Crossing Wu Dalang starts from selling cakes

Chapter 433 Small island!

After retreating from the court, Wu Zhi returned to the mansion.

Now it is different from before, Princess Fujin is pregnant.

Jin Lian's body is a little weak now, Wu Zhi didn't touch her, allowing her to cultivate herself.

After all, Wu Zhi drained a lot of her stock when she was not pregnant, and her body was a little weak, but it didn't matter.

Wu Zhi asked someone to prepare some traditional Chinese medicine to supplement her. After all, Jinlian's craftsmanship is not bad, how could Wu Zhi let her rest all the time.

During this period of time, the princess is also recuperating, but Hu Sanniang and Pang Chunmei are quite happy.

Moreover, Li Shishi is also cultivating these days, why, because she is actually pregnant.

So the ones who can serve Wu Zhi are Hu Sanniang and Pang Chunmei.

These two women are so mighty.

That is to say, Wu Zhi can suppress all the existence of resistance and calm them down, otherwise ordinary people really can't stand this fierce man like a wolf like a tiger.

Now Wu Zhi has a wife, concubines, and children, and his status and reputation coexist. It is indeed a glorious lintel to get mixed up like this.

In one, Wu Zhi was also promoted to prime minister.

This news is like a huge stone smashed into the water, setting off a stormy sea.

"Master, have you become the prime minister?" Hu Sanniang raised her head, her face full of astonishment.

How did she never expect Wu Zhi to become the prime minister?

Pang Chunmei next to her also opened her mouth: "Master has become the prime minister? This news is too shocking, woo..."

"En!" Wu Zhi nodded: "Go ahead, listen to me, this prime minister was given to me by Prime Minister Zeng!"

Pang Chunmei was about to say something, but her mouth was blocked. After listening to Wu Zhi explain the whole process, both of them were very happy.

The master's prime minister came really unusually, it was after Prime Minister Zeng retired that Wu Zhi was directly put on top.

And it worked.

This proves that the officials are still very fancy.

This news caused people in the whole city to discuss it.

"Yan Wang has become the prime minister, this is a good thing!"

"That's right, such a good official becomes a prime minister, but it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people!"

"The higher the official title of King Yan, the better it is for our people!"

Some common people gathered in teahouses, hotels, and streets to discuss.

Talk about it.

It can be said that the news spread throughout the whole country, making the people of Song Dynasty cheer for joy.

If an official with a bad reputation became the prime minister, the people of the Song Dynasty would complain, but they were very happy about Wu Zhi.

At the same time, Wu Zhi personally sent Zeng Xiang to Yanyun during this period.

When parting, Wu Zhi looked at the old figure with emotion.

I think Wu Zhi was just a cake seller at the beginning, and then he took the exam result and was favored by Zeng Bu, and then he went all the way up to the present, but now he replaced Zeng Bu's position and became the right minister of the court.

With such a high status and power, Wu Zhi naturally needs to make better use of it.

So not long after, Wu Zhi continued to open several banks in Yanyun.

Increased the loans to the common people, so that each of them can plant their own fields by means of loans, and then the next year's harvest can be used to offset the loans. Wu Zhi also gave these common people more super-quality thousand seedling seeds.

Let them sow better.

Of course, it's not the time yet, but Wu Zhi has already started preparing the seedlings.

As for the people in the Department of Government Affairs, Wu Zhi was in Bianjing, but he was an official of the Department of Government Affairs who remotely controlled Yanyun, so that they could continue to select talents and try to replace all the irresponsible officials of King Yan.

The bank established by Wu Zhi is also a way to make money for Da Song and benefit the common people, while Chaoyou Qianhao can guarantee a high grain yield and increase profits.

It's just that Wu Zhi is the prince of King Yan, so all the income here is actually Wu Zhi's, but he just pays some to the higher authorities every year.

The most important thing is that Wu Zhi wants to show Da Song the results of Yan Yun's trial.

The results here are good, and the Song Dynasty is qualified to implement the land. In addition, Wu Zhi, the prime minister, speaks, and the reform of the Song Dynasty is imperative under various circumstances.

However, the large-scale establishment of banks has also caused the circulation of money to become a problem.

