"Mohou, what are you ......" Ma Yan frowned and looked at the silver coin in his hand, the silver coin minted according to the style of the five-baht coin looked a little more luxurious than the five-baht coin made of copper, but this is not the point, the point is that this private coinage is a felony, and, what is this? What does Liu Yi want to do?

"Don't worry!" Liu Yi shook his head, grabbed a handful of silver coins and said with a smile: "These silver coins, I will soon load them into a car and send them to Hanzhong, which can be regarded as suggesting that Your Majesty implement a currency above five baht." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Ma Jian looked at the coins in his hand, had some conjectures in his heart, did not speak, and looked at Liu Yi to wait for the following.

"It's not about using silver coins instead of five baht coins, but using them as a higher level of coins, like one silver coin for ten or 100 five-baht coins, so that we can save some copper for other things."

In terms of rarity, silver is obviously rarer than copper, but the proportion of galactic copper mined at the moment is really like later, it is impossible to use one or two silver as thousands of copper coins, and it is difficult to make one to one, but money is sometimes not necessarily equivalent to the value of the metal itself, but at least it is more reliable than what kind of straight hundred coins and the like, and it is also easier to accept.

And it can also avoid the people at the bottom, after all, for ordinary people, it is more suitable for five baht coins, but for wealthy families, it is obvious that silver coins have higher practical value than copper coins.

There are many issues to consider in the implementation of the new currency, but at present, because of the lack of money in Shuzhong, Liu Bei is ready to implement a straight hundred coins or something, Liu Yi feels that it is not as reliable as directly implementing silver coins, and it is easier for people to accept.

Ma Jian groped his chin and muttered: "This law may be, but if the minting of new coins is really implemented, I am afraid that this Nanzhong will become a place of right and wrong!" ”

Nanzhong is a copper mountain again, and now there is a silver mine, if it is really as Liu Yi said, this silver coin is also implemented, I am afraid that the families in Shuzhong and Jingzhou will not be able to sit still, Liu Yi wants to develop here, naturalize the barbarians, if these people are mixed in, I am afraid that there will be twists and turns.

After all, for most people, there is no need for naturalization as a barbarian! When Liu Yi did this, he probably made a wedding dress for others.

Liu Yi nodded, he had also considered this matter, but many things did not mean that there were difficulties and resistance, so he would not do them, and there were risks, which meant that there were interests, and if Nanzhong became a place of contention, it could also attract more people.

"That will be a few years later, and by then, the first round of construction of Nanzhong has ended." Liu Yi said with a smile: "No one can say what will happen in the future, whether this new currency can be implemented is still a question, and now it is just an idea." ”

Hearing this, Ma Yan nodded silently, and said no more, this kind of thing, Liu Yi just knows it in his heart, after all, if it is really implemented, then the problem of coinage, Liu Yi can no longer mint coins by himself.

"Mohou brought me here for this reason?" Ma Tan looked around curiously, in addition to silver coins, there were some other silver ornaments, silver utensils and so on, which was a silver factory.

"Pretty much." Liu Yi nodded, the main thing was this, he wanted to see Ma Yan's opinion.

Ma Jian cried and laughed a little, it's good if you just say no, why do you want to take me to suffer?

Thinking of the previous experience, Ma Jian felt that his stomach began to churn again, and he didn't understand why young people like this thing so much like Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, and rode wildly every day when they had the opportunity.

Liu Yi brought Lu Lingqi a set of silver tableware and utensils on the car, beckoned to Ma Jian and said, "Let's go, there is this car, you should be able to go back before sunset." ”

"Mohou is kind, Tan Xin, but Tan suddenly feels that the scenery here is good, and he wants to spend the night here and set off again tomorrow." Ma Jian shook his head and politely declined Liu Yi's invitation, that feeling, he didn't want to experience it a second time.

"Okay!" Liu Yi got into the car, closed the guardrail, shook his head, and after saying hello to Ma Yan, he stepped on the pedal, and the rail car began to accelerate again.

This time standing under the car and watching, Ma Jian can more clearly feel the acceleration after the rapid increase in speed, in fact, from the sidelines, there may not be many pieces, just think about the feeling of being in it, Ma Jian is a little uncomfortable.

……

The buildings in the Kunchi area have been on the right track, especially after the laying of several major tracks, the transportation efficiency of materials has become higher, Liu Yi also made dozens of crane trucks, the construction speed of the new city is much faster, and it is not a big city itself, at the current speed, Liu Yi feels that it can be basically completed before next year's spring ploughing, of course, this has to be on the premise that Meng Shu does not come to make trouble.

However, for Meng Huo, it is obviously impossible to let Liu Yi do such arrogant nonsense on his own territory, during this time, he is actively preparing for war, and the cave master brought by the Ba Na Cave has come to the news, that the king of Mulu has promised to send troops to help Meng Huo take revenge, and is leading the army to this side, Meng Huo and his wife train their soldiers and horses diligently every day, just waiting for the final victory.

