readx; In mid-November, Li Qing'an ushered in a double happiness, a joy is that he got the news of Chang'an, the imperial court officially renamed the Anxi silver dollar Tianbao silver dollar, recognized it as the legal tender of the Tang Dynasty, Li Qingan also knew that this is the result of a currency war, in which Hu Peiyun made great contributions, it was his step-by-step planning that made Li Yu finally issue silver money fiasco, had to accept the reality that the Anxi silver dollar has been recognized by the people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This means that he has the key to the Datang currency, and now he only needs to gradually increase the amount of silver dollars, and sooner or later, silver dollars will replace copper coins as the first currency.

But what made Li Qing'an happy was the second joy, he finally had his own child, and on November 12, when he was thirty years old, his first child fell to the ground.

Rushi was born a daughter, born with a weight of seven pounds, her face and eyebrows are like her mother, melon seed face, big eyes, thin eyebrows, nose and mouth are like Li Qing'an, the upper lip is slightly upturned, full of contours, according to their prior decision, the little guy is named Li Siduo.

Li Qing'an, who got the child, was ecstatic, he prepared tens of thousands of cakes and happy eggs according to the custom of broken leaves and distributed them to the families of broken leaves, and invited several famous singing and dancing teams from Shiguo and Kangguo, singing and dancing in the broken leaves city, so that the soldiers and civilians of broken leaves could share his joy, three days after birth, the child smiled for the first time, and the smile infected everyone, but unfortunately there was no camera in this era, and it was impossible to leave an eternal fix for the child, but this was difficult for Li Qing'an, he invited the most famous painter, with his pen, the child's smile was drawn, The painting was placed on his desk so that he could see it every day.

Early in the morning, Li Qingan tiptoed to the child's room, the child's bedroom is next door to the poetry room, there is a nurse to take care of, I thought I could see the daughter's sweet sleep, but to Li Qing'an's disappointment, the child is no longer in the room, at this time, there was a burst of laughter from next door, Li Qingan walked into the room, only to find that he was late, the child was held in the picturesque arms, there were several of her mothers in the room, Mingyue with a big belly, as well as dance clothes and picturesque, they were gathering around the child to talk about her appearance.

Rushi was half lying on the bed, her face was full of happy smiles, she suddenly found Li Qing'an who was probing her brain at the door, and said with a smile: "The child's father is here!" ”

"Look at you, you want to come in, don't you dare to come in?" Mingyue said with some disgust.

"I'm afraid of arguing with her."

Li Qingan raised his hands and walked in lightly, stretched his neck to take a look, and said with a smile: "Yo! Sleep like a piglet, can't wake up! ”

"Come on! Daddy hugs. ”

Li Qingan reached out to pick up the child, handed the child to him picturesquely, and repeatedly admonished: "Big brother, be careful, hold your head, be careful!" ”

"I know, hold your head."

Li Qingan carefully took the child, held it in his arms, he gently rubbed her pink little face with his beard, and said lovingly: "Hey! Little one, why don't you open your eyes and look at your daddy? ”

"The husband has a child, do you want to report it to the court?" Mingyue said with a smile on the side.

reminded Li Qing'an at once, he handed over the child to Rushi, sat on the edge of the bed and said to everyone: "I am going to report her title, the saint promised me before, my child can be given a knighthood regardless of his concubine, I am the prince, then she is naturally the county lord, but what county lord, you come and see, give her a nice title, use the name of our county in Anxi." ”

Everyone pondered together, and Mingyue smiled: "It's better to call the county lord of Jinman!" This title is both rich and auspicious. ”

"It's good, but I'm thinking of a more elegant title." Li Qingan shook his head and denied the title.

