If money was not too important when Yuan Yuncai came to this world, then now with the take-off of Luoyang, after the currency of the whole world is unified again, money has become extremely important.

The new currency banned the inferior copper coins made by Wang Mang back then, so that the people had confidence again, coupled with the implementation of the money bank, as it was today, many people are bartering, so there are almost no people who do not use currency now.

And once currency becomes an important unit, then its value will expand indefinitely, Sima Yi is very clever to grasp this point, so he does not set up any industry, but all of it is made into currency, through the money bank too circulation, so as to achieve his various purposes.

After Deng Ai destroyed a place where Sima Yi was hoarding money, Yuan Yun discovered that these were just a drop in the bucket of Sima Yi's property, and most of his property was still placed in the money bank, which caused Yuan Yun to be unable to attack Sima Yi by means of looting.

The property is stored in the money village, Sima Yi can withdraw as long as there is a bill of exchange, it is indeed convenient and fast, and the most important thing is that it is very hidden, and a few bills of exchange can be more hidden than a few cars of copper coins.

Cao Chong's face was unhappy at the moment, he thought that Sima Yi's use of Qian Zhuang to do this kind of unsightly deed was a great blasphemy, but he was helpless, so the whole person was angry.

After Deng Ai finished explaining the course of the operation, his face was still full of doubts, and after thinking for a moment, he continued: "That cargo ship transported a large number of gold ingots to a ferry port in Hanoi, and the house we found was full of gold ingots and copper coins, not a single silver coin, let alone any money orders, and the money hoarded in this stronghold was not too much, and we also found some empty boxes, which should have been sent earlier, and now these money are probably deposited in the bank.

If the other party does this, it will be difficult for us to loot later, so the master must change the way, and it is impossible for us to rob the money of the imperial court, right? ”

After listening to Deng Ai finish telling the details of last night's robbery, Yuan Yun also felt that it was not a simple matter to destroy Sima Yi's source of income, and the other party must have kept those important bills of exchange very well, and it was completely impossible to get them.

Seeing that Yuan Yun remained silent, Cao Chong finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he said angrily: "I have checked the account books of the money bank, recently someone has been copying copper in a wide range, copper coins are scarce, but these people deliberately bought copper coins, resulting in a large number of silver coins in circulation on the market, but silver coins can not buy some small objects, so the price of copper coins is constantly rising, in the past ten copper for one silver, now almost five copper can be exchanged, I believe this thing must be Sima Yi behind the ghost, Or his place of hoarding is always full of gold ingots and copper coins, but not a single silver coin is missing......"

Speaking of this, Cao Chong was slightly stunned, and immediately said with great joy: "Since Sima Yi has been buying a large number of copper coins recently, then we just need to find the place where they hoard copper coins and then rob them all, in order to increase the value of copper coins, he will definitely not let these copper coins circulate in the market, so we can only hoard them." ”

Deng Ai heard Cao Chong say this, quickly shook his hand, and said: "This method will not work, Sima Yi will definitely not store so many copper coins in one place, it must be hoarded everywhere, it will be very difficult for us to find it, not to mention that we have robbed it once, the other party will inevitably be alert, and it will be difficult for us to succeed." ”

When Cao Chong's method was denied by Deng Ai, Xiao Liu came to report that Wu Yong came to visit, and Wu Yong was not an outsider now, so Yuan Yun directly called him in, and several people sat down in the study.

Before Wu Yong sat down after entering the house, he heard Cao Chong say angrily: "Is there something happy about Wu Guanren?" As soon as I entered the door, I saw that your face was full of joy, do you know that we have a headache now? ”

Wu Yong was drunk by Cao Chong, so frightened that he almost dropped the teacup he had just started on the ground, and hurriedly hugged his fists and replied: "The little one just negotiated a deal with the monk of the White Horse Temple outside the city, so there are some little joys, but I don't know what you are worried about?" ”

Looking at the anger on Cao Chong's face, and then at Wu Yong's panic, Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Xiao Chong, don't lose your temper, there is always a way, and I am not in a hurry, I am very interested in those monks now, what kind of business did Brother Wu negotiate with them?" ”

Wu Yongcheng glanced at Cao Chong with trepidation, and then wiped the sweat on his head and replied: "Those monks are now very good in our Central Plains, and they naturally want to spend money when they have money, so they plan to cast copper Buddhas all over the country, which is a very big business, especially when the copper price rises greatly, so there is definitely a lot of oil and water in it, and the small ones are very happy." ”

When Yuan Yun heard this, his heart moved, and he seemed to remember something, so he continued to ask: "Since the price of copper is rising, why did this monk choose to cast Buddha at this time?" ”

Wu Yong smiled awkwardly, and then replied: "These monks are just monks after all, where do they know so much, their money mainly comes from the worship of believers, and it is almost a business without capital, so over the years, they have hoarded a lot of money in the bank."

