Sun Quan was sitting on the bow of the ship and his eyes fell on the waterline of the ship. He knew what was weighing down the ship in the cabin. It was not stones or cargo, but money.
fake money.
At that moment, Sun Quan seemed to have returned to the hot counterfeit money workshop. The person in charge of the counterfeit money workshop was wagging his tail at Sun Quan enthusiastically.
The leader of the counterfeit money workshop bent over and said, "Lord, please see, here are hundreds of money molds that have been made, and hundreds of mother coins..."
Sun Quan picked up a coin with the four characters "Zhengxi Tongbao" on it.
Sun Quan weighed it with his hands, and then the person in charge of the counterfeit money workshop cleverly handed over a genuine Zhengxi Tongbao. Sun Quan weighed it with his left and right hands, "Five baht?"
"Lord Ming Jian..."
In fact, it is only a little more than four and a half baht, but it will not be less than four baht. It is too light and will be recognized as soon as you pick it up.
The human hand is actually a very precise measuring tool. If you don’t believe it, you can weigh the phone yourself, then take off the phone case and measure again...
Sun Quan nodded slightly, then raised the coins in his hand and looked at them carefully in the air.
The leader of the counterfeit money workshop on the side continued to explain: "My lord, this mother's money is made of pure copper, and its quality is better than that of Zhengxi money. However, the mold made of mother's money will be poured with Panax notoginseng bronze, which is better than that of Zhengxi money."
Zhengxi money is slightly worse...but much better than the previous five baht money..."
Sun Quan nodded.
The leader of the workshop picked up something like a wooden frame and introduced to Sun Quan: "My lord, these are empty frames, one is a pair, each empty frame has a hundred money cells, and the inside is filled with soil and fine carbon powder.
Then sprinkle willow charcoal ash, put hundreds of mother coins in the empty spaces, and put the two empty spaces together to print out the money mold. There are holes in the money molds. Heat and pour copper into them, and you can cast hundreds of coins in one go.
Pieces...』
"After the copper water cools, you can take it out, one hundred coins at a time... Then break the connected coins to get a rough sample... Previously, there were holes in the five-baht coins, which could be worn and polished. Now we collect them."
Western coins are solid, so they can only be placed one by one in a wooden trough and polished..."
"In the end, you can get this money..."
Sun Quan nodded again, and then asked: "Can the latest Qiusi Qian be imitated?"
The leader of the workshop hesitated for a moment, "Please tell me, my lord, because this latest hussar coin has a zigzag pattern, and it can be copied... but there are too many processes, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. I'm afraid the gain outweighs the gain..."
"Hmm..." Sun Quan nodded, "Let's just imitate the Zhengxi Money first..."
The thick smoke inside the counterfeit money workshop dispersed, and the clear sound of water came over.
"Zhengxi..."
"Hussars..."
Sun Quan was on the bow of the boat, chanting softly, his eyes changing, and it was like the sparkling sunlight reflected on the water surface reflected in Sun Quan's eyes.
These coppers are just the first batch.
There are copper mines in Jiangdong.
And Sun Quan also sent people to the East China Sea, because there were rumors before that there was a mountain of gold and three mountains of silver in the east of the East China Sea...
Hussar said.
Anyway, Jiangdong has many ships. If we give it a try, even if we lose all of them, it won’t be a big problem.
Of the twenty ships that went out, only one came back. The loss was indeed huge, but the problem is that the ship that came back really brought back a few sea natives, as well as some gold and silver!
Although it is not much, it also proves that there is indeed gold and silver in the sea!
As for how much gold and silver there is, is it what Hussar said? Because the native language cannot be communicated, but Sun Quan has sent people to learn and imitate. I believe that soon we will know what the situation is in the mountains in the sea...
Of course, this will happen later. Now Sun Quan wants to trade the copper he has hoarded first.
As for the copper produced in Jiangdong, if it is sold at the price of raw materials alone, it will obviously be a loss to grandma's family. However, the value system of the five-baht coin in the entire market has completely collapsed. Even the five-baht coin cast by Sun Quan is useless.
On the one hand, even if others accepted it, they would discount it and break bones. On the other hand, Sun Quan himself was unwilling to accept it.
