The absence of copper ingots is indeed a troublesome thing, China has always had little copper and less silver, and copper reserves are only a little more than silver mines.

At this time, the iron-smelting process was not mature enough, and the performance of copper cannons was stronger than that of iron cannons, and most of the bronze cannons were cast in the West.

In the last field battle with the Qing army, the light rapid-fire bronze cannon performed very well, causing huge trouble to the Qing army, and it can be said to be a sharp weapon in the field.

Since the bronze cannon has been tested in the war and does have a great effect on the war, Gao Yihuan naturally wants to vigorously cast it to expand this advantage.

If there were more than 100 guns, or even 200 guns, which could bombard the Qing army from a distance of two miles, it would give the Wei Wu army a huge advantage in the field battle.

It will be attacked from afar, and the tactics of the Qing army's cavalry attack and harassment will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan attaches great importance to the casting of copper cannons, which can enhance the strength of the Wei Wu army in field battles and facilitate the Wei Wu army to fight out.

Gao Yihuan turned his head to look at Lu Yifang, "Can't Hu Cao think of some more ways?" ”

Lu Yifang said: "Dashuai, there are too many copper ingots needed to cast cannons, Hu Cao purchased a batch from Tongling County in Nanzhili a few years ago, but it didn't take long to run out." After that, Hu Cao dissolved another batch of copper coins and obtained a lot of copper ingots, but the copper coins melted too much, and the copper coins on the market were not enough. In this way, copper coins from other places will come in, buy the materials in the territory, or directly exchange the silver in the territory, and there may be problems in the local area. ”

The production of copper and silver in China has been insufficient, and because of this, copper and silver can become currency.

Because internal production is limited, once the silver flows out, there will be problems.

Of course, too much silver inflow can also go wrong. Copper coins are not as sensitive as silver, but too much and too little can also bring various crises to society.

Copper coins become less, the exchange rate of copper and silver will change, the original 1,000 wen for one tael, now 800 wen for one tael, the purchasing power of copper coins will rise, and copper coins from other places will come in, enough to buy all kinds of materials, causing prices to soar, or directly exchange 1,000 wen for 1 tael or 2 coins of silver.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, if the copper ticket can be implemented, the copper coin will become a copper cannon, and it can be counted as the copper reserve of the military government, so that Gao Yihuan has copper, and the money in the market will not become less, so that it can dissolve another copper coin, but now the copper ticket has just begun to be implemented, and the market does not accept it at all, in order to ensure the stability of the market, it cannot continue to melt money on a large scale.

Now that the Qing army is about to move south, war is coming, and internal stability is even more needed.

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while and asked, "Have you thought of any way to solve it?" ”

Song Zhisheng, who was in charge of Gongcao, said: "Dashuai, the Ministry of Industry has already mined copper ore in Zaoyang County, Xiangyang, but the output of the mine is limited and cannot meet the needs of the workshop. ”

Song Zhisheng and Chen Mingxia are on the same list, one is the list eye, the other is Tanhua, originally Chen Mingxia also invited the last champion of the Chongzhen Dynasty, but the other party seems to be more virtuous, and Gao Yihuan failed to gather three yuan.

"Is it not enough manpower or material resources?" Gao Yihuan asked, "Why don't you increase mining?" ”

Song Zhisheng said: "It's not a problem of manpower and material resources, it's a problem of the mine. Copper mining in Zaoyang is very inconvenient, and the reserves are also limited, making it difficult to expand mining. If you want to say that the copper production land, it is still Tongren in Guizhou and Tongling in Nanzhili to produce a large amount of copper, and the minerals in other places are not very good, which is not as good as these two places. ”

The name has copper in it, it must be a huge copper mine, otherwise I wouldn't dare to be so awesome.

Hearing this, Zhao Daxian interjected: "Then knock down these two places, won't it solve the problem?" ”

Gao Yihuan glared at him, "You don't talk much!" ”

Gao Yihuan didn't have a solution now, he muttered for a while, "The action of the cannon casting workshop can't be stopped, and the head of the household department wants to go to Nanzhi to buy some more copper ingots and come back, and try to meet the needs of the workshop." Copper mines in our territory need to be mined more. In addition, we can go outside to exchange some copper coins to melt, but make sure we have enough silver and copper coins in our hands. ”

Several officials nodded and responded, saying that they would try to get another batch of copper ingots.

Gao Yihuan visited the cannon casting workshop for a while, and led everyone back to the yamen near noon.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was still worried about the copper ingots, and the most cost-effective way to cast the copper ingots needed for casting cannons was to mine them yourself, followed by buying other people's copper ingots, and finally melting the copper coins.

Copper for the Ming Dynasty, is also an important war material, so it is not easy to buy a large number of copper ingots, and the market of bad money after good money, many copper coins are not good, said to be a text in fact to make a seven-fold discount, the copper money into copper ingots, the cost is too high.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan still prefers to mine by himself, but he does not have a large copper mine in his hands.

At this time, Gao Yihuan returned to the study, and Zhao Daxian's words began to appear in his mind.

Gao Yihuan stood up, walked to the map hanging on the wall, glanced at Tongling, immediately shook his head, and finally fell his gaze on Tongren.

Tongling is located in Nanzhili, and Tongren is in Guizhou, but it is close to Huguang and just west of Chenzhou.

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, and suddenly shouted outward: "Go, let Yi Daosan come to see Ben Shuai." ”

Not long after, Yi Daosan was taken to the yamen by the soldiers, he pushed the door in, saluted and said, "The handsome is called humble? ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and he also walked back from the map to sit on the Taishi chair, and then said unhurriedly: "Ben Shuai, I went to the cannon casting workshop today to check, and Chen Qijian reported to Ben Shuai that there was not enough copper ingots in the warehouse. Ben Shuai pondered, found that Tongren this place is good, not to mention copper, but also in Guizhou and Huguang junction, and mined copper ore, can be along the Chenshui into the Yuan River, and finally transported to Changde Mansion. ”

Yi Daosan raised his eyebrows, "Marshal, send troops, and lead the troops to knock down this Tongren." ”

"Hehe~" Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, how could Xindao's subordinates be all these goods.

Gao Yihuan stood up and walked back to the map, "Dao San! Ben Shuai has just reached a reconciliation with Nanjing, and now he has sent troops to occupy Tongren, which is a bit inauthentic, and others will scold Ben Shuai for not being trustworthy. ”

Yi Daosan rubbed his hands and said, "What does the handsome mean?" ”

Gao Yihuan said: "Tongren is located at the junction of two provinces, the power of the government is weak, and the Tusi is strong. The Han and Miao live together, there are often Han and Miao conflicts, the copper mine is sometimes occupied by strongmen, and the government has no power to take care of it! ”

Gao Yihuan stared at Yi Daosan as he spoke, and the latter suddenly opened his mouth: "Handsome, I understand my humble duties." ”

"Hehe~" Gao Yihuan smiled: "Very good, let it go, but there is one thing, you can't reveal your identity!" ”

Yi Daosan hugged his fists and saluted, "Don't worry, the brothers are the best at pretending to be bandits and rogues." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed his head in satisfaction and waved him away.

Zhengzhou, the camp of the Qing army, Duoduo went south from Beijing to Henan, and still presided over the southern expedition.

At this time, in Duoduo's big tent, Duoduo sat on the handsome seat and asked a few subordinates, "What did the high barbarians do during the time when the king left Henan?" ”

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