fails, then these military tickets Worthless. In this way, the merchants of the occupied country were looted, and their fate was tied to the occupying forces.
For Charlemagne, this is a good thing.
"Once the Crown Prince starts full march, enough military tickets will be shipped. We can fill the treasury as quickly as possible with very little force. At the same time, because the economy of the occupied area and the military tickets are tied together, in order not to go bankrupt, we resist activities. Will be greatly reduced."
Li Lin said unhurriedly that he had already shown this wonderful prospect to Richelieu before, and had also said to the queen that in order to ensure the success of the plan, he repeated again.
"This is a golden opportunity."
Richelieu nodded. Indeed, this is a good opportunity, but it is not limited to a few small groups of wallets will quickly swell, it is also a great opportunity for the entire country's economy.
The vision of the Prime Minister is not limited to a successful economic plunder. The veteran Richelieu looks farther than the queen and the crown prince. He wants to use this opportunity to issue Charlemagne's own banknotes.
From the issue of vouchers by ve company, Richelieu was keenly aware of the huge benefits contained in it. When kings, nobles, businessmen, and priests of other countries were still immersed in the brainstorm of "the original money can be printed out", Li The Archbishop began to investigate and study the possibility of the country issuing banknotes and becoming a universal base currency worldwide.
After carefully studying the flow of v.e's currency circulation and regulation, Archbishop Li concluded: Yes, but not at the moment.
VE's vouchers are based on a comprehensive monopoly of finance, technology, and industrial production capacity. They control the circulation and production of raw materials, commodities, and currencies. They can intervene in the market at will and determine the price of commodities, as long as they ensure the The price and the value of the voucher will remain stable. As countries become more dependent on "v.e manufacturing". The consortium’s pricing power has become increasingly stable, and the use of vouchers has also continued to expand, and it has become more and more valuable, and may one day become a universal currency worldwide.
A nearly perfect cycle, but Charlemagne could not replicate this method.
The reason is not complicated: Charlemagne's industrial production capacity is the industrial production capacity of v.e. After leaving the consortium, Charlemagne's industry and commerce will be completely destroyed.
Mastering the two absolute trump cards of "industrial capacity" and "financial leverage", any attempt to challenge the monopoly position of the consortium has failed without exception. In the foreseeable future, the hope of breaking this monopoly is also very slim. .
Most people will give up in this situation. But Richelieu is not an ordinary person. When the consortium blocked the door, he thought of opening a window, and the military ticket was the opportunity for Richelieu to open the window.
The Principality’s land has a lot of resources, including minerals, food, forests, and labor. Its number is large. Enough to offset the resources held by the consortium. Under the guise of "cooperation". The Royal Government can put these resources in the palm of its hand with the fastest speed, and the entire process will not be interfered by the consortium. With these resources, Archbishop Li can carry out his long-term plan: use gold and silver as security deposits. Issuing its own banknotes of the Charlemagne Government If the company resists this and disturbs the market and drives up the price to force the government to take over, these resources are just used to offset the consortium’s offensive. In the end, the consortium will have to make concessions and give up Some markets and enterprises.
With this beginning, it will not be a dream to eventually weaken and dismantle the v.e company. Although it will take time, this future will be inevitable.
The Prime Minister hopes that he can live to witness the arrival of that day, but for now, he can only endure as much as possible, continue to confuse and pervert the nasty profiteers around him.
Li Lin casually looked at the stage, fingers silently tapping on the armrest.
(Issuing national currency is a good plan, but using military tickets as an opportunity is not enough to think about it carefully.)
Richelieu’s secrecy work was perfect. Except for the very few who knew a few words, those who participated in the implementation of the currency issuance plan did not even know what they were doing. The only shortcoming is that the Prime Minister's card has long been seen by Li Lin.
Not much evidence is needed, just printing machine and ink orders, unknown metal engravers, subtle discrepancies of certain materials, a large number of gold coins began to be recovered and recast, abnormal scheduling of gold in the treasury, secret transportation of full of gold The box of ingots-From these seemingly unrelated evidences, combined with the information in Li Lin's head, it is not difficult to reason about the conclusion of "paper money deposit".
