Chapter 1533 Look at the money, brother, aren’t I just looking at the money? (Please subscribe and vote)
Cheng Chubi raised his hand and covered his pretty face, but his dark eyes were looking at Li Mingda from between his fingers.
I really can't laugh or cry. As expected, it's her, and she is still that charming little cutie.
"Who said that? I think you are the most real and lovely like this." Cheng Chubi said seriously and firmly.
"Brother Cheng San, don't laugh at me." Li Mingda then put down his hands with some embarrassment and showed a bright smile.
"Of course, definitely not."
"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Calls came over one after another. Li Mingda pursed his lips somewhat unhappily, but still stood up.
"Brother Cheng San, I have to go back to the palace first. Alas... I really don't know when I will see you again."
"Don't worry, when the day of rest comes, I will enter the palace as usual and give you delicious food."
"Yeah!" Li Mingda nodded vigorously, and then said a little frustrated.
"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Brother Cheng San, you are going to Luoyang to give my grandpa the emperor a training palace. We don't know how long it will be before we see each other."
After hearing this and looking at Li Mingda who looked a little sad, Cheng Chubi really didn't know how to persuade him.
Then I heard Li Mingda mutter something softly.
"I hope my dad will eat in Dongdu again this year, so we can see each other more often."
"This... I should be the most feasible way." Cheng Chubi nodded in agreement and replied.
Yes, anyway, the disaster in Guanzhong was quite serious last winter. I'm afraid it won't be long before I go to Luoyang this year.
Our wise and powerful Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had to lead hundreds of officials and an army of 16 guards to patrol the east capital.
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Cheng Chubi sat in front of the desk and watched as the manager of the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank sat in front of him and respectfully placed a small box on the desk.
"Third Young Master, this is the mold for the coins we made as per your request."
Cheng Chubi opened the box. Inside the box were quietly placed several steel working molds and copper Kaiyuan Tongbao.
Cheng Chubi looked at the working mold carefully, and then placed the Kaikai Tongbao inside the working mold. It fit tightly, with almost no gaps.
The working mold is a mold that forms a concave pattern and is very smooth. In this way, the working mold only needs to be fixed on the stamping machine.
You can stamp a copper plate with just the right thickness to produce a qualified Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty.
After Cheng Chubi carefully appreciated it, he kept this set of working models, of course for collection and as a souvenir.
After questioning the shopkeeper in detail, Cheng Chubi sent someone to inform Li Ke and let him remember to come and meet him when the time came.
Let’s go to the bank of the Weishui River to appreciate how copper plates turned into Kaiyuan Tongbao.
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On the edge of the Wei River, Cheng Chubi stood on the river bank, looking at the huge waterwheel, which was turning slowly but really quickly.
As the waterwheel, which is assembled from wood and bronze parts, rotates, a stamping machine is driven to reciprocate.
Every time it turns, there will be a hole in the copper plate, and then there will be a special person holding a hook.
At the moment when the machine was lifted up, the pressed copper plate was quickly pulled out from inside. Then the copper plate was inserted a little further and continued to face the stamping of the stamping machine.
Li Ke picked up the shiny copper coin that fell to the ground and looked at it carefully. The pattern on it was very clear, and it was almost the same as the cast copper coin.
Worried, Li Ke even took out a Kaiyuan Tongbao from his pocket to compare.
Regardless of its diameter, hole diameter, or edge thickness, it is almost the same as the Kaiyuan Tongbao cast by the government.
Li Ke watched as the copper plates that were taken out in front of him fell down, making a crisp metallic sound. The light in his eyes complemented the sunlight reflected by the copper coins.
He grinned nervously and muttered.
"Brother Chu Bi, we are going to make a fortune, a big fortune..."
Looking at His Highness King Wu who looked a little nervous, Cheng Chubi looked disgusted.
"My dear brother, after all, you are also a dignified prince, with so many dividends and salary every year. I'm afraid you are no worse than the wealthy businessmen of Chang'an.
Please don’t act like a money addict whenever you see money, okay? Be more reserved.”
"Sigh... I don't want you to be my younger brother. I'm just used to being poor in the past, so I subconsciously act like this."
Li Ke smiled shyly, reluctantly grabbed another handful of coins, and watched with pleasure as the coins jingled in his hands.
I didn't forget to whisper to Cheng Sanlang.
"Brother Chu Bi, didn't the information you gave me say before that our Han and Tang Trading Company's copper output this year could be about three million jins?
And this output will continue to grow, so if all of it is used to mint coins, wouldn’t we be making a fortune again?”
"Haha, what else? But dear brother, don't think too much about it."
Cheng Chubi looked at the stamping coin machine.
"In two or three years at most, the news will spread that we can reduce the cost of minting coins to only a few hundred coins.
It won't take too long, those ministers will definitely suggest to His Majesty that we take back our coinage rights."
"Ah... Then wouldn't our hard work be in vain?" Li Ke looked at the stamping coin machine that was continuously minting coins. Hearing Brother Chu Bi's analysis, he felt that his heart was about to break.
"Hehe..." Cheng Chubi immediately laughed. "What if the imperial court takes back the right to mint coins?"
"We can't mint coins ourselves, but our minting machinery can be sold to the imperial court, and our copper materials can also be provided to the imperial court."
"Isn't this money? Although it's not as profitable as making your own coins, mosquito legs are still meat after all."
"That makes sense, but the meat from the mosquito's legs must be fat enough. Otherwise, if we don't share it with so many shareholders, there won't even be enough to fill the gap between our teeth."
"Don't worry, this stamping coin machine can be transformed into a stamping and forging machine with a few modifications. Anyway, don't worry, dear brother, you can't make enough money."
Listening to the wonderful prospects described by Brother Chu Bi, Li Ke's expression looked a little depressed.
"Yes, yes, but the money you earned was put into your pocket before it was warm to the touch, and you took it out again by Brother Chu Bi..."
"Look, look, there is nothing we can do now. Who would have thought that your father would really want to move the capital? We are not doing this for your old Li family."
Cheng Chubi slapped Li Ke, the miser prince, on the shoulder.
"We have to look forward."
"Looking at the money? Brother, aren't I just looking at the money?"
Chapter completed!