A year is a long time, Sun Ming has succeeded to the throne for a whole year, although there are many things, but the development of a year is also quite fast. First of all, in agriculture, the area of cultivated land has tripled, and with the application of the quyuan plow, the grain has been enriched, but Sun Ming is still levied according to the method of ten taxes and one tax, but the income is even more than in previous years.

Prime Minister Shang Rong's old face smiled, but Sun Ming was not happy because of this, now is the time to launch the currency, and he must not be careless. The gold was made into the appearance of gold ingots by Sun Ming, and the same was true of silver, each weighing ten taels.

Then there is the copper coin, here is not pure copper, but doped with other metals, a hundred copper coins are equal to one tael of silver, one hundred taels of silver is equal to one tael of gold, this is set by Sun Ming, and it is also produced according to this ratio.

This can facilitate the circulation of copper coins and silver, and the circulation of gold Sun Ming did not plan to release too much, after all, the people at the bottom are not rich now.

At the court meeting, Prime Minister Shang Rong reported the income from the grain tax, which surprised the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, which was nearly ten times more than last year, why is there so much more? The land has only tripled, and the use of the Quyuan plough for deep ploughing is not so much, after all, today it is only ten taxes and one!

"Hmph, it seems that those landlords have hidden a lot of taxes in the past, and officials from all over the country have obviously neglected their duties, but this year they have worked hard, so they will not be held accountable, and they will speak according to their merits. ”

"Yes. In addition, the king has a large number of babies born today, and Lao Chen thinks that more doctors should be sent to try to let more babies survive. Prime Minister Shang Rong said.

"Yes, there is land and land, and naturally there will be more people, which is good. In addition, the currency we prepared can be implemented, we only collect 10% of the grain tax, and this year the farmers must have excess grain in their hands, if they want to exchange the grain for something, because more grain will be cheaper, and the farmers will not get any benefits, so they will directly use our new currency to buy surplus grain. ”

"It's the king, this is really a good way, so that you can launch a currency, and you can make it convenient for farmers, and at the same time you can control the price of grain, the king is really clever in this move. Prime Minister Shang Rong had to boast a few words. This is not a sycophant, but sincerely, but soon he began to worry again, "King, the period of this year's Great Dynasty Meeting is approaching, and the three major princes have put down the rebellion, and now that Yuan Futong has been arrested, how should the fiefdoms of the seventy-two princes be handled?"

Fei Zhong immediately jumped out after hearing this, "Great King, the rebellion of the princes of the Seventy-two Roads, thanks to the troops sent by the three major princes, can be quickly pacified, and they should be given more fiefdoms, so as to show the king's reliance on the three major princes, and it will definitely make them more loyal." ”

You Hun was not to be left behind, and also said: "Yes, the other participating princes also need to be encouraged, otherwise it is not enough to reflect the wisdom of the king." "The two of them had already received the benefits, and as soon as the rebellion was put down, the three major princes and the northern princes who participated in it sent people to Chaoge to give gifts. If you want land, so many princes want it, but the princes of the Seventy-two Road look like a lot, but the smallest prince is only 2,000 troops, and so many princes' fiefs are also of different sizes, Yuan Futong is the largest, and he directly sent 30,000 troops, which is the strongest.

This is still the result of reckless force, Sun Ming listened to the words of the two of them, and laughed unconsciously, Shang Rong, Bigan and Wen Zhong looked at the two of them jumping up and down with pity, and some courtiers also jumped out and echoed.

"Okay, this matter will be discussed later, and the court will make a decision on its own, so let's disperse. The Grand Master, the Prime Minister and Uncle Wang stayed for a while. After speaking, he got up and walked to the apse, now the ministers are used to it, the things at the court meeting are generally not big, and what the king wants to do is discussed with the three important ministers in the apse.

The ministers dispersed, and the three important ministers came directly to the apse, "Why did the king leave Fei Zhong and You Hun behind? Uncle Wang asked directly.

"It's okay, some villains still need it, they still have their role, it's not the time to clean it up, and it will naturally be dealt with in the future. Sun Ming waved his hand, "The question now is how to arrange the rewards of the princes, since you can't give them fiefs, but you still need to satisfy them, do you have any opinions?"

"In that case, the king will only have to increase the scale of the reward, should we add a new currency to it?" Shang Rong asked.

"Naturally, our currency will inevitably spread, and this is an opportunity, I will definitely not let it go, and there is a plan. Sun Ming got up and came to the map next to him, pointed to the outskirts of Chaoge City, and said, "I want to build a new city here, dedicated to trade, open shops here, set up warehouses, and then concentrate the products of the fiefdoms of the princes from all over the country, and at the same time put our latest goods into it." ”

"What does the king mean by this?" The three important ministers couldn't understand the meaning, after all, pure business would not be so valued by Sun Ming.