It’s no surprise that on Earth, until the first half of the 20th century, the world’s currencies used precious metals as margin, until an imperialist bald eagle sauce linked his dollar green paper to oil, everyone was That's it. The actions of Prime Minister Richelieu are nothing more than planning ahead in line with historical trends. The conception is reasonable and creative, and there is nothing to blame.
Except for the military ticket.
Indeed, the cost of military tickets is low, only paper and ink money are needed, and the wealth of the occupied area can be transported to Charlemagne in a short time, and the merchants holding military tickets are tied to Charlemagne's chariots. It sounds almost always a good thing, but throughout the history of the earth, no country that has indiscriminately printed military votes has won war.
Military tickets cannot be circulated, and merchants cannot purchase with colorful military tickets. The more goods they buy, the more military tickets they have in their hands. Rather than backlog those worthless waste papers, merchants would rather leave the shelves empty. . Business stagnation will subsequently lead to the collapse of the production industry, a large number of factories have been forced to stop production, workers have been dismissed, a lot of unemployment has brought about a decline in purchasing power, the business environment has further deteriorated, and then entered a terrible vicious circle. In the end, not only the occupied country, but also the issuer’s own economic system will be severely hit, not to mention the social problems caused by the fierce resistance caused by economic deterioration.
These are only long-term issues. In the short term, military tickets will also cause great trouble to Charlemagne.
The most direct and most realistic problem: in case the orcs engage in scorched earth tactics, before the retreat, villages, farmland, forests, mines, crystals...everything that may be used by the enemy is burned out, and the military ticket is transported What is the significance of the past?
It is very likely that the principality of the principality of the Principality, Marshal Kutuzov, would not blink in the blink of an eye, and burned thousands of miles of land to a white ground, and the arson talents of the bears were full.
Not only that, a large number of abuses of military tickets will cause a conflict of interest between Charlemagne and other countries. Charlie Man is not the only person fighting on the land of the Principality. When Charlie Man’s military tickets not only snatched the wealth of the Principality, they also flowed to When the occupied areas of other countries divide the cheese that should belong to them, can everyone still discuss jihad as calmly as now?
Considering the huge sacrifices of other countries but the failure to conquer the Riga fortress, it was easily captured by the Charlemagne army, and then regardless of the feelings of other countries, it was widely publicized... It must be said that that situation is really very interesting.
If we take a step back 10,000 steps, even if Archbishop Li and Charlemagne successfully overcome all kinds of difficulties and get the resources they want, what about the successful launch of official currency notes? As long as the consortium firmly grasps the real economy and resource circulation channels, plus the secret piles placed by officials in the financial sector and the consortium, it is not difficult to turn all official banknotes issued by Charlemagne into a second legal currency or gold round coupon. You know, in August 1948, when the Nanjing National Government was engaged in currency reform, there was only one communist party, Ji Chaoding, to convey Xibaipo’s instructions, and the Charlieman Treasury had almost nothing to do with communism... er, it was a consortium, anytime, anywhere It can plunge this country into hyperinflation and appreciate what it is like to buy a stone rice with a 400 million yuan coupon.
"Speaking of which, I think your Excellency President should also be clear that tomorrow Her Royal Highness will hold an important ceremony in the cathedral."
Richelieu said suddenly, Li Lin's eyes turned slightly.
After going through a series of emergencies, the lady failed to accomplish what the Pope wanted her to do~EbookFREE.me~ Due to the sudden war, the naval negotiations had actually stopped. Before the war ended, the negotiations Will be suspended indefinitely. But the virgin did not go back to the house, but stayed in the church of St. Augustine in Rudes. It was not until a few days ago that there was a rumor that a ceremonial ceremony would be held for the holy soldiers fighting the pagans on the front line.
Yes, it was an important ceremony, a blessing to the frontline soldiers, and an important spiritual sustenance for the military personnel in the rear. But why did Richelieu mention it here? This does not seem to have anything to do with their cooperation.
"After the blessing ceremony, Her Royal Highness will convey the Pope's call to the royal family and nobles."
With the goat-like gray beard, the prime minister said calmly.
"In order to spread the gospel of the goddess, secular monarchs and nobles should send chaste women who are not out of the cabinet and go to the front to congratulate the warriors who are fighting against the pagans. Your Excellency, who do you think my royal family will send?"
His fingers continued to slap on the armrest, squinting at the old fox's eyes.
The foreword is withdrawn, which does have a major relationship with their cooperation. (To be continued...)