"My lord, after careful counting, the craftsmen in the Ordnance Supervisor and the Sansi Jia case, except for a few who have not yet been recovered, the rest have been working step by step." Li Hu, the new judge of the armament superintendent, not only did not have the slightest quasi-father-in-law's style, but stood in front of Li Zhongyi respectfully, for fear of being a little rude.

Li Zhongyi looked at Li Hu helplessly, with his love for Li Qiniang, even if he called Li Hu his father-in-law in front of everyone, no one dared to say anything.

Li Hu is wooden by nature, and Li Qiong didn't expect to rely on him to shine in the court, at most he kept it. The future of the Huayang County Royal Mansion depends on Li Anguo, who has gone from a gentleman to a predator.

Li Zhongyi arranged for Li Hu to manage the ordnance superintendent, just because he saw his conscientious and meticulous character.

The national defense science and technology industry can't play the slightest bit of falsehood, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, and it is necessary for people like Li Hu to help Li Zhongyi keep an eye on the quality of weapons.

"How much stock of bronze do you have?" Li Zhongyi was very concerned about the production and stock of bronze, and one of the magic weapons he relied on to defeat the enemy was bronze artillery.

"Back to the Lord, after the Guards entered the city, they immediately controlled the armor case of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Third Division, and after so many days of inventory, the bronze storage has a total of 280,000 catties." Li Hu's answer made Li Zhongyi very satisfied, and he nodded frequently, smiling so much that he was already toothless.

"Alas, the imperial court is the imperial court after all, and it is rich and rich, and it is much richer than the poor countryside of Pinglu." Li Zhongyi's mood is simply amazing, he came to inspect the ordnance prison today, mainly for bronze.

The imperial court wants to mint copper coins, and there are generally two kinds of raw materials, mainly brass, supplemented by bronze. Brass coinage, as long as the copper content is high, the money is yellow and clear, and it is particularly gratifying to look at.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the method of casting money has completely collapsed, and the ratio of copper and lead has changed from the good money of copper and lead in the Tang Dynasty to the evil money of copper and lead seven.

Good money and bad money, you don't need much expertise at all, you can see through it at a glance. Bad money, because it contains too much lead, is put in your hand, and when you touch it gently, your five fingers are black and black.

If there is more copper and less lead, it will be melted by many local heroes and made into copperware.

If there is less copper and more lead, the powerful still use it to melt the copper ware, and the common people do not like to use it. Bad money will be depreciated very badly, and it will return to the original form of barter.

Li Zhongyi used to open a money bank, and the big shopkeeper of the money bank was not someone else, but his brother Huang Jingsheng, who was very sensitive to money.

In the history of currency evolution, Li Zhongyi can be said to know everything about it. Money, that is, the general equivalent, except for copper coins, silver and gold, the currency used in modern society is all paper money.

Silver and gold, which occupy an important position in the history of money, have gradually shed the attributes of money, and most of them appear as ornaments.

Historically, the Celestial Empire has never been the main copper producing area, that is, a country lacking copper. However, since the emergence of Jiaozi in the Northern Song Dynasty, paper money has not been able to support the main currency at all because of the chaotic actions of the rulers of previous dynasties.

The most famous is the Daming treasure banknote, when it was first issued, the banknote could be exchanged for 1,000 copper coins, or one or two silver. Within a few decades, 100 Daming treasure banknotes can only be exchanged for 500 copper coins at most, and the depreciation can be described as shocking.

The reason why the monetary development of the Celestial Empire has taken a big detour is that the core is the shackles of the idea of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce!

Everything is inferior, only reading is high!

Only by studying and participating in the imperial examination can you become an official, which is a monopoly situation deliberately created by the literati and doctor class!

But the problem is that the officials trained by the Four Books and Five Classics of the Imperial Examination are either nerds or cynics, and the most common thing is a moral table.

This has led to extremely serious consequences: there has been an extremely serious disconnect between the knowledge structure of officials and the needs of socio-economic development.

Now, since Li Zhongyi is the master, paper money will inevitably appear on the stage of history in advance, and the coinage function of copper will inevitably be gradually weakened.

The benefits of paper money cannot be completely explained in tens of thousands of words, in a word: the devil's blood-pumping machine that plunders the wealth of weak and small countries in disguise!

Li Zhongyi had long planned to issue banknotes, and the improvement of papermaking technology has not stopped for a moment, and it has been possible to produce white paper with dark lines on a large scale.

The most important factors in the anti-counterfeiting of banknotes are four points: paper that cannot be imitated, special pigments, cryptography, and mass production processes.

"Well, it's very good, these 280,000 catties of bronze, all of them are used to make cannons, mainly 6-pounder guns, supplemented by 9-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns, according to the ratio of 7 to 2 to 1." Li Zhongyi saw the mountains of bronze with his own eyes, and his mood was so good that he couldn't describe it in words.

"Obey the commandment. However, there is something unclear about the minister, and I don't know whether to ask or not? Li Hu's words immediately amused Li Zhongyi, and the words were like this, can you still not let Li Hu ask?

"We are not outsiders, and my father-in-law can speak as bluntly as he wants." Li Zhongyi called Li Hu as his father-in-law for the first time, and Li Hu broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.

According to the rules, only Chai Yuniang's father, Chai Shouli, is qualified to be called a father-in-law or a national father in public.

However, Li Hu is just a little more honest and not really stupid. Li Zhongyi publicly shouted out his father-in-law, proving that Li Qiniang's future position will definitely not be low.

"My lord, some of the cannon craftsmen brought back from Goryeo are homesick." Li Hu still spoke to Li Zhongyi respectfully, not daring to be a little complacent.

