When Li Jing and others came to Chang'an, they were naturally not allowed to wear official uniforms.
They all changed into the silk robes worn by ordinary nobles, and went to a restaurant to have a drink first. After all, they didn't eat anything at Qin Wangzhuang, so they planned to eat first and then go to the market to see the reaction.
"Your guest is invited upstairs!" the waiter shouted.
Li Jing went upstairs with several military attachés whose ranks were above the fourth rank. Those who were below the fifth rank did not even enter this restaurant. Next to this restaurant is the Wangjing Tower, which is the restaurant where Wu Zhao held the dumpling banquet.
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Li Jing believed that he must know about King Qin's money.
"For our distinguished guests, are you setting a table or ordering a la carte?" the waiter asked while pouring tea.
Li Jing smiled and waved his hand: "There is a treat today, you choose the one you like!"
The money belonged to Li Yuanxing, and Li Jing had no intention of saving money for Li Yuanxing.
Several generals looked at the menu cards brought by the waiter and chose their favorite dishes.
The shopkeeper came in at this time and bowed his hands: "Dear guests, you are polite!" Li Jing raised his hand: "The shopkeeper is thoughtful!"
"Dear guest, I wonder if you have King Qin's money in your hand?" The shopkeeper's voice became softer and continued: "Our store uses King Qin's money to settle the bill. One dollar is used three times. For more than a hundred dollars, we will give you a jar of fine wine!"
Before Li Jing could speak, he saw someone breaking in from outside.
As soon as Li Jing's personal guards reacted, they immediately stepped aside when they saw the man, because it was Qin Qiong who came, and he was wearing an official uniform, a third-grade official uniform.
As soon as he saw Li Jing, Qin Qiong cupped his fists and saluted: "Pharmacist, save someone!"
The shopkeeper quickly stepped aside, at least Li Jing had no intention of letting him out yet. The other distinguished guests were still choosing dishes.
"Why are you so panicked, Uncle Bao? Let's sit down and have a cup of tea first. If something really happens, I won't ignore it. Even if I am helpless, and there is His Highness the King of Qin, I really can't ask for mercy from the Holy One."
When Li Jing saw Qin Qiong's expression, he thought it was something serious, such as Qin Qiong's son getting into a fight in Chang'an City and killing someone.
Or maybe a few little guys got together and did something outrageous.
Qin Qiong touched the silver coin in his arms and put it on the table: "Pharmacist, I heard that the King of Qin minted money, but I have a lot of important things to deal with recently, but who would have thought that today someone would come to report that the money was scary.
It looked scary to me. I engraved my face on the money. I was frightened!"
"Hahaha. Uncle Bao, sit down and have a drink!"
"Pharmacist!" Qin Qiong sat down thoughtfully. In the past few days, he had been busy helping Li Yuanxing go to Gaoyuan and Su Wen came to Chang'an. He was also busy collecting information about the surrounding states and counties that Li Yuanxing wanted. That was a little time.
But something like this happened again.
"General Qin, the money was made by the King of Qin. His Highness the King of Qin makes the decision, what are you afraid of?" a general said from the side.
Qin Qiong wanted to say something, but Li Jing waved his hand to stop him, and also stopped several generals from speaking again.
Li Jing said at this time: "I know something, because you, Shu Bao, are busy with official duties, so naturally you don't know about it. Moreover, the matter was settled not long ago, so I am just surprised that the first person to seal it is actually you, Shu Bao."
Seeing that Qin Qiong was a little nervous, Li Jing smiled slightly: "Actually, I also have one, but I don't know when to engrave it. I heard from His Highness King Qin that after printing three million silver coins, a new mold must be made, but it is extremely difficult to change the mold once."
Trouble, so after the three million one-cent silver coins are minted, I don’t know who will be printed next.”
"Who else?"
"There is such and such, Lao Cheng, Lao Hei, Changsun and Old Fox, as well as General Xiao Gong and Fang Du." At this point, Li Jing clapped his hands: "X has thought that the next one must be Old General Qu Tu."
"The list set by the Holy One?" Qin Qiong asked.
"The Holy One made a rule, and Tianying Pavilion voted for twenty-four people. These were the twenty-four people who made the pattern of one silver coin. His Highness the King of Qin meant that these were the twenty-four heroes who founded the Tang Dynasty. They were printed on
This is the glory on the silver coin! So Brother Shubao will go into the palace later to thank the Holy Master for his great kindness, so there is no need to worry about anything else!"
After hearing what Li Jing said, Qin Qiong felt relieved.
The shopkeeper saw Qin Qiong's hand touching the cup and immediately stepped forward to pour the tea.
"You just listen to the excitement, it's not a secret. I'll reward you with this money. I'll give you good wine and good food and order the kitchen to be tidied up. You can listen here!"
The shopkeeper liked it very much. He took the silver coin with both hands and motioned to the waiter to go downstairs to explain. Then he said to Li Jing: "This time, let the shop be the host, and the distinguished guests will appreciate it!"
"Thank you to the shopkeeper. I'll give some rewards to the waiter and the kitchen." Li Jing took out some five-cent and one-cent copper coins and put them on the table. The shopkeeper thanked them and quickly collected them.
Whether Li Jing gave too much or the shopkeeper took too little, no one did the math.
"Brother Shubao, there are two kinds of gold. One is only for rewards, the Emperor's one or two gold coins. Then the Emperor's one or two gold coins will be released on the market. I have seen the quality, it is almost close to red gold, and the bright yellow color is extremely beautiful.
