The Hetao grassland north of Youzhou is windy and snowy, while Chang'an, which is only 800 miles away, is warm and humid, as if it is completely unaffected by winter, and the streets are still full of people and noisy.

Speaking of which, the most lively thing some time ago was nothing more than the Anxi Army's victory ceremony, and after three consecutive days, Jin Wu couldn't help but parade through the streets with lanterns, and the whole city carnivaled.

After the three-day carnival, if in previous years, it was busy celebrating the New Year, ready to welcome the New Year, although busy, but every year, it was also quite dull.

But this year is completely different, in addition to being busy, more people are fluctuating, disturbing, not for other things, in short, they are all made by money.

On the day of the dedication, the mountains of gold and silver coins in the square in front of Danfeng Gate were already more numerous, and the larger gold and silver utensils simply blinded the eyes of these officials and people in the imperial capital.

Then two heart-warming news spread quickly, the first is that since the New Year's Day of the 11th year of Tianbao, Datang officially issued gold and silver coins for circulation.

Among them, the gold coin specification is one or two, which is worth 10,000 yuan of Tongbao; The silver coin weighs one for five coins, and it is worth 500 yuan of Tongbao; There are also five cents of silver beans worth fifty yuan.

The exciting and exciting news is that on New Year's Day, the civil and military officials of the entire Chang'an, as well as the relatives and nobles of the clan, and even the students with meritorious reputation, more or less, are rewarded with gold and silver coins.

As ordinary people, especially merchants, although the rewards of gold and silver coins are not their share, but in general, there will be gold and silver coins available at that time, for them who suffer greatly from bad money. It's also a good thing.

Besides. Some of the popular magnates and family valves in Chang'an City. During this time, I was even more excited and couldn't sleep, and when I opened my eyes, all I saw were shiny gold and silver coins.

This Xiao Qu's illness, this Anxi Army, what a boy who makes money, has transported so much gold and silver, and now circulates gold and silver coins, doesn't this give us another opportunity to make a fortune?

This time. These magnates and families are about to go crazy when they run the relationship, in order to get a gold and silver coin before New Year's Day.

Of course, things like minting private money, bad money, and fake money have nothing to do with ordinary people, so they pay attention to the second thing, that is, the recruitment of the Anxi Army.

Just like the gold and silver coins that will soon be circulated. On the second day of Xiao Quai's expedition, notices of recruitment for the Anxi Army were also plastered in every Fang city in Chang'an, as well as almost every county seat under the direct jurisdiction of the Tang government in Guannei Province.

The Anxi army has to recruit a total of 20,000 horses to ride this time. The warriors who drove the bow went to the border of Anxi and were well treated. Not only did every successful recruit soldier have meritorious service points in Anxi, but also the military salary was extremely high.

The lowest first-class infantry crossbowmen and jumping soldiers are distributed in addition to food and rice every month, and there are also four silver coins of military salary, which are combined with two yuan and treasures; If you choose to be a cavalry officer or a Mo sword soldier, it will be doubled, and if you are a cavalry officer and a Mo knife officer, it will be doubled.

You must know that in the past, the border troops who were recruited basically had no military salary, and it was difficult to actually distribute the meritorious fields, and the biggest advantage was that they could reduce or reduce the rent of the family.

And this time, the other treatment remains the same, as well as the meritorious field and the military salary of four silver coins per month, for a while, all over the country who came to Chang'an to sign up for the army almost crowded all the recruitment points.

In addition to this, there were smaller pieces of news that attracted the bankrupt petty burghers and landless peasants who could not ride and shoot arrows. That is the four seas trading company recruits a large number of employees, and the salary is also quite generous, and several recruitment points are also crowded.

Overall, because of these money-related news, the end of this year is very different from previous years.

At the same time, the discussion about why the Anxi Army was so rich, and why there was so much gold and silver in the land of the Western Regions and the rivers farther away, had never stopped, and everyone was enthusiastic when they talked about it.

In general, this unique year-end is extremely joyful and full of expectations for most Chang'an people.

Of course, there are very few exceptions, such as An Lushan, and for example, Yang Guozhong.

An Lushan not to mention, the snake tooth base in Chang'an City was uprooted by Xiao Quzhi, and the base in Youzhou was also destroyed, and at the same time, 20,000 war horses, 240,000 pieces of ordnance and 20,000 war horses were extorted by Xiao Quzhi.

Although he won the messenger who went to arrest Ashina Chengqing and recover the stolen goods in tears, he could pass the buck when the news leaked and he didn't have to really hand over such a thing, but in general, the loss was still great.

This makes An Lushan, who has always been smooth sailing since his beginning, not so angry that he wants to vomit blood. Although he has been by Li Longji's side every day in the past few days, he has become more and more smiling and flattering with all his might, but as soon as he returns to Qinrenfang's house, he will be furious.

It wasn't until yesterday that he received a message from a snaketooth spy from Youzhou, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

So while sending henchmen to operate secretly everywhere and connect privately, An Lushan himself went out in person under the noble suggestion and came to Xuanyangfang, which is only one square away from Dongping Wangfu, to visit Yang Guozhong.

At this moment, in the warm pavilion in the back garden of Yang Guozhong's house, which occupies one-eighth of the square like himself, the banquet is in full swing.