Ruhua suddenly smiled and said: "Then call the county lord of Qing'an!" Isn't there Qing'an County in the north? Got her daddy's name in there. ”

"No! No way! Rushi hurriedly waved her hand, "How can you take your father's name, nonsense!" ”

At this time, Wuyi smiled slightly and said, "Then Da Lang will give him a title!" I guess you've figured it out. ”

Li Qingan's face was hot, he thought about it, but he was embarrassed to say it, and he couldn't help laughing dryly: "Actually, the county lord of Jinman is not bad, but he always thinks it is a little vulgar, or he will be called the county lord of Julan." ”

The room was suddenly quiet, Li Qing'an's old bottom they all know one or two, who is this Julan, they all know, Mingyue secretly shook her head, it is rare for the husband to remember the unfortunate woman, she gave Rushi a look, Rushi knows, nodded and smiled: "I approve of the child being named the county lord of Julan, what do you think?" ”

"You are a mother, if you agree with us, we will have no opinion, and my daughter will use the county lord of Jinman in the future."

Mingyue glanced at Li Qingan with a smile, and said, "Let's stop talking, Rushi is in confinement!" Let's not bother too much, let's go back first! ”

The three girls all went back separately, and only Li Qing'an and Rushi were left in the room, Li Qing'an sat closer, and she asked with concern: "Do you feel better in the past two days?" ”

Rushi lowered her head and kissed the child, and said with a smile: "After resting for a few days, I feel much better, unlike the feeling of exhaustion after giving birth that day." ”

Speaking of this, a hint of apology flashed in Rushi's eyes, and she said in a low voice: "Big brother, I am really sorry that I couldn't give birth to a son for you!" ”

Li Qingan shook his head and said: "What are you talking about, as long as your mother and daughter are safe, I am happier than anything else, and besides, I like this baby daughter of mine, don't you know?" Fathers like their daughters very much. ”

"But ....."

"Nothing!"

Li Qingan interrupted her words, "It's not up to you to decide to give birth to a boy or a girl, you have a good confinement, wait for your body to be well-raised, and give me another one next year, then it must be a boy, and when he grows up, I will make him the king of Anxi, is that good?" ”

"Hmm!" Rushi nodded slightly, "Big brother, go get busy!" ”

Li Qingan glanced at the bell leak in the corner of the room, it was not early, so he got up and said with a smile: "I have an important meeting today, I will go first, you have a good rest." ”

"Big brother, kiss the child."

Rushi picked up the child, Li Qingan lowered his head and kissed her little cheek, and said with a smile: "My little baby, grow up quickly, Daddy will dress you up with the most beautiful diamond in the world." ”

Li Qingan kissed Rushi again, and whispered in her ear: "And you big baby, get better quickly, let's try to have another one." ”

Rushi nodded shyly, and Li Qingan turned around and left.

．．．．．．． Li Qingan rushed to the political hall, and when he walked to the door, he happened to meet Wang Changling, who also came to attend the meeting.

"General, I just have something to report to you first."

Wang Changling took out a document from the file bag and said: "This is the plan that the general said last time to establish the Anxi University Hall, because the time is relatively urgent, I plan to use the general's original residence, change it slightly, and then it can be used, I don't know if the general agrees." ”

The establishment of Anxi University Hall is not to recruit students to study, but to prepare for rotation training of civil and military officials in Anxi, a bit similar to the same surname as the party school in later generations, mainly to ensure that the officials are consistent with him in the political direction, especially this month with Liu Yan defecting to himself, the news came from the Beiting side again and again, Hexi marching Sima Pei Mian, judge Du Hongjian and Shi Cui Yi and other more than 20 important officials from Hexi and Longyou came to Anxi to find jobs, of course, this has something to do with the fact that they were squeezed out by Cheng Qianli, these heavyweight officials came to vote, It made Li Qingan's idea of establishing a university hall even more urgent.

Li Qingan nodded and said, "You don't need to ask me for these things, you are fully responsible for implementing them." ”

The two of them said while walking into the conference room, today is mainly to discuss the matter of mining and minting money, in the conference room, several major officials have arrived, Duan Xiushi, Cen Shen, Hou Yiyun of the Trade Department, Zhang Chao of the Money Minting Department, and Liu Yan, the newly promoted Finance and Taxation Bureau, everyone gathered together.

