Over the next few hundred years, the details of the five-baht coin changed, but it has remained the mainstream currency until now.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the world fell into pieces, princes from all over the country would mint copper coins privately, but most of them were based on the five-baht coin, and their designs and weights were very different.
But after Wei unified the Three Kingdoms, the currency also began to be unified. From that time to now, everyone seems to be using coins minted by the imperial court.
Zhao Hanzhang looked at the pictures on the copper coins and pondered, so would she be the first local governor to mint coins?
Should she mint it exactly like the previous version of the five-baht coin, or add something to it?
Zhao Hanzhang did not know that Xiliang, thousands of miles away from Luoyang, had already printed a new five-baht coin.
Zhang Shi came in with a tray of copper coins, bowed and said, "Father, this is the newly printed five-baht coin."
Zhang Gui quickly put down his pen and took it to look at carefully.
Zhang Shi said: "A copper coin is between two and three baht."
Zhang Gui raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Is that two baht or three baht?"
Zhang Shi lowered his head and whispered: "Most of them weigh two baht and two Gui, between 2.2 and 2.4."
He said: "We don't have much copper in Xiliang, and the casting technology can only do this."
Zhang Gui flicked the copper coin lightly, put it down after a while, nodded and said: "That's enough, our goal is also to make the people under our rule have money to use, so that every transaction will not be barter."
He said: "Give me the money."
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Zhang Shi did not leave, but asked: "Father, can this money be traded to merchants outside Xiliang?"
Zhang Gui's eyes flashed and he looked up at him.
Zhang Shi said: "Ever since we went outside Yumen Pass, merchants from Zhongzhou began to come. They also mentioned before that the goods they brought could only be bartered with us. It was extremely inconvenient to calculate. Now that they have money, they
Maybe you'd like to take some of the money and leave."
Zhang Gui pondered: "But the five baht coins we mint are lighter than those of the imperial court, so they are afraid they won't."
Zhang Shi said: "If we only trade with money, they have to be willing if they don't want to."
Zhang Gui frowned and said nothing, but asked: "Have you prepared the things I asked you to prepare for Luoyang and Chang'an?"
Zhang Shi said gloomily: "Ready."
He couldn't quite understand his father, "Father, it's okay to send furs and horses to Zhao Hanzhang. After all, she sent us food, why should she also give a share to Chang'an?"
"Didn't you see Fu Zhongshu's letter? There is a famine in Chang'an. We can't send food, but we can send other things to help them tide over the difficulties."
"But……"
Zhang Gui raised his hand to stop what he was about to say, and said: "Dalang, the world is in chaos now, but Xiliang is the land of Jin, and we are guarding the country of the Jin Dynasty. We are ministers of the Jin Dynasty, so we must be loyal to the Jin Dynasty.
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"Whether it's Chang'an, Luoyang, or Yuncheng where Your Majesty is now, we in Xiliang and they are all brotherly cities, and we should watch and help each other." He said: "Today I will help Chang'an and Luoyang overcome the difficulties, and tomorrow,
Chang'an and Luoyang will also help me."
"Even if it doesn't help, as long as the things we give out can be used on the people and countless people are alive, then it's not a loss."
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Zhang Shi lowered his head in shame and said, "Yes, my son is too narrow-minded."
Zhang Gui nodded and said: "Go ahead and ask someone to load up two more boxes of new money. Chang'an and Luoyang will each send one box."
He had a new idea. If he wanted merchants from other places to use their new money, he would have to get the approval of Fu Zhi and Zhao Hanzhang.
As long as the two of them agreed with his new money, especially Zhao Hanzhang, the merchants coming to Xiliang now mainly came from Yuzhou and Luoyang, and he also knew that one of the caravans belonged to Zhao Hanzhang.
Therefore, as long as Zhao Hanzhang agrees with Xiliang's new money, his new money can be used in Xiliang and Zhongzhou.
Zhang Gui took out a piece of white paper, pondered for a moment and then wrote a letter to Zhao Hanzhang. The letter will be sent to Luoyang together with the gift.
This batch of goods from Xiliang was escorted by the Xiliang Army, and also set off with Xiliang merchants who were attached to the Xiliang Army.
After the rebellion was put down, the governor gathered the refugees, and the Yumen was opened, and a large number of refugees from Zhongzhou poured into Xiliang.
The governor created two new counties just to settle this group of refugees, which shows how big this group of Zhongzhou refugees were.
The refugees came with goods from Zhongzhou, and the governor set up military posts along the way from the government office to Yumen Pass, and also intimidated Yumen Pass, allowing them to partially close the gate and allow refugees and merchants to enter and exit, so more Zhongzhou merchants came.
Businessmen from Xiliang also want to go to Zhongzhou. I heard that a female general has emerged from Zhongzhou, and she is also very powerful. The war in Luoyang has been put down. There is stability there and there is a lot of business to be done.
Haven’t you seen those refugees starting to move back to Zhongzhou again?
I heard that I am going back to Luoyang.
Alas, it’s hard to leave your hometown. As long as you have money and can move around, who wouldn’t want to go back to your hometown?
The Chang'an soldiers guarding Yumen Pass silently watched the people coming in and out of the pass.
Last month, the Xiliang army suddenly showed up outside Yumen Pass. They were so frightened that they thought Zhang Gui was going to rebel. Who knew that an army was also found in Yongzhou not far outside Chang'an, led by Zhao Hanzhang's brother Zhao
Yong personally led the troops and also faced Chang'an.
King Nanyang was so frightened that he couldn't eat anymore, so he immediately asked Fu Zhi to discuss countermeasures.
He knew that Fu Zhi was here to fight for power with him, so he was very wary of Fu Zhi, which made Fu Zhi's work very difficult.
But this time, he had to ask Fu Zhi for help.
He had some friendship with Zhang Gui, and Zhang Gui also respected him, not to mention Zhao Hanzhang, who was his future granddaughter-in-law, so the King of Nanyang hoped that Fu Zhi could come forward to make peace.
Fu Zhi did come forward and hold talks with the two parties. The purpose of Zhang Gui and Zhao Hanzhang was obvious. They wanted the Yumen Pass to be opened to allow refugees and merchants to enter and exit the pass.
To be honest, the opening of Yumen Pass is a big challenge for the soldiers of Chang'an. After all, this is a gateway to the Central Plains. Once the pass is opened but cannot be defended, and foreign enemies enter from here, the Central Plains and below may be devastated.
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But as Zhang Gui said, Xiliang is the front station of Yumen Pass. If something happens to Yumen Pass, it will be after the fall of Xiliang. If there is a war, it will not be too late to close it again.
But...but Yumenguan not only protects against foreign enemies such as Xianbei, but also protects against Zhanggui and Xiliang.
Ahem, of course, you can’t say this to Zhang Gui.
Fu Zhi didn't trust Xiliang very much, but he trusted Zhang Gui.
So what he said to King Nanyang was, "As long as Zhang Gui is alive, the Yumen Pass can be opened. Once Xiliang changes its governor, the Yumen Pass will be closed."
King Nanyang was a gentle man who didn't like fighting, so he looked at the Xiliang army outside the pass, and then looked at the outside of Chang'an city. If he didn't agree, he rushed in directly to take over the Zhao army in Chang'an, and finally agreed.
So the gate is opened.
After the Yumen Pass was opened, the workload of the soldiers skyrocketed, but they had no complaints because all business travelers entering and exiting the pass had to pay taxes, more or less. As a result, the Chang'an Army continued to suffer from famine, and even the soldiers began to suffer from hunger.