I, the King is a killer

Black, white and gray need to exist.

Xiao Yun in his previous life deeply understood this truth.

It is even the existence pursued by some people.

For example, in a company, the boss most wants all three to exist. Gray is naturally the majority of employees. They can do their own things, do their assigned things, and occasionally play supernormal, and occasionally break into some baskets. It is daily.

White, upright or one track minded guy to manage the finance, the boss can rest assured.

Black, go to the market, open the way for money, power and color, walk on the blade and jump left and right at the edge of the warning line, which can bring great benefits to the company.

If, on the contrary, let the black do the finance and the white do the market, then... A company is not far from death.

The same reason.

The same is true for countries.

Everywhere, there are always some dirty jobs that need to be done by black people and completed well.

Wu Xi is such a person!

Among the unscrupulous merchants, he planned strategies. Among the treacherous ministers, he had the best of both worlds, and his contacts were all over black and white, between loyalty and treachery.

Loyal officials avoid it, but they flatter on the surface. Treacherous officials collude with each other, but they also wrestle secretly.

It's like this. It's not near or far, but it can connect the whole court and the whole world. Only black people can do this!

For example, in this disaster relief, if Wu Xi had not been able to contact those businessmen and know how to mediate, he won with the quantity of inferior grain and completed the most difficult link in disaster relief.

Of course, these are what Xiao Yun knows and what he can see.

As for the others?

Wu Xi didn't even know that she had such a big role!

Xiao Yun simply told Wu Xi the role of the treacherous minister.

Wu Xi also heard that he was full of fog and deep-rooted thoughts, which still made him unable to understand why those seemingly abusive adjectives were good.

But then Xiao Yun assigned Wu Xi a job.

This job can only be done by one person in the Wu family, not more than one, just as the Wu family can't set foot in the West Cross courtyard after living in the Xiao family.

This job is to buy a piece of land in the capital, build a base, dig seven feet of land to build an underground treasure house and transfer all the gold in the Treasury.

It sounds like an idiot.

Because the Treasury is in the Imperial Palace in the capital, and a place should be established in the capital, which is equivalent to moving from the street on the left to the street on the right. What's the difference?

It's no difference. It costs people and money. It's not stupid. What's it?

But Xiao Yun's instructions are very firm. There is nothing to discuss about this matter. It must be completed!

Wu Xi is also helpless. The so-called person under the eaves is also a reward for kindness, and he is also a living person, so he can only do it.

After arranging all this, Xiao Yun was left alone in the cell.

He smiled gently, leaned against the bed, and couldn't help laughing again.

I really did a big thing, super big thing! It's a pity that no one can understand it. It's a little like walking at night in royal clothes, which makes him feel helpless.

Of course, he can still wait for the day of the outbreak, which will certainly make everyone in the world fall out of their glasses!

Apart from these things, the world seems to be very calm.

Many people are busy for Xiao Yun, hoping to get him out.

Even in the court, some people put forward such memorials, which made your majesty not tired of it.

And the most annoying is Zhao Wuji.

Every few days, he would send someone to ask if Xiao Yun was dead and if his Majesty's order had anything to do.

Finally, I was impatient. I went to Ben again and asked his majesty to punish Xiao Yun, an evil bastard.

And on this day... All the layout of Xiao Yun, no, to be exact, is a seemingly unrelated evil result caused by successive natural and man-made disasters, which broke out!

The copper mines in Daqin are mainly concentrated near the northern border. On the one hand, due to the earthquake and natural disasters, on the other hand, due to the northern border of Chen Bing in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the output of these copper mines has been sharply reduced, even less than one tenth of that in previous years.

Whether it is disaster relief, or the rise of rice prices all over the world, as well as the resale of locust meat cakes, the construction of new buildings in disaster areas, and the land transaction and transfer of disaster victims, all these make a thing operate overload.

copper!

In fact, the copper money of the state of Qin was not enough.

In recent years, with the prosperity of the state of Qin and the peace of the people, the production capacity of various commodities and goods is increasing, such as the increase of population and the increase of land reclamation area, which naturally increases the output of agricultural products.

Another example is the development of workshop commerce, whether it is the production of cloth or the increase of some daily necessities, the number of commodities circulating on the market has doubled.

Everything needs copper money!

Why?

Copper mining is transported to the capital manufacturing supervision bureau, printed into copper coins, and then issued. In this process, either the imperial merchant method is used to spend it, or the Treasury grain collection method is used to issue it.

This must be guaranteed.

The reason is also simple.

For example, decades ago, a copper coin was one kilogram of rice. If the copper coin did not increase, the rice increased, various commodities increased, there were more things, and the money remained the same, then the money would become particularly valuable. It would become a copper coin of two kilos of rice, or three kilos of four kilos, or even more.

This suddenly makes the copper money very valuable!

So what kind of business, it's better to hoard copper money to make money!

Whatever business you do, you lose money.

So who else in the world wants to spend copper money? They are desperately saving. What if they want to buy something? Just exchange grain for copper money? That's no way!

The more you hoard, the less copper money on the market, and the more valuable it will become!

It becomes a "value-added product" and loses the value of money itself.

Therefore, since many years ago, the state of Qin had to print copper coins desperately in order to offset the consumption of copper coins.

Of course, this process is also extremely expensive.

In the peak period, printing money always takes half a year!

Most of the taxes collected by the Treasury are spent on printing money.

Fortunately, the copper money became valuable again in those years, which made the printing of money relatively cheap, which made your majesty happy for a long time.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. The copper money suddenly became insufficient!

Especially this year, we are even more stretched.

At this time, Zhao Wuji was attacking Xiao Yun. Li Guofu suddenly walked out slowly, bowed, then picked up the jade slips and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the Treasury has no copper money available now. Please make it clear."

His Majesty was stunned and frowned, "the Treasury has no money? This is not a matter of one or two days. Why did you come here today? "

Li Guofu said, "Your Majesty, today is the time to pay salaries to all districts, prefectures and counties."

His Majesty's brow suddenly frowned.

The state of Qin is a little poor now, but if you can't even pay the salaries of local officials, it's a little too much. This kind of thing didn't happen even in the previous dynasty!

"Well... Well, I remember that the governor has been stepping up the casting of money? It's been more than a month. Why isn't it enough? "

"Your Majesty."

Li Guofu said in a loud voice: "the supervisor's stove has been opened, but there is no copper ingot. Even if it is overtime, it is meaningless."

"No copper ingots? What are my four copper mines doing? "

"Your Majesty, now the two most important copper mines in Daqin are in the north. One is affected by the earthquake, the other is disturbed by the northern Weizi, and the copper mine production is very low. The third is in the west, where locusts are rampant. Miners have been mixed in the famine escape team. Now they live with disaster relief porridge, naturally there is no production. As for the remaining copper mine, it was originally an old mine, and now the mineral resources are about to dry up, There's nothing I can do. "

"This..."

Your Majesty was stunned.

Even secretly patted his forehead.

Isn't that it?

I remember that since last year, he has ordered people to explore new ore veins and spent a lot of money, but with little effect. Now there is no news. Isn't it because a copper mine is running out?