Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 616 New Money

  The Xiliang Army left the business trips that depended on them to pass the customs, and first went to see Fu Zhi with the documents.

  The merchants in Xiliang first took out their goods to pay the commercial tax and then passed the customs. Some of them went to Chang'an, and then they had to buy goods and find a partner to return to Xiliang.

  Most people planned to go to Luoyang with the Xiliang army who gave gifts, and even go to Yuzhou. They heard that the glazed cups that Zhao Shishi gave them were made in Yuzhou.

want to.

  Fu Zhen has now established a firm foothold in Chang'an. There is no doubt about his ability to work. He is not much better than the King of Nanyang who has been unable to figure out what to do, and can only lie down.

   In the more than four months since he entered Luoyang, Chang'an was still suffering from famine, but fortunately it was no longer lifeless.

   He came forward, the emperor allocated a sum of food to him from Yuncheng, and Zhao Hanzhang also supported two batches of food in Chang'an, which were specially used for sheltering refugees.

  Fu Zhi came to Chang'an a bit late at that time, but he still organized a group of people to reclaim the land and sow millet and beans. Now the beans are being harvested. The millet harvest is not very good, but it has also been harvested.

  Because of the harvest, the lifeless Chang'an began to slowly come back to life.

   And now, even Xiliang has sent supplies to support, Fu Zheng saw these furs and horses, his eyes were slightly wet, and he quickly put them away.

  He came here to form a large army for the emperor, but he didn't expect the soldiers to be recruited, but he plunged into the construction of people's livelihood first.

   Now that he has horses, he has the energy to start building an army that belongs to him and the emperor.

   When he saw the box of money sent along with the supplies, he was slightly taken aback, the money was a little too new.

   He picked up one and shook it, lowered his eyes to cover his thoughts, and raised his head again, there was no difference, and asked, "What is this money?"

  The messenger who led the troops immediately bowed and presented a letter, saying, "This is a letter from our envoy to Zhongshu."

He said: "After the rebellion, we people in Xiliang have more money and less money, and most of the private transactions are mainly cloth, and the value is difficult to define. The envoy cast five baht money to make the transactions in Xiliang orderly."

  Xiliang is now under Zhang Gui's world, not to mention Fu Zhi, even the emperor is difficult to intervene.

   So he could only nod his head and say, "This is a good move."

   More, Zhang Gui wrote it in the letter, he hoped that Fu Zhi could agree with Xiliang's new money, and let the merchants in Chang'an recognize the value of the new money, so that it could be of the same value as the money of the imperial court.

  Fu Zhen flipped over the new money and said, "But this new money seems to be lighter than the court's five baht money."

   "It's a little lighter," the messenger said, bowing: "It's probably about two guilds lighter."

The    messenger also heard about it, and didn't know how much lighter it was, but Fu Tinghan knew.

As soon as the new money and gifts were delivered to Luoyang, Zhao Hanzhang and the others began to use scales to weigh them.

  The balance was polished by a craftsman who was asked by Fu Tinghan to be a weighing machine. It existed in Yuzhou. There are two kinds of weights and measures on it, one is the unit of this era, and the other is the unit he converted.

   He weighed ten units in total, and then averaged it out, one side was the new money, and the other was the court's old money.

   He said: "Each piece of Xiliang's new money is about 0.5 grams lighter than the court's five baht money, which is 2.4 gui."

Fu Tinghan allocated the new money and the old money into a pile, and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "Our previous design was based on the weight and volume of the imperial court. Money is lost."

   Ji Yuan pondered: "As a man of Zhang Gui, he will not do things like casting and remaking."

  Fu Tinghan said: "I don't believe in people, I only believe in the system."

   Zhao Hanzhang also nodded, "I believe in Zhang Gui, but I believe in the system more, not to mention,"

   She raised her eyes and looked at Ji Yuan, "Zhang Ji is not in good health, who knows when he will pass the position to Zhang Yan?"

   Ji Yuan understood, "The girl doesn't believe in Zhang Yan's character?"

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him.

   Ji Yuan pondered for a moment and then said: "Yes, we really have to guard against one hand, then our new money..."

   "Reduce the weight too," she said, "Just like the new money from Xiliang."

  Ji Yuan worried, "Will this have any impact on business? Originally, there are not many merchants coming to Luoyang. What if they know that our new money is low, and what if they don't come?"

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled slightly and said, "As long as Zhao Hanzhang doesn't fall, the new money will not fall. Why does Zhang Ji have the confidence to write to me to support Xiliang's new money? Isn't it because of his prestige in Xiliang?"

"If he is here, new money can flow unimpeded in Xiliang, and with Zhang's prestige, even if he is a hundred years old, as long as the successor is his adult descendant, it will not be too bad. This new money is worth at least ten years. stable."

Fu Tinghan also nodded, "Our money is not rootless. Zhongzhou is a plain area and a land of grain production. It used to be because of wars, but now Hanzhang has provided it with a stable environment, so the commodities here are grain, Silk, linen, glaze, porcelain, and paper, etc., as long as these commodities can be sold outside, the new money minted in Zhongzhou will have a stable value, and people outside must recognize it even if they don’t.”

Zhao Hanzhang raised the corners of his mouth proudly, nodded and said: "Xiliang is because of its remoteness, few people, and not many materials, so the exchange of new money with foreigners needs someone's approval, but I don't need it, this is Zhongzhou, as long as the conditions for stability are given to the people , the materials here are rich, and it can attract people all over the world, so the money here will naturally be recognized by the world.”

  What the value of currency represents behind it, Zhao Hanzhang has this confidence.

   Ji Yuan was persuaded, nodded and said, "Then reduce the weight and make money according to the weight of Xiliang's new money."

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "Since the weight is different, let's change the pattern and make this five baht money a real new money."

   She said: "It belongs to me and belongs to the new money of Zhao Jiajun."

   Ji Yuan's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhao Hanzhang excitedly.

   Zhang Gui's new money is slightly lighter in weight, but its style is more similar to that of the imperial court. If it is put into the market, if you don't pay attention, you will not be able to distinguish the old money from the new money.

   Originally, Zhao Hanzhang wanted to keep a low profile and compare everything with the money of the court, but now she has changed her mind.

  Since she is not the first person who dares to mint new money, she will be the first person who dares to issue her own currency.

   So the mold was changed again, this time, they wanted to add the word "Zhao" to the five baht money.

   During this time, the copper mine has already started to be mined. Fu Tinghan has even smelted copper, and the craftsmen are ready. They can try to cast copper coins as soon as the mold arrives.

   So as soon as the mold arrived in the heavily guarded workshop, new money was made within a few days.

The steward of the workshop personally escorted a load of money to meet Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan, he knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "According to the order of the eldest son, first cast 10,000 money, check everything and then continue. "

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