A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 435 Imperial Silver Coin
Daqian’s business tax is [-] in [-] taxes, which to be honest is not high, but there are people who want to earn more. Since they are unwilling to pay even such a small amount of tax, can they still be considered Daqian people?
They enjoy the convenience and various benefits brought by Daqian, but they are unwilling to pay taxes for Daqian.Wang Xin doesn’t think they are still great people!

The inventory of commercial taxes is progressing, and on the other hand, with Wang Xin's large investment in food and grain, the preparations for the establishment of the Dengzhou Navy are also progressing smoothly.

The keels of large ships are laid in the dock, and then spliced ​​and assembled.And in a place less than ten miles away from the shipyard, five thousand fishermen have also been recruited.

These fishermen have basically lived by the sea for generations and often go fishing. They all have excellent water skills and are also the best navy soldiers.

Because fishermen go fishing all year round, they know best what it means to work together in the same boat, and their obedience and cooperation are extremely high. Another type of people similar to this kind of people are miners.

Miners work in the mines all year round, and the mine tunnels go deep underground. They also need cooperation and abide by various rules. After all, if something goes wrong, it is likely that everyone will be unlucky together.

The army also requires full cooperation, so these two types of people are very suitable for forming an army.

Five thousand fishermen formed a navy army, which soon reached a certain scale. In addition to these, various military supplies were also sent.

Daqian's navy is strong and experienced in naval warfare, but the cold in the north may not be tolerated by the navy in the south.

Moreover, the naval forces before Daqian were in rivers and rarely entered the ocean. Dengzhou needs to fight across the sea, so it is better to use the fishermen here.

In order to form a navy army, Wang Xin drew five thousand sets of rattan armor for these soldiers to use.With rattan armor protecting you, even if you fall into the water, you can rely on the buoyancy of the rattan armor to stay afloat and avoid drowning.

Zhao Yi supervised the construction of ships and trained the navy. Wang Xin had already planned to wait for the navy to be trained and let him lead the navy to attack Jizi North Korea across the sea.

The craftsman is the supervisor.

Accompanied by the rolling heat wave, there was a clanking sound, followed by a creaking sound. An iron rod as thick as an arm and more than a foot long slowly rotated. Under the iron rod, an iron plate was about to burn. The red silver nugget suppressed it.

Finally, the silver nugget was pressed into a silver plate like mud.Immediately afterwards, a big man picked up the silver plate and stuffed it into a similar machine next to it. The iron plate was slowly pressed down, and finally one silver coin was pressed out.

Soon, the machine was lifted up, and a master nearby put the silver coins into water to cool quickly.After the silver coin had almost cooled down, a craftsman next to him began to take out tools to carve the silver coin and modify the flaws on the silver coin. After carving, a silver coin was finally completed.

The master craftsman wiped the carved silver coins clean, then carefully put them into a brocade box, and then hurriedly left the workshop with the brocade box and rushed to the palace.

About half an hour later, in Shangyang Palace, Wang Xin saw twenty shining silver coins placed in a row in the brocade box.

These silver coins are cold to the touch. On the front is a bird spreading its wings and flying high. It is the black bird of Daqian. On the top of the black bird pattern is written one or two.

In addition to the black bird pattern, there is also a row of text on the edge of the silver coin, which reads "Daqian silver coins, one for one thousand".

Wang Xin turned the silver coin over. There were some patterns carved on the back of the silver coin, and the four characters Yuanfeng Silver Dollar were written in the middle.

The writing on the entire silver coin does not look very clear, and there are traces of engraving in many places. Obviously, the technology of suppressing the silver coin is still flawed.

But this does not prevent this silver coin from being still an exquisite silver coin. After all, in this era, there is nothing more exquisite than this kind of silver coin.This flaw is completely acceptable.

After seeing the appearance of the silver coin, Wang Xin weighed the silver coin in his hands. The silver coin was very heavy, and then asked: "How much does such a silver coin weigh?"

"Your Majesty, the silver coin is worth one tael." The master craftsman said respectfully.

"One tael!" Wang Xin frowned. According to the current value of silver, it takes about [-] to [-] copper coins to buy one tael of silver. Now, one silver coin is enough. One or two weights.Not counting the labor force, just the cost of materials is a loss based on one to one thousand.

"Is this silver coin pure silver?" Wang Xin asked. "Your Majesty is made of pure silver!" said the master craftsman.

"Stupid!" Wang Xin scolded directly: "One tael of silver costs one thousand and fifty copper coins. If you use one tael of silver to mint silver coins, do you still have to exchange one tael for one thousand?"

The master's face changed and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I know my mistake. This silver coin is a sample coin."

"Go and add copper to the silver coins and then mint them!" Wang Xin said directly.

"Yes!" Master Craftsman said respectfully, preparing to go back and continue minting coins.

At this moment, Wang Xin seemed to remember something and suddenly said: "Come back!"

The master came back quickly.

Wang Xin said: "Go and call Wang Xiu and ask him to mint coins together!"

Soon a middle-aged man in his forties came to the hall. Wang Xin said with a smile: "Twelfth brother, go and help them cast silver coins."

Wang Xiu agreed.

Two days later, the master craftsman came to the palace again with a box of silver coins.The silver coins this time look similar to last time, except that the silver coins are smaller than last time.

Wang Xin nodded slightly after looking through it, then picked up a silver coin and blew it hard, then put it to his ear. He heard a pleasant sound, and Wang Xin smiled.

"Your Majesty's silver coin this time uses [-]% silver and [-]% copper. At the same time, the weight is also lighter. It is nine coins. The value of the coin is the same as last time."

"How many such silver coins can you mint in a day?" Wang Xin asked directly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the technology is not very mature yet. It can suppress six hundred pieces a day. If the water conservancy machinery is made in the future, a set of machinery should be able to suppress about two thousand pieces a day."

Wang Xin nodded, and then said: "Follow this pattern and suppress one hundred thousand silver coins as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take care of it immediately."

After receiving the order, the craftsman supervisor immediately began to make machinery. It only took half a month to reassemble several sets of machinery, and then began to mint silver coins with all his strength.

In just one month, all [-] "Imperial Silver Coins" were produced.

At the last court meeting before the Chinese New Year, Wang Xin officially distributed these silver coins as officials' salaries for this month. At the same time, he also began to take out [-] silver coins and put them in the bank for exchange, and officially issued an edict, ordering the circulation of the imperial edict. silver'.

At the same time, the identification method of "imperial silver coins" was also announced in a notice.

As soon as this "imperial silver coin" with exquisite shape and full weight appeared, it was immediately welcomed by officials and people.

Wang Xin's original price of one coin quickly increased to [-] coins, and even the price was unbeatable.

(End of this chapter)