Nahachu of the Northern Yuan Dynasty has been a little uncomfortable recently.

Although he had been suppressed and beaten by the Ming Dynasty before, he still said that he was still the overlord on the grassland.

But every time he fought with the Liao King of the Ming Dynasty, he ended in failure. After the last battle, the heroes and heroes on the grassland also laughed at Naha for being defeated by the Liao King Zhu Qi.

Nahachu was also very upset. How could they know how powerful the Liao King was. If they were to fight against the Liao King, they might not be able to perform better than themselves. But even if they said this, it would only add to the laughing stock. People on the grassland don’t believe these things. If they can beat them, they can beat them. If they can beat them, they can’t beat them. If they lose, they can only shut up and get scolded.

It has been more than half a year since he defeated King Zhu Qi of the first grade. At this time, many tribes of the Northern Yuan have returned to their territory. They have gone to do whatever they should do. Then, they naturally returned to the grassland to handle their own responsibilities. The things on the ground are just that Aza is rude and anxious after gaining a foothold in the first grade. Before he joined his tribe, the leaders have become stronger and stronger, and they are constantly attacking themselves. So, can they not defeat the King of Liao Zhu Qi, but can they still beat you Aza Sili?

There are many fights, but generally speaking, he is already at a disadvantage.

After all, Aza, the city is backed by Daming, and some people have money, soldiers and food. That is really better than Naha’s.

However, Hashu also supported everything with his outstanding military talents, and did not let Aza get too much benefit. However, if this continues, it is only a matter of time before his territory is occupied by Azasri. He can only wait for the Beiyuan side to provide him with enough support. I just don’t know if it was because of the last defeat in the war. Prime Minister Wang Baobao has recently sent fewer and fewer aid supplies to Naha. The official superficial reason is that the Beiyuan’s finances are not as abundant as before. After all, they cannot be robbed, and there is no Central Plains to suck blood. Beiyuan only occupies a poor place like the grassland.

The grasslands today are completely different from those in later generations. It doesn’t mean that having dozens or hundreds of cattle is equivalent to having millions of property. These things are really worthless now.

The grassland economy has not been developed at all, let alone tourism, which is something that is not at all.

It is naturally not easy to get those supplies. The Ming Dynasty's current ban on trade is very strict. In addition to being strong, it is impossible to buy from the Ming merchants. And Naha said that recently he has relied on the merchants on the grassland to smuggle some important supplies, including iron tools, etc., and just stealing the people will definitely not be able to snatch the iron tools needed by the warriors on the grassland.

Originally, this was a relatively stable trade chain, but I also said that I had encountered another big problem recently, that is, those merchants did not check in cash or gold, but instead asked for some banknotes called Mingxiang.

Naha was stunned. Where did he come from this banknote called the famous socialite? This is the first time he heard about it. However, the merchants who worked with him were very enthusiastic and soon said that there was an organization called the bank in the Ming Dynasty government. As long as there was enough silver and gold, they could go there to exchange for a large amount of banknotes.

Although it was a bit difficult for Naha to exchange gold and silver for such paper-like things, the other party asked for money, and no one else recognized him, so he could only ask someone to bring a large amount of gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty to exchange for money.

So, he said that he sent a large amount of gold and silver to the bank in exchange for a large number of celebrities, and finally bought some necessary supplies from the merchants, but these supplies did not include the metals in the scenic area, etc., which also made Naha quite angry. The merchants said that these metal parts were investigated very strictly recently by the customs department and could not take them out easily, and it was meaningless to bring out a small amount of metal.

Naha Chu felt that he was being fooled, but he could only do this. After all, it was already very good to switch to some daily necessities. Only these merchants were willing to sell them to themselves, and other merchants couldn't even bring out tea.

However, what Nahachu didn't know was that as soon as he finished his business with the merchants, the merchants were invited by the Jinyiwei to have tea.

I saw that in the dark Jinyiwei government office of Liaoyang, the Jinyiwei looked at the trembling merchants in front of them holding the tea leaves in their hands, and putting the tea in front of them, with a warm smile. If it weren't for the bloody torture instruments around them, and the dark Jinyiwei government atmosphere, the merchants thought they were talking about business with their business partners. However, even if the Jinyiwei smiles were so bright, they would not dare to get on. They nodded and bowed one by one, and were extremely well-behaved. The Jinyiwei also said nothing, and sat down and knocked on the table and asked them:

"This deal is done well. At least your family's lives have been saved. However, whether your head can be saved depends on how you will perform in the future."

When the merchants heard this, they were moved by their noses and then cried and said:

"Don't worry, adults, we will definitely work hard to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the Jinyiwei slapped the table.

"What is meritorious service? You are meritorious service."

That's right? The business they did with the Beiyuan and people on the grasslands was smuggled, smuggling important iron ore, rock, iron and other things to the grasslands to obtain a lot of profits. For the Ming Dynasty, these resources were also in short supply. Strategic materials were to behead the Beiyuan without their permission. However, His Highness of the Liao King was very kind. Even if the Jinyiwei mastered the evidence of these merchants' crimes, they did not catch them in one place at the first time. Instead, they asked them to continue doing business with Naha in NATO. The prerequisite was that they would not be able to collect cash and gold in the future. They had to collect a banknote called the Queen's Bank, and the Queen's Bank could only exchange them in the bank, and they could not use their own gold to exchange them for gold and silver. As for why they could not be right, would they need to say?

Their property has been confiscated, where did the money and silver come from?

