People are in the Tang Dynasty, creating a mythical dynasty

Chapter 129 Canopy "Labor" Datang Modernization
Bajie, now he should be called Zhu Ganglu, he is busy in the Shaofu, and he has even gradually gotten used to the life in the Shaofu. As I said before, this place is like a paradise for him.

Even if the soul is suppressed, mana is suppressed.

But the life here is not comparable to what it used to be.

There is no intrigue in heaven, nor the worries of food and clothing before, here as long as he works hard, he can have "wages".

For him who has never had any big ideals, there is undoubtedly no place more suitable than this place.

And his strength quickly attracted the attention of the engineering team.

Remuneration continues to improve.

It even started to be the same as ordinary Datang people.

Thirty Wen a day, and nine hundred Wen a month, and with some rewards, it can even reach a thousand Wen, which is consistent money.

This kind of income can be said to be extremely good.

At least Zhu Gangguan was extremely satisfied.

And for the Shaofu, it is also extremely happy.

Although the pig just eats a lot, but this one also does a lot.

This person can carry something that weighs hundreds of catties and run away.

Some constructions that cannot be completed can be completed quickly with this person.

As for eating too much, Shaofu's huge food reserves don't need to worry about this at all.

Today's Datang is not the same as it was back then.

Although Datang had gradually recovered from the chaos of war, food was still in short supply.

But now with the passage of time, especially the promotion of potato planting, the terrifying yield of fifty or sixty shi per mu has directly solved the problem of grain production in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Nowadays, both the Shaofu and the national treasury have a large amount of food in reserve, which is enough to meet the needs of any era.

No matter how edible pigs are, they are like a feather in the face of this huge reserve.

The Shaofu naturally wouldn't care too much.

On the contrary, I will only be happy.

After all, with this one, the process has to be accelerated several times.

Especially for road construction, having a pig gang is almost no less than a small-scale engineering team.

There is no doubt that its role is great.

In this way, in a short period of time, Zhu Gangli became well-known among the engineering team.

It's just that this reputation has not yet spread to Li Ming's ears.

After all, throughout the five years of Zhenguan, Li Ming was running around in the southeast.

On the one hand, its purpose is to supervise the establishment of factories.

On the other hand, he started looking for a suitable place to build a salt farm.

Datang is extremely short of salt.

Li Ming thought about drying salt in the sea at the very beginning, but at that time Li Shimin directly dismissed his thoughts and told him that the ocean is not within the reach of Datang today.

At that time, he couldn't understand, nor did he understand what Li Shimin's words meant.

Now he can naturally understand why this is.

That is, the sea is the territory of the Dragon Clan.

Even in the near sea, there are countless aquariums, and the Kyushu barrier cannot cover the sea. In fact, the border of the Tang Dynasty is actually farther than the coastline.

In this case, it is almost impossible to rely on seawater to dry salt.

But now there is a turning point.

Three days ago.

Cheap Papa sent an imperial decree.

Tell him that the East China Sea Aquarium has receded, and the Kyushu barrier has extended nearly a kilometer.

Even though it's only a kilometer.

But the Kyushu enchantment did extend out.

And Datang finally has the qualifications to step into the sea.

Looking at the imperial decree, Li Ming couldn't help being a little surprised, and after the surprise, there was a surprise.

He couldn't even hide the smile on his face.

Although it is not clear whether it is because the dragon king was disgusted by him, or it is just because of other reasons.

But no matter what, that one really retired.

Datang has the ability to spread to the ocean.

This is undoubtedly of great value to the entire Datang.

Not only can fishermen start fishing in the sea, but it can also improve the lives of the people along the coast.

It's time to start drying the salt.

The problem of salt in the Tang Dynasty can undoubtedly be completely solved.

How could such a result not surprise him.

In this surprise, Li Ming quickly took action.

First of all, it is natural to choose a place to dry salt.

Naturally, it is not possible here in the Demon City. A large amount of sewage has been discharged, and it is impossible to directly hold the sun salt. Although the impact is not great, there is also some anxiety in my heart, so I can only choose other places.

And not only this problem, but also some other problems.

