Although the sub-ship led by Jiang Lu failed to complete the feat of circling the island for a week, it brought a gift to other members of the fleet, which was more than a dozen large lobsters weighing hundreds of pounds. They had originally caught a lot of these large lobsters, but unfortunately, most of them died in just a few days, and in the end only these dozen were left to survive. Lu Wan also knew that this thing could not be maintained, so he finally decided to transport them all to the kitchen and give all the crew a meal.

Although the lobster was eaten, the dragon shell was kept by Lu Wan, and it was cleaned and spliced ​​together as it was. In addition, he also allowed people to capture some strange animals on the big island, such as the big island called gray crane, and there were also animals with very large heads, mice, and strange bags on their belly, etc. Try to bring more animals of each type, which is to be delivered to Taiwan. I heard that His Royal Highness Qi wanted to set up a zoo and exhibition hall, and now he is ordering people to collect stalks everywhere. I believe that the ones they brought will definitely be very popular.

In addition, Lu Wan also discovered an interesting phenomenon, that is, among the animals on the island, many animals have bags on their stomachs, such as the mouse-like animal they caught, and there is also a kind of bear living in trees, and even wolves that prey everywhere have bags. These strange animals opened their eyes, so they sent people to capture some of them on the boat, and some plant seeds, and they also collected some as much as possible.

After several days of preparation, Lu Wan and his fleet finally set sail, but they had built a simple dock on Sunset Island and asked Moli's troops to help take care of it. The leader Rumodo naturally agreed to this matter. After all, he still hoped that these wealthy outsiders would come to their island to trade with them again.

When Lu Wan and the others left, all the staff of Moli's troops came to the port to see him off, among which Rumodo was wrapped in half a piece of silk and kept waving goodbye to the fleet. The glass bracelet in his hand shone with him. However, among the crowd, the saddest one was Duoya. She and Lu Wan and the others went to the big island to find gold and formed a strong friendship with everyone. Lu Wan and the others also liked Duoya very much. When they left, many crew members gave Duoya some small things, although they didn't seem too expensive to them. However, it was an extremely precious gift for Duoya.

In fact, not only Duoya received the gift from the crew, but almost all the Moli tribe accepted the benefits of the fleet. Lu Wan even made an exception to give Moli tribe some bows and arrows and taught them how to use it. This move greatly increased the hunting ability of Moli tribe, and could hit more prey than before, reducing the possibility of starvation among the Moli tribe.

It was precisely the various actions above that led to the entire Moli tribe sending him off when Lu Wan and the others left. After all, in their opinion, these outsiders who came on the big ship were a group of kind people, and they were very generous, just like messengers sent by gods.

However, the reason why Lu Wan and the others sought to win over Moli's troops was not good at it. Everything still originated from the gold mine they discovered on the island. Although they only stayed there for a few days, the crew had already found a lot of gold grains and sands. So Lu Wan and Feng Shijie had reason to believe that it should be a gold mine with considerable reserves. It is definitely worth mining.

The slave hunting association behind Lu Wan will definitely not let go of a gold mine with mining value. After all, the association is not only the business of slave hunting and slave trafficking, but also many other related industries. As for gold mining, which is almost equivalent to robbing money, it will naturally not let go of it.

However, if you want to mine gold mines on the big island, you must send some people to stay, and this requires the help of the Moli Ministry. After all, they are natives here, and no one is more familiar with the situation on the island than them. With their help, I believe that those who come will be able to gain a foothold on the big island soon.

Compared to the way he came, Lu Wan and the others did not seem easy when returning to the voyage. After all, the storms and clouds on the sea are changing, and no one knows what they will encounter next moment? Therefore, Lu Wan and the others' return is also full of dangers. In addition, they have to overcome difficulties in food, drinking, fear, etc., break through the wind and waves, and head towards their place of sailing.

Just when Lu Wan and his fleet returned to sail with Dajian, Li Yan from Dengzhou City also received a message from Yan Bei. The exploration fleet was just setting out to find a new source of slaves. In Yan Bei's opinion, this was not a big deal, so he did not report to Li Yan. However, when the two of them had a letter to communicate, they said something casually, which surprised Li Yan. He regretted that he could not explain to the other party before the fleet set off. Although he could not guarantee that the other party would definitely reach Australia, according to the navigation direction that Yan Bei mentioned, it was indeed very likely to arrive in Australia.

