Datang first village

When Li Jing and others came to Chang'an, they naturally couldn't wear official uniforms.

They all changed into the silk robes worn by ordinary gentry nobles, and went to a restaurant to have a drink first.After all, I didn't eat anything in Qinwangzhuang, so I plan to eat it first and then go to the market to see the reaction.

"Guest upstairs, please!" Xiaoer shouted.

Li Jing went upstairs with several military officers who were above the fourth rank, those below the fifth rank did not even enter this restaurant.Next to this restaurant is Wangjinglou, which is the restaurant where Wu Zhao's dumpling banquet was held.

There, Li Jing believed that he must have known about King Qin's money.

"Several distinguished guests, do you want to set up a table or order a la carte!" Xiao Er asked while pouring tea.

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands: "There is a treat today, you choose the one you like!"

The money belonged to Li Yuanxing, and Li Jing had no plan to save money for Li Yuanxing.

Several generals looked at the menu that Xiao Er brought up, and chose their favorite dishes.

The shopkeeper came in at this time, bowed his hands and said, "Everyone is polite!" Li Jing raised his hand: "The shopkeeper has a heart!"

"My dear guest, I wonder if you have Qin Wang's money?" The shopkeeper's voice became softer, and he continued: "This store pays with Qin Wang's money, and one money is used for three purposes. If you have more than a hundred coins, you will get a jar of good wine!"

Before Li Jing could open his mouth, he saw a person breaking in from the outside.

As soon as Li Jing's personal guard reacted, he immediately stepped aside when he saw the man, because it was Qin Qiong who came, and he was still wearing an official uniform, which was the official uniform of the third rank.

Seeing Li Jing, Qin Qiong cupped his fists and saluted: "Pharmacist, save me!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped aside, at least Li Jing didn't intend to let him out, and the other distinguished guests were still choosing dishes.

"Why is Uncle Bao panicking? Sit down and have a cup of tea first. If something really happens, I won't ignore it. Even if I'm powerless, and His Royal Highness King Qin, I really can't ask the Holy Majesty for a favor."

Li Jing saw that Qin Qiong's face was not right, he just thought it was something serious, for example, Qin Qiong's son was fighting in Chang'an City and killed someone.

Or, a few little guys got together and did something out of the ordinary.

Qin Qiong touched her bosom, and put the silver coin on the table: "Pharmacist, I heard that the king of Qin minted money, but I have a lot of important affairs to deal with recently, but who would have thought that someone from his subordinates would come to report today that the money is scary?" But a certain one looks scary, and a certain face is engraved on this money, and a certain one is terrified!"

"Hahaha, Shubao sit down and have a drink!"

"Pharmacist!" Qin Qiong sat down intently. These days, he was busy helping Li Yuanxing to go to Chang'an, and he was also busy collecting information on the surrounding states and counties that Li Yuanxing wanted.

But it happened again.

"General Qin, the money is made by the King of Qin. His Highness the King of Qin is in charge, what are you afraid of?" A general said from the side.

When Qin Qiong wanted to say something, Li Jing waved his hand to stop him, and at the same time stopped several generals from speaking again.

Li Jing said at this time: "I know one thing, because you, Shubao, are busy with official business, so naturally you don't know. Moreover, the matter was settled not long ago, so I was just surprised that the first seal was you, Shubao."

Seeing that Qin Qiong was a little nervous, Li Jing smiled slightly: "Actually, someone also has one, but I don't know when it will be engraved. I heard from His Royal Highness that after 300 million silver coins of this coin are printed, a new mold must be made, but it is very troublesome to change the mold once." , so after the 300 million one-coin silver coins are made, I don’t know who will be printed next.”

"Who else?"

"There are so-and-so, Lao Cheng, Lao Hei, grandson and old fox, and General Xiao Gong and Fang Du." At this point, Li Jing clapped his hands: "So-and-so thought of it, the next one must be old general Qu Tu."

"The list made by the Holy One?" Qin Qiong asked.

"The Holy Majesty made a rule, and Tianying Pavilion voted for 24 people. These 24 people are the ones who made the mold for one silver coin. His Royal Highness Qin Wang means that these are the 24 heroes who founded the Tang Dynasty. It is an honor to be printed on the silver coin! So Brother Shubao will go to the palace to thank the Holy Father for his kindness, don't worry about anything else!"

Hearing what Li Jing said, Qin Qiong felt relieved.

The shopkeeper saw Qin Qiong's hand touching the cup, and immediately stepped forward to pour the tea.

"You listened to the excitement, anyway, it's not a secret. This money is rewarded to you, good wine and good food, tell the kitchen to be tidy, you can listen here!"

The shopkeeper was very fond of it, took the silver coin with both hands, and signaled Xiaoer to go downstairs to confess.Then he said to Li Jing: "For this table, let the small shop be the host, and the distinguished guests will appreciate it!"

"Thanks to the shopkeeper, some rewards for Xiaoer and the kitchen." Li Jing took out some five-cent copper coins and put them on the table. The shopkeeper thanked the rewards and quickly put them away.

If you want to say whether Li Jing gave too much, or the shopkeeper took less, no one will make a detailed calculation.

"Brother Shubao, there are two kinds of big gold, one is only for rewards, one or two gold coins for the emperor. Then one or two gold coins for the emperor will be released on the market. I have seen the fineness, it is almost close to pure gold, the bright yellow is very beautiful. Then there is Empress Changsun with five gold coins, originally the Holy Majesty intended to use His Royal Highness King Qin, but His Highness gave way and used one gold coin!"

