The Great Song Dynasty has been engaged in a "copper ban" among the people until now.

In addition to the state's monopoly on the mining and smelting of copper mines, it also prohibits the use of copper by the private sector, even the possession of copper tools.

Large-scale seizures of bronze artifacts have occurred frequently among the people.

Later, lead and tin were added to the coinage, and the "lead ban" and "tin ban" were developed, but they were not as strict as the "copper ban".

Earlier, those who committed the "copper ban" of 10 catties or more were punished with canes and stabbed to prisons thousands of miles away.

After the Great Song Dynasty went south, the punishment measures for this provision were increased, "one or two canes and eighty, one catty plus one class, and fifteen catties do not pierce the face with the neighboring state and city." ”

In order to completely cut off the private casting of bronze objects, some people even proposed to arrest all coppersmiths to the money prison who minted money for the official family.

This method was so extreme that it was similar to that of the Tatar robbers, and was criticized by many officials, and was later changed to arrest only the forbidden coppersmiths.

When Liuqiu Island developed the tin mines on Belitung Island, the Great Song Dynasty had to cancel the "tin ban...... Because the tin exported from Liuqiu Island to the Great Song Dynasty increased day by day, the government could not monopolize it at all.

This is just like the official salt back then, when a large amount of sea salt poured into the Da Song market like a tide, it just wanted you to monopolize it, and you couldn't monopolize it.

A similar situation occurred in the spice industry, when a large amount of pepper appeared, the city of the Great Song Dynasty could not afford to buy it out.

Although the implementation of the "copper ban" prevented the proliferation of private coinage to a certain extent, it led to a "copper shortage" among the people due to the artificial intervention of the policy, and eventually triggered the national "money shortage" mentioned above.

Under the state monopoly, the nominal value of copper coins was lower than the actual value of their materials for a long time.

If there is no huge price difference, when the supply of copper coins exceeds demand, private copper coin holders will not choose to hold the coin, but will put it into circulation for profit.

When the value of the currency decreases, some of the copper coins are withdrawn from the market and minted as bronze objects, thus spontaneously forming an equilibrium.

Under the policy at that time, the copper coins that had been artificially depressed were actually withdrawing from the circulation field and precipitating in the private sector.

Because copper coins are no longer a simple means of payment, but have become wealth that can maintain value, like accumulating gold and silver, the wealthy families of the Great Song Dynasty have piled copper coins.

As mentioned earlier, if it weren't for the appearance of the island of Liuqiu, the copper coins in the cellars of the rich would have either been cheapened by the Tatar bandits, or turned into copper mines again.

Therefore, it is very attractive to say that there are copper mines overseas, and there are copper mines on large overseas islands that are less than 10 days by sea.

Wang Defa, the owner of the island, also claimed that no matter how many merchants came to welcome it, the copper ore could be mined for hundreds of years.

This also attracted the attention of the relevant departments of the Great Song Dynasty government.

The owner of Wang Defa Island also accepted the officials of the Great Song Dynasty to come to mine and operate, and the two sides could cooperate normally, as long as the previous requirements were met.

Of course, due to the bureaucratic system within the Great Song Dynasty government, if they make a decision, it will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

The merchants in Guangzhou responded very quickly, and they quickly sent personnel to Manila City by virtue of their geographical advantages, and immediately negotiated with the owner of Wang Defa Island, and signed a cooperation contract very quickly.

Wang Defa, the owner of the island, happily stood in the southern commercial harbor of Manila Bay with his hands behind his back, watching the miners and other workers who arrived there quickly.

The interests are moving...... As long as the method is right, there is no problem in the world that cannot be solved.

In just three months, Manila City attracted 20,000 miners and their employees!

Not counting the 1,000 families that had just been settled, the urban area of Manila City suddenly became lively.

Wang Defa Island owner is not in a hurry, as long as other living facilities keep up with the economic development, a considerable part of those miners will definitely choose to settle here, and take the initiative to bring their families here.

Hehehe.

The copper mines from Japan and Goryeo, and later from the southern Indian Chau will soon become large-scale, and if you add the copper from Luzon, it will definitely bring copper back to the category of metals...... Like tin and lead, those who always want to monopolize can't afford to monopolize it.

Wu Dapeng, who is far away in the new business district of Tianzhu Marbury, praised Wang Defa's methods in a high-profile manner.

He also radically suggested that the copper mining area in southern Mindanao could be reopened...... Just let them mine, anyway, it will quickly suppress the price of copper in the future.

Wang Defa Island Master thought about it for a long time, but still did not agree.

The reason is simple: if he claims that there is a huge copper mining area, it may reduce the enthusiasm of small and medium-sized businessmen to mine.

Wait a minute, everything is under control, don't rush.

Wu Dapeng was overjoyed when he got the news that 1,000 households had emigrated to the Marbury New Business District at once.

He said to his assistant Ye Li in his office: "You go and make arrangements, and it is best to settle those immigrants in the southwest of the business district......

His assistant Ye Li was also very happy when he heard that a thousand families of Great Song immigrants had come.

Looking at the streets full of short, dark-skinned Marburians, I really didn't feel very comfortable...... It's still the Great Song people who look strong.

In that year, after holding the so-called World Intellectual Congress and traveling to many places in the Federal Empire, Ye Li and his friend Kang Di were personally selected by Wu Dapeng and accompanied the warship to Port Marbury.

At that time, they were stunned as soon as they got off the five-masted warship, and they really didn't expect that after traveling thousands of miles, they would still be able to see the Liuqiu-style port!

The swinging boom and the flat pier are the most distinctive features.

When they arrived in the so-called new business district, they were even happier...... It's basically a flow-style building!

The large and small shops there were basically opened by the people of the Great Song Dynasty or Liuqiu Island...... In fact, if it weren't for a few words, there would be basically no difference between the two overseas.

Ah, the Federal Empire may seem cramped and scattered, but its development is extremely wide.

What Wu Dapeng said is true, land is really not a decisive issue, people are the key factor!

They also walked around the military harbor of Marbury, where the five-masted battleships, although all of them had dropped their sails, still retained a sense of majesty, which was reassuring to look at.

They watched and admired, smiling at every Navy soldier who passed them.

Wu Dapeng is right, it is these warriors who can protect their safety overseas.

Light military force and heavy culture or light culture and heavy military force are extremely narrow and extreme ideas, mutual respect, common development, and the same way to establish oneself overseas only with the outside world.

However, the new business district is still dominated by Marburians...... Although they all respected the two of them, they were still not as good as their own people.

In fact, Wu Dapeng arranged the title for himself as the president of the Marbury New Business District Promotion Association...... But those two guys always couldn't remember, and they often called him by his real name in his heart.

Wu Dapeng has never been to India in that world, and it is the first time to come to this world...... However, he had already learned about the development of the place through various reports.

It was a hot day, so he didn't want to go around with them.

He directly borrowed a house from the Indian Group and temporarily used it as his office.