The method of extracting table salt from seawater is mainly the "salt pan method", which is an ancient method that is still widely used today.Use this method.It is necessary to choose a large flat seaside tidal flat in an area with a mild climate and sufficient sunlight to build a salt pan.

It's not suitable for the magic city either.

But fortunately.

Now the Kyushu enchantment spread not only in this area, but in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Soon, Li Ming found an area near the mouth of the Yellow River.

This is the boundary of the East China Sea, and further up is the Yellow Sea. Although it also belongs to the East China Sea in name, it is not the same sea area.

After selection.

Construction started quickly.

Compared with other buildings, Yantian is undoubtedly much simpler.

Salt pans are generally divided into two parts: evaporation ponds and crystallization ponds.First introduce seawater into the evaporation pool, and when the water is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is then poured into the crystallization pool and continued to be exposed to the sun, the seawater will become a saturated solution of table salt, and the table salt will gradually be precipitated after being exposed to the sun.The crystals obtained at this time are common coarse salt.

What needs to be built is the evaporation pool and the crystallization pool.

These are just blocks of terraced fields.

With the addition of cement, the construction is naturally smooth.

In just one month, the construction has been gradually completed.

The entire surrounding scene gradually changed.

Pieces of salt fields spread all around, almost reaching thousands of acres.

Under the huge area, it is enough to represent that the salt production here can reach an incredible level.

Perhaps the salt production here alone is enough to meet the needs of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Salt shortage can be completely resolved.

And because Yantian uses the same technology he used to sign in, there is almost no difference from later generations. Almost all the salt it produces is snow salt, or white salt.

Seawater—evaporation and crystallization—precipitation of bittern (containing magnesium ions, bromide ions, iodide ions, etc.) and coarse salt (containing sodium ions, chloride ions, magnesium ions, sulfate ions, etc.)—add barium chloride, hydrogen Sodium Oxide, Sodium Carbonate.Remove impurities - filter - get precipitate and filtrate - add dilute hydrochloric acid solution - evaporate and crystallize - get pure salt.

This kind of top-level technology almost came from later generations, and the effect it can produce in this era is naturally extremely huge.

After one month.

The snow-white refined salt in the salt fields is flat on the ground, and all the workers in the Shaofu can't help but shine.

Although sea salt has been around for a long time, due to the barrier of Kyushu, everyone has not seen sea salt for hundreds of years, let alone such delicate snow salt.

In the bright eyes, many people breathed heavily, with excitement and excitement.

As for Li Ming, a smile could not help showing at the corner of his mouth.

The importance of salt is beyond doubt.

People may not have any big problems if they don’t eat sugar. After all, there are too many sugary substances in nature, but if they don’t eat salt for a long time, it will lead to low sodium, fatigue, poor appetite, weakness of limbs, dizziness, etc. Symptoms; in severe cases, symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, accelerated heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, blurred vision, and weakened reflexes may also occur, and even death.

Now, with the emergence of salt fields, Datang's salt has been completely solved.

And because of the monopoly of salt and iron, mastering large-scale salt production also means mastering a key to continuous wealth.

The entire Datang's finances will not have too many problems.

Maybe even he could do something he hadn't considered.

Such as currency.

Or more precisely, the monetary system.

Today's Datang currency system is not much different from any previous dynasty.

But such a currency system will have big problems.

Because currency is not that the meaning of currency is valuable, but that currency itself is worth so much money.

He is worth money because the currency itself represents copper.

In this way, any one person is enough to use copper as currency.

It's okay now, but if there are more and more copper coins, or even a large-scale shortage for a while, will the entire Datang currency system collapse directly.

The answer is beyond doubt.

As for whether it will happen.

This is Journey to the West, where anything can happen.

Li Ming had to think about it.

In fact, these days, while preparing the factory, he is also thinking about how to solve this problem.

Now that several months have passed, he already has an idea in his mind.

And it became more and more clear.

As for what the idea is, of course it is to reshape Datang's currency system.

Starting from scratch, as long as the Datang currency system can be rebuilt, then these problems will not be a problem.

As for how to re-establish the Datang currency system.

