Capital Datang

Although the fleet led by Jiang Lu failed to complete the feat of circumnavigating the big island, it brought a gift to the other members of the fleet, that is, a dozen large lobsters weighing hundreds of catties.Originally they caught quite a few of these big lobsters, but it was a pity that only a few days later, most of them died. In the end, there were only a dozen or so surviving, and Lu Wan also knew that these lobsters could not be kept alive, so he finally decided to take them All were transported to the kitchen, and additional meals were given to all crew members.

Although the lobster was eaten, the dragon shell was kept by Lu Wan, and he had someone clean it and put it back together according to the original shape. In addition, he also had someone capture some strange animals on the big island, such as the one called On the big island of gray cranes, there is another kind of animal that is huge, looks like a mouse, and has a strange bag on its belly, etc. I try to bring as much of each animal as possible. This is going to be sent to Taiwan. I heard that His Royal Highness wants to set up some kind of zoo and exhibition hall, and now he is ordering people to collect animals everywhere, presumably the ones they bring will be very popular.

In addition, Lu Wan also discovered an interesting phenomenon, that is, among the animals on the big island, many animals have pouches on their stomachs, such as the mouse-like animal they captured, and another kind of animal that lives on trees. Bears also have bags, and even wolves that hunt around have bags. These strange animals are an eye-opener for them, so they sent people to capture some and bring them on board. In addition, there are also some plant seeds. Collect as many as possible.

After several days of preparation, Lu Wan and his fleet can finally set sail, but they have already built a simple pier on Sunset Island.And Tomori helped to take care of it.For this matter, the leader Lu Modo naturally agreed, after all, he still expected these wealthy outsiders to come to their island to trade with them again.

When Lu Wan and the others left, all the members of the Mori Department came to the port to see them off. Among them, Lu Modo, who was wrapped in half a bolt of silk, kept waving goodbye to the fleet, and the glass bracelet on his hand rose with his movements. sparkling with light.But among the crowd, it was Doya who was the saddest. She and Lu Wan went to the big island to search for gold, and forged a solid friendship with everyone.And Lu Wan and the others also liked Doya very much. When they left, many crew members gave Doya some small things, although they thought they were not too expensive.But to Doya, it is an extremely precious gift.Capital Datang 433

In fact, not only Doya received gifts from the crew, but the entire Moli Department accepted the benefits of the fleet. Even Lu Wan made an exception and gave Moli Department some bows and arrows, and taught them how to use them.This move has greatly increased the hunting ability of the Moli department, and can hunt much more prey than before, reducing the possibility of starvation for the people of the Moli department.

It was also the above-mentioned actions that caused Lu Wan and the entire Moli Department to send them off when they left, after all, in their opinion.These outsiders who came in great ships were a kind people.And very generous, almost like a messenger sent by the gods.

However, the reason why Lu Wan and the others win over the Mo Li Department is that they have no good intentions. It all stems from the gold mine they discovered on the big island.Although they only stayed there for a few days, the crew had already found a lot of gold grains and sand.Therefore, Lu Wan and Feng Shijie had reason to believe that there should be a large gold mine, and it was definitely worth mining.

A valuable gold mine, the slave catcher association behind Lu Wan will definitely not let it go.After all, the association does not only have the business of catching slaves and selling slaves, there are also many other related industries. As for the business of gold mining, which is almost equivalent to stealing money, naturally it will not let it go.

However, if you want to mine gold mines on the big island, you must send some people to stay permanently, and this requires the help of the Ministry of Moli. After all, they are natives here, and no one is more familiar with the situation on the island than them. With their help at that time, I believe that those who come should be able to gain a firm foothold on the big island soon.

Compared with the way they came here, Lu Wan and the others did not look relaxed when they returned to the voyage. After all, the sea and the sea are changing, and no one knows what will be encountered in the next moment?Therefore, Lu Wan's return voyage was also full of dangers. In addition, they had to overcome difficulties in food, drinking water, fear, etc., and sailed to the place where they set sail.

Just when Lu Wan and his fleet returned with a big discovery, Li Min in Dengzhou City also received the news from Yanbei. Originally, the exploration fleet was only setting out to find a new source of slaves. From Yanbei's point of view, , It’s not a big deal, so I didn’t report it to Li Yin, but later, when the two of them exchanged letters, they mentioned that sentence, which surprised Li Yin, and regretted not being able to set off in the fleet. Let me explain to the other party, although he can't guarantee that the other party will reach Australia, but judging from the sailing direction Yan Bei said, it is indeed very possible to reach Australia.

