Super Smuggling System

And the folk customs in Quanzhou are indeed a bit tougher.

After Li Mu promised the travel expenses of the twenty soldiers, Li Mu paid for it all, and at the same time Du Ruhui extorted two catties of tea from him.

Li Mu finally got the document about borrowing soldiers.

After talking about everything, Li Mu left the Ministry of War as a matter of course.

As for the twenty soldiers that Du Ruhui promised him, they would automatically go to his residence to wait for orders.

When Li Mu returned to the mansion, he saw Meier packing up things in the front yard and picking out some reliable domestic servants to prepare for Li Mu's return.

Immediately set off for Min County, and began to purchase fields for Li Mu, looking for those things.

The reason why Li Mu exchanged the extremely precious Chang'an fiefdom in the eyes of the Tang dignitaries for Shoushan Township in Minxian County in Quanzhou was actually because of a kind of stone.

A stone that has been almost never mined in modern times.

Shoushan Stone, also known as Tianhuang Stone, is called one of the Four Great Seal Stones in China.

Similarly, Shoushan Stone also has the reputation of Emperor Stone.

Shoushan Stone has a mining history of 1500 years, so Shoushan Stone has such a long mining history.

Shoushan stone is widely known to people, and it did not begin to flourish until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Especially in the Qing Dynasty.

According to legend, in the early Qing Dynasty, when the emperor offered sacrifices to the heavens, one of the top-grade Tian Huangshi was indispensable in the divine cases.

Therefore, Tian Huangshi has always been famous and his value has doubled. There was an old saying that "an inch of Tianhuang is an inch of gold".

There is also a theory of one or two fields yellow and three liang of gold. mianhuatang.la

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, dignitaries had the habit of collecting Tianhuang, especially in the Qing Dynasty, Tianhuang was used as a ritual stone to worship heaven and earth.

In addition, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty loved Tianhuangshi very much. Qianlong once had a three-linked chapter, which was carved with top-grade Tianhuangshi.

There is another story in this trilogy

According to legend, Emperor Qianlong once had a dream, dreaming that he was summoned by the Jade Emperor, who gave him a yellow stone and the three characters "Fu Shou Tian".

Qianlong summoned a group of ministers to "realize his dream" for himself. After hearing this, a minister from Fujian knelt down and told him that what the Jade Emperor gave to the emperor must be Tianhuangshi produced in Shoushan, Fuzhou, because this is exactly the word "Fushoutian" bestowed by the Jade Emperor. .

Emperor Qianlong was very happy when he heard this, and since then he offered Tian Huangshi in the center of the sacrificial table when performing the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

After the Ming and Qing dynasties wanton mining.

In modern times, Tianhuangshi can be said to be extinct.

It is so precious that a top-grade Tianhuang stone has reached 15 yuan per gram, and Tianhuang has to be sold in terms of grams.

As the saying goes, "Gold is easy to get, but Tianhuang is hard to find."

What Li Mu asked Meier to find for him was Tian Huangshi, known as the Emperor's Stone. For this reason, Li Mu also changed his five hundred households from Chang'an to Min County, Quanzhou, which is far away compared to Tang Dynasty.

Li Mu, who stepped into the mansion, saw the large and small boxes placed in the yard, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Traveling in ancient times is a little inconvenient, that is, as long as you go out for a long distance, you have to bring a lot of boxes, which don't necessarily have to be filled with clothes.

But it must be packed with money, which is more convenient.

These boxes prepared by Mei Er need to hold a lot of money, gold or copper coins, which have been used to buy land in Shoushan Township.

There should be no such things as bank notes in the Tang Dynasty. Li Mu remembers that this kind of paper bank notes should have appeared in the Song Dynasty at the earliest.

In the Song Dynasty, it was not called silver bills, but Jiaozi.

A paper coin that is convenient for merchants to trade, and the silver it represents is written on it.

Not knowing what would happen if such a thing appeared in Datang, Li Mu saw the box in the yard and started his divergent thinking.

Think about it, if Datang had a banknote, Meier would go to Quanzhou easily with a large banknote in her pocket.

It can also facilitate the trade of merchants in the Tang Dynasty.

However, if Li Mu wants to be able to issue bank notes like those bank accounts in TV dramas, he must have enough gold or currency reserves.

In Chang'an and Quanzhou, each opened a bank to facilitate exchanges.

From the current point of view, Li Mu does not have the strength to issue a bank account. He not only needs enough reliable manpower, but also needs a large amount of cash reserves.

Just like a modern bank, with the backing of the country behind it, the people will trust them and be willing to deposit money in it, in exchange for a card or a passbook.

Similarly, if Li Mu opened a bank account in Datang, he would not only need to find a very reliable backer, but also have enough reserves for those merchants to trust.

But the matter of opening a bank account is a matter for the future.

Li Mu found that Mei'er was becoming more and more like a housewife at this time.

I saw Mei'er standing in front of the main hall in the front yard, telling the servants to get busy and get the things ready.

He also asked Lan'er to help her choose some clever and loyal servants from the few servants in the mansion to go out with her on this long trip.

In addition, after Meier left, things inside and outside the naturalized Viscount's mansion will be temporarily handed over to Laner.

Meier had to explain clearly before leaving. After explaining everything clearly, Meier handed over the work at hand to other people and walked towards Li Mu.

"Master." Mei'er made a little blessing and said, "I am afraid that this time the servant will be away for several months, and I can't serve the master. I hope the master will forgive me."

Speaking of which, Meier's eyes couldn't help turning red, these days in Guihua Viscount's mansion, she was more warm and comfortable than in the palace, she was reluctant to leave this mansion.

Even if it's just for a short time.

Meier truly regards the Guihua Viscount's Mansion as her home, Li Mu as her only relative, and of course the three little sisters.

It's just that Li Mu is more important in Meier's heart.

"It's okay, Meier went to Quanzhou this time, although it has been a few months, as long as I find the Shoushan Stone, I will go to Quanzhou and meet Meier."

The sudden parting, seeing Meier's bright red eyes, made Li Mu feel sad, stepped forward and stretched out his hand naturally, caressing and comforting Meier's face.

"Mei'er will definitely find the stone the master wants." Hearing that as long as she finds the Shoushan Stone, Li Mu will go to Quanzhou immediately.

Meier made a secret determination in her heart, she will definitely try her best to find the Shoushan Stone that Li Mu mentioned as soon as possible.

"These things are for you." Li Mu handed over the things he asked for from the Ministry of War to Mei Er

"There are documents for the secondment of [-] soldiers by the Ministry of War, my official document for changing the fiefdom, and a handwritten letter from Mr. Du Ruhui. When you arrive in Quanzhou, you only need to hand it to the prefect of Quanzhou. He will look at the handwritten letter. Help you as much as you can."