Now with the papermaking technology and salt, it can be done.

After all, Li Ming knew that in his previous life, all currency systems were converting to paper money.

Paper currency is a mandatory symbol of value issued by the state that replaces metal currency as a means of circulation. Compared with the original metal currency, the advantages of paper currency are undoubtedly extremely huge.

First, printing paper money is cheaper and more efficient than minting metal money;

Second, it avoids the wear and tear of coins in circulation and prevents the invisible loss of precious metals;

Third, it can avoid the phenomenon of poor circulation caused by unscrupulous people cutting or melting metal;
Fourth, paper money is easier to keep, carry and transport than metal currency, which greatly improves the circulation between currencies.

During the check-in, there is a complete paper money manufacturing process. In later generations, he will be able to make counterfeit money. Naturally, it is not a big problem to produce paper money that cannot be imitated in this era.

And because this era has not yet experienced the impact of paper money in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, and the scourge of grain and grass in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people's resistance to paper money is not so strong.

Once it is completed, the finances of the entire Datang will undoubtedly be quickly integrated.

Some of the original problems will completely disappear.

Naturally, Li Ming would not ignore such a huge advantage.

In fact, action has already begun.

These days, although he has not returned to Guanzhong, he has already started printing paper money.

With the rich experience of the previous life, this step is not that complicated.

As long as enough good materials are arranged, it can be carried out.

Soon, Li Ming's first batch of paper money was printed.

Seeing the existence of the first batch of banknotes in front of him, he couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.

"Hahaha, yes!"

He opened his mouth with a loud laugh, and there was unavoidable joy spreading in his expression.

The banknotes that appeared in front of him, although not as exquisite as the later generations, already have a somewhat delicate appearance, and at the same time, watermarks and anti-counterfeiting codes are all available.

It can be said that it is already a qualified banknote.

It can even be used as a complete banknote as long as it is cut open.

Of course, he still held back at this time.

After all, the system of banknotes has not been completely perfected, and it is definitely not suitable now.

The voice spoke.

Soon, he commanded again.

This time it was perfected.

In his setting, paper money is similar to that of later generations.

But there are some differences.

Nowadays, the banknotes here are only divided into ten Wen, Bai Wen, and Qian Wen.

Needless to say, ten wen is ten wen money, a hundred wen is a hundred wen, and a thousand wen represents consistency.

Due to the need for circulation, Li Ming did not let the price of the currency be too high, but kept it at a stable price.

Ten coins, one hundred coins, one thousand coins, if not for one penny, the cost of banknotes would be difficult to support the cost, and he wanted to get one penny directly.

Now it's the limit.

And a few days later.

A new edition appeared again.

Compared with before, the whole system has become more and more perfect.

It's not just that the system is formed.

The pattern is also more beautiful.

Even the portraits of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors that were occasionally mentioned were added to it.

It even appeared directly, boards of ten, one hundred, and one thousand. I believe that it will not take long for these boards to produce a lot of money.

By this point it has basically taken shape.

The rest can only be manufactured when going to Chang'an.

After all, currency cannot be perfected until it reaches Chang'an.

Building in the southeast will be of great harm to the stability of the entire Tang Dynasty, so there is no doubt about how to do it.

Therefore, in the winter of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Li Ming was riding in a carriage, and the coachman was driving.

And on the carriages are full of salt and fish.

At this time, the southeast is not only sun-dried salt, but also fishing.

With the extension of the Kyushu barrier, these people can undoubtedly go to sea again.

Although it is impossible to go out of the range of 1000 meters.

But for fishermen, the harvest is still extremely huge.

And for the Shaofu, naturally the same is true.

Time passed slowly.

The carriage gradually moved towards the west.

The figure passed through Chentang Pass, JYG, and entered the entire hinterland of Tang Dynasty.

With the existence of tracks and straight paths, the communication between the entire Tang Dynasty has undoubtedly become extremely smooth.

Trade is also more prosperous.

Although it doesn't run through the entire Tang Dynasty now, some main roads already exist.

It was the same for Zhu Gangli and others when they arrived, and it was the same for Li Ming going to Chang'an from the southwest.