"I want to make all the money of the princes, so that they can go back and exploit the people of the fiefdom even more, so when the people's grievances are boiling, they can naturally give me an excuse to clean them up. "Sun Ming is seven years old, although he is still young, but because of the effect of the Nine Turns Yuan Gong, his body no longer looks young, and his size has grown a lot, the skin refining has ended, and now although the skin is fair, but the ordinary dagger can't penetrate it at all, and Sun Ming has entered the stage of forging bones.

"King, do we really want to take out our things and sell them?" Uncle Wang was a little reluctant to do anything.

"Haha, Uncle Wang is too worried, now you just need to be optimistic about the craftsmen, so it is impossible for them to want our technology, the number of craftsmen in the princes' fiefs is not much, I don't know how many years it will take to gather these together. Our pen, ink, paper, and inkstones are all good things, and I think they will like to get some fine products to sell to the princes, and there are iron farm tools, which are many times better than bronze and wood. "After the iron was smelted, most of them became agricultural tools, and some of them began to make the Three Treasures of the Horse, but they were not equipped, but secretly sealed.

This kind of thing will be seen at a glance, secretly experimented, Wen Zhong saw the beauty of it, and wanted to install it immediately, but Sun Ming did not agree, just asked him to accumulate war horses first, and when it was time to use them, he directly took out the sealed three treasures, and then equipped the war horses, and the cavalry could fight after training for three months, such a large-scale cavalry charge was terrifying in the current era.

"That's right. Uncle Wang nodded, these things are just easier to get with a brush.

"When the time comes, I will collect taxes, not only to sell things, but also the princes from all over the country to sell things here, Chaoge is the center, the princes from all over the southeast and northwest can only trade by passing here, so we will concentrate in one place, let them trade here, and then the money will inevitably roll in, and I am ready to collect ten taxes and three for commercial taxes." ”

"So high?" Shang Rong was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"Is it high? not high at all, now I want to attract them to come, seventy percent of the benefits are reduced by half, they will still come, and the taxes will be higher in the future, but that is after the princes have been cleaned up, and now it is only temporary. Speaking of this, Sun Ming couldn't help but take stock of the goods in his hand, as if there was something missing, "Is there anything out of the kiln?"

When he asked, Shang Rong said with some embarrassment: "The king, there are some things, but the specific use of them is unknown, and there are a lot of things, and now the craftsmen over there are very anxious, and they want to advance, and they burn everything, and the things that are burned are all kinds of things, and even the ashes are burned out." ”

"Ashes?" Sun Ming was stunned, this is not directly burned with fire, it is more like roasting, how can there be ashes?" "Let them bring all the things that have been burned, and I'll take a look." Sun Ming is also very curious, after a year of continuous experiments, what did they burn?

Sun Ming was curious, and directly ordered the kiln to bring things over, as soon as he entered the palace gate, Sun Ming saw it, and several large carts of things were pulled over in a flicker, Sun Ming was also a little anxious, so he ran forward. The cart stopped, Sun Ming asked people to start taking the next piece by piece, the first one Sun Ming didn't know, and he didn't know what it was, a clump, I couldn't see what material it was, just put it aside, and then look at the piece.

"King, this is the first thing that was fired, and we thought about burning it at that time, and the things that didn't come out of the shape were completely clumps, and then we found out about this, and then all the things that were fired were made into a shape. The leader said.

"Well, yes, I'll think things are good, I'll keep watching. Sun Ming continued to look one by one, not knowing if he didn't look at it, and he was startled when he saw it. There are red bricks, green bricks, tiles, and the most unexpected thing is that there are glass and cement.

Sun Ming's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, "You even burned the sand?"

"Well, the king actually saw it, you ordered it to be burned, and we ......."

"It's good to burn, you guys are so talented, keep burning, and after a while, the things I picked out will start to be fired on a large scale, but you also need to pay attention to improvement. "Sun Ming asked them to start firing red bricks and cement, green bricks and tiles on a large scale, as for the glaze, this is not the time yet, they need to study and study, colleagues have something like floor tiles.

These things are all sharp weapons, sharp weapons for money, and when the time comes, they will be directly used to build new cities, and the houses built by these things do not believe that those princes are not moved, and when the time comes, some construction teams will be set up to directly contract projects, and I will say how much is how much. This will not only liberate a part of the population from the land, but also prosper commerce, improve the living standards of the people, put a lot of money into their own pockets, and at the same time promote the currency that will occupy the entire Great Shang Dynasty.

Sage: Hehe, Sun Ming already has a lot of confidence in the battle of the gods, even if the sages participate? Can they change people's hearts?