Then there is Empress Changsun who has five gold coins. Originally, the Holy One wanted to use His Highness King Qin, but His Highness gave in and used one gold coin!"
There are gold coins, and they are bright yellow, almost red gold.
The shopkeeper's eyes were a little dull. Li Jing then took out one and put it on the table and asked: "This is a reward from the Holy Spirit to a certain person. How much money does the shopkeeper think it is worth!"
Li Jing's coin was actually lost to him by Hou Junji, and he exchanged the corresponding gold for a gold coin from Li Yuanxing.
The avatar belongs to Li Yuan.
"Replying to your words, your ordinary shop dare not accept it. Even if you dare to accept it, it is worth 20,000 yuan. As you said, this gold coin is circulating in the market, one tael of gold, eleven taels of silver. This is the market price. One
Two ounces of pure silver cost about 1,100 fen in exchange for money. It’s really hard to say if it’s low-quality money. So according to the market price, it’s worth about 13,000 fen.”
Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, but his expression became more serious.
"Dear guest, please don't blame me for talking too much. I heard a saying. The calculation method of King Qin's money is to calculate it as ten. That is, one or two gold coins are worth ten thousand. If you exchange it for King Qin's money, these two cities already have it.
The rule is, of course, the exchange is based on the round calculation of ten, it’s just the old money. It’s just different!”
Li Jing nodded slightly and did not mention the exchange again.
"For one tael of silver, the image of the prince is used. For five coins of silver, the image of Princess Mingyue is used. For one coin of silver, it is us. There are also three types of copper coins: scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers! The ones that came out first
It’s a farmer with five coins and a pawn with one coin. I think there will be various coins on the market next year.”
After Li Jing finished speaking, Qin Qiong breathed a sigh of relief.
However, some people were uneasy. Cui Junsu, the household secretary, was waiting to be summoned in front of Li Er's study.
Finally, Fang and Du came out of the study with joy on their faces. When they saw Cui Junsu waiting, they bowed their hands and walked to the outer courtyard of the palace.
After entering Li Er's study, Cui Junsu saluted and immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is something important that Your Majesty must make up his mind about!"
"Tell me!" Li Er also had a smile on his face. Cui Junsu couldn't guess what Li Er and Fang Du said. But it must be something big or good, otherwise Li Yuanxing would not still have a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance casts 370,000 guans a year, and together with the money cast by various places, the total is 560,000 guans a year. There are more than 3,000 craftsmen in the Ministry of Husband who work hard for a year to make the money.
Three hundred and seventy thousand dollars."
"I know this!"
Cui Junsu took half a step forward and saluted again: "Your Highness, Qinwangzhuang casts one million copper coins in ten days and eighty-three five-coin copper coins. The five-coin copper coins only start working in seven days. One silver coin is minted in five days and 730,000 coins."
.These folded coins have already amounted to 100,000 guan. I have asked Brother Cui of the Prince of Qin's Mansion. The coin-making workshop of the Prince of Qin's Mansion is fully operational. One copper coin can be minted in a year to reach 800,000 guan."
"Eight hundred thousand guan, Wulang's workshop is really efficient!" Li Er's sentence was nonsense.
Because Fang Du Erxiang had already settled the accounts just now.
And the calculation is more detailed than Cui Junsu's, including all silver coins, gold coins, copper coins, and iron coins.
Not only that, they also analyzed in detail how many gold coins should be there, how many silver coins should be there, and how many coins should be minted each year.
and detailed plans were laid out.
After Prime Minister Fang Du left the palace, he went straight to Qin Wangzhuang.
"Your Majesty, Qinwangzhuang can mint at least twelve million coins a year. This is because Qinwangzhuang can mint gold and silver coins."
"How much gold is enough for Wulang to make money, and how much silver is there? How much can a silver mine dig out in a year? Even if I give all the gold and silver nuggets you have to Wulang, the money will not flow to the market.
What you are worried about is whether there is any point in casting money in the Ministry of Revenue, right?"
Li Er asked directly. In fact, Cui Junsu came here and talked about this matter.
"Your Majesty, please take the money-casting workshop of Prince Qin's Mansion and return it to the Ministry of Household Affairs!" Cui Junsu bowed to the end. His request was really considered from the perspective of the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, not the Seventh Family.
"I have considered it, but can you manage the workshop?" Li Er asked.
Cui Junsu added: "Your Majesty, if the amount of Qin King's money can be minted to reach 400,000 pieces a year, then within three years, no one will mint private money in the entire Tang Dynasty. Bad money and miscellaneous money will completely disappear.
, Datang no longer needed to use silk in lieu of money, Datang’s money truly had the meaning of money!”
Li Er nodded solemnly: "Fang and Du were talking about this just now. Ruhui came all the way from Qin Wangzhuang just for what you said."
"What does the Holy One mean?" Cui Junsu asked quickly.
"The money-making workshop in the household department has been closed, and all the craftsmen have returned to Wulang. At present, the money-making workshop is under the control of Wulang, and the money can be counted by your household department. But the silver mine, gold mine, and coinage rights that I originally promised to Wulang
It's still valid. Your suggestion is very good. I specifically allowed the Ministry of Household Affairs to take all the copper coins. If Wu Lang wants to use the copper coins, let him exchange them with you for silver coins and gold coins."
After Li Er finished giving his instructions, Cui Junsu made quick calculations in his mind.
"Your Majesty, if you think about it this way, His Highness the King of Qin has suffered a great loss. I think the Ministry of Household Affairs should pay for the coinage!" (To be continued...)
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