This mountain is mine

Chapter 242 Where did the copper money go?
After the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Yang Xun received the imperial decree and let Yang Hong take over the position of Marquis of Bozhou. With nothing to do, he hurried to Yibu to get close to Yu Miaomiao.

During this period, Yang Xun and Zhao Man had a serious conversation, and Yu Miaomiao was qualified to attend.

Both Yang and Zhao were sitting with big horses and swords, with sullen faces. If Yu Miaomiao knew the inside story, they might have thought it was a military negotiation, the enemy was about to call, and the two generals were discussing countermeasures.

Yang Xun was the first to speak: "The Yang family has never participated in any disputes in the Central Plains court. No matter what the court's surname is, as long as they don't invade our Bozhou, both sides will live in peace. This is the ancestor's motto of the Yang family."

Zhao Man nodded.

As soon as Yang Xun spoke, Zhao Man probably guessed what he would say next.

Sure enough, Yang Xun said: "You are lucky, you actually married my daughter, but," Yang Xun turned to Yu Miaomiao, his eyes softened a lot, "Good girl, Zhao Man is a restless boy, father can't ignore the overall situation of Bozhou, Don't blame dad, if dad finds you earlier and doesn't let you marry him, nothing will happen."

Yu Miaomiao also understands that the Yang family of Bozhou has been the local emperor of Bozhou from the middle and late Tang Dynasty until the end of the Ming Dynasty. During the Mongol rule, they were able to live in peace with the court and did not suffer the flames of war. The positioning is very clear, and it has been adhering to this principle for hundreds of years. It only manages the place of Bozhou, and whoever becomes the emperor can be called a minister in name.

Yu Miaomiao never thought of getting Bozhou involved.

"I know, Dad, you don't need to worry about him, it's what Banzhou should be."

"After all, it's still hard for you. If he succeeds, Miaomiao, three thousand beauties in the harem, why don't we get rid of him now..."

Zhao Man's eyes turned cold, Yang Xun turned a blind eye, he just said casually, sure enough, Yu Miaomiao shook his head, "Father, I don't share my husband with any woman, if that day comes, I will get what I deserve and come back , dad will protect me, won't he?"

"It's natural." Yang Xun gave Zhao Man a sidelong glance, his beard trembling.

Zhao Man watched the father and daughter labeling him indiscriminately, guessing wildly, and was a little upset, but at this time he didn't say anything, what did he say?He has always been used to doing it, and they don't believe it when they make empty promises.

He looked at Yu Miaomiao, this woman said to get back what she deserved, isn't he what she deserved?

Facing Yu Miaomiao's gaze, seeing her stare at his crotch, Zhao Man raised his eyebrows, and Yu Miaomiao continued to stare at that place unscrupulously, Zhao Man felt that this ghostly Bozhou, it's just a little hot in the first month of the month , obviously wearing two layers of trousers and a layer of long gown, it seemed as if she had seen through these layers of fabric, and was soothed by her eyes, and his heart was on fire.

Some hot, some bloated, some thirsty.

Yu Miaomiao thought, one day, when he gets dirty, she will chop it up for him.

She should have given birth to him before that, anyway, he said that as long as she gave birth to a child, it would be fine.

It's not good to "flicker" in front of Yang Xun, and he has never been a person who takes the initiative to retreat, so let's just look at it when she sees it.

He coughed lightly, as a cover, and said seriously to Yang Xun: "Got it."

This talk was brief and far less rich than the follow-up to such a talk.

Naturally, Yu Miaomiao would not tell Zhao Man what was in her heart.

"If you say so, you will definitely be on guard. I will definitely not succeed, so I don't want to say it. If you betray me..."

"Then what are you looking at, huh?"

"Humph!"

Zhao Man desperately wants to go home. It is very inconvenient to love his wife in someone else's place. Whether it is the Lan family or the Yang family, there are too many people.
In addition, although Yang Xun said so, on the one hand, he has already arranged for people to store food without trace, and gradually closed down the economic relationship with the Song Dynasty, but turned to Dali and Tubo to reduce his dependence on the Song Dynasty, lest one day because of Zhao He was besieged by Da Song because of some unreasonable things.

Although he didn't help directly, he was prepared to be implicated.