So much so that it took three months to travel, but now in less than a month, everyone has returned to Chang'an.

After entering Chang'an.

Li Ming began to really devote himself to the printing of coins.

After half a month.

Real paper money comes out.

The ten stamps are 130 mm long and 63 mm wide, and they are white. On the front, there is the number "ten" written in color-changing ink, as well as mountains, rivers and plants. On the back, there is a scene of Emperor Xuanyuan holding the Xuanyuan Sword.

The face size of one hundred papers is 140mm*70mm, and it is orange-yellow. On the front, there is the value of "one hundred" written in color-changing ink, and the scene of Chang'an City, and the scene of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs on the back.

One thousand coins, the ticket is 155mm long and 77mm wide, red, with the number "one thousand" written in color-changing ink on the front, and the scene of Kyushu, and the scene of Fuxi playing the piano on the back.

Three kinds of currencies are formed, and the next step is the issue of issuance.

But this thing is easy to solve.

Li Ming quickly found his cheap father.

in the palace.

Li Shimin is still dealing with government affairs.

Since Datang has almost doubled in size, Li Shimin's affairs have undoubtedly increased.

Prairie, seaside.

compulsory education.

Seven clans and five surnames.

Family, too many problems accumulated together.

Although, today's aristocratic family has been hooked onto a boat by Li Ming using martial arts.

But there are still many problems with each other. If these aristocratic families can help, they can naturally collapse the entire country.

Fishing is not so easy.Especially the opponent is a thousand-year-old family. Now that a year has passed, and they haven't seen the martial arts skills yet, the family is already a little restless.

Li Shimin must grasp this degree well.

Naturally, it took a lot of effort.

So much so that Li Shimin didn't notice when Li Ming walked in.

"Father!"

It wasn't until Li Ming saluted Li Shimin slightly that Li Shimin slowly raised his head and looked at Li Ming.

"Oh, Fourteen, here you come."

Opening his mouth with a smile, Li Shimin's exhausted expression was a bit restrained.

"Father, this time, my son and minister came here to ask for something."

Li Ming bowed, and the words came out immediately.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Li Shimin froze for a moment, and opened his mouth in a strange way.

"Father, my son and I went to the southeast and found that many people are still using the currency of the Sui Dynasty and even the Han Dynasty. It feels extremely inappropriate. Since my Tang Dynasty has been established, why not mint new coins to show my Tang Dynasty Guowei."

Li Ming pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"This!"

"Fourteen, you don't know that my Tang Dynasty has already minted new coins. Your grandfather minted Wude Yuanbao and Wude Tongbao in the first year of Wude. I also minted "Zhenguan Yuanbao" and "Zhenguan Yuanbao" in the first year of Zhenguan. Tong Bao. "As for what you said, the common people used the currency of the former dynasty. This has existed since ancient times. The amount of currency in the world is limited and cannot reach the common people. The currency of the former dynasty is inevitable."

Li Shimin smiled lightly, but he didn't care too much.

In ancient China, currency was almost universal.

Not to mention that the Tang Dynasty used the currency of the Han Dynasty, and even the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties still used the currency of the Han Dynasty.

The currencies of all dynasties are not enough.

This is true in world history, and it is also true in the world of mythology.

As a result, various messy currencies have appeared in many places to replace copper coins, and even the original banknotes, Jiaozi and Huizi, were born because of the lack of copper coins.

To Li Shimin, the things Li Ming said were nothing at all.

"Father, there is a shortage of copper coins, and the lives of the people are not easy. Why not mint enough coins to meet the needs of the people."

Li Ming pondered for a moment, then spoke again.

And listening to Li Ming's questioning again, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.

Then he explained.

"Fourteen, you don't know this. There are few copper coins in this world. The Tang Dynasty is not completely isolated from the outside world. Its coins continue to flow out. Naturally, the coins are getting less and less. This is almost impossible to solve."

There was a sigh in the words.

The issue of coins is obviously the same in historical time and space, and it is also the same in Journey to the West.

It's not that the Central Plains Dynasty didn't want to solve this problem, but it couldn't solve it at all.

