The imperial court of this era does not have much worth mentioning in terms of credit, but it has a good reputation when it changes in the morning and evening.

The money law has changed again and again, and whether Shaanxi has passed the back and forth swing of iron money is an example. There are many businessmen who have lost their money for this.

If you want to implement paper money, you also have to see if this is Shuzhong.

Because of the lack of copper in Shuzhong, and the copper coins from other places are not easy to transport in, it has always been an iron money area, and the iron money is heavy and not easy to carry, so there is the emergence of Jiaozi - this is the spontaneous formation of businessmen, and then it was favored by the government. In other places, it is more likely to use heavy copper coins than unbelievable paper money.

But then again, the salt banknotes issued by the government, which is monopolized by the government, can be used as a temporary substitute for paper money. Han Gang was in Shaanxi in the old years, and many of the government expenditures that were sent out from him came in the form of salt money.

Shaanxi has been plagued by many sources, and the government has consumed too much grain transportation, so in order to save trouble, there is a method of 'entering the middle'. Merchants transported grain from other places to the front, and the government gave them salt money as a reward, and asked them to go to the salt pond in Jiezhou to exchange salt, and those who did not want salt could also go to the Jingzhao Mansion or Tokyo money market to exchange money.

Paper money is a credit certificate of the state, and as long as the salt money can be exchanged for real goods such as salt for daily necessities according to the face value, there is no need to worry about depreciation. And it is not uncommon to use salt money as money in commercial transactions in the world.

Even if there is a lot of salt money at the moment, as long as there is salt to exchange, it is not a big problem. After all, reserves and the amount of currency issued do not need to be one-to-one, but can be over-issued, as long as the exchange channels are unimpeded, there is no need to worry.

Moreover, a salt banknote can be exchanged for hundreds of catties of salt, with a value of six yuan, it is very convenient for businessmen to carry it on their bodies, but ordinary people will not use any of them, even if there is a problem, it will only affect businessmen, at most it will only cause turmoil, but it will not cause turmoil in the country.

Han Gang turned his head and glanced at Zhang Sui, who was still staring intently at the soldiers searching the ship. The Zhang family's cargo ship was calm. But there was some mess on the deck of the other ship, and it looked like something had been found.

If you say your thoughts, I'm afraid that the eleventh son of the Zhang family will scold in his stomach. However, Han Gang would not seriously think that the accident with the salt money was irrelevant.

No matter what, he also has a large business name in Kansai at home, and the salt money in the account is two or three hundred thousand yuan, plus the big business name of the alliance between Kansai and SF Express, at least millions of yuan are held in the palm of his hand. There are many places where they will be used in the future, this is an important tool in his hands, and it is impossible for Han Gang to watch the salt money turn into waste paper.

After watching on the dock for a while, the merchant ship of the Zhang family had already set sail.

The Zhang family took the domestic route, not to mention Zhang Sui, the proprietor, that is, the ship boss and the sailors below, even if they had a penny, they would want to exchange it for cloves and ivory in Jiaozhou, and they could multiply it several times when they returned to Fujian, and no one would put heavy and space-occupying copper coins on the ship.

Zhang Sui smiled at Han Gang and said, "Jiaozhou has a lot of people going out and going in, and few people coming in. Most of the merchants went to Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Hangzhou...... There are also Jingdong's Jiaoxi Banqiao goods, and there are many places where money is transported to the sea. Haimen, which has just opened its port, will not dare to violate the money ban. ”

But as soon as Zhang Sui's words fell, the soldier who got off the other boat reported something to the inspection in the harbor, and the inspector ran to report to Han Gang with a panicked face.

"How much money was smuggled?" Han Gang felt a little amused by the panic of the inspection of the port town.

This inspector also made some contributions in the army at the beginning, and he was the first to rush to the east gate of the Dragon Mansion.

"Huilongtu, not money." The inspector's face turned white, and he stammered and sweated, "It's the armor of sixty-three collars, as well as more than four hundred spears and one hundred and thirty knives." ”

"Armor?!" Zhang Sui also changed color next to him, the swords and guns were reversed, and there were a lot of private collections, and it was not surprising in Jiaozhou, which had just experienced the war, but this armor was terrible, and three pairs of armor could send people to the beheading platform, not to mention that this was sixty-three collars.

Han Gang's face also sank, and he asked, "What is A?" ”

"Leather armor, cochines." The inspector replied in a low voice.

Zhang Sui breathed a sigh of relief, at least not plate armor. It is not surprising that the war has just ended, and there are many armors scattered among the people, so it is not so alarming. He thought, and suddenly his heart froze, 'Could it be from the treasury?' ’

Han Gang's eyes narrowed, "But where did you understand where you came from?" ”

"I heard the confession of the people on the boat, and I received it from outside the village in Hanoi."

Zhang Sui let out a long breath, in case it came out of the treasury, Zhizhou Li Feng would be unable to escape the blame.

Han Gang turned around and smiled at him, it was a smile that saw through everything, "The captured armor is counted, and after being checked, it is stored in the treasury of Jiaozhou, and it is not so easy to steal out." However, there are more or less trophies in the hands of the various departments. ”

Zhang Sui nodded, and saw Han Gangyou continue to ask the inspection: "How many of this dry armor are intact, and how many are broken?" ”

"Most of them have some damage, but none of them are serious."

"How many times has this ship come to Haimen?"

