Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 717 Luo Cheng Slays the Dragon
Liaodong City.

This important town in Andong by the Daliang River had just been renamed Huanglong Mansion at this time.

A Central Plains businessman who had just crossed the sea from Shandong asked a waiter in a tavern curiously.

"Why was it renamed Huanglong Mansion?"

"I don't know, this story is very legendary. By the way, a few days ago, our commander-in-chief returned to Liaodong City after meeting the emperor in Liuhe Palace. When he was approaching Liaodong City, he suddenly saw a yellow dragon hovering in the water of Daliang. Rising up, flying in the sky, ready to pounce on Liaodong City."

The little girl talked so enthusiastically that she didn't even wipe the table, and spittled about this recent legend.

"Think about it, what a great character we Marshal Luo is. The Andong counties were fought hard by his old man, and we have kept millions of Han people living and working here in peace. How can we allow this Huanglong to destroy the city? Cannibalism? So, our commander rode his horse and chased the yellow dragon straight away. On the horse, he drew his strong bow with white rhino horns, and shot a big arrow, right in the eye of the yellow dragon. He fell down in pain, and was caught up by our Marshal Luo, who was stabbed on the ground and could not fly away, and was smashed in the head by the Marshal Luo with his six-leaf hammer."

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"So Liaodong City was renamed Huanglong Mansion?"

"Well, so our Liaodong City was renamed Huanglong Mansion, also known as Shenglong Mansion." Xiaoer said proudly, as if he was the one who slayed the dragon in the legend.

The businessman squeezed his chin, "If the legend is true, shouldn't it be called Dragon Slaying City or Dragon Slaying Mansion better?"

Xiaoer smiled and said, "Tu Ah Zhan's killing intent is too strong, it's better to call it Huanglong Mansion or Shenglong Mansion."

According to Xiaoer, after Marshal Luo returned from slaying the dragon that day, he asked the emperor to change Liaodong City to Huanglong City and upgrade Liaodong County to Huanglong Mansion, also known as Shenglong Mansion.

The emperor in the Liuhe Palace also issued an edict to upgrade Shenglong Mansion to a companion capital and name it Tokyo, changed the eastern capital of Luoyang to Zhongdu, and named Daxing City in Guanzhong Xijing.

Even because the yellow dragon wanted to destroy the city and eat people, the emperor issued an edict to change the uniforms of the Sui army from yellow to red.

The businessman took out a handful of copper coins and put them on the table, rewarding Xiaoer.

Xiao Er looked down and saw the ten large coins on the table, his face couldn't help but beam with joy.This is no better than Yangzhou white money, or even better than Emperor Wen's five baht meat.

This is a new coin minted and issued by the Marshal's Mansion, named Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is of better quality than Kaihuang five baht and Daye white money.This kind of money is one thousand pieces and weighs six catties and four taels.

Each piece weighs exactly one coin, and the ten Kaiyuan Tongbao are exactly one foot long when lined up side by side.

Ten pieces weigh one tael, one piece weighs two baht and four silk, and the equivalent weight is about 4 grams.

Because of its high copper content, this new coin is very popular among people outside the customs.

Because the coin is no longer five baht written on it, but the four characters Kaiyuan Tongbao written by Luo Cheng himself, so the money is no longer five baht, but Tongbao money.

In addition, Shuaifu also issued silver Kaiyuan Tongbao and gold Kaiyuan Tongbao, which are also in circulation.However, both Yintongbao and Jintongbao are much larger and heavier than Tongtongbao. A Yintongbao weighs one tael, and a Jintongbao also weighs one tael. They are not priced according to traditional weighing, but are directly marked on the coins. at face value.

One silver Tongbao can be converted into five thousand copper Tongbaos, one gold Tongbao can be converted into two silver Tongbaos, and one copper Tongbao can be converted into [-] pieces.

Gold and silver Tongbao are not pure gold and silver, but mixed with some copper. In fact, the price of gold and silver is higher than that of copper. Pay taxes and pay money, so merchants are willing to use it.

