After staying for a few days and arranging everything, Liu Zhang finally decided to return to Chengdu.
Under the farewell of all the civil and military personnel, Liu Zhang, Liu Ye, and Tai Shici led the Wu Feng Camp on their way home.
It seems that Yizhou County was completely pacified in less than half a year, but the six counties of Nanzhong have been laid out for more than a year, and the huge amount of money and food consumed is completely shocking.
Fortunately, all the efforts gave Liu Zhang the greatest reward, and the return trip was so cheerful and enjoyable.
Liu Zhang did not choose to go to Bodao by water, but chose to return to Chengdu by land under the escort of cavalry.
Winter has now arrived, and although the weather is cold, it cannot suppress Liu Zhang's mood for visiting the land of Sichuan and Sichuan.
We stopped and stopped, enjoying the scenery along the way, and finally returned to Chengdu before celebrating the New Year.
Outside the north gate of Chengdu, Jia Xu was already waiting with a group of officials.
Due to the cold weather, many people's faces turned red from the cold, and some were even trembling slightly.
"Wenhe, there's no need to wait here in such a cold weather!"
Liu Zhang got off his horse and walked quickly to Jia Xu's side, his eyes full of concern.
For Jia Xu, this is undoubtedly the best warmth in the severe cold.
"My lord, when I lived in the frontier in my next life, this kind of weather was not considered cold at all!"
Seeing that other officials were afraid of the cold, Liu Zhang quickly ordered him to return home.
"Everyone, thank you for waiting here. Please follow me to the Prefectural Mufu Mansion to have a talk!"
"Thank you, lord!"
Everyone was relieved, thanked him one after another, and followed Liu Zhang's footsteps towards the city.
"Wenhe, how are the various places in Yizhou? Nothing happened, right?"
Liu Zhang just felt bored while walking and said something casually. Unexpectedly, Jia Xu frowned slightly.
"Is there really something wrong?"
Liu Zhang stopped unconsciously and looked at Jia Xu in surprise.
Jia Xu thought for a while and nodded.
"Lord, there is nothing going on within Yizhou, but some things have affected Yizhou."
"But because of the five baht thing?"
What Liu Zhang blurted out immediately shocked Jia Xu.
"My lord is really a god. He is in Nanzhong and he actually knows these things!"
Jia Xu couldn't help but be surprised. After all, he only knew about this not long ago and had not had time to tell Liu Zhang.
However, the problems in Nanzhong were enough to cause headaches, and Jia Xu had no plans to tell Liu Zhang yet.
It was just that Liu Zhang happened to return to Chengdu and asked about it, so Jia Xu decided to tell the matter.
"As expected, it must be Dong Zhuo's fault, right?"
Liu Zhang continued to walk towards the Prefecture Mufu. As he walked, he turned to ask Jia Xu beside him.
Jia Xu nodded helplessly, with anger flashing in his eyes.
"What my lord said is absolutely true! This old thief Dong Zhuo is really abominable. He actually looted all the five-baht coins from Sili and Guanzhong, melted them down and recast them. Not only is it extremely rough, but the weight is very different!"
"I'm afraid it's more than that, isn't it?"
Jia Xu looked at Liu Zhang with some admiration, and couldn't help but sigh that Liu Zhang was indeed the person who knew Dong Zhuo best.
"Yes, Dong Zhuo used force to force the common people, wealthy families, noble families and even officials to exchange with him. After the exchange, he lavishly minted these bad money that was not enough!"
"By doing this, Dong Zhuo made himself extremely rich, but it directly disrupted the orthodox five-baht coin!"
Judging from the current situation, it must be that after Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si were not idle, and started to follow Dong Zhuo's old path again!
"Wenhe, Dong Zhuo has been dead for so long. It takes more than a day or two to make money. How can it affect Yizhou?"
Although we are in an era of war, the states and counties are still the same, and people can still trade freely.
Unless there is a war, the borders of each force can be freely entered and exited.
"Lord, since the campaign against Yizhou, Yangpingguan has been in a state of tight defense, and the three eastern counties have also been evacuated. Therefore, although Hanzhong borders Dong Zhuo's Chang'an, it has not been affected much."
"However, the 'five baht coins' cast by Dong Zhuo flowed into Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other places, and several states in Hebei also suffered greatly!"
Liu Zhang knew very well the harmful effects of Dong Zhuo's bad money. It was also because Dong Zhuo had set a precedent that later Liu Bei and Sun Quan also began to mint fake money in order to replenish their treasury.
Liu Bei euphemistically called it "a hundred five-baht coins", which means that one five-baht coin cast by Liu Bei can be exchanged for a hundred five-baht coins in the hands of the people of Yizhou!
How is this different from a robber?
The raw material of the five-baht coin is copper coin, which is valuable in itself. The weight and size determine the value of the copper coin.
Why was Dong Zhuo able to make a fortune with small coins? It was simply that the small coins made by Dong Zhuo were far smaller in weight and size than the orthodox five-baht coin.
One orthodox five-baht coin can be used to mint two or even more Dong Zhuo five-baht coins, which will seriously disrupt the market economy.
Liu Bei was even more ruthless. At the beginning, the one hundred and five baht coins he minted were three times the normal five baht coins.
It is equivalent to exchanging three five-baht coins for one hundred five-baht coins.
After Liu Bei issued it, his treasury was full and he was extremely rich, but the people suffered, and the whole Yizhou was full of complaints!
Even so, Liu Zhang was still greedy, and the straight hundred and five baht he cast became smaller and smaller, and in the end he only saved half a plant!
Start using half a plant as one hundred five-baht coins!
Liu Bei relied on force and forced the people to use one hundred and five baht. It only took Liu Bei a few months to go from being the "first loser" in Yizhou to being the "richest man" in Yizhou.
Liu Bei can do this, and as Liu Bei's brother-in-law Sun Quan, naturally he cannot fall behind.
But Sun Quan is far more ruthless than Liu Bei!
If you compare Sun Quan and Dong Zhuo, then Dong Zhuo is a great man!
At best, Dong Zhuo deducted some weight, but Sun Quan was different. He didn't just steal money, he just 'printed money'!
After Sun Quan learned that Liu Bei had made one for a hundred, he immediately decided to counterattack and minted a new coin in Soochow, named Daquan Fifty.
As the name suggests, one coin is worth fifty.
In the early days, Sun Quan still had some knowledge and knew the dangers of making money like this.
However, when Daquan Fifty One came out, he immediately tasted the benefits, which is equivalent to directly increasing the existing assets fifty times!
Then Sun Quan was like crazy, the big spring was five hundred, the big spring was worth a thousand, even the big spring was two thousand, the big spring was five thousand!
It's a pity that the people of Soochow are not fools. Two thousand Daquan is enough to bankrupt people, let alone five thousand Daquan.
Therefore, as soon as Daquan Wuqian was issued, it was strongly resisted, and Sun Quan had to recycle all of them and burn them.
It was precisely because of the timely destruction of the Daquan Five Thousand that Sun Quan saved Soochow's life. Otherwise, it would most likely have aroused public outrage and even overturned the rule of the Sun family!