During his stay in Bozhou, Yu Miaomiao also found several hills for terraced fields to reclaim wasteland, and taught them how to make simple fertilizers.

It wasn't until the end of the first month that Zhao Man returned to Fangling with Yu Miaomiao, who was reluctant to miss Shu, and various gifts including Gu worms. He was relieved and felt at ease in his own home.

In February, in Fangling, the terraced fields plowed last year have been nourished by a winter of fertilizer and snow water, and spring sowing can begin normally.

Among them, Zhuxi County has the largest number. Xiao Yuantu made people measure the increase in the number of acres of terraced fields this spring, reaching [-] acres, and the hills are still under development.

Previously, the eldest daughter of the Zhuxi Lian family was the concubine of Tong Zhilang, a subordinate of the crown prince, and the second lady was married to General Huaihua, Yin Shi. The Lian family did not dare to offend, but both parties were offended.The disciples of the Hou Lian family were too frightened to speak because of the spies of Xixia. Secondly, there is no young lady of the right age to marry, so they only choose the prince's family, abandon the second daughter, and express their position. Afterwards, they fell silent in Fangling.

The Lian family is not considered a noble family, and the crown prince didn't take it seriously. Years ago, he fought with King Cheng, and he didn't have time to notice the Lian family. Afterwards, the crown prince thought that Zhao Man's [-] soldiers had been disposed of. Fang Ling and Zhao Man were nothing to be afraid of, no matter how loud Zhao Man made a big noise, it was just all kinds of things, and he didn't take it to heart.

And because Wu Desi reshuffled the cards, Tian Qing, who was trusted by the emperor and had no fundamental background, relied on the emperor's backing and did not give anyone face. He secretly investigated all officials and did a lot of practical things. The manpower was cleared away, stepping on the shoulders of a group of officials and gradually gaining a firm foothold, the trouble made the crown prince not in the mood to pay attention to Fang Ling, and had to stay low in front of the emperor and maintain his own strength.

Fang Ling lost a lot of eyeliner for a while.

In Zhuxi, Xiao Yuantu seized the opportunity. Although he was only a county magistrate, he completely suppressed the Lian family. He was the nominal leader of Zhuxi County.

Zhao Man gave Xiao a chance, and now Xiao Yuantu is naturally willing to be a dog. Zhao Man employs a few soil mines and fertilizer workshops, as well as many shops and terraced fields, employs a large number of people, and becomes the boss of most people in Zhuxi County. , Zhuxi County fell into the control of Zhao Man.

In Shanghe County, the Li family was in charge, and Li Pengju was rescued by Zhao Man and tried his best to take over the position. However, Zhao Man didn't use Li Pengju much except for the support of the Li family in major matters.

Regarding the wine industry in Shanghe County, Guanshi Wu dedicated the winemaker Lu to Zhao Man for Li Sijin. Li Sijin left Fangling in the name of curing illnesses and traveled abroad. There was no conflict of interest between the two parties and they lived in peace. .

In Zhushan County, the Su family has been entrenched here for a hundred years, and established a foothold in Xinglin with medical skills. In order to facilitate development, most of the Su family moved to Xuchang more than 20 years ago.

In the past 20 years, this line has gradually developed, and it has also gained a firm foothold in the cultivation of medicinal materials, and has always been quite satisfactory.

Previously, everyone thought that this offshoot of the Su Clan was under the care of the direct branch to achieve today's achievements, but now with the exposure of Zhao Man's identity, clues are gradually revealed.

Zhao Man's mother, Yu Concubine, was the concubine daughter of the Su family, and his uncle Qin Zhen was the eldest son of the Su family's concubine. He had a low status, so he simply broke out of the family and changed his mother's surname. In the years of war, there were many opportunities, and he was actually made a general, and because of his clean background and humble background, he was very popular.

Qin Zhen is well aware of the pain of not having the support of his clan and family members, so he secretly helped the clansmen who were abandoned by the Su family. In the early years, the medicinal materials used by Qin Zhen's army were all from Zhushan, which helped the Su family gain a foothold in Zhushan.

Qin Zhen left no heirs, and the only ones close to him were Jade Concubine and Zhao Man. The Zhushan Su family nurtured Zhao Man who was brought up by Qin Zhen. Last resort and security.

