The craftsmen poured the copper ore into the copper furnace, lit the furnace fire and melted it, and finally obtained the copper water, and then carried out the stacking of copper coins. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

That is, the stacking method, the method of pouring coins in layers of pottery/copper fan, which can cast nearly 100 coins at a time, matured in the Wang Mang period, but it is a single-sided coin cavity stacking method.

By the time of the Xiao Liang period of the Southern Dynasty, the double-sided stacking method had matured and gradually been adopted by the money supervisors of all countries in the world.

The double-sided stacking casting method is naturally more convenient than the single-sided stacking casting method, the loss of copper/pottery money fan is low, and the utilization rate is high.

The outer circle and the inner square are strung on a wooden stick with a square section, and then as the wooden stick rotates, the craftsman uses a grinding stone to polish the outer edge of the copper coin, and after polishing, it is transferred to the next process.

Craftsmen dressed in pocketless clothes, the copper coins are strung together, that is, "silk money", thousands of texts are 缗 (through), and 100 texts are Mo, in order to facilitate inspection, the copper coins produced by the money supervisor are counted as Mo.

Even if it is a hundred Wen, it takes time to string it one by one, and the craftsmen stack the copper coins in the bamboo money trough, and one hundred Wen is just full, and then use a bamboo stick tied with hemp rope to pass through the money hole of this hundred Wen, and the money is worn as soon as it is worn.

The next step is to check, the copper coins are put in the same bamboo money trough, and its length should be equal to the length of the standard Yimo copper coins, and the qualified money is boxed and sealed.

The carriage loaded boxes of copper coins drove away from the money prison, and more than ten wooden cages were lined up at the gate, and some of the wooden cages were standing people, with their heads sticking out of the top of the cage and being in the cage, all of them were tiptoeing, barely able to stand.

Bearing the sun, their faces were miserable, they were craftsmen and handymen who worked in the money prison, and they were caught for greedy copper coins and copper materials, so they were punished here, and at the same time, they also warned their peers to take care of their hands.

Money eunuchs need a large number of craftsmen, so it is inevitable that the fish and dragons are mixed, under the temptation of stealing money and stealing copper, there is no shortage of people who take risks, and the method of the chief eunuch is also very simple and rude: deal with it according to the law, in order to set an example

The mighty convoy loaded with heavy copper coins drove towards Wuchang City in the north of Daye Prison, and a large number of soldiers accompanied the escort, and birds flew by in the sky, and a piece of bird droppings fell on a cash box on a certain car with a pop, leaving a gray-white mark.

The official road from Daye to Wuchang is very spacious, and on the way of the convoy, the mighty brigade of soldiers and horses in front of it is pulling north, which is the government soldiers of Yangxin who have changed their guards, and they want to return to Huangzhou, Jiangbei to repair, so that the soldiers can be disbanded and go home to do farm work.

Long live the Kaifu general, rode his horse and walked in the middle of the procession, and after the rear rangers came to report, he ordered the queue to pull aside to make way for the money convoy to pass smoothly, and the carriage under the banner of the money supervisor drove by, and most of the soldiers couldn't take their eyes off it.

Wheel Fangyang Xin several times, everyone knows that this carriage is loaded with copper coins, many of these copper coins are the same as them, to go to Jiangbei to land, and then turn into military pay to come to their hands.

Huang Chengcheng's copper coins, heavy rice, and cheap cloth, brought home, greeted by parents, little rabbits, and white flowers' own mother-in-law...

"What are you looking at? Don't get distracted on the march! ”

Shi Wanbao, the governor of the flag, whispered to his curious subordinates, he came to Xiyang to find his brother Shi Wansui, and invested in the government soldiers to start from the small soldiers, charging forward in every battle, and was awarded the post of governor by virtue of military merits.

"Hurry up, board the ship in Wuchang, and you can go home!"

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At Wuchang Wharf, the newly stopped convoy was unloading, and the cash boxes were unloaded from the carriage one by one, and the relevant personnel confirmed whether the seals and mud seals were complete one by one, and then randomly inspected them according to the regulations.

