At night, Zhu Zilong's five-star Golden Dragon Red Flag fleet returned triumphantly.

The dinner table was full of delicious food, on the side was Neng Xiaoyu, Xiao Qiuxiang sat with him, and Wang Dayong stood on the side and had a heartfelt reply.

Zhu Zilong took out a piece of Japanese silver ingot, and said with a smile to himself: "The silver quality of this Japanese Ding is good, which is better than most of the silver on the market in my Ming Dynasty." ”

Wang Dayong also replied with a smile: "In fact, their copper is also good, and there is a lot of copper in the Japanese country, and it can be transported back to make copper coins, and it can collect several times the profit." It's a pity that private coinage is not very legal after all, and it doesn't matter if the amount is small, and if the amount is too much, I am afraid that something will happen. If the court asks about the crime, it will be difficult to speak. ”

Privately minted money?

Zhu Zilong's face was still unfazed.

(Private coinage, an ancient numismatic term.) The coins stolen by the private stove are intended to make profits. After all, the country uses copper as money, and this copper has ore all over the country, and it is impossible for every country to have it in its hands. ）

In ancient China, except for a brief period in the early Western Han Dynasty, it was always controlled by the government.

Later dynasties and dynasties all stipulated that those who minted money privately were punished severely.

For example, in July of the first year of Qiande (964) of Song Taizu, the "Song Criminal Union" stipulated: "Those who mint money privately flow 3,000 li. and he who has not been cast shall be imprisoned for two years, and he who has not been made shall have a hundred rods. ”

In December of the fifth year of Hou Qiande (967), he issued an edict: "The light and small evil money and iron money in the prefectures shall be sent to the official within one month, and those who do not send it will be guilty of the crime, and those who dare to cast it privately will abandon the market." "Anyone who mints copper coins privately is punishable by death, regardless of the number of coins.

However, as long as it is profitable, it is difficult to completely ban the phenomenon of private minting.

Therefore, for the private money that has been minted and circulated, the ancient government often adopted a combination of collection and prohibition. While strictly prohibiting the circulation of private money, we also used official coinage money and grain silk to collect and recast evil money in private hands, and then returned to the furnace to recast it, in an effort to reduce the amount of bad money in social and economic life.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were also local people who minted money privately, and it was even more powerful in the later period.

Do you want to ask Zhu Zilong if he dare?

Of course I dared, but if something happened, I asked the emperor to say that he had confessed his secrets. It's for the emperor's secret!

If you don't cast, others are also doing it in other places, but the copper content is comparable to the official proportion, and the people suffer a little less.

This kind of crime that is killing the head of others if they are caught, for him Zhu Zilong, he has long had a protective umbrella.

And it is also the biggest umbrella of the Ming Dynasty, and it is really a brain to get into the water if you don't mint money privately.

When I go home and find a place to hide, I will find an opportunity to get to work. Where to make money, and what is faster than printing money directly?

Finally, the fleet returned to Yantai in about a week.

Zhu Zilong, in addition to a few Japanese women who looked like modern A and V actresses, and Ocean Marker, were sent to the inner courtyard with special care. A number of other Japanese women have arranged to work as female workers temporarily!

And then there is, all the people in Zhujiazhuang who have free time came to help unload the goods from the ship, not in vain, and gave money to the porters.

Because most of the goods are basically copper, gold and silver, they go directly to the warehouse.

Before Zhu Zilong could rest, someone came to visit.

A very unexpected person, Sun Yuanhua.

In the past, Zhu Zilong was just because of his identity as a businessman and a miracle doctor, so he paid a little attention. Now it's different, the lord has extraordinary strength, there are many soldiers, and this time he has seen a lot of things at sea, and there are cannons that he is most interested in can refer to.

So, like a cat seeing blood, he smelled the fishy smell and came over.

Sun Yuanhua, who was born in a person, failed many attempts, gave up the imperial examination and went to study Western studies under Xu Guangqi. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a great thing that someone could do the post of governor.

I have to say that he is a lucky one.

