It is indeed fake money, the money of the Ming Dynasty is copper six lead four, and the money taken out of Huangshi is copper four lead six, if you distinguish carefully, it can be seen that this money is darker and thicker.

Liu Qingyang, a merchant from Zhili, was arrested along with his father and brother when Shenyang fell, and escaped from the mine for Lushun in October last year, but after hearing about Huangshi's reputation, he defected to Changsheng Island closer to it. One of his family's traditional businesses is counterfeiting money, and Huang Shi felt that this money would come quickly, so he decided to make money a pillar industry on Changsheng Island.

After Changsheng Island sold the goods, he exchanged it for a batch of copper coins, and Huang Shi told Mao Wenlong that he wanted to make a projectile for the fire gun, and he also wanted to get some lead blocks. After repeated trials and improvements, the quality of this batch of money has been very good, Liu Qingyang has inherited his family's consistent kindness, and made the money heavier than real money, which makes people feel that it is very good money in their hands.

"General Huang," Wu Mu already understood what Huang Shi wanted to do, but this relationship was really not something that he could afford as a little eunuch: "Counterfeiting money is a serious crime to destroy the Yi clan." ”

"Gonggong Wu listened to me and explained slowly. Huang Shi was not nervous at all, and looked at the two brocade guards who were like a great enemy with a grin.

"These coins were sent overseas, to be precise, the ...... of the Wa Kingdom."

Huangshi also intends to do some sea trade, Japan is naturally the best target of this era, history is very strange, Japan has been short of money for a long time, so it has always imported a large number of money from the Ming Dynasty, and all the copper coins circulating in the Japanese market are Ming Dynasty.

“...... The Wa Kingdom has a large amount of copper and silver ......"

At the beginning of the 17th century, with the continuous development of Japanese mining technology and the discovery of more and more mines, the price of copper bars in Japan continued to fall, and this strategic material, which was originally restricted from export, was once cheaper than the same weight of money. With the advent of Iwami Ginzan, Japan's silver production was once as high as one-third of the world's total production.

“...... The Japanese kingdom uses all my Ming copper coins......"

Although Huang Shi did not understand why the Japanese did not mint their own money sooner, he did not intend to let go of this opportunity, what business in the world could be better than printing money, although the initial profit is estimated to be limited (Huang Shi does not have enough capital), but if he can avoid any shipwrecks, detentions, or production accidents, it is a snowball business that doubles every two months.

“...... I've banned copper coins from going to sea......"

In fact, the quickest way is to go to Japan directly with the money of the Ming Dynasty to exchange copper bars, but money making has always been the country's control materials (gold and silver are the same), and Huangshi did not want to explain to the cabinet why he wanted to pull precious metals to overseas desert islands one by one, let alone make the world known to create competitors for himself.

“...... Copper is needed to forge cannons, and silver can be exchanged for food......"

This conclusion is that it is easy to keep trade secrets only by making them yourself, and copper is an important military strategic material for Changsheng Island in the future, and finally it is also important to train a group of technical backbones and gain experience in metal processing. As for the creation of copper and lead, it is out of risk considerations, and transportation costs and production costs must of course be added to the price of goods...... Anyway, Japanese friends are in a big money shortage, as long as they can't see it.

“...... As long as Gonggong Wu nods, this matter will definitely be able to be done seamlessly. ”

What's more, he also has a way to solve the market. This solution was actually delivered to the door by himself, which is even better, Huang Shi has been feeling a bit like a king recently.

After hearing that Huang Shi did not plan to sell coins to the mainland, the two brocade guards immediately relaxed their expressions, and this matter had nothing to do with them. Wu Mu thought carefully for a long time and weighed the pros and cons.

Huang Shi looked at him hopefully, if this was a civil servant, there was no hope, and a charge of conniving at counterfeit money was enough to ruin his career, but the eunuch didn't care about reputation, he only cared about whether he could please the emperor.

"General Huang, our family doesn't think there is a big problem, this matter can be secretly played by the Holy Lord, without going through the cabinet. Wu Mu finally agreed, he cared about the armaments of Changsheng Island as much as Huangshi.

"What if the Holy One doesn't allow it?" -- Wu Mu, if the day Qi does not agree to this matter, it will be yellow, I cannot win the battle without weapons in my hand, and you cannot complain to the emperor that he did not approve this plan.

"This is a big matter, and it must be handed over to the Holy Judge. "--Brother Huangshi, it's not that I don't help, such a big thing can't be contained, the emperor will know sooner or later, and then my life will be gone.

"This is just an idea, the last general has not consulted with the others, if it is really feasible, let's play it again, otherwise if the Holy Lord allows it, it will not work here, wouldn't it be bad?" - help me hide it for two days, big brother.

