"Kangxi's treasure, Qing Dynasty silver dollars...one yuan!"

Kangxi picked up an exquisitely crafted silver coin from the tray Li Dequan held. He looked around and played with it. He was reluctant to put it down for a while.

"What is this?" Seeing Kangxi picking up another smaller silver coin in the tray and looking at it carefully, Tong Guowei couldn't help asking Zhang Tingyu who was standing beside him.

"Silver coins, also known as silver coins!" Zhang Tingyu answered two simple words, felt that it was inappropriate, and then said to him in a low voice: "Made sent someone to present it."

"It's Ma De again?" Tong Guowei narrowed his eyes, his slightly tilted mouth and squeezed his nose. His strange expression made Zhang Tingyu chuckled.

In fact, it is no wonder that Tong Guowei has this expression. Ma De did a few more things that are fascinating during this period. A few days ago, Kangxi suddenly appointed him as the governor of Jiangnan, which made many ministers not have time to react. After these ministers woke up, Ma De's promotion was a fait accompli. Originally, since Ma De could not move Ma De, it would be fine. There was no eternal enemy in the court! However, although the people in the court could give in, it did not mean that other people could forget their disgust towards Ma De... The most important thing under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiangnan was not Anhui and Jiangxi, but Jiangsu! But Ma De had just made enemies with many people in Jiangsu. In addition, Ma De was not Antenna, and he had to rebuild the three official roads from Anhui to Jiangsu as soon as he took office, which caused no trouble.

The young officials and gentry in Jiangsu objected and took the opportunity to charge him of "deepening the people and causing money", and this voice was even louder and louder than the waves. However, it seemed that there would never be any good results when he got involved in Ma De. After the voice of rebuilding the official road, the two news of "clearing the deficits of the vassal treasury" and "regulating the administration of officials" were spread from Ma De's Governor's Office. Then, Jiangsu Xuezheng Xu Wenyuan was impeached by him for accepting bribes and selling juren's qualifications. Therefore, after this, all the voices against road construction in Jiangsu disappeared completely without long... Xu Wenyuan is Xu Qianxue's younger brother, Tong Guowei's man! Even the subordinates of the first powerful prime minister in the dynasty dared to use it as a "chicken" to kill them. How could those "monkey boys" who bully the weak and fear the strong dare to do anything else?

"The silver dollar is really exquisitely cast!" Zhang Tingyu was still thinking about what Ma De should do with Jiangsu officials afterwards, and Kangxi suddenly spoke.

"Emperor, what's the use of Ma De presenting this silver coin?" Tong Guowei asked after hearing Kangxi's words.

"Made means...it seems to be trying to use this silver coin to replace the scattered silver circulation on the market today!" Ma Qi said a little tickledly. This time, Made sent someone to send the silver coin to him and asked him to submit it to Kangxi. As a result, this reminded him of the old things that Made and Lianghuai salt merchants had caused trouble two years ago. He only used an emergency document to make him exhausted and not yet fall in love with a good old thing!

"Replace scattered silver? Humph, he's too whimsical, right?... How many years have the silver tragedy been in circulation? Which dynasty does not need it? Haven't they all been cast into silver ingots? Why do you have to cast any silver coins in one go?" Tong Guowei snorted disdainfully.

"Tong Xiang, although there are silver ingots on the market, they are more scattered silver. They often need to be weighed when used, which is very inconvenient!" Gao Shiqi said.

"So what? It's been used for many years, and the people have not necessarily had any disputes over such a thing. Why bother yourself?" Tong Guowei was still not interested in this matter.

"Ma De said in the memorial that since the Qing Dynasty opened the sea ban, due to the large surplus of foreign trade, foreign silver dollars have entered our country in large quantities. However, the quality of those foreign silver dollars is generally less than 90%, while the quality of our country's ingots and scattered silver can reach about 98%! In other words, if we exchange our country's silver for foreign silver dollars, we often have to pay 5% to 10% of silver dollars. In this way, our country's losses will be 12 million taels of silver every year! my country has been opening the sea ban for nearly twenty years, and in total, the loss has reached 20 to 30 million taels! Therefore, it is urgent to cast silver dollars!" Ma Qi repeated the words of Ma De in the memorial.