Li Zhongyi instructed without hesitation: "As long as they are homesick, they will promise them, and give them a reward in front of everyone for the travel expenses, and then quietly hand it over to Zuo Ziguang of the Tiqi Division." ”

Li Hu slammed down, subconsciously held his breath, and his back stiffened. Leaving the homesick Goryeo craftsman to Zuo Ziguang's ruthless guy to deal with is equivalent to sending them back to grandma's house, right?

"Uncle Yue, you remember, if you are not of my race, their hearts will be different. At the beginning, I didn't have enough craftsmen on hand, so I just borrowed the lower-third-rate craftsmen from Goryeo for the time being. In today's ordnance prison, the craftsmen of this dynasty and clan can be said to be full of talents, and they are no longer of much use. As long as you truly achieve the distribution according to work and reward meritorious deeds, in a few years, our weapons technology will definitely reach a higher level. ”

Li Zhongyi has always been worried about the stalk of the tunnel starting gun, but he is limited by the immaturity of steelmaking technology and steel pipe drilling technology, and temporarily prefers the manufacture of bronze artillery.

Once a major breakthrough has been made in steelmaking and drilling technology, Li Zhongyi will definitely not hesitate to order the ordnance superintendent to make every effort to build a tunnel starting gun.

After talking about business, Li Zhongyi asked Li Hu with a smile: "Qi Niang is so comfortable at home, right?" ”

Li Hu was dumbfounded, Li Qiniang's elopement with her lover, although it was already an open secret in the old Li family and the Huayang County Palace. However, Li Zhongyi will not ask her daughter about her daughter's current situation in front of her father, right?

"Back to the Lord, everything is fine, everything is fine, she stays at home all day, learning needlework with embroidery girls." Li Hu is not good at lying, so he simply told Li Qiniang's recent situation directly.

Li Zhongyi almost laughed out loud, when it came to piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, flute, qinou, the versatile Li Qiniang can be said to be all excellent.

However, when it comes to needlework, hehe, the needle recognizes Li Qiniang, I'm afraid she doesn't recognize the needle!

According to the results of the deliberations of the cabinet in conjunction with the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple, as the ruling king of Li Zhongyi, he can marry the main concubine first, and then accept the side concubine. It's okay to accept the side concubine first, and then marry the main concubine, anyway, the rules are set by people, and everything is subject to Li Zhongyi's intentions.

In the blink of an eye, the Chai family's country was about to change its surname to Li, Chai Yuniang couldn't turn the corner for a while, she didn't want to see Li Zhongyi, so she forced her to die.

Of course, Li Zhongyi could not force Chai Yuniang to death, and he knew Chai Yuniang's temperament very well, and the matter of marrying her into the door could only be temporarily stranded and slowly figured it out.

However, it is impossible for the ruling palace to be without a hostess who presides over the feed. Otherwise, during the New Year's holidays, the foreign woman enters the mansion to enjoy the banquet, does Li Zhongyi come forward in person?

Therefore, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites racked their brains to come up with a workaround, suggesting that Li Zhongyi first set up four side concubines, and the titles were set as: virtuous and virtuous!

In order to pat Li Zhongyi's sycophants, Wu De, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, actually proposed in public to canonize Li Qiniang as a concubine.

Li Zhongyi was very interested, but unfortunately, Wu De was completely drowned in saliva in an instant, and the proposal had to be abandoned.

After all, people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?

Tang Shuyi stepped forward when Li Zhongyi was in the most danger and desperately wanted to protect Li Zhongyi from escaping. This true feeling is too heavy, and Li Zhongyi has never forgotten it.

What's more, Tang Shuyi has always respected her in-laws, raised her children, and presided over the housework of the Li family, even if she has no credit, she definitely has hard work.

In addition, when Zhe Saihua followed Li Zhongyi, although she also had the political interests of the old lady, she really loved the hero and really wanted to marry him, even if it was just to be a flat wife, she had no hesitation. This affection, Li Zhongyi must also receive!

It is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs, the difficulty is that it is difficult, how to level a bowl of water?

Instead of putting Li Qiniang out as the biggest target of the back house, it is better to simply have a bowl of water and a flat bowl, and the four side concubines who are virtuous and virtuous, everyone has a share, and everyone is happy!

According to Li Zhongyi's meaning, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites drafted a preliminary list of canonizations, Tang Shuyi was designated as a virtuous concubine, Zhesaihua was a virtuous concubine, Li Qiniang with a troubled appearance was a good concubine, and Li Cuixuan, a princess of the Later Tang Dynasty, was a concubine.

This is also Li Zhongyi's more modest, with his military strength, he has long surpassed Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although Li Jing depreciated himself as the lord of Jiangnan, he had queens and concubines in his palace, which was much bigger than Li Zhongyi's pomp.

When the situation came, Li Zhongyi naturally thought of Li Yu and Empress Zhou, and he turned his head and asked Chu Xiong, who had been standing on the side: "When the ruling enthronement ceremony, who did the Southern Tang Dynasty send to congratulate him?" ”

Chu Xiong was much taller than Li Zhongyi, and he bowed his head and whispered: "The cabinet has sent a message to the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Kaifeng, saying that you and the young daughter of the Zhou Situ family have a marriage contract, and the Southern Tang Dynasty should send them to Kaifeng in order to successfully complete the marriage." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and instructed Chu Xiong: "You go and tell the ministers of the cabinet, just say that Li Yu and I have a close relationship, and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I miss it very much, please come to Beijing for a few days." ”

Chu Xiong's heart felt a sudden chill, he heard Li Zhongyi muttering to himself several times, saying something about the Moth Emperor Ying. Could it be that the Lord not only wants to accept Zhou Jiamin, but also thinks about Li Yu's wife?

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