The inspector hesitated, gritted his teeth and replied, "...... This is the third time. It was the city of Jamp that was ready to be shipped to Srivijaya. ”

'No wonder. Zhang Xun said in his heart. Ships going to foreign countries were supposed to be the focus of the inspection, but they were not searched until the third time, and I don't know how many were shipped to them in the first two times.

Han Gang thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Go and inform your Li Zhizhou, this is an internal matter of Jiaozhou." He glanced at the uneasy inspection again, and said with a smile, "If you can catch it, you have merit, don't worry too much about the past." ”

After getting Han Gang's sentence, the inspection inspector was relieved, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Thank you Longtu, thank you Longtu!" After getting up, he hurried back and asked people to inform Li Feng, the governor of the city.

"Yukun." Zhang Sui hesitated to speak, smuggling weapons out to sea, Zhizhou Li Feng was inevitably involved and punished, this is what Zhang Sui didn't want to see, "Look at this......"

"That's a good thing." Han Gang interrupted what Zhang Sui was about to say, "The armor in the hands of the departments is sold, and the good ones must be kept, and only the damaged ones will be sold, but the armor and weapons in the hands of the departments are reduced, which is a good thing." ”

Han Gang was willing to help protect Li Feng, which was Zhang Sui's wish. But he actually said that this was a good thing, which made him point to the sea ship in the harbor that had been controlled by dozens of soldiers, "That is this ship......

"It's been found out." Han Gang sighed.

If you don't find out, you will let it go with one eye open and one eye closed, and now that it has been found out, where can you still let it go? No one can violate the laws of the imperial court in the open, and Han Gang will never open this mouth.

"What should I do with that?" Zhang Sui asked again.

"This is a matter of Jiaozhou." Han Gang shook his head and turned to get on his horse. Looking back at the ship that was stopped in the harbor, it dared to smuggle armor weapons without even doing a good job of supervising the inspection in the harbor, which is a self-defeating way!

Li Feng soon arrived in Gangzhong, and it took him half a day, and in the evening, he came over to report the ins and outs of this case to Han Gang.

"The owner of this ship, Liu Wu'er, is a native of Guangzhou, and has always traveled back and forth between Srivijaya and Guangzhou, mainly using incense and silk tea porcelain, and befriending the king of Srivijaya. Because there has been a war in the country recently, I have to buy a batch of weapons. After Liu Wu'er was ordered, he came to Jiaozhou and searched for idle armor from various departments. ”

"Have you ever judged it to be correct?" Han Gang asked.

"The confessions are the same from top to bottom." Li Feng said, "And listening to rumors from the sea, the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom has indeed been at war with Danmeiliu recently. Moreover, there is also a minister who claims to be the Three Buddhas in the ship, called Qun Tuo Biluo, and even the Three Buddhas can clearly explain the tribute to China over the years. ”

"In your opinion, what should be done?" Han Gang asked Li Feng.

Li Feng hesitated for a moment and said: "The countries of the South China Sea are the most deferential to the Three Buddhas, and this year's tribute envoy landed in Guangzhou. ”

"The countries of the South China Sea are the most powerful with the Three Buddhas." Han Gang shook his head, he never thought that one country would willingly submit to another, "Being obedient now does not mean being obedient in the future, only if the countries of the four sides continue to weaken, it will be the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty." Presumably, no one wants to see another Xixia or Jiaozhi overseas, right? ”

How many small countries paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, their so-called obedience was all for profit. If there is no interest, who will bow down to the Chinese emperor thousands of miles away for no reason? As the king of a country, isn't it bad to be called a loner in your own country? Do you want to accept an official position from a country thousands of miles away? It's all about profit!

Han Gang was right, and Li Feng could hardly object. Han Gang tilted his head and asked the person sitting at the bottom of the seat: "Okay, don't just sit still, you Haimen magistrate, talk about how to deal with it?" ”

Haimen Zhixian is Han Gang's staff member Ma Zhu, and in Jiaozhou, which has only one county seat, it can be regarded as the first official in the state.

Han Gang's staff around him are very diligent, and as long as they make a meritorious service, the staff members can get the reward of the official from it. The three of you who followed him at the beginning, one of them won the official position. And this time, the four staff members who followed him south also received official titles for their merits.

However, Ma Zhu was now only an observer in the hall, and it wasn't until Han Gang asked that he spoke: "Liu Wu'er smuggled armored soldiers, the number is huge, and it must be dealt with according to the law, there is nothing to say about this matter." However, the three Buddhas of the Nanyang countries were the most deferential, and the ministers of their countries could not judge their capital crimes on this basis. In the opinion of the following officials, Liu Wu'er should be sentenced by Jiaozhou according to the law, and Qun Tuo Biluo first grounded him and reported it to the capital, waiting for the Son of Heaven to be judged. ”

It's a bureaucratic practice to push everything up. You can't be wrong, but if you can't put forward your opinion in the recital, then don't want to be taken seriously.

Han Gang shook his head and said: "When you get to the land of the Great Song Dynasty, you will be subject to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and you will be judged how you want, as for whether you will be pardoned, that is the matter of the Son of Heaven and the two governments, and it is enough to act according to the law here." To Li Feng, who wanted to argue, and Ma Zhu, who wanted to speak, "Since the lord is a minister of the Emperor and Song, of course the courtiers below are also." As a citizen of the Emperor Song Dynasty, then don't think about making exceptions under the "Criminal System"! ”