"When will General Huang have a letter?--How long do you want me to hide it?"

"Before the end of the year. ”

"Before the wax moon. "- Up to six months.

"Father-in-law Xie Wu. -- Deal.

Huang Shi smiled: "This news should be able to be played together with the good news." ”

Wu Mu was surprised and delighted when he heard this: "There will definitely be good news within this year? General Huang should not tease our family." ”

"Father-in-law Wu rest assured, Huang has nothing to say. ”

Seeing that Huang Shi was so confident, Wu Mu and the two Jinyi guards were immediately very happy, the three of them ran to this place where birds don't lay eggs, isn't this the picture?

There will be another victory in history this year - the recovery of Jinzhou, thus opening up the situation in southern Liaoning, but Huang Shi does not plan to follow Zhang Pan again, he already has another plan.

"Well, we have no objections. Wu Mu also laughed and began to drink.

Huang Shi felt that in general, eunuchs were still much easier to fool than Wenchen, they had not dealt with government affairs in detail, nor did they have the habit of scrutinizing details, and when dealing with things, they were either rude or simple.

For example, the case of Liu Jin, the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, "widow remarriage" is a very interesting example, and Huang Shi grasped the typical thinking mode of the Ming Dynasty eunuchs:

The Ming law does not prohibit widows from remarrying, but at this time it is an era without social insurance, and the life of the elderly and children will be very difficult after the death of the son of a poor family, so the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty encouraged the behavior of observing festivals, and could get tax exemptions and other preferential treatments, and if a woman could get the archway of chastity, her father's family would also get benefits.

During Liu Jin's time on stage, there was a murder case in Beijing, probably because a certain brother-in-law resolutely opposed the remarriage of the widow for the benefit of taxation, and he threatened to withhold the dowry if the widow did not keep it for three years (according to the Ming law, the husband and wife divorced, or the widow would take the dowry when she remarried), and the woman was angry and hanged herself. When Gonggong Liu heard this, he was furious: "These Diao people forced a life to death for a few stinky money." ”

He immediately ordered that all the widows of Jingshi should be remarried immediately, and those who did not execute would be arrested and their fathers to be beaten. Of course, this decree turned into a farce, and the people of Beijing coaxed the widows back to their parents' homes, even the mothers who were still breastfeeding were not spared the separation of flesh and blood, and their mothers did not dare to accept this hot potato, but for a time there were not so many people to marry wives, and many women from good families were sold by their parents as concubines.

It was not until the fall of Liu Gonggong that this absurd decree was canceled, and the state of marriage in Beijing was restored to normal.

This time, Huang Shi's simple words made Wu Mu relent, and he used a long-term huge benefit to attract his attention. Wu Mu didn't even think about the details of this, and he didn't think at all that Huang Shi would get so much power because of this. A well-intentioned person can take this opportunity to cultivate power, and can also be given the establishment of an independent economic pillar subordinate to the individual.

After eating, Huangshi found Yang Zhiyuan and instructed him to command Bao Jiusun and Liu Qingyang to immediately start preparing to start construction: "Here is the approval of Wu Jianjun's armaments, in our future payment, we can take 1,000 taels of silver to buy copper, and we can also buy some coal back, we are about to open a kiln to mint money." ”

At the end of May of the third year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Pan led the Lushun Dongjiang Army to the north to Yaowu, and the defenders of Jinnan Pass took the initiative to burn the castle and the Jinzhou defenders in order to avoid the edge of the Ming army. After the Jin army abandoned Nanguan, more refugees were able to cross the blockade line to Lushun.

When Wu Mu heard the news, he immediately came to Huangshi, and when his colleague Wang Gonggong handed the secret fold to the chief eunuch of the Dongjiang Supervision Army, he also proudly wrote a letter and bragged to him, so that Wu Gonggong was full of thoughts as if there were a group of little rats scratching after reading it.

"Turn left-right-turn back...... "It's farming season, and Yellowstone can only train his squad of reserve officers.

Finally, when Huangshi had free time, Wu Mu couldn't wait to ask when the Changsheng Island army would attack.

"Why don't you wait until after July, when the grain is harvested? ”

"A word is a decision?" Wu Mu immediately stretched out a finger: "Send troops in July." ”

"I said Gonggong Wu, don't worry, I mean after July, not July. Huang Shi laughed and explained that he had to look for the fighter first.

"And Gonggong Wu, I have already minted the first batch of copper coins, do you want to take a look?" Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Huang Shi asked Wu Mu in a low voice.

"If you don't look, we don't know anything!"

Wu Mu hurriedly left, and before leaving, he left behind his words: "Before the moon, wait for General Huang to make up his mind and tell our family, and our family will secretly start to play the saint." ”

(End of Section 3)

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