The sky above Chang'an is still gloomy.

But in the office of the General Cavalry's Mansion, the room was filled with glory.

This kind of light is not a sunny candlelight, but a golden light.

A golden light.

The reflection makes people's eyes blurry.

Above the table, there are all large and small sand gold, dog-head gold, bright or low gold, which is straight to the eyes and pointing to the hearts.

Fei Qian took Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang down the platform and moved into the government office, and then sent someone to deliver the latest batch of Western Regions gold that was delivered here.

Golden sand is drawn from the mud and sand of the riverbed. Generally speaking, it is relatively fine and can even be stained on the fingers, just like the golden light falling from the stars in the sky.

Half-gold and half-stone are mixed gold ores. On the exposed surface, natural gold crystals can be seen, and many reflective surfaces are constructed. Even if there is no big sun today, they are still shining brightly and dazzlingly.

With strange hollows and structures, there are different sizes of gold. Although this kind of gold is generally not very purity, it is also yellow and heavy, demonstrating a power called wealth.

Money is naturally not omnipotent, but without money, many things can’t be done.

"These things are all gold from the Western Regions!"

Fei Qian had seen these gold before, and he had seen many big scenes in later generations. After all, in later generations, he would inevitably have a shining test if he walked into a large-scale gold store, so his tone was relatively stable.

"If it is expected, the gold from the Western Regions should be millions of taels..."

"Million Tax!" Pang Tong pinched a piece of gold on his hands, his eyes rolling, as if he wanted to put a piece into his sleeve while Fei Qian was not paying attention, and he would not put it down.

Although Zhuge Liang, the little radish-headed man, still looked a little cold and abstinent, his aura was slightly unstable in the face of so much wealth.

The weight of a pound of one pound in the Eastern Han Dynasty was about 200 grams, and a pound of sixteen taels per pound, so the one million taels of gold mentioned by Fei Qian was actually not much. It was converted into a unit in later generations, with a appearance of more than ten tons.

In fact, the gold reserves contained in the Western Regions far exceed this value. More than ten tons may be only one year in the next generation, or at most two years of gold production.

After all, in the movement of the earth's crust, there are a large number of colored minerals in areas such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Therefore, the possibility of Feiqian's searching along the Kunlun Mountains is greater.

Now I have only found the Kunlun Mountain area, and there are still Alkin Mountain and no one has been there yet...

You should know that later generations called Junggar Basin a basin with gold edges, which is not just a casual talk.

Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, "Kong Ming, what should I do if I had this gold?"

Zhuge Liang seemed to notice something, and also looked up at Fei Qian, and began to frown and ponder.

Pang Tong pinched the gold head and his eyes were rumbling, but he refused to let it go.

Fei Qian turned his head and glared at Pang Tong, "Shi Yuan, don't pretend! If you really want to be greedy for money, you have to focus on it and you can't even move it away! Why, for me, you still have to protect yourself?"

Pang Tong laughed and threw the dog-headed gold on the table, making a dull, unique impact sound of gold, "Hi! It's too familiar, I can't even pretend... No, I still have to pretend. Lord, you'll give me a piece later, I'll hold it back..."

"Okay! I'll give you the biggest one!" Fei Qian also knows what Pang Tong means.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, obviously feeling very comfortable and relaxed about this atmosphere. After thinking for a while, he said, "Does the general want to use gold as a guide to stir up the deposition?"

Gold, deciding on its metallic properties, does not mention its use in the industrial field. It is of course not to mention its economic attributes, or money, but it can produce many additional effects. Even in later generations, when paper money is the main age, gold is still an indispensable precious metal and has unique effects in the economic field.

The gold is very heavy and heavy. Once it is put into Guanzhong, it will fall into the pool like a heavy shell, stirring up the deposits at the bottom of the pool...

Fei Qian nodded and smiled and said, "This matter... I have already asked Gongda to start... However, since Kong Ming has been free in the past few days, he might as well formulate a strategy to take a look... It is mainly aimed at the place in Guanzhong..."

Now under Fei Qian, Pang Tong mainly focuses on supervision of personnel, while Xun You focuses on the economy. However, Fei Qian cannot let Yingchuan people focus too much on economics, so it is the current topic to cultivate Zhuge Liang's ability in the economy earlier.

Zhuge Liang obviously understood a little, so he didn't say anything like his lack of talent and knowledge, so he responded very happily.

Fei Qian pointed to the gold on the table and said, "In fact, the gold in the Western Regions is not the most, and there is gold in the Western Regions but there is less silver... Unfortunately, Yuyang cannot be obtained for the time being..."

Fei Qian sighed, "There is a vast ocean in the east of Yuyang, with islands like giant snakes, and silver in it... Well, about 20,000 taels..."

As for the silver in America, there are naturally more, but if you say you can barely cross Japan, you can probably do it, but you have to cross the Pacific Ocean, so for now...

Well? If the ice area expanded during the Little Ice Age, will the Bering Strait be connected soon?