A cash box passed in front of everyone, and the inspector was about to let people open it, but he saw that there was bird feces on it, so he waved his hand and said, "Next wooden box, open it and check!" ”

The miscellaneous servants opened the wooden box with tools, took out a string of copper coins, and after counting, the officials ordered all the money from the sampling inspection to be collected and transported back to the Wuchang treasury, and the money was allocated to Wuchang for use according to the regulations.

After the handover of the relevant personnel was completed, the seal was confirmed, and the remaining cash boxes were loaded onto the ship, and the stevedores who had been waiting on the side for a long time began to carry the cash boxes under the supervision of the soldiers.

The two stevedores struggled to carry the cash box towards the cargo ship, the man in front of him slipped under his feet, and one of them almost fell.

The cash box with bird feces on the top was held up, but it didn't fall to the ground and cracked, this is a sealed wooden box, if something goes wrong, everyone will be tossed.

"Be careful! I don't want the salary, don't you! ”

After the ship was loaded with ease, the officers who escorted the ship counted the number of cash boxes on their respective ships again, and when everything was correct, the cargo ship carrying the copper coins left the dock and sailed towards different destinations under the escort of the naval warships.

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Somewhere in the manor, several carriages were parked outside a courtyard, and a group of men in cloth rushed up to unload the boxes on the carts, and a man who looked like a leader asked softly, "Are they all ready?" ”

"Ready, butler, the fire has risen, and the materials are ready."

"Quick, don't delay, these are the money that has just arrived." The man urged, and everyone struggled to carry the wooden box to the courtyard, only to see that a stove in the courtyard was blazing.

"Hurry up, unbox!"

There was a clanging sound, and the wooden box was pried open with tools, and the remaining seals on it were faintly visible, and one box was opened, revealing strings of copper coins inside.

"The craftsmanship of the official supervisor is good, ha!"

One person held the copper coin and admired, the copper coin was yellow and clear, heavy, it was a sufficient amount of official copper coins, and it was also called "sufficient money" on the market.

"Don't open these boxes! Take it to the cellar and put it away! ”

Everyone divided their labor, some directly carried the wooden box to the other side, and most of the wooden box was opened, and was carried to the top platform of the stove together with the box, and under the command of the foreman, the box of copper coins was poured into the fiery furnace together with the hemp rope of string money.

Someone was next to him to remember how many boxes of copper coins had been put in, and the empty wooden boxes were thrown on the ground beside them, and there was a gray-white mark on the top of one of the wooden boxes, which seemed to be the traces left by bird droppings.

An elderly craftsman, braving the heat, squinted at the hearth, and after a moment opened his mouth to shout, "It's time for the fire!" Quick, fast feeding! ”

Several people carried several large wooden barrels to the top of the furnace, and poured the contents into the furnace in the heat, and then someone with coarse cloth gloves and iron rods reached into the furnace and stirred, but in a moment they were already soaking wet.

"Change people, change a stick, keep stirring!"

I don't know how long later, the old craftsman shouted "open the furnace", everyone got busy at the edge of the furnace, opened the gate, and bright copper water gushed out and fell into the clay pots.

The copper water in the clay pot is poured into the pottery objects, and when they cool, someone divides the pottery objects into two, and coins appear inside.

The shape of the coin is similar to that of the copper coin that was shipped before, only slightly rougher, the edges are not polished or polished, so it is a little rough, and more importantly, the color of the coin is gray and black, and it does not have the yellow and clear appearance of the copper coin.

"Skewer skewer skewer! The owner is waiting to use it!! ”

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Huangzhou Governor's Office, Yuwen Wen sat behind the bookcase with a black face, and in front of the case was the 'facial paralysis' Daye Eunuch Di Shiwen, I saw him hand over a few copper coins to Yu Wenwen, the copper coins were gray and black, and they fluttered lightly in his hand.

It looks like the coins minted by the officials, but if you look closely, you can see that they are a little rough, and there are burrs on the edges of the copper coins, which are obviously unpolished.

"Chief, the lower officials have found privately minted coins from the market."

Yu Wenwen didn't say anything, picked up a copper coin and looked at it, after a while, his eyes flashed coldly, and he pinched the copper coin into a few pieces with a snap, this is not his natural divine power, just because the copper coin is a bad coin.

"Shoddy, is it copper mixed with lead tin, or lead tin mixed with copper!" (To be continued.) )