Wu Zhi: "Money in ancient times was silver taels, which is too troublesome. People often carry a big bag or a box to pack things when they travel. Many materials are silver. If a large area of ​​materials is transferred, it will take several The ratio of ten catties or even heavier silver will undoubtedly increase the burden of transportation and the cost of transporting and distributing money by various banks!"

"It's time to implement paper money, too!"

Wu Zhi thought for a while, and he felt that it was time to convert Yan Yun's large amount of money into paper circulation instead.

In this way, people don't need to bring such heavy things with them wherever they go.

It is necessary to create something that is more portable and circulated than silver bills.

So Wu Zhi thought of making a special kind of paper, which is difficult to imitate and has good quality, but also light and small.

It is best not easy to ignite, but also to prevent rain erosion.

Of course, the best is paper, and it is impossible to do all of this, but try to optimize to achieve the best preservation effect.

Wu Zhi: "If banknotes are circulated and transportation costs are saved, this will undoubtedly increase the economy of the Song Dynasty in all aspects, leading to more convenience for the common people, official business, lower cost of obtaining benefits, and increased benefits. This requires banks to do it!"

In ancient times, the method of paying money and delivering goods in one hand, and exchanging large areas of resources was quite troublesome.

Money is generally circulated in gold and silver as currency, and sometimes silver bills are not easy to use.

Want real money.

And these are relatively few, and most of them are exchanged with copper coins and broken silver, which is even more troublesome.

If you want to move some copper coins accumulated at home, you have to find a few big boxes, or exchange them all into silver taels.

Wu Zhi did it when he thought of it, and reported it to the officials.

Regarding Wu Zhi's proposal, there are certainly voices of opposition from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. No matter how powerful he is, it is impossible for people not to express their opinions. After all, Wu Zhi is not a murderous executioner, and sometimes he is very reasonable. .

Also happy to hear other people's opinions.

Of course, you can have opinions, but you still have to follow Wu Zhi's instructions.

After Song Huizong heard it, he also felt that it was feasible, so he let Yan Yun implement it now.

In short, everything starts with Yanyun.

After Wu Zhi got the approval, he began to gather a group of better craftsmen, all of whom were paper-making talents, and established a banknote factory. Then Wu Zhi purchased the manufacturing technology in the system and asked them to follow suit.

Don't underestimate banknotes, the actual production process is extremely cumbersome.

Because this is money, not ordinary paper, and it cannot be imitated by others at will, or it will be messed up?

"This..." After hearing Wu Zhi's explanation, many craftsmen were also full of admiration.

How did the Prime Minister come up with so many exquisite procedures?
They don't understand.

But just do it.

Wu Zhi didn't tell them everything, because it was a matter of top secret, Wu Zhi divided them into different departments.

Some specialize in the production of paper, some specialize in the production of printing, and some specialize in the production of spices.

Anyway, Moo-sik will tell them what to do.

Moreover, they cannot communicate with the outside world. Wu Zhi asked for it before doing it.

Fortunately, the reward Wu Zhi gave was very high, as long as they informed their family members that they would not contact each other for a short time, it would not be a big deal to have an explanation in advance.

In addition, Wu Zhi's business department and ships are also in progress.

Wu Zhi has done a lot of things, and they are being manufactured in an orderly manner.

In fact, more than a dozen ships have been manufactured before, and they have already gone to sea to test the sailing capabilities of the ships.

Of course, the test was carried out in the lake in advance, and after no problem, it was thrown into the sea to experience the baptism of heavy rain and wind.

Many ships have gone to sea to drift.

Craftsmen are also continuing to manufacture ships, because Wu Zhi is manufacturing a naval force, so the construction of ships has not stopped.

While this is all going on.

At this time, Wu Zhi suddenly received a secret letter.

Because the ships of the Department of Commerce are exploring the ocean, this secret message is about the ships.

After Wu Zhi opened the secret letter, he found that in addition to the news that the ship was in good condition in all aspects, it also came with another harvest.

That is, according to their investigation, they discovered a small island in the eastern sea.

At present, the island is inhabited by barbarians and has not yet been civilized, but the members of the ship found a lot of gold, silver, and various metal minerals on it, and they immediately reported back after discovering it.

Because these are Wu Zhi's people, the first person they report to is Wu Zhi.

Wu Zhi was also a little shocked when he found out about this.

(End of this chapter)