Tung Ninh, Royal Palace.

Wu Yi, a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the household department, Zhang Hong, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, and Fan Yunsheng, a minting supervisor, met with Wen Yi.

"Your Majesty, the silver and gold coins have been made, please take a look."

Wen Yi said happily: "Oh, yes, bring it to me to see." ”

Fan Yunsheng held a wooden plate and handed it over, only to see that there were four different coins on it, five of each.

The denominations of these four coins are the small silver coin equal to 10 wen, the medium silver coin equal to 20 wen, the large silver coin equal to 100 wen, and the equal gold coin.

The appearance of the two small silver coins is similar to that of copper coins, with Kaiyuan Tongbao written on one side, and ten and twenty texts written on the other, with a hole in the middle for easy carrying.

The appearance of the large silver coin is similar to that of a silver dollar from a previous life, with no hole in the middle.

The reason for not using holes is simple: people don't have too many of these large denominations. Even if you can save some, you can hide it anywhere you want, and you don't need a rope.

Those who are qualified to hold a large number of people do not have to worry about the problem of carrying, and punching is a pure waste.

You can print more things on it without punching holes, and the big silver coin is printed with the words Kaiyuan Tongbao and Baiwen on one side, and a cavalry in a charge on the back.

The style of the gold coin is similar to it, with Kaiyuan Tongbao and the word "Yi" on the obverse, and the pattern on the back has been replaced by a sailboat.

The appearance of the above Wen Yi was very satisfied, picked up a Baiwen silver coin and blew it violently to learn the appearance in the film and television works, and sure enough, he heard the sound of steel echoing.

"Yes, the quality is much better than I expected. With our current gold and silver reserves, how many gold and silver coins can be minted? ”

Wu Yi replied: "Leaving a part of the gold and silver reserves, we are ready to mint 100,000 gold coins, 1 million silver coins, 5 million silver coins, and 10 million silver coins." ”

Wen Yi asked, "Our silver reserves shouldn't be enough, right?" ”

Wu Yidao: "It's really not enough, but it is not a day's work to mint such a large number of gold and silver coins." Treasure Island is still being mined, and it is said that several more silver mines have been discovered in the Uno Kingdom......"

"Mining and casting at the same time, the task can be completed in half a year at most."

Wen Yi said: "Yes, then let's mint according to this amount, and the gold and silver mined in the future will also be minted into gold and silver coins." ”

"Yes." Wu Yi said: "However, the denomination of gold and silver coins is almost the same as the actual gold content, and I am afraid that they will be hidden by large households." ”

Wen Yi said with a smile: "Hide it, in addition to bulk trade, how many people use gold and silver to trade?" ”

"It is better for the rich to hide gold and silver, so that more copper coins can be released and the pressure of money shortage can be relieved."

"And once they agree with the existence of gold and silver coins, the scattered gold and silver will slowly lose their circulation."

"Once the whole world has approved the gold and silver coins, the gold and silver in the rich people's homes cannot be spent, so they can only be traded to us...... In this way, the right to mint money is in our hands. ”

"This is the real right to speak, worthy of 100,000 elite soldiers."

Everyone said in unison: "The king is wise." ”

"The coinage supervisor has merit in making money, and the merit is recorded once."

Fan Yunsheng said excitedly: "King Xie." ”

"Zhang Shilang has also made great contributions, and the infrastructure work has been very beautiful in recent years...... It's time for you, the squire, to become a regular and be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Works. ”

Zhang Hong was very excited to preside over the work of the Ministry of Industry for so long as a squire, and finally officially promoted to Shangshu.

"King Xie, the ministers will bow down and die."

"What is death, only by living can we serve the country...... Stand down. ”

Waiting for everyone to leave, Wen Yi looked at the gold and silver coins on the table and laughed from the bottom of his heart, the gold and silver coins that had been planned for so long were finally made.

Originally, he wanted to make gold and silver coins a few years ago, but after some investigation, he had to give up this idea for the time being.

First, gold is too valuable, and its liquidity is insufficient in real life, and there is not much demand for minting.

Second, the price of gold and silver in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was about the same.

At this time, he remembered a mining survey report he had read in his previous life, because the mining technology was backward, the ancient silver production had not been high, and the price of gold and silver was about the same for a long period of time.

Later, the silver smelting technology improved, and several major silver mines in the Japanese slave country were discovered and mined one after another, and a large amount of silver flowed into China through trade, which brought down the price of silver.

And to really bring the price of silver down to the price it should be, it will have to wait until the Spaniards rise to become the captain of the global transport.

They shipped silver plundered from the Americas to China and exchanged it for large quantities of goods...... At that time, half of the world's silver flowed into China, thus ushering in the era of the silver standard.

Now the Americas are still the world of the natives, and the ancestors of Spain do not know where to go, so naturally there is no way to act as a transport captain.

But fortunately, the Unu Island became the fat in his hands, and under his bewitchment, the Unu and Mao people desperately mined gold, silver and copper.

These things were then exchanged for luxury goods and weapons and other materials from the Tang State.

A large inflow of gold and silver gave Wenyi the capital to mint silver coins.

Coins are not just finished after they are made, the important thing is to circulate them, which is not a problem for Tang Guo at all.

As the world's largest business group, they have a way to get gold and silver coins in circulation.

Just as he was admiring the gold and silver coins, Chen Xiu was outside asking to see him.

After seeing the ceremony, without waiting for him to ask, Chen Xiu said first: "King, I heard that Zhu Zhantan, the lord of Funan, paid tribute to Emperor Jin and how many elephants were returned?" ”

Wen Yi still thought about it for a while before remembering that there was such a thing, and said: "There is indeed such a thing, Emperor Jin said that elephants are too dangerous and it is troublesome to raise, so let me bring them back." ”

Chen Xiu said happily: "It's really good." ”

Wen Yi was puzzled and said, "What is this?" The elephant does look terrifying, and it's normal for Sima Dan to take it back. ”

Chen Xiu shook his head again and again: "It's not normal, it's very abnormal." The return of the tribute was a matter of one sentence for Emperor Jin. ”

"But it's different for vassal states, it's like a disaster. Especially Zhu Zhantan is still a usurper, which is even more devastating for him. ”

Wen Yi roughly guessed what he wanted to do and asked, "What are your plans?" ”

Chen Xiudao: "The name of Funan is actually a tribal alliance, and there are many ethnic groups in the country...... Almost every king relied on usurpation to the throne, and Zhu Zhantan became the lord of Funan by rebellion. ”

"If you don't have a proper name, you won't be able to get the right name, and many tribes in Funan don't obey him, and they all rely on the canonization of the Jin State to barely maintain it."

"Over the years, we have passed through the Indochina Peninsula, and many tribes in Funan have made friends with us, if we unite with them to send troops to overthrow Zhu Zhantan, we can turn Funan into our vassal state."

"If we revitalize and educate, it won't take many years for Funan to be owned by our country."