Chapter 547

A penny for ten?

Zhou Yuan was so ignorant that he couldn't even sit on the soft stool. He stood up in a hurry:

"Lord, we can't force the people. Blocking the people's mouth is better than defending Sichuan. If we force the people, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the world."

Su Lu is also a little confused. What I just said will block the people's mouth and cause chaos in the world.

Zhou Yuan also advised: "Lord, although this world is not your world, you and your majesty are one. If your majesty loses the world, will you feel better?"

"Stop, stop, where's your brain? I said to make copper money worth ten Wen. Who said to block the people's mouth and force the people!"

Su Lu stopped Zhou Yuan from giving full play to his imagination and told him depressed:

"I said Lao Zhou, you are also an old minister with me for many years. You are so not optimistic about my temperament."

Zhou Yuan's face stagnated for a long time before he said:

"How much is the copper money worth ten Wen, Lord?"

Zhou Yuan drew the shape of the copper coin with his hand. There was a washbasin laughing. Then he felt that he couldn't, and changed it to the size of the mouth of the bowl.

"It's so big that it can't be put in the bag. It's inconvenient to carry. It's not as easy to use as the current copper money. Ten Wen is so big. That's the point."

Zhou Yuan took out some copper coins from his pocket, weighed them a few times, smiled and said.

Su Lu took a copper coin from Zhou Yuan's hand, gestured and said, "it's still so big, but change the words on it. This yuan and Tongbao won't be used, but they will be changed into a penny."

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened: "what do you mean, Wang Ye, ten Wen will be changed into ten Wen, or even a hundred Wen."

Su Lu patted Zhou Yuan on the shoulder: "it's good. It's worthy of being a talent who can enter the center of the Empire. The brain turns fast. It's good. That's what I think."

Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, "Lord, I know you must have a lot of consideration in your heart, but have you considered the most serious problem? Now Yuanhe Tongbao can be circulated in the market, not only because we are casting, but also because there are many useful mold makers among the people."

"What's the matter? Because whether it's privately minted or our household minted copper coins, the weight is not bad, so they can be circulated in the market."

"If, as the LORD said, we have forged ten Wen coins, and there are imitations among the people, what should we do? Even for the one hundred Wen, private money, you must choose the one with the largest face value to cast. At that time, what face value of copper money will be on the market. The price will soar and the country will not be a country."

Su Lu glanced at Zhou Yuan. This guy is worthy of being the top talent with far-reaching vision. If he didn't have the original experience, he couldn't see these.

"We can start from two directions. First, it is more difficult to imitate money. As you said, it takes more effort for ten Wen and more effort for 100 Wen."

"Second, it is to sweep away the people who make coins. Private people are strictly prohibited from making money. Those who violate the order will be killed. If the amount is huge, if the relatives report, the relatives will be exempted from capital punishment. If the relatives do not report, the three families will be killed."

Su Lu looked at Zhou Yuan with a smile, "in this way, we should ensure the safe promotion of our currency."

Zhou Yuan pondered over the meeting, and finally shook his head. "Even so, I'm afraid it can't completely eliminate counterfeiting, but the Lord has a life, and the minister should obey it. When I go back, I'll call my household money making ability to make these coins as soon as possible."

Su Lu nodded and said, "first make one article and five and ten articles. First, practice your hand. Second, the circulation of this article to the market will not have a great impact even if there are defects."

"Well, there is special gold in Liaoxi. You can consider adding some special gold to make coins that can't be made in other countries."

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up. Yes, the special gold is controlled by the guards. Only the government has it. If the special gold is added to the coin, those private people want to copy it, but it's not so easy.

"Tell the king that Xie Ruyu, the envoy of the state of Tang, has asked for an order outside the palace gate."

The little eunuch came in and told him.

Su Lu raised his eyebrows and said, "he didn't go back to the state of Tang to see the emperor of Tang. Why, he got Gao Lan's promise so soon and brought him in."

Zhou Yuan shook his head when he heard the speech: "it's thousands of miles away from the capital of the state of Tang. Although Xie Ruyu has high Kung Fu, he can't go back and forth in a few days."

"Gao Lan is not in the Tang capital. The grandson came to Shangshan again."

Su Lu looked at Zhou Yuan and judged.

Zhou Yuan nodded when he heard the speech: "what the LORD said is good. It must be so, otherwise Xie Ruyu can't go back and forth so fast."

When Xie Ruyu came in, he took a young man and entered Shang's study side by side.

"I've seen the Lord."

The two saluted at the same time. Xie Ruyu looked at Su Lu with doubts. This is Shang's study, where the emperor deals with political affairs. Li Qing no longer knows why Su Lu is here.

Can it be said that Su Lu finally couldn't bear it, usurped Li Qing's rights and established himself as emperor.

Do you want to change your name?

Xie Ruyu's mind suddenly turned around dozens of ideas, but he finally chose to be silent and wait for Su Lu's response. He was easy to see his moves.

Sulu asked impatiently:

"Lord Xie, you're fast enough. Won't you come back to fool me by making a false trip?"

Xie Ruyu smiled at the speech: "as the Lord knows, although foreign ministers are brave, they don't have the courage to fool you. If the Lord is angry and sends him to prison, his majesty can't say anything to intercede for him."

"My majesty is worried about the ownership of Shangshan. He has been staying in Shangshan Jiedu mansion a few days ago, waiting for my news. Unfortunately, Ruyu is incompetent and failed to convince the Lord to go back to Shangshan."

"You're not going back this time."

Su Lu looked at Xie Ruyu and said. Ya came here empty handed with a boy whose face is not white. Do you want to bribe me with this boy? Unfortunately, I'm not good at this. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint her.

Zhou Yuan said, "thank you, this is the royal family of the Han Dynasty and the most noble place in the Han Dynasty. It's a great disrespect to the Han Dynasty for you to take your attendants like this."

Xie Ruyu introduced Su Lu:

"My Lord, this is the son of a prince of the state of Tang. He once learned from Zhou Shuai. Although he dare not say that he will be invincible, he has not been defeated several times in large and small battles."

"My majesty said that the Prince wanted 5 million liang of grain and grass to exchange for Shangshan. My majesty agreed."

"But my majesty has a request to reduce some food and grass. I don't know if the prince has a tongue."

Su Lu glanced at the young man next to Xie Ruyu and continued:

"Invincible. Well, don't sell off, you boy. Say, how do you want me to avoid your food?"

Xie Ruyu saluted Su Lu, "Lord, the little prince is your younger generation. I admire you. I want to see the power of your general with my own eyes. If your general can win the little prince, we will increase 500000 liang of grain and grass. If your army loses, we will lose 500000 kg of grain and grass. But Lord, you can't deal with the little prince."

Su Lu nodded: "OK, you can choose at will. I'll use the general to fight with you, the little prince, and try to make you give more."