"Be careful, donkey, this is a place where craftsmen work, so it looks very dirty, it should have been seen by your subordinates, you really don't have to come in person!" Xu Jingzong smiled at Li Xiu as he walked, he could be regarded as Li Xiu's hand, and he had worked under Li Xiu twice, but he didn't expect to become Li Xiu's direct subordinate for the third time.

"The stakes are so high that I have to see with my own eyes how the coins are minted, so that I can know what to expect." Li Xiu didn't care about the dirty ground under his feet.

After all, Chang'an has a large population, and commerce is also very prosperous, so that a large number of copper coins flow from here to the whole country, so in order to ensure the supply of copper coins, the scale of the coinage bureau here is also very large, and Li Xiu is also the first time to come here.

A few days ago, Li Xiu's plan to prepare a bank has been approved by Li Shimin, and then after the discussion of the three provinces, the preparation for the establishment of a bank has finally officially begun, and Li Shimin has also officially decreed that a separate institution called the financial supervision will be set up, independent of the six departments, and will be the same level as the superintendent and the military superintendent, and the subordinate of the financial superintendent will set up the Datang Royal Bank, which is responsible for the issuance, exchange, lending and other businesses of currency, and Li Xiu is the first financial superintendent, and also serves as the president of the Royal Bank.

However, Li Shimin's appointment came down, but Li Xiu wanted to put up the frame of the financial supervisor, and the first thing he thought of was not someone else, it was his old subordinate Xu Jingzong, although Xu Jingzong's character was not very good, but he was extremely talented, especially when exterminating the Turks, his talent in scheduling also made Li Xiu very appreciative, if there was such an assistant, Li Xiu could also save a lot of heart.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Xiu asked Li Shimin for someone, Xu Jingzong was the first, and although Xu Jingzong was promoted before, he was not satisfied in the officialdom, and now he heard that Li Xiu wanted to use himself, and immediately ran over, and also helped Li Xiu draw up a list of officials for financial supervision, a considerable number of whom are from the household department, after all, the household department is in charge of finance, and it is more convenient for them to change their careers to become banks.

However, it will take some time for the mobilization of officials, and this kind of matter is very trivial, so Li Xiu handed over to Xu Jingzong to be responsible, and today he personally came to inspect the Minting Bureau, which is now a subordinate agency of the financial supervision department, like the bank, and the authority of the financial supervision may be expanded in the future.

The coinage bureau is actually a huge foundry workshop, copper materials from all over the country are transported here, and then mixed with a certain proportion of tin, melted and poured into the money mold, into a piece of copper coins, but at this time the copper coins can not be used, because the edge of the copper coins will have burrs, so at this time it is necessary for craftsmen to trim the edges with files, and even pour the copper coins and sawdust into a barrel, next to which there is a handle to turn the barrel, so that the copper coins are polished more brightly inside.

Looking at these copper coins that were almost made by hand, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, because this kind of efficiency is too low, a craftsman can't make many copper coins a day, no wonder the Money Minting Bureau has to hire so many craftsmen, after all, this is purely manual work.

"How were the coins of the Hereafter made?" Li Xiu couldn't help but whisper to himself at this time, he remembered that the coins of later generations seemed to be stamped, and the coins of later generations were still made of hard steel, in contrast, copper and silver with softer texture were also easier to stamp, but it was a pity that there was no stamping machine at all in this era of Datang.

"The principle of the stamping machine does not seem to be complicated, but the power and materials are a big problem, the steam engine can provide power, but you have to get the steam engine out first!" Li Xiu continued to mutter to himself at this time, but when it came to the end, he couldn't help but show a depressed expression on his face, the productivity of Datang in this era was too backward, even if he had more ideas, but there was no way to realize it.

The steam engine can't be built for the time being, but Li Xiu took a step back and thought of water power, maybe water power can be used as the power of the stamping machine, but this is just an idea of Li Xiu, and I don't know if it's feasible, but I can test it when I have time in the future.

However, it is not completely impossible to improve the production efficiency of the Minting Bureau, for example, Li Xiu found that the management of the Minting Bureau is too loose, and the manufacturing process is not very rigorous.

In addition to Xu Jingzong, who accompanied Li Xiu, there were also officials who presided over the Minting Bureau, and they already knew that the Minting Bureau was under the management of the Financial Supervision Commission, so they were naturally very attentive to Li Xiu, the new official.

Although there are problems with the internal management of the coinage bureau, the division of labor is very fine, copper, charcoal, smelting, etc. have special departments to manage, and there is also an internal supervision department, which is dedicated to inspecting the copper coins produced, and the unqualified copper coins cannot flow out of here as long as they are recast.

However, through the introduction of the coinage bureau, Li Xiu found some problems, that is, the craftsmen in the coinage bureau are all passed down from generation to generation, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are almost the same, it can be said that their sons are destined to work here for a lifetime from birth, and if the craftsmen do not do well, they will definitely be punished, but if they do well, but there is no corresponding reward, in this case, it will definitely hit the enthusiasm of the craftsmen, and the craftsmen will only not seek merit, but seek no fault, in this negative attitude, It's no wonder that Li Xiu felt that their efficiency was low just now.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu also shook his head secretly, although the Minting Bureau is from the imperial court, but in terms of management, it is not even as good as his own tea workshop, he is willing to bet that as long as the steward of his tea workshop is transferred, within three months, the efficiency of the Minting Bureau will be greatly improved, and the internal management will also take on a new look.

Of course, Li Xiu can only think about the above in his heart, even if the Minting Bureau is now under his control, it is impossible for him to really let his own steward take over the Minting Bureau, even if it really works, it will only be rumored behind the back of some people with ulterior motives, and now that he is in the officialdom, sometimes he has to be wary.

A few days later, the officials of the financial supervision were basically in place, and Xu Jingzong had been in charge of these things, but Li Xiu also felt that it was time to meet his new subordinates, and then start arranging the affairs of the bank.

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