Years ago, King Cheng lost power. Although the Su family of Zhushan and the Su family of Queen Mother Cheng belonged to the same line, they had no contact with each other for more than 20 years, and they were not very involved. Last year, the Su family of Zhushan blindly treated and prevented malaria. The pill won many people's hearts, and instead of falling, his status has risen a lot.

In Shangyong County, Wang Lang was promoted because of his unexpected performance in Fangling last year. The job was temporarily handed over to Zhu Youming, the county magistrate, and went to Fangling City to take up the post.

The imperial court set up a mining affairs department in Fangling City, which is equivalent to the Qinzhou mining affairs department. They are all dedicated to managing timber for the imperial court, and separate the mountain and forest timber from the affairs of the county government. From the sixth rank to the sixth rank, the official is promoted to one level, and he is directly ordered by the Taifu Temple, which is equivalent to a Beijing official stationed in a local area. His status is higher than that of a local official, and he can directly become a Beijing official when he is promoted in the future.

Wang Lang's position is also the result of the operation of the Wang family. Although the left minister Wang Guanren said that he doesn't care about this son, he is his own son in the end, so how can he really care about it.

Wang Guanren also knew Wang Lang's temperament, he was very serious, especially he was very concerned about the people's livelihood, he didn't know how to be flexible, and he didn't know how many people were offended by this kind of temperament in the officialdom, otherwise he wouldn't have followed the third grade , he is just a petty official.

If you only manage the Ministry of Purchasing Affairs, there are only one thing to do, and there are not so many trivial matters. Wang Lang does the work of Beijing officials in the local area, and he will not have too much involvement with local officials. It is better than before to have the Wang family in Beijing. many.

Wang Guanren was also worried about Wang Lang.

Although Wang Lang prefers to be a county magistrate compared to the work of the Procurement Department, the appointment has already been made, so he naturally has to obey, and he devoted himself to the new job with great enthusiasm.

The days of Chun Geng passed by very quickly, during this period, Zhao Man was not idle, and the appearance of the Jurchen made Yu Miaomiao feel uneasy.

Zhao Man also sent people to watch Tang Kuo and the others, but the time is still short, and the shadow guards who followed him have not heard back yet.

Apart from daily chores, most of Zhao Man's experience was put on training.

Tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed in various places in the Song Dynasty, and they have been successfully exonerated. Although it is not like the "false accusation" of King Cheng at the beginning, "he intends to recruit soldiers everywhere, and if he rebels one day, he will respond to all calls." Zhao Man is very clear about the news.

He still has 2 people in his hands, and he has not let up, and is in the middle of intensive training.

Every night, he was not idle, sowing seeds on his own land with endless joy.

In a blink of an eye, it is already warm in March.

The second batch of wool was brought in from Xixia. The construction of the hydraulic spinning wheel workshop stopped for so long and then continued. The water potential of the Weishui River rose slowly, and the speed of the hydraulic spinning wheel also increased a lot.

In addition to wool, rabbit fur and fox fur are also collected, but the quantity is not large, and the price is more expensive than wool.

This season mainly sells woolen yarn, which is sold everywhere. Last year, a wave of imitation woolen products came. Many skilled women can knit some simple stitches. Compared with expensive sweaters, they are still It's cheaper to weave it yourself.

The road leading to Fangling City in the mountains continues.

A batch of fruit trees were brought in from the south of the Yangtze River, and the original forest at the entrance of the village has been vacated for preparation.

Yu Miaomiao grafted a ten-colored brocade. If it can survive, there will be flowers of ten different colors on this flower seedling. People in Song Dynasty love flowers, especially high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Reason to give up is not.

Before Fang Aonan left, he said that if the ten brocades were given to him, he would definitely collect more crop seeds for Yu Miaomiao in Dali.

On the tenth day of March, Zhao Man was alive and well, and Yu Miaomiao had no aunt, nor did he have a aunt.

Yu Miaomiao was successfully pregnant.

I haven't found a way to safely take out the medicine Gu. What if the child needs to be abolished in the end, the husband and wife dare not show too much joy about this in their stomachs.

