Then some details were discussed, and Zhang Wen, who had just served as the manager of the Siupin Taiping Iron Ore Company, immediately set off and rushed to the Taiping Mansion.

The more than 30,000 craftsmen in Dadu brought back by Lao Zhu last month were directly transferred to Taiping.

It's not just mining and iron smelting, it's all sorts of things.

According to a teenager, Pingzhang, the plan is to build a comprehensive industrial city based on local iron mines in the quarry town of Dangtu County, Taiping Province.

Industrial city!

Another novelty.

Zhang asked to do only one thing in the short term, placement.

Lao Zhu also asked Zhu Yuan about this matter, and Zhu Yuan gave Du Fu those few lines of poetry: There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, sheltering the world's poor people are happy, and the wind and rain are not moving!

Lao Zhu asked Zhang again.

As a child of Confucianism, Zhang Wen saw the first two sentences.

An people made meritorious contributions.

As an emperor, what Lao Zhu saw was the last sentence.

Ten thousand years.

Attitudes are therefore unanimous.

I plan to follow the model of Mingzhou and build a house first...... Anyway, most of the work is still done by the craftsmen themselves, which happens to be the job. What came out of the imperial court was nothing more than some rations and land.

In terms of rations, Lao Zhu has just expanded the Jingshi warehouse this year, and the capacity has increased from 3 million stones to 6 million stones, and it is all full and sufficient for supply at the moment.

Not only that, according to Zhu Yuan's proposal, the imperial court will soon mint coins, which can also be paid to craftsmen as salaries.

Lao Zhu has already understood the truth.

The imperial court minted coins at a relatively low cost and distributed them to craftsmen, who used the money to buy grain, and in addition to the official government, there were also most of the private grain, mainly from local wealthy merchants, who minted money at low cost to buy high-cost grain, which was also equivalent to a kind of 'distribution' that made up for the deficiency by losing the surplus.

After all, the cost of copper coins has always been less than a stone of grain.

Moreover, the twenty-third grandson of his own treasure also made it clear that in a short period of time, with the minting capacity of the imperial court, there is no need to consider things such as excess currency. The one to consider is just how to get the coinage back and form a virtuous circle.

This has been discussed a lot.

Returning to the placement of artisans, in addition to rations, there is also land.

It's also easy.

Taiping Province is mountainous, not to mention that the iron ore is also in the mountains east of the quarrying town, still referring to Mingzhou, and the residential area is built along the mountain, and the local materials are taken.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Wen also expressed concern about the ownership of the mountains, but Lao Zhu was very tough, if any big family dared to say that those mountains were their own, Lao Zhu didn't mind letting them know how he started.

Waiting for Zhang Wen to retire, Yang Siyi, the head of the household department who had been waiting for a while, entered the door, and Shan Anren, who would be the secretary, did not leave.

What needs to be discussed happens to be coinage.

Zhu Yuan threw out a plan of 'Daming Central Bank' and began to lie down, but things still have to be done.

Lao Zhu personally arrested it.

The Zhongshu directly under the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, which plans to be the third product, is in charge of Zhu Yuan by default and reports directly to His Majesty the Emperor. However, with regard to the minting and issuance of currency, for the time being, it is necessary to cooperate with the traditional Ministry of Household and Ministry of Industry, which has not yet been established and will be replaced by a general.

According to the theory given by Zhu Yuan, Lao Zhu has been thinking about it in private recently, and his thoughts have become clearer and clearer, if the imperial court can mint millions of guan every year, as in the Song Dynasty, it will also be equivalent to having millions of additional resources available.

If you want to create a prosperous era unseen in a thousand years, there are always too many resources.

For this reason, Lao Zhu has already planned to include silver coins in it.

This is also a precedent for all generations.

Of course, gold coins do not work, it is still someone's suggestion, intended as a national reserve, for the future.

In the conference room, Yang Siyi gave a salute and presented a prepared recital: "Ancestor, this is the coinage made by the minister after discussing with Master Shan...... Scheme. ”

Lao Zhu printed many copies of Zhu Yuan's 'work report' and sent it to the ministers, asking the Manchu civil and military to learn the format, and also planned to print a part of it in the first issue of the "Daming Monthly" to spread all over the world. This time, regarding the Daming Central Bank, Yang Siyi was explained before, and the word 'plan' from someone was also used, which is good...... What can I do next?

