Liu Yi only brought back a single army of soldiers from Nanyang, and all kinds of precious gold and precious jade and treasures transported back by an ocean-going warship and more than 100 small and medium-sized escort ships had already been secretly hidden in Qu'a.

Gold is a scarce precious metal in the Han Dynasty, and like silver, it is actually quite rare and belongs to precious metals. However, the use of gold and silver as precious metals existed in Huaxia much earlier, not during the Han Dynasty. It's just that most of the people in ancient times used it to make some sacrificial instruments and some jewelry and other things, and they were not used as circulating currency.

However, since ancient times, the Chinese people have long recognized the value of gold and silver, and have long liked to compare the value of some things with gold and silver.

Such as the value of gold, a thousand gold is hard to find, etc., these words can prove that although gold is not circulated among the people, the ancients have already understood the value of these precious metals.

And the Han Dynasty, after Zhang Sai traveled west and opened the Silk Road, a large amount of gold and silver from the West flowed into the Han Dynasty. However, these precious metals did not flow into the people in large quantities, and were generally in the hands of those powerful people in the imperial court, as well as those giant merchants and wealthy families who participated in the westward journey and traded with East Asia and Eastern Europe. In the past two or three hundred years, slowly, gold and silver have subconsciously had a certain proportion of value, and the transactions between the rich, especially huge transactions, no longer need to use a large number of very inconvenient copper coins in boxes, but directly trade with gold, silver and other equivalent transactions.

In this way, a kind of atmosphere was slowly formed, and. The rich and powerful are proud to use precious metals such as gold and silver. to highlight who they are. Slowly, this ethos. It also began to slowly flow into the people, and ordinary people were also proud of their own gold and silver, and felt that wearing gold and silver showed that they were superior. Gold and silver have gradually become a kind of wealthy feature of the people, and gold and silver are often on the lips.

As long as an object has a specific value, especially when the object has a certain metaphor and becomes a symbol of a certain status. It's sure to be something that everyone wants to pursue.

In this way, although in the Han Dynasty, the Han court did not explicitly stipulate that gold, silver and jewelry were currency, but gold and silver had become a valuable currency subconsciously of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, after all, it was not officially circulated, and during the Han Dynasty, gold and silver were relatively scarce, so. It's not something that people in the world see it all the time. Liu Yi has now returned from so many valuable gold, silver and other precious things in the Nanyang region. It was not to collect them, but to exchange them for some materials that the new Han Dynasty needed now.

Didn't the New Han Dynasty already issue copper coins that were different from the past? Now, the people in the territory of the New Han Dynasty basically use the copper coins of the New Han Dynasty to trade. Other than that. Silver coins and gold coins have been trial-issued, and gold, silver, and copper coins can be issued in a certain proportion. They can be exchanged for each other and can also be used for shopping. So. As a result, the New Han Dynasty officially defined gold, silver and other precious metals.

Liu Yi believes that it will not take long for the monetary system of the new Han Dynasty. It will also become more and more mature. Therefore, the gold and silver that are brought back now will be minted into gold and silver coins in the future.

Of course, gold and silver coins are unlikely to become the main circulating currency of the Han Dynasty in the future, and are only suitable for some large-scale transactions and as collector's coins in the future. Because, now Liu Yi let people get the New Han Dynasty dart bureau is relative to the banks of later generations, has been slowly improved and matured, after the New Han Dynasty has completed the purpose of unifying the Han Dynasty, the banknotes and silver darts will definitely be issued, so Liu Yi only intends to define the value of gold and silver, and will not circulate gold and silver coins.

In addition, gold and silver will also become the guarantee of the Han economy in the future.

You must know that Liu Yi has accumulated countless gold in the past ten years, which is enough for the New Han Dynasty to open a central bank, not to mention, the open-pit gold mine in the Lanling tribal area has been found, but it is limited to the conditions, and it has not been mined for the time being, however, the mining work is also being prepared, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the New Han Dynasty will produce a large amount of gold.

When we talk about gold, we are talking about the whereabouts of the gold, silver, and jewelry that we have brought back from foreign countries and what they will be used for in the future. The rewards given to the soldiers will be directly distributed from the military department to the hands of the officers and soldiers of the New Han Army, or to their families. Of course, every time you come back from a foreign country, the property you bring back will be cleaned up and calculated, not just casually put into the warehouse, and under normal circumstances, an additional part will be given to reward those meritorious soldiers.

