"Do you want to re-cast silver?"
"Well, no, it should be called re-issuance of coins?"
Chongzhen's eyes flashed, thinking about the feasibility.
As shown in TV dramas of later generations, the plot of a few people going to a restaurant to eat, spending a few taels of silver, and then leaving immediately is simply nonsense.
A piece of silver is limited by its purity, quality, etc. There will be a small gold and silver scale in the store. The shopkeeper will first weigh it to see if it is enough, and then check the authenticity.
The main thing is to look at the color of the pores formed during casting. If the pores are bright, they are real, and if they are dark, they are fake. Only after the series is completed will they let you go.
There are three ways to identify gold: weigh it, bite it with your teeth, and burn it with fire.
There are five common sizes of silver ingots in the Ming Dynasty, fifty taels, twenty taels, ten taels, five taels, and one tael. There are also large ingots of one hundred taels and five hundred taels of treasure silver.
In fact, if it were not for large-scale consumption, the circulation of silver would not be large, and ordinary people would use copper coins.
Not only is silver inconvenient to carry, it is also extremely troublesome to use.
"Issue banknotes?"
Chongzhen muttered to himself, then shook his head: "No, Song Jiaozi and Ming Baochao were both ruined, and the people don't trust them either.
Coupled with the difficulty of controlling and easy counterfeiting, transportation restrictions and the inability to collect, banknotes cannot be considered for the time being until the anti-counterfeiting technology is not up to standard. "
"Then there are only silver and gold coins left. I remember that after Jiannu entered the customs, copper coins worth five, ten, and twenty were issued.
In other words, one copper coin can be exchanged for five or ten ordinary small coins, so you can consider it. "
Thinking of this, Chongzhen fell into deep thought again, but the flickering light between his eyes showed that he was thinking.
After a while, Chongzhen woke up.
"If you want to issue ten pieces of money, you need an exchange bank, credit margin, anti-counterfeiting technology, production technology, supervision system, adjustment mechanism, and a large number of people who are proficient in economic arithmetic and arithmetic..."
Although Chongzhen didn't know much about finance, he knew that the currency of later generations was based on credit. Only when credit exists can it circulate.
The reason why Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes failed was because Zhu Yuanzhang over-issued and exchanged them through a single channel. People were only allowed to exchange silver for treasure banknotes from the court, but not treasure banknotes were allowed to be exchanged for silver.
The Baochao Department responsible for printing Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes later turned into an organization specializing in manufacturing toilet paper for the Royal Inner Court. How ridiculous.
"The bank is easy to handle. It will be piloted first in Beijing, then in prefectural cities, then in prefectural cities, and finally in county towns;
The national treasury and internal funds now have almost 50 million silver, and the credit margin is still a little short, but it is almost there;
The supervision system is easy to say, but it is lacking in anti-counterfeiting. It seems that we can start from the process..."
Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't wait to return to Beijing and go to the Silversmithing Bureau to find craftsmen to try.
So he ordered: "Yuan Aiqing, stay one more day today to arrange the rest of the things, and we will return to the court early tomorrow morning!"
"I obey the decree!"
"By the way, where are Zhang Zhiji and the others?"
"Back to Your Majesty, according to the information sent back last night, the army has entered the Karaqin tribe. If nothing happens, they will be able to reach Karaqin City around noon today.
The 50,000-strong army was caught by surprise and could break through Kara City within an hour. The battle report would come back at noon tomorrow at the latest. "
"Okay, inform Zhang Zhiji that after breaking through Kara City, the army will immediately march westward and rush to Xuanfu.
Along the way, I met the Otok tribesmen of the Mongolian tribes who participated in the battle to enter the pass, and they were all defeated. "
"I will make arrangements now!"
For a whole day, Hanerzhuang City was immersed in a sea of cheers, and Yuan Keli was also arranging the aftermath in an orderly manner.
At the same moment, three hundred miles away in the Karaqin Grassland, an army of 50,000 led by Zhang Zhiji had arrived three miles away from Karaqin City.
The fact that the army was able to get here silently was all thanks to the Warrior Battalion, which killed all the small nomadic tribes and the small patrol cavalry of the Karaqin tribe along the way in advance.
"Commander Huang Degong, you lead Wu Xiang's left guard to surround the east gate!"
"Commander Sun Yingyuan, you lead Wu Xiang's right guard to surround the west gate!"
"Commander Zhao Yuan, lead the Daxing Guards to surround the north gate!"
"Qin Gongming will lead you and the white pole soldiers to line up at the south gate to prevent the Haraqin cavalry from charging.
The Fang family led the Jing army to prepare to break down the city gate with firearms, while the Jing camp used bows, arrows and fire guns to attack from a distance, ready to attack the city at any time!
The city must be destroyed before the time comes, and Kara City must be razed to the ground! "
The generals led their respective armies to leave quickly. Zhang Zhiji looked at Cao Bianjiao next to him: "Commander Cao, please lead the warrior battalion to wander outside the army.
Pursue the fish that slipped out of Haraqin and prevent Haraqin cavalry stationed elsewhere. "
"clear!"
Less than half an hour later, the army surrounded Kara City without any defense.
In the exclamation of Kara City, the army began to attack the city. Feather arrows fell like feathers, and fire blunderbuss also covered the city wall. The Pure Army also reproduced the method of breaking the door of Yulei Camp.
It is said to be a city, but it is actually similar to the castle at the border of the Ming Dynasty. It is between Guancheng and Acropolis. Its circumference is only more than three miles. The city is about ten feet high and the wall is one foot wide.
For such a small city, coupled with a surprise attack, the southern gate of Karaqin was blown up with a loud noise, and the Beijing camp rushed forward.
Sixty percent of the elites of the Haraqin tribe followed Jiannu into the pass. They have been completely lost and some are scattered in other parts of the territory. How can the 3,000 elites guarding the city be the opponent of the 50,000 Ming army with high morale.
In just half an hour, the entire city wall of Karaqin was occupied by the Ming army, and the 50,000-strong army compressed the elite of Karaqin into the city.
The cavalry could not charge, so they were living targets in the city. Although they did not achieve a one-sided massacre, they still killed the elite soldiers left behind in Kara City with small casualties.
The fighting was still brutal, but compared to the battlefield at Longjing Pass, it pales in comparison.
"Instruct all armies to kill all those who can wear armor in Karaqin City, and load all the gold, silver, soft fur, medicinal materials, etc. that can be taken away into vehicles and take them away.
An hour later, I didn't want to see the existence of Kara City. "
Although the Haraqin tribe is not too big, it is after all the tribe of Kunduliha, the grandson of Dayan Khan. It has lasted for more than a hundred years, and it still has some background.
After struggling for a long time, it was possible to load all the hundreds of lele carts in Kala City.
There is not much gold and silver, that is, five or six carts, almost two hundred thousand taels of silver, but there are a lot of furs of various beasts, rare medicinal materials, etc., a rough estimate, at least one million taels of silver.
Looking at the car heading towards Longjingguan, Huang Degong shook his head: "You are so poor!"
"Come on, for a tribe like them that has been eating one meal without finishing the next, and almost died several times, it's good to have so many."
"Yes, if they were very rich, how could we have come here to kill them!"
"Their most important wealth is herds of cattle, sheep and horses, but the Kalaqin Territory covers hundreds of miles and is not concentrated together. This has been saved on daily basis."
"That's right, it's not a loss for our fifty thousand troops to attack!"
Huang Degong nodded, then glanced at the women and children of the Kalaqin tribe in front of him who were full of hatred and anger, and frowned slightly: "What should we do with them? Kill them? Or take them back?"
