Chapter 191: The Grain Trade
In August, it is already the assembly of the autumn harvest in various places, but the fields in Jiangxia County have not entered the busy autumn harvest because of the war in previous years, there is no doubt that the remedial measures of Nanjun are timely, to be precise, it is that Qin attaches more importance to Nanjun than Jiangxia, so it is spared no effort to help, and even Shangqing Ming Zifu came to Nanjun as a county guard, which shows that Qin attaches great importance to Jiangxia.
Compared with Lin Yuyan, the son of Daqin, Ming Zifu surpasses Lin Yuyan in terms of qualifications and prestige.
Ming Zifu was originally born in commonplace, especially after the governance of Nanjun was put on the right track with the help of Shanglin Yuan Shangshufu in the early stage, with Ming Zifu's talent, it was not much difficult to govern Nanjun, it was nothing more than the prosperity of the place.
Obviously, in Nanyang, which was caught in the turmoil between the Prime Minister of the Qin Palace, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the old clan, Nanjun was always calm, and until August, it was already the harvest season.
Under the light punishment, the pressure on Ming Zifu is not great, but as a subordinate consciousness, knowing the current situation in Nanyang, Ming Zifu still feels that he should give some support to the Great Qin Court.
"Lord Jungong, His Royal Highness Yan, the prince of Jiangxia, has sent a letter!"
The one who spoke was Ming Zifu's clan, named Ming Quan, who was a close confidant of the clan selected by Ming Zifu after he embarked on his official career, and he was also a distant relative who was literate and literate.
Ming Zifu took the letter from Mingquan's hand, looked at it, and then said: "It seems that Jiangxia's land this year is not rich......
Mingquan asked, "Uncle, I don't know what His Highness talked about in the letter......
Ming Zifu glanced at the letter in his hand again, and said to Ming Quan without concealment: "Deal." ”
"Deal?" Mingquan was a little puzzled.
Ming Zifu handed the open letter to Ming Quan and said, "Jiangxia's land this year has been delayed due to the war, so His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan wants to make a deal with Nanjun...... A deal of 500,000 stones! ”
"500,000 stone ......" Ming Quan opened his mouth, this year's tax in Nanjun was sorted out by his hands, and this 500,000 stone is the field tax of all private fields in Nanjun, so before he finished reading the letter handed over by Ming Zifu, he said: "This His Royal Highness Yan is really a big tone, uncle, nephew is really unimaginable, what kind of things can Jiang Xia come up with to withstand the value of 500,000 grains, could it be that His Royal Highness Yan wants to rely on his identity as a son?" ”
Ming Zifu shook his head, gestured to the letter in Ming Quan's hand and said, "You can clearly see that the letter is talking about this matter. ”
Hearing what his uncle said, Mingquan picked up the letter written by Gongziyan again, read it carefully, and then said in horror: "How could it be...... Gongziyan actually promised the [Xiangcheng Army] 3,000 troops! ”
Ming Zifu nodded and said: "Unexpected, but the exploits of this highness in the past wars, it seems that he is indeed completely sure of this matter, the armament of three thousand people is not difficult for Nanjun now, but these armaments are [twenty forging] as the standard armament, and Nanjun is beyond reach!" ”
"Twenty forging...... It is said that Han Xiang invited a group of craftsmen from South Korea, and Shanglin Yuan was able to master the skills of twenty forging, even so, it would take a year and a half to replace the current armament of the new army of Nanyang, let alone replace the new armament for the Xiangcheng army of Nanjun...... "Mingquan said.
"That's exactly what it is...... The armament of 3,000 people promised by His Royal Highness Gongziyan is precious! Akiko sighed.
The Xiangcheng Army is the direct military horse of Nanjun, with Han Kui's adaptation of the northern border army, that is, the Nanyang Army and the Fangcheng Army, Nanjun naturally also carried out some moves to streamline the soldiers, the banner of the Xiangcheng Army is newly built, by the old Xinye Army and the former Deng Wang Army of Nanjun as a whole, divided into [Xinye Camp] and [Nanxiang Camp], there are two commanders, that is, the former Xinye Army General Guan Ning, and the former Deng General Chen Zhiqing.
It can be said that now it seems that the mountain forces in the original Xinye Army, such as [Cai's] [Kuai's] have been completely shuffled in the Xiangcheng Army and swept out of the Xiangcheng Army.
Especially in the south of Nanjun is Shouwang Huanyu, who has more than 100,000 horses, so that Ming Zifu has to care about the armed forces of Nanjun, three thousand wrought iron equipment with "twenty forging" as the standard, to deal with the cloth soldiers in Shouwang Huanyu's army, can defeat ten with one, and even the leather armor soldiers can defeat three with one!
This deal, to be honest, Ming Zifu was tempted, 500,000 stone grain, Nanjun is not unable to get it, especially when this year is still a bumper harvest in Nanjun.
Ming Zifu thought about it for a long time and then instructed Ming Quan: "The affairs of the army have always been the top priority, and this prince does not involve military affairs, so quickly send someone to invite the two generals Guan Ning and Chen Zhiqing!" ”
"Whoa!" Mingquan responded, knowing the importance of this matter, and as soon as Mingquan's voice fell, he turned around and left to deal with this matter.
Watching Mingquan's back leave, Mingzifu also twisted his beard and said to himself: "Should this matter be revealed to the monarch and Han Xiang......
But Lin Yuyan, who was far away in Jiangxia, was facing the two masters of the foundry, namely Qi Xian and Qi Sen, two masters of bronze casting, and there were still several exquisitely shaped copper ring utensils on the table.
Looking at its round square holes, it is the copper coin system that Lin Yuyan intended earlier, which is modeled after the round coins of the Northern Qin period, but with the progress of copper smelting technology, the new coins of the Great Qin are more exquisite and small.
Huang Quan on the side looked at this thing and said to Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, this is the newly made copper coin?" ”
"Hmm!" Lin Yuyan nodded, this copper coin is cast with copper plates, the front is the [Great Qin Changsheng] four small seal fonts, and the back is depicted with a pattern similar to the rice ear, if you are interested in viewing, whether it is the font or the rice ear pattern on this copper coin, it is the same position.
However, Huang Quan still asked about the grain: "Is His Royal Highness Yan sure that Lord Ming promised the grain transaction, it is nearly 500,000 stone of grain!" ”
Lin Yuyan ate Ming Zifu's 500,000 stone grain, and said: "Don't worry about this matter, Ming Gong will agree, now I am thinking about how to exchange their grain from the hands of the people of Nanjun for Jiangxia's copper coins......"
In this matter, Lin Yuyan had already made up her mind, but the specific matters Lin Yuyan handed over to Huang Quan to take care of.
Therefore, Huang Quan responded: "Oh, Quan Zi should be doing his best!" ”