Liaodong City.

This important town of Andong on the banks of the Great Liang River had just been renamed Huanglong Mansion at this time.

A merchant from the Central Plains who had just crossed the sea from Shandong asked Xiao Er in the tavern with some curiosity.

"Why did you change the name to Huanglong Mansion?"

"I don't know, this thing is very legendary. Anyway, a few days ago, our handsome returned to Liaodong City after meeting the Son of Heaven in Liuhe Palace, and when he was about to arrive in Liaodong City, he suddenly saw a yellow dragon spiraling and rising from the water of Daliang, flying in the sky, ready to pounce on Liaodong City. ”

The little two said vigorously, and the table was not wiped, and the spit was telling this recent legend.

"What do you think, what kind of person is our Luo Dashuai, this Anton County is the hard work of his old man, and the millions of people of our Han family live and work here in peace and contentment, how can this Yellow Dragon be allowed to destroy the city and eat people? So, our handsome man rode his horse to chase the yellow dragon, on the horse, pulled his strong bow with white rhinoceros horns, a big arrow shot, hit the eye of the yellow dragon, the yellow dragon fell in pain, and then was caught up by our Luo Dashuai, a lance pierced the ground and could not fly away, and then the head was broken by the handsome man with his six-leaf hammer. ”

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"So Liaodong City was renamed Huanglong Mansion?"

"Well, so our Liaodong City will be renamed Huanglong Mansion, also called Shenglong Mansion." Xiao Er said proudly, as if the legendary dragon slayer was him.

The merchant pinched his chin, "If this legend is true, shouldn't it be better to call it Dragon Slayer City or Dragon Slayer Mansion?" ”

Xiao Er said with a smile, "The killing intent of Tu Ah Chop is too strong, it's better to call it Huanglong Mansion or Shenglong Mansion." ”

According to Xiao Er, after Luo Dashuai returned from slaughtering the dragon that day, he asked the emperor to rename Liaodong City as Huanglong City, and upgraded Liaodong County to Huanglong Mansion, also known as Shenglong Mansion.

The Son of Heaven in the Liuhe Palace also issued an edict to upgrade the Shenglong Mansion to the accompanying capital and named it Tokyo, renamed the eastern capital of Luoyang as the central capital, and designated the Daxing City in Guanzhong as Xijing.

Even because this Huanglong once wanted to destroy the city and eat people, the Son of Heaven also issued an edict, and the military uniform of the Sui army was changed from yellow to red.

The merchant took out a handful of copper coins and put them on the table to reward Xiao Er.

Xiao Er looked down and saw the ten big coins on the table, and his face couldn't help but bloom. This is not better than Yangzhou white money, or even better than Emperor Wen's five-baht meat.

This is a new coin minted and issued by the Marshal's Office, called Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is of better quality than Kaihuang five baht and Daye white money. This kind of money is 1,000 pieces, weighing six catties and four taels.

Each piece just weighs one penny, and at the same time, ten Kaiyuan Tongbao are lined up, just one foot.

Ten pieces weigh one tael, one weighs two baht and four wires, which is equivalent to a mass of about 4 grams.

Because of its high copper content, this kind of new money is deeply loved by the people outside the customs.

Because the coin is no longer written with five baht, but by Luo Cheng personally written the four characters of Kaiyuan Tongbao, so this money is no longer a five-baht coin, but Tongbao money.

In addition, the Shuaifu also issued silver Kaiyuan Tongbao and gold Kaiyuan Tongbao, which are also in circulation. However, Yintong Bao and Jintong Bao are much larger and heavier than Tongtongbao, a Yintong Bao weighs one tael, and Jintong Bao also weighs one tael, which are not valued according to the traditional weighing, but directly indicate the face value on the coin.

A silver treasure is converted into 5,000 copper treasures, a gold treasure is folded into two silver treasures, and 10,000 copper treasures are folded.

The gold and silver Tongbao are not pure gold and silver, but mixed with some copper, in fact, the price of gold and silver is higher than the original gold and silver converted to copper, but because of the exquisite casting, coupled with the endorsement of the government, the face value of the gold and silver Tongbao can pay taxes and money, so merchants are also willing to use it.

