"It's all the gold and silver coins you can see in the world." Zhu Han said.

"What does Your Highness plan to do?"

"I'm going to mint a new version of the Ming gold and silver currency!"

"A lot of painters can't do the desired effect."

"It seems that this matter can only be done by you."

Zhu Han looked at Xi Xuan expectantly.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhiruo suddenly felt a little proud.

In this way, her status in the palace is even more important.

Under Zhu Han's guidance, Zhou Zhiruo quickly drew the Ming Dynasty's own gold coin map according to the portraits of gold and silver coins from various countries that he collected.

The image on the gold and silver coins is naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Han showed the image drawn by Zhou Zhiruo to his brother, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.

Ever since Zhu Han led the Ming fleet back from the Western Ocean, he immediately realized a very important issue.

That is, there will be more and more maritime trade in the future of the Ming Dynasty, and the issuance of gold and silver currency is seriously insufficient.

The Ming Dynasty has mastered the rich gold and silver mines on the island, and sent Hu Dahai and his son to discover the American continent, and there will be more abundant gold and silver deposits in the future.

The Ming Dynasty still circulates copper coins, and only large transactions will use gold and silver coins.

The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the common people and merchants are accustomed to using copper coins, and on the other hand, because the number of gold and silver coins issued by the imperial court is not sufficient.

Zhu Han saw with his own eyes in Yingtian City that many merchants relied on carts and carts of copper coins when making large transactions.

Therefore, after Zhu Xing's meeting reached a cloudy day, he immediately proposed to his brother Zhu Yuanzhang that he wanted to implement the new version of the Ming gold and silver coins.

Compared with the previous Ming silver coins, the new version of gold and silver coins that Zhu Han wants to issue this time will be printed with the head of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor.

At the beginning, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested in the act of printing his head on the coin.

Even, the elder brother once felt that it was really a loss of the bearing of the Son of Heaven to let the emperor's dignity appear on the currency.

However, this problem is a small problem for Zhu Han at all.

Zhu Han used his three-inch incorruptible tongue, and soon persuaded his brother Zhu Yuanzhang with his own reasons.

If the subjects of the world can know what the emperor looks like, it will inevitably greatly strengthen the importance of the emperor in the eyes of the subjects of the world.

After all, in the minds of the people, the emperor has been bound to money, can it not be important?

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized that this would bring another huge benefit.

Since ancient times, limited by the backwardness of knowledge and transportation, the people in many remote areas have only one concept of the emperor and the imperial court.

The "commanded by heaven", which has been repeatedly praised by gentlemen and doctors, is simply an incomprehensible concept for the vast majority of ordinary people.

But.

If the emperor's portrait can appear on the coin, then ordinary people will have a clearer and more definite understanding of the emperor in their minds.

This is a huge bonus for the people to support the emperor.

So after considering this, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to Zhu Han's request very happily.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also plans to implement gold and silver coins first.

If the issuance of gold and silver coins works very well.

Then, all the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty were replaced with the same style.

After all, for ordinary people, the value of gold and silver coins is too high, and it is difficult to see them in ordinary life, or copper coins will be more popular.

So when Zhu Han asked Zhou Zhiruo to draw the pattern of the gold and silver coins, the old brother was very satisfied with the portrait on the pattern.

The portrait of the Ming Emperor on the coin is extraordinary and graceful.

After getting the approval of the elder brother, Zhu Han immediately arranged for the craftsmen in Yingtian City to experiment and make the latest version of the gold and silver coins.

Traditional metal coins are minted using the method.

As the name suggests, the casting method is to melt the metal into a liquid, then pour it into the mud, and wait until it cools and open the rice to get the poured metal currency.

However, although the cost of metal currency made by this method is relatively low, the clarity of the graph is seriously insufficient.

Especially for the portrait category, it requires fine casting, and after a few uses, the clay model will become moldy due to wear.

Therefore, for this new batch of gold and silver coins minted by the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han ordered his craftsmen to adopt the latest methods provided by himself.

This is the machine casting method invented in modern times.

This metal currency is made by using a huge pressing machine to press out the shape and pattern of the currency on a piece of metal plate.

It's just that this kind of machine needs a lot of power, otherwise it is difficult to carry thousands of pounds of pressure hammer.

However, this problem is not difficult for the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty at all.

There is plenty of water power here in the south of the Yangtze River, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty have developed a huge waterwheel.