However, this is also a problem. There must be a lot of cold-proof food and food guarantee along the way. Transportation is also a problem. Forget it, it can only be left for future generations, otherwise the reserves of silver in the Americas will be almost four or five times that of Japan.

Navigation...

"Twenty thousand taels of silver?" As soon as he heard Fei Qian's number, Pang Tong subconsciously touched his chin. This number seemed not large. In addition, if the loss of the road could be increased by a hundred times, or ten times, then it would be worth sending troops to the east... Uh, wait, something seems wrong?

『How many? Is it...two, twenty million?"

Pang Tong stretched out two chubby fingers, a little confused.

"Only more, no more, 20,000 taels." Fei Qian confirmed again.

"Twenty thousand? Two thousand thousand taels?" Even Pang Tong, who was used to the large amount of money flowing over his hands, was still a little shocked at the number that Fei Qian said, and his heart was a little pounding for a moment.

China produces copper, but there is still a large amount of copper shortage. One of the big reasons is that the copper-based monetary system has always been insufficient, which has caused money shortages to occur from time to time. It has forced all dynasties to over-issuance of coins and mint a large number of coins of "10", "100", or even "100", which has caused depreciation of coins and caused greater national turmoil.

If silver and gold are added as buffers, the trouble will be greatly alleviated. Just like in later generations, if there were no large-value currency, ordinary people could only use one yuan coins, and then gold and silver can only be used by dignitaries, it would naturally be extremely inconvenient. Of course, if all of them were large-scale currencies, it would be "to be a hundred" or even a thousand" coins at all, which would greatly disrupt the social economy.

『In addition, there are also gold mines, about tens of millions of taels...』 Fei Qian continued, "Yuyang... I will still fight sooner or later... It's just...

Pang Tong swallowed and nodded silently.

Before, Pang Tong only heard that Fei Qian mentioned it slightly, but there were no specific and detailed values. He thought it was a general gold and silver ore. There were also gold and silver ore in Luliang, and there were gold and silver ore in the north of Yinshan Mountain, so Pang Tong didn't care much, but now that there were specific values, it could not be measured by a general concept.

Such a large quantity will last for ten years. No, maybe there is no need to worry about the shortage of silver and gold within a hundred years.

Zhuge Liang was also surprised, but he was also puzzled, just how could Fei Qian know about these things outside the East China Sea?

Is there any book that says?

"What the general said is "Raiyushan" in the Dongshan Sutra?" Zhuge thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

Fei Qian was stunned for a moment.

"After the mountain of Zhuzhi, it traveled nine hundred miles south, and it was called the mountain of Zhuzhi. There were many grasses, trees, many gold and jade, and many ochres on it. There were beasts, which looked like a cow and a horse's tail, called Jingjing, and its sound was singing... " Zhuge Liang looked at Fei Qian and said, " Or maybe... Qinshan?"

Fei Qian laughed, waved his hand and said, "The scriptures of mountains and seas also have an unfinished meaning... There were books in ancient pre-Qin periods, but they were often destroyed... Someone saw a lonely book in the mansion of the master, and mentioned this matter..."

In order to prevent Zhuge Liang from digging into the bottom line, Fei Qian turned his head and said, "Although there is a slight war in Sichuan and Sichuan, it has been peaceful for a long time. The grain, tea, iron, medicine, fragrance, silk, silk, ceramic, porcelain, wood, bamboo and so on are all abundant. If you buy gold from the Western Regions...

The land of Sichuan and Shu itself is a small China. Although the Central Plains has encountered wars, the relatively isolated Sichuan and Shu were not greatly affected. Otherwise, there would be no way to support Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in history tossing again and again. However, Fei Qian cannot be said to have plundered these materials in Sichuan and Shu without any bottom line, so using coins to purchase them can naturally be used as a way to supplement the shortage of materials in Guanzhong.

At the same time, the addition of gold in the Western Regions can also make Feiqian's finances that have been reduced due to weather reasons, so it will not be difficult for Feiqian to buy and sell but cannot get out the coins.

After all, the trade in Chang'an is gradually increasing, and large-scale transactions can easily cause a more troublesome problem, that is, there are not enough copper coins. Although some merchants are willing to accept bills similar to "Jiaozi" issued by the money house at Feiqian to trade, there are still many merchants who are only willing to accept metal currency and are unwilling to accept Jiaozi.

With a large amount of precious metals as collateral, Fei Qian's "Qingyin Shop" can naturally be opened smoother...

At the same time, it can also solve the phenomenon of some shortage of coins.

Because of the name of the Western Coin, because everyone called it that when it was first issued, and now they are used to it. They have not changed their words and are of relatively good quality. Therefore, where Wuzhu coins and Western Coin can be used at the same time, most people like to use Wuzhu coins first, but it is said that the Western Coin has gradually replaced the Wuzhu coins and become the currency used in most areas.

Therefore, no matter how much it is made, it is not enough.

This situation often occurred in history. Once the currency circulation is insufficient, it will cause deflation, and the court will not even be able to pay the salaries of officials, and then minted counterfeit coins. The gentry will join the carnival feast and suck blood on the country and the country...