Coins flow out and copper mines are limited.

Simply can't meet the demand.

As for stemming the exodus, it's next to impossible to do.

The Kyushu enchantment is not really completely isolated, it is just disconnected from the immortals, and people can still come in and out.

In this way, the loss of coins is inevitable.

In fact, with the rapid development of Shaofu and the continuous development of Datang, it is easier to lose coins.

"Father, my son has a way."

Hearing Li Shimin's sighing words, Li Ming hesitated for a moment, but spoke directly.

And his words instantly caught Li Shimin's gaze.

Facing Li Shimin's gaze, Li Ming slowly took out the pen and paper.

"Father, there are not enough copper coins. Why can't we wait for Datang to use other methods instead, such as banknotes."

"Father, please take a look. This is the banknote designed by my son. There are ten, one hundred and one thousand coins in it. It can be used as today's currency."

"If the people of the Tang Dynasty use paper money, naturally there is no need to worry about outflows."

Accompanied by his voice, Li Shimin looked at the banknotes in Li Ming's hand.

After a while, Li Shimin shook his head amusedly.

"Fourteen, I'm afraid it won't work. Although the value of paper is not low, it's because of the blank paper, it's not this kind."

The words speak.

It's just that he's only halfway through his words.

Li Ming spoke again.

"Father, my son has a complete strategy here, Father might as well take a look first."

Li Ming's voice came out, and then he took out a playbook from his pocket.

Soon, Wang De submitted the memorial.

Li Shimin took it, then opened it and began to read it carefully.

And his expression changed from casual to serious and frowning.

I don't know how long it has passed, and I don't know how long it lasted. Li Shimin raised his head instantly and looked at Li Ming, with emotions flickering on his face.

"How sure are you?"

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin was constantly changing, and then he couldn't help asking.

No way, the content described in the playbook really made him a little unable to restrain his inner excitement.

Even if he only saw the tip of the iceberg, his breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

"Father, as long as the bank is run well, I believe it can be done 100%."

Li Ming spoke with affirmative words, without any hesitation in his expression.

Today is not the future. In this era, it is too easy to create a currency system.

Not to mention Wang Zha.

"Good!~"

"I'll leave this to you."

"From today onwards, you will be in charge of all matters in the household department."

Hearing Li Ming's affirmative words, Li Shimin nodded and spoke without the slightest hesitation.

Just kidding, even if it's just a simple narrative, he can see the brilliant future.

With such a result, he hardly thought of how he would refuse.

Once completed, the benefits to him are simply too great.

No, not only him, but even the entire Tang Dynasty will completely solve some problems.

It can further enhance the national strength of Datang.

National power is of great use to Li Ming, and it is the same for Datang.

The stronger the national power, the stronger the Kyushu barrier will naturally be.

This is almost related to the entire Datang, the entire human race.

Although this may not be the decisive factor, as long as it can improve the national strength, Li Shimin will naturally not refuse anyone who comes.

"Yes!"

The corner of Li Ming's mouth was curved, he knew that Li Shimin would respond, and in fact it was true.

The words quickly opened, and his figure quickly responded.

Then he left the palace.

Preparations started quickly.

With the consent of my own cheap father.

Coupled with the support of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Li Ming's actions were undoubtedly extremely swift.

In Chang'an city.

Soon an institution named Datang Royal Bank was born.

The strange thing is that this organization is obviously affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

Of course, for ordinary officials, they don't care too much about these, after all, it has nothing to do with them, but what can't stand it is that this department will be responsible for paying salaries to officials in the future.

Countless people fell in love instantly.

Especially when the beginning of April in the sixth year of Zhenguan came, it was the day when everyone received their salaries.

Early in the morning, an official's housekeeper, or servant, or himself was notified by the household officials to go to Datang Royal Bank to collect his salary.

One by one could not help but be curious.

I also came to the Datang Royal Bank with a sense of apprehension.

At this time, the Datang Royal Bank was already overcrowded.

Some officials and petty officials dispatched by the Ministry of Households were busy in a hurry.

