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    Clipper ships, with speeds of up to 14 knots in a tailwind, greatly shortened the distance in the world. The Safavid Empire's envoys arrived in Daqin after more than a month of sailing on clipper ships.  ¡û Because the Safavid Empire was a country established by the Persians and ruled the ancient Persian region, the people of Qin Dynasty still habitually called this country Persian.  Of course, this first time, it was only Abbas II¡¯s envoy who came, and the Persian princess did not come immediately.  After all, they are a big country, and agreeing to marry a princess is a common method of political marriage.  But a political marriage must be approved by the Emperor of Qin before it can be carried out. If the princess is sent over immediately with just a word from a general of Qin, it is not a marriage, but a defeated country handing over hostages to the victorious country.  The trade agreement drafted by the Ministry of Revenue was handed over to Qin Mu¡¯s desk by Xu Yingjie, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, before the Persian envoy officially arrived in Beijing.  Qin Mu looked at it carefully and felt very satisfied. Da Qin's officials are now much more pragmatic. Although the traditional benevolence, justice and morality still account for a large part of the content of this trade agreement, in terms of actual trade terms,  But it is very high-level; Some clauses seem to have given the Persians a lot of benefits. Only those who are very familiar with the national conditions of the two countries can see that in fact, in the long run, it is beneficial to the Qin Dynasty.  For example, there are provisions that allow Persia to charge a 5% tariff on tea from Daqin, while Daqin will impose zero tariff on Persian carpets.  The two commodities are the top products of the two countries respectively. This is indeed a preferential treatment given by Great Qin to Persia. It seems that Persia has taken a big advantage in this clause.  But when it comes to real trade, the Persian Empire cannot take advantage.  First of all, Da Qin has no shortage of raw materials for producing carpets, and the country can produce them; If we find some skilled craftsmen from Persia and combine them with Da Qin's weaving skills, Da Qin's carpets will not necessarily be worse than those in Persia in the future.  And again.  Carpets are a luxury product with limited demand.  ¡°Tea is both a luxury product and a necessity in life.  Some high-end teas can cost as much as dozens of Persian carpets.  Ordinary tea is one of the indispensable necessities of life for ordinary people.  Seven things to do before opening the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.  ¡°And Persia does not produce tea. Da Qin¡¯s tea has no competitors in Persia, and its demand is completely different from that of carpets.  Therefore, this clause is a deliberate offer to Persia to win the name of benevolence and righteousness, but in actual trade.  Da Qin did not suffer any loss.  Persia's gold and silver will continue to flow to Da Qin.  This agreement can be said to have given Da Qin both face and dignity. The Persians lost the trade war and have nothing to say, because you are not as competitive as others. Who can blame you?  "Very good, let's talk to the Persians like this." "Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Mu put down the agreement and asked Xu Yingjie: "Xu Qing, how is the situation with the paper dragon coins?" Now the currency of Great Qin is mainly divided into  There are two types, paper dragon coins and silver dragon coins, collectively called dragon coins.  The transformation of hard currency into credit currency.  This is a necessary trend of history, so no matter how difficult it is, Qin Mu will push it forward.  Xu Yingjie said happily: "Your Majesty, now the credibility of banknotes has been established. In the market, many people would rather get banknotes than collect silver coins. The reason is that there are more and more bad coins circulating in the market. Many silver coins have been  People scraped off silver shavings and showed signs of wear and tear. People were worried about losing money if they took these bad coins, so they preferred to have paper money. Therefore, paper money is now more popular than silver coins in the market. Based on this, I think it can gradually be done.  It¡¯s time to recycle silver coins and issue more banknotes. ¡°With hard currency, we can never avoid the problem of bad coins chasing good coins. When a good silver coin reaches the hands of the people, it is inevitable that greedy people will scrape some silver shavings from the silver coins.  , and then spend this silver coin.  In this way, the more silver coins he handles, the more silver shavings he scrapes off, and the sand accumulates into a tower, which is always a windfall for nothing.  You scrape a little, I scrape a little, the original good silver coins will be insufficient, the good coins will be reduced, and they will become bad coins.  Paper money does not have these problems. If you tear off thousands of small corners, they will be worthless in total. Naturally, no one will bother with paper money.  In the past few years, the total amount of banknotes issued by Daqin has been no more than two million.  This is a very small proportion compared to the total amount of currency in circulation in the Qin Dynasty, which is hundreds of millions.  