I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 192 The Most Basic Link (Fifth Change)
Zhao Xi found that no matter what the matter was, as long as it was placed in the court, there would be no quick solution, and they would have to quarrel.

Now that the tasks are set, Zhao Xi has to consider the order of priority.

The manufacture of armor and firearms, the production of coins, the transportation channel from Xiangyang to Bianliang, the Dongchuan copper mine, the Huiwu iron mine, etc.It was only at this time that Zhao Xi realized that the stall was a little too big, and he couldn't take care of it at all.

There are a lot of idlers in the imperial court, and quite a few of them do not do things with their salaries. The problem is that it seems that it is difficult to do well in the hands of others.

No matter what you do, if you want to have support and followers, you must let people see the expected benefits.

Armor and firearms are readily available, but must be supported by copper and iron ore and transport channels.As for the transportation channel... Zhao Xi didn't even want to mention it if he wanted to increase the expenditure of the court. He brought it up, just dawdling for a while to give these nonsense people more nonsense excuses.

Copper and iron mines... Sigh, forget it, Zhao Xi didn't want to find a bunch of junk to mess with over there, and he didn't want to use the method of merchants to squeeze the miners, and finally let the local forces in Dali take advantage of the loopholes.

It can only be a plan, take your time and do it step by step.Zhao Xi had to choose the most basic one.

"Your Highness, all the currency systems since the beginning of the dynasty have been collected. For market and barter use, the ratio of copper and lead is basically different in actual value, and the actual price is different. Iron coins are another matter."

"There are many money supervisors in the country, and the systems are different in different places. Even in the country, there are still cases where the coins of different military states are not interchangeable. What's more, the coins of the previous dynasty are still used..."

What Su Song said was something Zhao Xi never thought of.

Even Annan and Dali are in circulation in the Guochao currency, but it is not used in the military states of the Guochao?

"Your Highness, over the years, the country has minted 300 million coins. Although copper, seven and lead are still in circulation, most of them are in private possession, and this is also the case in border countries."

"As for copper, four lead and six, although there are many merchants in the market, the actual exchange rate is already a thousand and five, and it increases year by year."

Zhao Xi finally understood why even the Western Army was keen on those copper coins in Langsong and Gaobang back then...

A unified country, but the currency is not unified?It's also weird.

Forced unification?Zhao Xi just thought about it.

It has been like this since the beginning of the dynasty, and it has lasted for such a long time, Zhao Xi can't believe it is clean and pure.

Good money drives out bad money, although it takes a little longer. Similarly, only by boiling frogs in warm water can they be cooked.

Today, the imperial court is dominated by money supervisors in the four prefectures of Rao, Chi, Jiang, and Jian, with a total of nine money supervisors.Where the imperial court allowed one place, all nine places were controlled, so even though the same coin was used, the advantages and disadvantages were different.

Coins are the credit of the country and the court, so they are ruined at will.

Zhao Xi really didn't know how to evaluate the world, let alone how to evaluate these elites today.

It's no wonder that they are all born with poetry and songs, and with their mouths, can they be expected to understand the laws of economics?
"Has the sample coin ever been completed?"

It has been less than half a month since the sample of the new coin was handed over to Su Song.It is not difficult to make coin samples, the key is that Zhao Xi has made requirements on the composition of coins.

For example, copper coins, he asked copper and zinc to be mixed, and the color of copper must not be separated.

For example, silver coins, he also asked to add copper and zinc, such as gold coins, he asked to add silver...

Zhao Xi didn't know all the ratios, so he just told Su Song.That is Su Song, it would be difficult for another person to satisfy him.

The color of copper is easy to say, and the identification of silver and gold is known to everyone in the world. After adding other materials, it must be invisible.This requires experimentation.

The key point is that according to the shape he designed, the pattern of the coin is a dragon, which is the kind of dragon of later generations, not the dragon shape recognized by the country.Also added aliasing around the edges...

What Zhao Xi wants is not coins that are constantly rotated, but coins that can last as long as Guochao and remain strong all the time.

Hearing Zhao Xi's words, Su Song twitched the corners of his mouth, and took out three coins with a bitter face... There were only three coins, and this was made after countless experiments by himself and countless times of polishing by the master craftsman.

Just these three sample coins have far exceeded their face value.

I really don't know what His Highness the Crown Prince thinks, how can this coin be mass-produced?

This...Zhao Xi is stroking the sample coin in his hand...it's okay, I can only say it's okay.

At least the basic requirements are met.Hardness, fineness, and general cognitive identification methods should agree with the material of gold, silver and copper coins.

It's just the feel... How should I put it, it doesn't feel familiar to him, it's still a bit rough.

"How?"

"Constantly experimenting with the formula, and then constantly beating by the master craftsman, almost to the point of being tempered. Your Highness, it may be difficult to produce a large number of coins that have reached this level..."

Su Song was very puzzled, but His Royal Highness had too many twists and turns in some matters, and he always felt that such coins were something His Royal Highness used to fool the court.

"Hit it with a hammer?"

This is Su Song!Unexpectedly, the most stupid method was used.

"Didn't you set an example?"

"model?"

"That's Mother Fan."

"This……"

Su Song said, pointing to the sample coin in Zhao Xi's hand.

Well, Zhao Xi understands.Understanding is not the same thing at all.

In the production of coins, there is a model first, and then it needs to be melted, rolled, caked, edged, cleaned, dried, stamped, and finally weighed.

At present, some are really impossible.

manpower?Forget it, the production cost of coins cannot be higher than its face value!

"Your Highness, the method of casting cannot achieve the coin type that His Highness said..."

With that said, Su Song took out three more sample coins, which were similar to the current coins.

Can't tell, can't tell.Zhao Xi couldn't understand how Su Song made the sample coins, and Su Song couldn't understand what Zhao Xi said as a model.

We can only go to the guard camp workshop together.There is no Qianjian in Bianliang, and Zhao Xi didn't want to get involved in the current Qianjian.

The so-called presiding over the Qianjian, Zhao Xi has his purpose, and in the end it may be to clean up and rectify the Qianjian in the country.

As for whether he can survive or not, it depends on whether he follows his rules.

When he came to Jiangzuo Prison, Zhao Xi finally understood how such coins came from... It was actually hammered by craftsmen and chiselled bit by bit!

Impressed!

Zhao Xi didn't speak, and went directly to the armor making workshop.

Zhao Xi dipped the three coins in vegetable oil, threw them into the mother mold for pouring armor, and then asked the craftsmen to pour them, and the front and back were like this.

The corners of Su Song's mouth twitched even more, His Royal Highness just dealt with it casually after spending many days.

After the armor with the lack of coins is formed...

"If this is not armor, but a manganese steel ingot weighing a thousand catties, and one place is underground, the other is placed on a high place, and it falls instantly..."

It shouldn't be necessary to say any more, it's very clear.

Needless to say, melting, the matter of film rolling should not be difficult for Su Song, he can figure out a way.

Zhao Xi made a demonstration of making cakes, basically omitting all the procedures behind the minting of coins. It is already the limit to be able to do this now.

(End of this chapter)