A few months ago, Liu Bei returned to China. Before leaving, His Majesty gave "four five-baht coins and copper mothers" and granted the right to mint new coins.

Liu Bei has never had time to take care of him. Nowadays, the thieves of the five roads have retreated, and the Yellow Turban is in turmoil, and the north-south traffic is increasingly cut off. So I want to mint money for later use.

The minting of the county was not the first of His Majesty's creation.

In the former Han Dynasty, all counties had the right to mint money.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wu's Yuanzhen, the edict ordered each county to mint five baht coins. Said: "Junguo five baht", or "Yuanjia five baht". Because its material is changed to copper, it is also known as "cyanotic money".

However, due to the different technical levels of different countries, the composition of copper ore is also different, so the five baht coins minted are also very different. And cutting corners is serious, mostly less than five baht weight, and the more cast, the lighter, the more cast, the more shoddy. Emperor Wu then took back the coinage rights of each county in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty. It was changed to be minted and issued by the imperial court in a unified manner to prevent the spread of bad coins.

The Zhongguan five baht that was minted at the beginning of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty was mostly made of red copper because the coin material. The color is red (the copper content is more than 70%, and the lead content is about 20%), which is used as one of the five elements, and is known as "five baht of red".

"Red money, with red copper as its Guo, the money is also colorful."

The five baht of red is made of red copper, and after fine grinding, Guo Bian is red. "Chi Qian (side)", which means that the outer Guo file is flattened, which is also the origin of the name of Chi Qian (side) money. Chi Qian five baht Zhou Guo deep round and grinding and filtering, square diameter, fine finishing. The copper color is red and pure, the color is black and lacquered, and the money surface has no dirt and flaws.

Liu Bei's coinage this time was made of red copper.

However, the price of copper ore is high. Even though Liu Bei held the right to mint coins, he still sold enough copper ore from copper officials from all over the country, and the value of the raw materials far exceeded the value of five baht coins. Pay for one's whistle.

Liu Bei thought of mining copper ore himself in order to reduce costs as much as possible. When asked, it turned out that the mining industry has been very developed.

"Today, the Han family minted money, and all the iron officials put their officials and pawns, attacked the mountains to get copper and iron, and 100,000 people have been ...... in one year".

Every year, more than 100,000 people go to "attack the mountains to get copper and iron", and the mines dug are "hundreds of zhang" deep. During the reign of Emperor Wu, there were 49 iron officials in the country, and the location of salt and iron officials was an important steel smelting base. The 54 mining sites of the time were widely distributed in 31 counties. The types of ore mined have also increased. Taking copper as an example, the copper ores mined before the Han Dynasty were mainly malachite, natural copper, cuprite and azurite. In the former Han Dynasty, copper sulfide was added. In the mines, there was also a significant improvement in the tools used to transport ore, and iron-wheeled mine carts similar to the four-wheeled small bucket carts used in later handmade coal kilns appeared.

The nearest copper mine is located in Junmi County, Beiping County, Youbeiping, at the foot of Yanshan Mountain. It is about 600 miles away from Linxiang in the south. In the former Han Dynasty, the mining industry flourished here, and at the turn of the two Han Dynasty, with the Xianbei and strong, Wuhuan moved inward, and now it has been abandoned. It is the right Beiping Wuhuan Natural Pasture. Wuyan, the lord of Wuhuan in the right Beiping, is called the king of Khan Lu, and is subject to the seal of Yu. and Liu Bei have a good family.

God help me.

Liu Bei then sent a letter to his uncle. said that if you want to send craftsmen to Yanshan to open mines, please send troops to protect Wuyan. Wuyan readily agreed, but also.

The craftsmen soon found the Qianhan mining area buried in the barren grass at the foot of Yanshan Mountain. After a careful inspection, report to Liu Bei, and only need a little repair to remine.

Because it was under the jurisdiction of Wuhuan in Beiping, Liu Bei went to write to his uncle again. said, can the hundred miles around this mine be assigned to the eldest princess Liu Meng as her "Tang Muyi".

"Tang Muyi" was first seen in the Zhou Dynasty, which refers to the princes meeting the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven gave the feudal towns within Wangji for accommodation and fasting and bathing. In the Han Dynasty, it was mostly the food of female nobles such as queens and princesses.

"From the Son of Heaven to the feudal monarch Tang Muyi, they are all for their own personal support."

