Chapter 450 Independent Women
"Coining gold coins?" Li Min said with a surprised look. Just now Xijun said that she had a way to temporarily make up for the shortage of silver coins, but Li Min never expected that Xijun would actually propose to mint gold coins.
"Although gold is of high value, it is much rarer than silver. How can it be used to mint coins?" Li Min then asked in confusion.
"Who told that gold is less than silver?" Xi Jun rolled his eyes at Li Min and said, "Although the gold output in our Central Plains region is not much, the official and private gold reserves accumulated over the ages are not small, and as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
During this period, some people have already used gold as currency.
Now, people also have the habit of collecting gold. Although I have not done statistics, in my opinion, the gold reserves of our Datang Dynasty are probably more than silver. If my husband hadn’t discovered a large silver mine in Watian before,
If so, I will not agree to using silver as currency!"
Hearing Xijun's words, Li Min felt as if he had been enlightened. He suddenly woke up and found that he had been trapped in a strange thinking circle. From the perspective of future generations like him, gold was more valuable than silver, and
The quantity is also scarcer than silver, but he forgot that the silver in the Central Plains is
It only came from abroad during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the previous dynasties, gold and silver were both precious metals. Although there was some difference in value between the two, it was not as big as that of later generations. Even the circulation of gold was higher than that of silver.
It is much more extensive, so in the Tang Dynasty, the reserves of gold should actually be greater than that of silver.
Wanting to understand this, Li Min touched his forehead and sighed, and then admitted his mistake to Xijun: "That's it. Fortunately, Xijun reminded me, otherwise I really didn't know that gold is no less than silver. It seems that we need to make a plan.
At the same time as the silver coins are issued, gold coins will also be issued, but the exchange ratio of gold coins to silver coins must be determined in advance, so as not to allow some people with ulterior motives to take advantage of the loopholes."
The loophole mentioned in Li Min's words is actually the issue of currency value. For example, in the case of silver coins, one silver coin can be used as regular money, but the price of silver was low in the past. If someone secretly minted silver coins, there would be
Huge profit margins. Fortunately, the amount of silver is not large, and Li Min
After mastering Iwami Ginzan, he is equivalent to mastering most of the silver output. Under his operation, the price of silver has been raised. Now, a silver coin plus the cost of casting is actually worth a lot.
, so even if someone uses silver to mint coins, there is no room for gain.
The same is true for gold. The value of a gold coin should preferably correspond to its own value, so that people who want to mint private coins will be unprofitable. However, making the currency value equal to the actual value cannot completely eliminate private coinage.
, others can still make a profit by reducing my gold and silver content,
Although there will be a difference in fineness, it is difficult for ordinary people to tell the difference. Therefore, the most important thing is to legislate to prohibit private minting of gold and silver coins. In addition, we must increase the intensity of the crackdown to make the other party feel that the risks taken are not proportional to the benefits. In this way
Only in this way can we fundamentally eliminate the possibility of private coinage for profit.
Xijun naturally understood the meaning of Li Min's words, so he nodded after hearing it. Then he said: "Husband, although the Shijian silver mine in Watian has huge reserves, our business in the Tang Dynasty is developing very fast, and there is no need for gold and silver coins."
The demand will be getting bigger and bigger, so I’m afraid this one silver mine still won’t be able to meet our needs. Don’t you know the locations of many mineral deposits? Can you find some more?”
Regarding the fact that Li Min knew where the mineral deposits were, the people around him were shocked at first, but gradually got used to it, and now Xijun even took the initiative to ask Li Min to provide the location of some gold and silver mines.
After hearing this, Li Min smiled bitterly and said: "I do know where the gold and silver reserves are the largest in the world, but unfortunately it is in South America. With our current navigation capabilities, it is difficult to reach the Americas, let alone mine them.
!”
Xijun had seen the world map drawn by Li Min and knew where South America was, so when he heard that the largest source of gold and silver was there, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on his face.
However, Li Min quickly comforted her and said: "We can't go to South America for the time being, but Nanyang is also one of the important producing areas of gold and silver. That will be my husband's next goal. As it is
Let’s develop slowly, and I believe some gold and silver mines will also be discovered, which should be able to alleviate the shortage of gold and silver!”
When Li Min said this, his tone paused for a moment, and then he said again: "By the way, metal currency will be eliminated sooner or later. In the future, our development direction will still be to develop towards credit currencies such as paper money. Although paper money is now promoted
It’s not feasible yet, but you also need to urge banks to carry out some check transaction business to prepare for the future issuance of banknotes!”