In this way, the bank continuously stored all kinds of gold and silver from the grassland, and these gold and silver were brought back when they were retreating to the grassland. It was said that the kings who were promoted to the Liao emperor occupied a lot of these gold and silver, and now they have returned in this way. The Ming Dynasty only needs to hand over tea and porcelain, a small amount of kitchen utensils, etc. to the Beiyuan side as trade goods. In the future, wait until the banknotes gain a foothold on the grassland.

As for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not even need to directly use gold, silver and the Northern Yuan to do business. They just need to take money and go to the grassland to buy a lot of cattle, sheep, horse skins and other things. You should know that war horses are also very expensive these days, and their strategic resources are not inferior to iron tools and metals. Even if there is more metal to the Northern Yuan, in the later era of firearms, they would have no use for those armors, but war horses are different. Even in the era of firearms, war horses are very useful.

At least before you create something like a bicycle or motorcycle, it is impossible to have anything at all, and it can replace strategic materials such as war horses.

It is still unclear. He has fallen into the economic trap set by the Liao King in the middle of the period. He is still happily thinking that he can obtain various trade goods from the Ming Dynasty in the future. Even if the Ming Dynasty is stuck in trade and does not allow merchants to come, he has a way to contact the merchants from the Ming Dynasty.

But he didn't know that with the increasing frequency of business transactions, the frequency of celebrities appearing on the grassland is getting higher and higher, and what awaits him is the result of the direct control of the lifeline of the economy being the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, in order to accelerate this process, Xi also has a lot of suggestions, one of which is to start a border trade.

Firecrackers have been spreading relays since the Han Dynasty and the Huns' core. When Emperor Wu of Han held the Huns with hammers, border trade only stopped briefly, and later it flourished again during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han.

Not to mention during the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was a very open dynasty. Even if they fought against the Turks, they still did not cut off trade. The Tang Dynasty was also very open and supported commerce. It also started with the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Road shone brightly.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, although the Song Dynasty did not want to sell the iron and metals in its country to the barbarians in the north, for the Song Dynasty, he had no way to refuse. No matter who he was, there was almost no way to fight or bully, and there was no right to speak at all. Whether or not he sold things was not the final say. If he dared not sell them, he would be beaten in every minute. Do you think the Song Dynasty would dare to control its borders?

But the Ming Dynasty in history is different. The Ming Dynasty has been very domineering since Zhu Yuanzhang. He has never fought with you without saying a word. It is another matter whether he can fight or not, but I must fight. As for the peaceful trade with you, don’t joke.

It is just to make a life-and-death battle. There is no need to say much about such backbone. The backbone of the Han people can be said to be quite as strong as the Qin and Han dynasties in the Ming Dynasty.

So the ministers in the court were very proud of this. However, after the Liao King Zhu Qi put forward the opinions on border trade, he was immediately beaten by the group of ministers who were not against him. He said that this was an advantage that he had finally made with bowing his head to the enemy, and that there was no reason to take the initiative to open border trade to recover their blood, etc. These are naturally very reasonable. But with Zhu Qi's grand strategy, even giving them some metals and other things is not impossible.

After all, Zhu Qi's ultimate goal was to make the Ming Dynasty's banknotes the official currency of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and she didn't want the banknotes to be circulated in the country.

By that time, it was not the time for the Northern Yuan to make the decision. The Ming Dynasty could emptie their supplies from him just by printing money.

Of course, if you want to do this, you must carry out border trade. You can't just rely on Naha to smuggle and smuggle, but it's too slow. You can only learn from the precedents of trade between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom during the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty's banknotes occupy the official position of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. You must know that in history, although the Song Dynasty was beaten by the Liao Kingdom, it also signed a city alliance, which brought about a century of peace. It was precisely because of the frequent trade between the two countries that the Song Dynasty and the silver dollar became the official currency of the Liao Kingdom in the Liao Kingdom.

However, this goal cannot be placed in the court and told the ministers directly. Who knows whether the news will be spread to the Beiyuan side and let Wang Baobao prepare for precautions in advance. He can only wait until the road is complete before he can speak openly. So Zhu Qi also stood and said nothing without saying anything. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew Zhu Qi's strategy for a long time, and at this time he did not shake his mind because of the high-cost impeachment. Although he was very tough before and did not want to have any trade deals with the Beiyuan side, after listening to Zhou Qi's answer and explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew the importance of the official currency of the Yuan Dynasty to the situation after becoming the RMB.

Of course, there is no need to say that such a thing that can be stuck with the other party's throat without a single soldier. The more it is, the better. Zhu Yuanzhang was not stupid. He could know the wonderfulness of this method after a little thought. It can be said that it was a peerless plot like Emperor Wu of Han's order to give favor.

So Zhu Yuanzhang was like Zhu Qi, with his hands and eyes open, looking at the various impeachments on the table, and the ministers in the court chattering every day, but he never expressed his opinion, and still let Liao King Zhu Qi preside over the bank and border trade various things.

There was a momentum of keeping his head in silence and making the ministers unable to help but stamp their feet and cry, saying, "What a big deal, if this continues, it will be over."

Whether to play or not is definitely not their final say. Zhu Qi soon began to plan the border trade. Just as the planning of the tariff department was completely completed, several tariff departments were established in the north. Based on the framework of these tariff departments, it is very convenient to establish border trade on this basis, and this news naturally needs to be communicated with the Beiyuan side.

As for how to ventilate, it is also very particular. Naturally, we cannot ask the other party to start a border trade in a humble manner, but should discuss with the other party with the victory of the King's Army.
Chapter completed!