"Surplus? What does it mean?" Tong Guowei asked several colleagues.

"The surplus seems to mean that our country is generally making foreign money!" Seeing Ma Qi a little embarrassed, Zhang Tingyu briefly explained. When interrogating Mo Jing that time, Tong Guowei was still leading troops in the infantry commander's yamen, and Ma Qi didn't know where it was. Of course, it was impossible to know what this "surplus" meant.

"Okay, don't say no... What do you think of Ma De's request for minting coins? Should the court be obeyed?" Kangxi asked again.

"Your Majesty, I think it's not possible! Since the use of gold and silver has been established and the people are used to it, why bother to cast silver dollars? Besides, the silver dollars are not big, at most one or two. If you make too much, wouldn't the loss be even more? In that case, who will this fire consumption be added to?... So, I oppose Ma De's request for minting coins!" Tong Guowei said first.

"Where are you?" Kangxi turned to the other three ministers in the study room.

"Your Majesty, I think that what Tong Xiangang said just now is not unreasonable. Silver coins are small and ingots are large. If silver coins are minted, the losses will inevitably increase. If these fire consumption is spread over the people, the officials below will take the opportunity to extort it, which will inevitably become a policy to bury the people. However, I also think that Ma De's memorial was not wrong. The foreign silver dollar slave sent someone to investigate. Its quality is indeed not as high as the silver in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, when trading with foreign countries, our country will lose a lot every year! Although Ma De's account is a bit exaggerated, it does tell the truth. These tens of millions of taels of silver are actually a bit unfair to the loss." Ma Qi said.

"After you said so much, do you think I should be sure of Ma De's book?" Kangxi looked at Ma Qi with some amusement and asked.

"I think that I can be cast, but I must act cautiously!" Ma Qi bowed and replied.

"Yes!" Kangxi nodded.

"Your Majesty, I am against coin minting!" Gao Shiqi immediately spoke without waiting for Kangxi's gaze to turn to his side.

"Oh? Why?" Kangxi said strangely.

"Your Majesty, minting coins is a great move. I am afraid that once you obtain Ma De's book, there will be many troubles in the world!" Gao Shiqi said seriously.

"There are so many troubles in the world? Haha, Gao Shiqi, are you exaggerating to me again, right?" Kangxi asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I dare not exaggerate!" Gao Shiqi clasped his fists and said, "I would like to ask, how good is the silver coins offered by Ma De?"

"Silver accounts for eight or nine, copper is one. The silver coin of this one yuan is seven cents and two cents, and the remaining small coins are decreasing at the appropriate amount!" Ma Qi replied when he heard Gao Shiqi's question.

"Seven cents and two cents?... According to Ma De's meaning, can this silver coin be used with equal weight silver pattern?" Gao Shiqi asked again.

"Made really means this. That's how foreign silver coins seem to be used!" Maqi replied again.

"It's true!" Gao Shiqi nodded, turned to Kangxi and bowed: "Your Majesty, I believe you have understood what I mean... If you mint silver coins, there will be 10% of the patterned silver extra! In other words, those who mint coins will get 10% more profit! If the whole country starts to mint coins, this profit will probably be more than tens of millions of taels. Such huge profits will inevitably lead to countless people..."

"Not bad, Your Majesty, Gao Shiqi's words have come to the point. However, I think there are still many troubles in the coin minting, and Gao Shiqi has not said it completely yet!" Tong Guowei immediately followed when he heard Gao Shiqi's remarks.

"It's not complete yet? What did you think of again?" Kangxi asked looking at Tong Guowei.