There is no spam, and the court has been supporting paper money in recent years. You can use paper money to pay taxes equal to the silver coins, and you can exchange them for silver coins of the same value at any time at the bank.  ? ?After years of perseverance, I finally slowly won the people's trust.  Nowadays, because there are more and more bad coins in silver coins, when banks receive silver coin deposits, they will use a balance accurate to the gram to weigh the larger number of silver coins. Each silver coin originally weighs 7.25 cents. Your total weight  How much is it, then divide the total amount by 7.25 as your actual deposit amount.  In this way, people who use silver coins to deposit will often suffer some losses.  This makes many people no longer want to accept silver coins when doing transactions, but instead accept banknotes that have a good reputation and don't have to worry about losing money.  At this point, Qin Mu also believed that the time was ripe for the issuance of additional banknotes, so he said: "That's it. When the bank takes back a silver coin, it will issue an additional banknote. Slowly, in a step-by-step process, gradually replace the silver coin with banknotes in circulation.  "Xu Yingjie said: "Your Majesty, this is definitely not a problem. Now most people come to the bank to withdraw money and ask for banknotes. Because the number of banknotes is scarce and it is difficult to meet the demand, many businessmen would rather use more silver coins to exchange for convenience.  Banknotes. There are even people on the market who are willing to exchange 102 silver coins for 100 banknotes. In this case, if the ratio of one silver coin to one banknote is issued, I am sure there will be no problem. " Qin.  Mu asked casually: "What about foreign trade?" Xu Yingjie immediately replied: "Your Majesty, this is not a problem. When merchants go to sea for trade, if they need hard currency, they can just take the banknotes to the bank and exchange them for silver coins. This is not a problem.  It will hinder their transactions with foreign merchants." Qin Mu nodded and said, "You can't use paper dragon coins to trade with foreign merchants. This is not the solution after all. Xu Qing, haven't we already established branches in countries like the imperial court and Japan?  These countries must speed up the circulation of banknotes. ""Your Majesty, our Daqin silver coins are very popular in North Korea and Japan because of their high quality, but it will take a long time for banknotes to win the trust of the people in these countries. This is also the case.  There is nothing that can be done." Is there really nothing that can be done?  Qin Mu recalled the U.S. dollar in the 1970s. The U.S. dollar was originally issued based on gold reserves. People took the U.S. dollars to the bank and could exchange them for gold of equal value at any time.  But due to the Vietnam War and other reasons, by the early 1970s, the U.S. gold reserves decreased sharply and were no longer enough to cope with people's runs.  The U.S. government had no choice but to decouple the U.S. dollar from gold.  In this way, the U.S. dollar becomes an ordinary legal tender and is no longer a currency issued based on gold reserves.  So why does the U.S. dollar guarantee its credibility and allow countries to continue to accept it?  If countries no longer want to use the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar¡¯s ??dominance as the world¡¯s currency will collapse.  At this critical moment of life and death for the U.S. dollar, Nixon and Kissinger came up with a solution.  Kissinger immediately flew to Saudi Arabia and assured Saudi Arabia that the United States would ensure Saudi Arabia's security at the expense of OPEC oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia, which must use U.S. dollars to settle oil transactions.  Which country in the world doesn¡¯t need oil? If you want oil, you have to ask the United States for U.S. dollars to settle the matter. In this way, the U.S. dollar¡¯s ??world hegemony is maintained.  Thinking of this, Qin Mu felt inspired. Did he, at the appropriate time, order that a certain product must be settled with banknotes issued by Da Qin?  Does Daqin have products like oil that are necessary for all subsequent countries?  Even if there is, I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s not that simple, right?  ******************************* ps: Bow and thank Luo Feichi 430, Underwater Glacier, Niu Teddi, Pirate Chief, Huan  Love Influence, I Am the Divine Ancestor, The Divine Light of Autumn, Meng Qingxi, You Qing, Yu Feng Qiu Yuan, Book Friends 110301180035281, hardcore book friends read classics, play, lin883625, Ba Bajiejie, Xuanyuan Wu, ki¦Îs¡âСС , Longyou Qianhai, pcm600812, Darkness Emblem, Dragon Song Moon, steel223, HouؼCry, Guangyu¡¯s Rabbit, Sword Rider¡¯s Qingyun, .wing shape change, Book Friends 141227115532341, Haha Bear 1, cash wave xshilu,  Little tiger in the devil world, david5555, xiaoyongplay, ~titan~, wandering depravity, melancholy poet, cloudless rain, Tongzi, 13905891488, caught in an ambush, uncrowned emperor, .Confucian scholar, ki¦Îs¡âxiaoxiao, nothing to gain  , .apple2206, good friends in the battlefield, h=, .hyun.¡ª, legend of the dark night, the undefeated old Han of the East, coming and going like the wind, charliexp, liliang261, there is a crow in the sky, starry sky wanderer, abc19791205, midnight cowherd, idle  The classmates of Panhe voted for their precious monthly votes and gave rewards. 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