Han Gang was on his way to his Xuanhui envoy's yamen.

After the morning dispersal, he went to the library first to see what was going on inside.

The interior is still largely arranged according to his plan. Tables, chairs and benches have been shipped, and rows of bookshelves have been built by carpenters, but there are still a few formalities to complete before putting all the books that have already been shipped on the shelves.

In addition to the normal registration and compilation of the catalog, each book should be labeled with a spine.

In the past, there were no spines in the books and periodicals printed on the market. The front and back covers are bound with thread along with the inner pages, and on the back side, the inner pages are also exposed. If the books are arranged vertically on the shelves, it is impossible to tell what the book is from the back.

Only the recently emerging Yixian edition of the book was the first to change the binding method, using a whole sheet of paper to make the outer decoration of the back cover and the spine of the book. The same is true for the journal Nature.

However, in the library, old books account for the vast majority, and Guozijian and other versions of old books can only try to remedy, wrap the slightly hard yellow paper with the spine, and then write the title of the book, the number of volumes, and the number in the library.

With this layer of trouble, it's not so easy to open the library early. Judging from the progress, it will almost be until the beginning of spring next year.

Just collecting tens of thousands of books, this most basic book management problem, is so much trouble. After that, I don't know how many problems will go wrong. It's even more difficult to feel at ease with a librarian who has been assigned from nowhere.

But Han Gang still decided to let go as much as possible, and there was no need to put everything on himself at all. In this world, failure can also cultivate talents. The books in the library are not rare, they are completely printed products, and it is not a pity to lose them. If it can be exchanged for progress in library management, this cost is nothing.

However, it was the matter of the post post, and now it was the one thing he was most concerned about in addition to qi science and the war in the Western Regions.

Passing through the streets and alleys these days, you can always find more and more roads with house numbers. As a result of the court's attention to this matter, no one dared to be passive and slack off. In particular, the government servants and soldiers who deal with practical matters are closely watched by Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is said that more than a dozen people have been dismissed. Ordinary people are already very satisfied if they can have a job to support their families, but what they are most afraid of is that they have an accident and lose their jobs.

In the process, the records of the capital mansion were updated, and the most detailed map of the streets and lanes of Tokyo was completed. The control of the yamen under its rule has obviously been significantly improved.

Seeing that in a few days, the postal network in the capital will take shape, and it is natural that it will be the first to be put into use.

The preparation of the postal service in Tianxia Prefecture and County will take at least half a year, if the postal system of Kaifeng Prefecture can operate effectively within this half year, then it will inevitably bring convenience to the promotion work in the future.

It's just that Han Gang is still hesitating whether the postal delivery in the capital will be opened before the year or after the year.

In this era, there are New Year's cards similar to those of later generations, and large families send people to hand over posts to greet relatives and friends who are not allowed to visit, and it is not surprising that the number of relatives and friends of large families is to send posts. Once the postal delivery option opens before the year, it will face hundreds of thousands of greeting card business. When the time comes, it's not just a matter of scrambling. However, if it can pass smoothly, the voices against the postal service will cease to exist, and it will inevitably be insignificant.

This matter, Han Gang was difficult to decide for a while, so he put it aside. It's really not good, he still thinks it's better to be safe, and he will delay it until the next year.

Another new thing with the help of postal layout has made it clear that it will start operating before the end of the year.

At the covert instigation of Han Gang, the two newspapers were brewing a subscription service. He did not plan to use the mail to deliver the newspaper, but sent someone to deliver the freshly baked newspaper to the house.

In the past, in addition to the fixed stalls selling newspapers, there were also newspaper sellers who walked the streets and alleys. It's like a merchant carrying a burden, walking from one street to another and selling directly. The list of customers who buy newspapers all year round is in the hands of these newspaper buyers, and the newspaper cannot interfere. Now with house numbers, newspapers can easily control their customer lists.

Although it is said that it costs a lot of money to subscribe to a year's newspaper. But on the one hand, the two newspapers have decided to increase the number of advertising pages in the newspapers and periodicals they subscribe, and the average unit price has been reduced a lot, on the other hand, there are not a few wealthy families in the capital, Han Gang heard the big boss of SF Express in the capital He Ju said the day before yesterday that there are thousands of people who are willing and have already paid, and it is increasing every day.

However, the people who both newspapers were going to hire were child laborers, i.e. apprentices. According to the custom of this era, it is to include food and clothing, but there is no salary, and only some dividends are paid during the New Year's holiday. Han Gang had some opinions on this, and he conveyed them to the newspaper.

In Han Gang's view, work belongs to work, and in their spare time, they can recognize some words and learn some arithmetic. If you simply deliver the newspaper, it will only take half a day, and the rest of the time should not be wasted. They are all children who are only eleven or twelve years old, and if possible, I still hope that they can read more books and have a wider road in the future.

