Chapter 621: Bloody Clash (Page 1/1)

Li Yi handed over the task of minting commemorative coins to the Bank of Yunnan, Shi Xuezong was a great expert in the study of ancient coins, and with the help of those skilled craftsmen of the 'Zhenghe Art Workshop', I believe that he will soon make a satisfactory money model.

Since the imperial court allowed Yunnan to circulate the commemorative coins to the entire Han Dynasty, Li Yi has sorted out his own ideas, this time, at least a few more varieties should be designed, the surface of the coins must be exquisite, and the initial minting amount does not need to be much, the purpose is to cause the scarcity of this commemorative coin, in order to raise the value of the commemorative coins themselves. However, we must maintain consistency, and launch one or two varieties every once in a while, so that the people can adapt to this rhythm and maintain a considerable degree of expectation, so that Yunnan energy can continue to obtain stable income.

The first coinage was selected to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Han Dynasty, with the front of the commemorative coin being the portrait of Liu Yan himself, and the back being a topographic map of the mountains and rivers of Lingnan. For the first time, 50,000 gold coins with 70% gold content, 300,000 silver coins with 70% silver content, and 500,000 copper coins with 90% copper content were minted.

In addition to the silver coins all given to all the people of Yunnan, each hand as a commemoration, the rest of the gold coins, copper coins, and the remaining silver coins are all sold to the outside world, even the Han people outside Yunnan can also buy, in addition to a part of the proceeds for the cost of coinage, the rest of all for people's livelihood construction and charity.

Of course, if you want to complete the minting of all the 850,000 coins, I am afraid it will take more than half a year, and it will be completed by the end of the year.

Just when Li Yi was full of ambition and ready to show off his skills, he received a shocking news. There was a serious armed fighting incident in Luliang County, the local Han people in the county and the mountain people of the barbarian tribe, because of the reason of crossing the border to cut down precious trees, the two sides had a very fierce conflict in the Tonggu Gorge of Damo Mountain, hundreds of people on both sides were armed and vicious, resulting in 11 people killed in the armed fighting, five of whom were villagers in Luliang County.

Luo Tong, the county magistrate of Luliang County, who rushed to the scene, died soon after returning to the county seat due to his close age, frailty and illness, and excessive fright.

The news of this thunderbolt on a sunny day suddenly shocked Li Yi was dumbfounded. Luliang County is the largest and least populated county in Yunnan, with many mountains and dense forests, streams and rivers, inaccessible primitive forest areas, and very little arable land.

The total population of Luliang County is only more than 5,000 people, which is still the population reached by supplementing many disaster victims in southern Sichuan. There are as many as eleven barbarian tribes in Luliang County, and the population is as much as more than 6,000 people, although it is far from the Liuyi tribe in Lulong, but it is almost comparable to the Han population in Luliang.

Although these barbarian tribes of the Wuyi people lived in Luliang County, they never accepted the jurisdiction of the Yunnan government. Moreover, the eleven tribes do not belong to each other, and they are relatively independent, but there are incidents that come together, share the same hatred and hatred, and unite with the outside world, which is indeed a headache for the local government. The largest of them, the name is Gagu, the population is only more than 1,000 people, the leader of the tribe is named Sha Liwang, who is over fifty years old, and is said to be very prestigious in the local area. And they are one of the protagonists of this conflict.

After receiving this astonishing news, Li Yi immediately convened a meeting of the people, and soon reached a consensus that no matter who was right and who was wrong on both sides, on the issue of ethnic disputes, no matter what, they could not resort to force, which was also the embodiment of Li Yi's consistent style.

Although with the current strength of Yunnan, even if they are wiped out, it will not be a problem, but if they really do this, not only will the surrounding tribes look at the government sideways, and there will be no trace of trust to talk about, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to get along with them in the future, and Luliang County will not be able to live in peace from now on.

After reaching a consensus, Li Yi first arranged for Lin Yi to personally visit Luo Tong's family in Ningzhou, and decided to personally go to Luliang County to deal with the matter, striving to ensure that the two sides can still live in harmony in the future and avoid further intensification of contradictions.

It's just that they now have a blood feud on both sides, which is not so easy to unravel, although Li Yi knows that this is very difficult, but as the supreme governor of Yunnan, he is duty-bound. And the specific situation is not clear for the time being, and who is right and who is wrong can only be understood through on-the-spot investigation.

Therefore, when Li Yi decided to deal with this matter, most people disagreed, thinking that national contradictions have been going on for a long time, and such trivial matters often happen, and there is no need to mobilize the people, and as a commander, there is no need to deal with it in person. Since it has been decided not to resort to force, it is enough to order the local government to arrest the perpetrators and compensate the local villagers.

But Li Yi didn't dare to agree, Luliang County now doesn't even have a county order, and the merits have not yet been figured out. Moreover, the barbarians have always been united, and how to arrest the perpetrators, and what rules and regulations are left to follow, if one is not done well, it may lead to large-scale ethnic conflicts and confrontation between the government and the people. Moreover, since this kind of thing happens frequently, it is necessary to find a way to do it once and for all, standardize the local ethnic relations, and prevent and avoid the continuation of similar things, which is also the need for long-term peace and stability.

Early the next morning, Li Yi called He Shoujie, who was familiar with the local situation, and rushed to Luliang County, more than 100 miles away, with Qiu Feng, Lian Jun, Huo Feng, and 100 personal soldiers.

On the way, He Shoujie, who knew Yunnan well, told Li Yi that the entire Luliang County, excluding the 11 barbarian tribes, had only about 970 households, a population of more than 5,300 people, and a per capita cultivated land area of less than three mu.

Since Li Yi came to Yunnan, he took a fancy to the abundant iron wood, cotton wood and small-leaved red sandalwood, as well as fir, sequoia, spruce, sara and other tree species, all of which have considerable economic value, so he encouraged the people to cut down trees in exchange for money, which made the life of the people here better.

But at that time, Li Yi had a clear rule that no matter who cut down a tree, a tree should be planted to avoid the ecological crisis caused by indiscriminate logging, even if the resources are abundant now, there are no drawbacks, but if the felling is excessive and cannot be replanted in time, future generations will have to suffer this ecological disaster.

And most of these tree species are tree species with a long maturity period, it takes twenty or thirty years, or even forty or fifty years to really become a tree, if it is not replanted in advance, it is possible to cause a lack of green and yellow in a short period of time, cut down a variety of less, and I am afraid that there will be no trees available after hundreds of years.

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