It is a huge courtyard, and from the outside, it looks like it is no different from other warehouses except for the high walls of Yamato. Due to the high price of land in the Sakai town, many large merchants have moved this large facility to the suburbs, and it takes a lot of time to save a lot of money.

When I first saw this warehouse, many of the merchants who came with me were secretly envious, why hadn't they found such a quiet place before? Not to mention that the distance of three miles is really not too far, and there is no need to worry about safety.

Although the era of war is now over, there are still bandit groups formed by defeated samurai in various places, and I have heard about caravans being intercepted and killed on the Tokaido not long ago. Naturally, the vicinity of is much better, but it's always good to be prepared!

The warehouse is located south of Sakai Town, eight miles to the west of the Seto Inland Sea, and not far to the south of the official road to Kii, both of which are unsheltered wilderness that even those with ill intentions cannot hide.

Two miles to the south was a forest and a few hills, which did not seem very safe, but in that woods was the camp of an iron artillery unit, which was equivalent to having a guard for free. In addition to this, there was a cavalry unit directly under the shogunate of about 1,500 men to the south.

However, after entering this courtyard, everyone's hearts had a bigger question, what was there that would be so heavily guarded? The courtyard was set up so that our group entered three gates in a row, and between each floor of the courtyard were deep ditches and high fortifications, and as far as the eye could see, there were patrols and barracks that were roaming back and forth, and it was roughly estimated that at least 500 heavily armed soldiers were stationed here.

When it was divided into the innermost floor, the courtyard was no longer very large, but the buildings inside looked dense, like a small labyrinth. The faint roar outside the gate was already a bit deafening, as if it was similar to the real collision when striking iron.

We were first ushered into a large house by the local administrators, and the scorching heat was blowing in our faces, and if we hadn't seen a series of five smoking chimneys before, no one would have been prepared for a fire in this early summer. However, compared with the fire, I am afraid that the hearts of the people are more scorched!

A whole wall against the back of the back, stacked like a hill of brand-new silver ingots, the bright color reflected the glow of the roaring fire, so that everyone's eyes were under a lot of pressure.

About forty naked workers worked here, and seven or eight overseer samurai walked back and forth. The workers took all the silver ingots down and put them in a special strange pot and sent them to the furnace, where they were melted into silver and then mixed with a certain amount of copper water. Only then did everyone notice that there were still many small copper ingots piled up in the corner of the house, but they were too inconspicuous in all respects.

"You probably also understand that I want to issue new coins to promote the grace of God and stabilize prices!" Looking at the group of people in front of me, who were either hesitant or suddenly enlightened, I finally smiled and solved the mystery, while signaling the workers and samurai to continue their work without saluting. "You must have also realized that the currency system of our country is very different from that of the Southern Barbarian countries, and even the fineness is very different. Not to mention that because it is a sterling silver coinage that suffers a loss in the transaction, even the amount of wear and tear in domestic circulation is also huge, so that it needs to be weighed again when using the old coin, and the due effect of coinage equivalence cannot be achieved! ”

"His Royal Highness the General is really a grace of heaven, and he is very good!" With the guidance of Imai Munehisa, a tidal wave of compliments erupted from among the merchants again.

"I still don't understand!" I looked at these people in front of me, disappointed and slightly proud.

It is not uncommon to mint new coins, and often after the peace and prosperity and the chaos have subsided, the rulers will generally mint and issue new coins in large quantities, which can not only quickly calm down the chaotic prices, but also improve their own prestige.

However, the issuance of this new currency generally does not replace the old coin, but is used together in the conversion. As for how many years the copper coin has rarely changed, it is based on the Yongle Tongbao from the Ming Dynasty.

"It's not necessarily high, let's take a look at the finished product below!" This time, I didn't rush to explain, but motioned to Nagashu Masaya to go to the next place.

In fact, there is another step in the work in this room, which is to pour a well-mixed mixture of silver and copper into a stone mold, and after cooling, open the mold to form thick round cakes the size of plums. Someone specially collected these round cakes, put them in a large wooden bucket, and carried them out by two people under the supervision of a special samurai.

It was with this burden that I walked across the courtyard to another house of the same kind, and this time the visitors immediately realized that the deafening noise of the whole courtyard was coming from here.

The door was slowly opened, and the scene inside made the merchants, who had been a little prepared, still dumbfounded. There were two dozen people and three strange machines at work inside, and it was this machine that made loud and strange noises. Intuitively, this kind of machine is a high shelf, from the bottom to the waist like a cast iron cabinet, that is, the surface of this cabinet is covered with some round holes.

