I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 143 Shu salt and currency peg war
"Fish scales?"

"It's an atlas like fish scales." Li Heng explained, "Mark all the local fields, lakes, household registrations, and woods on the atlas. Make a detailed one for the local area, and then make several copies. One volume.”

"In this way, the court can accurately grasp local farm issues."

"I think it will work! There is enough paper now!" Meng Guang said immediately, "Every county can do this."

"Li Shangshu still has more ideas! Why didn't we think of it!"

Dong Yun nodded and said, "This matter still needs to be handled by Da Sinong."

"No problem at all." Meng Guang said.

Jiang Wan didn't say anything. He changed the topic, looked at Li Heng and said, "Guo Huai has deployed a large number of troops on the Chencang front. Do you know about this?"

Li Heng nodded and said, "I received a letter from Fei Sima. It seems that Wei Jun is preparing to fight again this year."

"Are we still attacking Chencang?" Jiang Wan asked.

"Yes, we must still attack Chencang. Chencang is the only place that leads from Chang'an to Longyou. Moreover, it is reported that Cao Shuang arrived in Liangzhou and the resistance of the Qiang and Di tribes was suppressed. This shows that Cao Wei dispatched elites to Liangzhou. "Li Heng said, "If a war breaks out on the Chencang front, the Wei army in Liangzhou will never stand by and watch. They will move from the north to the south to capture Longyou, trapping our army from the east to the west."

Several people fell silent.

Li Heng continued: "Currently Wei Wenchang is guarding Longyou, so I'm not worried."

Jiang Wan asked again: "What about the Wei army attacking Chencang?"

He heard that Li Heng's military strategy was very good.

"Needless to say."

Jiang Wan said: "I'm worried that Cao Wei will continue to increase its troops and Guanzhong will continue to fight, which will affect our next strategy against Sun Wu."

Li Heng said: "No, the next war in Guanzhong will not be like last year, because Cao Wei is also afraid of being consumed."

"It seems like the next situation is really confusing!" Meng Guang said.

"No, the next situation is still very clear." Li Heng laughed, "Cao Wei feels the threat from the Western Front and knows that we have made a lot of food by selling paper and cloth. Luoyang will definitely find a way to change this The situation is not just as simple as adding more troops in Guanzhong."

"Oh, what will Luoyang think of?"

Jiang Wan, Dong Yun and Meng Guang all looked over and looked at Li Heng curiously.

"Last year Cao Wei sent an envoy to Jiankang to meet Sun Quan, which already indicated Cao Wei's intention."

Meng Guang was surprised: "Cao Wei wants to unite with Sun Wu?"

Dong Yun said: "Impossible, Sun Quan will not unite with Cao Wei. He knows the truth of the death of lips and the coldness of teeth."

"Of course Sun Quan will not join forces with Cao Wei to attack us, but what if Cao Wei provokes a relationship between us and Sun Quan?"

"That's even more impossible. Cao Wei has no way to provoke him."

"This is too simple." Li Heng said with a smile, "Zhuge Rong stayed in Chengdu for more than a month. Why?"

"why?"

"Sun Wu coveted the art of papermaking, even more than Cao Wei, because the territory Sun Wu is in is also very suitable for growing bamboo. If they master the art of papermaking, they can also make a lot of paper. Then..."

"What will happen then?" Meng Guang asked with wide eyes.

"If I were the leader of Wei, I would definitely let Wei purchase all of Sun Wu's paper. In this way, the relationship between Cao Wei and Sun Wu would be further improved, while our relationship with Sun Wu would deteriorate."

After the three of them listened, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Meng Guang couldn't help but ask: "Has Sun Wu obtained the papermaking technology?"

"unknown."

Dong Yun said with a gloomy face: "It seems that even if Tan Cheng kills him a hundred times, he will die without mercy!"

"What shall we do now?"

"Coin! Coin must be minted immediately!" Li Heng said, "We must use currency and commodities to plunder Cao Wei and Sun Wu more!"

Dong Yun said: "The establishment of the money bank has been submitted and the approval was completed yesterday. However, it is not easy to mint currency. It is not possible to mint too many currencies in a short period of time. Can this really affect the situation?"

"Yes, I have improved the way of making money."

"Improved the way money is minted?"

"Yes."

"so what?"

"In the past, I could mint five hundred coins a day. If I use my method, I can mint ten thousand coins a day, as long as there is enough copper ore."

"How many?"

"Ten thousand." Meng Guang stood up and said with wide eyes, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"I'm talking about improved copper coins."

"Fart! You said ten thousand!"

"Yes, ten thousand copper coins!"

Meng Guang suddenly stood up and couldn't help but continue to ask: "You said you could make [-] copper coins a day!"

"Yes."

"Do you know how much ten thousand copper coins are?"

"Of course I know!"

"I know you're still talking nonsense!"

"I didn't talk nonsense."

Meng Guang looked at Jiang Wan and then at Dong Yun.

Dong Yun coughed twice and said, "Ji'an, don't say this nonsense."

"I'm not lying. As long as the production line is built, we can really do [-] a day."

"How do you do that?"

"The methods have been improved, and the Ministry of Works has made improvements."

Now all three of them were shocked.

The method of casting money in the Han Dynasty was the Fan casting method, but Li Heng changed it to the sand casting method.

The sand foundry method was a casting method in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was the peak of copper coin casting in ancient China.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, about 43 copper coins were minted a year.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the peak of copper coins minted per year was 300 million coins.

The reason why people in the Song Dynasty were keen on casting copper coins was because, first, the rapid development of commerce required more currency, and second, because the cost of casting coins was greatly reduced after the people of the Song Dynasty improved the coin casting method.

The casting cost of money in the Song Dynasty was 90% of that in the Tang Dynasty and 30% of that in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Song money cannot be directly compared with money from the Han Dynasty.

Because in the Han Dynasty, five baht coins were used, and one of Ji Han's five baht coins was worth one hundred.

According to this, Li Heng's improved casting method can still reduce the cost by [-]%.

Because what he minted was straight hundred coins, the value of which was one hundred five baht coins.

What is this behavior?
This is a money grab!
Dong Yun asked hurriedly: "Where is the copper mine?"

"I have sent people to find more copper mines!"

"Next..."

A smile appeared on Li Heng's face: "Next, the free trade city of Bajun, the free trade city of Xiegukou, and the free trade city of Longyou will all issue a decree."

Dong Yun asked: "What law?"

"Do you have to use copper coins to sell paper?"

"No, I'm buying salt."

"Buy salt?"

"Yes, buy salt."

"Ji'an, are you confused?" Meng Guang said, "The largest salt pond is in Jiezhou, and Cao Wei has no shortage of salt at all."

"They don't lack salt, but they lack better salt, and our salt is better."

The three people were confused again.

"You three, just wait and see."

In the blink of an eye, in February, a large amount of copper ore began to be transported to Chengdu, and a new coin-making industry line had been set up.

A currency war is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)