Who is Lao Cheng? He is Devil Cheng, an expert in making trouble. How can his son be an honest person?
Just because Cheng Huaimo is sitting here without moving does not mean that his heart is not moving.
Before coming to Qin Wangzhuang, Qin Qiong told Cheng Huaimo to listen to him in everything. If he doesn't let him, he must not move. If he doesn't let him, he must not speak.
Qin Qiong will naturally ask Li Yuanxing to replace him.
When it comes to substitutions, Cheng Huaimo is naturally nervous.
Let's not talk about the Ministry of War for now, just talk about the old generals of the Qin Palace who are qualified and capable to serve as Tongguan Guards. If they line up, they can at least line up from Zhuque Gate to Mingde Gate.
It was a great blessing that it was his turn, so Cheng Huaimo gritted his teeth and abided by the rules this time.
However, generally speaking, Cheng Huaimo is much stronger than Huai Liang. Being a servant in the Royal Forbidden Army has made him improve a lot in obeying the rules.
Li Yuanxing sat back on the main seat and did not speak in a hurry.
Once Wu Bin and Du Shuangyu came to the small living room together, Li Yuanxing spoke.
"Everyone sit down, I have two tasks!" After listening to Li Yuanxing's words, Wu Bin and Du Shuangyu hurriedly sat down on the cushions at the bottom.
"Let's talk about a small town in the Qinling Mountains first, a small town in the mountains." Li Yuanxing sat there and began to talk slowly: "Continue from the Shennong Hall to the south of the Qinling Mountains. There is a small town there called Zhashui Town!
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The Zhashui Town mentioned by Li Yuanxing is the Zashui County in later generations.
But in the early Tang Dynasty, the population here was not large. It was just a market place for dozens of villages in the mountains. Later, there was an additional town in Shanwozi.
The town has a population of less than a hundred households, making it a very small town.
"There is something there. I think it is very important, so it must be guarded by someone who can benefit from it. In other words, the future security there should be at the same level as that of Qin Wangzhuang."
"Wu Lang, what do you have?" Qin Qiong couldn't help but ask.
"Copper mine!" Li Yuanxing said with a smile, and then stretched out his hand: "If we can dig half a million kilograms of copper ore every day, we will not be able to finish the copper mine until Du Shuangyu's grandson is born."
What is copper? In the Tang Dynasty, copper was money. In the Tang Dynasty, there was official money and private money.
At the level of Li Yuanxing, he has the right to mint money. He only needs to report it to the Ministry of Accounts and report it. That is enough.
Du Shuangyu stood up as soon as he straightened up. However, Wu Bin held him down with one hand, and then Wu Bin winked at Cheng Huaimo, which meant, look at General Cheng's son, he is as stable as a mountain.
You are so impatient!
Du Shuangyu took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and sat down straight.
Li Yuanxing smiled: "Brother Shubao, the copper mine is actually just a trivial matter. The king needs to deploy troops to protect it because there is a silver mine. If one million kilograms of silver ore can be mined in one day, the grandson of Pisces will run all over the street, so naturally he will dig it.
Endless.”
How much is one million pounds?
In modern times, the daily output is actually 600 tons.
In fact, the Zhashui Silver Mine can be regarded as one of the largest silver mines in China, with a daily production capacity of one thousand tons of ore, and the purity of the silver ore is good. There are also many associated ores, making it a real rich ore.
Suddenly, Cheng Huaimo fell to the ground, stretched out his hand to support the floor, and slowly raised his head: "I can't hold it anymore, I can't bear it anymore. Your Highness, Huaimo can't stand it. If you don't speak, don't move, you're going to die."
.Waimo would rather be punched by His Highness a few times than he can bear it. He can't stand it anymore."
Qin Qiong laughed loudly, and then slapped Cheng Huaimo to the ground.
"You coward, you don't even have this bit of patience. If I dare to let you guard a level, I can rest assured!"
Qin Qiong's tone was stern, but Cheng Huaimo just had a dark face and lowered his head, preparing to be slapped again.
Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "Brother Shubao, I asked Huaimo to guard Tongguan. In fact, he is not guarding the pass. I have other tasks. Brother Shubao will choose another person as his deputy with a calmer personality to supplement it!"
"It should be so!" Qin Qiong glared at Cheng Huaimo, who was so frightened that Cheng Huaimo couldn't help but take half a step back.
Li Yuanxing put away his smile and said in a more serious tone: "This silver mine is estimated to be huge. I have discussed the use of this mine with the emperor, so this mine is not included in the treasury and is only used for the Qin Wangzhuang. Of course, I
The Ministry of Revenue knows how much Zhuangzi adds to the national treasury every year, so the Ministry of Revenue will not have any trouble."
"Your Highness, I am waiting for orders!"
Wu Bin stood up and saluted, and Du Shuangyu also quickly stood up.
"Silver mines are one thing, but the most important thing is coinage. We will talk about this later. For now, let's build the road first. At least we can transport the coal in. I have other arrangements for building the road. Wu Bin, your mission
It's the silver mine. If there's a problem with the silver mine, it's your responsibility. You can only choose a maximum of 1,400 elite soldiers among the twelve guards, and you have to give 600 to Du Shuangyu."