Outside the warm pavilion, the charcoal fire in more than ten charcoal stoves was burning, occasionally making a beeping sound, and the servants who were waiting were all sent far away at this time, An Lushan raised the silver wine glass in his hand, drank a sip of immortal brew, and said slowly:

“…… Speaking of which, we really have to thank Liang Guogong, if it weren't for him, how could we have drunk such a fragrant and fragrant immortal brew. There are also gold and silver tableware and wine utensils at this table, also thanks to Liang Guogong who won the battle in the middle of the river......

To put it mildly, Liang Guogong is really an unborn genius, the battle in the river has made such a great achievement, needless to say, this expedition to Youzhou, not only quelled the rebellion of Youzhou snakes, but also with two thousand soldiers and horses, in the party Baqiang killed a thousand miles of blood, killed tens of thousands of enemies, it is said that even children under the age of ten did not let go, now the group of Hu is shaking, Your Majesty is also a little annoyed by this,......

In fact, in addition to marching and fighting, what I admire more is Liang Guogong's ability to make money in business, as soon as his Sihai supermarket opened, soap and rose glycerin sold like crazy, 20 pieces of soap, 20 bottles of rose glycerin were sold out at once, and the number of people waiting in line to buy was countless; There is also the one called meat floss, which has always been one or two, and some people rush to buy it when it is so expensive......

Twenty percent of the money earned by the Four Seas Trading Company and the Four Seas Supermarket was directly donated to His Majesty, and thirty percent was used for training and raising troops, which was equivalent to saving money for His Majesty. Liang Guogong is so good at making money and managing money, and he will definitely become more and more favored by His Majesty......

In addition, Liang Guo's ability to recognize and employ people is also admirable, so he was promoted this time, responsible for managing the custody and transfer of the Anxi Army's trophies, and supervising the minting of gold and silver coins......

It's just that I have some grievances for the doctor, shouldn't Taifuqing be responsible for these things? ”

On the day of Xianjie, the festival between Xiao Quai's illness and An Lushan, the whole Chang'an can be said to be known, although Yang Guozhong does not know what the specific reason is, but this does not prevent him from using his own mentality to figure out and analyze, and the final conclusion is that the two are competing for favor.

An Lushan didn't come to find himself early, he didn't come to find himself late, but when the party Xiang Qiang envoy came to Chang'an to complain about the imperial complaint, and begged everywhere to find himself, his intention is not to ask.

Although Yang Guozhong was born as a gangster, he was not stupid, so he naturally knew that An Lushan was here to use himself as a gunman and to help him deal with Xiao Quai.

It seems that Xiao An and the two have had a conflict when they met, and it is no wonder why An Lushan, who has always been extremely proud of himself before, is extremely respectful to himself when he enters the court this time.

In previous years, every time An Lushan entered the court, Yang Guozhong took the initiative to post a knot to curry favor with An Lushan, but I didn't expect that this year, because of Xiao Qu's illness, it would be reversed, which made Yang Guozhong feel a little more happy.

To be honest, although Yang Guozhong had curryed favor with An Lushan before, he actually looked down on this mongrel who made his fortune by bribing and pretending to be stupid.

On the other hand, Xiao Quai's illness made him admire him a lot, after all, he was really credited, and he also brought down Wang Ji and helped him get the three extremely important positions of Jing Zhaoyin and Yu Shi Dafu who had been registered in the world.

And so far, he and Xiao Qubing are still allies.

Therefore, this time An Lushan came to find him, Yang Guozhong planned to perfunctory him at first, but An Fatzi's words made Yang Guozhong inevitably hesitate in his heart.

An Fatzi's words have several meanings, the first point is that Xiao Quzhi killed Dang Xiang Qiang this time, and the Dang Xiang Qiang envoy begged everywhere, and all the attached tribes who came to Chang'an to pay tribute were instantly angry, and His Majesty was also a little annoyed, telling Yang Guozhong that this was a good opportunity to attack Xiao Qu Qiang;

The second point is that Xiao Quzhi is very good at making money and collecting money, and is therefore favored by His Majesty, and he is also valued by His Majesty's favor because of his ability to collect money, Xiao Qubing is his competitor and will threaten his status;

The third point is to sow discord, talking about the custody and transfer of the Anxi Army's trophies, the supervision of gold and silver coins, and all other matters, which were taken care of by Xiao Quzhi alone. As a result, Xiao Qubing wanted to lead troops to fight, and entrusted this matter to Lu Yi, and these things should have been taken care of by Taifuqing, that is, himself.

Taifu Qing, the leader of Taifu, is in charge of gold and silk finances, and is responsible for managing the treasury and the emperor's private treasury, that is, the internal treasury. In any case, the spoils of the Anxi army should be handed over to the state treasury or the emperor's private treasury, and they should be responsible for their own management.

But because of the need to mint gold and silver coins, Xiao Qubing said early in front of the emperor that time was pressing, and the jade jewelry, some exquisite gold and silver utensils, and some other items were handed over to the Taifu for safekeeping;

As for gold and silver coins and silver ingots, the gold and silver utensils to be melted were directly transported to Shaofu and kept by him, so that the time of intermediate circulation could be reduced, and they could be melted and cast directly into Tang gold and silver coins.

Speaking of which, this is also where he is extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Quai, and he doesn't let himself go, for fear that he will be corrupt, although he really wants to make some benefits. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's gone today,