The copper, silver, gold coins and gold coins on weekdays disappeared after circulating for a period of time. Where did they go? Most of them were cast into various bronze ware, silver, sugar, gold ingots, etc., and then stored. So why can these powerful rural households accumulate these coins?

Because the tax revenue is unreasonable, the wealth exploited by these big investors cannot flow back in time, but is deposited in the hands of these big investors. However, it is not easy to change the tax system.

Even though the tax laws became more and more meticulous in later generations, a wealthy man might have to pay a lot of money according to the tax laws, but he could reduce the taxes through various methods, and eventually he would pay less or even not pay at all. Needless to say, during the feudal dynasty of the Chinese nation, these gentry clans had a way to evade taxes.

Fei Qian's "Jie Tian Rule" is aimed at the fundamental key of these rural surnames in the feudal dynasty, but this "Jie Tian Rule" will take several years before it will slowly exert its power. So now, reducing the self-sufficiency of these gentry families as much as possible, which is the important means at present, and it is also the reason why Fei Qian is deliberately trying to break the "small peasant economy" of these gentry families.

Note that it is not a small peasant economy for ordinary people, because for a grassroots person, it is completely impossible to achieve the so-called ideal state of "men farming, women weaving, self-sufficiency". If the hoe is broken, will it still be built by itself? When you are sick, do you still drag your body to climb the mountain to collect herbs? Therefore, the idea of ​​small peasant economy instilled in the feudal dynasty is always big landlords in the big manors, and only these people can achieve "men farming, women weaving, self-sufficiency" to a certain extent.

Therefore, once these Western Regions gold is supplemented into Feiqian's economic circle, it can not only cause waves in Guanzhong, but also penetrate into Sichuan and Shu. Although these powerful people in Sichuan and Shu may obtain a large amount of gold and silver from trading, Feiqian can also hedge luxury goods such as jade war horses, and can charge more transaction taxes between buying and selling...

『In addition…』 Fei Qian continued, 『Besides Sichuan and Shu, there is also Nanzhong…』

Pang Tong nodded immediately, smiled and said, "There are many cattle, horse, leather, and red painted hair horns in Nanzhong, which are indeed of great use..."

Historically, the Southern Middle refers to later generations of Yunnan, Guizhou, southwestern Sichuan, and northern Myanmar. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Southern Middle Middle became part of the Ji Han Dynasty. It was occupied by the solid Lao ancestors in the Tang Dynasty, and later the Bai people established the Dali regime here. The well-known idiom "Yarang Arrogance" mentioned in the Yelang Kingdom is located in Nanzhong.

Fei Qian couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang again. After all, the exploitation of the past... Well, it was Zhuge's contribution to the prosperity of the Southern Central Circle.

Zhuge Liang naturally could not understand the meaning contained in Fei Qian's eyes. After pondering for a moment, he said: "In this way, it will be a matter of local governments to consolidate the fortune of people and horses..."

Fei Qian looked up at the sky, it was getting more and more gloomy, and then pointed and said, "I guess at this time, Liu Jiaozhou had arrived in Sichuan and was about to enter Nanzhong... Well, there is no hurry for this matter... It's getting late this time, so why don't you stay and have dinner together?"

"I really want to ask for it!" Pang Tong laughed and said, "In this weather, you should eat Qiang boil! Qiang boil!"

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Just as Fei Qian was planning how to deal with the arrival of the Xiaobing River, Liu Bei and his three brothers were also planning how to march into Jiaozhi based on Nanzhong.

"Second brother and third brother, look..." Liu Bei spread a map in front of him, and then pointed to the map and said, "Now there are five counties in the South Central Plains... Have you noticed that this division is actually very bad..."

Zhang Fei stared at the map wide, trying to see what Liu Bei said, but he couldn't see it. Then he felt a little dizzy, as if the words on the map began to twist. He couldn't help but look up, looked at Liu Bei, and then turned to look at Guan Yu...

Guan Yu frowned, stroked his long beard slightly, and said, "Is it the cause of the region?"

『It's right, it's right, you see..." Liu Bei nodded and said, while using his fingers to the map.『In the sixth year of Yuanding, the opening of the Gui Ke, and the division of Jianwei County was established in Jianke County...』

Liu Bei's finger moved, "In the same year, Qiongdu State established Yueli County..." and then moved again. "Later, in the second year of Yuanfeng, Dianchi was the Yizhou County, and the part of Jike County was merged into Yizhou County, and Zhuti County was established. In the 12th year of Yongping, Yongchang County was established...

『After Guangwu, the counties in the south were gradually defeated...』 Liu Bei stood up straight, then walked in the big tent with his hands behind his back, and said, 『If the county's heroes and commanders were connected, the county's government was useless. If we did not find a unique way, it would be difficult for you and my brothers to stretch out their hands...』

"Brother! You said...ah..." Zhang Fei stepped forward suddenly, stood up and wanted to follow him, but he bumped into the knife holder beside him. He was about to fall, and he couldn't help but go to the knife holder again.

Guan Yu followed the map on the table, still frowned, and said, "If this is the case...what will happen?"
To be continued...