At this time, Xiong Huai saw Xu Xing looking at him with suspicious eyes, and after being stunned, he knew what he was thinking.

However, Xiong Huai didn't care, and he could understand Xu Xing's thoughts.

After all, the previous kings of Chu all did this.

Not only the king of Chu, but other rulers also did the same, casting small money, making big money, what could be more convenient than this to plunder the people?

"Sir, the widow has something unclear, exchanging four copper shells for a small cloth coin, obviously the Chu people have suffered a loss, but why do the people of my Chu country continue to exchange copper shells for Han Wei's cloth coins?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Huai suddenly let out a long sigh.

In the beginning, the Chu State only had a copper coin called the copper shell, but with the frequent exchanges between the Chu State and the Jin State and the Wei, Han and Zhou countries, and the trade and trade were continuous, the cloth coins from the north gradually circulated to the Chu State, and were obviously loved by the people of the Chu State.

After that, it slowly became the current situation.

A large cloth coin was exchanged for seven copper shells of the Chu State, and then the merchants of Han, Wei and Zhou continued to exchange the cloth coins for the copper coins of the Chu State, and then transported them back to China to melt the copper shells and newly minted cloth coins.

And so on and so forth, over time.

In the northern part of the Chu State, close to the Wei and Han countries, the copper shells have since disappeared from the market, and all cloth coins have been circulated.

Of course, it is impossible for the state of Chu to turn a blind eye to this, after negotiations to no avail.

As a result, the state of Chu itself began to mint cloth coins, after all, such a big benefit, you can't just watch it all go to those merchants of other countries to make money.

At the same time, in order to cut off the plundering of Chu by other countries, the speed at which the copper shells of Chu became smaller was accelerated.

On the other side, Xu Xing heard the inquiry of the King of Chu, thought twice, and then responded: "King, the reason why the people love cloth coins is because the cloth coins are beautiful in appearance and easy to carry... Therefore, all the people approved of the cloth coin. ”

The fact that Tongbei is unstable and keeps getting smaller and smaller, he didn't say it after all.

At this time, as soon as Xiong Huai heard Xu Xing's words, he immediately agreed loudly: "Mr. is reasonable, the appearance of my Chu copper shell is indeed not as good as the cloth coin, and it is not easy to carry, which is the reason why the people are reluctant to use the copper shellfish." ”

"Huh?" When Xu Xing heard that King Chu agreed with his explanation, his heart became even more strange.

King Chu's words didn't look like he wanted him to go to Jiangdong to cast new copper shells.

Just thinking about it, I heard the king of Chu say again:

"The widow heard that the governance of the country is mainly simple and convenient for the people, so in the past, the prince of Qi in the country of Qi because of his customs and etiquette, pacified the country of Qi in March, and the bird implemented the weekly system in the country of Lu, and it took three years to initially pacify the country of Lu.

Therefore, the implementation of Chu Feng must not make the Yue people feel inconvenient, otherwise, it will definitely backfire. ”

Xiong Huai said this, paused, and then picked up a round round hole coin from another pile of copper coins on the case: "Xianqing, this is the first ring money from the Wei State, since this kind of ring money came out, it has been quickly promoted from the Wei State, and now the northern countries, in addition to their previous currency, most of them have newly minted their own ring money. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at Xu Xing and asked, "Sir, do you know why, why is the ring money circulating so fast?" ”

Xu Xing replied with a solemn face: "Because the ring money is easy to carry and use." ”

"Yes, it's because it's easy to carry and use." Saying that, Xiong Huai said with a solemn face: "If the widow wants to promote new money in the country of Yue and use new money to reshape the folk customs of Jiangdong, he needs to choose a currency that is easy to be accepted by the people."

And the widows look at the currencies of all countries in the world, the knife coins of Yan Qi, the cloth coins of the Sanjin Dynasty, the copper shells of the Chu Kingdom, and the Ge coins of the Yue Kingdom, all of which are not as good as this new ring money.

Therefore, the widow planned to invite Mr. to Jiangdong and mint the ring money to defeat the Ge coin of the Yue Kingdom. ”

"Please rest assured, this matter will not be difficult to do." Xu Xing nodded solemnly when he heard this.

For King Chu's explanation, he really didn't think it was difficult.

Because of the current copper coins that were originally shaped like Ge in the Yue Kingdom, the advantage of ring money is too great.

First of all, the Yue Guo Ge coin is very long and narrow, the Ge is sharp, and there are some sharp on both sides, such money is extremely inconvenient to hold in your arms.

Secondly, the Ge currency of Yue is now larger than the currencies of other countries, the largest Ge currency is longer than the average adult's middle finger, and the smallest is about the same as the adult middle finger.

Such a currency is very inconvenient to use.

That is, the country of Yue was far away before, so it was preserved, if the state of Chu was like this, next to the three Jin Dynasty, the kind of Ge currency that was inconvenient than the copper shell of the Yue country, it had long been eliminated by the currencies of other countries.

As long as you get the copper coins in Jiangdong, then everything will be easy to do.

The people of Yue use Ge coins, in addition to looking at the size of Ge coins, they pay more attention to the weight of Ge coins.

Since the use of copper coins depends on the weight, when he issued copper coins in Jiangdong, he could formulate a standard scale for weighing copper coins in the government, so that it would not be long before the Yue State was the same as that of Chu.

In the same way, the copper coins were linked to the cloth and grain used by the common people, so that the weights and measures of the entire Jiangdong were unified with the state of Chu.

In this way, the currency, weights, measures, writings, etc., of the Yue State are all consistent with the Chu State, so that in a few years, where will there be any Yue people and Wu people in the land of Jiangdong, and some are only Chu people.

Later, Jiangdong was successful, and then Jiangdong's experience was extended to the entire Chu State...

Thinking of this, Xu Xing instantly knew that the King of Chu had deliberately explained the purpose of ring money. It turned out that the king of Chu had already thought of a way to open a gap in Jiangdong.

Thinking about it, Xu Xing admired and said, "The king is wise." However, the old minister dared to ask the king, I don't know what the king wants for the newly minted ring money that the old minister wants to go to Jiangdong? ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he suddenly groaned.

Then, a trace of disappointment flashed in his heart, but unfortunately the current casting technology is not up to par, if he can print the widow's head on the new money like the future generations, it will be perfect.

It's a pity.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai shook his head again and again, and then said: "This newly minted money should be different from the round round hole money of other countries, and it should have the characteristics of my Chu country.

Then, one side of the new money is engraved with the four words of heaven and earth, and the other side is engraved with the name of the widow's year, which was made for a certain year of Chu Wanghuai. ”

Before King Chu's words fell, Xu Xing immediately spoke: "King, if the year is marked, then the mold for casting money will have to be changed every year, which is probably extremely inconvenient, and it will also cause great waste." Also, by printing the king's name on the money and letting the people use it, isn't this a crime for the people to commit the king's name? ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, thinking of the coinage technology of this era, and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

It's okay if the avatar can't be printed, and even the year can't be printed, but fortunately, it's not a big deal.

However, when it comes to printing the name, Xiong Huai sighed twice in his heart, compared to leaving a name for the ages, the name is not worth mentioning at all.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai shook his head: "In this case, the year on the copper coin is forgotten, but the name of the widow still has to be engraved, and when the widow wants all the people to use the copper coin, they will think of the widow, and the name is indifferent..."