"Minting coins privately, this is a capital offense!" Chen Zhaoan shouted.

"A silver dollar is not a coin, it's just a military ticket." Li Si explained: "There is no clear font size on the silver dollar, and there is no mark of a few pennies and taels, and it is only circulated in Juntun and Hong Kong for the time being, and it is only a smaller silver ingot at most, and there is nothing to be afraid ......of."

The Ming Dynasty used the silver standard, but there was no standard silver currency, and the silver system was still used. However, there are many drawbacks of the silver two system, such as the complexity of conversion, and the fact that when the silver ingot is cast, it is easy to mix in impurities, resulting in the problem of "fire consumption...... In short, the complex system of silver is not conducive to the circulation of commodities, and is only suitable for an agrarian society where commodity exchange is underdeveloped.

If Wang Kefan wants to change this, he must slowly establish a credit currency, and the issuance of paper money is too unreliable, and the silver dollar is the best choice. However, minting currency is very sensitive, and if Wang Kefan's silver dollar is marked with a value of a few taels, the Longwu court will immediately turn its face, so it is simply minted an inexplicable silver dollar, and after establishing credit, it will slowly expand the scope of use. By the time the common people accepted this silver dollar, it would be too late for the Longwu Imperial Court to do anything.

Maybe the process is long, taking three years? Five years? Or even ten years? Wang Kefan didn't know either.

Everyone began to have a heated discussion, but a group of laymen, chatting and chatting, digressed, and the topic turned to the Battle of Fujian and Liang Zhiren.

"In the future, Liang Zhiren's component will also be counted as a silver dollar for him, this guy is really lucky, fortunately he only has a share of the dock, if it is the whole of Hong Kong, it will be a fortune......" Qin Qiben was born as a master of money and grain. is the most sensitive to silver money, and is full of envy and jealousy for Liang Zhiren's Yicheng shares...... I heard that this share was given by Wang Kefan, and Liang Zhiren only took 3,000 taels of silver. However, last year's dividend was more than 2,600 taels, almost 80 percent of the annual interest, such an investment return is really amazing, no wonder Liang Zhiren is reluctant to withdraw shares.

"I thought to myself, even if we send troops, we will have to go later. Wait for Liang Zhiren to lead the Tartar over first. Quanzhou is a good place, let's occupy it, and then find an island to build a second Hong Kong. In the future, the business will be done to Dongying and Goryeo......" was stuck by the Zheng family's fleet, and Hong Kong's maritime trade business could not enter Japan on a large scale, and Luo Mingshou has always been angry.

"Can you ask Wang Junmen for more people? The Shigu Academy is full of skilled craftsmen who are good at learning things, and we are just in need of these. "Qi Guan Shi also has his own Jianyì.

……

Thousands of miles away. Huguang. Changsha.

Blacksmith Shi's hair has turned white in the past two years, but his spirit is vigorous, he is respected everywhere in the Hengyang Arsenal, he is old and useful, and he has no worries. A few days ago, his son Shi Wuxian returned home to visit relatives, and the family was happy, but Shi Wuxian suddenly received a notice again. To return to Jiangxi in advance, Blacksmith Shi was inexplicably a little worried.

"Ahh Is there going to be war again? ”

"Almost, otherwise, why call me back." Shi Wushu helped his father to sit down: "Daddy, you don't have to worry, I am 'no injury' sealed by Long Live Lord, and nothing will happen." ”

"Well, aren't you still hurt? The key is to be careful. You, you're a straight-hearted person, and you're also a person in your thirties, you have to think more about everything......" Blacksmith Shi chattered for a while, and then said: "I'll discuss something with you, my father is old, and he can't do anything in the factory, and he plans to follow his grandmother to Guilin, do you think?" ”

Wang Kefan's family is about to move to Guilin, and Blacksmith Shi is the old farmer of the Wang family, so he wants to go with him.

"Okay, as long as Daddy thinks it's suitable, he can settle down anywhere, and when I make a meritorious service, I will also earn you a life......

……

Jinggangshan, Military Academy.

Wang Jing was sitting at the table reading the official documents, and suddenly someone outside the door asked to see him, and then more than a dozen young men in military uniforms rushed in, stood in a neat row, and saluted Wang Jing.

"I've seen the Professor!"

The young men were very well-behaved, the first one spoke, the others stood straight with their mouths closed, supporting their companions with their eyes, and the young man at the head said: "I am waiting to practice martial arts every day, and I am familiar with the military books, in order to go into battle to kill the Tartars. ”

"You're young and ......"

"Serving the country does not discriminate between young and old!" The young man was articulate, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, so he blocked Wang Jing's words and said: "The army of the Eastern Expedition should have been young and strong, and we should be just young people, so we should serve on the battlefield." This blood letter, please ask the professor to forward it to Wang Junmen, in order to recover the Han family, we are willing to follow the will of King Yue, and the horse leather shroud will not regret! ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter of invitation to war from his arms, which was densely covered with bloody fingerprints, and more than a dozen teenagers behind him also said loudly: "In order to recover the Han family, we are willing to follow the will of King Yue, and the horse leather shrouds without regret!" ”

……

Jingzhou, breaking into the camp.

Hearing that Liu Tichun and Ma Jinzhong came together, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Tian Jianxiu went out of the gate to greet them.

