The reason why the mission was sent was only because the Han-Hungarian war was about to start.

Therefore, whether it is Bactria of Greek origin, he will bring his Dayue clan and the Cypriot master back to counterattack Dawan together, and it is good to have a pre-AD crusade.

In order to protect themselves, the Da Yue clan took their younger brothers to organize a multinational coalition to resist the Xiongnu.

Even, they didn't go out a single soldier, and they had to watch the play in the rear.

For Liu Che, for the Han family.

Even if it is just to let the Huns disperse a little more strength, it is also useful in this Han-Hungarian war for hegemony.

The reason is simple.

Shaofu reported to Liu Che not long ago, judging from the current national strength and savings of the Han family, as well as the financial revenue.

Without additional war taxes, the Han family could support an external war for up to three years.

If the scale of the war expands, it is likely that it will not be able to support it.

The ministers also had lingering fears about the long war.

The Han-Hungarian War nearly twenty years ago left a deep impression on the Han family.

In that war, the Han and Hungarians fought near the Great Wall for more than two years.

The people of the entire Northland and Upper Counties were exhausted.

The savings of the state treasury disappeared like a stream into the bottomless pit of war.

That was still fighting on the inner line, relying on the Great Wall, and the loss of the Han army was reduced to a minimum.

Therefore, even though the financial revenue of the Han Dynasty is far greater than that of the Taizong period, the courtiers still have lingering fears about a war that may last for more than three years.

Fortunately, now, the Han family has a new type of dried fish.

There are also many cattle and sheep in the pastures.

Otherwise, just one source of meat may force the big farmers and the young people to want to commit suicide.

Even so, the financial expenditure of this big war may be a frightening figure.

At least the last five baht of Liu Che's small treasury will be sold!

This made Liu Che feel very insecure!

How miserable would an emperor without money be?

Don't look at others, Wanli and Chongzhen are excellent examples.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the emperor has no money, I am afraid that he will not even be able to command a pawn.

In order to make money, avoid falling into the cup situation of Chongzhen or Wanli.

On the one hand, Liu Che gave tasks to the organizations at all levels of the lord's lord's lieutenant yamen.

Ask them to complete a certain amount of business tax tasks.

Anyway, according to the current law, only merchants with a fortune of more than 500,000 can be taxed.

So in other words, as long as they have the ability, receive the tax.

So, Liu Che doesn't care what means they use!

On the other hand, Liu Che used a killer weapon in the Salt and Iron Yamen - porcelain!

In fact, the firing technology of porcelain was broken through two or three years ago.

It's not that hard!

Especially in today's world, where coal is used in large quantities as fuel, and with high-quality coal at high temperatures, it is only a matter of time before porcelain technology breaks through.

Of course, it is impossible for today's porcelain to be able to burn beautiful blue and white porcelain with the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Liu Che does not need the high-precision black technology of blue and white porcelain for the time being.

What he made was a blue-glazed porcelain based on the development of primitive celadon technology.

The technical content is very low, and there is no need to train craftsmen, so it can be manufactured on a large scale.

The reason why it has not been made out in the past two years and hyped up is because the temperature and time of firing have not been mastered, and the product is easy to break or the quality is worrying.

But now, the treasury is running out of money.

Liu Che couldn't wait for it to be perfected.

Take it out first, and then talk about a wave of money.

Starting next month, porcelain will begin to appear on the shelves of various salt and iron yamen on a small scale.

Earn the money of the big dog first.

A porcelain bowl sells for a hundred dollars!

The large porcelain vase is directly marked with a gold sky-high price!

In this way, you can probably earn tens of millions more every year.

Continue to earn money for three or five years, and when the celadon technology is copied, Liu Che will launch more advanced white porcelain and colored porcelain.

This can make another wave of money.

In the future, it can also become a fist product of China's export to earn foreign exchange, and go to Rome, Egypt, and Persia to make money.

But it is clear that this alone is not enough.

The eight masters of the army, if you shorten their bounties and salaries, then the morale will fall at the least, and the mutiny will be at the worst!

So, no way.

Liu Che threw away the grass again.

Let Shaofu prepare to build another school district house in Maolingyi.

Then, he urged Shaofu to speed up the construction of Chang'an's racecourse and its surrounding markets.

According to conservative estimates, this will probably barely meet military spending.

But, here comes the problem again.

Now, the total circulation of the five baht coins minted by the state adds up to only 300,000 yuan.