When a currency, a commodity equivalent, loses its equivalent function, it also loses its added value.
Obviously, Jiangdong must let these fake money enter the circulation field in order to maximize the effectiveness of these fake money, so Sun Quan must open market channels. One is Jiangling, taking the Sichuan-Shu line, using fake money to sneak into the normal
Among the trade, the other one is Qingxu, who uses war...
All fools know that looting can gain wealth, but looting is equivalent to killing the goose to lay eggs, and there will be no second harvest. As for the Guangling area, it is the area where the two armies are fighting anyway, so there is no problem if you loot.
Classmate Lao Cao also deliberately pulled back, causing Jiangdong's army to take a longer route, which was equivalent to a tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the field.
But other places in Qingzhou and Xuzhou cannot be plundered blindly.
Regardless of how loud Sun Quan boasted at the Jiangdong symposium, in fact, when you leave home, it is better to be more cowardly, at least for safety. Hope is one thing, whether it can be achieved is another matter
If South Vietnam is in trouble, it means that it is definitely impossible to smoothly capture Qingxu and directly target Xu County, so it is always right to say hello and establish some relationships first.
It's hard to say, but you can also use this money to buy some from the side...
Anyway, if we take the sea route, no matter how powerful Cao Cao's cavalry is, they can't just fly on the water!
Sun Quan smiled slightly, as if he had a winning ticket.
……(?′?`?)……
When Sun Quan went north, Zang Ba's army also approached the East China Sea.
To determine whether a person is a friend is not based on how many people he can call over when drinking, or how loudly he beats his chest at the drinking table, but whether he is willing to lend a helping hand when he really encounters difficulties.
Sometimes, even if I can help you say a word, it is not easy.
Obviously, Chang Xi has no friends.
Of course, at the beginning, Chang Xi did not think that Zang Ba and others were his friends.
Especially when Chang Xi heard that Zang Ba came to conquer him, he was so angry that he even disemboweled the envoy sent by Zang Ba, and then threw the envoy's head into the city...
The messenger was not allowed to laugh twice.
The Chinese army's tent in Zang Ba's camp.
Sitting there was Zang Ba.
There are also Sun Guan and Wu Dun.
The lights are dim.
The figures swayed, just like the hearts of the three people at this moment.
"It's hopeless..." Sun Guan whispered, "This guy is hopeless..."
Wu Dun sneered: "He thought we were here to harm him...this stupid pig..."
Zang Ba was silent.
He originally thought that he came with such a big fanfare. On the one hand, he was providing cover for Sun Guan and Wu Dun, so that Sun Guan and Wu Dun could hide in the smoke and dust of the army to discuss countermeasures. On the other hand, he also wanted to give Chang Xi a warning.
, indicating that this matter is serious and should not be taken as a joke.
But Zang Ba didn't expect that Chang Xi would be so "tenacious", or "determined", or for some other reason, that he would behead the envoy sent by Zang Ba!
This is a real conspiracy!
What on earth is this guy Chang Xi thinking?!
Sun Guan picked up a cup of hot tea, drank a few sips, and then said: "Ha! Speaking of which, is this the Cavalry General's way of drinking tea... I really didn't get used to it at first. What's the point of soaking leaves in water?"
Separate? Huh?』
Sun Guan glanced at Zang Ba, "But... haha, I got used to it as I drank it, and I think it's pretty good!"
Wu Dun chuckled.
Zang Ba glanced at Sun Guan, then poured the tea in the tea cup in front of him on the ground, "We only drink this tea if we want to drink it, otherwise, we can just pour it!"
Zang Ba put down the cup, "The key is, after pouring this cup of tea, I feel that the tea doesn't taste good. It's okay not to drink tea! But it's not okay not to drink water..."
Wu Dun snorted.
Sun Guan looked at Wu Dun and asked, "What are you doing? Is there something wrong with your nose?"
"I told you, you two are so damn free-minded. It's already here, why are you still playing tricks? Can't you just talk about something?" Wu Dun muttered dissatisfiedly, "It's better for you two to follow that.
After being around the Confucian scholars for a while, they all turned into their appearance?"
