A royal village outside Lunu City was converted into a money-making bureau.
A group of Shaofu craftsmen who came to Zhongshan Kingdom with Shi Fen, as well as piles of money-making raw materials and various tools were placed here.
After arranging Gongsun Hong and others to inspect and supervise spring plowing, Li Yunze stayed here to supervise the large-scale coinage.
The reason why he pays so much attention to it is that, firstly, he is very aware of the importance of currency, and secondly, he knows that if these metal currencies are left unsupervised, things can easily go wrong.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the treasury officials in the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue even practiced jaw-dropping deflation techniques in order to steal treasury silver.
In addition to copper coins, this coin minting bureau also mints gold coins.
One gold coin is worth ten thousand, and you can make a fortune by stealing ten or eight gold coins. Of course, you must pay attention to it.
Copper coins are okay, as long as the rules and regulations are formulated and manned to implement them, after all, the value of copper coins is not high.
But here, Li Yunze basically kept an eye on the gold coins, which can be said to be a strict defense.
But even so, it cannot prevent the loss of gold coins from happening.
"Your Majesty."
With a look of shame on his face, Yan Yi saluted Li Yunze, "After counting, 216 gold coins were minted yesterday, but when they were put into the warehouse, there were only 214 coins, and two gold coins were missing."
Li Yunze looked at the hydraulic foundry, which had been shut down for a long time and was still being searched intensively. He rubbed his chin and asked, "How many have been lost in total?"
"Your Majesty, a total of thirty-three gold coins have been lost in these days. I am guilty."
Yan Yi is in charge of the revenue and expenditure of money and grain, and Li Yunze also gives him full authority in the Money Minting Bureau.
But now that something like this happens, he, the person in charge, will naturally be held responsible.
"As for you, you are still too literary."
Li Yunze did not punish Yan Yi directly, but instead talked about habits.
Yan Yi, who was ashamed, took the initiative to express his position, "I ask the king to dispatch Lieutenant Zhi to investigate thoroughly."
This statement made Li Yunze laugh. "If Tiao Zhi comes here to investigate thoroughly, then all the workers here will die. It is an overkill, it is unacceptable."
Even when Zhidu came over, he couldn't find out how the gold coins were lost. With his style, he must have disposed of everything that could come into contact with the gold coins.
These people are just craftsmen, not local powerful people.
Moreover, only a small number of people stole gold coins, and the vast majority of craftsmen were innocent.
"This matter."
Looking at the craftsmen in front of him who only wore a piece of cloth around their waists and were busy with their shirts off, Li Yunze looked half-smiling, "It's just a small trick, let's see what my king's tricks are."
The security here at the Mint is very tight. Except for these craftsmen who have direct contact with gold coins, no one has the opportunity to steal them.
Almost all the craftsmen are clean and tidy, and the only place where they can hide things is Wei Gu Daoer.
The Yinkukudins of later generations had already mastered this kind of thing, but no one except Li Yunze knew about it in this era.
You must know that it is 250 grams, a gold coin weighing half a catty. Who would have thought that it could be hidden in such a place.
Even if Yan Yi thought of it, he would not check them one by one.
First of all, the education he received does not allow him to do such humiliating things.
Secondly, people in this era attach great importance to face and reputation. Once there is a forced inspection, the craftsmen will die of shame.
Of course, if Zhidu had been through this kind of thing, he wouldn't feel any pressure at all.
Li Yunze used the simplest method, which was to bring a metal detector from the modern world.
Naturally, sergeants are responsible for such things.
Su Ang was a craftsman from Shaofu who followed him to Zhongshan Kingdom and was assigned to work in this money-making bureau.
When he saw the copper coins, he didn't care, because although the copper coins were good, they were not worth much and were not worth selling.
When he was transferred to the hydraulic factory and participated in minting gold coins, his eyes seemed to turn golden.
Su Ang is actually a pseudonym. His surname is not Su but Pirates.
That's right, it's the thief who stole the house.
There are various schools of thought among hundreds of schools of thought, and the almost bizarre thief family is also one of them.
The founder of the bandit family is Bandit Zhi, the leader of bandits in the mountains.
Tuo An is the direct descendant of Tuo Zhi, and has a long family history.
In fact, thieves have their names recorded in history books. For example, Lord Mengchang once attracted 3,000 guests, many of whom were members of the thieves.
Lord Mengchang was imprisoned in Xianyang and was about to be killed when the thieves disguised themselves as dogs and risked their lives to steal a white fox fur worth thousands of gold from the palace of the Qin Dynasty and presented it to the concubine of King Zhaoxiang to intercede. .
This is the story of the dog thief.
However, this is not over yet.
When Mengchang Jun fled to Hangu Pass, because it was stipulated that the switch should be opened after the cock crows, Mengchang Jun, who was eager to escape, asked his thieves to imitate the cock crow, causing the cock crow in the pass to escape.
This is the story of the cockcrow.
Roosters crow and dogs rob, it is the people who steal homes.
After Qin unified the world, most of the hundreds of schools except Legalism suffered a blow.
For example, thieves and the Mo family were particularly targeted.
As a last resort, the robbers can only survive anonymously.
When the big man came here, he still didn't want to see the outsiders such as the Mo family and the thieves, so the thieves could only continue to remain anonymous until now.
