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Guo Ning frowned: "People from Song State? People from Song State directly provoke our people to start a rebellion?"

"Exactly."

"What about the evidence?"

Zhou Keshan took his time and asked the servants for clean water first.He washed his face and hands, took out a cloth bag from his sleeve, and dumped the contents on the desk.

Those were a few copper coins, shining golden and very attractive in color.

Guo Ning looked down, a little confused, so: "Is this copper coin very particular?"

"That guy Lin Zhen has always been known for his boldness and generosity. In recent months, he has become extraordinarily generous, and he often invites other leaders and ministers to entertain guests and play with women. What did they talk about? The leaders are dead Don’t tell me, I won’t ask, but one thing, many gang capitals have seen Lin Zhen ask his subordinates to pay the bills, and the money he took out.”

Ding's navy thrives on maritime trade, and the benefits gained from maritime trade are ultimately reflected in copper coins.No matter how hard you work on a business, if you get bad money, you will have to pay for it.Therefore, everyone who has done a little business has the shrewdness to distinguish coins.

When Zhou Keshan chatted with the gang leaders, he felt that there might be a possibility to dig deeper in this, so he led everyone to talk about it, and kept going in this direction.

Finally, a gang leader said that the copper coins used by Lin Zhen were the Dading Tongbao of the Dajin Kingdom, but they were different from the official Dading Tongbao.This Gangshou had never been seen before, and because he was curious, he kept a few coins and put them on hand as change.

These few coins, now on the table in front of Guo Ning, spun around twice and stopped.

Li Yun glanced over and was immediately taken aback.He strode over, stroked the copper coins, and then said with certainty: "This is our money! It's the batch produced by Yidu Qianjian at the end of last year!"

Zhou Keshan nodded: "Since the establishment of Yidu Qianjian, only this batch of copper coins has been produced."

"Isn't this money out of the treasury?" Li Yun asked.

It turns out that the mining industry in Shandong has been developed since ancient times. As early as the Song Dynasty, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou had their own mining and metallurgy.In the Laiwu Supervisor of Yanzhou alone, there are Shibaye and Santiekeng. There are more than 5000 households living here who make a living from mining and iron making, and there are more than 120 miners.After the Ding Navy established itself in Shandong, it became more and more active in mining and metallurgy. The Laiwu Supervisor alone produced more than [-] million jin of iron materials per year, while the mining supervisors around Dengzhou produced more than [-] taels of gold per year. , have made a huge contribution.

However, in terms of mining output, there are many iron mines in Shandong, followed by gold mines and silver mines, and relatively few copper mines.Gold and silver mines are still distributed in Deng, Lai, Mizhou and other places, while copper mines are only in Yidu, and mining is extremely difficult.Therefore, for a long time, the Ding Navy has obtained a large amount of copper coins from the Southern Dynasty through sea trade for its own use.

It's not just the Ding Navy. In fact, for a hundred years since the founding of Dajin, it has been relying on the copper coins of the Southern Dynasty and its own banknotes, which are becoming more and more like waste paper, to maintain economic operations.During the reign of Sejong Dading, he once set up a money supervisor in Zhongdu to mint coins on a large scale. The result may be that the technology is not up to standard, or there are too many officials who took advantage of it. The total currency value is 14 guan, and the expenditure is as high as 80 guan. It is hard to make a profitable business and lose your underwear.

For this reason, Ding Haijun was particularly cautious when trying to use copper coins.It was not until the end of last year that taking advantage of the Dongfeng established by the Privy Council of Zhongdu, a new Qianjian was established to try to imitate Dading Tongbao.Because of inexperience and rough craftsmanship, after a few twists and turns, more than 3000 copper coins were produced.

Money is of course good money, but the money supervisor is newly established. After all, it is the first time to start work. The casting is not exquisite enough. Occasionally, air holes can be seen, and the edges of the characters are slightly blurred. Not as good, but the cost is frighteningly high.

In recent years, there has been a shortage of money in the world. Even in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, there are a large number of officially minted tin coins and privately minted iron coins in circulation.Although Ding Haijun's own copper coins are not so exquisite, after all, they are treasured by themselves, so the Privy Council of Zhongdu is not willing to spend them, and turn them into treasury.

Guo Ning picked up a copper coin and took a closer look, vaguely remembering that Du Shisheng seemed to have issued a document for this.He asked: "How did the money in Yidu's treasury end up here? How can it be proved that the rebellion of the leaders was instigated by the Song people?"

"Ahem..." Zhou Keshan said respectfully, "Marshal, this money was spent later. It was urgent at that time, and Mr. Jinzhi specially approved it. My subordinates were responsible for transferring out of the treasury."

"Huh? We are still in such a hurry to spend money? What is it for?"

"At the beginning of the year, the maritime grain trade was interrupted, and grain smuggling from the canal to the north was also affected. In Baoying County, Chuzhou, I contacted Jia She, a well-informed local county magistrate, and asked him to come forward to make Huaidong The Zhizhi envoy and the Chuzhou side raised their hands and let the merchants' grain ships go north for handover."

"I remember this matter. You reported it later, saying that Jia She is good at dancing, comforting all parties, and very talented. The only thing is that he is a little too greedy for money..."

Speaking of this, Guo Ning suddenly realized: "Three thousand guan?"

"It's exactly the three thousand guan given in that round."

Zhou Keshan said in a deep voice: "After our copper coins were minted, we kept them in the treasury until that time when Jia She blatantly asked for three thousand guan in bribes. I didn't have enough money around me, so I sent my cronies to rush to benefit the capital. Because the food Trade is very important, Mr. Jinzhi was afraid of making mistakes, so he simply sent three thousand self-made Dading Tongbao to me."

Li Yun picked up the money, flicked it twice, and listened to the sound: "The only person who got the money was Jia She, the county magistrate of Baoying County. I keep spending it..."

"Three thousand guan is not a small amount of money, but in the area of ​​Chuzhou, the west is close to Sizhou and Xuyi, and the south is the bustling Yangzhou, and the canal trade route passes by. Every day, the golden mountains and silver seas flow like water. Three If the Qianguan money is used by Jia Shehua, it will immediately flow into countless channels and pass through the hands of countless people, and it will be scattered since then, and can never be gathered again."

"However, Lin Zhen can spend a lot of money, so he must have got the money from Jia She!"

Guo Ning followed the train of thought of the two, figured out the sequence, and immediately became angry.

He slapped the table with his palm, causing the copper coins to jump wildly: "In other words, this Jia She took our bribes, then took our money, changed hands and bought our people, and made our people rebel when they came to China. ?”

"I think what he used to bribe Lin Zhen was not only this little money, but also promised many other benefits. Marshal, I have dealt with this Jia She several times, and I know that he is treacherous and cunning, and he has many tricks. It is indeed possible that a person wandering at sea is bewitched by him..."

"Hey……"

Guo Ning thought for a while and asked, "It's just, what is he trying to do by doing this? I heard earlier that this person has good intentions for us to set up the navy? Why did he suddenly turn his face?"