Zang Ba was silent for a moment, then smiled, shook his head and sighed: "Let me tell you one thing first. Cao Jun... is coming soon. It is said that he will be here the day after tomorrow... Of course, I doubt that tomorrow, haha, maybe there will be Cao Jun tonight."
The scouts are here... You two had better leave in the middle of the night, otherwise we will be blocked and we will be passive..."
Just like Go, if you have a breath outside, it is considered alive. If you are all blocked in one place, you will naturally become a fool, and it will be uncomfortable even if you don't die.
When it came to business, Sun Guan and Wu Dun both became serious, looked at each other, and then agreed.
Wu Dun said: "Then get a charter now! What on earth is going to do with this pig?"
Zang Ba asked Sun Guan, "What do you think?"
"I think..." Sun Guanba smacked his lips, "I'd better save it if I can... After all, we all come from the same background... Although this guy is indeed a little confused, he is still one of his own after all...
…』
Zang Ba nodded, then turned to look at Wu Dun, "What do you think?"
"Forget it." Wu Dun said simply, "I don't think I can save him. And I feel hungry... This guy is so stupid. Even if we save him this time, he will probably kill us in the future...
…』
Zang Ba also nodded.
"Don't just nod, talk about it too!" Sun Guan urged.
Wu Dun stretched out his hand and gestured to Sun Guan not to disturb Zang Ba's thoughts.
Among the four bandits in Mount Tai, well, of course they think that they are not considered "bandits", at most they are just leaders struggling to survive in troubled times. They have some ambitions, some opportunities, and enough power to act, so they started from the very beginning.
From a few people to a dozen people, to a few hundred people, to a factory with thousands of people, the factory, uh, place will naturally develop and become the current local official, an official with a thousand or two thousand stone.
This is something they couldn't imagine from the beginning.
Zang Ba’s original idea was to become a county captain...
Sun Guan's plan was to stop working after earning 300,000 yuan. At that time, Sun Guan thought that 300,000 yuan would be enough for him to spend the rest of his life.
Wu Dun is more plain, or simpler, just hoping to eat meat every meal.
As for Yin Li...
That guy is a fan of officials and wants to be an official.
Then there are five of the Taishan Four Bandits, which is common sense.
The extra Chang Xi was a pig. He was originally a bandit, a serious bandit, cruel, greedy, and barbaric. He had killed, set fire, raped, kidnapped, and ripped off tickets. This guy had done it all. So Zang Ba and others watched
He didn't look down upon Chang Xi, and Chang Xi also looked down on people like Zang Ba.
Even Chang Xi felt that his "訨" was not good-sounding, and thought that it would be good to be as good as Zang Ba's "Ba", so people wanted to change their name and call him Chang Ba Ba...
Forget it, I won’t go into details about these dirty things. After all, Mount Tai was very big at that time and all four of Mount Tai’s bandits were still very young.
Later, Tao Qian from the angel round came, and Yuan Shu came from the second round of investment.
At the beginning, Zang Ba and others were overjoyed, but found out that these guys either wanted to take the opportunity to misappropriate their patents, steal their ideas, and squeeze out their equity, or they were using them as bargaining chips, tools, or
What items can be discarded at any time...
Fortunately, Zang Ba and others survived, but investors Tao Qian and Yuan Shu were overturned in the turbulent process of asset reorganization of the Han Empire and ended up receiving lunch boxes.
Then Cao Cao came.
To be honest, the investment brought by Cao Cao at that time was not much.
Is it necessarily good to choose Cao Cao? Not necessarily, but Cao Cao knows how to "act". When Mr. Cao turns on the eunuch talent, he throws his shoes away when he says, wraps his beard when he says, and gives away clothes when he says.
Clothes, if you say give them to BMW, give them to BMW...
Who can bear this? Even the second master Yuntianguan, who is just and righteous, didn't indulge in Huarong Dao in the end?
So Zang Ba and others changed the contract to Boss Cao.
But not long after the boss called, he discovered that to work at Boss Cao's place, he started to have to pledge his ID card.
Then what?
After pledging your ID card, will you start to have a designated residence? A designated canteen? A designated medical institution? A designated drinking water place, which will be locked after the time limit?
Zang Ba didn't know, so he was panicked.
Then Boss Cao came and explained to Zang Ba. After explaining, Zang Ba became even more panicked.