Piou Ang has no loyalty to the big man at all, so he feels very comfortable stealing gold coins.
As for the technology of stealing gold coins, it can only be said that chicken crowing and dog stealing are nothing in Taoism, it is just an entry-level technology.
With the stolen treasure passed down from my ancestors, I can take away two of them at once at my peak state!
It was the same today. With two gold coins in hand, Robo Ang wiped his sweat with a tired look on his face, and followed the workers in front of him to line up and walk outside.
He always sneered at the inspections of the sergeants. How could he be a thief?
'Didi didi didi~~~'
The sergeant holding the stick in his hand swept it in front of Pirates. The seemingly ordinary stick suddenly made a strange noise, which frightened everyone.
However, the sergeant over there looked overjoyed, and he rushed forward and threw the ignorant and sluggish Thieves to the ground.
"Caught! The thief who stole the gold coins was caught by someone!"
The laws of the Han Dynasty inherited the laws of the Qin Dynasty, and those who caught a thief should be rewarded with one-tenth of the stolen goods.
The sergeant was certainly excited.
You know, dozens of gold coins were lost here.
After the sergeant searched the bag without fear of hardships, he took out two yellow gold coins from the body of the pirate.
This person actually secretly brought in a special potion and bent the gold coins to hide them.
From then on, craftsmen not only had to check when they went out, but also when they came in.
There's nothing more to say about people taking the stolen goods and getting the same.
Zhang Tang, who was in charge of hearing the case, went to report to Li Yunze after the interrogation.
"Your Majesty, the thief Ziyan possesses the secret knowledge of the thieves and is willing to serve your Majesty."
"Ah."
Li Yunze, who was handling official business, chuckled and asked casually, "Han Lv, how should we deal with it?"
This is the place that Zhang Tang is most familiar with. He immediately responded loudly, "Your Majesty, the law of Han Dynasty is: 'Those who steal horses will die, and those who steal cattle will be punished. Therefore, we should emphasize the capital and eliminate the capital of light diseases.'" Tuo Ang is a craftsman of the money making bureau, Stealing gold coins from the mint without permission is a crime of self-stealing and should be dealt with severely. And
The amount of money stolen was huge, so we should be more serious. According to the law, you should be killed. "
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded, "Dispose according to law."
If you commit a crime, you will be punished. There is no such thing as asking for compensation from the victim.
After Zhang Tang left, Gongsun Hong, who was cooperating in handling government affairs, also lowered his head and continued busy with his work.
If Li Yunze had shown any tendency to recruit useful talents before, he would have immediately come forward to argue with Zhang Tang and recruit talents for the king.
Even if he is a rooster and a dog, he is still a talent!
You can't tell when it will play a key role, and Mengchang Jun is the best example.
Without the help of the roosters and dog thieves, Lord Mengchang would have died in Hangu Pass.
However, Li Yunze simply ordered to be executed, so Gongsun Hong naturally pretended that nothing had happened and would never force himself to come forward. He thought he was good at recruiting talents for the king.
You must know how to do things appropriately, and never go against the king.
Gongsun Hong, who had been a small official for many years, has a deep understanding of this.
The robbery incident came to an end when he was beheaded and the stolen gold coins were recovered.
Until they find out how the sergeants discovered it, the craftsmen who have ulterior motives may not dare to take action again.
The commerce and trade of Zhongshan Kingdom is very developed. There is an endless stream of caravans traveling from south to north, east to west, and large and small caravans can be seen coming and going at any time on the official road.
In addition to its own advantages, the attraction brought by the high-quality products that have appeared in the past two years is also an important reason.
The most popular ones are white paper and books printed by printing.
Because those who can buy these things are basically not short of money, and the profits are high enough, they are naturally welcomed by the caravans.
Secondly, there are butcher shops for making beef and mutton, cheese, well-trained cattle and so on.
Of course, these things are still relatively one-sided and there are not many consumers.
The real big thing is the various iron tools that the craftsmen and supervisors outside the city are working on day and night.
I don’t know why, but the ironware made by the Zhongshan National Craftsman Supervisor is of very good quality. Both in terms of appearance and quality, it is far superior to other places, so it has always been the favorite of the caravans.
The caravans also transported a large amount of materials to Zhongshan Kingdom, the largest number of which were iron materials, fuel and other materials.
Recently, there have been many more caravans, and they are not considered caravans. They are officials and merchants, and they are the team of the young government.
The Shaofu's fleet transported a large amount of copper materials, gold materials and other various materials to the money minting bureau outside Lunu City.
Afterwards, the minted copper coins and gold coins were loaded into carts and transported all the way back to Chang'an City.
The ownership of these things is actually in the hands of Chang'an. On the surface, Zhongshan Kingdom is just processing supplied materials.
But in fact, only Li Yunze and Yan Yi knew how many raw materials came and how many copper coins and gold coins were processed.
The price difference was huge, and Li Yunze kept it with peace of mind, counting it as processing fee.
These processing fees play a huge role in promoting the development of Zhongshan Country.
The Shaofu convoy transporting copper coins and gold coins set off and headed south back to Chang'an City. Several men in the herbal tea shed on the roadside also got up and followed.
Money moves people's hearts, and there are always people who are not afraid of death who want to use their lives to gain wealth.