"Is the vulture still in the future?" Meng Shu observed the map, and asked his brother with a frown, the people sent to the country of Ugo should have arrived early, if this vulture bone was sent to the army, even if it was far away, it should have arrived now, but there was no news, which made Meng Huo wonder if the vulture bone had something wrong on the road.

"It should be almost there." Meng You was also not sure, this matter was brought to the cave master to be responsible, but the country of Ugo was thousands of miles away, and when communication was not developed, they could not know the exact movement of the vulture bone.

Meng Shu nodded, no more words, now wait for the arrival of the Ba Na Cave and send troops, although he is quite cautious about this battle, but for such a long time, seeing that Liu Yi began to build on his former territory, and the rejection of Liu Yi by the surrounding barbarians is also constantly weakening, Meng Shu feels that he can't wait any longer, and if it drags on like this, maybe the hearts of the entire Nanzhong people will have to fall to Liu Yi, which is not a good thing!

A few days later, Meng Huo was training, and suddenly someone came to report that the King of Mulu had arrived, Meng Huo hurriedly led the army to meet him, but he saw that the King of Mulu was riding a white elephant, the elephant was huge, and it looked like a wall from the side, and the King of Mulu was also burly, but at the moment sitting on the back of the elephant, it seemed a little small.

"Mulu see the Barbarian King!" The king of Mulu jumped down from the elephant's back, he was wearing a golden bead, and when he jumped down like this, the golden beads collided with each other, making a series of sounds, which was quite pleasant.

Meng Yu hurriedly stepped forward, supported King Mulu, shook his head and sighed: "Now that even the foundation has been lost, and he has been defeated by the Han army several times, what face do you have to be called the barbarian king again?" ”

King Mulu sighed and said: "The king has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and the people who defend our clan are ten thousand times more robbed than those who grovel, and the king is really a hero of my southern clan." ”

Meng Shu didn't continue to mention this matter, welcomed the King of Mulu into the cave, and discussed with the King of Mulu about sending troops, and now the King of Mulu brought 30,000 cave soldiers, and Meng Shu here plus the soldiers and horses collected by Yinye Cave and the King of Duosi, he can also make up an army of 30,000, and the 60,000 army plus the brute beasts brought by the King of Mulu, and then fight with Liu Yi, he also has some confidence.

"Those fierce beasts outside the cave are Brother Mulu's beast army?" Meng Shu asked with a smile, not to mention the huge giant elephant, just the cattle, tigers and leopards brought by the Mulu King this time, it was terrifying to look at.

"Exactly, he will fight against the Han army every day, just release these fierce beasts, and he can easily tear through the Han army's military formation, and the king doesn't have to worry about it." King Mulu smiled a little smugly.

"I hope so." Meng Shu smiled and nodded, he didn't say what was in his heart, for Liu Yi, he was a little afraid now, even if he felt that the beast army of the Mulu King was really powerful, he didn't think that he could completely defeat Liu Yi with this, but it was good to be able to win first.

"I wonder when the king is going to send troops?" King Mulu looked at Meng Yu and asked.

"Wait for another three days, and after I have raised food and grass, I will send troops to recapture the silver pit in one fell swoop!" Meng Huo said solemnly, he still wanted to wait for the vulture bone, if he could have the help of the 30,000 vine armor soldiers of the Ugo country, Meng Huo couldn't think of any reason for him to lose in this battle.

"It's okay, the soldiers under my command have been tired all the way, and they really should take a rest." King Mulu nodded, and had no objection to Meng Shu's decision.

At that moment, Meng Shu sent someone to find it in the direction of the Ugo Kingdom while sending a war letter to Liu Yi, and if he encountered the vulture bone, he invited him to come to help as soon as possible.

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On the other side, Liu Yi received Meng Shu's battle letter, but he frowned a little.

"At this time?" Liu Yi threw Meng Huo's war book on the table, most of the manpower in his hands is now building a new city, if the battle is opened, he has to put down the progress of the construction of the new city and serve the war, this is not as simple as a month or two, it is already late autumn, and it is about to enter the winter, if the war takes too long, when the war is over, it is the spring ploughing season, and there will be a large number of vacancies in manpower.

"That Meng has been dormant for several months, and now I think he has accumulated enough troops to prepare for a decisive battle with our army." Ma Jian picked up the bamboo slip and looked at it, and said with a smile: "According to the news obtained by our army, the Ba Na Cave Cave Master has also led the army to join Meng Huo, and now the opponent's troops are not less than 50,000, or even more, no wonder Meng Huo wants to fight a decisive battle at this time." ”

"Fifty thousand~" Liu Yi thought for a while and said: "Okay, finally accompany him to fight, order everyone to stop work, within today, we need to lay a track out to transport grain and grass, I will lead the army to Xiazhai first, don't let the war spread here." ”

After all, this area has already been built by Liu Yi, and he doesn't want to be destroyed by Meng Shu before it is built.

"Whoa!" The generals hurriedly agreed, and each went to count the troops and horses on the hour, preparing for the war.