After Li Yan returned to the city, he was furious and made a mess of the entire hall, and the little man trembled with fright.

After Tong Buwei came in, he said: "General, now we only have less than 50,000 horses, do you want to ask the king of Yuncheng for help."

Li Yan slowly calmed down and said, "You're not talking nonsense!" Hurry up.

Tong Buwei hurriedly said: "Small, go immediately."

Taiyuan Province

More than a dozen people from the staff group got together and were in a meeting

Han Bing said: "Chief of Staff, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue."

He Shouguang said: "This Li Yan is just a striker, this time he was hurt by us, he will definitely ask for help from the rear, and our opportunity has come."

We can be in Fenyang, Zhongyang, Pingyao, these three points are the only way for the army, we cut off their army here, so that it cannot be connected from end to end, and then take them by surprise.

Su Xiaoguang said: "Great, in this way, it will definitely give a fatal blow to the army."

He Shouguang said: "Time is pressing. He pointed to the map and began the deployment of his forces.

Suzhou

Zhang Zhongmou looked forward to the stars and the moon, and after waiting for ten days, Li Minlong finally came back.

Li Mansion, Li father and son and Zhang Zhongmou are discussing.

Li Minlong said: "I'm really sorry to make Chairman Zhang wait for so long."

Zhang Zhongmou said: "Elder Li is polite, and it's nothing for juniors to wait."

Li Minlong said to Li Hanqing: "Look at Chairman Zhang, he speaks so magnificently, you have to learn a little bit in the future."

Li Hanqing said: "Zhang Shao, give me more advice in the future."

Zhang Zhongmou said: "Brother Han Qing is the best among people, so why be polite.

Li Minlong said: "I heard Xiao'er say that you have obtained the right to mint coins.

Zhang Zhongmou said: "That's right, the younger generation is here to talk about this matter."

Li Minlong said: "I'll listen to your high opinions."

Zhang Zhongmou said: "I don't dare to take it seriously, it's just a small suggestion."

Li Hanqing said: "Zhang Shao, please speak."

Zhang Zhongmou took out a silver coin from his arms, handed it to Li Minlong and said, "This is the silver coin I made, nine silver and one bronze, you can take a look."

Li Minlong took a look and saw that on it, there was a Ming silver dollar written on it, and a one yuan written in the middle. Below is a date, and on the back is a pair of hands holding ears of rice.

Li Hanqing said: "Zhang Shao, this silver dollar is very exquisite.

Li Minlong said: "Why do you want to do this?

Zhang Zhongmou said: "Actually, I think that those broken silver are really not easy to use, with the characteristics of insufficient fineness and different weights, and the silver dollar I made is just nine silver and one coin, and the weight is fixed, don't worry, the fineness is insufficient; Moreover, this process has not yet been imitated under this condition, and real money is easy to accept.

Li Minlong said: Chairman Zhang didn't tell the truth! This weight ratio should still be profitable.

Zhang Zhongmou didn't intend to hide it from him, and said, "That's right, we can earn five yuan for every two taels of silver." (Note: One tael equals 100 money)

Li Hanqing said: "That means 10,000 taels, we can earn 500 taels, this is too easy to earn!"

Li Minlong said: "What are your plans?" “

Zhang Zhongmou said: "I will make this silver dollar, and you are responsible for recovering the broken silver or silver ingots and issuing silver dollars, except for the production cost, we will divide it equally."

Li Minlong said: "This is okay, it's just how to exchange."

Zhang Zhongmou said: "I can first make a batch of silver dollars, and exchange them for the same amount of silver according to the face value of the silver dollars." Over time, the broken silver or silver will disappear from the market, and the silver dollar will take its place.

Li Hanqing said: "It's just how to calculate this silver exchange."

Zhang Zhongmou said: "One or two silver dollars can make five silver dollars, which is equivalent to one silver dollar equal to 20 yuan."

Li Minlong said: "Then it was decided."

A month later, in the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen was holding a silver dollar, playing with it.

Zhu Youzhen said: "Big companion, you said that this Zhang father and son acted quite fast, and they issued the silver dollar so quickly."

Wang Chengen said: "Yes! Now the broken silver in the capital is no longer visible. In addition to official silver, there are also many fewer silver ingots on the market.

Zhu Youzhen said: "You said, if they are not ministers and thieves, they are business talents."

Wang Chengen is also not sure, what does the emperor mean, whether he cherishes talents or regrets talents.

Wang Chengen said: "It's a bit of a pity, but these servants don't think about the emperor's grace, and dare to threaten the emperor, it's really an unforgivable crime."

Zhu Youjian said: "How is the situation in Shanxi?"

Wang Chengen said: "It is reported that Li Yan's 100,000 army was beaten to the point that there was no backhand, and now they are still stuck in Taiyuan City, and there is no further action.

Zhu Youzhen said: "It seems that I underestimated the ability of this Zhang father and son.

Wang Chengen said: "It's just that the minions don't understand why they won, so they don't take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Luliang City."

Zhu Youzhen said: "Maybe they are just good at defending the city, but not in other aspects." What is new about the thieves everywhere now.

Wang Chengen said: "At present, Li Thief is the most powerful, known as one million, but after being suppressed by Governor Hong, it should be less than 800,000." Other small bands of thieves can't make big waves.

Zhu Youzhen said: "Do you think this Zhang father and son can clean up the Li thief."

Wang Chengen said: "It's hard to say, Li Thief has 800,000 troops, and even if the Zhang father and son win, it will be a heavy loss."

Zhu Youzhen said: "Hmph! It's better to lose both.

Chongwu Gate in the capital, an inn on the street.

There were two merchants from other places.

The two had just finished eating, and asked Xiao Ershi to settle the bill, but they took out the broken silver, but they didn't accept it.

One of the old men asked, "Broken silver, isn't it money?"

Xiao Er said: "I'm sorry, our store only accepts cash dollars."

Another young man said, "What is a silver dollar?"

Xiao Er took out a silver dollar and said, "This is it."

The old man asked, "Is it convenient for me to take a look?"

Xiao Er said: "Yes, after handing it to him, he looked at him vigilantly, for fear that he would run away."

The old man asked, "This silver dollar is really exquisite!" How heavy it is!

Xiao Er said: "Nine silver and one coin, which is equivalent to twenty coins."

The young man said, "Then this, where did it come from?"

Xiao Er said: "You only need to go to East Street, Xingming Commercial Bank, and you can exchange it."

The young man said, "Do all the people you have here use this?"

Xiao Er said: "As soon as I heard that the guest was from out of town, it was from other places!"

The old man said, "Yes! We're here to do business.

Xiao Er said: "If you are here to do business, without this kind of silver dollar, you can't do business here."

The young man said, "Why!

Xiao Er said: "Because this kind of silver dollar is of good quality, good condition, and the weight is the same, but it is broken silver, which is not easy to use, so no one is willing to accept this kind of broken silver anymore."

The young man said, "Dad, then I'll go and change!"

The old man said, "Go ahead!"