Moreover, in this war, military spending alone is conservatively estimated to be at the level of one million.

Even if Shaofu uses the strength of milk to mint money, it will be 100,000 yuan if it dies in a year.

This has to be done if the raw materials are sufficient.

And the crux of the matter lies in this - China's lack of copper.

It has been the case since ancient times.

Otherwise, copper coins will not become a currency accepted and recognized by the people.

China's copper mines are difficult to mine and most of them are buried deep underground.

Want to dig for copper?

Yes, but it has to be filled with human lives!

In the copper mountain of Huiji County, from the king of Wu Liu Bi, and even from the Spring and Autumn Period, every year, the corpses buried under the mine are hundreds.

There are countless people who die of exhaustion, stoned to death or landslides and other natural disasters.

And the copper mine in Huiji County is still open-pit.

It can be imagined that the copper mines buried in the ground are difficult to mine.

This forced Liu Che and the Han family to turn to gold as a currency in circulation.

Therefore, in the battle of Mayi, after a test with gold coins.

In the past few years, Shaofu has been minting gold coins on a small scale, and then slowly putting them into circulation on the market.

It's just a pity that the effect is not too good.

These gold coins have always been the same as the gold before, only in the circle of liehous, which has survived the flow of wealthy business circles.

Ordinary people don't dare to accept it, and they don't dare to use it.

After all, if you have a few copper coins in your pocket, heroes such as rangers may not have bad intentions.

But what if you have a yellow-orange-orange cutie in your pocket?

Hehe, then, even if it's in the middle of the city.

It won't be safe either!

The temptation of the gold standard, in the face of social circumstances and reality, encountered the first obstacle - very few ordinary people were willing to use gold coins.

Even if they get a gold coin, they will hide it as soon as possible, or exchange it for copper coins.

What he hid was the idea of letting his son melt these gold coins and cast them into a dark weapon after his death, and accompany him to the underground.

As for the exchange, money is tight and urgent.

In both cases, the circulation of gold coins was prevented.

This made Liu Che really beat his chest, but he was helpless.

Could it be that he can still introduce a law that anyone who dares to rob gold coins will not be killed?

And if gold coins cannot be circulated on a large scale, then the gold standard will lose its power.

After all, the gold standard was designed to increase the country's monetary reserves and circulation, and reduce its dependence on copper coins.

But the people did not use gold coins.

What can the emperor do other than stare?

However, commodity trading has gradually begun to use gold coins as currency, which makes Liu Che feel more or less gratified.

Unfortunately, the relief didn't last long.

Because, the embroidered guards reported: those merchants took the gold coins and finished trading, and then, as before, hid them in their own cellars.

They just go in and don't get out!

They would rather exchange copper coins for gold coins than trade and circulate gold coins!

Only a few people will take out their savings to pay when they can't turn around.

At that time, Liu Che's heart was X.

If they continue to play like this, even if Liu Che digs up all the neon gold mountains, it is estimated that he will not be able to satisfy their appetite.

In this world, the most terrible thing is these misers!

Liu Che wanted to use a whip method to teach these scum to be people.

But they were afraid that they did not succeed in teaching them how to behave, but forced them to rebel against the peasants.

So, this matter hangs in the air.

I can only slowly find a way to make these guys smarter and more advanced.

Let them know that hiding the gold in their own cellars, in fact, only facilitates the emperor's raids......

And soon, there will be such a touching educational opportunity.

After sending the 'Sanzang Master' and 'Sha Wujing' away, Liu Che immediately summoned Zhou Zuoche, the governor of the embroidered clothes.

Zhou Zuoche did not enter the palace alone.

He took almost all the embroidered guards in Beijing with him.

In the structure of the embroidered guard, a school captain is a high-ranking official in charge of a county or even a kingdom.

At present, there are twenty-one captains in the embroidered guard, and nineteen of them are scattered among the counties of the world.

There are only three people left behind in Chang'an.

However, Zhou Zuoche brought six people with him when he entered the palace this time.

In other words, there are three spy chiefs in charge of a county or even a country who have returned to Beijing.

They certainly didn't come back empty-handed.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of merchants in Julu and Handan County, Yin and Xiongnu, who smuggle contraband!" Wang Wenshu knelt down and handed a long list to Liu Che.

Liu Che raised his eyes and looked at the famous cool official in the history books.

In the Ren case a few years ago, Wang Wenshu messed up.

Or rather, he's too young.

