Uligi has stepped up, what is he going to do? With this question, Burhan asked softly, "Uliji! Is there something wrong? "Why did Burhan ask? That's because he drank mare's milk wine too quickly, and now those mare's milk wine has been digested and absorbed into the bladder, although it is not yet time to be unable to bear it, but Burhan still wants convenience. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Uliji was not in a hurry, he said slowly, "Great Khan! Since this official has been graded, according to the system of the Ming Court, it is necessary to issue a salary! ”

Distributing money? Although Burhan has said about the ministers' affairs, no one takes it seriously! Everyone is a nobleman of the Hechiti tribe, and almost all the expenses are provided by the tribe, and even if there is a fortune, there is no place to buy it, and in the end it has to be distributed uniformly, so gradually people will get used to this kind of life without a fortune.

"Uliji! Is there anything else we need to spend with silver? "It's not that Burhan is reluctant to give up those few pieces of silver, but it's really that silver is not as useful as a stone-chiseled mallet in addition to trading with the Ming court in the Hechi Ti Department.

But he heard Uliji reply, "Great Khan! It may not have been useful before, but now it's different. ”

"Oh?" Burhan also wanted to hear how different the law was.

Uliji continued: "In the past, the daily needs of the nobles of the Hechiti tribe, including the people, were all purchased by the tribe and then distributed. Everyone nodded, such a day is very warm, if you want more things, you have to exchange the equivalent of the value in advance. Since the reform of Alert, there has been an additional tax, but it is really nothing to the people of the Hechiti tribe. In a catastrophic year, that tax becomes the key to the survival of all clans.

"But it's different now. As more and more Han people came to our Hechiti Division, they relied on big cities such as Dengkou, Linhe, and Wuyuan, and established many small villages. In the past, if it was possible to divide life according to the tribe, it is not possible now. Those Han people regard grain and silver as treasures, and now they are not short of food, but we are short of it! The supply of the Dzungar tribe and the Tushetu Khan tribe, as well as the exchange of grain and slaves with other tribes, were all purchased from those Han Chinese. They don't want anything else, one by one it seems to have fallen into the eyes of money, as long as real money. And our people are still used to bartering, which makes it cheaper for those merchants who come to wander. ”

"So much so that at present, the treasury of my Hechiti Ministry is empty, not to mention silver, and even gold is gone. The minister thought, if we have any special needs and need to trade with the Ming court, how can we be without silver? ”

Burhan understood, and he was finally going to say something about the circulation of silver. Historically, the prosperity of the tribe was mainly reflected in the quality of life and the possessions they owned: cattle, alpacas, horses, and household utensils. On the contrary, he rarely pays attention to silver, but he still likes gold. Most of the silver accumulated in the treasury was also obtained from trade with the surrounding tribes, because they could go south to plunder on horseback, and eventually flow into the bag of the Hechiti tribe, and if necessary, the trade between the Hechiti tribe and the Ming court completed the entire circulation cycle.

However, such circulation is not fast, and it usually only occurs once every few years. More often than not, the Hechi Ti tribe bartered with the merchants. However, the Han people did not accept such a form. Perhaps some small items of daily use can be traded for grain, but those commodities must be traded for silver. Do you want to buy a piece of cloth and carry a few stones of grain to trade with merchants? You don't bother the merchants, and you don't find it inconvenient! Besides, the people of the Hechiti tribe used to lack food, but now it is different. For merchants, it was possible to make a lot of money selling grain to the Hechiti tribe in the past, but now it is a different matter, and no one may want to ask for too much except for the tribe to buy grain.

Burhan didn't expect that these Han people had been empty of the treasury in less than two years. This is also related to the fact that the Hechi Ti Department itself does not attach importance to silver, and there is not much silver in the treasury. Even then, it would be terrible. It seems that the problem today is not only the circulation of silver, but the absence of silver.

Uligi took the time to talk about the dangers of the silver shortage.

"Great Khan! With the improvement of Baixin's standard of living, it is natural to enjoy it, and our useful meat has become the first choice for these Hermes-Epitek. However, on the one hand, the herdsmen were not accustomed to trading silver, and on the other hand, the Han people insisted on trading silver, so there was no choice but to make the middlemen profit from it. They exchanged the most needed goods for woollen, mare's milk wine, and meat in the herdsmen's hands, and then sold these things to the Han people to obtain a large amount of silver to bring back to the Ming court. In itself, this is justified trade, but in the end, it is the interests of our people and tribes that are subject to it. ”

"In addition, the scarcity of silver, or the fact that it is not used as an official currency, is extremely inconvenient for taxation. Every time the merchants came, they brought enough goods, and we also took a tenth of the total amount of goods at present, and these goods were either distributed to the people, or put into the treasury and left unattended, or bought back by the merchants at a low price, and the loss was not a fraction of the loss for the treasury and the Great Khan. There are also speculative businessmen, whose taxes are also unmeasurable. ”

That's right! Those who speculate are just selling the goods of the east to the west, and they come and go to earn the difference, because they do not bring goods into the city, so they do not pay taxes.

In the past, the Hechiti Ministry had not encountered such a situation, and there was no professional person to reform it, so Burhan had to turn to the ministers for help.

"Do you have any plans?"

No one responded to Burhan's question, which really embarrassed the ministers present. They weren't familiar with it, so of course they couldn't talk about it, and it seemed that Uligi had just said the most, and they seemed to know a lot about it.

Although all the ministers looked at Uliji, Burhan did not ask him first, but asked Aditya, the right minister.

"Is there a way to deal with it?" Ask Aditya for advice? It was also a good choice, after all, his uncle was the biggest merchant in the Hechi Ti tribe, Alimu. Maiti, Adiya should know more about money than they do.

