Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 615 New Money

In the hundreds of years after   , the details of the five baht money have changed, but it has remained the mainstream currency until now.

  At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the world was divided, princes from all over the country would privately cast copper coins, but most of them still refer to Wuzhu coins, and their designs and weights are quite different.

   But after Wei unified the Three Kingdoms, the currency also began to be unified. From then to now, everyone seems to be using coins made by the imperial court.

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at the pattern on the copper coin and pondered, so would she be the first prefect of the place where the coin was minted?

   Is she going to cast it exactly like the previous edition of five baht, or add something on it?

   Zhao Hanzhang did not know that Xiliang, thousands of miles away from Luoyang, had already printed new five baht coins.

   Zhang Yan came in with a tray of copper coins, bowed and said, "Father, this is the newly printed five baht coins."

  Zhang Ji hurriedly put down his pen and took it over to take a closer look.

   Zhang Yan said: "A copper coin is between two baht and three baht."

  Zhang Ji lifted his eyelids to look at him, "Is that two baht or three baht?"

   Zhang Li lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Mostly, the weight is two baht and two gui, between 2, 2 and 2.4."

   He said: "We don't have much copper in Xiliang, and the casting process can only do this."

  Zhang Ji flicked the copper coin lightly, put it down after a long time, nodded and said, "Enough, our purpose is to make the people under our control have money to use, so that every transaction is not barter."

   He said: "Send the money down."

"Yes."

   Zhang Li did not leave, but asked, "Father, can this money be traded to merchants outside Xiliang?"

   Zhang Ji's eyes flashed and he looked up at him.

Zhang Yu said: "Since we went outside Yumen Pass, there have been merchants from Zhongzhou. They also mentioned before that the goods they bring can only be bartered with us, which is extremely inconvenient to calculate. Now that they have money, they can Maybe willing to leave with some money."

  Zhang Gui pondered: "But the five baht money we minted is lighter than the court's, they're just afraid they won't."

   Zhang Yan said: "If we only trade with money, they don't want to, and they have to be willing."

  Zhang Ji frowned, did not speak, but asked, "Have you prepared what you have prepared for Luoyang and Chang'an?"

   Zhang Yan said gloomily, "Ready."

   He couldn't understand his father very well, "Father, it's okay to give Zhao Hanzhang furs and horses. After all, she gave us food, why should she give Chang'an a share?"

   "Didn't you see Fu Zhongshu's letter? During the Chang'an famine, we couldn't send food, but we could send other things to help them tide over the difficulties."

"But…"

Zhang Gui raised his hand to stop him from saying what he was about to say, and said, "Dalang, the world is in chaos now, but Xiliang is the territory of Jin, we are guarding the mountains and rivers of the Jin family, and we are Jin ministers, so we must be loyal to Da Jin. "

"Whether it's Chang'an, Luoyang, or Yuncheng where His Majesty is now, we Xiliang and them are all brother cities, and we should watch and help each other." He said: "Today, I will help Chang'an and Luoyang overcome difficulties, and tomorrow, Chang'an and Luoyang will also help me."

   "Even if there is no help, as long as the things we give out can be used by the common people and there are countless living people, it will not be a loss."

   Zhang Li lowered his head in shame and said, "Yes, it's because my son is too narrow-minded."

  Zhang Ji nodded and said, "Go, let someone put two boxes of new money, and Chang'an and Luoyang will each send one box."

   He had a new idea. If he wanted to let customers from other places use their new money, then he had to get the approval of Fu Zhi and Zhao Hanzhang.

   As long as the two agree with his new money, especially Zhao Hanzhang, the merchants who come to Xiliang now mainly come from Yuzhou and Luoyang, and he also knows that one of the caravans is from Zhao Hanzhang.

   So as long as Zhao Hanzhang agrees with Xiliang's new money, his new money can be used in Xiliang and Zhongzhou.

   Zhang Ji took out a blank piece of paper, and after a moment of indifference, wrote a letter to Zhao Hanzhang, which would be sent to Luoyang together with the gift.

  Xiliang's shipment was escorted by the Xiliang army, along with the Xiliang merchants who were attached to the Xiliang army.

  Since the rebellion was quelled, the governor gathered the refugees, and the Yumen gate was closed, and a large number of Zhongzhou refugees poured into Xiliang.

   In order to settle these refugees, Governor Shi Guang set up two new counties, which shows how many refugees there are in Zhongzhou.

  Commodities from Zhongzhou came with the refugees, and the governor set up a military post along the way from the government office to Yumen Pass, and also deterred Yumen Pass, allowing them to open the gate halfway, allowing refugees and merchants to enter and exit, and more Zhongzhou merchants came.

  The merchants from Xiliang also wanted to go to Zhongzhou. I heard that there was a female general in Zhongzhou. She was also very powerful. The war in Luoyang had been settled, and there was stability there, and there was a lot of business to do.

   Didn't you see those refugees start moving back to Zhongzhou?

   I heard that we are going back to Luoyang.

   Alas, the homeland is hard to leave, as long as you have money and you can still move, who doesn’t want to go back to your hometown?

  The Chang'an soldiers guarding the Yumen Pass silently watched the people passing in and out of the pass.

Last month, the army of Xiliang suddenly had Chen Bing outside Yumen Pass, and they were so frightened that they thought Zhang Gui was going to reverse. Who knew that Yongzhou, not far outside Chang'an, also found an army, led by Zhao Hanzhang's younger brother Zhao. Yong personally led the troops and also faced Chang'an.

  The King of Nanyang was so frightened that he couldn't eat any more, and immediately approached Fu Zhi to discuss countermeasures.

   He knew that Fu Zhi was here to fight for power with him, so he was very wary of Fu Zhi, which made Fu Zhi's work not go well.

   And this time, he had to ask Fu Zhen for help.

   He has some friendship with Zhang Ji, and Zhang Ji respects him, not to mention Zhao Hanzhang, who is his future granddaughter-in-law, so the King of Nanyang hopes that Fu Zhi can come forward and make peace.

  Fu Zhen also came forward and talked with the two parties. Zhang Gui and Zhao Hanzhang’s purpose was obvious. They wanted the Yumen Gate to be opened to allow refugees and merchants to enter and exit the gate.

To be honest, the opening of the Yumen Pass was a big challenge for the soldiers in Chang’an. After all, it was a gateway to the Central Plains. Once the pass was opened, it could not be defended, and foreign enemies would enter the pass from here. .

   But as Zhang Gui said, Xiliang is the front station of Yumen Pass. If there is an incident at Yumen Pass, it will be after the collapse of Xiliang. Once there is a war, it will not be too late.

   But... But Yumen Pass is not only to prevent Xianbei and other foreign enemies, but also to prevent Zhanggui and Xiliang.

  Cough, of course, I can't say this to Zhang Ji.

  Fu Zhen didn't trust Xiliang very much, but he trusted Zhang Ji.

   So what he told the King of Nanyang was, "As long as Zhang Gui is alive, the Yumen Pass can be opened. Once Xiliang changes the governor, the Yumen Pass will be closed."

  The King of Nanyang was a gentle man who didn't like fighting, so he looked at the Xiliang army outside the pass, and then looked outside Chang'an city. He didn't agree, so he rushed in to take over the Zhao family's army in Chang'an, and finally agreed.

   So the gate is opened.

After the opening of the Yumen Pass, the workload of the soldiers skyrocketed, but they did not complain, because all business travelers entering and leaving the pass had to pay taxes, more or less, so there was a constant famine, and even the soldiers began to suffer from starvation in the Chang'an Army. There is income.

   (end of this chapter)