Lao Zhu took the piece and pointed to the long table in front of him: "You can sit down too." ”

Yang Siyi glanced at the long table of the conference, and Shan Anren's uncomfortable appearance, hesitated slightly, came to the other side, and sat down opposite Shan Anren.

Look at each other.

Lao Zhu was already speeding through the concerto.

After the establishment of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing to do was to mint coins.

Mass coinage.

Lao Zhu asked Yang Siyi and Shan Anren to plan this, looking at the content of the concert in front of them, the plan discussed by the two was also very simple, that is, to pick up the very mature money supervision model of the Song Dynasty again.

There are also many tables attached to it, listing some information about the Qian Jian of the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the money supervisors were not concentrated in Bianliang or Hangzhou, but scattered all over the country, and at the most, there were more than 20 money supervisors in the country, and the maximum number of coins minted each year was close to 6 million.

This is also the goal that Lao Zhu is looking forward to.

However, it is not easy to do this.

The main reason is that the Yuan Dynasty was keen to issue paper money and suppressed copper coins, which led to the overall abolition of the metal currency system for a hundred years, so it was easy to sort out the money supervision model of the Song Dynasty, but if you want to implement it, the key is still people, just enough craftsmen, it will take a few years to cultivate.

After browsing the music in his hand, Lao Zhu turned back to one of the pages and gestured to Yang Siyi and the two below: "This plan for minting silver coins is not good with reference to the seventy percent content of copper coins. Copper coins are small coins, and zinc and tin are not cheap either. And this silver coin is a lot of money, one or two can buy an acre of land in a remote place, you give seven yuan, but it will harm the reputation of the court, and it is difficult for the people to recognize it. Scold...... Just like I set the consistent ratio of 400 Wen earlier, the people don't accept it, what can you do? ”

Yang Siyi thought for a while and said tentatively: "Lord, what ...... With ninety-percent? ”

"What ninety percent, give ten percent of the silver," Lao Zhu said: "I know that this move can earn the difference for the court, but if the credit is ruined, every time the people don't recognize your money, what difference will they make?" ”

When Lao Zhu said this, Yang Siyi and Shan Anren glanced at each other, and could only nod together: "Minister, obey orders." ”

As for......

Where does Renduo's silver come from, anyway, everyone is doing their best.

Lao Zhu actually understood this problem, and flipped through the part of Yang Siyi's recital involving silver mines.

In the current territory of the Ming Dynasty, referring to the classics of the Song and Yuan dynasties, there are 68 silver mines that can be confirmed, but the output is not much, and the annual output of many pits is only a few thousand taels, with a total estimate of about 500,000 taels.

Yang Siyi affirmed that this is only an estimate based on the records of the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the specific details can only be confirmed after the official mining of the imperial court, however, the specific should not deviate too much.

If you want to improve, you can only explore new mines.

Lao Zhu also understood why the previous dynasties did not issue silver coins, too few, not enough at all.

Therefore, I remembered what my baby twenty-third grandson mentioned, that Japanese silver mine, three-percent of the world's output...... Alas, I had to think about it early to knock it down.

Thinking so, Lao Zhu quickly continued: "You know that next year there will be a big canonization, and the army will be rewarded, and besides, the salaries of officials, I also plan to reorder them in the near future, thinking about the combination of food and coins, which is ...... Copper coins, next year to more than 300,000 yuan, well, that's it, but the silver coin, more minted, 3 million taels, you two may finish? ”

Although all the silver mines are launched, it is only about 500,000 taels a year, but next year to mint 3 million taels of silver coins, Lao Zhu can still get it.

First of all, before the breakthrough of Dadu, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, but the treasury of the Yuan Court alone obtained 170,000 taels of gold and 1.19 million taels of silver.

The second is the salt tax.

The official is mainly collecting silver at the moment, and next year ...... To say the least, it can have 1.5 million taels.

Then, there is the sea trade, which includes two parts: the tax on the city and the sharing of profits. Lao Zhu privately calculated that it should not be a problem to receive 1 million taels.

Just these three parts are enough to meet the minting demand of 3 million taels.

Others, not to mention the frugal accumulation of these old Zhus, are just a variety of other scattered receipts, such as various 'groups' and 'companies' that contribute income, which are also at the level of one million taels of income, which can fully guarantee other unforeseen needs.