These, in fact, there will be a civilian official Cao Cao who records the merits and deeds of the soldiers, and for the matter of meritorious rewards and punishments, the New Han Army already has a relatively perfect military regulations and military laws, and Liu Yi does not have to worry too much.

Leave the gold and silver treasures in Qu'a, and the fleet will be on its way.

It is very close from Qu'a to Jianye City, and it will take half a day.

The Yangtze River has always been a river controlled by the New Han Army, so Liu Miao has no control over the waterway, and only some rivers and lakes near Jianye can be controlled by him. But even if there was still room for him to form a navy, Liu Miao would not dare, so as not to attract suspicion and conflict with the naval army of the New Han Army. Therefore, Liu Miao actually did not have a navy, only a navy to maintain the safety of local waterways in inland rivers and lakes, and the number of people was only a few thousand.

It is precisely because Liu Miao did not formally form a combat naval army and had no control over the waterways at all, so he could only devote himself to the infantry army and put more effort into the defense along the river.

Liu Yi ordered the navy to anchor on the edge of the Yangtze River outside Jianye, looked at the Jianye city wall not far away, and observed the fortifications on the riverbank, etc., after looking at it for a while, Liu Yi couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

ordered the people of the warship below not to go ashore for the time being, but first let a civil official take the official greeting sticker of the New Han Dynasty and go to give it to Liu Xuan, telling Liu Xuan that he would visit and see how Liu Xiang reacted. If the Xinhan army lands immediately now, I'm afraid that the entire Jianye City will be in chaos.

Liu Yi can see some of Liu Xuan's thoughts from the fortifications on the Yangtze River. and the thoughts in his heart.

Just look at the section of the Yangtze River basin outside Jianye City, which is dozens of miles long, from the outside. It seems to be undefended, riverside beach. There are many wharves and merchant fishing boats coming and going, a lively and prosperous scene, and people come and go. Moreover, if it is on the river, if you don't take a closer look, it is really difficult to see the fortifications arranged by Liu Miao on the river bank, and it is even more difficult to see the military horses of Liu Xiang's army on the bank.

The reason why Liu Yi laughed was because he saw through Liu Yi's heart.

As for Liu Xuan, he is actually a bit like the landlord Lao Cai in later generations. I finally saved a little foundation, and finally had a small world of my own. In his heart, he always doesn't want to give it up. And asked him to take the foundation he had saved, and then go to work hard to earn more capital, but he didn't dare. Therefore, he can only spend the day trembling, trying his best to think about how to keep this little family business of his own.

However, this landlord's old fortune is all around. It seems that there are too many people who want to covet his old wealth, and they are too strong.

It's like a landlord who has to face the government and mountain thieves. And some passing crooks or something.

Such a metaphor may be a bit wrong, but Liu Yi thinks it's about the same. Those landlords are old and rich. In order to prevent others from taking away his family business, he can do anything about it. As. In the face of the government's endless demands, he pretended to be poor. Confront the crooks. He can play dumb. And in the face of the mountain bandits who might directly rob his family's wealth, he secretly laid an ambush, so that even if those mountain bandits came, they would not be able to take advantage of him.

Of course, the arrangement made by Liu Miao now, what he secretly guarded against should be the New Han Army, and the New Han Army is not a mountain bandit. If the New Han Army really wants to deal with him, Liu Xuan, it will just rely on his seemingly hidden defense line, so can it stop the landing attack of the New Han Army? Also, Liu Yi felt that Liu Miao seemed to be a little too small-bellied.

How so? You, Liu Xuan, since you are afraid that the New Han Army will seize his inheritance, then, either you are surrendered and strive to obtain more preferential policies from the New Han Dynasty. It's his, it's still his, and Liu Yi won't say that he wants to rob all his family business, at least, Jianye's position as a city guard will definitely continue to be him, as long as he does a good job, Liu Yi will allow him to keep going. For the New Han Dynasty, if the area around Jianye City is well governed, that is, it will be meritorious, and when the time comes, if you become famous, will you lose the benefits of him Liu Xuan?

Since you're afraid, well, don't take the initiative to find a better solution, and you've been pretending to be crazy and stupid, and you're dragging it out when you think there's still a little chance. However, he was still not at ease, worried that other people's men and horses would suddenly break into his home and loot him.

Therefore, he had to arrange military horses to defend it, and it was impossible for him to open the door and wait for others to loot.

