C735 Fusang Bank (1/2)

Standing on the Heaven's Tower, he admired the scenery of the Japanese market in summer. In front of him was such a unique delicacy, and in addition to a mouthful of the genuine sake of chrysanthemum, a breeze blew over from the Heaven's Tower, bringing about a faint fragrance of flowers.

The great battle had already ended over a month ago, and ever since the Mu Clan General and the Four Southern vassal lords s had reached a secret agreement with Xiao Letian, the reconstruction of the Osaka City had begun.

The refugees who had fled to their homes one by one, the ruins that had been destroyed began to be rebuilt, smoke began to rise from the city walls, and the long awaited popularity replaced the murderous atmosphere.

The Southwest Allied Army and the army of the Mu Clan had already started to retreat in batches. Right now, both sides only had two thousand troops left, one to the east and one to the west.

The most difficult moment had already passed. Just when Tongzhi was about to be assassinated and bring the four vassal lords s over to beg for forgiveness, their compensation plan was completely rejected by Xiao Letian.

Just when they were feeling disheartened, Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea once again showed his benevolence, pulling the several great names who were already at the edge of the cliff back.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu never thought that there would be such a good thing in the world. He had originally thought that he would only be able to obtain the Great Qing Emperor's understanding by paying the little emperor a large sum of money.

With compensation! Letian Bank and the Tsurukawa's Palace, as well as the Southwest Four Feudal Lords had invested together to create the Fusang Bank. Among them, the Japanese side took 60% of the bank at the expense of the mining rights of Yinshan and Zoudu gold mines, but the agreement emphasized that the administration of the bank would always belong to the Letian Bank.

How the 60% of shares was divided into the Japan and General meant that there would be private negotiations between the General and Big Name, while Ai Xinjueluozaichun would have the remaining 40% of the shares in his own right, while Letian Bank would only have the last 15%.

The Letian Bank had the least shares, but had the management rights. It seemed very unreasonable, but no one had any objections.

Firstly, no one else had the experience of running a bank. As for how much money Fusang Bank could earn by relying on the few gold and silver mines that were running out of resources, no one knew.

Secondly, to increase the production of the old mines in the Japan, it was impossible not to carry out high-tech modifications, and this investment had to be made using the preparations of the Letian Bank s. Since everyone was ready to eat, they didn't have much of an opinion on the matter.

Finally, it was because of Xiao Letian's army. With such a strong army stationed in Japan, forget about a bank's authority, even if they gave Japan a few national policies, the Mu Clan and other famous names would have to listen to them.

Actually, what Xiao Letian valued the most was not the few silver mountains, but the right of the Japan to forge coins. This was the everlasting gold mountain.

Ever since the Tang Dynasty Japan and the Central Plains established their economic and cultural ties, Japan's right to forge coins had always been controlled by the mainland's civilization. Although the Japan could also forge some gold and silver vessels, the technology of bronze refinement had always been impossible for Japan.

Tang Qian, Song Qian, Ming Qian, and the copper coins from the Great Qing were all the main currencies in the Japanese market. Even after more than a thousand years, the Japan was still unable to forge a few rows of qualified coins.

As one might imagine, if a country did not even have the right to create money, then its economic activities could only become an adjunct to the one that provided the currency. Most of the time, the Japanese would use their own limited goods such as gold, silver, saltpeter, sulphur, Katana and so on to bring them to China. They would not buy anything from China and only use it to exchange for the copper coins forged in China.

There was nothing they could do about it, the circulation of goods within the Japan required small amounts of money like copper coins, how could ordinary people pay with gold and silver, their only choice was copper coins.

The entire history of currency in the Middle Age was filled with hunger and thirst for copper coins. The more money was needed in the market, the more valuable the items were, and the more people loved to collect them. However, the more money was collected, the rarer it was. This is a vicious circle.