So much so that Liu Che almost couldn't get off the stage, so he was refrigerated for a long time.

However, Liu Che is not the kind of person who doesn't use it because others make a mistake once.

Punish the former and the latter, cure the sick and save people.

What's more, although Wang Wenshu did a lot of things wrong at the beginning.

But there was one thing he did right - a resolute and brutal attack on Haoqiang, mercilessly.

So, Liu Che gave him a chance.

Let him go to Zhao to start over.

Start with a grassroots scout and detail.

I have to say that Wang Wenshu is bold, but careful, and after suffering losses, he is also a lot more cautious and has changed many problems.

This allowed him to gradually climb to the position of the highest-level local embroidered guard captain in Zhao State.

Liu Che took Wang Wenshu's report and glanced at it.

Boy!

This number is really a lot, densely packed, and there are even nephews or relatives of the Liehou family, and even Fengjun himself.

But it's understandable when you think about it.

Although Yan Zhao has been a generous and tragic person since ancient times.

The local folk customs are to disagree with each other and draw swords against each other.

A promise of a thousand gold, a vow of life.

This is daily in Yan Zhao.

However, Liu Che knows better that Yan Zhao, especially Zhao Ren, has realistic thinking deep in his bones.

He has also been the king of the river for more than ten years.

I understand Zhao Ren's thoughts too well.

For the Zhao people, as long as there are good things, there is nothing they dare not do.

Taishi Gong said: Folk customs are urgent, relying on the opportunity to eat, husbands get together to play, sad songs are generous, starting with the cone, Hugh is digging graves for skillful treacherous governance, many beautiful things, for advocating excellence. The women are drumming and singing, dipping their shoes, flattering the rich and rich, entering the harem, and all over the princes.

Of course, there are some map cannons, and some generalizations.

However, it also depicts some of the folk customs of Zhao and the spiritual outlook of Zhao people.

Since ancient times, Zhao Di has been thin and calamitous, and it is also a place of four wars.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhao Di has become the center of warfare in the world.

Whether it was the Zhuxia melee in the past or the Han-Hungarian war in modern times, Zhao was the front line and the focus.

Zhao people are forced to make a living, so they can only choose reality.

You can't live because it's unrealistic!

Therefore, at the beginning, Liu Sui, the king of Zhao, as the prince of the Liu family, thought about borrowing Xiongnu soldiers to enter the customs all day long......

Therefore, it is understandable that there are so many people who hook up with the Huns.

It's just that......

That's a lot!

Densely packed, almost three or four hundred people!

Liu Che thought for a moment, and then decided to cross out most of the people on this list.

The striking surface should not be too wide.

Besides, it's just killing chickens and monkeys.

It's not really about killing.

Generally, those who traded privately with the Xiongnu and sold bronze or grain could be let go.

However, a large number of iron weapons, and even weapons and equipment, were smuggled in large quantities...... Those who smuggled books to the Huns, Liu Che was not ready to let go!

Yes!

Xiuyiwei discovered half a year ago that the Huns were buying books from Han Dynasty merchants at high prices.

For the sake of money, how could a businessman who can even sell his parents let go of such an opportunity?

As a result, many Han books flowed into the Xiongnu.

There were even people who wanted to sell a set of the "New Agricultural Book" and the Di Bao, which could only be read by officials, to the Huns.

Fortunately, Wang Wenshu kept a close eye on it, so he didn't let the secret of the Han family flow into the Huns.

However, it is not known how many other books, especially those that were not strictly controlled, were obtained by the Huns.

It's something that can't be helped.

After all, Liu Che is not an immortal and cannot cast spells, so that all people who enter and leave the Chinese border cannot carry paper out of the country.

The only good news was that the Huns could not and could not get their hands on the books and notes in the Moyuan, or even the hydraulic hammer workshop in the Moyuan.

Even if they get close, they probably won't be able to understand the principle and manufacturing process of this hydraulic forging hammer.

However, these dared to sell China's cultural classics and technology to the scum of the Huns.

Liu Che didn't plan to let go of any of them.

After Wang Wenshu, the other two lieutenants also provided a list of their own.

After Liu Che reviewed it, he immediately ordered: "Immediately arrest all merchants who have sold more than 50 iron weapons, or weapons and books, and I will order the court lieutenant to be responsible for receiving all prisoners, and at the same time, the county supervisors will cooperate with Zhu Qing's actions!" (To be continued.) )