What Lin Fang and others said was a proposal about "currency" that Chen Ke had just put forward.

Originally, the coins considered by Lin Fang and many other craftsmen were actually imprinted with a few words, or they were simply neat and nothing.

Chen Ke suggested that the back of the currency should be imprinted with the portrait of the First Emperor, and the front side was a symbol of the world.

Today's coins have three denominations: one, five, and ten.

This is true for silver and copper coins.

One silver coin is equal to ten copper coins, and in the imagination, one gold coin is equal to ten silver coins, which is the initial application of the decimal system.

Chen Ke proposed that the obverses of the silver coins of 1, 5 and 10 should be respectively branded with the images of three classics, such as "Hangu Pass", "Xianyang City" and "Mount Tai".

The obverses of the one, five, and ten copper coins are branded with the great river, the great river, and the symbolic "Wolf Juxu Mountain".

On the back, all of them are imprinted portraits of Yingzheng.

Li Si looked at Chen Ke with some emotion on his face, he felt that Chen Ke, a kid, had really cultivated the kung fu of patting sycophants.

At this time, in this case, I can think of a quiet sycophant.

"Chen Ke, this idea of yours is very good, but the current craftsman technology, can it reach this point?"

Lees's worries are unreasonable.

Three or four years ago, when he was forging Qin Banliang, he actually wanted exquisite forging techniques and coins, but the facts told him that no.

Although Qin Banliang's bronze coins could be used and reached a peak of technology at that time, they were still a little rough in Li Si's eyes.

This is also the reason why although the use of Qin Banliang has become popular, people seem to be using more "baht money".

Chen Ke looked at Lin Fang beside him, with a question in his eyes.

After thinking for a short time, Lin Fang replied directly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Senior Uncle, and Prime Minister Li Cheng, if it is just some simple impressions of mountains and rivers and portraits of His Majesty, it should be able to do it. ”

He pointed to the mold in the distance and said, "Actually, we started preparing two years ago, and at that time, Uncle Shi was already explaining this matter to us. ”

"The matter of currency is very high, if we are not completely prepared, we actually don't dare to talk to Uncle Shi."

Lin Fang said with pride on his face.

This is indeed something to be proud of.

He picked up one of the coins on the mold and said, "Look, everyone, this is a mold coin that was forged before, so that you can observe the shape of the coin." ”

Li Si and the others looked at the currency curiously, and even Chen Ke, who had already seen it before, looked at it with a little interest.

I saw that the copper coin was in Lin Fang's palm, and it corresponded to a silver coin.

The light of the silver coin shows off its beauty in the light of the sun, and there is only a simple "Qin Number"1 on it.

Symbolizes that it is a silver coin.

Fusu stretched out his hand, took the coin in his hand, and kept playing with it, the silver coin was shiny and shiny, and it looked like an incomparably precious affair.

He took the coin and slammed it to both sides, trying to break it, but in the end he couldn't really do it.

Chen Ke glanced at Lin Fang, and Lin Fang continued to introduce: "Princess, this silver coin is based on Uncle Shi's recipe, and then it has been improved and some metals have been added to it. ”

"The recipe for the whole coin is very difficult to find, and it is extremely valuable."

He patted his chest and said, "There can be no counterfeit money on the market, unless they can find our coinage method, the recipe for coinage." ”

Lin Fang blinked his eyes and said with a little ostentation: "But this is impossible, because a certain material for forging coins is all controlled by the imperial court. ”

"And our recipe is so hard to figure out that it's even the result of a craftsman's care."

He pointed to the silver coin and said, "What's more, our forging technology is also beyond this era. ”

"I can conclude that within thirty years, unless the imperial court takes the initiative to publicize the technology of forging silver coins, it will be impossible for everyone else in the world to come up with similar skills."

"Because, this is a combination of the Mo family's machine technique and the public loser's machine technique, plus some techniques provided by Uncle Shi, to really create a technology."

Speaking of this, Lin Fang's face was a little embarrassed: "When this technology and silver coins appeared, we had already reported it to Your Majesty. ”

"This is a very precious technology, and after seeing it, His Majesty made it a top secret, and no one except His Majesty can ask or touch these things."

