made nearly four million copper coins at once, and there are really a few dogs to sell, the price of a dog is one hundred, and it is estimated that it can also earn two or three million, so after calculating this dog fight, Li Hong can make seven or eight million, which he didn't expect at all. Therefore, on the way back to the East Palace, he was in a very good mood, and even Chen Gong on the side felt that His Royal Highness was in a very happy mood.

Back in the East Palace, Li Hong came to the Cheng'en Palace, and saw that Zhao Hongskirt and Princess Gesang were there, Li Hong let Zhao Hongskirt warm a pot of wine, and served a few side dishes, while drinking, while listening to Zhao Hong's skirt caressing the qin, Princess Gesang was by his side.

If this scene was seen by Gaozong and Empress Wu, he would definitely be shocked. Because in their eyes, the prince, who has always been bad at music and femininity because of his body, is enjoying it like this today, not only with Zhao Hong's skirt touching the qin, but also with Princess Gesang to accompany the wine, how comfortable it is!

Princess Gesang wanted to speak many times in the process of pouring wine for Li Hong.

Li Hong saw that the princess had something to say to him, so he asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't talk about it." ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, Gesang can agree to your request now, but can you tell Gesang what you want to do with these 100,000 iron horses?" Princess Gesang asked. She was afraid that Li Hong would use the 100,000 Tubo to destroy their Tubo, and if this was the case, it would make their Tubo gain more than it would lose.

"Have you ever heard that there is a powerful country in the West of the Western Regions?" Li Hong asked. Princess Gesang was surprised, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is talking about the Arab Empire established by the Great Cannibals?" ”

"yes, I didn't expect you to even know that." Li Hong was also curious about how Princess Gesang would know about the Great Cannibal Arab Empire, but he didn't ask the other party, but continued, "Whether it's you Tubo or our Tang Dynasty, what is the purpose of occupying the Western Regions?" Isn't it just for profit? But how much land do the countries of the Western Regions have, what kind of land is there, and how much money can we squeeze out of them. ”

"So is Your Highness's goal the Arab Empire?" Princess Gesang asked, "Want to occupy this country?" ”

"Yes." Li Hong nodded slightly, "But it's not to occupy it, but to put it into the territory of Datang and make it a part of Datang." In the future, the territory of Datang will not only be in the east, but also in the west. ”

"So, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is letting the 100,000 cavalry of our Tubo be cannon fodder?" Princess Gesang asked in a somewhat unkind tone.

"The 100,000 cavalry of Tubo are cannon fodder, you overestimate the combat effectiveness of your cavalry." Li Hong sneered, seeing that Princess Gesang was already angry, he spoke, "Not only your turtle cavalry, but also the armies of Goryeo, Baekje and Silla, in addition to the armies of the Western Regions and Tianzhu, Gu's conservative estimate is about 600,000 people. ”

"600,000?" Princess Gesang was stupid, and asked Li Hong to really gather the armies of these countries together to form a coalition of 600,000 people, and even if the Tang Dynasty did not send a single soldier, he could easily capture the cannibal Arab Empire. At this moment, Princess Gesang stared at Li Hong, he couldn't believe what a grand goal the man in front of him had in his heart, and dared to come up with such a crazy plan, did this mean to take over the world?

"More than 600,000, Datang also has to send troops, otherwise how can Lone control these 600,000 coalition troops." Li Hong said unabashedly, "Datang sent 400,000 troops, 200,000 foot soldiers, specially used to guard against 600,000 coalition troops, and 200,000 iron cavalry to protect the safety of Lone. ”

Princess Gesang was completely speechless, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really afraid of death, but the big spoon dispatched an army of 400,000 just to ensure his safety. Just when Princess Gesang despised Li Hong's greed for life and fear of death, Li Hong said again, "Of course, what needs to be protected is the treasures and money plundered from the country established by the Great Cannibals. ”

"Uh-" Princess Gesang is petrified, His Royal Highness the Prince, can you finish talking in one bite?

"Now, can you make a decision?" Li Hong asked.

"No problem, Gesang agreed to His Highness's conditions on behalf of his brother." Princess Gesang said briskly. A prince of the Tang Dynasty who dares to dominate the world naturally looks down on the Tubo people who are vast and sparsely populated and have poor land. At the same time, Princess Gesang is also very embarrassed, compared with her brother, the distance between Li Hong, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and her brother is really a natural difference, when her brother is still thinking hard about how to regain the royal power, the prince of the Tang Dynasty is already planning and laying out how to dominate the world.

"If you can be a concubine by the side of such a great king, I guess it will be a good choice!" Princess Gesang said in her heart. Suddenly, she had the idea of wanting to follow Li Hong to the death.

After negotiating the terms with Princess Gesang, the two sides drew up a document, signed their names and stamped their seals, and the agreement came into effect. After that, Li Hong went back to rest.