In this generation, Tang Muyi is often given to princesses and so on. Similar to vassal states. Although Tang Muyi was a fief, the person who received the feud had no administrative power, and was still under the jurisdiction of officials sent by the imperial court. However, because of the name of Tang Muyi, the administrative level is more noble than that of ordinary cities. Even though Tang Muyi is small in area and has a small population, the rank of the officials under his jurisdiction is higher than that of ordinary counties.

For example, when the first emperor was in Yang'an County, Runan County, he gave the eldest princess Liu Hua Tang Muyi, and the governor of the town called the order. After the princess, Yang'an ordered to be reinstated to Yang'anchang.

When he was pregnant, he dreamed of standing under the old house. The mulberry branches are luxuriant, and the birds are singing. When she looked up at the canopy, a hundred birds rushed and flew around her, and she was awakened. Liu Bei asked Lou Gui and others, and they all said that a hundred birds are surrounded by a noble girl. Sure enough. Mother asked the great Confucian Chen Yu to name him 'Meng'. Plants and trees sprout and flourish. After that, a large banquet was held for the guests, and the whole country celebrated.

Liu Meng, the eldest princess of the thistle country sheltered by the grassland deer, is naturally loved by everyone, and the flowers bloom. It is the pearl of Liu Bei's palm.

There are more and more princes of thistle, and there are many men. The so-called "mother is more expensive than her son". Seeing that the country of thistle is getting stronger and stronger, it is the crown of the northland. The king of thistles has the posture of winning the world. I am afraid that Wulian, the royal sister who gave birth to a daughter, will not be welcomed. Over time, it became Wuyan's biggest knot. Now Liu Bei wants to ask for Tang Muyi for the eldest princess, and the second princess born to Wuyan can be an exception!

With this in mind, Wu Yan issued a royal decree to classify the land of the copper mine for 100 miles, and the two major mining areas of Yingshou Yingzi and Shouwang Tomb in later generations as Tang Muyi, the eldest princess Liu Meng.

Mining profits, not to mention a hundredfold. And there is no time limit, suitable for all seasons.

Because Tang Muyi is one of the main peaks of Yanshan, at the eastern foot of Fuling Mountain, Liu Bei named Donglingyi. Because the sound of "Ling" and "Ling" is close, it is also called: East Lingyi.

"Fuling Mountain (Wuling Mountain) is very high and steep, and the obstacles are cold. The cliff is covered with snow, and the ice freezes in summer, so the people of the world are famous for the mountain. ”

The first Dongling Order. Surprisingly, Liu Bei awarded Du Kui and Du Gongliang, who were known as the "Four Wonders of the Thistle Country" with Dr. Hua and others. Du Kui is good at Zhong Rhythm, clever and thoughtful, silk and bamboo eight sounds, and he can't do anything.

In fact. Nowadays, the musician who is "good at bell rhythm" must be proficient in bronze casting. Because all the chimes are made of bronze. If you want to accurately control the rhythm of the chime, the mastery of casting skills, especially the heat, copper-tin ratio, etc., is almost demanding. Du Kui is one of them. The casting of "four tones, seven tones, and changing the tune" of the Chinese music chimes are all handy. Mint a small coin, and you can't catch it. Besides, this is not to mint coins, but to first smelt the copper ore needed for coinage into red copper ingots, and then transport them back to Linxiang. Cast into four out of five baht, it is also the "dime" passed down by word of mouth in later generations.

In the past, Du Kui had been worshiped as the doctor of Ji Guotai's altar to sacrifice wine and teach the rhythm. Now it is the Dongling Order, and it is deeply valued by the king of thistles. Then he set off on a certain day, led his disciples Shao Deng, Zhang Tai, Sang Fu, Chen Yan, etc., and worked well with thousands of people, and took a machine boat to enter the water along the river, around the Wuzhong Mountain, through the Shimen Gorge, and went north to Junmi County, Beiping County. Then find a way north to Yanshan, build roads and bridges, open mountains and build cities, and build Tang Muyi for the eldest princess of Jiguo.

"(Xuanshui) out of the right north Pingjunmi, southeast into Geng (Xunshui)", "Xishui west to Yongnu into the sea".

"Daddy, what should I do if I don't have a field?"

"Good daughter, don't be afraid. If you don't have a field, we have a mine. ”

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