When they seized the ID card, they made a good statement. Who knows if they can return it after it is taken away? When will it be returned? When they return it, will they just call their names and throw it on the ground and it will be returned?
But it is obviously unrealistic to fall out immediately.
After all, Cao Cao moved too fast, and Zang Ba was not prepared for anything. After all, Zang Ba is now different from the first time. He has brothers following him, relatives and friends, a large group of private soldiers, and so on.
In a family, it doesn't mean that you can fall out on the spot. If you smash your phone on the boss's face, you can smash it on the boss's face...
At least the 24 mobile phone installments haven’t been paid yet!
Therefore, Zang Ba could only pretend to be cooperative first, and then find an opportunity to discuss countermeasures with his brothers.
As a result, we met the pig Chang Xi! This guy fell out with Zang Ba without even saying a word! He's so paralyzed, can't he tell the difference between good and bad, and don't know what closeness and alienation mean?
If Chang Xi is a little more sober and can trust Zang Ba, he will take an opportunity to step down, saying that it is also a misunderstanding. He will coax Cao Cao first. After all, there is still a Jiangdong Army who can be used as a bargaining chip, and Boss Cao does not dare to force him.
Too cruel, because he will definitely be afraid of being stabbed in the back by Zang Ba and others!
And now, it has become Boss Cao's favorite part. While occupying the great righteousness, he watches the Taishan Army kill each other!
Zang Ba cursed in his heart, and then suddenly thought of something, and his expression tightened, "Isn't this pig really connected with Jiangdong Army?"
"Ah?" Sun Guan was stunned, "No way?"
Wu Dun pondered for a moment, "I can't say, it's really possible!"
"This Sangmen thing!" Sun Guan scolded, "Isn't this just a random poke of wood!"
"There was something wrong in my heart, but we happened to be here..." Wu Dun slapped his leg, "That's why I didn't even finish talking... this pig!"
The three of them talked to each other and basically speculated on the matter. After all, they had a deeper understanding of Chang Xi, and they could explain some of Chang Xi's inexplicable actions at the moment.
"..." Zang Ba took a long breath, "If this is really the case, we... have no choice but to take action... and we have to do it as soon as possible... otherwise we will wait for Duke Cao's people to come..."
"I'm worried that this is another test by Duke Cao..." Zang Ba said, "Even if Duke Cao didn't send spies to be placed in the East China Sea, the pig would be bleating on weekdays. It's hard to say when he let it slip."
Impossible! If we protect this guy, it means we..."
"And we can't fall out now..." Wu Dun said, "I just recruited new people last year, and they are training... We are a little tight on supplies, food and equipment... at least until this year..."
Zang Ba glanced at Wu Dun and said, "Maybe Duke Cao thinks you have malicious intentions in recruiting troops..."
"Fuck! I did that for..." Wu Dun frowned, "Damn, it's really possible..."
"Stop talking about that!" Sun Guan said, "Now we need to determine two things. First, what does Mr. Cao mean? Will he really attack us?"
"Gong Cao really wanted to take action... but he was also worried that if he did, he would be too involved... This time he came too fast, which is his advantage and disadvantage... coming too fast means that he cannot fight for a long time.
..." Zang Ba pointed to the south, "The Jiangdong Army is here... Cao Cao must retreat to Jiangdong first... Even if he wants to attack us, he has to wait for the Jiangdong Army to retreat..."
Sun looked at Zang Ba, then at Wu Dun, "Okay, second thing, this pig..."
"That's the only way. How long can we drag it out..." Zang Ba sighed, "We can only use this pig to drag it out first... How about a siege? Siege the city for a month, prepare siege equipment for a month, and then attack it.
, three to five months have passed... until Jiangdong's army retreats, and until Cao's army is eager to return home. At that time, even if Cao Gong wants to take action, he will have to weigh it..."
"What if... Cao Gong wants to send us to fight against Jiangdong?" Wu Dun asked.
Zang Ba took a breath, "That would be really troublesome... But I don't think Mr. Cao would dare... If we make up our minds... He would also be in trouble... So he wants us to kill each other in this stupid pig."
!Then we really have to do this! Fuck! This stupid pig!』
