No matter how Guan Yu dealt with it, the objective problem of Jiangdu's lack of grain always existed.

And Beifu has always held two batches of grain, one is war reserve grain; A batch of grain from normal storage; There are also food stamps in Beifu, which can alleviate the current food shortage in Jiangdu and the stability problem caused by the food shortage.

In addition to Beifu, there is also a group of people who control food, these people are not very easy to talk, and Guan Yu does not want to talk to these people.

The main forces of the Han army on the front line retreated one after another, returned to various military strongholds, or disbanded and reunited with their families.

This strengthened the control of the imperial court, so Guan Yu inspected the mint, trying to use the old method to solve the current problem of food shortage.

This method is simple, mint more straight 100 coins, and use straight 100 coins to buy strong grain!

If you don't negotiate terms, you want to buy your grain, and if you refuse to sell it, or increase the price...... It's all a crime, and it just so happens that even the money is saved.

Now the problem is more complicated, because there is not enough copper to mint the coinage.

Si Jin Zhonglang couldn't raise his head a little bit, and now the total amount of materials and the proportion of copper content in Zhibai coins continue to decline, which is no longer as good as the five baht of Shu minted during the period of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang.

Last year was a turning point, for the Northern Expedition, a large number of straight 100 coins were minted, in order to catch up with the construction period, production volume, the copper content of the cast 100 coins for the first time was lower than Shu five baht.

Actually, there's nothing to be embarrassed about...... Cao Pi and Sun Quan did even worse, resulting in the continuous outflow of Zhibaiqian.

The minted Zhibai money circulates abroad, and there is a lack of circulating currency in the Han Dynasty, who is to blame? Is it strange that the straight hundred coins are strong and very trusted by the people of Great Wei and Wu?

What should I do if there is not enough copper now? It was proposed to make iron five baht...... or similar knife coins.

This statement was vetoed by Zhang Yi, and straight 100 dollars is the final bottom line and must be kept.

In fact, the copper material for minting money is sufficient, but in the troubled times, too many utensils are hidden in order to take refuge; Just like the current grain shortage in Jiangdu, only Jiangdu lacks circulating grain, not that there is no grain storage, but that the grain storage has its own plan, and each county adheres to the principle...... Refused to be transported to Jiangdu for emergency.

Haoqiang and the common people must have emergency copper materials stored at home, and no one is willing to take them out to replace them with the government.

The people's copper and grain cannot be forced, this is the bottom line; Haoqiang's copper and grain ...... It's not easy to take, this is to negotiate conditions.

Now Beifu has grain and copper in his hands, which is something that everyone can see.

Zhang Yi hesitated again and again, but still mustered up the courage to speak: "Song Gong, Jiangdu is not only short of food, but also short of money. His subordinates are willing to play the imperial court and ask the northern government to cooperate in coinage. Debeifu coinage, you can buy the rice and grain stored by Haoyou to alleviate the use of the imperial court. ”

No one answered this topic for a while, Wang Fu, Pei Jun, and Guo Mu and Gan Shu who came back were all observing Guan Yu's attitude.

Guan Yu will definitely settle accounts, and any general who can lead an army alone must understand management and economy.

Tian Xin was not there, the people in Beifu were very picky, and the accounts were also perfect, so that the imperial court could not find a chance to start.

Too many supplies are nominally from the Marquis of Wudang and Deng, and have nothing to do with Beifu and Dahan County; If it is not under the management of Dahan County, then the imperial court will not be able to forcibly requisition.

You can't even requisition Haoqiang's money and food at will, let alone directly requisition Tian Xin and Guan Ji's money and food.

Everything must be clearly distinguished between public and private, and the things in the county and county officials' warehouses are also legal for the imperial court to be forcibly requisitioned; But you forcibly expropriated private property...... As soon as this head is opened, you can ask for Tian Xin, and then Tian Xin can forcibly recruit the powerful people in each county.

For example, the money and grain in Maicheng rely on loom production and trading, gathering, who owns the loom industry?

It is Guan Ji's, and the materials exchanged for the profits of the loom are naturally Guan Ji's private property profits; Wudang Houguo is Tianxin's fiefdom, not to mention the profits obtained from the profits of Danyang Craftsman's Workshop, which are the things in the treasury of Houguo's mansion...... This is also Tian Xin's legitimate private property.

Not to mention the Deng Kingdom that was changed from Nanxiang County, even the land is Guan Ji and Tian Xin's, and the people who work on the land are all Guan Ji and Tian Xin's people, which is also untouchable.