"Emperor, if Ma De coins are accurate, he will not be able to favor one or the other to other provinces! In this way, the provinces will flock to each other, and the form, weight and quality will inevitably vary. If the gap is large, the market prices of various silver coins will fluctuate, resist each other, and poor circulation. Who can bear the responsibility at that time?" Tong Guowei said.

"This is simple. As long as the court issues laws and regulations and unify the system, will it be solved?" Ma Qi looked at Tong Guowei in surprise and said, "Did this first prime minister not expect such a simple thing?

"It's easy to say! Since this silver coin is so profitable, it's not something that can be managed by just a piece of law! At that time, what should the court do if there are illegal people who create bad coins in exchange for coins made by the court?" Tong Guowei said with a face raised.

"This..." Ma Qi was so confused by Tong Guowei's words. He knew that Tong Guowei had already said it lightly. He minted silver coins with less than 90% of the quality. With huge profits, he was probably not just illegal people, but also afraid that the people in the government would collude with these people. At that time, bad money would be everywhere in the market. The loss would not only be the people who received the money, but the court would be the biggest loss!

"Tong Xiang said it well. If there are many types of silver coins and different quality, it will inevitably lead to its market price at times high and low. If there are rich merchants who manipulate it to make huge profits, the people will inevitably suffer greatly and the court will suffer huge losses!" Zhang Tingyu also said slowly.

"Since there are so many disadvantages, please send this memorial back to Ma De!... Tell him, I don't allow it!" Kangxi thought for a while and said.

"The emperor is wise!"

...

After coming out of the study room, Ma Qi left to handle Ma De's memorials. Tong Guowei, Gao Shiqi and Zhang Tingyu went to the office together. Tong Guowei was the happiest person. After returning to the office room, he still smiled and occasionally laughed proudly. However, he was so happy not because he successfully asked Ma De to "die" the memorial to go to the study room, but because this was a rare time when he received more than two people in the study room, and he rarely felt like the first assistant minister of the dynasty. It was rare!

"Tong Xiang, don't be too happy too early. Ma De walked ahead of us this time." Gao Shiqi saw Tong Guowei's excitement, and secretly felt it was funny, and couldn't help but say something and hit this guy.

"So what if you walk in your head? Have you been dragged back again? Haha..." Tong Guowei smiled. His hostility towards Ma De was not a secret. Not only in front of Gao Shiqi and others, but there was no need to hide it in front of Kangxi.

"Haha, Tong Xiang, don't you understand? The emperor likes the silver coins offered by Ma De!" Gao Shiqi said.

"What's wrong with liked it? I think the silver coin is indeed quite exquisite, but so what?" Tong Guowei sneered.

"One side of the silver coin is casting a dragon, and the other side is casting the territory of my Qing Dynasty!" Gao Shiqi stared at Tong Guowei's eyes and continued: "Besides, the request for Ma De to mint the coins has not been announced yet. If the emperor did not ask us but the officials, I dare say that there will probably be no fewer supporters! Even if the court officials do not support much, more than half of the governors of the 18 provinces of the Qing Dynasty will support this proposal!"

"Oh? Why?" Tong Guowei asked casually.

"Of course it's because it can save money and make money! Hahaha..." Gao Shiqi laughed twice, turned around and walked out of the duty room... Today he was just called to ask questions, just like Ma Qi, not on duty!

"It's inexplicable! Tingyu, what does Gao Shiqi mean?" Tong Guowei looked at Gao Shiqi's back and turned his head to look at Zhang Tingyu again! Others may not know it, but he knew that the youngest boy in the study room and Gao Shiqi often have the same opinions and many similar opinions.

"Gao Xiang means that the court is short of money!" Zhang Tingyu saw Tong Guowei staring at him, so he had no choice but to say something simply, then lowered his head to do his own thing.

"The court is short of money?" Tong Guowei was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but sank in his heart!

