Soldiers come to the world

The copper coin in Liu Jing's hand is a Han coin they cast, but the color of this Han coin is rather dark, not as brassy as the usual Han five baht coin, so it can be easily identified from the surface, indicating that this is a fake coin. The amount of copper in the money is seriously insufficient.

"This is an imitation Han coin we found in Yedu. Your Highness, please take a look at this cut five baht coin."

Zhang Jin handed another fake coin of the same type to Liu Jing. Liu Jing took it for a closer look, and saw that the cross-section was a little off-white, and it turned out to be the same as Wei Guo's previous copper coins.

Zhang Jin explained on the side: "We have experienced that the copper content is the same as that of the previous Wei coins, and the copper content is only [-]%. We suspect that this is a fake coin minted by the Wei State to destroy the Han Dynasty. reputation for money."

Liu Jing handed the fake money to Ma Liang and Jiang Wan, pondered for a moment and said: "It seems that Cao Pi has realized that the state of Wei is going to be occupied by Han money, so he used this dishonorable method to discredit Han money, but he couldn't To change the quality of fake money, it can be distinguished from the surface. We must let the people of Wei know that if we distinguish between real money and fake money, we must increase the casting of money and gold ingots in exchange for various important materials from Wei. "

At this time, Zhang Jin carefully asked for instructions: "His Royal Highness, can we use an eye for an eye to cast even inferior Wei Qian?"

"No need!"

Before Zhang Jin could finish speaking, Liu Jing waved his hand and said, "Wei Qian has a bad reputation in the first place, and it doesn't make much sense to smear it. More importantly, it will waste our ability to make money. We don't need to pay attention to it. Once the fake money is identified, Cao Pi will also stop, he can only forge real Xinhan coins to fight against, in that way, Wei coins will gradually disappear, and this will lay the foundation for us to unify the world."

Zhang Jin nodded silently. He already understood the intention of the King of Han. Han money is one aspect, and the key is money and gold ingots. Come back, unless Wei Guo also casts money and gold ingots, Wei Guo’s official government no longer has much gold, and Han Guo has accumulated a large amount of gold in these years of conquests, which is far beyond what Wei Guo can match.

Exchanging money and money for a large amount of important supplies of the Wei State actually speeded up the Han State's war preparations in disguise, and at the same time weakened the Wei State's war readiness. When Cao Wei realized this, it would be difficult to reverse the situation.

As for Liu Jing's acquiescence in the smuggling of pig iron and grain, it was just a bait, which made it difficult for Cao Wei to make up his mind to cut off trade with Han.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jin bowed deeply, "I understand, and the casting of money and gold ingots will be accelerated."

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Yedu, since the Han and Wei dynasties liberalized trade and allowed merchants to do business freely, as the business between the two countries gradually flourished, Yedu also prospered. Most of the goods from Wei and Han were transferred in Yedu, and then And then transported to the final land.

This made Yedu, which had been deserted for several years, suddenly become prosperous, with sufficient supplies, and many shops and taverns that had been closed for a long time reopened for business, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that all kinds of supplies will not fall from the sky. The prosperity of Yedu means that The counties of Wei State are even more impoverished, and this false prosperity will not last long.

But for Cao Cao, he needs pig iron and grain more. Although these two items are under the official control of the Han state and are strictly prohibited from being sold to the Wei state, some well-connected businessmen still got a lot of pig iron and grain from the Han state, at high prices. Resold to the military of Wei State.

Most of the Han money obtained by Wei Guo from selling various materials was used to buy pig iron and grain. Although Cao Cao also knew that this was drinking poison to quench his thirst, his desire for pig iron and grain temporarily made him care less.

However, Cao Cao had another idea. They could also mint Han money to buy supplies in Chang'an, but in this way, Wei Qian would be severely impacted, so Cao Cao was hesitant for a while. At this time, Liu Jing sent someone to send a letter The official document requires Cao Cao to severely crack down on the act of casting fake Han coins in Wei State.

In the Tongque Palace, Cao Pi reported the urgently needed inventory report to his father. Cao Cao sat on the seat and slowly looked at the inventory. His brows slowly frowned. Cao Cao closed the report and asked, "Why is the gold inventory so low?" how little?"

"Reporting to my father, at the beginning of last year, I used gold to buy grain from Han to stabilize grain prices. It consumed a lot. Last year and this year, I rewarded the army twice and used tens of thousands of taels. So now the stock is less than 2 taels."

Cao Cao didn't speak for a while, then Cao Pi said again: "Fortunately, there is enough brass in stock, we can use it to cast Han coins, and use it to buy grain and pig iron."

"It's all used to mint Han coins, what about our own money?" Cao Cao said a little unhappy.

"Father, the loss is actually not that big. As long as we have enough copper materials, and red gold can also be melted to make money, we can completely cast an unlimited amount of Han coins to buy Han materials."

Cao Cao sighed, "Maybe there is no loss in terms of benefits, but the people accepting Han money is actually accepting the Han state. Liu Jing has unified the world invisibly, so how should this account be settled?"

Of course Cao Pi also knew the serious consequences, but he was more realistic. Han coins became more and more popular in Wei State. On the contrary, Wei coins were increasingly rejected. If they cast Wei coins again, they would only lose more.

Cao Pi was very helpless and said: "I don't want to do this either. Last month I began to mint Wei coins according to the proportion of Han coins, but after they were put into the market, no one cared about them. My boy made bad money again, but it was too different from real Han coins. There is no effect, now we either watch Han buy our supplies, or we also make Han money to buy the other party’s supplies, there is really no other way, unless father cuts off the trade with Han again.”