Zhao Man's heart was slightly at ease, his face was very calm, there was no ecstasy after the shock, nor did he see joy and smile from ear to ear afterwards.

The scene where Yu Miaomiao's silly father would hold her in circles and shout "I have a baby" did not appear.

Everything was as usual, except that Dr. Qiu would take her pulse every day, there was nothing unusual.

Yu Miaomiao didn't have any early pregnancy reaction, and the baby was very well-behaved.

Sometimes she would touch her flat stomach, thinking in her heart whether he would be able to be born, and how much she should love him.

Most of the time, I am afraid that if I have feelings, I will be even more reluctant to give up when the time comes. Thinking of this, my joyful mood is a little bit sad.

Dr. Qiu said that when the child is five or six months old, the pulse can be confirmed.

But Yu Miaomiao still couldn't help knitting small clothes and making small shoes. If this child was born, it would be winter and the weather would be very cold, so she wanted to prepare in advance.

Once when Yu Miaomiao was teaching several women how to cultivate intensively and intensively, some of the women quietly complained for her, feeling that Zhao Man didn't value children, and felt sorry for her even more.

Even if Yu Miaomiao didn't tell anyone about her pregnancy, these women who had given birth would be able to tell by looking at her.

No one knows how good Zhao Man was in a good mood during his military training recently. He came back early and demonstrated by himself that he turned over a cliff in a flash, smashed more than a dozen scarecrows, and felled two trees. The wood was ordered to be made. Shaker, and wooden horse, but did not get back.

No one knew, Zhao Man thought countless times before going to bed, if this child can be born smoothly, he must love the house and the world, except for Miaomiao, he loves this child the most, his only child.

Not to mention that no one saw him, he couldn't help kissing Li Miaomiao's stomach while she was sleeping soundly.

The arrival of the child made March pass extremely quickly.

The rainy season in April is here.

Covered by mountains, Fangling in the haze of mist and rain has an additional scene in previous years. The terraced fields are serialized together, one hilltop after another, with sparkling water on the terraced fields. Don't be funny.

The spring sowing ended in early April, and in a house in Zhushan County, a small class for a professor to build a house and blend three-component soil was quietly established.

Such a class was also held near Zhuxi's fertilizer workshop.

In Shangyong County, half of the spinning workshop has been built, and two rooms are used as classrooms.

……

As long as you want to learn, someone will teach you. No matter how long you study, you don’t need to do all kinds of exhausting work for the master during the study period. You just need to help out after you finish your studies, and you will be paid according to the market price.

The working time is determined according to the length of study time and grades. It is up to you to decide whether to leave or stay when the working period is over.

This is an exploration. The establishment of a comprehensive technical school has not yet started, and there is no place to accommodate too many students. For the time being, we will start with this situation. At this time, the common people are still very resistant to the status of "apprentice". Yes, it will spread slowly from here, and more people will accept it by then.

Zhao Man was not in a hurry about this.

Because of the rain and slippery roads, Yu Miaomiao was ordered to stay at home and was not allowed to go anywhere without Zhao Man's company.

She took advantage of this time to count the accounts everywhere, as well as her own dividends.

Ever since Yu Miaomiao became rich, although she was still rare money, she didn't count all the money she received like last year.

It's been a long time since she counted money, and she felt a little itchy today, and of course she wouldn't really count the dozens or even hundreds of copper coins one by one.

It just so happened that Steward Zhou sent a big bag. She didn't distrust Steward Zhou, but she was just idle and bored. First, she weighed the money. The weight of a copper coin is fixed, so she can quickly calculate how much money there is.

After this exaggeration, Yu Miaomiao took a pen to calculate, and suddenly frowned.

Steward Zhou's heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and he didn't look very good, "Madam, is the amount of money wrong? It's all about the number of people ordered, and I guarantee with my life that there will be no mistakes."

At this time, the copper plates were divided into big coins and small coins. Big coins were big and thick, which was more common. Small coins also had copper plates that were slightly smaller and thinner. Big coins were only put into use by the court a few years ago. One big coin was worth two small coins.

Yu Miaomiao saw that Manager Zhou was like this, and waved his hands, "Guan Zhou, of course I believe in you, don't worry, it's just that there is something wrong with the money, it's not a matter of quantity."