At this time, Aditya looked embarrassed, and the Great Khan asked him that he couldn't refute the Great Khan's face, so he could only quickly think in his mind, and then said:

"Great Khan! The minister did not know much about this matter, and could only return to the Great Khan with the knowledge of the minister. ”

Burhan had already expected that Aditya was in charge of internal affairs, how could you do it if you wanted him to be an economist? He nodded and motioned for Aditya to continue, he was already prepared.

It is better to be respectful than to obey fate. Aditya said, "What I lack is not silver, but currency. Barter used to mean that each other's goods were used as currency, as well as food, but silver was more precious and convenient than them, so silver became a currency in circulation. ”

As soon as Aditya said this, everyone nodded. It makes sense, in the end, it is a businessman, this opinion is not ordinary.

"And as money is nothing more than gold, silver, and copper. Not to mention gold and silver, we are already scarce, and we cannot go south to plunder, so we will naturally dry up when we use them. As for copper coins, due to the control of the Ming court, it is difficult for us to even obtain iron tools, let alone brass, which is extremely controlled by the Ming court. ”

In this way, is there no way? Burhan is not reconciled! But I heard Aditya say, "Yet! It was these two words that made him see new hope.

"However, it's not impossible. The minister studied the historical materials and learned that the Central Plains Dynasty, whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, exported a large number of copper coins to the Western Regions. This was not their original intention, but the Western Regions countries stipulated that their own currencies must be used in their own trade, but they could exchange Han and Tang copper coins for their own currency. Due to the scarcity of silver in the Han and Tang dynasties, the country's legal tender was based on money, so merchants would carry a large amount of money from China for trade every time they traveled. However, it was difficult for the currencies of the Western Regions to circulate in the Central Plains, and over time, the Western Regions countries kept a large amount of money, and then bought porcelain, silk, and tea from the Central Plains and sold them to Persia and other countries, earning a lot of wealth from them, which was also the reason why the Western Regions countries were prosperous because of the Silk Road. Therefore, if I want to prosper, I should also mint copper coins by myself. ”

Speaking of this, Burhan is more pleased, but the Hechi Ti Department does not produce copper, which is not a difficult thing, and Persia in the Western Regions has copper, or that kind of particularly good red copper.

Aditya also said, "As for silver, because of its different fineness, its value naturally cannot be equaled, and if the Great Khan has to circulate it, then it must be counted in the fire, so as not to suffer a loss." ”

After saying that, he retreated stupidly. Burhan turned to Uliji, who had just spoken to the truth.

"Uliji! Since you were the first to propose it, you must know a lot about this matter, and there must already be a solution, right? ”

How did Burhan know that Uligi also heard from others. He hesitated and said, "Great Khan! Where is the solution to the minister, the minister still listened to Mrs. Lin, she only told the minister, and the minister brought it up, but the minister has no malicious intentions, if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, it will be very damaging to my Hechiti department, this minister knows. ”

Uliji tried his best to excuse himself, although he listened to the words of others, but it was also for the sake of the Chiti tribe, and Burhan could understand. However, where is this Mrs. Lin sacred? is a financial master with a unique vision, and Burhan really wants to meet her.

"Uliji! Nian is that you are also bent on the Chiti Ministry, Ben Khan will not hold you responsible, but who is this Mrs. Lin? ”

Uliji thought that Burhan knew, but he did not make it clear, but now that the Great Khan asked, he immediately said:

"Which other Mrs. Lin could there be? Of course, it is the shopkeeper of the Lin firm, the sister of the Queen Mother, Lin Niangzi! Now the Lin family firm is one of the most powerful firms in my Hechiti department, and it is no worse than the Alimuwei firm, what? The Great Khan didn't even know? ”

This is a wrongful accusation against Burhan, the Internal Guard Office had a record, but Burhan didn't care. I really didn't expect that this little lady Lin would actually come up with a Lin firm, which surprised Burhan. At this time, Burhan couldn't care too much, he wanted to talk to this Lin shopkeeper immediately, and the matter could not be delayed. A person left the ministers of the palace and walked towards the inner court, without even saying anything about retreating.

Originally, Bohan entered the inner court and thought about finding a toilet to put water in the first place, and then go to the queen mother to find Lin Xiaoniang to talk about the matter, but he didn't expect to bump into a soft body as soon as he walked outside the door of the "Kunning Palace".

"Oops!" Burhan was as strong as a calf, but the woman lay on the ground at once, her arms were broken, and bright red blood oozed from the wounds.

Burhan hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It was I who was reckless and ran into the girl. He helped her up, and when the woman recoiled her scattered hair, Burhan realized that this was not the little lady Lin he was looking for? She is still so charming and seductive, and her elegance is peerless! I can't help but see God.

Lin Xiaoniang was originally bumped into her arm and scratched the skin, and there was already blood flowing out, so she was very annoyed. Just now, she didn't care about getting up and checking the wound, but when she looked up, she was sweating profusely, which really startled her. At this time, he was stared at like this by Burhan, and his little face couldn't help but turn red with shame, and he bowed and said:

"Great Khan! It was the women of the people who recklessly bumped into the Great Khan, and asked the Great Khan to forgive her sins. ”

Bourhan was startled by the soft voice of Little Lady Lin, and suddenly came to his senses, took Little Lady Lin's hand and walked to the side hall, saying as he walked, "Aunt Lin, I have something important to ask you." He had forgotten about the urgency of urination at the moment, and after what had just happened, it didn't seem to be so urgent, at least he couldn't feel it anymore.

And Lin Xiaoniang's wrist was firmly grasped by Burhan, and several times she wanted to break free, but was caught more firmly by Burhan. Her smooth, elastic skin felt so comfortable that Bulhan couldn't help but grip it tighter. And the crimson that Lin Xiaoniang has not yet receded looks even more tempting at this moment.