I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 120 The Yizhou local faction begins to exert pressure

"But there will be problems." Meng Guang was attracted by Li Heng's method of playing, and the fault-finding just now disappeared.

Liu Chan blinked and asked, "What's the problem?"

Meng Guang said: "We have a lot of paper, but Wei's money is not much. There will be a situation where they want to buy but don't have the money."

Li Heng looked at him differently. It seemed that those who could get along were not ordinary people.

They have a very clear understanding of how things work.

It's just that everyone has different interests.

Li Heng said: "Then we will increase the casting of copper coins!"

"How easy is it to cast copper coins?" Dan Cheng sighed and said, "Currently, less than 20 coins are minted a year."

Liu Chan also said: "Yes, Li Qing, I can testify to this. It is not easy to cast copper coins."

Tan Cheng said: "The main reason is that the raw materials of copper coins are insufficient, and coining itself is a slow process."

Liu Chan, who was a little excited just now, became depressed when he heard this.

In this way, what Li Heng said just now cannot be fully realized.

Is the link between Shu Brocade and Zhibaiqian now considered saturated?
Li Heng then said: "Your Majesty, what if we could improve the art of casting copper coins?"

"So what if we can improve the art of casting copper coins?" Dan Cheng said helplessly, "No matter how much we improve, it won't be a big improvement."

There is nothing that can be done about it, Ji Han only has one state in his territory.

In ancient times, the technology for detecting and mining copper mines was limited.

If you own the whole world, this matter will be very easy to handle.

After all, from the time of Emperor Wu to Emperor Ping in the Western Han Dynasty, as many copper coins were minted as mountains and seas.

There are historical records like this: From the beginning of the Sanguan period in the fifth year of Xiaowu Yuanshou, to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty of Emperor Ping, more than 280 billion coins were made.

Li Heng did not continue talking. We should not rush to express our position on this matter.

But that doesn't mean he will give up.

Judging from the current situation, the economic line from Chengdu to Bajun (Chongqing) and then along the Yangtze River to Wuchang is feasible.

Since commercial routes can be opened, when commercial activities become more frequent, the circulation of currency will take its course.

Liu Chan sighed and said: "In that case, let's put this on hold for now. Li Qing will make the paper and cloth first, and we will talk about the rest later."

But Dan Cheng suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I would like to go to the Weaving Department to have a look!"

"That's it for now!" Liu Chan said.

"Your Majesty, if Master Tan wants to go to the Weaving Department to check, I can give him a token."

"There are still ministers!" Meng Guang said quickly, "This is related to the revenue of the treasury. As a big farmer, how can I not know the truth!"

Liu Chan looked at Li Heng, and Li Heng said, "It's all up to your Majesty's arrangement."

"Take them."

In the afternoon, Dan Cheng and Meng Guang walked into the Weaving Department.

They hurried to the papermaking factory.

Everyone in the papermaking factory is busy working on their own, soaking bamboo and drying it.

The water hammer beside the canal is working tirelessly to make water.

Stacks of finished paper are sent to the warehouse.

Dan Cheng walked to a manufacturing workshop, looked at a craftsman who was pouring paper pulp into the trough, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm pouring paper pulp." The craftsman said politely.

Dan Cheng asked again: "Why do you only pour pulp?"

"Because it's my job."

“You only know how to pour pulp?”

Without waiting for the craftsman to answer, Li Heng came over and said, "He is only responsible for pouring the pulp."

Dan Cheng was even more surprised, and pointed to the person opposite and asked, "What about him?"

"He is responsible for scooping out the pulp evenly."

"What about that person?"

"Responsible for transporting the picked up pulp to the designated location."

"A person only does one thing?"

"That's right." "Isn't this a waste?"

"Young Master Tan will take a closer look at it. Is it a waste?"

Tan Cheng observed carefully, and after a while, he looked shocked: "They never rested!"

"That's right, they've been taking a break!"

According to traditional craftsman manufacturing, there is also a division of labor, but the division of labor is not so clear, which results in a craftsman who has to wait for the previous person to finish manufacturing before he can take over.

But if the division of labor is more refined, each process is cut to the extreme, and each step becomes very simple, then every craftsman can quickly complete the task at hand.

This forms an assembly line.

"Isn't this going to cause problems?" Tan Cheng's first reaction was the issue of quality.

Because the division of labor is too refined, it means more people are cooperating.

As we all know, the difficulty of team management increases with the number of people.

Once a team becomes bloated, it can easily get out of control.

"Master Tan, look over there." Li Heng pointed at a person not far away and said.

"Supervisor?"

"It's quality inspection."

"Quality inspection?" Dan Cheng and Meng Guang looked at each other.

But I saw the quality inspector walking to a process and looking through the freshly dried paper.

He was observing, feeling, and saying something very carefully.

"What is he doing?"

Li Heng said: "There are strict standards for drying paper, and it can only be put into storage if it meets the standards."

"That's reasonable, but the quality inspection seems to check every process?"

"Of course it is. Paper is currently one of the important revenue sources for the national treasury."

"At the same time, they also took care of the orderly process?" Meng Guang recovered from his surprise.

"Yes."

The two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"You two, please."

Li Hengdu took them into the warehouse, which was filled with paper.

Upon seeing this, Tan Cheng immediately knew that Li Heng had indeed reached the level of producing [-] copies per day.

Tan Cheng's face looked a little ugly.

Dan has been in charge of the Shaofu Mansion for many years, and he is very familiar with the process. He only needs to read it completely once and basically understand it.

Tan Cheng couldn't help but ask: "If this is the case, 20 cards per day, is it feasible?"

"The workshop needs to be expanded, so it's not a big problem."

"It seems that Li Gongbu is indeed very talented!" Dan Cheng said with a smile, "We misunderstood."

"Farewell!"

After saying that, Tan Cheng left angrily.

Meng Guang bowed to Li Heng and said, "I admire you."

After leaving, Xue Liangcai said: "These two people seem to be targeting Lang Jun?"

Li Heng returned to the study room where he worked and said, "It's not Meng Guang who wants to target me, it's Dan Cheng."

"Why is this?"

Li Heng said: "Dan Cheng is from Yizhou."

"Yizhou people?" Xue Liang looked confused.

"The people of Yizhou do not agree with the imperial court's Northern Expedition. They have no objections to the prime minister, but they have strong objections to the Northern Expedition. And because I have made great achievements in Guanzhong, the imperial court now wants to increase its efforts in the Northern Expedition. Naturally, they can't stand me."

"I see."

"Furthermore, the inheritance of a large Yizhou family involves a wide range of local forces."

"It seems that Lang Jun's future is not going to be easy!"

"You have to leave even if it's not easy!" Li Heng took a sip of water and said, "What do you think I did with the joint-stock system!"

(End of this chapter)