Chapter 217 Dragon Coin Issuance
On August 27th, under the dispatch of Xiao Tianjian, a large number of people and horses of Xing Tianjun finally gathered around Nanjing City. Looking down from the sky, you can see that there are dense tents in the area southwest of Nanjing City. All kinds of banners are beckoning with the wind, and there are also a group of people and horses from each side. The key road continues to open outside Nanjing City and flows into this sea of people.
On the river in the northern part of Nanjing, a large number of ships came from the upstream and gradually docked by the river controlled by the leading forces. Many civilians and engineers were urgently building temporary trestles by the river for ships to dock and unload, and countless people also gathered from all directions. Join this hard-working army, cut down the wood available in the surrounding area, and then carry them to the place where they are needed for the army.
A large number of materials were unloaded from the ship and quickly transferred to the Xingtian Army's battalion. The battalion was tied down, forming a camp that spread for 20 or 30 miles. People shouted that the horses were so lively.
A large number of Xingtian soldiers stood in the temporary campus of the camp, listening to the military generals assign tasks to them, and many craftsmen led the soldiers in the camp to build all kinds of siege instruments.
The long-awaited Battle of Nanjing began to unfold as the Xing Tianjun went outside Nanjing.
The morale of the Xingtian Army outside the city is that when the officers and soldiers in the city see a large number of Xingtian Army coming, they all look panicked. Although there are also people shouting horses in the barracks in the city, it is very lively, but the expression on everyone's face shows a strong worry.
There are more than a dozen gates outside Nanjing, so these officers and soldiers were assigned to each gate to be stationed by Ding Qirui. Each soldier and horse controlled two or three gates, which is also a responsibility. Considering that the direction of the Xingtian Army's main attack should be in the west of the city and the south of the city, Ding Qirui put heavy troops on There are two sides in the southwest, but in order to prevent the attack of the other two gates of the Xingtian Army, Ding Qirui also left a certain number of troops in the other two gates. In short, Ding Qirui arranged most of the troops in the outer city.
With the help of the sand table, Xiao Tianjian could clearly understand the defense of Nanjing City, so he knew the current weakness of Nanjing City, so he was not very anxious to launch an attack on Nanjing City, but waited for the arrival of the army to arrive.
It seems to be to embolden himself. As soon as Xing Tianjun set up a camp outside the city, several Hongyi cannons on the outer wall began to fire at Xing Tianjun aimlessly. Although it was not a threat to Xing Tianjun at all, it could bring a certain degree of security to the defenders more or less. Comfort, and there is a gunpowder bureau in Nanjing, and there is no shortage of gunpowder. The defenders don't have to worry about the consumption of too much gunpowder. From time to time, they will shoot a few shots outside the city. One is to interfere with the camp of the Xingtian Army, and the other is to embolden themselves and boost the morale of the defenders.
Xiao Tianjian sat in the big tent, listened to the sound of gunfire from the city, and couldn't help sneer: "The defenders can be said to have no fighting spirit to do this, and it shows that they are not organized at all. In this way, they don't have to worry about not breaking through the outer city!"
Li Xin then nodded and agreed with Xiao Tianjian and smiled, "Although there are many defenders in the city, the key to fighting Nanjing is not in the outer city, so it is only a matter of time to remove the outer city, but the inner city is a little headache. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of residents living in the outer city. After removing the outer city, how to settle these residents makes the humble head feel a headache!"
Xiao Tianjian was actually considering this problem and nodded, "It's true! Ding Qirui transported most of the grain into the inner city. Once the outer city is removed, these hundreds of thousands of people will become a burden to eat and drink outside. This is probably Ding Qirui's most ruthless move! He wants to drag us down with hundreds of thousands of people! It's really his heart!
However, although this move is tricky, we have to follow it. Otherwise, we don't care about the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. It's really good! In any case, we should make sure that they can't starve to death after the city is broken. At least, we should maintain its minimum demand and get through this difficult situation first!
Especially those officers and soldiers who invite to surrender in the outer city should be properly placed. They should not be allowed to become bandits. In the future, they will become the great harm of Nanzhili. Otherwise, even if we take down Nanjing City, we may not be able to sit here! Fight against Nanjing is not the most critical thing. The most important thing is to stabilize the situation here and lay a good foundation for the next Northern Expedition!
By the way, has Luo Bin from the Logistics Department arrived at Wuchang Mansion? Did the people in the logistics department follow up?
Li Xin immediately replied, "My lord, Luo Bin left Luoyang and rushed to Wuchang Mansion as early as a month ago. Now he has begun to preside over the affairs provided for the army in Wuchang Mansion. His people have also come with the ship. Now he is responsible for dispatching supplies by the river! Luo Bin sent someone to send the news. He is mobilizing more grain from the Huguang area and transporting it here by water. It took a lot of money to requisition this grain!
