The sun in the east showed a white slight fish belly, the dew on the grass on the roadside was not dry, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Surrounded by dozens of soldiers, ten large trucks slowly drove into Kaiyuanmen, Bingzhou, and headed north along Nanmen Main Street. When they arrived at Zicheng, they turned west and went straight into the prefecture.

Listening to the sound of the silence of the cart, the residents in the city were talking, not knowing what goods were loaded in the car.

Xia Su, who was getting up early, had breakfast and was resting in the living room. A public official rushed in and crossed his hands: "My husband, the money from Datongjian is here!"

Xia Shu suddenly opened his eyes: "I ordered them to go to the military treasury, and the soldiers will defend themselves, I will go and watch!"

The public official crossed his hands and responded to the promise and turned around and went out.

Xia Feng slowly got up, changed into public uniforms, and brought the followers around him, so he left his residence without any haste.

The military capital warehouse is near the west gate of Zicheng, adjacent to the prefecture yamen, and is the most important yamen in Bingzhou. The military capital warehouse is actually not weapons, but weapons are armor warehouses. The basic policy of establishing a country in the Song Dynasty was to support the army with the wealth of the world, and the treasury that released local wealth was called the military capital warehouse. This gathered most of the wealth controlled by the Bingzhou government, as well as the pen holder for issuing edicts and imperial edicts, etc., all of which were here.

The military fund treasury is so important that non-local officials can take charge of it alone, such as the Tongzong inspector, the key to the key, and the governor is in charge of the entry and exit.

When Xia Shu arrived outside the warehouse, the two magistrates Shang Yao and Wang Kechen had arrived, each with their subordinates and stood outside the door. In the Bingzhou City, the two magistrates were divided into two halls, north and south, each with official offices, and they were responsible for their affairs. However, the management power of the military tutor was held by the two.

Seeing Xia Shu arrive, Shang Yao and Wang Kechen saluted, and the wise official from the military gutter came forward to sing a promise.

After the salute, Xia Shu looked at the ten large lanes in front of the warehouse: "This is the first batch of iron coins sent to the state by Datong. Has it been checked clearly?"

Shang Yao and Wang Kechen bowed together: "I have checked back to my grandfather, and the officials have checked that there are 7,000 iron coins in total, and there are a lot of money!"

Xia Xu nodded: "Open the warehouse! This money is sealed into the warehouse, and the whole city will be listed. You can use the whole city in three days!"

The officials bowed their hands and sang the promise. Shang Yao and Wang Kechen took the key, received the Xia Shu order, and opened the gate of the military capital treasury.

There are many warehouses in the military warehouse, from gold, silver, silk, copper and iron coins, to salt, tea, fragrant medicine, etc., all kinds of goods are included. The warehouse, which specializes in iron coins, stepped forward, counted the number of iron coins on the truck with a group of officials, and began to transport them to the warehouse.

After Du Zhongxiao sent the iron coin samples to the state, after repeated discussions among officials, he decided to use two new iron coin as a copper coin and made a slight change in shape. After several twists and turns, it was decided ten days ago. Today it was the first time to manufacture it in large quantities and sent to Bingzhou.

The methods of using iron coins in Shaanxi, Hedong and other places are quite chaotic. There are many types of copper coins, large and small iron coins, and I don’t know how many kinds of money there are. Some are used by the route, while others are passed through the states. Local officials have the power to make decisions on these local coins. After Xia Shu reported to the court, he could make decisions independently. Now, large iron coins have been abandoned on Hedong Road, and the actual ten iron coins used are used as small iron coins for one copper coins. The value of the new coins is equivalent to five small iron coins, and a half-deposited small copper coins is equivalent to another one more money.

Xia Shu walked forward and opened a basket. He saw that it was filled with strings of iron coins. The shape was unified, the pattern was clear, and the production was quite exquisite. He couldn't help but say happily: "Since the war in the northwest, iron coins were used, and the money method was very bad. I don't know how many things happened. With this kind of iron coins, it can prevent the stolen casting among the people. It is not difficult to unify the money method. It is a good thing for officials and the people."

Wang Kechen said: "According to Du's signature, the ten major chariots are 7,000 yuan per 1,000 yuan, and they are given every three days, and the number is really large."

Xia Xu nodded, which was equivalent to more than 30,000 chunks of steel money per month, of course, a lot of it. How much is the total tax in Bingzhou in a year? In less than a few months, this kind of iron money can be passed to other states and slowly eliminated all the old iron money.

Shang Yao said on the one hand: "The most important thing is to know how much the current cost of minting money. Now, the Datongjian sends 7,000 yuan to the state and keeps 2,000 yuan for his own capital, and uses these 2,000 yuan as the capital. In addition to the price of iron itself, Guye uses the Xiangjun, but there is only a rough estimate, no accurate number."

Wang Kechen said: "This matter was just beginning to come, and I'm afraid that Du Zhao's judgment would be difficult to calculate the specific capital. Now I only know one thing, using the new iron coins as one copper coins, I will never lose money, but I don't know how much money it makes."

Xia Xu nodded without saying anything. In fact, Du Zhongxiao mentioned another thing in his letter to Xu. With the current currency value, minting new iron coins will not lose money, and it will not be said that they make more money. But because minting money does not lose money, the most feared thing is that the official manufactures large quantities of money regardless of market demand for profit. No matter how well the money is made, the value will decrease if there are too many on the market. Now the new money is tin-plated, and the public cannot recycle it, which is even more problematic. Now the new iron coins are replaced with new iron coins, so there is no plan at all, so how much to make.

Making money to make money, but you can’t make too much money, otherwise it will be difficult for the official to resist the temptation and make money by making money. In Du Zhongxiao’s previous life, this was to print money and release money and plunder the wealth of the people. Making iron coins actually had the same problem.

However, Xia Xun served in Bingzhou for only a few years, and it was not his turn to consider this issue. When new iron coins are rampant, I don’t know how many terms it will be after. As long as Du Zhongxiao proposed it, it will be their business if the future magistrates do not solve it.

On the other hand, the Kongmu official took the post to write the list and used it for Xia Su to watch.

Xia Feng looked at it and found that it was important to start using the new iron coins in three days. This point was correct, so he handed it over to Shang Yao and Wang Kechen.

There are a lot of troops stationed in Bingzhou, and they can pay their salaries and use new money. In addition, there is a large amount of military funds to be purchased, which are all channels to distribute money. Of course, the most important thing is that Xia Shun has not yet decided on what money to collect for the Spring and Autumn Period tax this year.

Now that the first month is coming, if the spring tax is over, it would be too hasty and easy to cause trouble. As long as the government does not force tax collection, the implementation of the new iron coins will be hindered.

The key to new iron coins is to make exquisitely manufactured so that the people are willing to use it. It is difficult for private individuals to steal the stealing value, and can stabilize the value of the two to one copper coins, which is equivalent to adding a partition on the old iron coins. As new iron coins pass, the old value of the old iron coins will quickly decrease and exit circulation.

The sun had just risen, and the transported soldiers came to report that they had been transported into the military resource warehouse and sealed. Shang Yao and Wang Kechen personally entered the warehouse to check, confirmed that it was correct, and ordered his subordinates to post seals.

Xia Xun said: "The salary for this month will be paid with new iron coins. The new money must be used for it. Otherwise, there will be conflicts among the people. Go back and tell the officials under you, and don't make noise when the time comes."

The officials bowed to it. No matter how good the new money is, the people have never seen it, and they will not accept it smoothly. The army and officials are powerful departments. Taking it to buy goods is similar to forced buying and selling. No one dares not to collect it, and can be promoted as quickly as possible.
Chapter completed!