Early in the morning, he woke up and washed under the service of Zhao Hongskirt, and when he was eating, he saw Yan Zhuang coming in a hurry, "Your Highness, Zhao Renji, the secretary of Honglu Temple, asks to see you." ”

"Let him go to the Chongjiao Hall and wait!" Li Hong said that he knew that Zhao Renji came to see him, it must be because the group of foreign aristocratic children who bet with him last night had already handed over the money.

Yan Zhuang bowed and left, Li Hong ate and rebelled unhurriedly, drank another cup of tea, and then came to the Chongjiao Hall slowly. Since the last time he received the Tibetan delegation and let Zhao Renji sit in the position of Honglu Siqing, he has been subordinated to Li Hong. Although it is not as good as Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao and other henchmen, it can be regarded as Li Hong's right-hand man.

Zhao Renji was waiting for Li Hong with a sad face, and when he saw Li Hong enter the main hall, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute.

"No need, sit down." When Li Hong saw Zhao Renji's salute, he opened his mouth to stop him.

"Your Highness!" After Zhao Renji sat down, he asked, "Did you bring the money back?" ”

"This—" Zhao Renji hesitated. Li Hong frowned and said, "Why, didn't they hand over the money to you?" ”

"No, they sent the money to Honglu Temple early in the morning, but..."Zhao Renji hesitated. Li Hong said angrily, "It's just something, say it quickly." ”

"It's just that there is too much money, and it has to be pulled by car, and it can't be transported to the East Palace for a while." Zhao Renji said with a sad face. Three million million copper coins, this is not a small amount, this is more than the money, but it has to be loaded with several carts to be able to pull to the East Palace. At the same time, Zhao Renji also scolded this group of foreign nobles in his heart, what things you send are not good, silver and gold are fine, you give copper coins, this is too cheating, right?

"Do you have to pull it in a car?" Li Hong was also surprised.

"No, now all the officials of Honglu Temple are counting the number of copper coins, and it will take a day just to count them." Zhao Renji said.

After listening to Zhao Renji's explanation, Li Hong suddenly realized.

Indeed, the copper coin has always been a thousand Wen, and the three million copper coin is... That's a lot of money!

"In that case, let's store it in Honglu Temple first." Li Hong said lightly. Because his mind is no longer on copper coins, but how to solve the problem of inconvenient carrying copper coins. Just like he said to Princess Gesang, his goal is not only to govern the Tang Dynasty well, but also to dominate the time, and then the military budget will be very large.

After pondering for a long time, Li Hong thought of two solutions, the first is to use silver or nearly to replace, which will be convenient to carry, but it is also not able to completely solve the problem of inconvenient carrying, the only way is to issue paper money, just issue paper money, now Datang does not have such ability, the first is not an official institution specializing in the issuance of paper money, the second Datang, there is not enough gold reserves, so the rash issuance of paper money will only cause currency depreciation, paper money flooding, affecting the economy of Datang.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, Zhao Renji was a little flustered.

"You go back, by the way, let Yan Zhuang find An Liangchen and say that he has something to tell him to do." Li Hong said. It is not yet possible to find banknotes, but it is possible to start preparing for it.

The most important point in the issuance of paper money is to prevent the appearance of counterfeit coins, how to eliminate counterfeit coins, Li Hong now has only two methods, the first is to improve the quality of paper money, so that imitators can not really imitate paper money, so that the counterfeit currency and the real currency can be seen at a glance, and the second is to adopt a strict criminal law to eliminate counterfeit coins.

For example, those who make counterfeit coins without permission will exterminate the nine clans. Anyone who sells or uses counterfeit coins will be beheaded for public display, etc.

Driven by profits, there are all kinds of people, let alone counterfeit coins, so Li Hong has to use harsh criminal laws to put an end to this problem.

An Liangchen, the person who invented movable type printing by An Liangchen and his son, Li Hong came to An Liangchen to give him two tasks, the first task was to let him invent a paper and sheet for when to make paper and money, and the second was to let him make a template for making paper and money.

If it is feasible, he will hoard a large amount of gold and silver, and then establish an official bank in Chang'an City in the name of the East Palace, and then issue paper and money as an official bank, and issue a small area in Chang'an City to see how the effect is, if the effect is good, it can be promoted to the whole country, and if the effect is not good, it will be taken back immediately, he believes that it will only be issued in Chang'an City, and he can still afford this loss.

When Zhao Renji heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, he hurriedly bowed down and left as if he had been pardoned. In fact, he didn't know that Li Hong's mind was no longer on him and the 3.8 million copper coins, but on how to distribute paper and money in the Western Regions occupied by the Tang Dynasty and Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje that would be occupied in the future.

At the same time, with the issuance of paper money, it is necessary to have special market economy talents, which makes Li Hong a little worried, is there anyone in Datang who studies economics? If you don't, you need to cultivate it yourself, and it will be difficult. If so, where are these people?