Li Si didn't say anything, just waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you don't have to explain this thing to us, which one of you present doesn't know?" ”

He carefully looked at the silver coin in Lin Fang's hand: "But this silver coin is really wonderful." ”

"If you can do it, then don't tell Your Majesty for the time being, right?"

Fusu and Chen Ke glanced at each other, with a teasing smile on their faces, and they were also ready to surprise Yingzheng.

Immediately, they all said: "I won't tell Your Majesty first, and when the mother coin comes out, I will tell Your Majesty, and by the way, it will also give Your Majesty a surprise, right?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and smiled.

.........

Baiyue Frontier

Miasma is rampant here, and people who have lived here for hundreds of years do not like to come out, and people from the Central Plains do not want to come here.

Even the people of Chu are dissatisfied with the barbarians of this Baiyue.

In the many years that Chu still existed, Chu and Baiyue had hundreds of wars, large and small, and the resentment between Baiyue and the Central Plains was very deep.

Baiyue is said to be Baiyue, but it is actually a collective name for several tribes.

He includes Wu Yue, Yang Yue, Don'ou, Min Yue, Nanyue, Xi Ou, Luo Yue and many other Yue branches

These different tribes, large and small, are in the coastal zone, relying on the thick miasma of the coastal zone and the complex mountain forest environment to resist the invasion from the Central Plains.

.......

Chudi

The army led by Zhao Tuo and Zhang Han set out from Xianyang City and had already arrived in Chu, but so far, they are still stationed in Chudi.

The supply of grain and grass has formed a chain, so they don't have to worry.

It's just that Zhao Tuo still sighed heavily when he looked at the mountains in the distance, when he was in Xianyang, he thought that Daqin was just an easy war against Baiyue, and he was ready to capture.

But it was only after coming to this Chu land and seeing with his own eyes the thick miasma of Baiyue, and even a little bit of soldiers' dissatisfaction, that he understood.

】

It seems to be broken at the touch of a button, but it is actually a moat.

"Wait."

He turned his head and said to Zhang Han beside him: "At this time, I can only wait, waiting for the order from the Central Imperial Court. ”

"Let's see, what can Your Majesty and the princes of the court do."

Zhang Han nodded slightly, his powerful self-confidence dissipated when he came to the edge of Chu Di.

More than a dozen soldiers cost their lives to let these two Great Qin generals with strong self-confidence know that the naturally existing barrier of miasma is not so easy to solve.

Miasma entering the body is the most insoluble thing.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the strongest soldiers of Great Qin are not able to exert their most powerful strength in the mountains, hills, and even jungles.

They are restricted.

Because they have never fought in such an environment at all, but the Baiyue people are different, they live here, and fighting here is like fighting in their own homes.

One is the other, and the soldiers of Great Qin are naturally not their opponents.

This is also a problem.

.........

Penglai Chau

After the meeting held two days ago, several high-ranking officials of Penglaizhou discussed Penglai's future plans, and of course, for the appointment of the director of the "Publications Administration", it was still necessary to report to Xianyang.

They can only provide a list of references.

After all, the appointment of the "director" at the state level is actually no longer something that can be resolved within the state, or in other words, in this era, no matter what the appointment of officials, it is not something that can be decided by local people.

Most of the power to appoint personnel came from the central court, or from the emperor.

Because in the current Great Qin, there has not yet been a "Ministry of Officials", which was later rumored to be the "No. 1 Yamen in the world", so naturally no one can control this power.

Today's Chen Ke does not plan to let the officials appear.

Because of the emergence of the Ministry of Officials, a part of the appointment and evaluation power of local power will be distributed to the hands of a certain department.

This is not good for the future of Great Qin.

Therefore, although the Ministry of Officials can still exist, and even become a department to assess whether an official can meet the standards, he absolutely cannot grasp the right to appoint officials at will.

In Chen Ke's view, even if the appointment power of certain local officials is really to be delegated, it cannot be delegated to the ministry of officials, but to the higher departments.

