In the official room, Zhang Xuan put a few gold coins on the table and smiled at Wei Yunqi and Fang Xuanling and said, "Look at this."

Wei Yunqi was knowledgeable and picked up the gold coins and looked at it. "This is Sogdian money. The market was very popular in Chang'an at the time. A gold coin could be worthy of a common money. Later, the imperial court banned the circulation of this kind of money, so it was not visible on the market. However, I heard that some big shops still traded it in private."

Fang Xuanling knew that Zhang Xuan had found him so mysteriously, and there must be a reason. After a change of thought, he guessed Zhang Xuan's intention.

"The handsome man doesn't want to issue this kind of money himself!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to the two: "I have been thinking that our Beihai County raises livestock on a large scale, grows grain, and sells supplies to others, but gets back a lot of copper coins, which makes everything rise, and copper coins cannot be eaten as food. So I am considering why we don't build a large amount of warehouses and buy back supplies from others. With enough supplies to support the army, we can quickly calm the famine and appease the hungry people. Seeing that the world is in chaos, we must prepare for the future!"

"So Dashen wanted to mint money and use gold to buy various supplies from other regions to store them. Dashen said that's what Dashen meant!"

"I do think so, I want to know how much gold and copper coins we have in stock?"

Wei Yunqi thought for a while and said, "The gold is about 110,000 taels, and the copper coins are 500,000 stag."

"How much food and cloth are there?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"There are about 470,000 stones of grain, 80,000 pieces of silk, and not much pig iron, about 200,000 kilograms of it."

Zhang Xuan walked a few steps behind his hands and said to the two: "There are still more than 100,000 stones of grain and tens of thousands of weapons in the Liucheng Warehouse in Liaodong. I plan to transport them all back. In addition, I want to buy grain and cloth from Jiangnan and Bashu, buy pig iron from Liyang County, and exchange our gold and copper coins for supplies."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "If the Grand Marshal uses all the gold and copper coins, what rewards the soldiers?"

Zhang Xuan picked up the gold coins on the table and smiled and said, "This is what I want to say today. I heard Zuo Xiaoyou say that Donglai County is rich in gold, mainly scooping gold sand from the river. In the past, many people made a living by this. Why did Wang Bo and Meng Rang have so much gold? In fact, they were seized from gold diggers. There were also several gold mines in the imperial Shaofu Temple in Donglai County and set up a special Metallurgical Office. It is said that Wang Bo snatched 40,000 taels of gold from the Metallurgical Office warehouse at one time. I think we should resume mining. In just a few years, we should have a lot of savings in our hands. Use them to cast money and we can gradually control the lifelines of people in various places."

Zhang Xuan looked at the two of them with expectation in his eyes, "What do you think?"

Both Wei Yunqi and Fang Xuanling could understand Zhang Xuan's ambitions, especially after the Bohai Association incident, they had gradually escaped from the control of the court, as well as the attack on Liaodong and the subsequent Goguryeo incident. The court clearly knew everything that happened, but remained silent, which means that the court had no choice but to do anything to them.

It was precisely because of this deep feeling that Zhang Xuan wanted to seize the opportunity, gradually show his strength, and no longer be controlled by the court. This was actually their wish, so he simply threw away his concerns and made a big career.

"Since the coach has decided, let's do it!" Wei Yunqi smiled.

Zhang Xuan looked at Fang Xuanling again, and Fang Xuanling also nodded slowly, "Plan carefully and do it boldly!"

"Okay! Then let's divide the work. Yunqi is responsible for restoring gold mines, raising people to mine gold, Xuanling is responsible for trade, using several merchants in Jiangdu to purchase grain and food from various places, arrange the manpower first, and start operating after the New Year."

Wei Yun took a step at first, Fang Xuanling stayed, and he had a few things to discuss with Zhang Xuan.

"Master, I think there is another important thing that the Master just ignored."

"Tell me, what did I ignore?"

"Increase troops!"

Fang Xuanling said slowly: "We only have 30,000 troops now. If we want to do big things, we need at least 100,000 troops to deal with it freely. If we consider the training time, the general should start to increase troops as soon as possible."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Whether trade or mining can be said to be for restoring people's livelihood, but it is too sensitive to increase troops, so it is best to find an excuse."

