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This includes salt and tea.

As early as the beginning of the end of the Battle of Yan Ji last year, when Xia Yi went to Longcheng, Liu Che had already ordered the loyal army and the Lou Fu army to completely control the several famous salt producing areas in the Munan area.

The northern grasslands are already very short of salt.

Now, the few salt farms are under the control of the Han family.

If they want to eat salt, they have to buy it in Dragon City.

Salt is a source of life for herders and their livestock.

Without salt, people and animals would get sick!

As for the tea leaves......

Anyone familiar with the habits of nomadic life will know the importance of this amazing botanical drink to the nomads of the north.

Without tea, the herders may not die, but they will certainly be uncomfortable!

Controlling salt and tea is equivalent to controlling the weakness of many tribes.

In addition, corn, wheat, and liquor produced in China were also commodities that the Han dynasty could currently exert influence on the tribes of the Makunan region.

As for the luxury of the iron pot, it has been sought after by the Xiongnu since the third year of Yuande.

Liu Cheke heard that owning an iron pot and a kitchen knife is a symbol of status among the Xiongnu tribes.

Thinking like this, Liu Che knocked on the case: "Maybe you can also add five baht coins......

The five-baht coins minted by the Han dynasty were not only sought after and trusted by the subjects of the Han family because of their exquisite appearance, moderate weight, and high copper content.

Even among the Mitsukoshi and Southwest Yi, it has become a trend.

As for the Xiongnu, Liu Che had also heard that there was a story about a certain Xiongnu trading with Hanjiayu City and insisting on five baht money.

Quietly, the five-baht coin swept the world like a hurricane.

In just eight or nine years, it has occupied the top spot in credit currency.

It's a pity that the circulation plate of five baht has always been a big problem.

The reality of China's serious copper shortage has in fact made the annual copper output far from keeping up with the speed of currency issuance.

Last year's copper ingot production was even less than 20% of the new currency!

It's so embarrassing.

Shaofu is almost crazy in order to mint money.

If it weren't for the gift package sent by the five kings of Qilu and the Chang'an bureaucracy, I'm afraid that by now, Shaofu Secretary Liu She would have gone crazy.

"Continue to increase the amount of gold five baht minted...... Liu Che thought in his heart.

Since the advent of the fourth year of Yuande, the golden five baht has gone through a bumpy and arduous road.

Unlike the five-baht coin, China has never had any gold and silver currency in circulation since ancient times.

Gold has been regarded as a precious metal rather than a general equivalent for thousands of years.

The Qin and Han dynasties, although began to pay attention to the role of gold.

However, the scope of its circulation has always been limited to nobles and doctors.

It was not until after the Battle of Mayi that Shaofu minted the first batch of 1 million gold and 5 baht as a reward for the generals and soldiers.

Liu Che thought that this would be a good start and lay the foundation for the circulation of gold currency.

But who knows, he almost lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot - most of the soldiers and officers, after receiving the five baht, did not use it for consumption, but dug a pit and hid these yellow, orange and orange cuties like the landlord's old wealth.

Moreover, most people's idea is that after their own death, they will let their children and grandchildren bring these gold and five baht as funeral gifts to him in the coffin......

This really made Liu Che almost vomit blood in anger.

He racked his brains and tried his best to pull out the gold from the hands of the princes and ministers, intending to use it as a reserve for the future gold standard currency, but in the end, he still couldn't escape the fate of being a funeral object......

At that time, Liu Che almost wanted to give up the idea of continuing to issue five baht.

Fortunately, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

And it is constantly expanding and increasing the issuance of gold five baht.

In the fourth year of Yuande, a whole year, the Han dynasty only minted one million gold and five baht, and cost about eight thousand gold (theoretically speaking, a pound of gold can only mint ninety-six five baht coins, or even less, but Shaofu in the casting process, hollowed out the mind to mix all kinds of impurities into the gold five baht, in fact, the impurities doped in today's gold five baht account for about 30%)).

In the fifth year of Yuande, in order to pay the rewards and rewards of the battle of Gaoque, Shaofu minted more than 200 gold and five baht per gold again, and in that year, due to the decrease in the amount of five baht coins, in order to pay wages, Liu Che instructed Shaofu to mint an additional two million gold and five baht for the salary of officials.

In the six years of Yuande, the amount of gold five baht minted in Shaofu reached an unprecedented six million!

And this year has only been ten months now, and the minting volume of gold five baht has reached 7 million!

The huge stock of gold and five baht has finally made this high-grade currency have the market and conditions for circulation.

At least in Chang'an and Luoyang, merchants began to use the golden five baht in their daily transactions.

As a result, the population was exposed to this gold currency.

The people began to accept it and use it with pleasure.

At this point, the gold standard strategy of the Han family finally took a solid first step.

"Next, it should be the development of the neon gold mine...... Liu Che thought about the plan in his heart, the neon islands, at present, for the Han Dynasty, the only use value may be the archipelago, those precious metals that have been brought to the surface from the depths of the earth due to volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and other reasons.

However, the development of Neon's gold resources has never made Liu Che finally able to make up his mind.

Because he knows very well that the neon gold is lovely, but in the water of the neon river, there is a huge devil lurking - schistosomes!

In fact, the current schistosoma of the Han family was brought back from neon by someone who doesn't know who.

Later archaeological evidence proved that there was no schistosomiasis in China before the early Han Dynasty.

One day after the beginning of the Han Dynasty, schistosomiasis suddenly appeared.

In the decades that followed, the dreaded parasite multiplied, taking over the vast water network of the Wuyue region, and spreading with human activity.

Fortunately, Liu Che found out in time and ordered Huiji and Jiangdu and other schistosomiasis-stricken areas to start exterminating and controlling these terrible parasites.

The vigorous oleander planting movement is in full swing.

Thousands of oleanders are planted in fields, ponds, rivers and streams.

Every summer and autumn, the fallen leaves and fruits of oleander fall into the water, killing a large number of snails.

This terrible disease began to be initially controlled.

But eradication will require further development of medical technology, or at least the development of drugs that specifically target the parasite and its host.

Liu Che didn't want to, he finally managed to limit schistosomiasis.

As a result, all efforts were wasted in order to get some gold.

It's not a good deal!