Liu De's words immediately moved the craftsmen present to tears. Even the guards on the left and right quietly wiped away their tears. Even the supervisor Zheng Quan, who was originally a little dissatisfied, felt a sore nose and went over for him.
I feel a little bit of regret for all my greedy behaviors.
In fact, the people in the early Han Dynasty were simple and simple, and the people were not as smart as later generations.
This era is the best era for movie stars. Anyone with a little bit of acting skills can prosper in the political arena.
In his previous life, Liu Rong received sympathy and compassion from the people of Linjiang Country even after his death.
After Liu Che tormented the world to the point of dying, he issued an edict to punish himself and was forgiven by the people of the world. Some people even think that this emperor is still good. If he knows his mistakes and can correct them, there is no great way to do good...
Liu Che actually got a temple title after his death!!!!
Liu De felt that although his acting skills at this time were still somewhat inferior to those of his imperial grandfather Liu Heng, he should at least be able to compete with future generations of Starry Sky.
"How humble are we, the common people, that we should be remembered by Emperor Taizong..." A burly craftsman shed tears, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed in the direction of Ba Mausoleum: "He is really the Holy Emperor... Why do you ask me to wait?
In return!"
As long as he thought that a humble craftsman like him had once occupied a place in Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's heart, the craftsman immediately felt that the hardships and fatigue in the past were worth it. Even if he was a cow or a horse, he was willing to do it!
Liu De saw that some craftsmen were about to lose control of their emotions, so he quickly calmed them down and said: "Everyone, everyone...please be quiet first and listen to me..."
Liu De finally calmed down the mood of the craftsmen, and then said: "There is no merit greater than that of Emperor Gao, and no virtue is greater than that of the late emperor. The virtue of the late emperor is as mighty as the great rivers, endless, like the towering mountains..." said
After making these politically correct remarks, Liu De continued: "In today's world, four baht and half a tael are used. Four baht is light and thin, and half a tael is heavy and large. Both of them are harmful to the people. What a boy thinks."
I was very sad, so I decided to mint five baht coins to circulate throughout the world and benefit all people!"
As he said this, Liu De bowed his head to everyone and said, "I'm just a young man with little talent and little knowledge of making money. Therefore, I would like to ask you all to give me a helping hand!"
Plop, the craftsmen who dared to accept Liu De's head-offering ceremony all knelt down and said: "Your Highness is so generous, how can the villain endure it? Your Highness treats you so generously, even if the villain is shattered into pieces, he still has to cast five baht for Your Highness.
money!"
Liu De nodded and said humbly: "I'll leave it to you all!"
Looking at these craftsmen whose faces were full of passion and drive, Liu De secretly swore in his heart that if one day he sat on that throne, he would treat these simple people well.
Just because they are indeed so kind, hard-working and lovely.
Liu De clapped his hands, called the two eunuchs that Li Xin had given him, and said: "From today on, you two will keep an eye on me here. Remember not to do anything under false pretenses. No, no."
It can be seen that if you are motivated by profit and enrich your own pockets, you should not oppress good people and do evil things!"
After saying this, Liu De put on a smile and said: "After this is accomplished, I will report it to the emperor and reward you two heavily. Do you know?"
Previously, the two eunuchs listened to Liu De's instructions and were reluctant in their hearts. They originally only wanted to respond to the story and do whatever they wanted as soon as Liu De left. But when they heard that if the matter was completed, Liu De would give
The two of them asked for credit, and immediately restrained their little thoughts, knelt on the ground and said, "Promise, I will live up to your highness's trust!"
You must know that the hierarchy among the eunuchs in the palace is far more strict than ordinary people imagine.
Among eunuchs, even if they are only one level higher than other eunuchs, the treatment and personal freedom they enjoy can make the difference between heaven and earth, and can even determine the other person's life or death!
Although the eunuchs were greedy for money, they were even more greedy for power.
The authority of eunuchs comes from the emperor.
Not to mention that Liu De wanted to ask for credit for them, even just mentioning their two names in the memorial in the future, for them, they could win at any cost.
After settling the two eunuchs, Liu De knew that there was no need to worry about the operation and management of this workshop for the time being.
For the carrot hanging in front of them, they will explode with amazing fighting power.
So Liu De walked to the craftsmen again and said to them: "Everyone, let me tell you how to cast these five baht coins!"
"First of all, it is called five baht, and its weight should be about five baht..." In the Han Dynasty, one tael was divided into 24 baht. At this time, one tael was roughly equivalent to about 22-23 grams in later generations, so five baht
, almost 3-4 grams. In fact, this kind of money has the same weight as some coins of small denominations in later generations. As Liu De said, he took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and spread it on the ground.
A circular coin pattern was drawn with an ink pen on the cloth. Liu De introduced: "Please look at the pattern. This is what I think the five-baht coin looks like. It is round on the outside and square on the inside. The surface of the coin should be kept as smooth as possible.
The word "five baht" should be engraved on both sides of the coin!" After thinking about it, Liu De added: "If possible, slightly carve some patterns on the top and bottom of the coin to make it easier for people to identify!"
Once the five-baht coin appears, it will immediately impact the circulation market of four-baht coin and half-liang coin.
No need to think about it, given the urinary nature of Chinese people, it is inevitable to follow the trend and copycats.
Liu De didn't have the conditions Liu Che had when he issued the five-baht coins. He could just slap his head and issue an edict to prohibit private minting, so he made some signs to prevent those counterfeit coins from ruining his reputation - God knows if someone will mint some.
Parallel imports that add copper to iron?
"This is not difficult!" After listening to Liu De's request, a craftsman looked at the pattern on the silk book and said: "It's just that the speed of making money will inevitably slow down greatly. Usually I wait a day or
It can mint 100,000 coins, but if you follow His Highness’s request, you may only be able to mint around 10,000 coins a day…”
Um...Liu De was slightly stunned when he heard this.
He immediately understood what the other party meant. Originally, the production conditions at this time did not require the appearance of the coin. As long as the copper water was poured into the coin mold, it would become a coin. As for the appearance, as long as it was not too ugly, it would no longer become money.
Such things are basically put out for circulation, and ordinary people don't care about them.
But now Liu De requires that the surface be smooth and some patterns must be engraved as logos, which is difficult.
It's not difficult to engrave patterns, just improve the money pattern and it's almost enough.
But the smooth surface is difficult and must be done by hand.
Liu De weighed it in his mind.
Then he said: "Ten thousand is ten thousand. It doesn't matter if you start slowly. The most important thing is to ensure quality..."
As a time traveler, no one in this era understands better than him how important the credibility of the financial industry is.
Fundamentally speaking, the value of a currency is actually closely related to its own credibility.
Liu De was convinced that the benefits that ten thousand well-cast five-baht coins could bring to him should far exceed one hundred thousand poorly-made five-baht coins.
not to mention……
The political influence and benefits derived from these five baht will be his most important wealth in the future.
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First update today~~~~~~~
Well, there are two more updates tonight, and the thousand words I owed yesterday will be paid back!
I will start paying off my debt tomorrow, which means I will try to update one more chapter on the basis of three updates a day. In any case, I will pay off my debt next week!
