Prehistoric six ears against the sky

Chapter 111 Misappropriation
A year is a long time, and Sun Ming has been on the throne for a whole year. Although there are many things, the development of a year is quite fast.First of all, in terms of agriculture, the area of ​​cultivated land has tripled, and with the application of Quyuan plow, the grain has been enriched at once. However, Sun Ming still collects according to the method of ten taxes and one, but the income is even more than in previous years.

Prime Minister Shang Rong's old face was full of smiles, but Sun Ming was not happy about it. Now is the time to launch the currency, and he must not be careless.The gold was made into the shape of gold ingots by Sun Ming, and the same is true for silver, each weighing ten taels.

Then there are copper coins, which are not pure copper, but mixed with other metals. One hundred copper coins are equal to one tael of silver, and 100 taels of silver are equal to one tael of gold. This is determined by Sun Ming, and production is carried out according to this ratio.

In this way, the circulation of copper coins and silver can be facilitated, and the circulation of gold Sun Ming does not plan to release too much, after all, the people at the bottom are not rich now.

At the court meeting, Prime Minister Shang Rong reported the income from the grain tax, which surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. It was nearly ten times more than last year. Why is there so much more?The land has only been tripled, and the use of Quyuan plows for deep plowing will not increase so much. After all, today is only one tax per ten!
"Hmph, it seems that those landlords in the past concealed a lot of taxes, and officials from all over the country obviously neglected their duties, but they have worked hard this year, so I will not pursue it. Let's talk about their merits."

"Yes. In addition, Your Majesty gave birth to a large number of babies today. The old minister thinks that more doctors should be sent to try to make more babies survive." Prime Minister Shang Rong said.

"That's right. With fields and land, there will naturally be more people. This is very good. Let the prime minister handle this matter. In addition, the currency we prepared can be implemented. We only charge [-]% of the grain tax. This year There must be surplus grain in the hands of farmers, and if they want to exchange that grain for something, because there is too much grain, it will be cheaper, and farmers will not get any benefits, so they can directly use our newly issued currency to buy surplus grain.”

"It's Your Majesty, this method is really good, it can introduce currency, it can bring convenience to farmers, and at the same time it can control the price of grain. Your Majesty's move is really clever." Prime Minister Shang Rong had to boast a few words.This is not flattery, but sincerity, but soon he began to worry again, "My lord, this year's grand court meeting is approaching, and the three princes have quelled the rebellion. Now that Yuan Futong has been arrested, the 72 road How should the feudal lands of the princes be disposed of?"

Fei Zhong immediately jumped out after hearing this, "Your Majesty, the rebellion of the 72 princes, thanks to the three major princes sending troops, so that they can be quickly put down, and they should be given more fiefdoms, so as to show the king's reliance on the three princes. It can make them more loyal."

Not to be outdone, You Hun also came forward and said, "That's right, the other small princes who participated also need to be encouraged, otherwise it will not be enough to reflect the wiseness of the king." The two of them had already received benefits. The big princes and the northern princes sent people to Chaoge to give gifts.If you want land, so many princes want it, but the 72nd princes seem to be quite a lot, but the smallest prince can only send [-] troops. So many princes have different sizes of fiefdoms. Yuan Futong is the largest, directly sending [-] troops , is the most powerful.

This was the result of militarism, Sun Ming listened to what the two of them said, and laughed unconsciously. Shang Rong, Bigan and Wen Zhong looked at the two jumping up and down with pitiful eyes, and some courtiers also jumped up and echoed.

"Okay, let's discuss this matter later. I will make my own decision at the court meeting, so let's leave. The grand master, the prime minister and Wang Shu stay here for a while." After speaking, he got up and walked to the back hall. Now the ministers are used to the court meeting. The matters above are generally not big, and what the king wants to do is discussed with the three important ministers in the apse.

The ministers dispersed, and the three important ministers came directly to the apse, "Why did your lord leave Fei Zhong and You Hun behind? The spies came to report, and they received great gifts from the princes from all walks of life, which is why they worked so hard at the court meeting." " Wang Shu Bigan asked directly.

"It's okay, some villains are still needed, and they still have their role. Now is not the time to clean them up, and they will naturally be dealt with in the future." Sun Ming waved his hand, "The problem now is how to arrange the rewards of the princes. Since we can't give them They are fiefdoms, but they still need to be satisfied, what do you think?"

"If that's the case, the king can only increase the scale of rewards. Should our new currency be added to it?" Shang Rong asked.

"Of course, our currency must be spread, and this is an opportunity, I will definitely not let it go, and there is a plan at the same time." Sun Ming got up and came to the map next to him, pointing to the outside of Chaoge City and said: "I want to build a new city here, which is dedicated to commerce and trade. It will be full of shops and warehouses, and then gather the products of the feudal lords from all over the place, and put our latest products in it."