After all, there is no need to weigh and do not cut, so it is more convenient to use, and the gold and silver coins are not glossy, there are relief drawings, the obverse of the gold coin is Kaiyuan Tongbao, one or two, straight money ten thousand such words, the back is a dragon pattern. The obverse of the silver coin is also Kaiyuan Tongbao, one tael, five thousand straight coins, and the reverse is tiger stripes.

The sides of the gold and silver coins are full of tooth lines, to avoid being scraped, as long as there is no scraping, it will be used according to the face value, if there is scraping, it will be weighed and used, and the value will be depreciated.

On the other hand, the marshal's government also ordered that it was strictly forbidden to scrape or even melt gold and silver coins, and violators were convicted.

However, because the denomination of such gold and silver coins is worth more than the actual weighing, there is no need to worry about someone ruining the coins for profit by melting copper coins and minting bronze ware.

However, behind the issuance of gold and silver coins, in fact, there is also some helplessness of Anton Road.

Because now Andong Province's commerce is still relatively prosperous, on the other hand, Andong Province collects industrial and commercial taxes, and the consumption of the common people is also larger, and the imperial court also has to provide for the army and soldiers.

As for the coins, the Central Plains Imperial Court has always been tight on money, so in desperation, now Andong Road not only has money and silk, but also began to introduce gold and silver coins to alleviate the inconvenience of large transactions and alleviate some of the difficulties of money shortage.

After all, the shortage of money will not only bring inconvenience to transactions, but also greatly hit the commercial market and restrict the consumption of the people, which will undoubtedly have a great negative effect on the finances and taxes of the Andong Provincial Government.

On the one hand, gold and silver coins were introduced to alleviate the money shortage, on the other hand, coins were forbidden, and on the other hand, various old coins from the people were exchanged for new coins, and the old coins were re-melted.

At the same time, it is stipulated that people are forbidden to hide money in their homes for more than 10 times. Transactions of more than ten times must be made of silk cloth or gold and silver, and not of copper.

At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to let money flow out of the customs.

A variety of measures have been taken together, and now Anton's money shortage has eased a little, and the Central Plains businessman came to Anton, that is, he first took the money he carried to the bank set up by the Anton government to exchange coins first, and brought all kinds of five-baht money, such as meat, white money, silk silk, etc., to exchange them for gold and silver, silk silk, and even directly into silver tickets.

As long as it is in Andong Province, you can cash it out at the bank branches in each county with this kind of registered silver bill, and you can even use it directly as money, but you have to go to the bank to go through a procedure when you make a transaction.

However, it is much more convenient than carrying a lot of coins directly, and although there is a little storage fee, the merchants are still very willing to do so, and call this kind of money ticket flying money.

"Interesting, Tu Huanglong, the meaning behind this is already obvious, it seems that this young handsome man does have the ambition to win the world."

The merchant whispered to a few of his companions.

The other said, "Let's go back and forth to Liaodong for a few years, looking at the little by little here, now here is indeed far beyond the Central Plains, at least here is more stable, I think this Luo Shuai, who slaughtered the Yellow Dragon, may be the son of the Red Emperor in the future." ”

Legend has it that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, beheaded the White Snake Rebellion, Liu Bang was the son of the Red Emperor, and the Qin Emperor was the son of the White Emperor, so the Red Emperor beheaded the White Emperor, indicating that the Han Dynasty destroyed Qin. Now that Luo Cheng has beheaded the Yellow Dragon and changed his military uniform to red, is it also the Red Emperor who beheaded the Yellow Emperor? ”

Another businessman said, "Zhou is wood, so Sui is the virtue of fire, fire gives birth to wood, and fire gives birth to earth, and the five virtues are born together, the former will help the latter grow, and the virtue of the ancestors will help the virtue of the descendants, so this Luo Shuai should be the right choice of soil virtue, and the color of the soil is yellow, why did it become a yellow dragon and change red?" ”

"So, this dragon slaying must be just a legend, the real thing should be that this Luo Shuai was born because of the five virtues, so Sui Huo gave birth to the earth, and the soil was yellow, so it is the Yellow Dragon Mansion, also known as the Shenglong Mansion."