After all, there is no need to weigh or cut, so it is more convenient to use. Gold and silver coins are not smooth, but have relief drawings.The front of the silver coin is also Kaiyuan Tongbao, one tael, worth five thousand, and the back is tiger pattern.

The sides of gold and silver coins are full of tooth patterns to avoid being scraped. As long as there is no scraping, they will be used according to their face value.

On the other hand, the commander-in-chief also ordered that scraping or even melting gold and silver coins is strictly prohibited, and offenders will be convicted.

However, because the denomination of this kind of gold and silver coins is more valuable than the actual weighing, there is no need to worry about someone destroying the coins for profit by melting and casting copper coins to cast copper utensils.

However, behind the issuance of gold and silver coins, there is actually some helplessness of An Dongdao.

Because the business in Andong Road is still relatively prosperous, on the other hand, Andong Road also collects industrial and commercial taxes, and the consumption of ordinary people is also relatively large, and the imperial court has to support the army. People do things to replace the previous endless conscription, which also requires more currency.

However, Liaodong itself produces less silk and silk. As for coins, the Central Plains court has always been short of money, so in desperation, Andon Dao not only carries out both money and silk, but also begins to introduce gold and silver coins to reduce the burden of large transactions. Inconvenience, ease some money shortage difficulties.

After all, the shortage of money not only brings inconvenience to transactions, but also greatly affects the commercial market and restricts the consumption of the people. This will undoubtedly have a great negative effect on the fiscal and taxation of the Andong Road government.

On the one hand, gold and silver coins were introduced to alleviate the money shortage, on the other hand, the coins were banned, and on the other hand, various old coins from the people were collected to cash in new coins, and the old coins were re-melted.

At the same time, it is stipulated that it is forbidden for people to hide more than ten guan in their homes.For transactions of more than ten strings, silk cloth or gold and silver must be used, and copper is not allowed.

At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for coins to flow outside the customs.

A variety of measures have been taken, and now Anton’s money shortage has eased a bit. When the Central Plains businessman came to Anton, he first took the money he brought to the bank set up by the Anton government to exchange coins, and took all the money he brought with him. Plant five baht money, good meat, white money, silk, etc., first go to the unified exchange, not only can be exchanged for gold, silver, silk, or even directly exchanged for silver bills.

As long as you are in Andong Road, you can use this kind of registered bank note to cash it in the bank branches in various counties and counties, and you can even use it directly as money, but you have to go to the bank to go through a formality when you do the transaction.

But this is also much more convenient than carrying a lot of coins directly. Although a little storage fee and handling fee are required, merchants are still very willing, and call this kind of money ticket flying money.

"Interesting, Tu Huanglong, the meaning behind this is already obvious. It seems that this young general really has the ambition to win the world."

The businessman whispered to his companions.

Another said, "We've been in Liaodong for a few years, and it's getting better here. Today's place is indeed far superior to the Central Plains. At least it's more stable here. I think this Luo Shuai who slayed the yellow dragon may become more prosperous in the future." It's the Red Emperor."

"It is said that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, killed the white snake to revolt. Liu Bang was the son of the red emperor, and the emperor of Qin was the son of the white emperor. Therefore, the son of the red emperor killed the son of the white emperor, indicating that the Han Dynasty should destroy Qin. Now Luo Cheng killed the yellow dragon and changed his uniform to red. Could it be that the Red Emperor beheaded the Yellow Emperor too?"

Another businessman said, "Zhou is the virtue of wood, so the Sui Dynasty is the virtue of fire. Fire produces wood, and fire produces soil. The five virtues grow together. The former will help the latter to grow, and the virtue of the ancestors will help the virtue of the future. So this Luo Shuai should have chosen Tude, and the color of Tude is yellow, so why did he become a yellow dragon instead of red?"

"So, the theory of slaying the dragon is definitely just a legend. The real thing is that this Luo Shuai was born with five virtues, so the fire in the Sui Dynasty gave birth to the soil, and the soil was yellow, so it was called Huanglong Mansion, also known as Shenglong Mansion."

(End of this chapter)