Pillars of the Wu family

The new money writing order was tried out for a whole month in Kyoto and Sakamoto, and some problems were still found. As the influence of the money writing order continued to ferment, a large amount of money poured in from all over the country poured into the money house, causing the money to pile up like a mountain. There was a temporary shortage of Yongle money. Fortunately, Ji Liangyi had already prepared for this, and exchanged the [-] guan coins accumulated in the inner treasury into Yongle money in advance to solve the temporary money shortage problem. A lot of money has become a burden that must be dealt with.

At present, there are more than ten kinds of coins in circulation in the market, most of which are coins privately minted by big names from various places since the outbreak of the Yingren Rebellion. Among them, some coins with extremely poor quality are marked with ten characters Exchange one penny or even fifteen cash for one penny. Of course, there is a big profit in it. People who exchange money can refuse to exchange it if they feel that it is a loss, but they soon regret their stupidity.

Because of the influx of a large amount of money, the base price of money for Yongle money fell to the base price of money for Yongle. The price of coins that are acceptable for exchange is also set at the price of four coins for one coin.

It is very profitable to exchange money, and the difference in profit is enough for him to get rich, but how to extract the maximum profit from the money has become a difficult problem for him. His solution is to hire high-level professionals from Kyoto and Sakaimachi. Study how to melt and cast coins to extract pure copper. Craftsman means craftsman. Craftsman is also a kind of craftsman. There are the most such craftsmen in Sakaimachi and Kyoto. Compared with Sakamoto, a new city, there is still a long way to go. to go.

In the process of discussing with many workers, a senior craftsman from Sakaimachi, Soga Tabei, proposed to use the ash blowing method to smelt the coins and extract the pure copper in the coins. According to him, the Japanese modern Some smelting techniques are not up to standard, and there will be some silver in the smelted copper ingots more or less, and a small amount of silver can be extracted from the coins by ash blowing.

Ji Liangyishi was very excited about this proposal. He had heard of the name of the ash blowing method, but as an uninformed layman, he didn't know that the ash blowing method had such a magical effect. The truth that pure copper is a hard currency is universal. It is known that the Ming Dynasty has been required by the Ming Dynasty to provide enough pure copper for Japan's exploration and cooperation trade over the years, and the Ming Dynasty will give Japan the equivalent of Yongle money.

The value of pure copper is also equivalent to the value of Yongle coins. Can it be the same?Idiots can also see the difference. It goes without saying that Yongle coins are finely crafted, but no matter which dynasty’s copper coins are made of pure copper, they must be mixed with other metals. If there is no profit, the Ming Dynasty will not allow Japan to visit. Carrying a broken fan and a bad knife to cheat money.

From the mouth of this nearly sixty-year-old, gray-haired Soga Taibei, he followed his fellow countrymen to Kitakyushu to learn prospecting, mining and smelting technology when he was a teenager, and took root in Kitakyushu and West Country. For more than [-] years, it was not until the end of last year that Ouchi's house was full of smog that he took his family back to his hometown.

His eldest son, Suga and Bingwei, is a master of mining and metallurgy better than his father. At the age of 32, he has a very powerful forging skill. A craftsman of the Ming Dynasty living in Shankouguan learned a process called ash blowing method, and learned that this process can increase the proportion of pure gold, silver and copper extracted from the ore, and then relied on this process to become the smelting of the Ouchi family. A craftsman, his father also became the royal craftsman of the Ouchi family.

However, not long after he learned how to make a fuss, Soga and Hei, who were unwilling to be lonely, gave up their generous treatment and ran to Osafune in Bizen Country to learn Osafune's famous craft of forging weapons. In 13, if his father hadn't seen that he had been obsessed with knife work, and didn't even have a wife, he had forced him back to Sakaimachi, and he might have stayed there for the rest of his life.

Suga Taihei also has a youngest son named Sugaheibei, who has just turned 20 years old this year and has inherited his father and brother's talents, and has a talent that surpasses his brother Sugaheibei in smelting technology, not only Followed by learning the ash-blowing method passed down in his family, he also imitated his elder brother who ran away from home when he was a teenager, and went to Hirado, Kyushu to mingle with the Nanman people. I can understand everything.

