The workshop area in the south of the city.

A large group of Xuanjia guards guarded five steps and one post at ten steps, blocking all passages tightly, and anyone who should enter and leave will be severely checked.

Of course, this is because of the big names who came to inspect today, but another key reason is that this workshop area belongs to the coinage of the new regime, and there are a large number of soldiers stationed in peacetime, and the security is extremely high.

Speaking of which, Zhao Yuanjin is only a prince of the country now, and has not yet officially claimed the king, so it is a little too early to consider minting and issuing new money. In addition, in ancient times, the productive forces were backward and the cost of mining remained high, and it would be extremely burdensome for any nascent regime to raise a sufficient amount of copper, plus supporting metals such as lead and zinc.

If you want to mint and issue new money, you must first have strong enough economic strength, and not all the princes of any feudal town have the capital to play like this. Looking at the whole world, except for the declining imperial court, Wu Zhence and the great princes in the north currently do not have such ability.

However, with Qin Feng here, it is easy to purchase thousands of tons of copper ingots from the main world, which is much more convenient than purchasing silver, so the unique resource advantage that Zhao Yuanjin now has is incomparable even to the imperial court.

“…… The quality of this coin is good, much stronger than the copper coins issued by the imperial court. ”

In the workshop, Zhao Yuanjin looked at the brand-new copper coins in front of him and said with satisfaction.

On a tray with a red satin backing, there is a row of nine copper coins, and there are copper coins minted and issued by the imperial court next to it for comparison. The new money is big, shiny, and heavy, and it's easy to see the difference between the two.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, there is more copper in the new money, and the proportion of copper six and lead is four, while the copper money of the imperial court is the ratio of copper four and lead six.

Ancient copper coins were not entirely cast from pure copper, but contained a collection of metals such as copper, lead, and zinc. As for how this ratio is set, it depends on how the rulers consider it.

During the Qing Dynasty in the main world, the famous minister Sun Jiagan had mentioned to the Yongzheng Emperor the disadvantages of money and politics, and the official price of the imperial court stipulated that one or two lines of silver could be exchanged for two thousand copper coins, but in fact, because of the lack of copper metal resources, the money in the private market was expensive and cheap, and one or two silver could only be exchanged for seven hundred and fifty copper coins.

Since the minting ratio of Kangxi money is half copper and half lead, some businessmen see that it is profitable, so they collect copper coins from the people. After collecting it, it was melted down and re-refined into bronze ware, which was then sold in the market. In this way, a flip is dozens of times the profit. Those greedy officials also took the opportunity to get their hands on it and make huge profits from it.

Moreover, when officials at all levels collected taxes, they required the people to pay in silver. But how can the common people have any money? Therefore, most of the money handed over was copper coins. When the officials collected copper coins, they converted them into two thousand at the official price. But as soon as they changed hands, they sold them at the black market price for one or two pairs of seven hundred and fifty. And when they turned it over to the treasury, it became a tael of silver for two thousand copper coins. As soon as it was reversed, it made almost three times the profit!

Later, in order to prevent such incidents from happening, the imperial court on the one hand severely punished and deterred the law, and on the other hand, it adopted methods such as reducing the proportion of copper in copper coins and issuing small copper coins with poor fineness and insufficient weight.

In fact, the simplest and most effective way is to increase the supply of copper metal, and if there is more copper on the market, the price will naturally come down, and profiteers will naturally not be interested in unprofitable things.

In the struggle for the world, it is not only the military that depends on it, but also the contest in the field of economic strength is extremely important, and in many cases even plays a decisive role. Purely in terms of financial and material resources, Zhao Yuanjin is now worthy of the name of the first prince in the world, and even the imperial court may not be comparable.

Moreover, at Qin Feng's suggestion, the newly minted coins were divided into three types, copper coins, copper dollars, and silver dollars. In the future, there will be silver bills issued by the official money bank of the imperial court, etc., with their own support, and the new dynasty will no longer need to worry about the possibility of maladministration in the field of currency circulation.

"Sir, when do you think this new money will be officially issued?" Zhao Yuan asked politely.

Qin Feng said with a smile: "This matter is not as eye-catching as being the king, and it is not much of a hindrance to be a little earlier." At least now, the salaries of the soldiers, the rewards of officials at all levels, etc., can be distributed with new money. ”

"In that case, let's settle it." Zhao Yuan said solemnly.

Once the new money of the Chu State begins to circulate on a large scale among the people, and it is properly operated from the official level, it is enough to deal a devastating blow to the economic order on the territory of the princes of other feudal towns, and it is guaranteed that those guys will not be able to cry at that time, of course, this will take enough time.