Speaking of elite soldiers, Li Yuanxing walked up to Du Shuangyu and said, "Du Shuangyu, you are responsible for training 600 archers and patrolling the surrounding area."
"Your Highness, who is the general?" Wu Bin asked in a low voice.
"It's you, Wu Bin. I have hired Mr. Xi to be your deputy. Once the silver mine starts to produce, there will be countless people watching. I am not worried about the young disciple. What I care about is the spies from foreign countries.
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After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, Wu Bin saluted and asked, "Wu Bin doesn't understand."
"Then I will teach you what will happen if the silver ore is stolen. It is like a stone. One person cannot carry much. The silver is stolen, which is just some silver. But I will mint coins. This coin will be of great use in the future. I
You won’t understand it for a while after the king tells you, but what I want to say is that the original coins, impressions, and coin-minting machines are what you really need to protect. Once you find that you can’t protect them, you will
how?"
Li Yuanxing asked seriously.
Wu Bin took a step forward: "A certain person is fighting to the death. If anyone wants to grab something, he must first step over the certain person's body!"
Li Yuanxing picked up a stack of paper on the table and prepared to slap Wu Bin on the face.
But then I thought about it, Wu Bin is such a straight-tempered person, and fighting to the death for himself is also an attitude.
When Wu Bin saw Li Yuanxing trying to hit him, he didn't hide or dodge, and his expression didn't change.
Qin Qiong was surprised. In his opinion, Wu Bin's answer should be correct, but why was His Highness the King of Qin dissatisfied?
Li Yuanxing sighed: "Wu Bin, you are too honest. If you are unable to defeat me, destroy me!"
"Destroyed?" Wu Bin didn't understand.
Du Shuangyu stood up at this time: "Young general understands that some things are secrets themselves. Only by destroying them can we keep the secrets. Just like when we attacked Liaocheng, the brother who entered the city first said that if he was discovered,
He will commit suicide to prevent the Goguryeo people from asking anything out of his mouth!"
"That's right, things can be rebuilt, but secrets must be kept!"
Qin Qiong also followed suit, and then asked Li Yuanxing: "Wu Lang, is there anything special about this coin?"
"Brother Shubao, don't ask, I will tell you in detail in the future!"
"If I don't ask, I will forget about it immediately!" Qin Qiong is also a smart person, knowing that there are some issues that he doesn't know, which is a good thing.
He just felt that Li Yuanxing might have some very big plan that would affect the entire Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Li Yuanxing cannot say that he will use the coin molds of later generations and the alloy formulas of later generations. Even if it is pure silver or pure copper, in fact, other things will be added when minting coins.
The first is the difference in materials. Then there is the difference in sophistication. Finally, there are some simple anti-counterfeiting methods.
Li Yuanxing believed that within five years, the entire Tang Dynasty's private money would basically disappear, because whether they were using it or saving money in their own warehouses, they would choose exquisite new coins instead of old copper coins.
Of course, those who keep gold in large chunks will still keep large chunks of gold. At that time, it may be the time for social necessities such as banks to appear. The economy is not a joke, and it cannot be fake at all.
China is a silver-poor country, but Li Yuanxing knows that there is a place with 30% of the world's silver reserves. When the military strength is reached, Li Yuanxing will not let it go.
"Wu Bin, I trust you. If you have any questions or ideas, you can come to me immediately. If you are asked to do something, you must do it well."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Recently, the three of you have spent half a month going to the Security Department of the Tang Empire to learn how to guard!" After Li Yuanxing gave his instructions, he said to Qin Qiong: "Brother Shubao, you will be busy for the past half month."
"Naturally, I will choose excellent instructors and teach them with heart."
"Huaimo!" Li Yuanxing walked up to Cheng Huaimo again and patted Cheng Huaimo's shoulder gently: "What's in Tongguan? There are gold mines there. Don't ask me how many mines there are. You just need to know that surrounding the gold mines is like
Surround it like iron buckets. Then store the coarse gold, and every month the King of Japan will arrange for people to bring the coarse gold back to Chang'an."
"Gold, gold mine!" Cheng Huaimo's eyes widened.
Li Yuanxing walked back to his seat and sat down: "Tongguan is no better than the Qinling Mountains. There are many people and it's not easy to protect the mint, so I put it in the King of Qin's Manor. Fortunately, I still mainly use copper coins and silver coins.
So the number won’t be too much, and the space in Qin Wangzhuang is barely enough!”
Gold mine, silver mine, copper mine!
This is said to be a mining area, but it is actually money. Digging these mines in Datang is equivalent to digging for money.
Without Li Yuanxing's detailed instructions, Cheng Huaimo and the other three knew the seriousness of the matter.
"Okay, you three, please step back!" Li Yuanxing waved his hand.
When the three of them went out, Li Yuanxing motioned for Qin Qiong to follow him to the desk, then turned on the computer and called up a picture.
"Brother Shubao, this is the approximate location of Jingou in Liaodong. Based on the small town occupied by Lao Cheng, I estimate that the number of gold mines is enough for me to build a new palace for my brother!"
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