Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 259 Willow's New Money

After Li Yuan finished asking.

"Eat." Liu Mu looked at Li Yuan's reaction after finishing speaking.

"Let me think about it, maybe this thing can be done. Some people always sneak and kill farm cattle in different ways, but it's not easy to handle?"

"There are countless capable people in the imperial court, just let them discuss it. Would you like to try the beef tenderloin on the iron plate, it tastes great." Liu Mu whispered.

Li Yuan nodded: "You can have this."

Liu Mu took out a small box from his bosom: "Father, please give me an idea about something."

Willow is talking about getting an idea, not giving instructions.This is completely in line with the rules of the Tang Dynasty. This is the harem, not the front hall.So Liu Mu is asking for advice as a junior, not as a courtier.

There are four gold coins in the box.

Li Yuan is 58 this year, but he was very excited to see these gold coins.

There are four portraits on it, which are Li Yuan's parents, Li Yuan and his late queen.

"It's really well made." Li Yuan didn't know that it was a coin, but only thought it was a golden statue.

"It's also because Changping missed his grandmother, so I asked Yan Liben to draw more than a dozen portraits, and then picked one of them, and then made these coins, [-] pieces each, each weighing one coin, and one tael of silver, and one tael of silver. Money always."

"This is money?" Li Yuan exclaimed.

"And these." Liu Mu grabbed a handful from his bosom, and Li Yuan took it for a closer look.

This one is actually three kinds of silver. The three kinds of silver coins of Li Yuan are his own profile, which is the same as the one on the gold coin.The last one is Tai Chi Palace.

"One silver coin is converted into one hundred Wen." Liu Mu introduced beside him.

"What exquisite money." Li Yuan looked at it repeatedly.

The last copper coin that Liu Mu took out was the head of Dugu Lanruo on the bright yellow copper coin.

"Nonsense." Li Yuan stretched out his hand and patted the willow wood: "Is it against the law?"

"I've checked it, and it's not violated."

"Very good, your money seems to be better than that made by the Minting Department. Do you lose a lot with this kind of money?" Li Yuan knew how much the government-run mint in Chang'an lost.

"Well, if you calculate it carefully, a copper coin is cheaper than buying a penny of red copper. There is only a thin layer of copper on the top and bottom, and an iron core in the middle. But outside the workshop, few people know about it." Liu Mu explained to Li Yuan with.

Li Yuan studied the copper coin in his hand for a while, then broke it hard a few times, and then smashed it with the scabbard.

That's not enough, he asked someone to bring a dagger and stabbed him several times fiercely.

Although the coin is somewhat deformed, it is still impossible to see that the inside is an iron core.

"Father, the people in my workshop are much more ruthless than yours when doing experiments. Unless you split it in half with a knife, you won't see anything. Besides, I have millions of coins like this, waiting for countless people When using this money, people only care about how much money can be exchanged for, and who cares about how money is made."

"That's right." Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "Then, I heard that the Zheng family wants to exchange some business with you using the clever coin-making method?"

Willow laughed: "The man who digs the soil with his hands and the man who I use the new plow talk about plowing the ground. They are also really interesting."

Li Yuan also smiled, and suddenly Li Yuan put away his smile: "You said, how many millions do you have?"

Liu Mu lowered his voice: "Father, as long as I can keep up with copper, hundreds of millions of coins are minted every year. If they want to exchange broken copper coins for my good money, let them come. At that time, ten such coins will be exchanged for a bucket of millet." , when the broken money costs more than a dozen pieces, let's see what the common people think, what these elites think."

"Okay. It's just that the pattern is changed, and it is very good to change it to the picture of Tai Chi Palace."

Liu Mu took out another small silver coin: "Father, half a coin."

Li Yuan held the money and remained silent for a long time. On the money was a bust of a person, a bust of a woman in armor.Although the face cannot be seen clearly on this small coin, Li Yuan knew that it could only be one person.

"Father, you can make an order that meritorious ministers are eligible to leave their seals on copper coins."

"Ah, this...is it good?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"Why did the ancients leave pictures on steles? Isn't it just to leave names." Liu Mu continued to persuade.Li Yuan thought about it and asked: "So, how many words can be engraved on the back?"

Liu Mu took the copper coin and made gestures on it, then said: "Saint, the characters are too small and they will be worn off after a few years. These small characters are on the edge and protected by ribs. The middle characters are [-] to [-] characters is the upper limit."

"Okay, just sixteen characters. I will think about who to choose, and then I will prepare some for the New Year."

"Yes." Liu Mu agreed.

After leaving the palace, Liu Mu and Dugu Lanruo went to Cheng Mansion.

Cheng Yaojin's wife has reached her limit, Li Yuan specially sent a Chief Physician to stay in Cheng's mansion, it's just to do his best.

Liu Mu didn't enter the house. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Mu, as an outsider, was not allowed to enter the women's inner room.Unless Liumu is a healer.

In the garden of the side yard, Cheng Yaojin sat down with Liu Mu.

"It's been 19 years. Although Lao Cheng's family was not poor back then, life was not very good."

Cheng Yaojin told Liu Mu what happened back then.

Cheng Yaojin is 35 years old this year, married at 16 years old, and his eldest son Chu Mo is also 17 years old.Among Cheng, Qin and Li, Cheng Yaojin is the oldest, followed by Qin Qiong, and Li Ji is the youngest.

Li Ji just turned 30 this year.

"At that time, my father was the governor of Jeju. I drank and fought and was arrested by the county magistrate. In the end, I accidentally fell in love with the county magistrate's daughter. That's it, we got married. After that, a few years of stable life passed , the world will be in chaos. After my father died, although the family still has some money, I have a lot of money."

Liu Mu patted Cheng Yaojin's arm: "I'm young, so I don't know how to persuade you."

"You don't need to be persuaded, just gossip in your heart. I'm afraid no one in this world can cure a disease that even the old god Sun can't cure. Old Cheng, I..."

Cheng Yaojin said a lot, crying and laughing at other times.

Liu Mu didn't know how to persuade others in his previous life, and he didn't know what to say in this meeting, so he just sat here to accompany him.

Liu Mu stayed at Cheng Yaojin's place. In the early morning of the next day, the maid's crying alarmed many people. The imperial doctor went to check on it, and the deadline had come, so there was no more medicine.

Before dawn, Mrs. Su Guo passed away.

In the eyes of the world, Cheng Yaojin was careless, but at this moment he was standing at the moon gate in the backyard. After standing blankly for a while, he didn't come up and passed out.

"Let's get up in the mourning hall." Liu Mu said to the steward of Cheng's mansion.

Cheng's mansion is already in a bit of chaos, but Liu Mu's words are still useful. The servants of Cheng's mansion first helped Cheng Yaojin into the house, and the imperial doctor came to Liu Mu after administering needles and medicine: "Mr. Lu..."

"Don't talk so much, what's your suggestion?" Liu Mu interrupted the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor said: "My opinion is to let him sleep, and sleep well for three days. People have been hurt to the gods, and if they are forced to wake up with medicine, they may fall ill. But right now..." The imperial doctor pointed at the person who was posing mourning hall, hesitant.

　Sorry, sorry for the late update today.

　　
　
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