"Prince, I want to see the accounts of these coins."

"Wait a minute," Wang Ming said. He immediately ordered the servant to bring with him all the accounts of the coins that had been struck over the years.

Song Jiu looked at it.

"Gong Song, I'm glad I was thanks to you."

"Prince, if you are not in the court here, don't call me Duke Song, or call me Xiaojiu." For this Wang Ming and Song Jiu, he attaches great importance to him, can be civil and martial, and has a very good economic mind, maybe because the luck is not very good, otherwise this person's ability can span the east and west and the three divisions, and the three important department official positions can be held.

Wang Ming smiled bitterly.

In the past, it was called Xiao Jiu, but today is anyone still calling Xiao Jiu? Maybe only Song Jiu's fierce eldest sister dared to shout.

"Or, call Yi An."

In short, in Song Jiu's heart, Wang Ming was an elder, and Song Gong said that he felt very uncomfortable.

Wang Ming understood his heart, his heart warmed slightly, but he didn't dwell on it, and said: "If it goes on like this, it won't take ten years, and the country will probably not be short of money." ”

"Prince, wrong, do you know how many coins I have hidden in my house alone, and if most of the Yanai are the same as me, what will be the consequences?"

The Song Dynasty's large-scale coinage was initiated by Song Jiu, but without Song Jiu, after the Song Dynasty got the copper pits in the south of the Yangtze River, it would also mint coins on a large scale, and even minted more than 5 million coins a year at most.

Song Jiu didn't have the ability to increase the amount of coinage to 10 million, there were too many constrained factors, many copper pits had not yet been found, and the population was not large, even if he improved his technique, he still could not be called mature. Therefore, in the first year, only 3 million yuan of coins were minted, but it cannot be denied the credit of Song Jiu, the improvement of copper smelting technology, and the improvement of coinage technology and process have also been more advanced, so the increase has increased rapidly, and last year it reached more than 5.7 million yuan. Compared with history, this is quite impressive, and the average annual coinage of Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty in history is only 8.9 million yuan. That is, the emergence of Song Jiu, Shengsheng increased the coinage production of the Song Dynasty by nearly seven times.

Wang Ming didn't know the amount of Song Dynasty coinage in another time and space, but he could feel the changes brought by Song Jiu. There is also a horizontal comparison. That was the amount of coinage in the Tang Dynasty.

This amount is still increasing, and in the next ten years, the total amount of coinage can reach more than 60 million. If you add the original number of coins, as well as the previous copper coins. The number of copper coins can exceed 100 million.

It may be enough to meet the demand for money circulation.

However, what Song Jiu said was a different result.

In the past, Song Jiuqian came in front. Later it was spent.

Later, the Hezhou deed shares were handed over to the imperial court. There is no longer support for the imperial court in disguise.

The reason is the same as Mi Dechao's slander of Cao Bin.

Ximen Qingda's officials can do good deeds, and the imperial court will even reward them, but Song Jiu and Cao Bin have to pay attention to doing good deeds. What are you doing when you are the ruler of the court, buying the hearts of the people?

It still cost some money, nothing more than throwing some money at those islands, and building some more ships, but this money was quickly returned. Therefore, the wealth of the Song family is accumulating more and more, of course, it is not entirely copper coins, there are gold and silver, jewelry, coral, and spices.

It's just that Song Jiu's family has a big problem with saving coins, but if it is the development of Hezhou initiated by Song Jiu, these participating Yanai and businessmen, these people have invested these money one after another, and how much money they have earned, some of these people continue to invest, overseas, in Lingnan, or in other places, and some people are extravagant and extravagant, and the overall impact is not great. But if you study Song Jiu one by one, spend some of it, and save most of it, then there may be a big problem.

Even the money circulating in the entire market is not as rich as these people combined. They kept all the coins in their homes, and as a result, there were no copper coins in circulation in the entire country. Unless Song Jiu has an amazing skill, so that the Song Dynasty mints 20 million yuan a year.

In the future, the number of coins will increase, but the population is increasing, the wealth is increasing, and the number of coins is far from enough.

Of course, it is just an assumption, how many people have reached the level of Song Jiu's wealth, and how many people have so much cash from the Song family in their homes? Besides, even if there is not enough currency in circulation, the sun will still rise as usual.

But really......

Song Jiu continued to look at the account books.

After a while, Song Jiu put down an account book and told the little official to make a cup of tea to rest, Wang Ming came over and said, "Yi'an, I'll give you something." ”

Song Jiu took it and quickly glanced at it, and said happily: "Thank you, the prince." ”

……

"Why bother?" Pan Li'er said.