The waterwheel is used to drive the hammer on the machine, and then with the rise and fall of the hammer, the rolled gold and silver plates are turned into gold and silver coins under the pressure of the hammer.

After several fine-tunings, the gold and silver coins were able to be manufactured 90 percent successfully, and damaged coins could be recycled without waste.

After some research, the fire cost of gold and silver coins is even lower than that of bronze coins.

After the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang got the latest version of the gold and silver coins, he couldn't help laughing.

"That's amazing!"

"I'm really talented!"

"Our avatar on this is so similar!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these gold and silver coins again and again, and it can be said that he couldn't put them down.

These gold and silver coins are beautifully illustrated, with a profile portrait of Emperor Hongwu on the obverse, a Yuan next to it, and the era name of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty on the reverse.

And on the side of the forearm, there are dense serration marks.

These jagged marks can be used specifically to prevent some unscrupulous people from cutting the corners of gold and silver coins to pick wool.

Any gold and silver coins with serious unclear jagged marks can be re-weighed and recovered as damaged currency.

After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he handed these coins to the queen Ma Xiuying next to him.

At this time, the queen Ma Xiuying had just given birth to a little prince, which was the fourth according to the ranking.

Queen Ma took these gold and silver coins and looked at them carefully.

Queen Ma couldn't help but admire after reading it.

"I still have the ability to do it, it's the first time I've seen such a beautiful coin!"

Zhu Han was a little embarrassed, he just provided an idea, from drawing graphics to making tools, all through the hands of others.

At this time, in the mouth of my sister-in-law, I attributed all the credit to myself.

I have to say that my sister-in-law really regards herself as her own brother.

"Sister-in-law, the drawing is Zhou Zhiruo from my palace, and the craftsman in Yingtian City is making coins, so I'm just moving my mouth." Zhu Han said with a grin.

"Speaking of which, it is also your greatest credit, but that Zhou Zhiruo in your palace is a smart woman, this time there is merit, the man's affairs will return to the front dynasty, and the affairs of the woman's family will return to the back, if I have to reward her well this week!"

As she spoke, Queen Ma ordered the palace maid next to her to take a few rare treasures from the inner treasury and reward them to the king's side concubine Zhou.

In fact, Zhu Han's palace is not much different from the palace, and there are almost all kinds of rare treasures.

It's just that the things that Queen Ma personally rewarded are of great significance, even if it is a goose feather, it will definitely make Zhou Zhiruo's little girl happy for several days, and she will serve Zhu Han with all her heart.

Seeing this, Zhu Han thanked his sister-in-law instead of Zhou Zhiruo.

At this moment, a baby's cry sounded in the cradle next to it.

Wow wow!

The baby's cry was unusually loud.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang and sister-in-law Ma Xiuying hurriedly walked over with a smile, and Zhu Han also followed behind to see the excitement.

"The fourth looks hungry again!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and teased the crying baby.

"Chongba, you two can talk, I'll take Xiao Si back to the back first." Queen Ma said it, and asked the palace maid to take the baby to the back to feed.

"By the way, brother, what did you name Xiao Si?"

According to the tradition of the hometown, children will only take an official name after the full moon, and before that they would only be called by the cheap names of cats and dogs.

"Let's think about it, let's call it Zhu Di!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Then he explained why he was called Zhu Di.

But.

Zhu Han was in no mood to listen to him talk about the origin of the name.

"Oh, Zhu Di, this name is very good when you hear it." Zhu Han could only say with a little embarrassment.

But.

He thought about it carefully, because of his own existence, the Ming Dynasty in this world would not let his eldest nephew Zhu Biao die untimely like in history no matter what.

As long as the eldest nephew Zhu Biao lives well, then even if the fourth Zhu Di has great ability, he will never dare to rebel against Jingnan.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Han was a little weird, but he didn't understand why he had this reaction.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled, a report from the guards suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, good news... Good news! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han immediately glanced at each other, and they both guessed the same possibility.

"Bring it on!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

Several guards walked in briskly from the palace gate with a hurried brocade guard.

The eunuch next to him opened the secret report in Jinyiwei's hand and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Lao Guo Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it quickly, and immediately smiled from ear to ear.

"Xu Da, this guy, hahaha, really didn't disappoint us!"

"Within three days, first break Guanghan, and then conquer Chengdu!"

When Zhu Han heard the news, he couldn't believe it.

