The reason why the mission was sent was simply because the Han-Hungarian war was about to begin.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the Greek-born Bactria comes back with its Yuezhi and Cypriot masters to counterattack Dawan, or it can be a crusade before the Christian era.

In order to protect themselves, the Yueshi and their younger brothers organized a multinational coalition to resist the Xiongnu.

In fact, they didn't even send out a single soldier and had to watch the show from behind.

For Liu Che, for the Han Dynasty.

Even if it just allows the Huns to disperse their strength, it will be useful in the war between Han and Huns for hegemony.

the reason is simple.

Not long ago, the Shaofu reported to Liu Che that based on the current national strength, savings and fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty.

Without imposing additional war taxes, the Han family could support external operations for up to three years.

If the scale of the war expands, it may not be able to sustain it.

The ministers also had lingering fears about the long war.

The Han-Hungarian war nearly twenty years ago left a deep impression on the Han Dynasty.

In that war, the Han and Hungarians fought near the Great Wall for more than two years.

The people of the entire Beidi County and Shang County are exhausted.

The country's treasury savings disappeared like water into the bottomless pit of war.

That was still fighting on the inside. Relying on the Great Wall, the Han army's losses were minimized.

Therefore, even though the current fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty far exceeds that of the Taizong period, the officials are still worried about a war that may last for more than three years.

Fortunately, now, the Han Dynasty has new dried fish.

There are also many cattle and sheep in the pasture.

Otherwise, just a source of meat may drive the big farmer and the young master Yousi to commit suicide.

Even so, the financial expenditures for this war may be frightening.

At least the last five baht in Liu Che's coffers will be wiped out!

This made Liu Che feel very insecure!

How miserable would an emperor be without money?

Don't look at others, Wanli and Chongzhen are excellent examples.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the emperor had no money, he might not be able to command even a pawn.

In order to make money, avoid falling into the bad situation of Chongzhen or Wanli.

On the one hand, Liu Che assigned tasks to all levels of organizations in the Lord Commander's Yamen.

They are required to complete a certain amount of business tax tasks.

Anyway, according to current laws, only businessmen with a fortune of more than 500,000 yuan can be taxed.

So in other words, as long as they have the means, they will receive the tax.

Then, Liu Che doesn't care what methods they use!

On the other hand, Liu Che used his trump card porcelain at Yantie Yamen!

In fact, the porcelain firing technology was broken through two or three years ago.

It’s not difficult!

Especially today, when coal is widely used as fuel, with high-temperature, high-quality coal, it is only a matter of time before porcelain technology breaks through.

Of course, it is impossible for today's porcelain to produce the beautiful blue and white porcelain that was produced during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Liu Che doesn't need the high-precision black technology of blue and white porcelain for the time being.

What he created was celadon glazed porcelain based on the original celadon technology.

The technical content is very low, and there is no need to specially train craftsmen, so it can be produced on a large scale.

The reason why it has not been produced and publicized in the past two years is because the firing temperature and time have not been mastered, and the product is easily broken or the quality is of concern.

But now, the treasury is almost running out of money.

Liu Che couldn't wait for it to be perfected.

Take it out first, collect some money and then talk about it.

Starting next month, porcelain will begin to appear on a small scale on the shelves of various salt and iron yamen.

Make money from the big dog first.

A porcelain bowl costs one hundred yuan!

The large porcelain bottle was directly marked with a sky-high price of one gold!

In this way, you can probably earn tens of millions more every year.

After continuing to make money for three to five years, when the celadon technology was copied, Liu Che launched more advanced white porcelain and colored porcelain.

This can make another round of money.

In the future, it can also become a key product for China to export and earn foreign exchange, and go to Rome, Egypt, Persia, etc. to make money.

But obviously, this alone is not enough.

Mr. Qiu Ba of the army, if you cut off their reward money and military pay, it will cause morale to drop at the least, and mutiny at the worst!

So, there is no way.

Liu Che threw away the knot grass again.

Let the young master prepare to build another school district house in Maolingyi.

Then, he urged the Shaofu to speed up the construction of the racecourse and the surrounding markets in Chang'an.

Conservative estimates suggest that this can barely meet military expenditures.

But, the problem comes again.

Now, the total circulation of five-baht coins minted by the state is only 300,000,000.

However, the military expenditure alone for this war is conservatively estimated to be in the millions.

Even if the young master tried his best to mint money, he would only be able to mint a hundred million in a year.

This is only possible if there are sufficient raw materials.

The crux of the problem lies in China's copper shortage.

This has been true since ancient times.

Otherwise, copper coins will not become a currency accepted and recognized by the people.

Copper mines in China are difficult to mine and most of them are buried deep underground.

Want to mine copper?

Yes, but you have to pay for it with human life!

In Tongshan, Kuaiji County, hundreds of corpses were buried under the mines every year, starting from King Wu Liu Bi and even from the Spring and Autumn Period.

Countless people died from exhaustion, were stoned to death, or suffered landslides and other natural disasters.

The copper mine in Kuaiji County is still open-air.

From this you can imagine how difficult it is to mine copper mines buried underground.

This forced Liu Che and the Han Dynasty to turn to gold as their currency.

So, in the Battle of Mayi, after testing with gold coins.

In the past few years, the Shaofu has been minting gold coins on a small scale, and then slowly putting them into circulation on the market.

It's just a pity that the effect is not very good.

These gold coins have always been the same as the previous gold, only flowing in the circles of princes and wealthy merchants.

Ordinary people dare not accept it or use it.

After all, if you have a few coins in your pocket, the knights and other heroes may not have bad intentions.

But what if you have a cute little yellow-orange color in your pocket?

Haha, then, even in the busy city.

It won't be safe either!

The trial of the gold standard encountered the first obstacle in the face of social environment and reality. Very few ordinary people were willing to use gold coins.

Even if they get gold coins, they will hide them immediately or exchange them for copper coins.

The idea behind hiding it was that after his death, his son would melt these gold coins, cast them into underworld weapons, and accompany him underground.

Those who exchanged money were in short supply and needed money urgently.

Both of these situations prevented the circulation of gold coins.

This made Liu Che really beat his chest, but he was helpless.

Could it be that he can also introduce a law that will kill anyone who dares to rob gold coins?

And if gold coins cannot circulate on a large scale, the gold standard will lose its power.
To be continued...