However, although Li Yin is concerned about the matter of the exploration fleet, he is now entangled in another matter, and he does not have much energy to take special care of him for the time being, so he has to confess to Yanbei that if the people from the fleet come back, they must Tell him in advance that he must go to meet him in person and ask him some questions.

"Yifan, the machine here should be fine. Although 20 silver coins have been produced now, I will see another 20 in one month, and this is only the first issue of silver coins. There will be more silver coins issued, so the machines here will continue to work for a long time without stopping, if there is any problem, it will be a big trouble!" Li Yin shouted to the people around him. Fan said.

What they are now in is a noisy factory, surrounded by the roar of steam engines, and driven by the steam engines, machines are working quickly, and at the same time they make very regular 'dang' sounds.In this environment, if people don't speak loudly, they can't hear what the other party is saying at all.

"Your Highness, don't worry, as long as you can provide enough silver and copper materials, there will be no problem in producing 20 silver coins a month!" Wearing a blue gown and dressed like a man, Yifan smiled. Said.

Hearing Yifan's words, Li Yin nodded reassuringly. Yifan is the person he trusts the most, and as long as the other party promises, it will definitely be done, so there is no need to doubt it.

Li Yin and the others are located at the newly established mint. This factory was not established by Li Yin on the island of Taiwan, but was still built in Dengzhou.Although Li Yin has already transferred some industries in Dengzhou to Taiwan Island, the reform of the currency system is mainly in Datang, so it is better to set it in Datang, at least the transportation cost is much lower.

When attacking the Japanese country, Li Yin told Cheng Huailiang and the others that he wanted to add a higher value coin to the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty, and this coin was silver coins.Although Li Yin also wanted to replace the current metal currency with the paper money of later generations in one step, the reality told him that this was not something that could be done in a short period of time, at least for most people, they still could not fully accept the paper money.

Although Li Yin's bank has been opened all over the big cities of the Tang Dynasty, many people like to deposit money in the bank, and there is a passbook opened by the bank under the cabinet at home, but the passbook is still only regarded as a kind of money. The vouchers for saving money cannot be circulated at all. Although some clever businessmen have opened some unregistered passbooks for some commercial transactions, anyone who holds such passbooks can get money.But these are a minority after all, and they are only used for commercial circulation, and very few people use them among the people, so they are not considered banknotes at all.

The feedback from the bank made Li Yin understand that in a short period of time, metal currency is still the protagonist in the market. Even if he forcibly releases banknotes, he may not be recognized by the people and become waste paper. The best result It just puts paper money in a subordinate position, and cannot exist independently without metal money.

Knowing the above, Li Yin decided to take it step by step and issue silver coins with relatively large denominations first. After all, with the development of commerce, the amount of commercial transactions is getting larger and larger, and a general business will also use a few coins. It would be too troublesome if copper coins were used for settlement, so the issuance of silver coins with large denominations is imperative.

But it is a pity that the Tang court did not realize this. The old household management system has been increasingly unable to keep up with the development speed of commerce. Coins are one of the very prominent problems. After knowing this problem, he decided not to bother Li Shimin anymore, because he already has the ability to solve this problem.

In order to find the silver needed for the issuance of silver coins, Li Min put his idea on the Japanese country, mobilized the upstarts in Chang'an to mine the Iwami silver mine in the Japanese country together, and then organized the Japanese people to mine on the spot. After nearly half a year of development, now The Iwami Silver Mine has formed a certain scale, and can produce an astonishing amount of silver every month. Coupled with the silver reserves collected by Li Yin before, it is enough for him to issue silver coins.Capital Datang 433

As for Yifan, Li Yin also ordered her to help design a stamping machine driven by a steam engine. The structure of this machine is relatively simple. The steam engine factory used to have a similar machine. Now it only needs to be modified. In addition, there is also the style of silver coins. Li Yin decided to use the traditional round square hole, and even the characters on it have not changed. It is still the four characters of "Kaiyuan Tongbao", which was also the main currency during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. .

The reason why the circular square hole is used is that it can be threaded in the middle and is more portable, and secondly, this figure also represents a cultural tradition, so there is no need to turn it into a perfect circle as it was later.In addition, there is another very important reason, that is to use the style of Kaiyuan Tongbao, so the molds for minting coins are all ready-made, and there are many craftsmen who can make such molds, and they can be used after modification.

However, Li Yin is not a living Lei Feng. The reason why he implemented Datang’s currency reform by himself is also because of his own selfishness, but his selfishness is hidden very deeply. Apart from himself, I am afraid that no one else knows about it.