There are gold coins, and they are bright yellow close to pure gold.

The shopkeeper's eyes were a little dull, so Li Jing took out one and put it on the table and asked, "This is a reward from the Holy One, how much money does the shopkeeper think it is worth!"

Li Jing's one was actually lost to him by Hou Junji, and he exchanged the corresponding gold for a gold coin from Li Yuanxing.

The profile picture is that of Li Yuan.

"Returning to you, distinguished guest, you dare not accept this ordinary shop. If you dare to accept it, it is worth 11 yuan. As you said, this gold coin is in circulation in the market. One tael of gold and [-] taels of silver are the market prices. One tael Pure silver would cost [-] Wen in exchange for money, and it would be hard to say if it was inferior to cheap money. So according to the market price, it is worth about [-] Wen."

Li Jing nodded in satisfaction, but his expression was more serious.

"Dear guest, don't blame me for talking too much, I heard a saying. The algorithm of King Qin's money is that it is counted as ten. That is, one or two gold coins are worth [-] yuan. If you exchange it for King Qin's money, the two cities already have this thing The rules, of course, are exchanged according to the whole calculation of ten, just exchanging old money, that's all different!"

Li Jing nodded slightly, and didn't mention the exchange again.

"One tael of silver is the image of the prince. Five coins is the image of Princess Mingyue, and one coin is us. There are three kinds of copper coins, soldiers, farmers, workers, merchants, and pawns! The first to come out They are peasants with five renminbi and pawns with one renminbi, and I think there will be various coins on the market next year."

After Li Jing finished speaking, Qin Qiong breathed a sigh of relief.

However, some people were uneasy. Cui Junsu from the household department was waiting to be summoned in front of Li Er's study.

Finally, Fang and Du came out of the study, their faces were still happy, they saw Cui Junsu waiting, and after bowing their hands, they walked towards the outer courtyard of the palace.

After entering Li Er's study, Cui Junsu saluted, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, there is an important matter that you must make up your mind on!"

"Let's talk!" Li Er also had a smile on his face. Cui Junsu couldn't guess what Li Er and Fang Du said, but it must be a good thing, otherwise Li Yuanxing would not have kept the smile on his face until now.

"My lord, the Ministry of Households mints 37 guan coins a year, plus the coins from various places make a total of 56 guan coins a year. There are more than 3000 craftsmen making money in the Ministry of Accounts, and they only make 37 guan coins after a year of hard work."

"I know this!"

Cui Junsu took half a step forward and bowed again: "Your Highness, Qin Wangzhuang minted 100 million copper coins for one coin and 83 copper coins for five coins in ten days. The five-coin copper coin was only started for seven days. It was minted in five days for 73 silver coins. It is 80 guan, I asked Brother Cui of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, the coin-making workshop of the King of Qin's Mansion is fully operational, and one coin of copper coins can reach [-] guan in a year."

"80 guan, Goro's workshop is really efficient!" Li Er's words were nonsense.

Because Fang Du Erxiang had already settled the account just now.

And the calculation is more detailed than Cui Junsu's, including silver coins, gold coins, copper coins, and iron coins.

Not only that, they also analyzed in detail how many gold coins there should be, how many silver coins there should be, and how many coins should be minted each year.

And listed a detailed plan.

Fang Du Erxiang went out of the palace and went straight to Qinwangzhuang.

"Your Majesty, Qinwangzhuang can mint at least 200 million coins a year. Because Qinwangzhuang can mint gold and silver coins."

"How much gold is enough for Wulang to make money, and how much silver is there. How much can a silver mine dig out in a year? Right now, if you give all the gold and silver in your hands to Wulang, the minted money will not flow into the market. What you are most concerned about is whether there is any point in casting money by the Ministry of Households, right?"

Li Er asked directly.In fact, when Cui Junsu came here, he was talking about this matter.

"Your Majesty, please take the money-making workshop of Prince Qin's Mansion back to the Household Department!" Cui Junsu bowed to the end. His request was really considered from the perspective of the Minister of Household Department, not the Seventh Family.

"I've thought about it, but do you manage the workshop?" Li Er asked.

Cui Junsu also said: "My lord, if the casting amount of King Qin's coins reaches 40 pieces a year, within three years, no one in the entire Tang Dynasty will cast private money. Bad money and miscellaneous money will disappear completely. Datang no longer needs to replace money with silk, and the money of Datang really has the meaning of money!"

Li Er nodded solemnly: "Fang and Du were talking about this just now, and Ruhui came here from Qinwangzhuang just because of what you said."

"What does the sage mean?" Cui Junsu hurriedly asked.

"The minting workshop of the household department is closed, and all craftsmen belong to Goro. Right now, the minting workshop is under the management of Wulang, and the money paid can be counted by your household department. But the silver mine, gold mine, and coin minting rights that I originally promised to Wulang It is still valid. Qing’s proposal is very good, I specifically allow the Ministry of Accounts to take all the copper coins, and Wu Lang wants to use silver coins and gold coins to exchange them with you.”

After Li Er gave his orders, Cui Junsu quickly calculated in his mind.

"Your Majesty, calculate it this way. His Royal Highness the King of Qin has suffered a great loss, and I believe that the Ministry of Households should pay the cost of casting money!" (To be continued.)