Some workers put the rough silver cakes that had been brought in into the holes one by one, and then the workers controlling the machine let go of a handle, and many steel columns fell at the top of the shelves at the same time, smashing into the holes. Then the steel pillars were shaken up again, and the silver cakes in the holes were pushed out by something, but they became quite delicate forms.

Some specialized workers quickly picked up the processed silver cakes from the table, put them into a large tray and held them to one of the tables, and after the four samurai sitting around the table carefully inspected each silver cake, the silver cakes were wrapped in paper and rolled into a hundred each, registered, and put into a special iron box in the corner of the room, locked, and sealed.

"Check it out!" I picked up a few finished silver cakes from the table and handed them to the merchants in front of me, who bowed down and took them and looked at them carefully. "These machines were specially made by me from Nanban, and the typography was engraved in Sakai and has been destroyed. The coins minted by this stamping method are exquisite and detailed, and the sanding process can never be copied in one touch, and brass is added to the ratio of nine to one when minting, which greatly overcomes the serious problem of wear and tear of old-style gold and silver coins! ”

"Great...... It's amazing......" As the samples were passed in people's hands, the voices of admiration came one after another.

The obverse of these coins depicts a dragon circling and fluttering, with the words "Tensho 14" engraved on the lower edge. In the center of the back is a "sixteen-petal chrysanthemum" imperial emblem, and on the left and right there is a smaller "Zhuxingmaru" emblem, and the blank space on the edge of the upper circle has the words "shogunate shoku", and the lower circle is "Kuhei seven coins and two points".

"Seven coins and two cents......" Many businessmen frowned, not understanding how to formulate such an improper weight. However, these people saw that my interest was so high, so they naturally didn't dare to bring it up at this time to touch my mold.

"If you don't understand anything, just ask, these silver coins still depend on the market you issue!" Naturally, I saw it and asked Tsuda Muneki, who was closer to me.

"Yes! This is...... The seven-penny ......," he asked cautiously, looking at my face.

"Boss Tsuda, will you take a closer look at the center of the front?" I smiled and pointed like a silver coin in his hand.

"Front?" He was stunned and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, there were some new discoveries. In the middle of the coiled cloud dragon, the word "One Yuan" is clearly engraved in Lishu flat Yang.

In fact, these two words are very obvious, but because everyone is familiar with the dragon pattern, they didn't look at it carefully, and at this time, because of the noise in the house, everyone was more or less affected.

"One Yuan?" Tsuda looked up again in confusion, having not touched the unit in his long business life.

"Let's change places!" I retrieved the coins and put them back on the table, and walked out of the studio first.

The whole work area is just a strict courtyard, and naturally there is no place to be too quiet, but there are still some office spaces in the back, and fortunately, long conversations are not affected.

"Everyone has seen that this new standard of silver coins is called 'One Yuan'!" As soon as I sat down, I got straight to the point and said that I really didn't want to stay in this kind of place for long. "This is my decision to refer to the actual transaction with the Nanban merchants, and then make a decision, at present, with reference to the value of Yongle Tongbao 720 Wen circulation, Ming Dynasty, the year after tomorrow and the year after the corresponding decimal copper coins will be issued one after another. My intention is to use it in Sakai Town this year, to be promoted nationwide in three years, and to become the only currency in ten years! ”

"Only ...... Sole! "A lot of people are shocked, as a businessman, it is impossible to know what this means, it is just a little hard to believe.

Japan has issued many currencies since ancient times, and even many currencies from China can be used, and in addition to various gold and silver coins that are exchanged for weight and fineness, various copper coins also have a set of value systems that have been formed spontaneously over a long period of time.

What is the concept of a unique currency? That is to say, all copper coins deposited by the people will be withdrawn from circulation, and various forms of gold and silver can no longer be freely converted. If this is the case, wouldn't it be the right to control the wealth of the whole world......

"Forgive the little stupidity, you mean ......"

"Your understanding is completely correct, I want to abolish the free circulation of gold and silver and the coinage rights of the feudal domains!" Before Imai Munehisa could finish speaking, I nodded directly to confirm his guess.

"Hum ......" Faced with this kind of moment, everyone can no longer care about the etiquette that should be observed, and those businessmen have exchanged their heads and ears.

I exchanged glances with Ernst and Nagashu Masaka, and they both looked at me with confidence. "Smack, smack!" I raised my hand and clapped it twice, and the room fell silent. "I don't think many people know about this philosophy, so let me explain it now to Mr. Ernst, who is an old friend of many of us, and what he says should be trustworthy. I just need to remind you of this: this is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, and I only offer it once! ”