Nanyang County is even simpler, when the Northern Expedition retreated, so many people moved in to resettle and resume production...... The food, tools, and instruments issued to the people were all owed by the Nanyang County Government from Maicheng, Wudang, and Deng Guo, and this is to be repaid! And interest!

Even if the tax rent collected is lying in the treasury of Nanyang County, this is a loan owed to Tian Xin and Guan Ji, and the Han court cannot move.

In the huge northern mansion, the army raising accounts are always loss-making; lost Tian Xin and Guan Ji's money and food...... Maybe the living allowance of the Beifu military officials will be gone next month.

Whoever wants to take over Beifu by Tian Xin must first consider raising money to deal with all aspects of Beifu's expenses.

Now that Tian Xin is not there, he can't collect money and grain from Beifu, so let go of the right to mint money, and let Beifu participate in the coinage, and get the Zhibai money minted by Beifu, you can buy Jingxiang Haoqiang's grain reserves, and then you can alleviate the food shortage caused by the imperial court's relocation to Jiangdu.

This is the negative price of the Han court's obedience, that is, enjoying the benefits brought by the positive order, and bearing this negative price and constraints is nothing.

Guan Yu has always considered this sensitive coinage right, and before and after the First Eastern Crusade, he had the intention of giving Tian Xin the right to mint money.

Let Tian Xin be responsible for the establishment of the Jingzhou smelting official workshop, which became the third minting center of the Han Dynasty; It is not only to thank Tian Xin for his merits, but also to exchange for Tian Xin's smelting and casting skills.

After all, as the person in charge, Tian Xin has the obligation to develop this official workshop.

But Tian Xin refused, and he didn't look down on such a thing as coinage; After getting the Wudang fief, he set up a workshop to produce farm tools...... Although this workshop does not manufacture weapons or armor, it has already created a shocking red lacquer mirror armor for Tian Xin, which is a peerless set of armor that can resist the shooting of a bed crossbow.

If such armor produces energy...... I can't imagine it.

At that time, Tian Xin refused the right to mint coins divided by the imperial court, and turned his head to purchase and develop the Danyang Craftsman, and at the same time had a set of food stamps.

Is this food stamp different from a straight hundred dollars?

In Guan Yu's eyes, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, there is no difference.

Now give a coinage to Tian Xin...... Lu Yi, who stayed behind in Beifu, would he accept it?

After Zhang Yi's proposal, there was a long silence.

As a native of Yizhou, Wang Fu asked: "If the Beifu coinage is minted, how to divide it?" ”

Zhang Yi didn't think about it: "I think it's more appropriate to have three or seven points." ”

Guo Mu pondered and analyzed: "Beifu is responsible for the work and materials, and it is appropriate to take away seventy percent." It's just that Lu Yi has a lot of opinions, and it may be difficult to convince. ”

"Uh......"

Zhang Yi looked at Guo Mu speechlessly, and suddenly didn't know how to correct the misunderstanding.

When Guan Yu saw Zhang Yi's appearance, he said: "The matter of coinage must not be handed over to filial piety, filial piety is good at accumulating wealth, so I am afraid that he will be casual and extravagant, if he mints a full amount of five baht...... At that time, chaos will arise on its own, and it will not benefit the country. ”

Don't you know the consequences of the reduction of the copper content of Zhibaijin?

I know it, but I can't help it, I can only do it.

Sun Quan and Cao Pi have already given up struggling, and they still have to stick to the bottom line of straight 100 yuan.

If Tian Xin made a large number of full five baht coins...... So what should the imperial court do?

Is it mandatory to exchange a straight hundred and five baht for a full amount of five baht, and then melt the production of low-quality straight five baht?

Yes, definitely how to do it!

But what about people's hearts?

If you don't force the full amount of five baht coins, then this kind of five baht coins will break down the straight hundred coins, causing greater harm.

Guan Yu's concerns made everyone speechless, although copper was in short supply...... But no one knows if Tian Xin will turn stones into gold and conjure piles of copper after he gets the coinage right.

Holding the copper material and having the right to mint coins, how could Tian Xin hand over the copper materials to the imperial court to mint coins?

Guan Yu turned around like this, and his plan to solve the food shortage with coinage went bankrupt...... It happened that Dianman sent Guan Ji a gift to comfort her mother, giving Guan Yu another idea to solve the matter.