*******

Not to mention Beijing, when Yu Zhong returned to Haichuanwei, he was warmly welcomed!... It was not only the soldiers who came out to welcome him, but now the seachuanwei is no longer as good as before. All the families of the navy officers and soldiers have been sent by Kangxi, and there are also many scattered Daur, Hezhe, Korean, Manchu, and Oroqen people who are also attracted. In other words, Haichuanwei is already a Manchurian city with a population of more than 100,000. Now the only one that can compare with it is Fengtian and Dalian that is being built step by step. In addition to these three cities, Ningguta has become a deliberate development under the deliberate development of Yisan A and Sharhuda.

A city with a population of tens of thousands is expanding step by step; and there is also Nibchu. Russia and the Netherlands have not forgotten to make war money since withdrawing from the "Spanish War", but many of their war money have been replaced by luxury goods such as tea, silk, porcelain and other luxury goods. In addition, due to the close proximity to Lake Baikal, the abundant aquatic products have caused more and more people to go north to Nibchu. In addition, in addition to "Zhangku Avenue" (Zhangjiakou to Kulun, now Outer Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, an important business road in the north of the Qing Dynasty), a newly emerged "Zhangni Avenue" triggered a large number of business opportunities from Zhangjiakou to Hulunbuir grassland and then to Nibchu.

"Why don't you stay in Japan for a longer time?" Mo Jing naturally wouldn't be excited about seeing the spoils brought from the ship by Yu Zhong's orders. However, when she saw Yu Zhong not shouting with the cheering crowd, but walked quietly to her, she still couldn't help laughing.

"I originally wanted to wash hot springs in Japan and find a few girls to play with... But then I thought about it, if I met an assassin, a ninja or something, it would be bad. In addition, I just grazed a wolf there, which should be enough for them to play, so I came back first!" Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Has a wolf been grazed?" Mo Jing didn't seem to hear the first half of Yu Zhong, but instead was more interested in the "wolf" mentioned later.

"Yes! You said, is Nian Gengyao qualified to be this wolf?" Yu Zhong continued to smile.

"Haha, you can think of it! However, the wolf is not about 'tradition', but 'only'." Mo Jing also smiled.

"It's all the same! It's all biting goods anyway! It's better to let them go if you put them at home!" Yu Zhong waved his hand indifferently and pulled Mo Jing to the carriage waiting aside.

...

"Tell you good news. The breech gun developed by Mr. Fei is already a little surprised!" On the carriage, Mo Jing told Zhong another new news.

"Really?" Yu Zhong couldn't help but shout. The breech gun is more than a little more complicated than the breech gun, and it's no wonder he was so surprised.

"Fei and his team have already made sulfuric acid and nitric acid, and are trying to find a way to make nitroscopic cotton; they are also manufacturing a larger tonnage water press to forge the gun barrel blank! I don't know the specific situation very well... However, it should be enough for you to wait for a few years. After all, Mr. Fei has a lot of things to be busy with!" Mo Jing said again.

"Some people are better than those who don't wait! Alas..." Yu Zhong sighed and said, "Why didn't we see before that Mr. Fei is actually an anxious temper? He advised us all day long to care about ours, why do you always want to become fat by eating it in one bite? Is he still working on his steam engine?"

"Of course! Even if everything is stopped, you can't stop this!" Mo Jing replied.

"I understand!" Yu Zhong shook his head, thought for a while and said with some amusement, "You said that's right. If he could make some gasoline now, would he just go to build the engine?"

"It's possible! If it's not really impossible, maybe he has started to manufacture intercontinental guided missiles. Do you think so?" Mo Jing also smiled.

"That's right!... But I still hope that he can get the breech gun out sooner. At least, don't make it so troublesome like building a landmine. In the end, I realized that it only needs to change the ignition material so simply!" Yu Zhong said again.

"You are good at talking sarcastic. If you have the ability, go by yourself!" Mo Jing beat him and said.
Chapter completed!