Chapter 321: Minting Silver Coins
"Li Dazai, there is really a lot of silver in the Wa Kingdom!"
"A shipload of silver, a whole eight million taels of silver, just to buy a holy decree. I sold him the decree of canonization. ”
Zhao Huan first handed over the bottom to Li Gang, and the canonization was a good matter to discuss.
But this ship's silver was unexpected.
Li Gang was silent, when he was scratching his head for copper coins, his official family wrote a notebook and directly made eight hundred taels of silver.
If converted according to the market price, ten taels of silver is ten copper coins, and one tael of silver is about the same copper coin.
But silver is not currency!
In fact, one tael of silver can usually be exchanged for two copper coins!
After all, the copper coins of the Great Song Dynasty are all iron and copper coins, and they are very thin.
Li Gang was silent, and the holy decree in Zhao Huan's recent hand was first sent to Jinghu North Road, and the state capital attacked by Yang Qi on Jinghu North Road was directly attached to Bianjing.
Even the entire Jinghu North Road is attached.
And the second holy decree was directly sent to Fujian Road and Guangnan East Road, although these two roads are not rich, but they are indeed the foundation of the entire Great Song Dynasty society, the salt production road!
And the third holy decree sold eight million taels of silver, and not only that, but there were also 500,000 taels of silver in the account every year, which made Li Gang doubt his life.
"Officials have a way to make money, but ministers are far from it." Li Gang bowed his head and said, anyway, if the official family is rich, the Great Song Dynasty will be rich.
"This is a state affair, and the eight million taels of silver will go to the treasury." Zhao Huan decided to put this money into the treasury, Li Gang, the Dazai, was not easy, and he was always worried about his own internal funds.
"These eight million taels of silver, all of them are made into silver cakes according to taels, and each tael of silver cakes is equivalent to copper coins, I don't know what Li Dazai thinks?" Zhao Huan asked.
These eight million taels of silver can create 10 million silver cakes, which is 10 million guan!
In fact, when forging, some tin will be doped to prevent corrosion, and iron and copper will be mixed up.
"Official, private silver transactions are through scales, but also cutting, it is really inconvenient, this is also the problem that silver has not been able to circulate in the market for a long time, it is too difficult to count."
"Moreover, the silver is of different quality, which also causes difficulties in circulation, and the officials and ministers think that the government can make silver money for the use of the people in the world." Li Gang thought for a while and said.
The silver cake trade is really cumbersome, and because of the lack of fineness in various places, there are often problems in the silver transaction.
"The total salary of the military in Guanzhong is 60,000 stone rice and 400,000 yuan, of which 400,000 yuan is paid in 100,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold. It is feasible to convert one tael of silver into consistent money. ”
"The official family, if they can open the waterway and trade with the Japanese for a long time, they can mint 10 million silver coins every year, which can greatly alleviate the current situation of the lack of money in the Great Song Dynasty." Li Gang is still admonishing.
Zhao Huan thought for a while and said, "You mean, minting silver coins?" ”
There's a lot to be done!
As long as there is silver, the government will recover the silver taels and forge silver coins, which can greatly alleviate the market's resistance to the silver two transactions!
Moreover, it is conducive to controlling the silver system and controlling the world through money, Li Gang's suggestion is good.
Is he wondering if he should have his face printed on a silver coin?
Technology is thought to be achievable, but this matter is estimated to be like this, in the value system of the Central Plains Dynasty, the ranking of money is not very high, and he is practicing his identity by doing so.
Only the countries of Europa like to have their heads printed on silver coins for human use.
But Zhao Huan can print other things, the purpose is to prevent counterfeiting.
"You can print the Great Song Tongbao, seven points of silver, one point of tin, one point of iron and copper, one point of tin plating, and it is called the Great Song Dynasty Silver Dollar." Zhao Huan decided to forge money, but it was a silver dollar to stimulate the economy and raise taxes.
The purpose of tin plating is to prevent the loss of silver, and new coins are regularly put in, and the tin plating of old coins can be used as new coins.
"There is one more thing, Dazai, the Wa Kingdom wants to use currency with the Great Song Dynasty, what do you think about this?" Zhao Huan asked.