Sun Yuanhua has served in Liaodong for a long time, relying on his ability to cast cannons, and his official position is smooth. is a technocrat with good luck, because he is buried in his work, no one can do without this kind of person on stage. If no one maliciously dealt with him, he should be able to have a good death.

However, in the end in the original history, he did not get a good death.

The turning point was that in the position of governor of Denglai, he was unlucky because of Kong Youde's rebellion and was killed by the emperor on the streets of Beijing.

However, now Comrade Mao Wenlong has not hung up, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse (Comrade Zhu Zilong) has no idea of hanging up, so naturally Yuan Chonghuan has no possibility of being the leader.

So, from the rebellion of Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and others, whether he will happen or not, the devil knows.

Therefore, Sun Yuanhua's indirect life saved Comrade Zhu Zilong.

At this moment, Zhu Zilong also wanted to take a good look at what this Lord Sun looked like.

It stands to reason that now Sun Yuanhua's official is older than Zhu Zilong, and Zhu Zilong should see Shangguan with courtesy. But because he is a lord and a special character, coupled with Sun Yuanhua's love for cannons, he ignores other etiquette.

Therefore, it became Shangguan to visit Xiaguan.

Of course, some face still has to be given, so as soon as the two sides met, Zhu Zilong smiled and said: "I have admired the name of Lord Sun for a long time, Benjue has just arrived before, I don't understand the rules of Dengzhou, I didn't come to visit my lord, please include more!" ”

Sun Yuanhua nodded with a slight smile, which can be regarded as a return gift. Under the unspoken rule that civil officials are greater than military generals, even he is not exempt from vulgarity!

The Ming Dynasty relied on the big stick of money and grain to control the martial arts. But this is not good for Zhu Zilong!

The next thing is the polite words of officialdom, what did Sun Yuanhua say? He said, Lao Zhu, everyone is from the background of reading sage books, what good things do you have, share them together, such as your cannon?

In this regard, Zhu Zilong said hehe.

However, to deal with technocrats like Sun Yuanhua, it is not impossible to completely ignore them, and it is okay to form an alliance in another way. After all, he is a centrist official!

But he couldn't easily give the true technique, so Zhu Zilong started Tai Chi.

After a round of pushing, Sun Yuanhua was also anxious, and the technician official was a rectum, and said: "Hmph, this official only wants to get the skills of artillery, if not, I must not be afraid that someone will play your private craftsman, privately cast artillery, recruit craftsmen, and plot against you, these crimes." At that time, it will be difficult for this official to do it! ”

The lethality of this threat is comparable to 0, and Zhu Zilong almost laughed out loud.

Sitting steadily, he replied with a smile, "In that case, please go back, sir." ”

TM doesn't give some dry goods, but also wants technology, even if it is to give at most, it is just a surface. Threaten a bird's egg!

Sun Yuan raised his hand angrily and pointed at Zhu Zilong and said, "You ......"

Then, there is no more. No matter how big the official is, Zhu Zilong has a knighthood, and it is not something he can dispose of casually.

And technical officials may not like to do things too much, Sun Yuanhua didn't move his butt or speak, just stared at Zhu Zilong angrily.

The atmosphere was dull for a while, and in the end, Zhu Zilong took pity on him for being a technically unjust dead guest, and sighed: "My lord, if you want to cast a cannon, you must first have steel." There is a matter of ignorance in the lowly position. Please give me advice! ”

Sun Yuanhua was obviously stunned, and said casually: "You can ask about the cannon casting." What do you wonder? ”

In the original history, the field of artillery. Sun Yuanhua is definitely the first person in the Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't have any moisture at all. However, when he saw Zhu Zilong, he was no longer the first person!

At this time, Zhu Zilong also decided to give him a little dry goods back with a kind of pity for him, sympathy for him, and the idea of mutual communication between technical otaku.

Of course, you have to say that you are afraid that you are worried that modern craftsmanship will be learned by others, and then you will slap Zhu Zilong in the face.

Oh, I just want to say, you guys think too much.

Without a full set of production art, this is not possible. If you want to reach the same level of artillery as Zhu Zilong, unless you buy it from him.

But, will Zhu Zilong be sold to outsiders?

God knows!