Song Jiu wanted to find a way to collect money without being harsh on the people, but to everyone's surprise, he didn't go to the academy to engage in research and development, but relied on the three divisions all day long.

However, at this time, Shi Xizai's years are getting higher, his health is not very good, he has time to ask for sick leave, there are two prime ministers in Xifu, Wang Xianren is not bad, but his talent is too bad, Chai Yuxi and Song Jiu have no contradictions, but their talents are poor and their character is not good.

This made Song Jiu sad, so he made it very late every day to get off duty.

"Li'er, it's just these two days."

"The concubine is afraid that Zhao Pu has ideas."

There are three officials in charge of the Third Division, and Wang Ming is obviously not helping either, but he secretly gave Song Jiu that good thing, which is also a statement.

Zhao Pu is old after all......

And he is different from Cao Bin, Cao Bin's ascension is mostly thanks to Zhao Pu, without Zhao Pulibao, there would be no Cao Bin today. Zhao Pu also recommended Pan Mei, but Pan Mei has today, which is a lot of military exploits.

Wang Ming is different, he has made political achievements since the Later Zhou Dynasty, and he has made great achievements in governing Lingnan in Pingling and Pingjiangnan. With his qualifications and political achievements, the three divisions of power are sufficient.

It's just that he has a low-key personality and won't sing to help Song Jiu. Giving Song Jiu that thing is already an exception.

Not to mention the second minister, Chen Congxin, who had offended Zhao Pu before, took it down when Zhao Pu attacked Zhao Tingmei. Now that he is used again, he actually hates Zhao Pu more than Hou Zhi.

The third official, Hao Zheng, is not very noticeable. His movements can also be seen when dealing with Zhang Wangbei's case.

What is right or wrong? When Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, the people of the capital competed for his meat. Regardless of whether Yuan Chonghuan is right or wrong, it will not make the people hate it to such a degree.

From the ruler's point of view. Wang Anshi must be right, from the perspective of civilians, it is not easy to say whether Wang Anshi is right or wrong, and from the perspective of wealthy landlords, Wang Anshi must be very wrong. If you look at it from the perspective of the imperial court, there are rights and wrongs in looking at the north.

If you look at it from the perspective of those dozens of bitter households, Zhang Wangbei is executed, and he can't understand their hatred. But in the eyes of other people in Yuxian County, Zhang Wangbei has done a good job.

But in the end, Hao Zheng reported from the perspective of other people in Yu County.

It seems that he fairly reflects Zhang Wangbei's actions, but the fact is that he is optimistic about Song Jiu's "future".

Zhao Pu is finally old.

Song Jiu is Zhao Kuangyi's old man. Meritorious. Capable, and in his thirties, with an unlimited future.

But in Zhao Pu's eyes, Sansi is his cheese after all.

So Zhao Pu was very displeased. So I wrote one thing. Recruit an for Li Jiqian. Allowing any of the four states of Huayaofang to observe the post of envoy is not a false position, but a real officer.

As long as you are willing to surrender. You can pick one of these four states and appoint it as an observer.

However, there is a premise that it is necessary to go to Beijing to petition for guilt, and it is not allowed to have any further contact with the ministries.

Some generals are disdainful, is it reasonable to rebel, is it true that the Song Dynasty is incompetent to the point of stealing the country?

But a group of literati like it.

The people of the Song Dynasty generally valued peace, quiet, and bought peace, just like an incident that happened last year. At that time, at the insistence of Song Jiu, the miscellaneous taxes and two taxes in the four states were gradually reduced, but the autumn tax of that year was still handed over, and the construction of roads and villages did use a lot of labor of the local people, although the imperial court issued subsidies, but these subsidies did not reach the hands of the people. Although Tuoba Yu's surname is Tuoba, he is not a close relative of Tuoba Li's family, so he has a lot of apportionment.

In addition, they were ostracized by some other large tribes, so they begged to move to the mainland, can we bring our people to the mainland?

Zhao Kuangyi was worried that there would be a misunderstanding among the ethnic groups in the northwest, and ordered all ethnic groups to guard their accounts.

I am in charge of the four states, not to weaken your party departments.

Zhao Pu's decision was in line with the Song Dynasty's ethnic policy.

It is also very tempting, the starting price is a state observer, and although these states are not in the northwest, they are all in Shaanxi, not very far from Xiazhou. Even Li Jisheng did not enjoy this kind of treatment.

However, if Li Jiqian agrees, without him taking the lead in making trouble in the northwest, coupled with various policies, the four states will be able to calm down soon, and the price will be worth it.

At that time, Song Jiu was silent.

