The front hall of the chapter platform.

"Your Majesty, yesterday a letter from the Guishan Kingdom was delivered to the Pawn Mansion, please present it to Your Majesty."

Zhao Shanben stepped forward to take the national letter and respectfully handed it to me.

I took the letter of state with some doubts, Daqin and Guishan did not have any intersection except for some trade exchanges through the Western Regions, what kind of trouble did a letter of state suddenly come.

When I opened the national letter, the original was Guishan script, and the copy was intimately attached to the Daqin script.

The gist of it is that they already know that glass is artificially made, and this kind of goods is deeply loved by the Kushan nobles, and they also have a great demand for silk, porcelain, tea, etc., and hope to send envoys to Xianyang to discuss further cooperation.

I handed the letter to Zhao Shanben, and Zhao Shanben read it in public.

"What do you think Guishuang wants?"

Feng Zai, as the left prime minister in charge of Xindi, took the lead in getting up and answering.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Guishan should not just come for trade."

Feng Zai analyzed: "The restructuring of the Western Regions has gone quite smoothly so far, and there has been no rebellion in the Green Ridge region that I am worried about, and now the officials of Great Qin have fully taken over their army, and at the same time are vigorously promoting the circulation of Qin coins, and the minister thinks that this move will cause some worries in Guishan." ”

Zhang Han followed up and said: "The minister agrees with Feng Xiang, after the Western Regions are completely under Great Qin, Guishan will face the might of Great Qin, and now there are 60,000 Qin troops in the Western Regions, Guishuang is afraid that it will be difficult to sleep and eat, and the so-called trade is very likely to spy on Great Qin's attitude towards the surrounding countries of the Western Regions." ”

Sima Li looked around, he was already very intelligent, and his position as Ji Ranling for nearly a year made him grow up very fast, and when he saw that no one continued to speak, he knew that it was time for him to speak.

"Your Majesty, before that, Great Qin had informed the countries of the Great Qin monetary system and negotiated the exchange rate, but Guishan mainly traded with the Western Regions, which actually had little impact on them. Now that Qin coins are circulating in the Western Regions, the impact on the Western Regions will inevitably affect Guishuang, and the ministers think that this should also be their concern. ”

After listening to the analysis of the three of them, I nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too. What do you think is going to happen? ”

Yu He lowered his head and thought for a while, then got up and said, "The minister thinks that he can follow Guan Zhong's example to buy deer and make Chu." ”

I smiled slightly, "It's a good idea, what does Doctor Yu think I should like?" ”

There was a burst of chuckling in the hall, and the tense atmosphere since the struggle between Li Si and Yu He had been somewhat relieved.

Yu He also smiled: "I heard that there are several precious animals in Guishuang, such as lions, leopards, etc., Your Majesty may wish to buy some to enjoy." ”

Li Xing was a little puzzled and said, "Dare to ask the Imperial Doctor, why are these animals?" The lower officials heard that Guishan's horses were quite good, so why didn't they buy them? If you buy it, you can also use it as a war horse. ”

Yu He glanced up at me, and I nodded slightly.

"The animals I just mentioned are carnivores, and it is very difficult to feed, if you want to breed them on a large scale, you will inevitably need a large number of cattle and sheep and other herbivores, and the consumption of food will also be greatly increased, and maybe there will be a situation of destroying the fields to plant pasture, which can greatly consume their grain and fields."

Li Xing said suddenly: "I see, it's ......"

Feng Zheng watched the two of them sing and harmonize, his eyes rolled, and he said: "Not only that, after Daqin stopped buying those animals, those lions and leopards can neither eat nor farm, and if they continue to raise, they will consume a lot of food, and there is no other way than to kill them." ”

Zhou Zhi immediately responded: "What Feng Xiang said is extremely true. ”

Yu He was calm, and Li Xing looked at Feng Zheng with some embarrassment.

The original drinking five-person group, now Li Xing and Feng Zheng are gradually drifting apart......

I complained in my heart, and then agreed: "You can give it a try." ”

After all, Kushan is not a country in the Han cultural circle, so I don't know if this method can work, but there are also economic means such as tulip scams in the West, and profit-seeking should be a common characteristic of human beings.

Thinking of this, I reminded: "To Guishan, it is said that the Great Qin copper coins are limited, and in the future, all high-value goods such as silk, porcelain, and rare animals will not be settled with copper coins, but will be settled with silver coins." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Li Si reminded: "Your Majesty, it seems that Daqin does not have silver coins......"

I looked at Sima Li: "How's it going?" ”

Sima Li said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, most of the silver mines in Nanyang County have been mined, and there are about 200,000 catties of silver. ”

I ordered the mining of silver ore in the sixth year of Qin II, and now six years have passed, 200,000 catties are about 3.2 million taels, which is not as good as the income of the Ming Dynasty from a salt patrol, but it is not a lot.

"Then prepare to mint silver coins...... No, it's better to cast silver ingots. ”

Sima Li did not participate in the formulation of the Great Qin monetary system, but Feng Zheng knew about it, and said strangely: "Didn't Your Majesty say before that silver coins without a circle are easy to be cut by black-hearted merchants for profit?" Aren't silver ingots more likely to be trimmed? ”

I smiled: "Although silver ingots have a fixed denomination and weight, they will only circulate in larger volumes, and there are few people who handle them, so this problem generally does not occur, and the casting of silver ingots is only convenient for storage and transportation." Moreover, the silver is soft and can be easily cut, and there is no need for the imperial court to deliberately promote it, and the circulation of silver will definitely develop towards weighing. ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

I looked at Li Si: "The matter of minting silver is more difficult for Li Xiang, it doesn't take much effort to cast it alone, and the Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion can play a role, mainly the exchange ratio of silver and gold and copper, which should not only refer to the existing silver ore volume in Daqin, but also refer to the exchange situation of those countries that use silver coins in the West." ”

Li Si arched his hand and said, "The minister obeys." ”

"As for Guishuang's matter......" I looked at Yu He: "This method was proposed by the Imperial Doctor, so you can do it." ”

"Yes!"

"Feng Zheng, what you have to do is to prepare to receive Guishuang's envoys, it's August now, I'm afraid that when they come, it will coincide with the Great Dynasty Meeting, what should they see and what they shouldn't, you have to know in your heart." Feng Zai has a lively brain, a lot of ghost ideas, and is the first choice for dealing with people.

Feng Zai's face was solemn: "The minister understands! ”

After this matter was dealt with, Zhou Zhi stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the history of the ministers has a lot of words. ”

"Say."

"Yes. Since the use of paper in Daqin, not only all kinds of public calves, newspapers, even ordinary people have mostly begun to use paper, the existing official seal is a little too small on the paper, one is easy to be forged, the other is not prestigious, the minister suggested that the official seal at all levels will be increased, please Your Majesty decide. ”

"Oh?" I really hadn't thought about this matter before, Qin and Han mainly used bamboo slips to write, and they needed to cooperate with the seal ribbon to hang on their waists to prove their identity, so the official seal was extremely small, except for the jade seal, the largest official seal could only cover the width of two bamboo slips, and the official seal at the county level was not much bigger than the nail cover, otherwise Su Qin would have to fall down with the seal of the Six Kingdoms......

I thought for a moment and said, "If you want to seek the country, you can discuss with Li Xiang to deal with it as appropriate." ”