Everyone sat down, and the money minting office ordered Zhang Chao to carefully take out a wooden box, put it flat on the table and said with a smile: "According to the instructions of the general, the silver horn has been cast, please take a look at it." ”

Li Qing'an was in good spirits, and hurriedly got up and stepped forward, the silver horn is a very good idea, the ratio between the silver dollar and the copper coin is too large, and the transition currency is needed in the middle, just like ten yuan and twenty yuan in later generations, silver money is the best coin, but there is not much silver in the imperial court, and it cannot be issued in large quantities, so it can only use silver coins, but then the people do not buy it, and more importantly, it is easy to counterfeit, and there will be very serious consequences, and the silver horn can avoid this kind of counterfeiting.

Zhang Chao opened the lid, only to see that it was divided into two grids, filled with two kinds of sterling silver particles, one grid is a silver horn of fifty dollars, and the other is a silver horn of twenty dollars, the so-called silver horn is actually a standard shape of broken silver, fifty dollars of silver horn is a pentagonal body, the size of a peanut, twenty dollars of silver horn is a triangle, the size is like corn, polished very smooth, Li Qingan grabbed a handful and put it in his hand, it feels very good.

Zhang Chao explained: "This kind of silver slot is difficult to fake, if it is doped with lead or white copper, the weight will go up immediately, and you will know the truth with a light hand, and now it has been cast five hundred catties each, ready to be sent to the Central Plains after a thousand catties." ”

Liu Yan has been trying to get acquainted with the situation in Anxi during this time, and he didn't know anything about the casting of silver horns, he picked up a few in surprise and put them in his hand, looked at them carefully left and right, couldn't help but praise them, and asked: "How is this polished, there is no outline?" ”

Zhang Chao said with a smile: "We put the coarse silver slot and the iron pill into the big urn, and then use the water power to flip the big urn up and down back and forth, after a long time, the raw edge of the silver slot will be polished by the iron pill, and the use of this silver slot will be very busy in the future, and it will be smoothed by repeated hand changes, so don't worry about this problem." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, according to the plan, we will set off in the Central Plains in a month, so that the imperial court can taste the taste of Anxi silver slot after receiving our silver dollar, maybe the saint will change its name to the Great Calendar Silver Slot." ”

Everyone laughed.

"I think it's entirely possible."

Wang Changling said with a smile: "The reason why the imperial court can't beat us is because there is no big silver mine in the Central Plains, so they can't use pure silver, this is our incomparable advantage, not only there are big silver mines, but also gold mines and copper mines, as long as the imperial court recognizes gold and silver as coins, it won't take a few years, and the coins of the entire Tang Dynasty will be controlled by Anxi, and at that time, personnel and materials will be continuously sent to Anxi." ”

When it comes to gold mines, we will enter today's topic, about the discovery of gold sand in the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River, the Turks and the Turkish people have found gold sand in the riverbed of the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River very early, but it has not been taken seriously, until the Anxi Jiedu Mansion moved to the Broken Leaves, with a special prospecting army, it was discovered that the gold sand mine in the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River is actually a large-scale gold sand mine with extremely high grade, and also in the valley where the river flows into the Broken Leaf River, several extra-large silver and sulfur mines have been found, and the mining value is very high.

Considering the need to establish different sources of silver, the Anzai government decided to start a silver mine in the northern part of the Broken Leaf and at the same time pan for gold in the Broken Leaf River, and they met today to discuss some specific matters of mining.

"The key is that there is not enough manpower!"

Wang Changling continued: "We have just established more than a dozen workshops for weaving, spinning, ceramics, winemaking, etc., and added a few more weapons workshops, which also require a lot of labor. ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, the Broken Leaf Silver Mine can be mined by the Tocharian prisoners of war, and the labor gap on the Tocharian side will be supplemented by the Sindhians." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled again: "If it is possible, I can bring a thousand elephants to be porters, but I will personally visit the mines and inspect the valley of the Broken Leaves." ”

Li Qingan saw that Liu Yan's eyes were full of expectation, and remembered that he had promised him, so he smiled and said, "Liu ordered to go with him!" ”

．．．．．． The Broken Leaf River, also known as the Chu River, originates in the northern mountainous area of Talas, flows through the desert barren beach in the upper reaches, enters the Broken Leaf River Valley, and finally flows into Atami, with a total length of more than 500 li, of which nearly 200 miles flow through the Broken Leaf River Valley, becoming the most important irrigation water source in the Broken Leaf River Valley.

