The increasingly prosperous trade in Huaidong has a strong demand for precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper; Huaidong Bank raises more than 10 million new silver dollars every year, which is almost three times the value of copper dollars, and cannot even meet the current needs of Jianghuai and other places.

Although Lin Fu ordered the reopening of silver mines in western Zhejiang, the output of silver mines in western Zhejiang is only 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms per year, and the output of silver mines in southern Hunan and Guangnan is not much more, which cannot satisfy Jianghuai's current new cast metals.

demand for money.

Although Lin Fu tried his best to promote the use of banknotes for large-scale trade settlements, at this time, banknotes were essentially equivalent to bills of exchange in later generations. The endorsements on banknotes were extremely detailed to prevent counterfeiting of large sums of money; at this time, it was not yet time to promote money.

With the level of banknotes, we can only continue to absorb gold, silver, copper and precious metals from overseas...

In the past, Fuso coins were mainly made of iron, so they were not very sensitive to the outflow of gold, silver and copper. The Hojo clan who controlled Dazaifu did not have the strength to forcibly close the Fukue Free Trade Port, so they came up with a cruel idea, which was to reform Fuso.

The coinage law wanted to change the iron coins of the past into silver and copper coins.

Once Fuso changes to using silver and copper to cast money, it will directly stimulate the domestic demand for silver and copper in Fuso, stimulate the price of silver and copper to rise sharply in Fuso, and eliminate the possibility of Huaidong absorbing silver and copper from Fuso at a low price. This is naturally not the case for Lin Fu and the Privy Council.

And what the various forces gathered at this time to draw huge profits from the Haidong trade can endure.

Therefore, Lin Fu will support the Saga clan and the Kongo clan in their campaign against the Hojo clan this time. The minimum is to ask the Fuso Kingdom to give up the idea of ​​using silver and copper to make coins in the next 30 to 50 years. In addition, Dazaifu will be moved to Kyushu Island.

There are also plans to add new free trade areas to promote further expansion and penetration of trade with Fuso.

After the Seogwipo War, Zhen Feng and about 3,000 Haiyang children were prisoners of war in Huaidong. Lin Fu released Zhen Feng and the Haiyang prisoners of war after the war and returned to Goryeo. After two years of peace, Zhen Feng and Goryeo were at odds.

The conflict between Jing and Jing broke out, officially opening the prelude to the Goryeo Civil War.

Lin Fu's envoys Zhao Hu and Ma Yigong successively led the Haidong Army to participate in the Goryeo Civil War, suppressed the Goryeo navy, and helped the Zhen family to seize Shannan County and Guanxi County successively, and once threatened Hanyang in the Guannei County.

Yanhu realized that once Goryeo lost control, Huaidong would be able to directly threaten Liaodong from the west with the assistance of the Zhen family, so three years after Yongxing, the 20,000 Goryeo soldiers who had previously assisted Yanhu in the southern expedition were returned to the control of Prime Minister Zuo Jing

, maintaining Goryeo’s civil war front south of Kannai County.

There are less than 3 million registered residents in Korea, and the actual population is about 5 million to 6 million.

Although the Zhen family controlled the three most populous counties among the nine counties of Goryeo, the actual population under their control was less than two million. Especially when the 20,000 Goryeo warriors returned to the control of the Prime Minister Zuo Jing, the Haiyang Army controlled by the Zhen family was on the mainland.

The battle was extremely difficult, and they suffered several defeats in succession, which curbed their northward advance.

This time, the Zhen family needed Huaidong to expand its intervention in the Goryeo Civil War and expand the scale of Haidong's marching army.

Helping the Zhen clan fight the Goryeo Civil War was partly due to Huaidong's need to contain Yanhu from the flanks, and on the other hand, the need for Goryeo's trade expansion.

There are not many materials that Zhen can exchange with Huaidong, but the coal resources in Shannan and Haiyang are particularly high-quality.

Goryeo Shannan coal has strong firepower and high combustion temperature, and its performance is far higher than that of coal produced in Liyang, Xuanzhou and other places.

Since the second year of Yongxing, Huaidong Bank and Heishui Shipping Company have directly loaned money to the Zhen family and other Haiyang rich families to help them set up mines and mine coal in Shannan County, and use the output of Shannan coal and Haiyang coal to make up for the losses of Huaidong and Fusang.

The difference in importing supplies to Haiyang.

At this time, as many as two million baskets of Korean coal were shipped to Haizhou, Chongzhou, and Jiangning via Shannan and Haiyang counties every year. As for how the Zhen family and other Haiyang families enslaved captured soldiers and criminal children of hostile forces to make coal profits,

It is not the scope of Huaidong's consideration.

In addition to further expanding the Haidong camp this time, Lin Fu will also provide Zhen with war loans of up to two million silver dollars through Huaidong Bank and Settlers Bank to help expand his army from the current 60,000 to 100,000.

Thousands of people.
Chapter completed!