Xijun also learned a lot from Li Min. For example, about banking, Li Min taught him all the knowledge he knew about banking and finance. Although Li Min didn't know much, even
He didn't quite understand a lot of things he knew, but these unsystematic knowledge sounded very enlightening to Xijun. It was precisely because of this that Xijun was the only person who could discuss banking business with Li Min.
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After hearing this, Xijun also nodded and said: "My husband is absolutely right. Paper money is definitely the future development trend, but as my husband said before, the issuance of paper money must have a standard currency, but whether it is a gold standard or a silver standard
, all require huge reserves of gold or silver, so husband, you still have to find gold and silver mines quickly."
The conversation went round and round, and finally it turned to gold and silver reserves. Li Min was quite helpless about this. It seemed that while he was invading the islands in Southeast Asia, he also had to pay attention to collecting some information on gold and silver mines. Unfortunately, although he
We know that gold and silver are produced in Nanyang, but we don’t know exactly where they are. Otherwise, we would have sent people to occupy the areas with gold and silver mines.
After chatting with Xijun about banking matters for a while, Li Min asked her to rest. After all, she had been running all morning, so she was naturally tired. But when Xijun left, Li Min turned Feng Shuyu behind her
He stayed, but Xijun gave Li Min a warning smile before returning to the room to rest.
Regarding the warning behind Xijun's smile, Li Min also felt aggrieved. He really had no other thoughts about Feng Shuyu, but he aroused the suspicion of Wen Xin and Xijun since he brought him back to the palace.
The reason why Xijun brought Feng Shuyu with him was not only to have more helpers, but also to prevent Li Min from stealing food.
If you misunderstand, let it be misunderstood. Anyway, you are not afraid of slanted shadows! Li Min encouraged himself in his heart.
"Shuyu, last time your brother took out a thousand strings to redeem your life, why don't you go back with him?" Li Min asked Feng Shuyu after he sat down.
The last time they met Lu Wan's fleet in Taiwan, Feng Shijie immediately offered to redeem his sister's life and handed over a thousand strings to Li Min. Li Min also kept his promise and restored Feng Shuyu's freedom, but Feng Shuyu was unwilling to leave.
Instead, he chose to stay. No matter what Feng Shijie tried to persuade him, it was useless. In the end, he had to respect his sister's choice. Li Min was also a little strange about this, but he waited until today to have the opportunity to ask Feng Shuyu.
Hearing Li Min's question, Feng Shuyu's delicate face showed a mischievous smile, blinked a pair of beautiful big eyes and said: "Your Highness, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"Oh, how can you tell the truth, and how can you tell lies?" Li Min suddenly felt that this girl had become a lot more cheerful, and she even had the feeling of a strong business woman in her expression. It seems that she has learned from Xijun during this period.
With the lack of things, even his personality has undergone some changes, which makes Li Min feel that the other party is much more interesting.
Feng Shuyu showed a sly smile again, but said with a slightly red face: "The lie is that the little girl likes His Highness, so she is reluctant to leave His Highness."
Li Min was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that the other party would say such a thing. Although he knew it was a joke and the other party also told lies, it still made Li Min a little uncomfortable.
However, Feng Shuyu didn't seem to notice anything strange at all, and continued with a smile: "As for the truth, it is that Shuyu likes the current life and does not want to go back with his brother, and then stays at home every day. When he reaches the age, he will obey
My brother’s arrangement is to marry, have children and live out my life, I want to arrange my own life!”
When she said the last few sentences, the expression on Feng Shuyu's face became very solemn. It was obvious that she was not joking, but she was telling the truth. This surprised Li Min and at the same time, he was also surprised by Feng Shuyu's behavior.
He was very impressed by this kind of spirit. He really didn't expect that the other party actually
Although she already has a sense of feminism, although it is still very rudimentary, she already knows clearly that she has to make decisions for herself and not be dependent on men. In the era of the Tang Dynasty, there were very few women who could have such thoughts.
There are so few of them, and it is precisely because of this that they are even more admirable.
Seeing Li Min staring at her blankly without speaking, Feng Shuyu lowered her head in embarrassment. When she and Li Min first met, she was in awe of each other's identity, but after getting along with him later, she realized that His Highness King Qi was a very good person.
People who are easy to get along with are happy or happy
You can talk to him about anything you are unhappy about, and the other person also respects his life and will not interfere too much. It is precisely because of this that Feng Shuyu treats Li Min as a friend with whom he talks about everything.
They won't hide anything from him, and occasionally they will make little jokes with each other.
Although Li Min's eyes were fixed on Feng Shuyu, what came to his mind was a very important issue. He really didn't pay much attention to this issue before, but today he finally discovered from Feng Shuyu and another acquaintance in front of him.
Chapter completed!