For example, appointments at the county level only need to be reported to the central government.

Appointments at the county level can be negotiated by senior officials at the "county" level, or at least by all officials at the "county" level.

Candidates above the county level must be continuously approved by the state and the central government, and cannot directly produce a person like the county.

There must be five or more candidates to play.

The appointment of officials at the state level must be made by the imperial court, and even the state does not even have the right to nominate people.

Such a power structure and personnel composition is also a basic composition in later generations.

And it turns out that although this has its drawbacks, it is still the best choice, at least the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Huo Shi looked at the folds in front of him, with a slight sigh in his eyes.

Although he did not doubt Guan Zhuo's loyalty, he didn't know why this time, among the candidates recommended by Guan Zhuo as the director of the "Publications Administration", there was "Fan Muye".

He frowned slightly, this person himself was left by Chen Ke, could this be the teacher's intention?

Huo Shi was a little anxious, because he couldn't judge whether the matter of making Fan Muye the director of the Publication Administration was deliberately done by Chen Ke or promoted by others.

He didn't even have a way to ask questions, he could only make his own judgment.

And he didn't have much time.

This made Huo Shi's mood very irritable,

Of course, at the same time as applying for the post of director of publications, because Chen Ke had already served as prime minister and stepped down from the post of governor of "Penglaizhou", they also had to ask the imperial court to send a new "governor".

Huo Shi didn't have any opinion on this.

Regardless of whether the imperial court made him the governor of Penglai Continent or not, he would continue to serve Penglai and Great Qin.

After all, he is the county warden of "Linzi County".

Linzi County, as the state capital of Penglaizhou, is the core of the entire Penglaizhou, so his status is actually the same as the state-level administration of Penglaizhou.

All have to participate in the decision of the meeting of Penglaizhou.

After writing the recital completely, Huo Shicai pressed his tired body.

In these days when he was temporarily acting as governor, he had fully seen the cumbersomeness of Penglaizhou's affairs, and the affairs of Linzi County were not at all one-tenth of the affairs of the governor of Penglaizhou.

"The teacher is really amazing.....

"It's so easy, and it even looks very easy."

"When will I be able to be like a teacher?"

.........

Prime Minister's Office

There have been more and more affairs recently, and even Li Si feels a little tired, let alone Chen Ke.

Chen Ke was already tired into a mess at this time, and he didn't even want to move.

And Li Si squinted at Chen Ke: "Chen Ke, basically the things that have been piled up a few years ago have been almost over, and the next thing is the country's farming." ”

He sighed: "Last year and the year before that, we promoted new agricultural tools and the "Municipal Property Department" all over the country, and almost all of the more than 30 counties today have sufficient reserves of agricultural tools. ”

"The Municipal Property Department also played a huge role last year, making Daqin's grain harvest almost double."

"This year or according to last year's template?"

Chen Ke nodded slightly: "It's okay to follow last year's template, but you need to adjust the data again according to some of this year's harvest." ”

He also sighed and pressed his brows: "There is something wrong with the harvest in the south, Chu has always been a place with a lot of grain, how can it be so little?" ”

Chen Ke sneered: "I'm afraid it's Chudi's side, something goes wrong." ”

Li Si had a strange smile on his face, he looked at Chen Ke and said, "If there is a problem in a certain place or a certain county, it is not a big deal. ”

"I'm afraid that there will be problems in the entire county over there, or even the entire Chu land."

There is a deep meaning in these words, and even Chen Ke has to pay attention to some of the possibilities that arise in them.

"There must be no problems in Chudi, after all, now His Majesty wants to use troops against Baiyue, Chudi is very close to Baiyue, and it can be used as a main road, or even a base for troops."

Chen Ke's voice was cold: "There is a lot of miasma in the land of Baiyue, if we want to exchange the least casualties for victory, then Chu Di must be completely safe." ”

His fingers tapped on the table, making a dull sound.

"Knock knock—"

"Then, before you do anything to Baiyue, let's plow Chu Di again."

"Since there are people who want to find death, we naturally want to fulfill them."

"Isn't it?"