After Yu Miaomiao finished speaking, Manager Zhou's expression was still not very good, and he muttered, "What's wrong with the money, as long as the amount is right."

Yu Miaomiao didn't explain much to him, and asked him to take out the [-] guan, divide it into two parts, and weigh them separately. Manager Zhou also felt that something was wrong with the weighing, both were [-] guan, but the difference in weight was not small.

Steward Zhou is also an old steward who has followed Fang Aonan for many years, and he is also an old man, so he naturally discovered the strangeness in it, with a sullen face, he took another [-] guan, this title is different.

The two looked at each other, and Zhou Guanshi silently weighed all the remaining piles of twenty coins, the difference between the lightest and the heaviest was quite a bit.

Yu Miaomiao asked: "Take apart the lightest piles and see if there are any newly cast ones?"

Without further ado, Zhou Guanshi took it apart and took a look, "It's true, they were all cast at the beginning of the year."

His tone paused, he didn't even care to wipe off the profuse sweat on his head, he pondered for a while, thinking that Yu Miaomiao was different from other women, Fang Aonan didn't underestimate her, so he said to her: "I I heard that a lot of jiaozi (notes) were issued in Shu some time ago, and a lot of iron coins were issued in the north, three iron coins are worth one copper plate, and some people exchanged them, and the iron coins were used there.”

Yu Miaomiao frowned.

Manager Zhou continued: "It seems that it's not just that, the weight of the copper coin has also become smaller, Madam is still cautious, and others will definitely find out soon."

After Zhou Guanshi finished speaking, his heart was a little heavy, and he didn't bother Yu Miaomiao.

The weight of copper coins has become smaller and replaced by iron coins, and paper money has been issued in large quantities. What does this mean?
Yu Miaomiao rubbed her forehead, the copper in the Song Dynasty was not enough.

She thought about it, and her previous memories became increasingly blurred, as if she had really become an ancient person, and she only vaguely remembered the earliest paper money Jiaozi learned in history, just to supplement the shortage of copper coins in the Song Dynasty.

Circulation came and went, and the imperial court actually came up with such a way to make up for the shortage of copper coins, which shows that there is a real shortage of copper.

If it goes on like this, a large number of banknotes will be issued, and there will be less hard currency such as copper coins, which will definitely cause inflation, soaring prices, and a serious financial crisis for the court.

So, where did those copper coins go?
Most likely someone maliciously stored it, but what is this for?Cause economic chaos in the country?Fishing in troubled waters to make money?

She still clearly remembered that in the history books, there was a picture of people carrying a large bag of money to buy vegetables, which is inflation.It's just that the pictures in the book happened in the period of the Republic of China when the four major families controlled the country's economy.

Is she thinking too seriously now?
"Boss Zhou, you have a lot of people, have you heard of anyone storing coins?"

Manager Zhou shook his head, "I haven't noticed this before, if Madam didn't remind me, I wouldn't know about it now."

Yu Miaomiao couldn't figure out what to ask, she paid attention to her own one-third of an acre of land every day, except for the exchange coupons that brought down the Zhang family, she really didn't think about it.

I had no choice but to ask him to inquire, and to see if there was any insider news from the court. The merchants were more or less involved with the court, otherwise it would not be a big deal.

Manager Zhou left, Yu Miaomiao walked around the room for a while, and Zhao Man came back.

After she finished talking to Zhao Man, Zhao Man's expression darkened, and he told her about the news he had just received.

"The imperial court will soon issue an official document prohibiting merchants from taking copper coins out of the Great Wall and the southern fan countries."

Yu Miaomiao was stunned: "What does this mean? Outside the Great Wall and some foreign countries took away the copper coins of Song Dynasty? Why?"

Zhao Man lowered his head, looked at her stomach, and put his arms around her waist, "Don't worry about it, I'll check it out."

Some people messed up Da Song's finances when they weren't paying attention. Zhao Man was lying when he said he wasn't worried.

It's just that they were too busy before and didn't notice the abnormality.

Before finding out the inside story, Yu Miaomiao was taken aback by the arrival of a person with an item the next day, feeling dizzy for a while, and already had an answer in his heart.

Her time-traveling colleague was really ambitious, and even made such harmful things.

(End of this chapter)