However, although Li Yan was concerned about exploring the fleet, he was now entangled by another thing and did not have much energy to take special care of it for the time being, so he had to tell Yan Bei that if the fleet members came back, he must tell him in advance, and then he must go to greet him personally and ask the other party some questions.

"Yifan, you should have no problem with the machine here. Although 200,000 silver coins have been produced now, I will see 200,000 again in a month, and this is only the first issue of the silver coins, and more silver coins will definitely be issued in the future. Therefore, the machines here will not be stopped for a long time. If anything happens, the trouble will be great!" Li Yan said loudly to Yifan beside him.

They are now in a noisy factory, surrounded by the roar of steam engines. Driven by the steam engine, machines are working quickly and making a very regular "bang" sound. In this environment, if people don't speak loudly, they will not be able to hear clearly what the other party is saying.

"Don't worry, as long as you can provide enough silver and copper materials, there will be no problem in producing 200,000 silver coins a month!" Yifan, wearing a green long gown and dressed as a man, said with a smile.

Hearing Yifan's words, Li Yan nodded with confidence. Yifan was the person he trusted the most, and as long as the other party agreed, he would definitely be sure to do it, so there was no need to doubt it at all.

Li Yan and his team are newly established mints. This factory was not set up by Li Yan on Taiwan Island, but is still built in Dengzhou. Although Li Yan has already transferred some industries in Dengzhou to Taiwan Island, the currency reform is mainly in the Tang Dynasty, so it is better to set up in the Tang Dynasty, at least the transportation cost is much lower.

When he was attacking Japan, Li Yan told Cheng Huailiang and the others that he would add a higher value coin based on the Tang Dynasty copper coins, and this coin was a silver coin. Although Li Yan also wanted to make it in one step and exchange the current metal currency for later banknotes, reality told him that this was not something that could be done in a short time, at least for most people, they could not fully accept banknotes.

Although Li Yan's bank has been opened in major cities in the Tang Dynasty, many people like to deposit money in banks, and there are also bank passbooks under the cabinet at home, the passbook is now only regarded as a kind of deposit certificate and cannot be circulated at all. Although some flexible businessmen have opened some unnamed passbooks for some commercial transactions, anyone can withdraw money with such passbooks. But this is a minority after all, and it is only used for commercial circulation. Few people use it by the private sector, so it is not considered a banknote at all.

The news from the bank made Li Yan understand that in a short period of time, metal currency is still the protagonist in the market. Even if he forcibly launched paper money, it would probably not be recognized by the people and turned into waste paper. The best result was that the paper money was in a subordinate position and could not exist without metal currency.

It was precisely because of the above that Li Yan decided to go step by step and issue silver coins with relatively large denominations first. After all, after the development of business, the commercial transaction amount is getting bigger and bigger, and a general business will also use dozens or hundreds of trump cards. If it is settled with copper coins, it will be too troublesome, so it is imperative to issue silver coins with large denominations.

Unfortunately, the Tang Dynasty court did not realize this. The old Ministry of Revenue Management System was no longer able to keep up with the speed of business development. Coins were one of the most prominent problems. After Li Yan knew about this problem, he decided not to bother Li Shimin because he had the ability to solve this problem himself.

In order to find the silver needed to issue silver coins, Li Yan put his ideas on the head of Japan and mobilized the upstarts in Chang'an to capture the Shijian Silver Mine in Japan, and then organized the Japanese to mine on the spot. After nearly half a year of development, the Shijian Silver Mine has now formed a certain scale and can produce quite amazing silver every month. In addition, the silver reserves collected by Li Yan in the past are enough for him to issue silver coins.

As for Yifan, Li Yan also gave her instructions in advance to help design a stamping machine driven by a steam engine. The structure of this machine is relatively simple. In the past, the steam engine manufacturing factory also had similar machines. Now it can be used as soon as it is modified. In addition, there is also the style of silver coins. Li Yan decided to use traditional round square holes, and even the characters on it did not change. It was still the four words "Kaiyuan Tongbao", which was also the main currency during the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why we use the form of round square holes is that we can thread threads in the middle, which is easier to carry. Secondly, this shape also represents a cultural tradition, so there is no need to become the perfect circle afterwards. There is another very important reason, that is, the style of Kaiyuan Tongbao, so the coin molds are ready-made, and there are many craftsmen who can make such molds, so they can be used to modify them.
Chapter completed!