Chapter 1237： War of money

At the silver mine in Harz Mountains, Marin did not know how much the reserves were. However, he knew that Leibniz was an engineer who had worked at the Harz Mountain Silver Mine in the late 17th century. The Rammelsberg mine was mined until 1988.

Therefore, Marin can be sure that the reserves of the Harz Mountain Silver Mine must be large. Although I don't know the exact amount, the amount is definitely not small. According to reports from the spy sent by Kohler to the Harz Mountains, the locally produced ore contains about 140 grams of silver per ton. If calculated with 27 million tons of ore, then the total silver reserves are estimated to reach 3780 tons, which is the same as 100 million two silver.

However, this mine has been mined for more than 500 years, and it is now only over 2,000 tons. However, this is also a very scary number.

In the future, Marin needs a lot of silver and Daming to trade and purchase. Therefore, Marin is very short of silver.

Although said, Marin had already planned to capture the Japanese Ishimi Yinshan. But the problem is that it will take several years to truly attack Japan. First, he wants to send troops to help Gan Fushuizi seize the Osumi country and fight Shimadzu. Then, after the Shimadzu was resolved, he could free up his hands to seize Shijian Yinshan. Moreover, even if the Shijian Yinshan is taken away, it is necessary to organize manpower exploration, and then recruit enough manpower and add enough equipment to develop Shijian Yinshan ... even, the mountain road leading from Yinshan to the outside world needs to be repaired ... …

This whole set has not been solved for several years. When Shi Jianyinshan really produced a large amount of silver, it is estimated that after seven or eight years, it is too late.

The silver mine in Harz Mountain is different. It has been developed for hundreds of years. Only limited to technology and scale, production has not been up.

But one thing is that the silver mine in Harz Mountain has a complete set of facilities, and the road to the mountain is not a problem. Marin does not need to spend time to build those infrastructures.

In other words, this mine can continue to produce silver after it is in hand. If Marin increases input, the output can be greater.

For example, Marin can launch a more efficient blast furnace and fully apply the ash-blowing method (Japan began to apply it to Ishigami Silver Mountain in 1533) to increase silver production. (In fact, Marin did n’t know that Europe also has a gray-blowing method. It ’s just that he has never operated a silver mine, and he does n’t know the secret. After all, in this era, the gray-blowing method can also be said to be the secret high-tech of the silver mine owner. ".)

But at this time in Europe, other countries do not have more efficient blast furnaces. Marin's investment in blast furnaces can certainly improve production efficiency and obtain more silver. Then, take it to trade.

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In fact, before the history of Spain mining gold and silver in the Americas, not only was grain production in Europe extremely low, but precious metals such as gold and silver were also seriously lacking.

At present, the reason why many European countries are desperately doping copper in silver coins, in addition to the intention of earning huge profits from casting inferior coins, also has the helplessness of insufficient silver production.

It can be said that in this era, Europe was a world that was lacking in materials and gold and silver for coins.

If Marin reveals the secrets of high grain yields at this time, the consequences for Europe will be a sharp fall in prices. Because the output of grain is high, but the amount of money is insufficient, the only consequence is a plunge in prices.

This was the case in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was extremely rich in products, but lacked gold and silver. Therefore, silver is very valuable, one or two silver can buy a lot of things.

However, don't think that low prices are a good thing. Because the price is low, it is very difficult for ordinary people to make money. It is good to earn a few or two dollars a year. Moreover, it is farmers who have land in their families who can earn a couple of dollars a year. Those tenants are even more miserable, because most of the proceeds have to be handed over to the landlord, and it would be good to have two or two dollars left.

Therefore, for society to develop, it needs not only sufficient materials but also sufficient currency. Only when there is money and goods, and then promote the circulation of materials, can society really prosper.

Moreover, in his last life, Marin had learned the text "Overcharged Three to Five Fights", and he talked about the problem of valleys hurting farmers. Therefore, despite the bumper grain harvest in Beihai, Marin has been deliberately suppressing the lack of grain sales. Otherwise, food prices collapsed prematurely, which may cause great unrest. Fortunately, he later engaged in a large-scale brewing business and dealt with the backlog of grain. Otherwise, those nobles in the country will certainly be dissatisfied.

In short, governing a country is not that simple. Not only do you have to worry about increasing grain production, but you also have to pay attention to issuing enough money. Otherwise, economic development must be restricted.

Of course, in later generations, this is not a problem. Because paper money is used in later generations, there is no cost. Officials in various countries want to circulate notes indiscriminately, not worrying about insufficient money at all, only worrying about insufficient goods.

But in this era, because anti-counterfeiting technology is immature, you cannot mess with paper money. Otherwise, counterfeit money will fly all over the sky. Or, like the Ming dynasty, treasure notes turned into straw paper ...

Under such circumstances, what Marin can do is increase the output of gold and silver to meet the needs of society. In addition, it is to promote and issue copper coins to meet the needs of social trade. After all, buying small bits and pieces of groceries with silver coins is really impossible to find ...

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Of course, Marin is worried about the supply of silver. On the other side, they are constantly casting fake silver coins of nickel-copper-copper, hitting the French market.

In the two years since Marin went to Daming, the Beihai Mint has actually minted 100 million French Dnier silver coins worth 833,000 gold coins.

After Marin returned, he waved his hand—the 100 million nickel-nickel-copper fake Dnier silver coins immediately sent to France for large purchases.

Counterfeit currency, naturally have to be spent and replaced with goods ...

Then, a lot of French cattle, grain, and oak were purchased by the Chamber of Commerce under Marin ...

Animals don't need to talk about anything, they can eat meat and can be used for service. For example, many mules in France were bought by Malin's fake silver coins made of nickel-nickel-copper to be sent to the Americas.

As for food, Marin is not lacking at all ~ www.novelhall.com ~ However, because the cost of nickel mining and smelting is much lower than that of silver, it is used for coining, and the cost is very low. It is used to purchase French grain in large quantities, in fact, mainly to raise the price of French grain and make the French hungry.

You know, in ancient times, grain production was not high. Once a country is short of food, it is very prone to instability. Although Marin's purchase of these grains was not enough to cause turmoil in France, it was enough to scare the French out of trouble.

As for the purchase of French oak, you have to mention Marin's sinister intentions ...

Marin has always worried about France's participation in the voyage, because France's human and material resources are very strong. Once the French joined the game, the pressure on Marin was very great.

Therefore, Marin has been suppressing the nautical potential of France ...

Previously, he had suggested that Edward instruct the English merchant ships to pretend to be pirates to loot the French coast, plunder ships, and crack down on France ’s maritime potential.

But this is not enough, as long as someone in the French has shipbuilding materials, they can make ships ...

Therefore, Malinte sent people to take nickel-nickel-copper fake silver coins and went to France to purchase oak for shipbuilding, so that the French lacked shipbuilding materials.

Of course, this amount of money is not enough for the French to lack oak. Therefore, Marin asked his men to use fake silver coins to purchase French oak logs suitable for keel. Especially those tall oaks that have been around for a long time are the targets of Marin. As for the short ones, Marin looked down upon them. Because, such oak, even if it is used to build a ship, it can't make a big ship, and it can't be a big sailing ship ...

This is probably the first time in human history that currency (and counterfeit currency) has been used for such strategic purposes ...

After arranging the procurement plan, Marin ordered the Beihai Mint-another 500 million nickel-nickel-copper French silver coins "Dernier" ...