Pillars of the Wu family

In mid-June, Suwobingwei finally received good news. After more than two months of carving, he really made qualified carving mothers. A total of four carving mothers carved by Suwobingweixin were sent to Kirayi Looking at it in my hand at the time, these carved mothers are indeed several times larger than ordinary Yongle coins, and the weight is also much heavier. , There is no trace of casting on the whole body, even he can't help but want to collect one.

These four carved mothers are two copper coins of Hongwu Tongbao and Yongle Tongbao. These two kinds of coins are also the most widely circulated and most popular coins in the market. In addition to money, in the future, carving mothers of big coins such as two, three, five, and ten will be cast. Yongle Tongbao only needs to prepare large coins that are folded into two coins. The weight of each copper coin with a face value corresponds to only Minimal error.

Hongwu coins vary in appearance and fineness, but because they are the second batch of standard copper coins in the Ming Dynasty and the first batch of copper coins that flowed into Japan, they are very popular. The special features of Yongle coins are good quality, beautiful shape, and sufficient weight. Be the main reason why these two types of money are so popular.

What he is sending now is the carving mother of Xiaoping coins, and the big coins that are discounted in two are still undergoing final modification, and the big coins that are more than two discounted in Hongwu coins will have to wait for a while before they can be recast. This speed has already satisfied him, so he is happy. Said: "You did a good job! My family rewards you with five hundred guanles of Yongle money! Work hard in the future! There will be more rewards!"

Su Gaheibei did not show the slightest joy, as if he was making a difficult decision, he suddenly bowed down and said: "I have something to ask, His Highness Sakamoto, please allow the villain to come out of Shi Kira's house!"

"Don't you want to be a businessman? Well! The temptation to be a samurai is indeed not small!" Kira Yoshishi thought about it, and he was at ease when such a high-level talent was released, nodded and said: "Okay! My family agrees! Three of you will be rewarded for supporting the rice, with an annual salary of two hundred guan as craftsmen of the family!"

"But..." Su Woping hesitated.

Ji Liangyishi said impatiently: "It's nothing but, don't you still want to go into battle with a sword and chop your head to make meritorious service? Don't be stupid! Do what you should do. You are a samurai among craftsmen, and a craftsman among samurai. You will teach this skill to your descendants and pass it on to your family, do you understand?"

Su Woping bowed down and said respectfully: "I understand! Thank you, Master, for your kindness!"

Hongwu Tongbao follows the Ming Dynasty’s money-casting rules. Xiaoping coins weigh one coin, two coins weigh two coins, three coins weigh three coins, five coins weigh five coins, and ten coins weigh one or two coins. Yongle Tongbao uses the same format However, with his current scale, it is still impossible to cast Jiajing Tongbao on a large scale with new anti-counterfeiting techniques such as wax paint, turning edge, and gold back.

Pirates of casting Yongle money actually began to appear before the Yingren Rebellion, and began to appear on a large scale after the Yingren Rebellion, but those big names did not have the technology to cast money from sand, and they did not have mother money, let alone know what mother money is Therefore, the stolen copper coins are inferior in appearance, with many pitted "trachoma" on the body of the money, and the body of the money is dark and very light, which can be seen through at a glance.

The Hongwu Tongbao and Yongle Tongbao cast during Kira Yoshishi’s time can no longer be regarded as stolen castings. Regardless of the sand-casting method or the carving mother’s production, they are strictly in accordance with the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of money is only used as currency in Japan’s local circulation. There is no need to worry about the people of the Ming Dynasty finding out, even if the Ming Dynasty finds so many more Hongwu Tongbao and Yongle Tongbao, they will not pursue it.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties minted copper coins as foreign trade hard currency to gain profits. Another set of currency was popular in the Ming Dynasty, which is the notorious treasure banknote. This method has been good for decades since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, because the Ming court did not understand the principle of recycling old banknotes to maintain credit, and kept printing banknotes crazily, the value of precious banknotes plummeted all the way down. In the end, it was not even rare to use it as toilet paper, so the Ming court had to stop that set Following the tradition of more than 100 years, it began to cast copper coins on a large scale as the main currency.

However, the Ming Dynasty has always been short of copper, let alone practical copper coins, and folks have a tradition of melting copper coins to make copper wares for profit, and some landlords and wealthy merchants simply melted pure copper and pure silver into large balls and buried them in the cellar. This vulgar habit makes the function of currency circulation infinitely transformed into a collection function. How much pure copper and silver are there in the market are enough for them to melt and cast? Many people smelt copper for storage, which becomes a vicious circle.

The shortage of money caused by the lack of copper also inhibited the speed of the capitalization of Jiangnan handicraft industry and suppressed the economic development speed of the Ming Dynasty. Japan has a lot of copper, and the Dewa Kunio Gozawa Mine, which was mined and communicated, has been mined intermittently for 800 years. , and will continue to be mined for 400 years in the future.

The new money minted by Kira Yoshishi was recast according to the standard of copper, four lead and six. It is naturally much better than the original variegated Hongwu Tongbao, but it is slightly different from Yongle Tongbao in fineness. Of course, this difference is not obvious and only The Kira family's money house can distinguish the nuances of the two.

During Ji Liangyi’s reign, he recovered Yongle money and melted it into a furnace to cast pure copper. According to the standard of copper 4 lead 6, a large amount of recasting will become his important income. This ratio will be used by Mingjun of a certain Tartar dynasty for casting more than 100 years later. For official copper coins, the weight of newly minted copper coins is just over seven catties and four taels.

This standard is just in line with the Japanese rule of chi penetration. The chi penetration method stipulates that the consistent weight is equal to seven catties and five taels, which is already close to the official hair style standard. Even if it is sold in the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to worry about it. Most merchants are surprised by this kind of Hongwu Tongbao. I've never seen it before, but I definitely don't doubt that it was made by Kira's furniture. He is not worried about being exposed because of the new technology of Jiajing Tongbao. Increase the weight until each Xiaoping coin weighs one cent, two cents, and the usual coin weight of eight catties is already the limit.

Pure lead is obtained directly from the coins, and large quantities of rough copper blocks with slightly lower precision can also melt out the required pure lead. If there is copper and lead, copper coins can be cast continuously. Although I know this business is very profitable, but In order to prevent Kira Yoshih from being leaked, he didn't dare to recruit Omi's manpower, so he could only use Su Gahei's people and he couldn't increase his speed.

Yoshihiro Kira thought hard for a long time before he realized that the Mikawa country is rich in honest farmers. He hurriedly contacted Nobuzawa Okochi of Mikawa and asked him to select [-] farmers from the country. Home relocation is better.

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