"Isn't the Grand Marshal recruiting envoys in Hebei? I think attacking the Hebei rioters is the best excuse. I heard that Lu Mingyue planned to proclaim himself emperor in Wei County and had already proclaimed himself the King of Wei. The Grand Marshal might as well write a letter to the emperor to attack the rebel bandit Lu Mingyue. In this way, the Grand Marshal expanded his troops and prepared for war will be natural."

"Why don't you beat Lu Mingyue? I heard that Gosda is also ready to be the emperor ascend the throne."

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "General, don't forget the Liyang Cang, which has 400,000 stones of grain in it. Lu Mingyue is also determined to win the Liyang Cang. We have water transportation convenience, hundreds of warships, and it is even more beneficial to attack Liyang Cang. Why give this piece of fat to Lu Mingyue?"

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. Fang Xuanling made sense. Li Yangcang's 400,000 stones of grain must not be taken away by Lu Mingyue. He had long wanted to settle the old account with Lu Mingyue.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time and said, "What if our army attacks Lu Mingyue, Dou Jiande and Gao Shida take advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou?"

Fang Xuanling was confident about this concern. He smiled and said, "The general can temporarily move the people of Gaotang to Qi County, and then use warships to block the Yellow River, so that Gao Shida and Dou Jiande cannot cross the river. Pei Renji is fighting on the eastern front on Wagang. I believe that the Wagang army will not expand eastward. If the general is not at ease, he can transfer Chen Haishi's 5,000 troops from Langya County to Jibei County to garrison. In this way, even if the Wagang army can break through Pei Renji, Jibei County still has a defense. I think Qingzhou should be safe. Besides, the general cannot leave any army without leaving any."

Zhang Xuan was convinced by Fang Xuanling, and he smiled and said, "Okay! I will write to the emperor now and prepare to attack Lu Mingyue."

After pausing, Zhang Xuan said meaningfully: "Since we want to plan for Li Yang Cang, it is necessary to tell the emperor at the same time that Li Mi in Wagang is Li Jiancheng. I think the time is ripe."

On the next day, hundreds of cavalry rushed to all six counties in Qingzhou to convey the recruitment order issued by the commander. For a moment, notices of recruiting soldiers were posted at the gates of each city gate.

At the gate of Yidu County, hundreds of ordinary people who read the notice were crowded with hundreds of ordinary people. Someone shook his head and said, "Hebei recruitment envoy Zhang Xuan told all the villagers that the bandits in Hebei are becoming increasingly rampant. In the coming year, they will go south to tyrannize Qingzhou. In order to defend their homes, they will specially recruit brave men as soldiers. Anyone who signs up for military land can get 20 acres of military land, exempting taxes for ten years, and blessings for descendants. I hope all brave and heroic men will sign up enthusiastically to protect their homes and parents, wives and children."

At this time, a burly man with white spots on his forehead shouted: "Standalone Zhang is right. Our life today is hard-won and cannot be plundered by bandits. Our dignified men should stand up to defend their homes and protect their parents, wives and children."

Everyone responded, "Well, Marshal Zhang treats the people well, we should respond to the call and defend our homes."

Someone shouted, "The registration point is in the city, let's go and have a look!"

More than a hundred young and strong men rushed to the county town. There were already several long queues in front of the registration table in the county town. More than a dozen military civil servants were busy registering the registration information, but a simple test was required before registration. The test was right next to it. As long as you can lift a 40-pound stone lock over your head, you will be considered qualified.

At this time, a burly man with white spots on his forehead walked forward and raised the stone lock easily with one arm, which immediately won a lot of applause. Yuchi Gong, who was patrolling and recruiting soldiers next to him, was surprised. This was a forty-pound stone lock. He asked again: "Can this man lift another one?"

The man reached out and grabbed another stone lock, raised the left and right stone locks at the same time, and threw the double locks into the sky, gently catching them in a burst of exclamations. He was very agile and obviously a person who had practiced martial arts.

Yuchi Gong laughed, walked up and patted him on the shoulder, "You can be a good martial arts master, at least you can be a team leader, what's your name?"

"The villain is called Wang Jingxuan, a local!"
Chapter completed!