"What's the king's intention in doing this?" The three important ministers couldn't understand the meaning. After all, pure business would not be valued so much by Sun Ming.

"I want to make all the money of the princes, and let them go back to exploit the people in the fief even more. When the people's grievances are boiling, they can naturally give me an excuse to deal with them." Sun Ming is seven years old. With the effect of Yuan Gong, his body no longer looks young, and his head has grown a lot taller. The skin refining has ended. Although his skin is fair now, ordinary daggers can't penetrate it at all, and Sun Ming has entered the bone forging process. stage.

"My lord, do we really want to sell our things?" Uncle Wang was a little bit reluctant.

"Haha, Uncle Wang is worrying too much, now you only need to be optimistic about the craftsmen, so it is impossible for them to want our technology, the number of craftsmen in the feudal vassals is not many, and it will take many years to gather and produce these. Our pens, inks, papers and inkstones are all good things. Let’s get some high-quality goods and sell them to the princes. I think they will like them. There are also iron farm tools, which are many times better than bronze and wooden ones.” The smelting of iron is completed, Most of them became farm tools, and some began to make the three treasures of horses, but they were not equipped, but were kept secret.

This kind of thing is easy to see at first glance, and he experimented secretly. Wen Zhong saw the beauty of it and wanted to install it immediately, but Sun Ming didn't agree. Take out the three treasures, and then equip the horses. The cavalry will be able to fight after three months of training. Such a large-scale cavalry charge is terrifying in the current era.

"That's right." Uncle Wang nodded his head, these things are just easier to handle with brushes.

"At that time, I will collect taxes, not only to sell things, but also princes from all over the world to bring things here to sell. Chaoge is the center, and princes from all over the southeast and northwest can only conduct transactions when they pass by here, so we will gather in one place, Let them trade here exclusively, and there will be a lot of money when the time comes, and I plan to collect ten taxes and three for business tax."

"So tall?" Shang Rong was taken aback, then asked.

"Is it high? It's not high at all. Now I want to attract them to come. They will still come when [-]% of the benefits are cut in half. In the future, the tax will be higher, but that is after the princes are cleaned up. , and now it’s only temporary.” Speaking of this, Sun Ming couldn’t help but take inventory of the commodities in his hands, as if some were missing, “Is there anything out of the kiln?”

When he asked, Shang Rong said with some embarrassment: "My lord, some things have been produced, but how to use them is unknown, and there are quite a few things produced. Now the craftsmen over there are very impatient. To advance to the next level, you have to keep burning everything, and all kinds of things come out, even the ashes come out.”

"Ash?" Sun Ming was taken aback. This was not directly burned with fire, but more like roasted. Why is there still ashes? "Let them bring all the burnt things over, and I'll see." Sun Ming was also very curious. After a year of continuous experiments, what exactly did they burn out?
Sun Ming was curious, and directly ordered the kiln to bring things over. As soon as he entered the palace gate, Sun Ming looked at it. There were several carts of things, and he pulled them over. ran forward.The cart stopped, and Sun Ming asked people to start taking the next piece. The first piece, Sun Ming didn't know, didn't know what it was, it was in a lump, and the material couldn't be seen, so he put it aside, and then looked at the pieces. .

"My lord, this was made by firing at the very beginning. At that time, we thought about firing it. The things that were fired without making a shape were completely lumps. We discovered this later, and all the things that were fired next It has a shape." said the leading craftsman.

"Well, that's right. It's good to think about things. I'll keep watching." Sun Ming continued to look at them one by one. If he didn't look at them, he wouldn't know.There are red bricks, blue bricks, and tiles, and the most unexpected thing is that there are glazed and cement.

Sun Ming's eyes became brighter and brighter, "You even burned the sand?"

"Uh, Your Majesty saw it? You ordered it to be burned casually, so we..."

"The firing is good. You are so talented. Continue to fire. After a while, the things I picked out will be fired on a large scale, but we still need to pay attention to improvement." Sun Ming asked them to start firing red bricks, cement, and green bricks on a large scale. Bricks and tiles, as for the colored glaze, it is not the time yet, it needs to be researched, colleagues also have things like floor tiles.

These things are all sharp tools, a sharp tool for collecting money, and they will be directly used to build new cities. The houses built by these things will not be tempted by those princes. When the time comes, some construction teams will be established to directly contract the project. I say how much money will be.This will not only liberate part of the population from the land, but also prosper business, improve people's living standards, put a lot of money into their own pockets, and the currency promoted at the same time will occupy the entire Shang Dynasty.

saint?Hehe, Sun Ming already has a lot of confidence in the battle of the Conferred Gods, so what if a saint participates?Can they change hearts?

(End of this chapter)