In the middle of June, Su I Ping Bing Wei finally came to the good news, after more than two months of carving was really made by him qualified carving mother, Su I Ping Bing Wei letter carved carving mother a total of four pieces were sent to Ji Liang Yi when the hand to watch, these carving mother is indeed more than the ordinary Yongle money out of several circles, and the weight is also a lot, the handwriting is clear and beautiful, the text is thin and tall, the words are deep, the strokes are strong and powerful, the ground chapter is smooth, there are no traces of casting in the body, even he can't help but want to collect one.

These four carving mothers are Hongwu Tongbao, Yongle Tongbao these two kinds of copper coins each two, these two kinds of money is also the most widely circulated and most popular money in the market, at the same time Su I Ping Bingwei told him, Hongwu Tongbao in addition to the small flat money will also be cast in the future to fold two, when three, when five, when the carving mother of ten big money, Yongle Tongbao only needs to prepare two large money carving mother, each face value of the copper coin weight corresponds to only a very small error.

The quality of Hongwu money is different, but because it is the second batch of copper coins in the Ming Dynasty, it is also the earliest batch of copper coins that flowed into Japan and is very popular.

What he is sending now is the carving mother of Xiaoping money, the big money of the two is still doing the final decoration, and the big money of Hongwu money is more than two will have to wait for a while to be cast, this speed has made him very satisfied, so he said happily: "You did a good job!" This family will reward you with 500 Yongle money! Do a good job in the future! The rewards will be even more! ”

Su Ihei Bingwei didn't have the slightest look of joy, as if he was making some difficult decision, he suddenly bowed down and said: "The villain has something to ask for, please His Royal Highness Sakamoto allow the villain to go out of Shijira's house!" ”

"Don't you want to be a businessman? Not! The temptation of being a samurai is indeed not small! It's not bad to think about it, and he is relieved to let this kind of high-level talent out, nodded and said, "Okay!" My family agreed! Reward the three of you for supporting rice, and make a year of 200 yuan to be the craftsman of the family! ”

"But ......," Su Ihei hesitated.

Ji Liangyi said impatiently: "It's nothing, but do you still want to take the sword and cut off your head to make meritorious service?" Don't be silly! Do what you have to do, you are a samurai among craftsmen, a craftsman among samurai, and in the future, you will teach your children and grandchildren this skill to pass it on, understand? ”

Su Ihei Bingwei leaned over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty understands! Thank you, Lord for your grace! ”

Hongwu Tongbao in accordance with the Ming Dynasty coinage rules Xiaoping money per text weighs one money, folds two coins weigh two coins, when three coins weigh three coins, when five coins weigh five coins, when ten coins weigh one tael, Yongle Tongbao in the same format, with his current scale, can not be large-scale casting to increase the fire paint, edge, gold back and other new anti-counterfeiting technology of Jiajing Tongbao.

In fact, the theft of Yongle money began to appear before the Yingren Rebellion, and began to appear on a large scale after the Yingren Rebellion, but those daimyo did not have the technology to turn sand and cast money, and second, they did not have the mother money, and they did not know what the mother money was, so the copper coins stolen and minted were of inferior quality, and there were many potholes and "sand holes" on the money body, and the money body was obscure, and it was very light, so that people could see through it at a glance.

Jiliang Yishi cast Hongwu Tongbao, Yongle Tongbao can not be regarded as a thief casting, whether the selection of the sand casting method or the production of the carving mother are strictly in accordance with the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of money is only used as the currency of Japan's local circulation, there is no need to worry about the Ming people to find out, even if the Ming Dynasty found so many more Hongwu Tongbao, Yongle Tongbao will not be investigated.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties minted copper coins as a hard currency for foreign trade to obtain profits, and another set of currencies was popular within the Ming Dynasty, namely the notorious treasure banknotes, which had been good in the Ming Dynasty for decades.

Later, because the Ming court did not know how to recycle the old banknotes to maintain the credit, the non-stop crazy printing of money led to the value of the treasure banknotes diving all the way down, and in the end even as toilet paper is not rare, the Ming court had to terminate the tradition that has been used for more than 100 years, and began to mint copper coins on a large scale as the main currency.

But the Ming Dynasty has always been very short of copper, more lack of practical copper money, and the folk have the tradition of melting copper coins to make copper profits, and some landlords and wealthy merchants simply melt pure copper, pure silver cast into a big ball buried in the cellar, this vulgar habit makes the function of the original currency circulation be infinitely transformed into a collection, how much pure copper and silver in the market are enough for them to smelt and cast, of course, the more lack of copper, the more expensive the copper price, the more expensive the copper price will prompt more people to melt copper storage, becoming a vicious circle.

The shortage of money caused by the lack of copper also inhibited the speed of capitalization and development of the handicraft industry in the south of the Yangtze River, and suppressed the economic development rate of the Ming Dynasty, while Japan has a lot of copper, and the mine has been mined intermittently for 800 years now, and will continue to be mined for 400 years in the future.

The new money minted by Kira Yoshishi is recast according to the standard of copper four lead six, which is naturally much better than the original variegated Hongwu Tongbao, but there is a slight difference in the fineness of Yongle Tongbao, of course, this difference is not obvious, and only the money house of the Kira family can distinguish the subtle differences between the two.

Ji Liang Yi Shi by recycling Yongle money back to the furnace to smelt pure copper, and then according to the standard of copper 4 lead 6, a large number of recasting will become an important income for him, this ratio will be used by a certain Ming Jun of the Tartar Dynasty to cast official copper coins more than a hundred years later, the weight of the newly minted copper coins has always been just a little more than seven catties and four taels.

This standard is just in line with the Japanese common ruler law, the ruler law stipulates that the consistent weight is equal to seven catties and five taels, has approached the hairstyle official money standard, even if it flows to the Ming Dynasty on the market, there is nothing to worry about, the most merchants are surprised that this kind of Hongwu Tongbao has never seen, but will never suspect that it is Kira furniture casting, he is not worried about being exposed because of the use of new technology of Jiajing Tongbao, each small flat money weighs one money and two cents, and the consistent money is only seven catties and eight taels, and later increased to each small flat money weighs one penny and two cents and five, and the consistent money eight catties is already the limit.

Pure lead is obtained directly from the iron money, and the large number of coarse copper blocks with slightly poor accuracy can also be melted to melt the pure lead needed, and there is copper and lead can keep recasting copper coins, although I know that this business is very profitable, but in order to prevent leakage, Kira Yoshishi did not dare to recruit Omi's manpower, so he could only use the speed of Su Ihei Guard's people.

Kira Yoshishi pondered for a long time, and then thought that the country of Mikawa was not rich in honest farmers, and hurriedly contacted Nobusada Okochi of Mikawa, asking him to select a thousand farmers from the country of Mikawa, regardless of age and origin, only to be loyal and honest and strict-mouthed, if they can move at home, it would be better.

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