The buds full of flower branches, first kiss the spring breeze, then suck the spring rain, and finally the stamen blooms fragrantly. The spring breeze is caressing the willows, and the willows are gently swaying, like a girl combing her hair.

Looking at Zhang Fan's face full of spring breeze, you know that he has been doing well recently. Looking back on those unashamed combat careers for more than half a month, the tenderness and sweetness of the drizzle and spring breeze made him excited and melancholy.

Hey, it's the hardest thing to be graced by a beauty!

Recently, Zhang Fan's whim suddenly changed, and several ladies saw it in their eyes and were happy in their hearts, and a signal made them instinctively coincide. Even Lu Lingqi, who has always been nervous, has suddenly become gentle like water in recent days, and his affectionate eyes almost make his scalp tingle, not to mention other people who are full of femininity-

If it weren't for the fact that he had been practicing martial arts for many years and was in good health, and he was in the prime of life at the age of twenty, plus he had been eating big tonic ingredients such as lamb kidneys, it is estimated that he would have become a soft-footed shrimp with back pain......

As the old saying goes, there are only tired oxen, no ploughed ground. If it goes on like this, the iron will make King Kong unbearable!

Just as Zhang Fan was planning to find a way to avoid the limelight and recuperate, Hou Sanbao's recital saved his life:

The gist of it is that the recent depreciation of the five baht is severe, the sales of several major fist products of the cottage have declined, and the profits have plummeted.

Zhang Fan frowned slightly, this matter is not trivial and should not be ignored. The reason why Zhang Fan has been invincible over the years is that in addition to the unity of the generals and the lives of the soldiers, the main reason is two words - rich.

To fight a war is to fight logistics. War is not only a matter in the military field, it is closely linked to the military field. As the saying goes, "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." "War requires a lot of labor, a steady stream of advanced technology into military industrial production, and this requires a lot of money.

Zhang Fan has always paid attention to the commercial development in the territory, and it is by relying on the huge amount of money earned by marketing glass, handmade soap, distilled spirits and other products throughout the country that he has been able to develop the navy and army step by step and break into a great reputation.

Anything can go wrong, that is, the money bag can never go wrong, Zhang Fan hurriedly recruited a strategist to discuss the matter, and then he figured out the truth of the matter:

This matter has to start with Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang, in the first five years (190 years) after Dong Zhuo gradually took control of the central power, in order to raise military expenses to maintain expenditures, a large number of minting and issuing "new five baht money".

The five-baht coin was minted in the fifth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and ended in the fourth year of Gaozu Wude of the Tang Dynasty, and circulated for 739 years in China, which is the currency that has been used for the longest time in the history of Chinese coins. It is also a coin that uses weight as a unit of currency.

"Baht" is a kind of weight lecturer unit in ancient times, and one-twenty-fourth of one tael is one baht, so the so-called "five baht" is actually very light. One tael in the Qin and Western Han dynasties is equivalent to 16.14 grams now.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty (118 B.C.), he began to issue five-baht coins in the Central Plains, which opened the precedent of five-baht coins in the Han Dynasty. Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for some small changes in the middle (such as the period of Wang Mang's reign), the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty dominated the world for 400 years. The five-baht coin laid the foundation of the Chinese tradition of round square holes.

This kind of small copper coin is round on the outside and square on the inside, symbolizing the universe of heaven and earth. The word "five baht" is cast in seal characters below.

?“ The "five baht" was the only official designated currency in the Han Dynasty, which was equivalent to the current renminbi. So what are the consequences of the indiscriminate issuance of the renminbi? There is no doubt about it - inflation.

Referring to Germany after the next World War II and the United States, which experienced the Great Depression, we can fully understand that prices are soaring, people's livelihood is declining, and one of the most important characteristics is business sluggishness.

Since business is sluggish, how can Zhang Fan, as the largest supplier of contemporary times, make money? If I can't make money, wouldn't I be reduced to farming and competing fairly with other princes, so my thousands of years of advanced technology is still useful?

That's not good!

Zhang Fan looked at a few "Dong's five baht" in his hand with disgust, the coin is dark, the surface is rough, the shape is not very regular, the inscription on the front of the word "five baht" is incomplete, it is difficult to identify, it can be called a model of "shoddy production". It is no wonder that the world ridicules and calls it "Wuwen", which can be called the most inferior and cheap little money in the history of China's currency.

What credibility does this kind of coin have, DZZ, this dog's fat man is really annoying, and everyone is hanging up and adding so much trouble to labor and capital!

Zhang Fan muttered: "That...... Were there any officials recruited from Ruoyang who were in charge of coinage? ”

Zhang Zhao, who was in charge of internal affairs, got up and recalled: "Is this ...... There are one or two of them, and the lord wants to ......"

Zhang Fan nodded, "That's right, I plan to mint a new batch of five-baht coins, fully recycle and eliminate all five-baht coins on the market, including Dong's five-baht." ”

Several strategists looked at each other, they didn't expect the lord to come up with such an idea. It must be known that in ancient times, coin minting has always been monopolized by the central government, and private minting is strictly prohibited.

When the Western Han Dynasty was first established, Gaozu had allowed the people to mint money, but the result was smaller and smaller, like an elm pod, known as "pod money". Later, private minting was prohibited, and in the fifth year of Emperor Wen (175 BC), the policy of free minting was implemented again. This policy was conducive to the development of powerful forces, and Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and Deng Tong, the doctor, both became rich because of the minting of money, and the former also became the culprit of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu. The failure of Emperor Wen's policy of free minting is often seen as a lesson by later rulers.

In contemporary times, minting money without permission is a great crime, and it is a conspiracy. If a large amount of private money is issued publicly, it is almost no different from an open rebellion...... That's where the concerns lie.

At the time of the new death of the monarch and the collapse of the Han family, although each strategist has his own little Jiujiu, it is naturally an extravagant hope to expect them to be loyal to the Han family, but smart people know the truth that "the rafters that come out always rot first", so it is better to be still at this sensitive moment-

Everyone couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: How did the lord of his own family suddenly have the idea of self-reliance overnight? How can I tactfully persuade him to seal this plan for the time being, and not rush it?

Seeing that no one echoed his suggestion, Zhang Fan couldn't help but look at his subordinates strangely and asked:

?“ What's wrong? ”

Xi Zhicai saw that the lord's eyes stayed in front of him, so he had to harden his head and persuade euphemistically:

?“ Ahem...... Back to the lord, this coinage matter is related to finance and taxation, and it has a great stake. Besides, none of us have any experience in minting, so this matter needs to be planned in detail and considered in the long run! ”

?“ Yes, yes, this matter is not trivial, and it is only right that the old man is serious......"

The rest of the strategists also chimed in—

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