For this, Leo Yi is aware. However, you, Liu Xuan, know that with his little strength, it is impossible to defend against the New Han Army. If you want to decorate it, don't you arrange it on the riverbank? Why bother to secretly arrange a hidden line of defense? Covering his ears and stealing the bell, this made Liu Yi feel a little laughable.

After a while, from the direction of Jianye City, a group of people galloped in.

Leo stood at the bow of the boat, waiting for the group to arrive.

"It's Liu Xuan, but it's too guarding?" Liu Yi shouted vigorously on the boat.

"The old man is!"

"In the New Han Dynasty, the Taifu Liu Yi, it won't be abrupt to visit Lord Liu Xuan, right?"

"Where is it, the old man is late to greet him, and I hope that the master will not be surprised, no, as soon as he received the post, he rushed here."

"Hehe, Lord Liu Xuan, you just need to ask your subordinates to pass the word and allow me Liu to come ashore to visit, how dare you take over?"

"What did Taifu say? It's been so many years, and the old man often heard that the old man often went back and forth to the Yangtze River, but he never stopped in the old man's Jianye City, so that the old man could do his best as a landlord, which really made the old man feel deeply regretful. Early this morning, I still said to my wife, it's going to be winter, why are there magpies on the branches? It turned out to be a big guest. Master, please! Liu Miao jumped off the horse and walked under the boat to hug Liu Yi above.

It can be seen that Liu Miao's spirit is not bad, and for the time being, he seems to have a bit of everyone's demeanor, and he doesn't seem to be a cowardly person.

"Haha, that's good, Liu will bother."

Lewi laughed, ordered someone to build the bridge, and then let his ladies disembark with him.

As for the officers and men of the New Han Army on this fleet, Liu Yi did not let them get off the ship. Liu Yi believed that if he gave Liu Miao a day to be courageous, he would not dare to do anything to himself.

It's Liu Xuan, he seems to be generous now, but in fact, his heart is like a bean, and he can't tell what Liu Yi is doing when he comes to see him this time.

After Liu Yi got off the boat, Liu Yi came up to visit, and he was not very relieved to test Liu Yi and said, "That, Taifu, is it just you and the ladies?" What about the new Han army on board? ”

"Well, the sergeant on the ship will not get off the ship, but only one or two thousand men will come down to guard my wife. So as not to disturb Jianye City, it's the surname, isn't it? Liu Yi shook his hand and said as if Liu Miao was at ease: "Lord Liu Xiang, this time I came to Jianye, first, to let my wife relax in Jianye and appreciate the customs of Jianye City, in addition, Liu also wants to have a good chat with Lord Liu Xiang." ”

When Liu Miao heard this, he felt even more bad in his heart, but he didn't dare to do anything, so he had to pretend that he had nothing to do: "I see, the old man can't ask for it, it's windy here, why don't you ask the Taifu to go into the city with the old man first?" ”

"Okay, excuse me." Liu Yi naturally would not be polite to Liu Xuan.

In this way, Liu Miao led the civil and military forces of Jianye City who came with him, and led Liu Yi to Jianye City. When passing by the hidden line of defense, Liu Miao seemed a little embarrassed to explain to Liu Yi why such a line of defense was built. However, Lewy was noncommittal.

Liu Yi didn't let Mrs. Wu and the others follow, and asked Yuanqing, Mrs. Zhurong and other women to take a group of women from the Wa Kingdom to see the city of the Han Dynasty first. Jianye City, but a main city in the Jiangdong region, is quite grand, much larger than Qu'a City, and the Wa Kingdom of Himiko is even more incomparable.

Liu Yi himself only brought Yin Xiao and Huang Wudie into the Jianye City Lord's Mansion.

Liu Yike didn't really come to play, but to solve the problem of belonging to Jianye City. Because of Liu Yi's heart, he thought that solving the affairs of Hanzhong and Yizhou was much more important than the affairs here. Therefore, Liu Yi simply made it clear.

When Liu Yi and the two daughters, and Liu Xuan's civil and military guests, sat down, they served wine and food. When everyone introduced each other, exchanged pleasantries, and toasted a few glasses of water and wine, Liu Yi said directly to Liu Xuan: "Lord Liu Xuan, this time Liu Mou came to visit uninvited, the main thing is to ask you, sir, this, Jianye City, where will you go in the future?" ”

As soon as Liu Yi spoke, the atmosphere in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion was quiet.

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