The Broken Leaf River Valley is a huge valley, the widest part has more than 100 miles, the narrowest place has more than 20 miles, the snow peaks on both sides of the valley are lined up, the tall and straight mountains block the cold current invasion, so that the Broken Leaf River Valley is exceptionally warm and humid, there are dozens of large and small tributaries flowing into the Broken Leaf River, abundant water sources, fertile land, dense forests, the Broken Leaf River Valley has become a vast and rich land.

There were originally scattered Turks and Turkish people here, after a large number of Han people moved westward, Turks and Turkish people settled in the area of He Hunting City and Frozen City, there were more than a dozen Han settlements of all sizes in the Broken Leaf River Valley, less than 1,000 households, large thousands of households, and more than 10,000 garrisons, together with military dependents are also distributed in the river valley, after nearly two years of development, the city began to appear, five new county towns were established in the Broken Leaf River Valley, and large farmlands and villages can be seen everywhere around the county seat.

At noon on that day, Li Qingan and his entourage of more than 1,000 people came to the territory of Chuhe County, which is about 80 miles away from broken leaves, and Chuhe County is also a new county, which was only established last year, with a population of more than 3,000 households, and it can be regarded as a middle county in the interior.

They were still ten miles away from the county seat, and they walked along a tributary of the Shaye River, not far from a gentle hillside, the hillside was planted with mulberry trees and tea trees, and there were patches of mulberry and tea plantations, although it was winter, the valley was very warm, and the river did not freeze, but the river was very shallow, and it flowed so that it could directly flow through the riverbed.

"General, look there!"

Liu Yan pointed to a tall waterwheel hidden in the woods in the distance and shouted excitedly, the beautiful scenery along the way made him finally can't help but muttered to himself: "This place is even richer than Guanzhong." ”

"Not only is it richer than Guanzhong, but there are also things that the Chinese peasants can't dream of."

Li Qing'an pointed to the large mulberry forest on the hillside not far away and nearly 400 acres of fertile land on both sides of the waterwheel, and said with a smile: "These are all owned by a family, I still remember this family, it seems to be surnamed Wei, I came to inspect last year, it is a family of displaced people in Hedong, a family of seven, on the way to Anxi, the old couple almost starved to death in Hexi, and now they have settled here, the youngest son is in the army in Beiting, followed by Cui Qianyou, they are military households, they don't have to pay a penny of taxes here, they don't have to pay grain, and there will be no land annexation." ”

"What if it's not a military household?" Liu Yan asked with interest.

"If it's not a military household, it's thirty taxes one, tax exemption for the first three years, if you don't farm, you will be taxed at one hundred wen per year, but if you have a child, the Anxi government will have to pay a consistent amount of money every month, which is very good!"

Liu Yan was stunned for a long time before sighing: "Such a good thing, why didn't the general go to the Central Plains to publicize?" A large number of immigrants will definitely come in waves, so why worry about the lack of manpower? ”

"Next year! After the beginning of spring next year, I will pack up thousands of miles, reopen the Hexi Corridor, and recruit immigrants again. ”

Several peasants by the river were repairing the ditch, and when they saw a large group of cavalry passing by, they all put down their lives and looked at them curiously, Li Qing'an suddenly recognized one of the old men, and urged him to step forward and smiled: "Old man Wei, do you still know me?" ”

The old man looked at Li Qingan for a long time, and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "The villain doesn't know that the general is coming, he's guilty!" ”

Several peasants next to him were so frightened that they knelt down together, kowtowed, and said, "I didn't know the general was coming." ”

"You don't have to, I'm just passing through here."

