The whole kingdom was boiling over because of the issuance of the new version of gold and silver currency, and when the wave of resistance broke out, William could no longer sit firmly in the Diaoyutai and decided to intervene to control the situation.

The situation became so bad, and William did not expect that the commercial prosperity of the Norman kingdom was beyond his expectations, and the impact was beyond everyone's expectations.

As for Prime Minister Ladolph, who presided over the issuance of new gold and silver coins, it is not that he is incompetent, in fact, he is outstanding in diplomacy, but his ability to handle government affairs is indeed somewhat average compared to his diplomatic ability.

But for the time being, no one in the entire kingdom is qualified to replace Ladolph as the new prime minister, and Duke Hubert's prestige is sufficient, but he can only serve as prime minister in times of war, and his diplomatic and political abilities are average.

Duke Richard has good ability and prestige, but William actually doesn't trust him, thinking that Duke Richard once intended to usurp the Count of Evreux when William's uncle Robert died of illness, but he has always remembered it.

At the same time, the Duke of Richard, a branch of the House of Normandy, was a direct descendant of William's uncle, Earl Robert, and his son William. Morality. Vasi is also eligible to compete for the throne.

Therefore, William was both supportive and defensive of Duke Richard, and set up factions in the court that opposed him to prevent him from becoming bigger.

In addition, Duke Andrew is too young, Duke Rodrigo is too young to be convincing because of his status as a foreigner, and William's two half-brothers, Otto and Robert, Earl of Norfolk, are too young and need to be trained and prestige before they can be entrusted with important tasks.

William's first task was to keep Prime Minister Ladolph from turning public anger on him, so he dragged out several corrupt and incompetent officials and aristocrats as scapegoats, pushing them out as targets for hatred and firepower.

Sure enough, after William punished these corrupt and incompetent officials, the wave of boycotts of gold coins subsided, and the people who followed the disturbance also went to the mountains.

In fact, those who followed the troubles were at most just venting their emotions, and the issuance of new coins did not have much impact on them, and William's punishment of corrupt officials just gave them a target to vent their aggression.

Although the punishment of corrupt officials did not have any direct benefit to ordinary people, and the stolen money did not go into William's royal coffers, it was indeed disheartening to watch the once high-ranking officials fail one after another.

Without the support of the masses, the only opposition that William would face next was the nobles, merchants, and craftsmen who were making trouble out of profit.

It's easy to calm their commotion, and the best way to do that is to divert their attention from the war, which is one of the reasons why William keeps waging war.

If there are contradictions of one kind or another in a rapidly developing society, if the contradictions cannot be passed on to other countries, they will accumulate more and more, and eventually explode with a bang, shattering everyone's bones.

William tried this trick without hesitation, and he decided to take out a piece of fat that had been hidden for a long time and throw it to everyone, so that they could keep an eye on it, and they would still have the energy to make a fuss there.

"Do you know of a kingdom full of gold, the Kingdom of Ghana?" William asked the nobles, merchants, and representatives of the artisan guild who had come to negotiate.

"No, I didn't."

"I've never heard of it."

"Unheard of."

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know, but the Kingdom of Ghana, which was full of gold in William's mouth, expressed yearning and eagerness.

"The Kingdom of Ghana is an ancient kingdom in western Africa founded by the Soninks of Western Sudan, and it is said that the Kingdom of Ghana existed in 300 BC between the Senegal River and the upper reaches of the Niger River in western Saharan Africa.

In the 7th century, legend has it that there have been 20 dynasties, and the capital is the city of Ghana.

By the end of the eighth century, the Kingdom of Ghana included the upper Niger River and the Senegal River valley in West Africa, and all of West Africa was under the rule of the Kingdom of Ghana, except for the Moorish Sultanate of Mulabit.

According to the Arab merchants who came and went, the Kingdom of Ghana was rich in gold and was prosperous because of the prosperous trade between West Africa and North Africa, and the Arab merchants reaped a great deal of profit from the trade with the Kingdom of Ghana, and they brought salt, fabrics, groceries, and shells in exchange for gold, slaves, ivory, etc., which was enough to make several times or even more than ten times the excess profits.

The cities of Wagra, Diene, Timbuktu and Gao, which arose as a result of the trade routes between Arabia and Ghana, were no less than the wealthy Italian city-states.

Odagost was the wealthiest of the kingdom of Ghana, with 100,000 desert traders and dromedaries and forcing black groups outside Ghana to pay tribute, and the city-state alone collected more taxes than the Kingdom of England.

It is said that those who visited Ghana praised the magnificent costumes of the royal court, not only the clothes of the king and his ministers with precious gold ornaments, but also the shields and swords in the hands of the guards. ”

Speaking of this, William paused, carefully observing the expressions of the people, at this time, whether it was the nobles, the big merchants or the representatives of the guilds, the emotions were mobilized, they were firmly attracted by the golden kingdom of Ghana described by William, and they could not extricate themselves.

Under the eager gaze of the crowd, William continued: "My lords, great merchants, and heads of the artisans' guilds, all of you have done a great deal for the Norman kingdom, and have made great contributions, so I have decided to entrust the interests of the kingdom of Ghana to you.

I entrust you with the sea trade routes of the Kingdom of Ghana, and I will not profit a penny from the trade with the Kingdom of Ghana, whether I trade with the Kingdom of Ghana or venture to the Kingdom of Ghana, conquer it, and seize the wealth of the Kingdom of Ghana.

If you can conquer a city-state or state in the Kingdom of Ghana, I will crown him a noble earl or consul for life, and the wealth there will belong to you and your family! ”

William threw such a big pie, but it really stunned everyone present, and now no one is unwittingly asking William to compensate for the loss in the new currency issuance, but has taken the initiative to share the work of the new currency issuance, in order to get William's support in the adventure and business activities of the Kingdom of Ghana.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to take out five thousand gold William gold coins in exchange for new coins, and my colleagues I am willing to persuade the others in the Chamber of Commerce to take out gold and silver coins to exchange them for new coins.

We only ask you to provide some aspects of our trade with the Kingdom of Ghana, leasing your port area and trading station warehouses in the Kingdom of Ghana. A fat-headed, big-eared Norman merchant said flatteringly.

William recognized this man, he was the number one man in the Norman Chamber of Commerce and one of the contractors of the royal family, and a fifth of the royal family's income was provided by these royal contractors, and William gladly agreed to his request.

With this beginning, everyone present expressed their intention to serve the royal family, and almost everyone said that they would take out gold William gold coins from 1,000 to 5,000 gold coins to exchange them for new coins.

"Don't be in a hurry, after you have registered the amount of gold coins exchanged, I will determine your share of interests in the Kingdom of Ghana based on this." William said with a smile.