Chapter 2378 Zhenguan Tongbao, this, this is actually Zhenguan Tongbao?
Chapter 2378 Zhenguan Tongbao, this, this is actually Zhenguan Tongbao? (Please subscribe and vote)
Nowadays, the coinage business of the Tang Dynasty has been taken over by the Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses, and the Kaiyuan Tongbao is completely made by stamping.
But its level of sophistication is not as good as the copper coin in front of you, which is only about one-third the size of Kaiyuan Tongbao.
However, Cheng Sanlang grunted and muttered casually, and even though Li Ke felt like a cat was scratching in his heart, Cheng Chubi remained in suspense.
"My dear brother, we are doing this for the sake of the Han and Tang Dynasty merchants. If you know about it now.
If you accidentally betray your father again, will we still make money? Do we still want to develop and grow?"
"Don't even think about it, how much money our Han and Tang Commercial Bank spent on this Luoyang urban supporting renovation and expansion project alone."
"This time, we set up a coin minting machine for this new currency, but we spent our money on it again. If we don't make some money, how can we get enough..."
Standing at the entrance of the palace, Cheng Chubi, who was so annoyed by the prince Li Ke, could only endure it and give him a vaccination.
"Here we go again, these two..."
The general of the imperial army who was guarding the palace gate had a headache as he watched these two guys blocking the palace gate, unable to get in or get out. They just stood there spitting and spitting.
If it weren't for the fact that one was a prince and the other was a consort, I would have wanted to pick them up with a big stick and chase them away so that they wouldn't affect everyone's duty.
Finally, Cheng Chubi reached an agreement with Li Ke. After entering the palace to meet Li Shimin, he took the prodigal son of the royal family to a workshop on the edge of Luoshui River to solve the mystery for him.
The two brothers then wandered towards the palace. The officers and soldiers of the imperial army looked at these two men and shook their heads helplessly.
When other officials enter the palace, if they are officials of third rank or below, they must notify the palace and wait for news to come out from the palace before they can enter the palace.
These two were the only ones who walked in and out of the palace as if they were a common occurrence, and they often ate what Naka wanted.
Especially Cheng Sanlang, that evil moth. A few days ago, he secretly cut the square bamboos in the palace into short tubes and transported them out of the palace gate.
As a result, a piece of the bag accidentally fell out due to a hole in it, haha...
This shameless man actually said that he had picked up some firewood in the palace and planned to go home to burn it.
What a bastard, he tells lies with his eyes wide open and thinks everyone is blind.
Standing beside him was His Highness King Wu. His Highness King Wu raised his head immediately, stared at the sky, and strode forward like a blind man.
It seemed that what fell to the ground was not the square bamboo his father loved, but just a dead branch that had been burned on the fire.
Facing His Majesty's own son and beloved son-in-law, Fang Zhu, who is working together to plot against His Majesty, and it is impossible for Your Majesty to deal with these two guys just for one or two Fang Zhu.
Therefore, the loyal soldiers of the Forbidden Army could only turn a blind eye in disgust and pretend to be deaf and dumb.
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The court meeting had just ended, and Li Shimin returned to the Wencheng Hall and had just changed out of his court clothes. He was wondering if he should go and see those Frank horses that had just been sent to the palace.
What if they don't adapt to the life in the palace, get angry and go on a hunger strike? After all, as an emperor who loves horses and loves horses, he doesn't want those good babies to be hungry or in a bad mood.
At this moment, a eunuch came to report that it was Cheng Sanlang and His Highness King Wu who wanted to see him.
"What are they doing here so early?" Li Shimin glanced at the sky and sighed...these two brats left early again.
After a short meeting, Cheng Sanlang and Li Ke entered the Wencheng Hall. After bowing respectfully, they did not wait for Li Shimin to speak.
Cheng Chubi was already serious and honest.
"My father-in-law, before, the merchants of Han and Tang Dynasties minted coins according to my father-in-law's order. Every year, the new coins minted ranged from 500,000 to 700,000 guan."
"Now the cost, after many technical improvements, has dropped to about three hundred yuan, of which the cost of raw materials..."
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel happy when he saw this boy chatting with a serious expression.
"Why, you think you don't make enough money, or do you want to expand the amount of money you make every year?"
"No, no, no, that's not the case. In fact, if it increases from 500,000 to 700,000 guan every year, it's already very good."
Cheng Chubi was not stupid. After all, he always had money, and all he needed for the cost alone was six pounds and four taels of bronze. Even if it was mixed with worthless lead and tin, even the copper was dug out of his own copper mountain.
But these are costs, right? Five hundred thousand gu, which requires three million jins of bronze, is definitely not a small amount.
Besides, it is naturally impossible for all the copper materials produced by Cheng Chubi and others to be used to make Kaiyuan Tongbao. There are also various places that need to use this metal.
Just like the construction of sea ships, many places that are easily corroded by sea water use iron products, which are easily rusted and have to use copper products.
"Then why did you two come to me?"
Cheng Chubi handed over a small box. "My father-in-law, please take a look at this. This is a new coin made by my son-in-law."
"New coins?" Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Cheng Sanlang suspiciously, wondering what kind of tricks this kid was up to.
The next moment, I looked down at the box that I had opened and saw a very small and exquisite round-hole coin inside.
Li Shimin couldn't help but let out a sigh. "Datang Zhenguan ** Year System? What, you guys are doing it again... Zhenguan Tongbao?!"
"Yes, this is a new coin made after my son-in-law designed it: Zhenguan Tongbao. I wonder what my father-in-law thinks of it?"
"..." Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at Cheng Sanlang again, picked up the small coin and looked at it carefully under his nose.
When Li Shimin saw the four big characters on the front that Cheng Sanlang was willing to turn face down, Li Shimin's heart suddenly pounded.
"Zhenguan Tongbao, this, this is actually Zhenguan Tongbao?" Li Shimin raised his face and looked at Cheng Sanlang.
At this moment, Li Ke felt that his own father's expression had an indescribable emotion. He seemed a little excited and a little complicated. Well, it's hard to describe.
However, Li Ke knew very well that Brother Chu Bi's flattery attack had definitely hit the softest part of his father's heart.
Zhenguan Tongbao, since ancient times, coins have never been made with the reign name of a certain emperor, right?
Even after his own grandfather, Li Yuan, established the Tang Dynasty, he abolished the five-baht currency and wanted to create the Tang Dynasty's own currency.
However, he did not say that he dared to shamelessly manipulate Wude Tongbao, but used the four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao" as the name of the coin.
The meaning of "Kaiyuan Tongbao" is that the word "Kaiyuan" was mentioned by the famous scholar Ban Gu in the early Eastern Han Dynasty many times in his articles.
In the "Book of Han*Li Xun Biography", it is written: Two hundred years have passed since the rise of the Han Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan era, the emperor descended from the right of Fei Cai, and the Han Dynasty once again received the talisman of its destiny.
He also wrote in "Dongdu Fu": The husband of the great Han Dynasty was the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and he worked hard to ascend to the throne...