Cao Cao shook his head, "Cutting off trade will lead to greater conflicts. Besides, I also need to buy pig iron and grain from Han. If there is no other way, I can only mint Han coins to minimize losses."

"Yes! My child understands."

After a pause, Cao Cao said again: "I received an official letter from Liu Jing asking us to crack down on the act of casting fake Han coins in Wei territory. What do you think of this matter?"

Cao Pi thought for a while and said: "In terms of attitude, of course we must clearly support the crackdown on counterfeit money, but we can't be too serious. What the boy means is to block it openly and let it go secretly."

Cao Cao nodded, "That's what it means. Don't be too proactive. If the other party finds us, you might as well be more active and block the other party's mouth. In addition, the Wei money is suspended. The army is in urgent need of war preparations. We must go all out to forge Han coins."

After some weighing, Cao Cao could only face the reality. At this moment, he suddenly understood Sun Quan's helplessness.

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A tavern near the west gate of Yedu has finally opened for business. This tavern has a very vulgar name, Jucai Tavern. During the depression period of Yedu, it was sold at a low price after being closed for several months.

Now the new owner of this tavern is Li Fu, and Cao Jun's search for the spies of the Han Dynasty ended up in vain, but for the sake of prudence, Li Fu changed another tavern as his contact point.

This tavern covers an area of ​​five mu, not far from the city gate, and is an ideal location for intelligence. After Li Fu bought this tavern, he simply lived in this tavern himself.

In the lobby on the second floor of the tavern, dozens of drinkers were drinking and chatting. The sound of laughter and chatting filled the lobby. Most of these people were businessmen. The tavern was close to the west city gate. They could not only drink and eat, but also provide accommodation. Ideal place to stop.

At a table by the window, Li Fu was drinking by himself. Although he was lustful and greedy, he was also very principled and would never bring a woman to the intelligence point of the Han army.

At this time, a tall and thin man ran up from the first floor, his footsteps were heavy, and immediately attracted the attention of the drinkers on the second floor, the man came directly to Li Fu, and said anxiously: "Master Li, you Help me find out if the money is real or not?"

This kind of topic is the most attractive to businessmen. Dozens of businessmen in the lobby were attracted to gather around Li Fu. Li Fu picked up a coin on the table, squinted his eyes for a closer look, and smiled at the surroundings. Said: "Everyone, let's identify it together and see if it is true or false?"

He held up the money, several businessmen came forward to take a closer look, and a fat businessman said: "I don't think it's real, the color is not right."

Everyone agreed with the fat businessman's words, Li Fu nodded, "Everyone is right!"

He said to the thin man again: "Look carefully, the money of the Han Dynasty is pure gold, the color should be the same golden yellow, there should be no color difference, but your money is red and yellow interlaced, the color is mottled, it is obviously wrong, It contains at least half of the red gold in it."

The thin man almost burst into tears, "Master Li, what should I do, I received more than 100 pieces of fake money like this."

The merchants around sighed, and they all felt sympathy for him, but there was a bit of contempt in the sympathy. Now, apart from buying and selling contraband, no one in the market pays with money and gold ingots, and they will all be collected. It must be carefully discerned, who would dare to accept money with obvious color difference like this, this person actually accepted more than 100 coins, it is indeed a bit stupid.

Li Fu shook his head, "Long Qi, I have told you several times, you should be cautious in doing business and don't be greedy for cheap, but you won't listen."

"Master Li, I know I'm wrong, please help me!"

Li Fu smiled and said: "Let me show you the way! Go to the Honglu Museum in Han to report it. If the clues you provide allow the Honglu Museum to find out the counterfeiter, perhaps the Honglu Museum will compensate you for the loss. "

All the merchants said one after another: "This is indeed the only way to go, otherwise the money will only rot in your hands."

The skinny man had no choice but to salute and hurried away. Li Fu smiled again and said to everyone: "Everyone has to spread the method of distinguishing real money from fake money so that everyone knows that fake money has nowhere to go and will naturally disappear. ,Am I right?"

"Master Li is right. It's convenient for others and convenient for yourself." Everyone agreed and returned to their seats.

At this time, a bartender hurried up and whispered something to Li Fu. Li Fu nodded, picked up the wine glass and jug, and got up to the third floor. As soon as he entered his room on the third floor, there was a rhythmic voice outside. There was a knock on the door, "Come in!" Li Fu put down his earcups, it should be the message from Shopkeeper Wang.

The door opened, shopkeeper Wang walked in quickly from the outside, closed the door casually, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Li, I have received the news."

Li Fu's spirit lifted. It was three days ago that he received an urgent order from Chang'an, asking him to find out the amount of money minted by the State of Wei every year as soon as possible. Of course, this is also a secret of the State of Wei, but people who know this secret do not know. few.

Shopkeeper Wang handed him a piece of information. Li Fu opened it and looked at it, then asked, "Where did you get it?"

It was obtained from Si Jin Zhonglang Jiang Ma Xun with 300 taels of gold, and the deal was made through his wife and brother. Li Fu was a little bit pained by the gold, but he actually spent 300 taels of gold, which is too cheap, you bastard , but this person must be used again.

Li Fu asked again: "Did you check the background of the guy who wanted to sell weapons last time?"

"I found out that this person was originally Cangcao in Cao's army. He was dismissed in the Battle of Hefei the year before last. Now he specializes in reselling various military supplies. He has a lot of skills."

"Then is there any news about him now?"

"This person came to us the day before yesterday, and he is willing to give up a little more, it depends on when Master Li is convenient."

Li Fu thought for a while and said, "Then let's go in the afternoon! I want to see the goods with my own eyes."

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