They had obtained Sichuan Neiying before, and the best result they could think of was to let Xu Da lead his army to break through from the north, first take the Hanzhong gateway into Sichuan, and then slowly advance to Chengdu from the frontal battlefield.

I never thought of it.

Xu Da actually took Chengdu in one go!

"What is true?" Zhu Han still couldn't believe it.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang smiled while stuffing the good news into Zhu Han's hand.

"Seventy-five, look at it yourself, you can't fake it!"

Zhu Han took the good news and immediately looked at it.

Really.

Xu Da quickly and briefly described his battle experience in it, and then the final result.

"Our army has occupied the front line of Guanghan Chengdu, Chen Li, the crown prince of Chen Thief, led the remnants to abandon the city and flee to Yunnan, and most of the captives of Chen Youliang's harem were captured."

Zhu Han looked at the final result, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Xu Da, a general who has left a name in history, really has extraordinary military talent.

No one could have imagined that Sichuan, which everyone thought was impregnable, would be easily conquered under the rapid march of Xu Da's army.

"Now Xu Da only occupies the first line of Chengdu Guanghan, and the peripheral city passes have not been controlled, we must immediately send troops to respond, otherwise if Chen Youliang leads the army to counterattack, Xu Da is likely to be surrounded in a lonely city." Zhu Han immediately realized the problem.

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, "Haha, we have already thought of this matter, before Xu Da marched, I sent him another holy decree, so that he has the right to mobilize all the troops in the surrounding Huguang and Guanzhong, now I think that these soldiers and horses should have begun to march towards Sichuan, Chen Youliang has no chance to return to Chengdu!" ”

The Ming army deployed heavy troops in the east and north of Sichuan, with nearly 200,000 troops alone, and there was sufficient food and military salaries, and the combat effectiveness was already high.

Now that Xu Da led the army to raid Chengdu, the surrounding Ming troops will definitely march together to attack the defense line on the periphery of Sichuan.

With Xu Da's military ability, the panicked army under Chen Youliang was definitely not the opponent of the Ming army.

The Ming army's capture of Sichuan is already a sure thing.

As for Chen Youliang's son Chen Li and other people escaping, it is simply harmless.

"Hehe, if you take Chengdu Chen Youliang, there will be a remote Yunnan left!"

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang said as he looked at the map screen behind him.

The mountains and rivers of the whole world are all visible on this map.

Yunnan is located in the most remote place in the southwest, although the local products are abundant, but there is still a big gap compared with Sichuan.

The remnants of Chen Youliang's defeated army relied only on Yunnan, and it was very difficult to feed the 100,000 horses under his command.

I'm afraid it won't be long.

A crisis of rule will erupt within Chen Youliang.

"Chen Youliang still has some means, although Sichuan has been lost, he is afraid that he will also cause chaos for us with Yunnan, so let Xu Da destroy him earlier!" Zhu Han said beside him.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "That's right, but let's wait until Sichuan is pinched first!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered his Jinyi guards to go to Sichuan with their holy decree and hand it over to Xu Da.

In this holy decree, Zhu Yuanzhang not only emphasized Xu Da's command of all the Ming troops in the Huguang generation in Guanzhong, Sichuan, but also sealed him to manage the administrative taxes of these three regions, so that Xu Da could. Handily used the military and financial resources of the three regions to deal with Chen Youliang.

Meanwhile.

The Ming court's support for Xu Da did not relax at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang issued several holy decrees in a row.

Almost all the ships in the south and north of the Yangtze River were requisitioned to transport a large number of military supplies to Sichuan.

The whole world has already seen that Da Ming wants to use his thunderous momentum this time to completely eliminate the separatist force of Chen Youliang.

The unification of the world is really just around the corner.

Although the Ming court's repeated actions were huge, the national strength that was really used was not much.

All the materials, equipment and money consumed are actually the family funds that Daming has accumulated in the past few years.

It can be imagined how rich the Ming Dynasty has been in recent years, even if it is a big war that mobilizes hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, there is no need to increase taxes on the people.

And that's not all.

When Xu Da led the Ming army to pacify the southwest, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty officially issued a holy decree to reform the currency.

The standard currency of the Ming Dynasty was officially changed from the original copper coin to silver coin.

In other words, the copper standard, which had been circulating in China for thousands of years, became the precious metal silver standard.

This is not only a change of currency, but also a symbol of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty has reached a new height.