Chapter 2523

Although he failed to retain these young guests, Peter's enthusiasm remained undiminished. Not only did he personally send them out of the business inn, he also asked his servants to prepare several small gifts for them, all of which were handicrafts from Europe.

, although it is not expensive, it is also very unique.

However, these young people all come from prominent families. They don’t have any treasures at home, and they have never seen any good things in Sanya. Naturally, they will not think that the gift from Peter is so strange. At the moment, they just asked the entourage to accept the gift, and then thanked Peter.

They still showed enough surface courtesy. But in Peter's view, such a calm reaction confirmed his guess about the identity of these young people.

After the group left the store, they took the time to continue taking a horse-drawn carriage to inspect the commercial area of ​​Dinghai Port. They soon discovered that large commercial institutions like the Dutch Store were not uncommon in Dinghai Port, and their number was even comparable to that of Sanya. From this,

It also proves that the name of "the first port in the East China Sea" is not groundless.

After walking around the port area for a long time, the four of them stopped again and found a restaurant to have lunch and chat about their impressions of Dinghai Port.

"To be honest, Zhoushan is much more prosperous than Hong Kong and Kaohsiung where we went before!" Tao Hongfang praised: "I wonder if you are like me, you feel like you are back in Sanya!"

Just as Tao Hongfang felt, Zhoushan Dinghai Port is a port full of Haihan style. In terms of port planning, business atmosphere, institutional setup, etc., it is basically implemented with reference to Sanya's standards. So although Shi Di

Lord Wen did not return to Sanya many times during his more than 20 years in charge of Zhoushan, but the trading port under his rule completely inherited the essence of Sanya, so much so that Tao Hongfang and others felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when they arrived here.

feel.

"Yeah, look at these large business stores. Many of them are chain stores that also have offices in Sanya... From a geographical point of view, this place is even better than Sanya. No wonder there are so many people optimistic about it.

Zhoushan." Ning Zijing added.

In fact, Ning Zijing's evaluation is quite implicit. In terms of geographical location, Zhoushan is not only better than Sanya, it is close to the most prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions on the East Asian continent, with goods, capital, markets, labor force, etc.

The conditions are far better than Hainan Island, and the development potential is extremely huge.

Before the arrival of Haihan, this place was already a famous free port. All kinds of legal and illegal transactions were completed in this lawless place. However, the Ming Dynasty lacked effective management methods at that time, which made this place only barbaric.

Although it grew prosperously, it lacked basic order. It was not until Haihan captured Zhoushan that this situation changed and it began to enter a stage of orderly and healthy development.

Bai Letong said: "Although I just took a quick look at it today, I also feel that this place is too similar to Sanya. It doesn't have the feeling of being in an overseas colonial area. I don't know if you have noticed that this place even

None of them use silver, they all use banknotes issued by our country."

Ha Jianyi said with a smile: "If you are used to using banknotes, you will feel all kinds of inconveniences when using silver. This place has been ruled by our country for more than 20 years, so the circulation of banknotes is probably a matter of habit."

In fact, the implementation of a new currency is not as simple as Ha Jianyi said. It must have reliable official credit, reasonable circulation, convenient deposit and withdrawal outlets, a sound financial system, and a considerable user group.

, only then can the banknotes issued by Haihan Bank be gradually promoted in the market.

The Ming Dynasty had made similar attempts before. However, due to the lack of comprehensive planning and reasonable arrangements for the issuance and circulation of the Ming Dynasty Baobao, serious inflation occurred soon after its listing. From the Hongwu period to

During the Wanli period, the actual value of Ming Dynasty banknotes depreciated ten thousand times, and they had to withdraw from circulation sadly.

The advantage of Haihan is that there are professionals like Schneider in the upper echelons of power. They have a relatively complete design of the financial and monetary system from the beginning. They gradually promote Haihan currency through the financial functions of Haihan Bank, and finally achieve something unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty.

The goal that can be achieved makes banknotes the legal tender of Haihan.

Of course, the current circulation scope of Haihan banknotes is still concentrated in coastal areas. Due to the lack of bank outlets in the former Ming Dynasty ruling area, it is unlikely to replace the circulation status of precious metals such as gold, silver and copper in a short period of time. Therefore, in the future period

, banknotes and the original precious metal currency will still circulate in the market at the same time. However, in terms of currency usage here in Zhoushan, the popularity of banknotes is basically the same as that in Sanya.

Such a financial and monetary system also provides Zhoushan's cross-border trade environment with more convenient trading conditions. Merchants from all over the world can conveniently conduct trade settlement and capital mobilization through the monetary system constructed by Haihan Bank, which was not possible for any bank before.

Services that cannot be provided. Of course, the most important thing is that Haihan's business reputation and strong national strength provide reliable guarantee for banknotes, so that everyone can use this new currency with confidence.

After a discussion, the four people came to the conclusion that when Shi Diwen was governing the Donghai Region, he built and operated Zhoushan Dinghai Port in full compliance with Sanya's standards. This approach not only created the prosperity of Dinghai Port, but also proved that Sanya

The successful model can be replicated. At this stage, Haihan is planning to move its capital to Hangzhou, so there is no need to worry too much about the differences between the new capital and Sanya.

"Do you think Marshal Shi had already considered the plan to move the capital many years ago, and has been quietly preparing for it these years?" Tao Hongfang suddenly had an idea, and took the initiative to speak it out, wanting to hear it.

Listen to the other three opinions.

"When you say it like that, it sounds like Marshal Shi's palace is very deep!" Ning Zijing responded: "If that's true, it's impossible for the Executive Committee to be unaware of it."

The intelligence network of the Ministry of Security is omnipresent. What kind of development route Zhoushan is going to take, the executive committee must know much better than those who came here for the first time. If Shi Diwen has any selfish thoughts during this process, Ning Zijing

I feel that the Executive Committee will not turn a blind eye, let alone allow him to remain the governor here for more than 20 years.

"Walls have ears. It's better not to discuss such a sensitive topic here." Bai Letong was obviously more cautious than the two of them: "Dashuai Shi has been operating here in Zhoushan for many years. I'm afraid this island is full of his

Eyes and ears, although we have no ill intentions, there is no guarantee that we will not be misunderstood by others. If Marshal Shi misunderstands our purpose of coming, it will be even more troublesome."
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