"Master Zhao, your yearly salary is 260 four shi, and this month is 22 shi. Here is a total of [-] shi. You keep it. The value can be exchanged for refined salt of the same value as the Shaofu."

The little official opened his mouth, and at the same time took out two [-]-wen notes and two [-]-wen notes.

And that Mr. Zhao took the money with a dazed expression.

Looking at the exquisite banknotes, I was still a little dazed.

But the little official didn't care about these, and started to greet the next one.

"Master Li, your salary is 120 stones a year, and this month is ten stones. Here is a total of one thousand coins. You keep it. The value can be exchanged for refined salt of the same value as the Shaofu."

"Master Wang!"

One after another voices spoke, and a small official was busy quickly.

And a famous official is either dazed, curious, or excited.

Many people ran to Shaofu quickly after getting the banknotes.

Sure enough, as long as they took out the banknotes, they could exchange them from Shaofu for refined salt of the same value, which made their eyes light up all of a sudden.

Many people exchanged all the banknotes for refined salt in one go.

Some people, on the other hand, look at banknotes as if they were works of art.

I have to say that the banknotes are really gorgeous, and many people can't put it down.

And with the exchange of figures one after another, the printed banknotes quickly began to flow into the hands of these officials.

No problems occurred.

After all, the new currency is directly linked to refined salt.

Now with the peace of the country and the peace of the people, and the gradual calming of the surrounding resistance forces, the price of refined salt has gradually returned to normal, about [-] guan per bucket.

A note of ten Wen can buy one Yuan of fine salt, one hundred Wen is one tael of refined salt, and one thousand Wen is ten taels of refined salt.

Compared with today's experience, the price is relatively low. Although it is not too low, since refined salt is still a rare item, I believe that this banknote will be accepted by everyone very quickly.

In fact it is.

The issuance of paper money encountered no obstacles.

After hearing that banknotes could be directly exchanged for refined salt, almost no one chose to refuse.

This includes those officials.

Of course, the expenditure of these officials' banknotes is undoubtedly a large amount.

In the first year of Deyuan, the salary for first-rank officials is 460 shi for a year; The official salary is [-] shi, and even the annual salary of a ninth-rank official is [-] shi.

During the Zhenguan period, due to the development of the Tang Dynasty and Li Ming's handwriting, this salary has undoubtedly increased by almost [-]%.

In addition, officials in the Tang Dynasty had many other benefits. For example, during the Zhenguan period, there were twelve hectares of land with posts for the first rank, with a salary of 81.6 taels; ten hectares for the second rank, 72 taels of salary;

These Datang expenditures alone exceeded 50 Guan.

At this time, when these were all paid by banknotes, more than 50 guan were all exchanged for banknotes.

Although, due to the original reason, these people may immediately exchange paper money for refined salt.

But it takes time to exchange for refined salt, and these banknotes have the soil for circulation.

plus the other side

In the Shaofu, the original wage settlements are all settled in the new currency.

With the huge organization of the Shaofu, paper money has also begun to be used, and the circulation of paper money has undoubtedly become larger.

You must know that the number of people registered in Shaofu now exceeds 50, and the number of people under management even exceeds one million. With such a huge population, the expenditure of paper currency is extremely terrifying.

In a short period of time, paper currency transactions even began to appear in Chang'an City.

After all, the distribution of salaries this time directly led to the emergence of large-scale banknotes.

Plus the Shaofu side.

It's not officials, who often spend thousands of coins, and most of them in the Shaofu are only tens or hundreds of coins. Coupled with their huge number of people, the amount of currency is undoubtedly the largest.

These people would not use such an expensive thing as refined salt, and these banknotes could only be used for circulation.

In this case, currency naturally began to circulate.

Under such circumstances, when the exchange of refined salt gradually stabilized, the circulation of official coins was also inevitable.

This is true for ten essays, hundreds of essays, and thousand essays.

Only then will the entire new monetary system be fully established.

It's just a trial now.

It's not quite perfect.

But I believe that it won't take long, in a few years, the monetary system will be fully standardized with the help of the amount of refined salt, and a real system will be formed by then.

　Calvin, get over it

　　
　
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