This is a very interesting family. Kira Yoshishi decided to hire their father and son. For this reason, a copper house was specially set up in the northern part of Sakamoto Castle near Sando Town, and the father and son were responsible for smelting copper coins and extracting copper materials. When they smelted Yoshishi Kira was able to visit the site, and only then did he figure out what the ash blowing method was all about.

The ash blowing method looks very mysterious, but in fact it uses the difference in melting points of gold, silver, copper and lead, and gradually separates the liquid layer through air oxidation and deposition through the process of high temperature heating, and then opens a gap and uses a large iron rod to separate the upper layer of lead liquid and Impurities are discharged to obtain pure copper solution.

It is also worth mentioning that the method of extracting gold, silver and copper is to add pure lead to the mixed metal of gold, silver and copper, and then melt and separate the gold, silver and copper by heating and re-depositing and separating the gold, silver and copper. With the most advanced technology of the times, it is no wonder that their family has to leave their hometown of Wutiao Village, Hanoi, and go all the way to Kyushu and Xiguo to learn.

Having enough copper materials can only guarantee that he will not lose money, but where should Yongle's money come from?Can't you sell pure copper for Yongle money?So he began to worry about enough Yongle money again. When Ji Liangyi was looking for merchants from the Ming Dynasty in Sakaicho to see if there were any craftsmen who could cast Yongle coins, most of these Ming merchants were timid and fearful. Hua Feng shook his head and said that this is not good and that is not good, which made him feel helpless. It would be a waste if there is copper material that does not make money, but where can we find someone who can make money.

One day at the end of February, Yoshitoki Kira was sitting outside the copper house in a daze. The town where the copper house is located has become a storage place for coins. It is natural for such an important place to send special guards from Saijo. Worried, the multiplier of Yongle money being trafficked back and forth from the Western Kingdom is too high, and the mountains and rivers are far away along the way, and it is a pitfall to encounter wild ambush and pirates who don't have long eyes. It can also kill him.

Su Wahei walked over sneakily, and asked Kirayoshi, "Is His Highness Sakamoto worrying about Yongle's money?"

"Well, did you see it?" Ji Liangyi smiled wryly, he was frowning all day long and ran to the copper house every three days, so it would be strange not to be seen.

"The little one has a way that is not a solution. I don't know what His Highness Sakamoto means..."

"Don't make a fool of yourself." Yoshiki Kira rubbed his forehead, and seeing Sugahei Hebei's expression of wanting to say something but not daring to say it, he said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Su Woping smiled and said: "Yes! I once heard a craftsman in the Ming Dynasty accidentally mention the method of turning sand for mother's money, but when I asked about it, the man kept silent, and said that he was drunk. Nonsense, but he obviously didn't drink that day, and I kept this sentence in my heart, I don't know if it will help His Highness Sakamoto."

Yoshitoki Kira quickly asked, "Is that person a craftsman from Kyushu or a craftsman from Sakaimachi?"

"Craftsman of Hirado Port in Kyushu."

"Are you kidding me?" Yoshitoki Yoshitoki finally couldn't bear the urge to curse, and after talking for a long time, it was nothing but saying, I'll fly over to Hirado, Kyushu.

"Eh? What is His Majesty Sakamoto talking about?" Su Waping Heibei didn't hear clearly, thinking that what Kira Yoshitoki said just now should be Ming Dynasty dialect, but the speed of speech was too fast to understand.

"Nothing, go back if you have nothing else to do!"

Su Gaping hurriedly bowed to leave, hesitated halfway, then turned his head and said: "I met the craftsman's fellow countryman in Sakaimachi, and he seemed to be a big businessman from the Ming Dynasty in Kyushu. I have seen him many times in Kyushu, this businessman often came to find that craftsman to make bronze wares, I still remember that businessman’s name was Wang Dan.”

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