If it is peaceful today, people who have nothing to do will naturally have some pursuits, so the presiding officer of the White Horse Temple feels that this is the best time to cast Buddha, as long as their teachings are concretized, they will inevitably attract more believers, and the concretization requires a large number of bronze statues. ”

Yuan Yun began to twitch when he heard half of it, and in his spare time before, he talked to Wu Yong about the development of Buddhism, in which he pointed out that if Buddhism wants to attract more believers, then it must concretize various gods and Buddhas, so that everyone has physical objects to worship, and they are naturally more pious, and they can attract more believers.

Now he finally reacted, the reason why Wu Yong wanted to talk to him Yuan Yun about Buddhism was completely because he wanted to go to the monk to make money, so he deliberately came to talk to himself.

Wu Yong also reacted at this time, and immediately left his seat, and then prepared to be punished by Yuan Yun's kick, but he waited for a long time and didn't see Yuan Yun's action, so he looked back with some confusion, but found that Yuan Yun was actually laughing.

I saw Yuan Yun laugh for a while, and then said: "The monks want to cast Buddha, and Sima Yi is buying a large number of copper coins, and the price of these exchanges is probably going to fall to the bottom." ”

Cao Chong immediately became anxious when he heard this, he has been dealing with government affairs all the year round, and naturally knows what kind of blow it will bring to the economy if this is the case, so he immediately turned cold, and said: "These bald donkeys don't come sooner or later, but choose this time, are they not able to form a party with Sima Yi, it seems that they want to give them some color to see, tonight I will lead the troops to demolish their White Horse Temple." ”

Yuan Yun glanced at Cao Chong, who was anxious, and immediately shook his hand and said: "Destroying the Buddha is not what should be done at this time, and it is still impossible to determine whether the monks and Sima Yi are colluding, but they are doing this but they think simply, let them continue to hoard copper coins, Lao Tzu will definitely let them know that it is powerful." ”

Of course, Yuan Yun knows the advantages of currency, but he is also very aware of the weakness of this thing, the proportion of conversion will increase and naturally decrease, and now the market is due to the lack of copper coins, so it will increase in value, but once the supply of copper coins is sufficient, then it will be the other way around.

Sima Yi made such a desperate effort to pound copper coins, in fact, he didn't want the money to be rusted in the money village, and it was not easy for him to think of a way to roll the money, but he didn't expect that such a desperate bet would likely lead to bankruptcy.

Sima Yi's biggest weakness is that there is no industry, currency is not a very secure thing after all, about what exchange rate, this era will not talk about it, but Sima Yi is so indispensable, but he focuses all on the currency, then the currency is worth a lot of money, he will naturally make a lot of money, but if the currency is depreciated, then his unlucky day is not far away.

After thinking about this, Yuan Yun immediately called out to Qing'er who was waiting in the outer hall: "Go and invite Senior Sister Diao Chan over, and by the way, call Shi Shen who has just returned." ”

Cao Chong was still very angry, but when he saw Yuan Yun start to give orders and arrangements, his heart immediately settled down, because he had already guessed that Yuan Yun might have some good way to break the current situation.

Not long after, Diao Chan and Shi Shen walked into the study before and after.

Diao Chan's identity is now known to everyone, so she naturally sat on Yuan Yun's side, but there are not many such scenes after all, so she is still a little unaccustomed, and a faint red glow appeared on her face.

After everyone arrived, Yuan Yuncai asked Diao Chan beside him: "Is the road on the other side of Nanyue almost built now?" ”

Diao Chan was a little stunned, but he still nodded quickly: "With the help of Shixie from Jiaozhou, the road leading to the Guangzhou Wharf is almost completed, but there are some steep locations, and it will take some time to complete, why do you want to ask this?" ”

Yuan Yun had already spread out a map at this time, and then pointed to a point on the map and said, "Guiyang...... Well, there is a large copper mine in this location on the map, and no one should know about it since ancient times, so I plan to open a mine here, and I will do this in secret, and I will hand it over to the imperial court when the direct production is stable. ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun pointed at Shi Shen again, and continued: "You can let Shi Shen go over there in the Western Regions, now the Hu people over there have no courage to fight you, so there is no need to use force, but there are many people in Southern Xinjiang who are not convinced, and we need to use force to let them understand our style."

Li He already has a large team over there, and I will recruit some more people from the retired veterans, so that I should be able to gather twenty or thirty thousand people, you don't ask for anything else this time, just give me this copper mine to seize it. ”

As soon as Shi Shen heard that there was a battle, he immediately came to his senses, and some veterans around him were complaining before, saying that there was no war money to be made in the Western Regions, and he didn't want to have a new place for them to play in an instant, so he was naturally happy.

Yuan Yun finished instructing Shi Shen, buckled his chin slightly, and then said with a smile: "It seems that Guo Yi will be called for this matter, but I don't know how Guo Jia will feel, it seems that he is going to visit." ”