After the discussion, the two left the workshop and drove back to the inner city in Guogong's car.

Since today happened to be the birthday of Zhao Yuanjin's wife, Lu Shi, Qin Feng did not return to his mansion, but followed him to the Guogong Mansion to participate in the family banquet in the evening.

"Is this an iron-hearted fortress to give me a Lori and be my father-in-law?" Qin Feng in the car thought helplessly.

Zhao Yuanjin, who was sitting opposite, seemed to see his thoughts, and said warmly:

"Although Xinyue's girl is a little rude, she is talented and intelligent, has good appearance, and admires Mr. a lot, which can be described as a good match for Mr., and I hope Mr. will not shirk."

"Having said that, but I am not a good match for the age of Lord Zhao, this ......" Qin Feng smiled slightly bitterly.

It is a well-known fact that people in the ancient world married early, even in the imperial family. It is very common for men to become fathers at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and for women to marry as brides at the age of twelve or thirteen.

For example, Su Dongpo, a famous man through the ages, did this kind of thing, bought a batch of twelve or thirteen-year-old girls as bed warmers, sold them when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and then bought a new batch of new ones to continue playing. And in the letter to a friend, he also specifically mentioned this matter, and the words were full of boasting.

This guy is still a legendary good person, and the evaluation in the history books is quite high, they are all like this, and what kind of virtue those powerful people of his time are, you can imagine.

Well, the ancient world didn't pay attention to this. But Qin Feng is from the main world, according to the laws of Huaguo, this kind of thing starts properly in three years and has the highest death penalty, and he asks himself that he is still a young man with ideals, morality, discipline and bottom line, this kind of beastly thing really can't be done.

His mansion is full of beautiful gardens, even if he really likes women, there are too many suitable choices, why do you have to do it to a little Lori?

"Why bother, sir? Xinyue is already twelve years old, and at most she will be able to take on the responsibilities of a wife in a year or two, so what's the harm in staying in the mansion for a while? Zhao Yuanjin continued to persuade.

"Is there any such thing?"

Qin Feng muttered in his heart, in fact, he also understood Zhao Yuanjin's thoughts, which was nothing more than wanting to get closer to him in this way and consolidate the cooperation alliance.

After all, whether Zhao Yuanjin can become the founding emperor in the future depends entirely on Qin Feng's mood, if he, a stranger, suddenly changes his mind to support other princes, Zhao Yuanjin has no way at all.

In the end, he could only reluctantly agree, anyway, he was not short of money, and it was nothing to raise an extra idler in the house, and he would promise not to touch her before he became an adult.

The wide car drove into the main gate of the Guogong Mansion, and when it stopped, Qin Feng got out of the car first, and saw a white-clothed Lori walking briskly to meet him.

The facial features are delicate and picturesque, the skin is smooth and delicate, as smooth and moist as the finest ivory, and the big dark eyes are full of spirituality.

"Brother Qin Feng, where have you been?"

She pounced on her and called crisply: "People originally planned to go to your mansion to look for you, but they never thought that you would go out again and harm others to run away in vain." ”

Qin Feng sighed helplessly, hugged her and coaxed her a few words until a smile appeared on her face again.

Zhao Yuan watched happily from the sidelines, and did not say a word to remind his daughter that she should pay attention to the rules of dealing with others.

When they entered the main hall, the banquet had already been placed, and Zhao Yuanjin's wife, Lu, and more than a dozen wives with status, plus six children arrived one after another. And without exception, he saluted Qin Feng before taking a seat.

Zhao Xinyue naturally pulled Qin Feng to sit at the same seat, and her big black and white eyes looked at him expectantly.

Qin Feng knew what she wanted, took out a silver-white tablet from the dimensional space, clicked on the game interface and handed it to her.

Zhao Xinyue cheered and hurriedly snatched it, her snow-white slender jade fingers excitedly scratching and fiddling on it.

Since the last time Zhao Yuanjin had a family banquet, when Qin Feng and Xiao Lori first met, they had taken out this thing for her to play with. So it was out of control, and this girl relied on him from then on, and she looked for an excuse to come to him to play in three days.

Seeing the strange "immortal weapon" that shimmered with colorful light, everyone present, including Zhao Yuanjin, showed a look of awe, and the eyes of several young brothers and sisters looking at Zhao Xinyue were full of envy, jealousy and hatred. It's a pity that this is her creation, and it's useless for others to envy her.