Li Qing'an asked his soldiers to help them up, turned back to the soldiers and said, "Everyone rest on the spot for a while." ”

The soldiers dismounted one after another to rest, Li Qingan also turned over and dismounted, found a flat boulder and sat down, and smiled at Liu Yan who was standing aside: "Liu Zhizhi, come and sit for a while." ”

Liu Yan came over and sat down, and at this time, a rather handsome girl brought a bowl of water to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an took the water bowl and said with a smile: "Uncle Wei, I remember that this is your granddaughter!" Last year, she was a yellow-haired girl, and she grew up this year. ”

The girl's face turned red and she hid behind her grandfather, and Old Man Wei sat on a stone and said with a smile: "The eighteenth female college has changed, she is fourteen years old this year, and she is going to go to the broken leaf silk weaving workshop next month." ”

"What? Can even the workshop be found in advance? ”

"A few days ago, several officials came to recruit workers, more than a dozen workshops were recruiting, and my granddaughter chose a silk weaving workshop by herself."

Li Qingan didn't know about this matter, and he usually didn't ask, so he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Did you say how much wages you will be paid?" ”

Uncle Wei took out a document from his arms and handed it to Li Qing'an, "This is a contract, my granddaughter will go to the Leaf Crushing Workshop to work for two years, and we will be the guarantor of Zhang County." ”

Generally speaking, the Central Plains workshop recruitment must sign a contract in advance, in black and white, clearly write the salary, accommodation, etc., generally signed for three years, by the local security as the intermediary, the three parties draw and sign.

It's just that the workshops of broken leaves are all government-run, and they are managed by the Craftsman's Office, and the contract is also the same standard format, Li Qingan personally participated in the drafting, he knows very well, but Liu Yan saw this kind of contract for the first time, and he couldn't help but get up curiously.

Li Qingan pointed to the wages on the contract with a smile: "See, ten silver dollars a month, one day off every ten years, free room and board, how about the workshop in Chang'an?" ”

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said: "As far as I know, the guys in the West Market have done a good job, getting up early and going to bed late, working hard, and not resting, at most two hundred wen a day, six yuan a month, a little lady like her, at most three yuan of wages, ten silver dollars, the black price is equivalent to thirteen yuan, even I don't have such a high salary." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Of course, you know how difficult it is to recruit workers in Broken Leaves, you don't pay a high price, who is rare?" Don't say that the workers, that is, the maids of my family, also need to be paid fifteen silver dollars a month, and I have to pay for four days off a month, and I have to pay out of my own pocket. ”

Liu Yan sighed: "The salary is the first in Datang, but the price of grain is the lowest in Datang, before I came, someone persuaded me, saying that Anxi is a wild and poor place, what nonsense!" ”

Uncle Wei also interjected: "Actually, I don't want my granddaughter to break the leaves, I have twenty acres of mulberry forest and ten acres of tea plantations, and the mulberry forest will be able to produce leaves next year, and start raising silkworms, and the family also needs people, but my granddaughter likes the liveliness and prosperity of broken leaves, no way, I have to let her go, hey!" I'm really worried! ”

"Uncle, please rest assured, your granddaughter can come to me if she has any difficulties, I am not here, and I can find my wife."

Li Qingan took a famous card and handed it to the girl, and the girl suddenly blushed and said, "General, why don't I go to your house to be a maid!" ”

Li Qing'an was stunned, and immediately laughed, raised the contract and said: "That's not good, I snatched people from the workshop to be a maid, and Wang Qianniu knew about it, so I had to post big-character posters all over the city and scold me to death." ”

At this time, a few horses galloped in the distance, and stopped near the front, several officials turned over and dismounted, carrying their robes and running to this side, Wei Lao Zhang recognized the young official in front of him, and said with a smile: "General, this is our Zhang County Order." ”

Li Qingan also recognized it, and the young county magistrate was Li Yu's nephew Zhang Zhihe.

This gentleman wrote a poem half a year ago, which spread from broken leaves to Chang'an, which was a sensation.

"The egrets fly in front of the Xisai Mountain, the peach blossoms flow and the mandarin fish are fat, the green hats, the green lily clothes, and the slanting wind and drizzle do not need to return."

He wrote about the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

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(To be continued)