It was only mentioned yesterday, and I don't know the echo from Lu Dao - Han Gang is unwilling to appear too close to the two newspapers on the surface, so He Ju has become a key figure in the central contact. But He Ju's identity is also a little inconvenient, so the number of visits to the door is not much, and there may be once a month, even if he sends people to send messages, it is not too frequent.

When I returned to the Xuanhui Academy, I found that the people from the Mint Bureau and the Firearms Bureau had come.

On the side of the Firearms Bureau, a few more artillery pieces have been cast, both light and heavy, and they have been moved out of the cannon for Li Xin to use. A six-inch caliber city defense cannon is also preparing to be cast, and if nothing else, there will be results in a few days. However, the refining of gunpowder still did not bear fruit, and the gun carriage did not solve the problem of adjusting the angle of the muzzle. Fang Xing came over, just a daily report.

Han Gang is patient with this, he can still afford to wait for a year or two, and it is not impossible to wait for three or five years. However, he couldn't say it clearly, but instructed Fang Xing to continue the test.

And Tan Yun of the Mint Bureau is nervous, and there are two days before the winter solstice, and after the Mingtang ceremony on that day, the reward of the hundred officials and the three armies will use Yuanyou's new money. According to the previous plan, half of these rewards will be one penny of iron, and when ten and five are half of each half.

The Mint's coin supervisors are now in full swing, and have minted a total of 4 million coins of all kinds. The combined cost of materials and labor is less than half. The larger the amount, the lower the proportion of the cost. Whether or not the people can agree with the face value on the coin depends on the issuance of this time.

Han Gang appeased a few words, there is really a problem, and it is also his responsibility, and he doesn't need to carry it by the Mint. And he asked the imperial court for an edict, within three years of the issuance of the new currency, the world's taxes will be half of the new money, half of the old money, among the new money, iron money, bronze, brass money, according to the proportion of issuance, respectively, half and two quarters. After three years, only new money will be collected from the imperial court, and old money will be allowed to circulate in the market. In six years' time, old money will also be banned from circulation.

There are at least 10,000,000 coins in circulation in the world, and if all of them are exchanged for new money, the interest on the money alone will be 50 million, which is equivalent to adding a year's tax revenue.

Han Gang didn't say this figure clearly, but after the coinage of the first new coin in the predetermined period was completed, the cost of materials was stated in the chapter. The labor cost can be seen by the three divisions. Summing up a few data, you can know the income of money and interest. The Zaisuke were able to try to find out. Empress Taishang was reminded and could also know this. But it's hard to understand the details below, and the news that came out is also absurd.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the leakage of secrets, which will cause people to be suspicious of new money.

However, this is also because Han Gang is too careful, with his original words, he stabilized the reputation of the old-style folding five coins, and he personally presided over the minting of the new money, although it has not yet been issued, it already has a high degree of recognition among the people. As long as the quality of casting does not deteriorate, and the government has made it clear that it will collect taxes with new money, no amount of rumors can shake the status of new money.

With Han Gang's personal assurance, Tan Yun was relieved. He also understands this truth, but it is only a matter of his own future, and it is difficult to be objective and natural.

After the daily reports of the Firearms Bureau and the Mint Bureau, Fang Xing said goodbye, but Tan Yun stayed: "Xuanhui, there is one more thing.

"What's the matter? You said. ”

"He Zhu has been walking around the capital recently, and it is said that he wants to be reinstated. It is also said that he said everywhere that Xuanhui was jealous of the virtuous and jealous, so he gave him an inferior class. ”

"Don't worry about that." Han Gang said unhappily, he thought there was something important, it turned out to be an official who had left office, and it was a rumor for no reason, "The yamen can manage unfit officials, but can it also manage him to make friends?" As for what he said everywhere, did you listen to him face to face? ”

Tan Yun bent lower, "The villain has only heard of it." I heard that even the Sushe people are close to him, and the villain is afraid that he is not conducive to Xuanhui. ”

This year's examination has ended, and the punishment of unfit courtiers has all come down.

Among them, He Zhu's evaluation is the worst in the game. The third class of the court, which was in charge of the small envoy of the martial arts, after consulting Han Gang's opinion, made a sentence of demoting He Zhu by one official and clearing the mint.

This is a very normal personnel treatment, but after all, He Zhu has some literary names, and his literary style is not bad, and there are quite a few people in Shilin who are aggrieved for him, which makes him much more famous than in the past for a while.

Han Gang had already heard that a group of people were running for him in Shilin with He Zhu's poems and texts. It's just that the voice of echoing is not loud, who asked the mint bureau in charge of Han Gang to clear He Zhu out of the city? In today's officialdom, how many people are not afraid of Han Gang's fierce and ruthless character?

But if there is, Su Shi, who has a rough personality, should be regarded as one of them.

"That's not something you should worry about." Han Gang grimaced, "Do the errand well, you have your own benefits." Rest...... Don't ask! ”