Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 829 Iron Ore Shipment

After receiving Liu Mu's approval, the official went to the place where the slave workers gathered at the wharf and shouted in Goguryeo: "You did a good job today. Not only did you work hard, but you didn't get a single copper coin. You will be rewarded for your merits. Since you They are all on the wharf doing the work of moving goods, so the reward this time is..."

The Goguryeo people suspected that they had heard it wrong.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty actually asked the person with the strongest strength to recite the money. As long as he could recite the money from the pile of money to where he was standing, the money recited would be the reward for everyone today, and everyone would be rewarded.

But if you are greedy and give up halfway, then there will be no reward.

Ten strings of money is 64 catties.

This weight is nothing to the strong Tang soldiers.

The Goguryeo slave workers here are not strong, they don't eat well enough, and their physical strength is far inferior to that of Tang people.Moreover, after a tiring day, unloading coins from the ship, and loading iron ore all day, many people are tired and their hands and feet are weak.

It is at least a hundred steps from Qianshan to this little official of the Tang Dynasty.

Ten strings of money should be the limit of these slave laborers with the strongest physical strength, not to mention that there is a rule that the rewards will be canceled if they can't recite them.

In the end, the Goguryeo slave workers only memorized a little over [-] Wen.

Goguryeo slave workers dare not be greedy, let alone believe that this reward will be real.

"Reward!" Seeing the slave worker kneeling in front of him, the small official of the Tang Dynasty just said a word of reward, and then all the Tang people, whether they were small officials or foremen, withdrew.

Baoqin told Liu Mu in a low voice: "Our people's eyes are poisonous. Judging from the depth of the basket, it is estimated that it should be about [-] yuan. According to the current number of slave workers at the dock, almost five yuan can be distributed to each hand. For Goguryo slaves That’s a lot of money for workers.”

"I don't care about these slave labor. Arrange to pick people. Counting money is a very hard job. I need a hundred people who count money for me, Goguryeo people."

"Already selected, one hundred Goguryeo female slaves."

"Tomorrow morning, when the second ship starts to load, we will start counting, and hand the counts to the representatives sent by the nobles. Let's talk about the rules. We will give them as much coins as the ship is full of ore. Pay, and how they carry the coins away is none of our business, nor can they be left on the docks."

Few of the officials here understand why Liu Mu must pay the bill on the spot.

However, this kind of thing is different from the reward money on the pier. This must be some kind of strategy, so no one dares to ask, and no one will raise objections.

After Baoqin wrote down Liu Mu's order in a small book, he said: "The chief manager of the wharf made a suggestion, whether the Goguryeo slave workers who repaired the wharf can be rewarded, and each person will be given a penny one day in advance of the construction period."

"Send it, and also send it to the road builders. Isn't it the more than 5 slave laborers who build the road? They can repair the road ten days in advance. The reward of [-] yuan is not considered money at all. The food these people eat every day They all exceed this number. After the road is built, all go to mine, I want unlimited ore."

Baoqin also wrote it down in a notebook.

Liu Mu leaned on the back of the chair and stood up, picked up the binoculars and looked at it from a distance, then said to Baoqin: "Make arrangements, I will go to Fukuoka in five days, and I want to see the progress of the steel workshop."

"En." Baoqin nodded and wrote it down.

The next day, Liu Mu really made Goguryeo feel the pain and make her feel happy.

A member of the Yuan clan, Yuan Jingquan, Yuan Gai Suwen's cousin, brought Yuan Gai Suwen's younger brother, Yuan Shaoxiang, to the pier.

After the Yuan brothers arrived at the pier, they stared at the mountain of money in a daze for a full quarter of an hour. As nobles, they had never seen such a gorgeous mountain of money.

So many, so many that they couldn't breathe.

Is it too much?

Officials of the Tang people took this mountain of money seriously at all. At present, Tang Dynasty no longer uses copper coins for large transactions, but uses Tang silver coins, the kind of one tael each.

Ordinary copper coins and steel coins have become a burden for commodity transactions.

The reason is that it is too heavy, and the usual money is six catties and four taels.

The weight of a catty in the Tang Dynasty is 660 grams according to later generations. A thousand copper coins are six catties and four taels of the weight of the Tang Dynasty. Ten coins are one tael, and 16 taels are one catty.

The combined weight of future generations is [-] kg.

A tank boat can hold a thousand stones of grain, and a little more coins. Copper is heavier than grain.But there is a limit to how many, after all, there is an upper limit to the load of a ship.

The amount of copper coins transported by a tank boat is [-] guan.

Liu Mu arranged for five ships to transport the money. Right now, only three ships have arrived at the port, and two more are on the way. It is estimated that they will arrive at the port within two or three days.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty were not surprised at all. As officials sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs, they had seen the million-coin warehouse in Chang'an Changping Bank.

It is useless to transport sacks to Goguryeo, because sacks also cost money, and the sacks that hold money are all high-quality, very strong sacks, not to mention that Liumu asked to pile up money into a small mountain of money, so that Goguryeo people can see it What is a rich man.

In order to prevent the officials of the Tang Dynasty from showing even the slightest concern about these coins, all the officials sent here counted the coins in the warehouse for ten days before they set off.

Yuan Jingquan stared at Qian Shan, and then at the indifferent expressions of Tang officials towards coins, he was convinced.

Datang's wealth made him obedient.

At the same time, he also understood the necessity of his cousin bearing the burden of humiliation.

In the distance, Baoqin was reporting to Liumu in a low voice: "Your Majesty, although Yuan Shaoxiang is Yuangai Suwen's younger brother, he was born of a maidservant, so he is a lowly family. According to the laws of Goguryeo, the two classes of nobles They are the real nobles, and the children born to the maidservants are the lowly ones."

"A lowly family?" Liu Mu was puzzled, "Why do I remember that the bastard is called a middle-aged man?"

Baoqin looked through the investigation report on Goguryeo and found relevant content: "Mr. Lang, the middle man refers to the one who was born with a good concubine. The candidate for this good concubine means that the family is engaged in translation, medicine, art, heaven, earth, The advanced beauties in the painting are the daughters of one of the few commoner families. Handmaids belong to slaves."

"It turns out that they still have civilians."

"Yes, but there are not many of them. These people are also hereditary, and they learn relevant technical inheritance from their parents. There are also men who join the army, and they can also reach the level of low-level generals. Most women are the concubines of the two classes of nobles, and very few can become the main room."

After talking about this, Baoqin stretched out his hand and pointed to the Yuan brothers in the distance: "Those two, Yuan Shaoxiang is a lowly family, so his status is lower than that of Yuan Jingquan."

"Let's go, meet these two for a while." After Liu Mu finished speaking, he walked towards the pier.

　Take a short vacation.

　　My eyes are uncomfortable these days and I need to rest for a few days.For the past few days, there are two updates every day for the time being, and an update will be added after the tenth at the latest to make up for the difference in the past few days.

　　Thank you readers for your understanding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)