Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 305: Is Zhao Si trustworthy?

"money!"

The First Emperor sat in the driver's seat and listened to Zhao Si's eloquence.

"Qin Banliang is very valuable, but if you put Qin Banliang in the basement, Qin Banliang will be worthless." Zhao Si spread his hands and said.

"Now the country's copper is not enough, we must find a way." Zhao Si said seriously.

"Then tell me what Zhao Zhonglang can do?" Li Si said with a smile.

In fact, Li Si had already anticipated the Qin Dynasty's money shortage. The cultivation of money was an eternal truth of survival for nobles. Li Si could be a left prime minister, so naturally he would not be unaware of this kind of thing.

But Li Si had nothing to do.

There are not many ways to solve the money shortage.

The actual conditions are there. With the current mining technology, there are only a few copper mines that can be mined in Daqin.

A clever woman can't make a living without rice, unless she finds a way to loot the money from the cellars of the nobles.

To be ruthless is to find an excuse to search for a house, and to be peaceful is to encourage commercial activities to allow money to re-enter the market.

Maybe there is another way, when Daqin minted money in the future, he could cut corners and cut materials?
For example, half a tael is actually only a quarter of the materials used?
Li Si thought about this problem, and this would indeed bring huge cash flow to Daqin in a short period of time, but Li Si also knew that the hidden dangers of doing so were not small, so he had to give up.

But don't worry, the miraculous Zhao Zhonglang will always have his way.

"It's nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure..." Zhao Si thought for a while and picked up a glass of buttermilk.

"Nowadays, Daqin's business control is too strict, which leads to the extreme shortage of private commercial activities. With the lack of commercial activities, there will be fewer commodities. If there are fewer commodities, the money will naturally not be able to circulate. Therefore, it is necessary to loosen some commercial restrictions appropriately. But there is a premise that business must not infringe upon the foundation of farming and warfare, and the measure of this needs to be grasped by Li Xiang."

"Try every means to get out Qin Banliang, who was hidden in the cellar by the nobles, and let him participate in commercial activities. No matter what method is used, this is throttling. But obviously, just throttling is not enough. His Majesty wants Qin Banliang is used for the world, but in fact, the number of Qin Banliang issued by Daqin is far from enough for the world to use, and the currency is still too small. arms……"

"Therefore, while reducing expenditure, we must also increase revenue. In the past, gold and silver were scarce and could not bear currency attributes, so it was difficult to participate in market circulation. However, the two major gold and silver mines in Fusang have already been mined. In a short period of time, gold and silver will only flow into Daqin continuously. According to the value of gold, silver and copper, the corresponding currency can be minted appropriately, and a more complete currency system can be established.”

"That's a way." Li Si nodded.

It has been more than a year since the two mines in Fusang were mined. In addition to the ships that stayed in Fusang at the beginning, Penglai and other places have successively built some new ships and put them into use.

Fuso transported gold and silver minerals from there, and then brought some laborers from the central plains to mine, forming a virtuous cycle.

Now Daqin hoards an incalculable amount of high-quality gold and silver, and Fusang, a cash cow, is still producing milk continuously. If this rate is followed, Daqin's gold and silver reserves will reach a considerable level in the future. It is not a bad thing to use a high-quality precious metal to make currency and improve Daqin's currency system.

If you don't have enough money, just make more. The typical remedy is to relieve the urgent need.

Anyway, the scarcity of gold and silver is here, even in modern times, it is very valuable. After all, gold is only produced by supernova explosions. Unlike diamonds, which can be rubbed manually, the gold reserves of the entire earth are It's there, and it won't change much.

Gold and silver, this thing will never rot on the street.

At least it won't be a waste until humans can rub it with their hands.

The two gold and silver mines in Fuso are very large, but they are very large for the ancient social environment. They are large, but they will not turn gold and silver into a dirty thing, let alone cause too much impact on prices. A big impact is even less likely to trigger an economic crisis.

The aristocrats like to store money, so they can. Anyway, for now, there is no need to worry about the two gold and silver mines in Fusang being hollowed out. With the current mining conditions, Iwami Silver Mine and Sado Gold Island can still be mined for at least a few hundred years. ,
It's not a big problem if the tun is gone and then it's done.

"What else?" The Emperor Shihuang knocked on the case and looked at Zhao Si. He was used to Zhao Si's way of speaking. This kid is used to putting the most important things at the end, but now it is obvious that this kid has not yet said anything. finished.

"No matter how many gold and silver coins there are, it can't solve the lack of underlying currency."

Suppose the copper coin has a denomination of one yuan, the silver coin has a denomination of ten yuan, and the gold coin has a denomination of one hundred yuan.

Theoretically speaking, the issuance of additional [-]-yuan and [-]-yuan denominations can only alleviate the currency shortage, but the problem of insufficient [-]-yuan denomination at the bottom of the currency is still unresolved.

There is too little loose money, which is not a good thing for market exchanges. The unification of currency will eventually fall on Qin Banliang.

"There are too many uses for copper mines right now. If the existing copper mines are used to cast coins, this situation can be alleviated to a great extent." Zhao Si said.

"Copper is used to make money, so what's the use of the armor?" Li Si shook his head.

"Use iron!" Zhao Si said firmly.

"Iron?" Li Si frowned and looked at Zhao Si, how could Li Si not know about iron.

"Zhao Zhonglang has never seen iron objects?"

"Naturally, I know what Li Xiang is worried about."

"Compared with copper wares, the existing iron wares are much worse. The current iron wares can only be used for farming, and they are much worse for armor weapons. Not to mention armor weapons, even large ritual vessels are rarely used. "Zhao Si thought for a moment.

"The bronze wares of the Qin Dynasty are the best in the world, but we should not rest on our laurels because of this. In the past, everyone did not have enough gold, and the world's copper mines were enough. However, today, the copper mines are seriously insufficient, and it is difficult to continue to issue additional currency. In the future Will it be unsustainable for our armor and weapons?" Zhao Si asked seriously.

"Bronze ware is good, but since there is a crisis, we should not rest on our laurels. Instead, we should try other things to replace copper ware. I think iron ware has such potential." Zhao Si said.

"Iron is too brittle..." Li Si shook his head.

"Copper was too soft at the beginning. Could it be that Daqin's swords and soldiers have been so sharp since hundreds of years ago?"

"Can you make ironware comparable to bronze?" Li Si asked again.

"No!" Zhao Si seriously shook his head.

"But I know it will work out!"

The First Emperor frowned thoughtfully.

Industrial upgrading is not a trivial matter, especially when Zhao Si has not yet come up with cross-generational technology and has to directly explore everything from scratch.

But Zhao Si said it must be possible.

Knowing that it is the right way forward, it is much simpler.

The next step is nothing more than investing money and people, and using the world's work.

The problem is that this is just the words of Zhao Si's family...

I am afraid that a lot of money, manpower and material resources will be wasted, and in the end it will be nothing but illusion.

Then the problem is coming...

Can Zhao Si be trusted?
If you think about it carefully, in fact, if iron can replace copper, even if the performance does not need to be completely compared, even if it is worse than bronze, it is acceptable.

After all, iron ore reserves are much, much richer than copper ore reserves.

(Paper money is not in a hurry, I will mention it later, there are too many reasons why I don’t get it.)
(End of this chapter)