When Lao Zhu talked about this, Yang Siyi and Shan Anren glanced at each other again, and their minds were also thinking quickly.

The source of silver, the two of them understand the accounts of the imperial court, and they are also not worried.

The problem is still casting.

The current ability of the Ming Dynasty to mint copper coins, the limit for next year, is about 300,000 yuan, which is written in the chapter, but silver coins, 3 million taels...... Pondering carefully, it seems that the latter is far more than the former, and there is a huge difference.

However, on second thought, it is actually ...... Even more disparity.

Copper coins range from 'small flat money' to 'when ten coins', and the compromise is calculated according to 'when five coins', and 300,000 guan is equivalent to 60 million.

As for the silver coins, Yang Siyi and the others have no plans except for the suggested silver content. However, if the average of 1 tael of silver coins is the mainstay, which is equivalent to 1 kan, then the total is only 3 million.

Sixty million against three million.

The latter, of course, is fine.

However, the words could not be full, Yang Siyi said: "Ancestor, this silver coin, the previous dynasty may have minted, but it is also a very small amount, if it is 3 million taels...... Hmm, what method to use, such as turning sand, whether it is feasible still needs to be tried. ”

Shan Anren also said: "Ancestor, there is still weight...... One penny is too small, one or two...... It seems too big, how do you start? ”

Lao Zhu listened to the two of them talking, and also turned his thoughts.

Substitute for his former role as an old farmer, a tael of silver coins, it seems to be ...... It's too big, one penny, Lao Zhu also understands that it will probably be a little smaller, so he didn't figure out the result for a while, so he said: "In this way, you will make a set of silver coins as soon as possible, from one coin to one tael, well, to ten taels, let me see the appearance first." ”

Again, the two agreed.

Lao Zhu turned back to the front of the recital, and continued to discuss various details with the two dignitaries, so that after another quarter of an hour, the matter was finally preliminarily finalized.

sent Yang Siyi to do things, and Shan Anren was left behind again.

Sitting at the strange long table, his hands were still empty, Shan Anren felt more and more uncomfortable, and he could only wait patiently for His Majesty's orders.

"It's this ......," Lao Zhu said, "Yuan'er and I talked about porcelain, and I thought about it...... Oh, according to the model of Daming Iron and Steel Group, the establishment of a Daming Ceramics Group, you have been sorting out a piece of information about the ceramic industry in various places for me these days, but understand? ”

All kinds of new words, all kinds of understanding.

The figure of a certain young man Pingzhang appeared in Shan Anren's mind again, and he promised: "The minister will arrange someone to do it as soon as possible." ”

Lao Zhu continued to explain various details.

Speaking of this project, it was completely Lao Zhu who figured it out himself.

Of course, the business logic, and even the economic logic at the overall level, still comes from the twenty-third grandson of his own baby.

In addition to being stimulated by the blue and white porcelain that can be exchanged for 5 million stone of grain in the future, there is also Zhu Yuan's many previous mentions.

To put it simply, Lao Zhu hopes to monopolize the best craftsmen, the best craftsmanship, and even the best porcelain clay related to the Daming ceramic industry.

If the people want to burn it, they won't stop it, but the best must come from the official family.

Then, sell at a high price.

Whatever the royal family uses, you can use as long as you spend money. Of course, it's about quality, not the standard, such as dragon and phoenix textures, which must still not work.

This business can be done not only externally, but also internally.

Even...... It's more about the inside.

In the future, for the sake of decency, if you want the best porcelain, you can only buy it from the government, and it will cost a lot of money.

As a result, the coins minted by the imperial court can be collected back in this way.

Virtuous circle.

Frankly speaking, listening to Lao Zhu's various thoughts, Shan Anren felt that he couldn't keep up.

As an old minister of Huaixi who followed Lao Zhu very early, Shan Anren felt very directly, in the past year, his own master has changed too much.

Let's just say that in the past, my own master always worked tirelessly to recruit talents, and sent people to search and collect from all over the country over and over again, and I was hungry and thirsty.

Now, I'm not keen on it.

Love doesn't come.

All this transformation is just because of one person.

Enough.

Moreover, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, whether you were envious or jealous, and the result was ...... There can only be helplessness. Because, no one has the whimsical mind of that little Pingzhang.

You want to target a person, but if you can't even figure out what is going on in someone's head, how can you fight?

You can only passively 'take a beating'.