If it was Li Jiqian in history, needless to say, he would not agree, but now Li Jiqian is not easy to say, the price of the Song Dynasty is high enough, and after his own chain defense, it has become more difficult for him to do a big career, and he may not agree, he may agree.

If Li Jiqian really surrendered, Song Jiu would not reject it, one thought became a Buddha, one thought became a demon, could it be that Li Jiqian was really born a backbone? If used well, this talent is better than Yang Ye.

And why bother waiting for the northwest to make trouble and turn the tide to prove that it is undoubtedly playing with fire. Once an accident occurs and Li Jiqian succeeds, the Song Dynasty will no longer be able to gain the upper hand against the Liao State, and Yuping may never come back.

But if Zhao Pu succeeds, what will become of his own measures in the northwest? That would be a big joke.

Zhao Pu just pushed him lightly, and Song Jiu fell into a dilemma.

"When will he go down?"

"I believe it's not far away......," Song Jiu said, but his tone was a little unconfident. Zhao Kuangyi's eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo, also made enough trouble, but Zhao Pu'an was like Mount Tai, so Song Jiu suspected that he had miscalculated.

This made Song Jiu uncomfortable.

Because of the different styles of the two, Zhao Kuangyi will not tolerate his own intrigues and tricks, but he can blindly defend passively, and sooner or later he will be able to get things done. But it's just playing conspiracy and tricks, and he is Zhao Pu's opponent?

Zhao Pu asked Song Jiu and his wife to be sad all day long at home.

That's why tonight's scene came.

The lady has finally returned from a distant overseas.

In fact, overseas is not as dangerous as everyone thinks.

If the ship has an accident, the risk at sea is definitely higher than the risk in the big rivers, but the difference between the two is that now the navigation is more like the monsoon, and it will go back and forth once a year, or even longer. If you go to the South China Sea, the real time at sea, if it is smooth and windy, the round-trip time is less than a month, and the rest is on the shore. Boats come and go in the river, due to the long time, compared with the two, plus the sea boat skills gradually improved, the accident rate of each other is about the same.

The second is soil and water disobedience and malaria. The water and soil are not adapted, and they have also come up with many local methods, such as bringing the tea leaves from the hometown, and putting the soil from the hometown in the drinking water, I don't know if the road has any effect, Song Jiu prompted, and eat apples, oranges, and fruits with high vitamin content, in fact, the seafarers also noticed it very early, planting vegetables in the cabin, raising fish and pigs. There is, but as long as the measures keep up, it's not very serious. Malaria is a bigger headache, but unlike large armies, which tend to have thousands of people together, are susceptible to malaria and can spread easily. On a ship going overseas, there are at most about 200 people, and there are only a few dozen people, and the number is small, and they disperse immediately when they reach the shore. Therefore, although malaria exists, the harm is not serious.

But because of rumors, Jiangnan, the richest place in the future, has become a lowly and wet place, and Song Jiu has made so many efforts and corrections, Lingnan is still a place where miasma is rampant, and it is overseas.

Now that the population of the Song Dynasty is relatively small, Song Jiu didn't dare to do too much, so he let his wife go overseas to avoid it, and even let his sons go overseas to sharpen themselves in the future, and he also used his family as an example to correct everyone's concept.

When the common people went overseas, would they recognize China in a few hundred years, Song Jiu would not think about it, what he thought was that the Song Dynasty would have a large population in the future, and there would be a place for dredging. Then the Song Dynasty existed for 500 years, and there would be no land pressure due to population growth. To achieve this, tens of thousands of families had to build settlements overseas while he was alive.

This is not only for the country, but also for his children and grandchildren.

The lady went overseas, and those islands did bring considerable profits, so there were other Yanai good imitations.

But at this time, Song Jiu still didn't want the lady to come back.

It's okay to come back, but you have to wait for Zhao Pu to fall.

However, Zhao Kuangyi said it, and Song Jiu had no choice but to let the lady come back.

And because of the court situation, Song Jiu didn't dare to be high-profile, and deliberately let the maid's boat moor to the dock at night and come back quietly.

It was getting dark.

A carriage arrived outside the door, and the lady quietly stepped down from the carriage. She has changed a lot compared to before.

Her skin had become a little darker from the exposure to the South Seas sun, but she looked healthier than before. If it used to be a remnant flower in the autumn wind, with a dead breath, now it is a spring flower in spring, becoming more vibrant.

However, Song Jiu still hadn't figured out how to arrange her.

The main thing is that I don't know what is going on in her heart, but it's always good news to be back......

Pan Li'er didn't know whether to be happy or sentimental, and said: "Little swallow, you finally flew back." ”

The lady was also very happy, and her eyes flashed with crystalline starlight and mist. (To be continued......)