The Xiliang army left the merchant travel that depended on them to pass the customs, and first went to see Fu Yi with the documents.

The merchants of Xiliang first took out their goods to pay the commercial tax and then passed the customs, and one of them went to Chang'an, and then they had to buy goods and find a partner to return to Xiliang.

Most people plan to follow the gift-giving Xiliang Army to Luoyang for a walk, and even go to Yuzhou, I heard that the glass jar that Zhao Tingshi gave them was made in Yuzhou.

Want.

Fu You has now gained a firm foothold in Chang'an, and his work ability is undoubted, not much better than the king of Nanyang, who has always been clueless and can only lie flat and rotten.

Since he entered Luoyang, in the past four months, although Chang'an is still suffering from famine, fortunately, it is no longer lifeless.

He stepped forward, and the emperor allocated a sum of grain from Yuncheng to him, and Zhao Hanzhang also supported two batches of grain in Chang'an, which were specially used to take in refugees.

Fu Yi came to Chang'an a little late at that time, but he still organized a group of people to reclaim the land and sow millet and beans, and now the beans are already being harvested, and the harvest of millet is not very good, but there are also harvests.

Because of the harvest, the lifeless Chang'an began to slowly regain its vitality.

And now, even Xiliang has also sent supplies for support, Fu Yi saw these furs and horses, his eyes were slightly wet, and he hurriedly asked people to put them away.

He came here to form a large army for the emperor, but he didn't expect that the soldiers were not recruited, but he plunged into the construction of people's livelihood first.

Now that he had horses, he had the strength to start assembling an army that belonged to him and the emperor.

When he saw the box of money sent with the supplies, he was slightly stunned, this money was a little too new.

He picked up one and turned it upside down, lowered his eyes to hide his thoughts, and when he raised his head again, he was no longer unusual, and asked, "What is this money?" ”

The envoy with the troops immediately bowed down and presented a letter, saying, "This is our envoy's letter to Zhongshu. ”

He said: "After the rebellion, our Xiliang people have more money and less money, and the private trade is mainly cloth, the value is difficult to define, and some cloth is not easy to preserve, or damp, or moth-eaten, and the value is greatly damaged, so we asked Jun to mint five baht coins, and want to make the transactions in Xiliang orderly." ”

Xiliang is now Zhang Liang's world, not to mention Fu Yi, even the emperor is difficult to interfere with.

So he could only nod and say, "This move is good." ”

In more words, Zhang Liang wrote in the letter, he hoped that Fu Yi could identify with Xiliang's new money, so that the merchants of Chang'an would recognize the value of the new money, so that it could be of the same value as the money of the imperial court.

Fu Yi reversed the new money and said, "But this new money seems to be lighter than the five baht money of the imperial court." ”

"It's lighter," the messenger bowed, "about two times lighter." ”

The envoy also heard about it, and he didn't know how much lighter it was, but Fu Tinghan knew.

As soon as the new money and gifts were delivered to Luoyang, Zhao Hanzhang and the others began to weigh the scales.

The balance was polished by Fu Tinghan to make a craftsman, and it was there when he was in Yuzhou, and there were two kinds of weights and measures on it, one side is the unit of this era, and the other side is the unit he converted.

He weighed a total of ten units, and then averaged them out, with new money on one side and old money from the imperial court on the other.

He said: "Each of Xiliang's new coins is about 0.5 grams lighter than the five baht coins of the imperial court, that is, 2.4 gui lighter. ”

Fu Tinghan allocated a bunch of new money and old money respectively, and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "Our previous design was completely comparable to that of the imperial court in terms of weight and volume, but if we agree with Xiliang's new money, the business activities of the two sides are close, and our new money will be lost." ”

Ji Yuan groaned: "With Zhang Liang's person, he won't do anything about melting and rebuilding. ”

Fu Tinghan said: "I don't believe in people, I only believe in the system. ”

Zhao Hanzhang also nodded, "I believe in Zhang Rail, but I believe in the system more, not to mention,"

She raised her eyes to look at Ji Yuan, "Zhang Liang is not in good health, who knows when he will pass the position to Zhang Yuan?" ”

Ji Yuan understood, "The girl doesn't believe in Zhang Yu's personality? ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him.

Ji Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, it is true that we must guard against one hand, then our new money ......"

"It's also lightweight," she said, "just like Xiliang's new money." ”

Ji Yuan worried, "Will this have an impact on business?" Originally, there are not many merchants who come to Luoyang now, what if they know that our new money is light, let alone come? ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled slightly and said: "As long as I, Zhao Hanzhang, don't fall, then the new money won't fall, why does Zhang Liang have the confidence to write a letter to me to support Xiliang's new money?" Isn't it because of his prestige in Xiliang? ”

"He's here, the new money can be unimpeded in Xiliang, and with the prestige of the Zhang family, even if he is a hundred years old, as long as the successor is his adult descendant, it will not be too bad, and the value of this new money will be stable for at least ten years."

Fu Tinghan also nodded, "Our money is not rootless, Zhongzhou is a plain area, but also a place to produce grain, it used to be because of the war, but now Hanzhang provides a stable environment for it, then the goods here are grain, silk, linen, glass, porcelain and paper, etc., as long as these goods can be sold outside, then the new money minted in Zhongzhou has a stable value, and people outside have to recognize it." ”

Zhao Hanzhang proudly curled the corners of his mouth, and said: "Xiliang is because it is remote, there are few people, and there are not many materials, so new money needs to be recognized for foreign exchanges, but I don't need it, this is Zhongzhou, as long as the people are given stable conditions, the materials here are abundant, and they can attract people from all over the world, so the money here can naturally be recognized by the world." ”

The value of money represents something behind it, and Zhao Hanzhang has this confidence.

Ji Yuan was persuaded, and said, "Then reduce the weight and make money according to the weight of Xiliang's new money." ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Since there is a difference in weight, let's change the pattern again, so that this five-baht coin becomes a real new coin." ”

She said: "It's new money that belongs to me and belongs to Zhao Jiajun." ”

Ji Yuan's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhao Hanzhang excitedly.

Although Zhang Liang's new money is slightly lighter, the style is compared to that of the imperial court, and when it is put into the market, everyone does not pay attention to it, and it is impossible to distinguish between new money and old money.

Originally, Zhao Hanzhang wanted to keep a low profile and cast everything compared to the money of the imperial court, but she has changed her mind now.

Since she is no longer the first person to dare to mint new money, she must be the first to dare to issue her own currency.

So the mold was changed again, this time, they had to add a "Zhao" to the five baht coin.

During this time, the copper mine had already begun to be mined, and Fu Tinghan had even smelted copper, and the craftsmen were ready, just waiting for the mold to arrive before they could try to cast copper coins.

So as soon as the mold arrived at the heavily guarded workshop, within a few days, the new money was made.

The steward of the workshop personally escorted a basket of money to meet Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan, he knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "According to the order of the eldest prince, I will mint 10,000 coins first, and then continue after checking that everything is okay." ”

See you tomorrow

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