This matter must be carefully considered, whether the path of internationalization of the Great Song Dynasty currency is suitable now?
Li Gang also keenly felt the seriousness of this problem, and there were many benefits of currency with the Japanese state, but it was all based on the strong national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and at this point in time, it was not advisable to use currency.
"The officials and ministers think that the currency can promote commerce and trade between the two countries and increase the influence of the Japanese state, after all, the right to issue is in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty."
"The official family canonized the king of Wa, which is naturally a de jure expansion of territory. The passage of currency can open up territory in the matter of currency. ”
"But there are pros and cons to everything, now the Great Song Dynasty is short of money, if the currency is used with the Wa Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty itself is short of money, so it will be even more short of money."
"And the Great Song Dynasty could not regulate the currency that circulated in Japan. Increasing the loss of money in vain, the minister thought that it was not advisable to pass money directly. ”
"But the official, we have the money to attract. It's okay to get money. It's all paper anyway. Li Gang finished his words.
Zhao Huan nodded, talking about such a thing as Yin people, Zhao Huan felt that he wanted to catch up with Li Gang in his life, and he was afraid that he would be out of play.
As soon as Li Gang made a move, it was Jiaozi pass.
In the Great Song Dynasty Qianyin, Jiaozi is all wiping ass paper, and now Shuzhong's attitude is extremely repeated, isn't it that the matter of Jiaozi caused Shuzhong to deviate from morality?
Li Gang did not use currency, but handed over his son, and the goods transported to the Wa State were settled in silver, and the goods transported by the Wa State to the Great Song Dynasty were settled in paper money.
Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang, this person can turn his sensory closure test into a black coffin, he is really a wicked person!
"I think I can."
"The minister also has a suggestion, that is, to send some craftsmen to the Wa Kingdom to help the Wa Kingdom mine gold and silver mountains."
"The Japanese domestic silver and gold, but the lack of survey, also lack of silver and gold technology, the minister thinks that the mining matter, send some craftsmen to guide, as soon as possible to dig out the gold and silver mountains and send them to the Great Song Dynasty is the right reason." Li Gang said with a smile.
"Yes, Li Dazai arranged it." Zhao Huan nodded, this suggestion is good, it can increase the silver production of the Wa Kingdom, and the Great Song Dynasty will continue to mint money and stimulate economic development.
Li Gang continued: "The old mine is divided into three seven accounts, the king of Chongde of the Wa Kingdom is seventy percent, and I am the three percent of the Song Dynasty. And the new mine I Song Dynasty seventy percent, the Wa Kingdom Chongde King three Cheng. The official retainers thought that this ratio was appropriate. ”
"After all, without the survey and guidance of my Great Song Dynasty craftsmen, it would take several generations for them to produce these eight million taels of silver."
Zhao Huan was stunned, this technology will be seventy percent of the income when it is shared? He asked hesitantly, "Isn't it a bit much?" ”
"Is it much? The minister starts with eighty percent of the income, if it does not achieve seventy percent. It couldn't be any lower. Li Gang shook his head, without the technology of the Great Song Dynasty, how many mines could they open in the Wa Kingdom?
All they can do is dig up some open pit bare silver mines! The silver mines in those deposits can only stare dryly, not only that, but their forging skills are extremely poor, and the fire consumption is extremely high!
"Then Li Dazai and Kiyomori will talk about this technology shareholding, and see if the Japanese country can agree." Zhao Huan nodded, he didn't have much expectations for the sharing.
"The Japanese Congress agreed." Li Gang said with great confidence.
One of the Wa Kingdom, the Jin State, and the Liao State is counted as one, and technically, the Great Song Dynasty still has enough confidence, and this division is not something that Li Gang just opened his mouth to talk nonsense, there is a precedent for this matter.
In Champa, there was a silver mine opened with the help of the Great Song Dynasty, and the division was divided into three or seven.
"Official, there is really a lot of silver on the border of the Wa Kingdom!" Li Gang reminded Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan savored this sentence carefully, and looked at Li Gang with deep meaning, indicating that I understood the subtext of this sentence.
This silver belongs to the territory of the Wa Kingdom, and now, these silvers belong to the Wa Kingdom, but in the end, they still belong to the Great Song Dynasty.