Coming out early in the morning, when Li Qing and his party returned to Shouwang's Mansion, the sunset was already falling, Rao was Li Qing's body that had been practicing martial arts for many years was a little unbearable, and he turned around to look at Wang Jie, who had followed him from beginning to end with a pale face, and paused slightly, Li Qing finally spoke: "Today, Mr. Hard, tomorrow I will go to inspect the coin furnace and the armory workshop, let Wang Weld follow, in the past four years, Wang Weld is in charge of Jiannan money and grain, but he can also be in charge!" ”

Hearing this, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, Wang Ji was not reckless, he was an authentic civil official and minister, whether it was physical strength or endurance, he was not as good as the Xuanyi Shou King in front of him, today's toss is like a shelf, if it is strong, it is very likely to cause unnecessary damage to his body, so he did not take a long time, so he gave up and said: "In this case, the subordinates will retire first!" ”

It's just that when he took a step, he inadvertently glanced at the paranoia that couldn't be hidden from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows in front of him and a few strands of silver hair between his hair, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened his mouth to persuade: "My subordinates know what Your Highness thinks in your heart, and I don't dare to persuade Your Highness to give up your obsession, but I hope Your Highness takes care of your body, in the past four years, in order to be able to welcome back the princess and the little county lord as soon as possible, His Royal Highness's hard work and efforts are in the eyes of his subordinates, if the princess returns to Jiannan in the future, he doesn't want His Highness to hurt himself so much." ”

Hearing this, Li Qing raised his eyes and looked at Wang Jie, who was looking like he was waiting to be killed, and said in his heart that it was false not to be moved, when he rode into Sichuan, he was able to take charge of Jiannan today, thanks to these old men who followed him all the way in front of him, thinking of this, the original cool voice was also mixed with a little astringency, "What Mr. said, this king will pay attention, but if people have persistence, they must hold it, and now the reason why I have not let go of the obsession in my heart is because I am no longer the Jiannan Dao Festival envoy who had an unstable foundation four years ago!" ”

"As early as three years ago, this king was doing everything for Yan Yu's return, three years of planning and calculation, if it wasn't for the perfect certainty, how could this king make a move now?"

Hearing this, Wang Jie's mediocre and somewhat old-fashioned face showed such an expression, the original worry was swept away, and he smiled heroically and said: "Your Highness really has a plan, even so, your subordinates will wait for Your Highness in advance to succeed, speaking of which, your subordinates really want to see the pearl of my Jiannan Dao?" ”

At the mention of his wife and daughter, Li Qing's cold heart softened slightly, and he waved his hand and said, "I will do what you wish!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, after practicing the 24 forms of Tai Chi without moving, he took the sweat towel handed over by the frog moth guard behind him, wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at the middle-aged man who was standing behind him with a face similar to Wang Jie, and said slowly: "Can today's itinerary be arranged?" ”

Hearing Li Qing's inquiry, the middle-aged man raised his eyes and replied: "Back to Your Highness, His Majesty specially allowed Jiannan Road to build five coin-casting furnaces and ten armory workshops, according to His Highness's wishes, five coin-casting furnaces, three in Chengdu Mansion, one in Hanzhou, one in Songzhou, as for the ten armory workshops, there are seven in Chengdu Mansion, and one in each of the remaining Han, Mao and Song Prefectures, and the three coin-casting furnaces and seven weapons workshops in Chengdu Mansion are all located in the Shimen Workshop in the east of the city. ”

Half an hour later, Shimenfang in the east of the city, a luxury carriage under the escort of more than 30 green-shirted warriors, slowly stopped, the curtain opened, and what caught his eye was a man wearing a royal dress and jade crown and tied hair, only to see this person slowly stepping on the car ladder, looking at the door with three big characters written in front of Shimenfang, Li Zhan carried his hand, nodded to Wang Jie, who also got off the carriage behind him, nodded, and took the lead, slowly walked into the gate of Shimenfang.

