cpa300_4(); Although the state of Chu has implemented the silver standard system, that is, it accounts with silver and allows silver to flow as money.

But that's for big deals, after all.

The value of silver is high, one or two silver is consistent, that is, a thousand copper coins, if it is a valuable item, it is silver easy to use and simple.

However, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, rice and grain needles and threads, as little as one penny, more than dozens of wen, copper money can be much better than silver.

Therefore, in the people, the most used is copper coins.

It is the official salary and military salary of the household department, and it is also a mixture of silver and copper coins, and the same half of the hair.

And to use the money for people's livelihood, a lot of copper coins are needed.

(If you find a migrant worker to build the embankment, you can't pay all the silver when you calculate the wages, right?) Besides, there isn't that much silver.)

In addition to these expenses, the household department has to mint more every year to ensure the circulation of copper coins.

(In addition to the natural damage and recovery of copper coins, but also because some people like to hide money, silver and copper coins are hidden in their own homes, it is common for a large household to hide hundreds of thousands of yuan, and if there are a few more such collections, the copper coins on the market will not be enough)

Of course, there are also copper coins minted due to the fiscal deficit.

Therefore, the foundry of the household department has to mint millions of copper coins every year.

The main minting volume is concentrated in the months from February to June.

At the end of the year, the taxes from all over the country were delivered, and the warehouses of the household department were very full, and there was no need to forge copper coins, and January was the beginning of the year, and they were generally still on vacation, and they would not make money.

But in February, the forging will start in a big way.

Because, spring ploughing is about to begin.

Therefore, from October to November every year, copper ingots from various copper mines will be sent to the household warehouse for next year's forging needs.

But now, that year's stock, so many copper ingots, are gone!

Director Liu almost felt that the sky was about to fall.

This is much more important than who is the prince, the liveliness of the Wei family, and the banner of the Qin family.

This is the thing that his main business is going to lose his head!

"Gone?" Wei Zhao also stood up in shock.

"yes, it's gone." Director Liu knelt on the ground, a handful of tears and snot: "Your Excellency, you know, I was only transferred in December last year, when the capital was in chaos, the upper said that the household warehouse was closed first, and I couldn't do the handover, at the beginning of this year, according to the usual practice, the mint did not start, so there was no check, in February, I was going to check, but the top said, first count the other warehouses, the mint is not in a hurry to start, this delay, it has been delayed until now, I think, this matter can no longer be delayed, last year's Jiangnan flood and border war, The household department does not have much money in savings, and it will not start work again, but I am afraid that the official money will be gone next month, so I forced the head of the mint to do an inventory, and as a result, there was no copper ingot in the treasury! ”

"How many people know about this?" Taking a deep breath, Wei Zhao asked.

"As far as me and the head of the mint, as well as a few of my subordinates, I have asked them to keep their mouths shut, and they must not say anything to the outside world." Liu said.

As soon as the door of the warehouse was opened, the principal was stupid, and then fainted directly to the ground, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to take charge of the principal, and ran out to find Wei Zhao himself.

"My lord, I am so wronged in this matter! The seals on the storehouse are all in good condition, and before entering, there is still a layer of ash in the yard, and if someone takes it, it must have been taken away last year! Director Liu wiped his tears and said.

"Are you sure it was taken last year?" Wei Zhao asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, after I took over the position of principal, I sent people to strengthen the patrol of the treasury room, the treasury of the mint is at the back, so many copper ingots, if you want to take it out, you need a lot of people, chariots and horses, and the movement will be very large, and it is impossible for my people not to notice it at all." Director Liu continued to wipe his tears.

He was really wronged in this matter!

On the way, he figured out that if he could transport so many copper ingots away without knowing it, it must be that the relationship between the upper and lower levels has been opened, and only the Ning family can do this.

However, those people embezzled these things, and before they were discovered, they were taken down by Wei Zhao, and now it is him who is behind the black pot.

It's been two months, and there is no evidence, who will believe what he said, as soon as the warehouse door is opened, nothing is gone?

There are so many copper ingots, at least millions of copper coins can be forged.

It is light to cut off his head.

"My lord, I just hope that my lord can keep my family members living here." Seeing Wei Zhao's dark face, Director Liu also knew about this, and with Wei Zhao's current situation, he couldn't help him, so he kowtowed.

"You wait." Wei Zhao bent down to help him up, let him sit down on the chair, and said, "Tell me in detail how you found out today." ”

Director Liu made up his mind, and first went to count the stock of copper coins in the warehouse, and then brought a few people to directly ask the head of the mint to go to the warehouse to count, and talked about the process before and after.

"So when you went, there was no one else at the Mint?" Wei Zhao raised his eyebrows and said.

"Yes, the principal has been delaying and not starting work, and there are many workers in the factory who are still at home, and when they arrived, they happened to hear that something was going on outside, and they all ran to see the excitement, and the principal was still dragged by me at the door and dragged in." Liu said.

"What a poisonous mind." Wei Zhao said coldly.

"How?" Fu Fu was puzzled.

"At that time, I was anxious about the situation at the border and sent all the remaining silver money to Ganzhou and Mobei, but most of the taxes of the household department could only be put into the warehouse before the end of the year, so there was not much to use." Wei Zhao sneered.

"I see." Seeing Fu Fu's puzzled look, Director Liu said: "Although last year's taxes were collected, they all had the purpose of booking, and those people were afraid that Lord Wei would hit the idea of those newly minted copper coins, so they sent all the copper ingots away in advance, and did not let the mint start, so that the household department would not have extra copper coins for the border army." ”

Spreading his hands, Director Liu said: "It's the emperor's order, no money is no money." ”

"Wow!" Fu Fu scolded and turned his head to look at Wei Zhao: "Then what now?" ”

Really let Director Liu carry this black cauldron?

It's not a trivial matter to pull this thing out, but I'm afraid that it will implicate everyone in Wei Zhao's household department.

Wei Zhaohei sneered with a calm face, and said to Chief Liu: "Now there is only one way to live, it depends on whether you dare to go?" ”

"Your Excellency, you say." Director Liu wiped his face and said, "I haven't lived enough!" ”

"After you go back, you will close the door of the treasury, restore the original state, and solve the main affairs of the mint, tomorrow is a rest, you hurry up, and run away with your family." Wei Zhao said.

"Huh?" Director Liu was dumbfounded.

Where are you going? When the time comes, the wanted warrant of the imperial court will not be a dead end? Or the whole family!

"Run to Tongguan." Wei Zhao said lightly: "Your family does not have a large population, so you only bring the appropriate subordinates, saying that you are going to Zhuangzi to play, as long as it drags on for a few days, it is enough for you to run to Tongguan." ”

Liu's chief is a good history, he wants to go to Qinzhou, and he also needs a few capable people.

Well, there are those other people, take them with them.