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When Liu He took office, he began to recruit people from general supervisors. Many craftsmen who were proficient in mold casting and metal mixing were recruited by him. He also got Zhao Junsheng's order to transfer officials from other ministries to fight the coin minting department. .

In just three to five days, the brand new office of the Coin Minting Department was established. The office office is located next to the household department. The mother coins of the new coins were minted while looking for a secret site to build the mint.

It took more than two months for Liu He to attack the audience with the three minted coins.

"Your Majesty, these are the three mother coins minted by the Coin Minting Department. The denominations are one, five, and ten coins, and the weights are one, five, and one tael!"

Zhao Junsheng took the wooden box and opened it. Inside were three coins, large, medium and small. They were beautifully minted in golden yellow, and the fonts on the coins were clear, wide and stylish.

"How is this new coin different from the coins of the Qin, Han, and Jin dynasties?"

Liu He replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this coin uses a new metal smelting method and a mixed formula. It is more wear-resistant and not easy to rust. Coins of this quality!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, now he can rest assured that counterfeit coins among the people will have a great impact on the circulation of real coins. If a large number of counterfeit coins reach the level of fake ones, it will definitely cause a devastating blow to the economy of the entire country.

etc!Zhao Junsheng noticed what Liu He said just now, "You just said that a new smelting method was used?"

"Correct!"

"Did the new smelting method be brought from the supervisor, or did you research it yourself in the Foundry Department?"

"It was researched when the minting division minted coins!"

"The new smelting method and the old smelting method

What are the advantages and disadvantages? "

Liu He said: "The new smelting method can extract two other metals from the ore. One of these two metals is not easy to rust, and the other is very hard!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked: "Do you think if using the new smelting method combined with the previous smelting and forging method, can the weapon become sharper, harder and less likely to rust?"

"I haven't tried it, but I think it should be feasible, but it will take time to keep experimenting!" Liu He said.

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "In this way, the new smelting method and the metal mixing formula for coin casting must also be highly confidential, and must not be leaked! In addition, you write down the entire process of the new smelting method in detail and give it to Gu!"

"Follow the order!" Liu He agreed, and asked again: "Your Majesty, the minting and issuance of this new coin..."

Zhao Junsheng said: "The mother coin is exquisitely made, and it is not easy to imitate. I will use these three coins as the template to make the mother coin. By the way, what casting method do you plan to use?"

Liu He said: "I heard that clay molds and stone molds were used to cast coins in the past. I thought these methods were too inefficient and the quality of the coins cast was poor. The craftsmen tried their best to find a way to use money molds. , use tin carvings to make money molds, put them in frames to make money models, and can cast more than a dozen frames at a time. These three coins were made using this method, and the casting efficiency and quality are much higher!"

"Very well, let's do it!"

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Chapter 633 Issuance

In order to issue new coins as soon as possible, it is necessary to mint a sufficient number of coins in a short period of time.

For this reason, Liu He received the task given to him by Zhao Junsheng. The new coins must be issued in Qianjing City within two months, and then gradually issued in other counties and counties.

To mint enough coins within the stipulated time limit, Liu He tried his best. First, increase the number of craftsmen who minted coins and increase the number of smelting furnaces; Ten casting groups, now that the number of smelting furnaces and craftsmen has increased, increasing the number of casting groups to fifty will increase the coin casting speed by five times.

But this also brings disadvantages. First of all, there are too many craftsmen and handymen, which increases great difficulties in management. In order to keep secret the metal smelting method and metal mixing formula, Liu He had to separate these two processes. It is separated separately and heavily guarded. Unrelated people will not only enter, but will be shot and killed if they get close.

At the same time, Liu He also asked Zhao Junsheng to promulgate a decree that the craftsmen who leaked the coin casting process or guarded against theft would be punished with capital punishment, so as to warn these craftsmen and miscellaneous workers.

Too many craftsmen and miscellaneous workers not only bring difficulties in management, but also in the future when the number of coins minted will reach a certain saturation, so many craftsmen will no longer be needed. How to arrange these craftsmen will become a big problem. If the craftsmen Living among the people is likely to reveal the coinage process, which is a headache.

Zhao Junsheng has always been worried about one problem. If the actual value of the new coins is higher than the face value, wouldn't the court suffer a big loss?

What does it mean?It means that only a coin with a face value of 120 yuan was made with 100 yuan of materials. Is it a loss?

This is not just a matter of losing money. If some folks hoard a large number of new coins, then melt them down and sell them, it is equivalent to selling 100 yuan coins for 120 yuan. These people can make money from it. Take huge profits, but lose money is the imperial court!Not only is the imperial court losing a lot of money, but the speed of casting money is not as fast as that of those speculators!