Another good news is that the dragon coins of our Xingtian Army have been implemented in the jurisdiction under the auspices of the mistress. In Wuchang and other cities, the Xingtian Military Officer's Office Bank has been built, and the Dalong banknotes have also begun to be issued. This time, the collection of grain in various places is to use this kind of dragon banknotes to sell grain to us. People can take these dragon banknotes to the bank in Fucheng to exchange Jackie Chan coins. Although some people were unwilling to accept them at the beginning, after forcibly pushing them down, these people took them to exchange and got quite good dragon coins, so they were all happy!
He also brought a few dragon coins this time, but he didn't bring them here at this time. After a while, he sent them to the master to see!"
Xing Tianjun's issuance of currency has not been prepared for half a day. In order to issue Xing Tianjun's Chinese dragon coins and dragon banknotes, Xiao Tianjian has asked Fan Yutong to prepare for a long time, so this implementation is also a matter of course. Fan Yutong has her own team, and she has been busy with this matter during this period. At first, they first opened the official bank of Xing Tianjun in various cities, set up a preliminary exchange network, and then issued dragon money, which facilitated the exchange between merchants and the people. At the beginning, the people and merchants must not like to use this kind of paper money, and they will definitely exchange it for real silver coins as soon as possible. Or copper money, but if the credit of dragon banknotes is established over time, the people and merchants will certainly gradually adapt to store and carry this kind of banknote because of the strong credit of dragon banknotes. At that time, banknotes will replace precious currency and gradually become the mainstream of market circulation!
The reason why Daming failed to issue banknotes at the beginning was that he did not grasp the number of banknotes issued, which made the initial banknotes depreciate. No one was willing to use them, and finally had to be eliminated from the market. Therefore, Xing Tianjun naturally had to learn a lesson to do this and could not cause paper. The sharp depreciation of banknotes is the reason why they have been issuing banknotes for so long.
Moreover, Xing Tianjun's issuance of currency is also of great political significance. Although he has not established a country, the issuance of currency also represents that Xing Tianjun is about to establish a country and will be self-contained economically. Therefore, the issuance of dragon banknotes and silver coins this time undoubtedly scored a lot for Xing Tianjun.
Not long after, someone sent a few dragon banknotes for Xiao Tianjian. After unfolding it and looking carefully, Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed. The face value of this kind of dragon banknote is one or two, five taels and ten taels. The shape is quite close to that of the money of later generations, and the middle is one. Panlong, the pattern is similar to the pattern on the dragon coin. It also uses an engraved color overprinting process. The paper is also specially made, full of toughness. It shakes in your hand and cries. It feels quite good, but it is a little larger than the banknotes of later generations, and the printing is quite exquisite. It is difficult for ordinary people to imitate it. It will be very large. A group of people can't get this kind of paper money at all, so in a short time, there is no chance that someone will imitate it.
"Good! Beautiful! Haha! In the future, the military pay of our Xingtian Army should be issued with this kind of dragon money. First, we will implement it from the army. In the future, I believe that a good credit will be established. Naturally, if the soldiers are willing to use the people, they will be relieved! Let's implement this matter according to the current method! But we can't talk about these things now. What about Jiang Qin? Where is he now? After Xiao Tianjian put down the sample money of a few dragon banknotes, he praised and changed the topic and asked Jiang Qin where he was.
"Jiang Qin is in the camp, and he will come to him!" Li Xin collected the money and handed it over to his men for safekeeping, and replied.
It didn't take long for Jiang Qin to enter the account after he reported from outside the account. He saluted Xiao Tianjian and said, "See the lord!"
Xiao Tianjian immediately asked him, "How is the surrender going now?" Tell me more about it!"
Jiang Qin immediately answered with a frown, "Congratulations, my lord, this matter is progressing well. The detailed work sent in the city has contacted a lot of officers and military generals. Now many officers and military generals have expressed their willingness to surrender to the general!"
Among them, Li Shutang, the deputy general of Changde Mansion, has clearly promised that as long as we start to attack the city, he will lead the army to surrender and offer Fengtai Gate for our army to enter the outer city. In addition, Zhang Yunlong, the general of Songjiang Mansion, who guarded Jinchuan Gate, also promised to surrender and offered Jinchuan Gate, and Li Xiandong, a general of Huai'an Mansion, who guarded the big and small tame Elephant Gate, also expressed his willingness. Surrender, several thousand generals guarding the fence gate also intended to surrender. Of course, although some generals did not agree to surrender to the lord, most of them did not find it difficult for them to contact their brothers. Obviously, it was to leave them a way out, so once our army invaded the city, these people would not resist desperately. Of.
At present, most of them are just worried about their resettlement and the safety of their families after the surrender. They hope to get the master's guarantee. In addition, Ding Qirui is keeping a close eye on them, and all the soldiers stationed in Yingtianfu will monitor them!"