In the past six months or so, the soldiers and horses of Chuang Camp and Blockade Yinxi have cooperated with each other to recover most of the western part of Hubei, and only the capital city of Jingzhou is still in the hands of the Qing army. In order to avoid casualties, they broke into the camp and set up a company camp, dug deep trenches, and carried out a long-term siege.

Because the Qing army's naval division had been controlling the Yangtze River waterway, Jingzhou was able to get supplies, and Kong Youde also sent troops to launch counterattacks from time to time. The general who broke into the camp was in a hurry, and was not in a hurry to storm Jingzhou, but besieged the city for reinforcements, defeated Kong Youde's reinforcements twice, and always held the initiative on the battlefield.

This positional war has turned into a war of attrition, which in general is beneficial to the Ming army. The soldiers and horses who broke into the camp and blocked Yinxi were active outside the city, and they could raise food on the spot, although the Qing army could transport grain with water divisions, but it traveled long distances and suffered great losses. According to Wang Kefan and Li Guo's original plan, this war of attrition was beneficial to the Ming army anyway, so they first gained a foothold in Hubei, cleared the Qing army in other strongholds, and launched a general attack on Jingzhou about half a year later.

However, in the past two days, Wang Kefan has a new order, and the plan has changed.

"The military gate ordered me to wait and conquer Jingzhou within a month and cooperate with the Eastern Expedition." Li Guo said: "If we take Jingzhou, our army will directly threaten Wuchang, and Kong Youde will not dare to divide his troops to rescue Ma Guozhu...... This battle is a heavy relationship, in order to win, how to fight, all brothers together together. ”

After Chuang Camp joined the Chu Army, it was organized into eight small battalions, but everyone was still used to obeying Li Guo's orders, in addition to Li Guo, Gao Yigong was the second role in Chuang Battalion, and it was time for him to speak.

"This battle is won! We have besieged Jingzhou for half a year, and the Tartars have long been tired, but we don't want to fight, if we really fight, we would have taken Jingzhou down a long time ago. What we have to think about now is how to fight fiercely, we must fight quickly, play the majesty of our camp, and scare the old boy Kong Youde, so scared that he didn't dare to take a step out ......of Wuchang City."

The generals immediately discussed, it should not be difficult to break through Jingzhou, the difficulty lies in a quick victory, which will cause the greatest deterrence to Kong Youde, but the city of Jingzhou is thick and thick, even if a large number of siege equipment is built from now on, no one dares to say that it will be able to fight quickly.

Li Guoyi raised his hand and stopped everyone's discussion: "This is actually not difficult, Wang Junmen has already sent someone to help and blow up the Jingzhou city wall with gunpowder, as long as the city wall is broken, at most one day can completely annihilate the Tartars in the city." ”

Hearing that there is a way to break through the city wall, everyone immediately became excited, although there are still many remaining problems, but there are solutions to them, for the battle-hardened camp, as long as they are carefully prepared and coordinated, they can ensure that the enemy in Jingzhou is completely annihilated and a clean and neat battle of annihilation.

After more than an hour of careful discussion, the battle plan was basically formed, and all that remained was to go back and prepare. After the meeting ended, Liu Tichun and Ma Jinzhong did not leave, and privately found Li Guo and Gao Yigong.

"Brother Hu, this battle is over, I want to go to Jiangxi and follow Wang Junmen to the east." When he first joined the Chu army, he hesitated for a long time, and bargained with Wang Kefan to maintain a certain degree of independence.

Wang Kefan agreed to his request, not only let him form his own battalion, did not reorganize his troops, but also sent him to Hubei first, so as to seize a base area, but Liu Tichun raised all the food and salary.

If you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are not at home.

When Liu Tichun was in the loyalty camp, Li Guo and Gao Yigong were in charge, and the other brothers could also help each other, although it was hard, there was not much pressure, anyway, the 200,000 horses in the loyalty camp, even if they were occasionally hungry, they wouldn't really watch anyone starve to death...... But after he became a battalion, more than 20,000 people and horses had to worry about eating, drinking and Lazar, and the daily grain and grass would cost tens of thousands of catties, not counting other expenses.

Seeing that after the other battalions completely joined the Chu army, they not only provided food and grass and military salaries, but also replaced them with new weapons and equipment from time to time, Liu Tichun felt very regretful. When he heard that Wang Kefan was going to launch an Eastern Crusade, he wanted to seize the opportunity to serve in front of the army, make a contribution as a step into the body, and completely join the Chu army.

Speaking of this thought, Li Guo and Gao Yigong both agreed, everyone is a brother who shares life and death, since Liu Tichun has encountered difficulties, of course he must help if he can.

"As long as Wang Junmen agrees, you can rest assured to go, and I will help you look at this idea in Hubei." Li Guo said with a smile: "Not only do you want to go, but also many old brothers in the loyalty camp want to go, they are not doing well in the local area, and they also want to go to Jiangnan to make a fortune......

The loyal battalion is known as a 200,000-strong army, and when it was reorganized into the Chu army, Wang Kefan only needed more than 30,000 elite soldiers, and some of the other troops went to Sichuan, and some of them were transferred to local troops like Liu Tichun. (To be continued......)