"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"
Zhang Tu and Chen Qi looked at each other and couldn't figure out what Liu Deng meant.
What is this thing doing with two copper coins? What's so rare about this thing? It's just a five-baht coin from the imperial court. Although it looks relatively new, there's nothing rare about it.
"You two, take a closer look!"
Liu Deng buried his head between the desk and desk again and said without raising his head.
"This old minister is stupid. Your Majesty, if you have something to say, just say it!"
Zhang Tu held the copper coin in his hand and looked at it for a long time, but he still couldn't see anything wrong. In terms of shape and weight, this thing was not much different from ordinary copper coins.
I really couldn’t figure out what Liu Deng meant, so I simply handed him over and asked.
"Master Taifu, why don't you cut it open and take a look!"
Liu Deng was still writing and drawing there. Zhang Tu was going to scold his mother. If you wanted to cut it open, you should have told me earlier.
In comparison, Chen Qi's mentality is much better. He has long been accustomed to Liu Deng's weird attitude towards doing things.
Hearing what Liu Deng said, he stepped forward, confessed his crime, and picked up a small dagger from Liu Deng's desk.
Under Zhang Tu's puzzled gaze, he stretched out his hand and cut the copper coin in half, and was immediately stunned by what was inside.
"This, this is lead!"
Zhang Tu was stunned. After seeing the gray thing, he immediately recognized it.
"Your Majesty, where did you get this thing?"
Zhang Tu suddenly felt a chill on his back. He must have made this thing too often.
This is nothing else. This is 5 baht from the court. What on earth does this person want to do?
"This is the copper coin used by King Wu Liu Bi to buy salt stamps. The total amount is nearly 6 million coins!"
Zhang Tu was shocked when he heard what Liu Deng said. This was not a small amount. It was such a big sum of money, 6 million cans, and it was all shoddy goods...
"You two adults, do you have any ideas? I don't know, how do you think we should handle this matter?"
Liu Deng finally stopped writing in his hand, looked up at the two of them and asked.
"this......."
Although the two of them also knew that this matter was troublesome, the problem was that they really had no experience in how to deal with this kind of thing.
If it was within the territory of Dai, they would have already sent troops there. However, the problem now is that this is within the territory of Wu, and the person who made the forgery was Wu King Liu Bi.
For a moment, they really didn't pay attention, and it seemed that no matter how they handled it, they couldn't handle it properly.
"Your Majesty, I think we must spend this money quickly and cannot keep it in our own hands!"
Chen Qi was still relatively young after all. After hesitating for a while, he spoke directly.
"That's not right! Since he is scheming against us like this, he must have a back-up plan. I'm afraid that as long as you spend a penny, you will immediately fall into his trap!"
Before Liu Deng could say anything, Zhang Tu had already begun to object. This was indeed the case. As long as they dared to use this money in the territory of Wu, they would probably fall into Liu Bi's trap immediately.
"This! Isn't this obviously bullying? This old man!"
When he said this, Chen Qi suddenly understood. Isn't it obvious that this mother was playing rogue?
"Being angry won't solve the problem. According to me, even if we don't move the money, I'm afraid they will start it soon! Moreover, as long as SF Express is open for a day, the money will continue to flow in!"
As soon as Liu Deng finished speaking, Zhang Tu and Chen Qi were immediately stunned. If you put it this way, SF Express would probably start losing money, let alone making money!
"Your Majesty, what if we recycle this money?"
Zhang Tu hesitated and proposed a plan again. Although he would lose some money, he didn't know how much he would lose.
"Remelting and remaking remove impurities, plus the fire consumption and labor, I'm afraid we will lose 40%!"
Daiguo also has the right to mint coins. This matter falls under the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Bureau, so Chen Qi came directly.
However, this loss immediately made Zhang Tu dumbfounded. No, you can't do this!
This mute has suffered too much, and if things continue like this, won't Dai Guo become working for Wu Guo?
"Then what if we withdraw from Wu?"
Zhang Tu gritted his teeth and cut off his wrist. This was indeed a solution. After all, if it goes on like this for a long time, even if he has gold, mountains and silver, it will be in vain!
The key problem is that what they forged was the court's five-baht coins, not the coins of their country of Wu!
The credibility of the five-baht coin was ruined. It was not only their part of the Wu Kingdom that was unlucky, but the entire Han Dynasty was going to be ruined!
"Didn't I ask you to raise gold and silver some time ago? I wonder how much you have prepared?"
Liu Deng did not continue, but asked Chen Qi.
"Reporting back to the king, we don't have much gold in our hands, so we exchanged some from various channels during this period. Now we have a total of 1.8 million taels of gold, 3 million taels more of silver, and about 3 million copper coins. Pass!"
Hearing this huge number, Zhang Tu couldn't help but gasp. In less than a year, this copper coin flowed into the Dai Kingdom like a sea.
Liu Deng can spend the rest of his life lying around with the money that Dai Guo now has.
"The preparations at the college are almost complete. We will allocate 500,000 copper coins tomorrow. Before the spring plowing begins, I can hurry up and build the foundation!"
"Your Majesty, I just want to tell you this. There are only a few hundred people in one academy. Do we want to spend so much money? Five hundred thousand gold is enough to build a small city!"
Chen Qi's face was filled with bitterness. This is not how you spend your money. The king has invested too much in this college.
"Mr. Chen, many of the scribes in your house are old and dim, but they are still not allowed to retire. What's the reason?"
Liu Deng didn't say much to answer his question, but asked calmly.
"Well...because we can't find a suitable replacement, there are really too few scholars in the world..."
Chen Qi was also helpless. There was a smile on Liu Deng's lips. Why hadn't he heard of the imperial examination system during the Qin and Han Dynasties?
Because the number of scholars in the world is surprisingly small, all filial people and scholars can be elected to become officials. In many cases, it is not because those wealthy families control the government, so their children can become officials.
But because the poor are struggling to have enough food, so where do they have time to study?
It takes three generations for one person to study. In this era of extremely poor material life, studying is a luxury for children from poor families. How can someone who cannot read a few words become an official?