Thinking of this question, Zhao Junsheng couldn't sit still, and immediately sent someone to summon Liu He to come to question him.

"How much does it cost to mint new coins and consistent money?"

Liu He knew what Zhao Junsheng was worried about as soon as he heard it. He had already considered this issue, and he replied: "Go back to the king, including the purchase of raw materials, wear and tear of equipment, labor costs, distribution and transportation, and all expenses are included. It costs about 950 Wen to distribute it to the common people, and the imperial court still has a surplus of [-] Wen!"

Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great! In a few days, the new coins will be issued in Qianjing. Are the Coin Minting Department ready?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Mint has minted [-] coins so far. I wonder how Your Majesty plans to issue new coins?"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Well, it's time to distribute the salaries to the court ministers and officials, so let's distribute this batch of coins as their salaries a few days in advance, and you will send someone to transport the coins to the household department tomorrow." yamen!"

"I obey my orders!"

Zhao Junsheng then issued an edict to issue new coins in an all-round way, gradually replacing the circulation of old coins, cloth, silk, etc. in the market, ending the situation of barter within two years, and prohibiting the old coins of the previous dynasty from being sold on the market within three years Circulation, when the new yamen in the imperial court city, officials and people can exchange the old currency of the previous dynasty for the new currency at the exchange rate stipulated by the government.

The edict also stated that starting next year, the government and the government will use new coins to pay for the grain and livestock purchased by the people. Scraps of any purchasing power.

On the fifth day of March in [-] A.D., Qian State issued the first batch of new coins in Qianjing, and the ministers and officials received the new coins as salaries.

Upon receiving these new coins, many officials fell in love with them at first sight.

The new coins are full of materials, and the weight is not too much, and although the shape of the old coins of the previous dynasty is used, the coins are golden, with not only characters on the surface, but also patterns, and the casting process is extremely fine. The folks and neighboring countries want to imitate do all

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As soon as the new coins came out in the market, they were immediately loved by traders and common people, and their purchasing power was so strong that some people were willing to exchange five pieces of Southern Dynasty five-baht coins for one Qiankun Tongbao with a denomination of one penny.

The first batch of Qiankun Tongbao was issued as the salaries of court ministers and officials. Therefore, unless these ministers and officials use these coins to buy daily necessities in the market, ordinary people cannot obtain them from other channels for the time being.

There is no way around this. The output of the mint is limited, and even if it is fully minted, it cannot meet the needs of the entire Qianjing area within a few days.

What frightened those wealthy families and households the most was that once Qiankun Tongbao was released, the old coins of the previous dynasty hidden in the cellars of their homes began to depreciate in value. The old coins of the previous dynasty were used to buy cloth, silk and other commodities, and they could only buy these goods that were circulated as currency. Food and livestock were controlled by the imperial court, and they couldn’t buy them if they wanted to buy in large quantities. It's useless to come back, and it may rot at home.

Although the old coins of the previous dynasty depreciated greatly, they were hard currency after all. They were made of copper and other metals. Even if they were melted down and sold for copper, they would still be worth money, so there was a limit to their depreciation.

At this time, the government issued a notice announcing that the common people can use the old coins in their hands to exchange for Qiankun Tongbao at the government office. Three five-baht coins can be exchanged for one one-wen Qiankun Tongbao, but the number of exchanges is limited every day.

On this day Liu He came to see Zhao Junsheng and presented another new coin.

"My lord, this is a gold coin made of gold. Its shape, weight, pattern, and face value are all the same as Qiankun Tongbao, but the material is different, the size is different, and the color is also different!"

Zhao Junsheng took it over and looked at it. It was golden, and he felt very good. He asked, "Is this pure gold?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Can it be circulated in the market as a coin?"

Liu He said: "As far as I know, the overall gold stock in our country is relatively rich, but most of it is in the private sector. The gold stock reserved by the imperial court is not enough to mint coins and issue them! If the imperial court wants gold coins to be circulated Coins, I think you can order to allow officials and people to exchange gold for Qiankun Tongbao!"

"Reissue a decree to prohibit any officials and people from using gold as materials to make utensils, except for making jewelry; to prohibit any officials and people from using gold and coins as funerary objects in the coffin tomb! This way, the loss of gold can be reduced!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and asked, "Liu He, Gu has never understood that gold is a very precious metal that preserves value. Why has it not been circulated as a coin? As far as Gu knows, in the Western Han Dynasty, large transactions It was paid with gold, and the gold reserves at that time should not be small, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, gold gradually withdrew from the ranks of transaction payments, why?"