The eight city defense sergeants guarding the gate with horizontal swords in their hands looked at the young man's dress, even if he was slow to react, he understood that the man in front of him who looked elegant and handsome was the current Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy - Xuanyi Shouwang, and immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said in unison: "See Your Highness!" ”

Stepping into the door, under the leadership of Wang Welding, Li Qing and his entourage came to three coin furnaces built in the shape of finished characters, each furnace is as high as a four-story building, and a chimney with a length of fish oil above the stove is emitting thick white smoke, even if it is not close, Li Qing and others also feel a wave of heat rushing towards them, looking at the more than 100 craftsmen in front of them who are methodically performing their duties without the slightest panic, Wang Ji said: "For example, there are a total of eighty-seven coin furnaces today, one hundred orders and two armory workshops, Among them, there are seventy-two coin furnaces distributed throughout Gyeonggi, and the remaining fifteen coin furnaces, ten in Beanyang, five in Jiannan, and as for one hundred and two armory workshops, seventy-two of them are located in the capitals of Gyeonggi Prefecture, and the remaining thirty are ten in Jiannan, ten in Fanyang, and ten in the remaining major sections! ”

"The imperial court has always had a law for casting money, each coinage furnace has a monthly mint amount of money every year, and there are regulations on the number of craftsmen, and the three coinage furnaces seen by His Highness can be regarded as medium coinage furnaces, each with 31 craftsmen, and each furnace mints 23,000 yuan per year!"

Hearing this, Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he stared closely at Wang Weld beside him, and after a while, he said meaningfully: "This king sent you, but I didn't let you be so obedient!" ”

It seems that he didn't expect King Shou next to him to be so straightforward, fortunately, after a few years of exercise, Wang Weld's reaction was also extremely fast, and he smiled embarrassedly, "Back to Your Highness, over the years, there has never been a lack of etiquette for Yang Guozhong every year, plus there is a prime minister to take care of him, and several supervision envoys sent by the imperial court have been bought by His Royal Highness one by one, these coinage furnaces actually mint 50,000 yuan per furnace every year, each furnace consumes 3,200 catties of iron ore per year, 5,000 catties of copper ore, and 273 catties of tin ore, some of which are recorded. Some of them are not recorded. ”

Nodding, after thinking for a moment, Li Qing still spoke: "Recently, the people of the Su family have mined a new copper mine fifty miles west of the city, from now on, the four coinage furnaces in Chengdu Mansion and Songzhou will each mint 60,000 yuan per furnace, in the process of minting money, what kind of materials do you need Although contact the third son of the Su family, since this king handed over the salt and iron management rights of Jiannan Road to the Su family, they will always have to pay a price!" ”

There was a look of embarrassment on his face, and Wang Zhu's face was obviously a little embarrassed, "Don't hide it from Your Highness, these coinage furnaces are already the limit of 50,000 yuan per furnace per year, if we increase the coinage without permission, those inspectors may not agree!" ”

Shaking his head, Li Qing's broken eyes were full of calculations, and he said undoubtedly: "I can't help but agree to them, over the years, they have not reaped any benefits, since they concealed our private copper coins, he and us are grasshoppers on a rope!" ”

At this moment, if you don't understand what Li Qing means, then it is not Wang Weld, and he immediately patted his chest to ensure that he would definitely complete the task.

Next, under the leadership of Wang Weld, Li Qing and others also visited several armory workshops, as expected, the actual amount of each armory workshop far exceeded the actual record, and it was not until this moment that Li Qing understood that money was needed everywhere, not to mention anything else, just said that the most commonly equipped Tang horizontal knife in the army is also the Tang knife, before and after, from the collection of materials to the baking, it costs 30 yuan Tongbao to make a medium quality Tang knife, as for the larger Mo knife, each will cost 60 copper coins, Mingguang armor is more expensive, and it takes a hundred copper coins to create a pair of high-quality Mingguang armor!

Looking at the armies of Jiannan, Li Qing's 1,000 personal guard battalions can all be equipped with Mingguang armor, and fortunately, thanks to the money that copied the Zhao family and the Xianyu family and swept away Longwu Village, Li Qing has the audacity to equip all his personal guards with Mingguang armor, but in the past few years, the training of the new army, the creation of ordnance and weapons, and the dots up and down the court, Rao is barely able to maintain the current situation with the savings of the Shouwang Mansion and the daily progress of the Luan Pavilion.