The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 397 Financial constraints, open a new source

"Oh, so that's what happened." Liu Bian understood a little bit.

Just listen to Wei Zheng continue to say; "Food in private hands can only be bought with money, and cannot be forcibly requisitioned!"

"Okay, I understand. What you mean is that the granary in the capital is empty, and the bank is also out of silver and money." Liu Bian suddenly realized.

Prince Liu Hao and others nodded frequently.

Now the powerful families in various places are making troubles and creating rebellions, and the central government's finances have been greatly affected. Now it is already a little bit powerless.

"Since you need to spend money to buy food, it means there is still enough food." Liu Bian was very confident.

"Your Majesty, there are less than one hundred thousand taels of silver in the treasury now, and the transportation of silver mines in Dongying has also been affected by the rebellion in Qingzhou, and it has not been here for a long time." Zhuge Liang said.

"It doesn't matter, there is no tribute from Dongying's silver mines, I will do business in the capital, and I can also get silver, which can be used to buy food to help the victims!" Liu Bian said.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

They were surprised and delighted, not knowing what tricks Liu Bian could come up with to get money.

"Actually, there is plenty of money, but it is no longer in our hands. As long as we make some tricks, we can have as much money as we want!" Liu Bian said.

"Your Majesty, what method is used?" Zhuge Liang was already curious.

Liu Bian did not answer on the spot, but led everyone out of the hall.

"You come with me!"

Prince Liu Hao, Zhuge Liang and others were full of doubts and followed behind Liu Bian.

They walked out of the palace and came to a workshop outside the back garden of the palace.

"Father, is this a workshop?" the prince asked.

"That's right, it's a workshop. Relief for the victims is a test of the workshop." Liu Bian said.

Immediately, their skills entered the workshop.

As soon as he saw the emperor and prince coming in, the leader of the workshop immediately went to report.

Soon, an old man with a white beard who was in charge of the workshop came out.

"Chen Yuji, pay homage to Your Majesty!" The old man was wearing an official uniform.

Prince Liu Hao and others were surprised when they heard this.

Yu Ji, that is a famous living god in today's world. He claims to be able to bring the dead back to life, a transcendent figure, how could he be taken under His Majesty's command?

In fact, for Liu Bian, gods and immortals are all boasted by ordinary people. Yu Ji's real ability, in Liu Bian's view, belongs to the ability of Taoism and Mohism.

Yu Ji is the most suitable for all kinds of refining elixirs and making all kinds of whimsical items.

"Okay, don't be too polite, I'll just ask you, glass manufacturing already exists, right?" Liu Bian said.

"Your Majesty, the glass has been successfully manufactured." Yu Ji said.

Prince Liu Hao and the others were all surprised.

As for glass, they are no strangers, the whole Han Dynasty is nothing strange.

However, when Yu Ji took out the manufactured glass, they were all surprised.

It can even be said that the jaw dropped in surprise.

I saw that the glass was half the height of a person, wide and big enough to be half the door frame.

"How is such a big glass possible!" Prince Liu Hao said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, such a large glass is simply unheard of!" Zhuge Liang looked horrified.

"Your Majesty, such a large glass must not be cheap, and it can definitely make a lot of money." Zhang Juzheng said.

They can all guess the huge value of the glass, and it is no difficulty at all to harvest the money of the rich in Luoyang.

"Father, how much does such a piece of glass cost?" Prince Liu Hao asked.

At a young age, he already knew the importance of money.

"Yu Ji, you come and tell the prince." Liu Bian said.

"Your Majesty!" Yu Ji hurriedly saluted.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Ji said to the prince and others.

"His Royal Highness, this half-human-sized glass can be sold for 100 taels of silver!"

"What, 100 taels!"

"100 taels??"

Prince Liu Hao and the others were terrified even if they were prepared in their hearts.

You know, 20 taels of silver can feed a family of five with chicken, duck and fish for a year.

100 taels of silver, that is the annual cost of five well-off families.

What's more, they haven't seen the use of such a large glass yet.

"You come with me."

Liu Bian seemed to see their doubts.

Soon, they were led into another room.

As soon as everyone came in, they immediately noticed the difference.

The whole room is very bright, and there is no darkness that needs to be waited for.

"Is it glass?"

"The windows are made of glass?"

Zhuge Liang and others immediately discovered the abnormality.

They rushed to the window, and finally found these floor-to-ceiling windows one by one.

The huge glass makes the whole room extremely bright and exudes a full sense of luxury.

Once this kind of thing becomes popular, those wealthy businessmen will definitely rush to buy it.

"To tell you the truth, I have already planned to use these plate glass to replace the window paper, and use the glass of the big man for all the windows of the big man, and let them send the money of those rich merchants obediently!" Liu Bian said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"His Majesty Shengming 1"

Prince Liu Hao and others are all cheering for Long Live.

"Get up, you people, you just like to make a fuss!"

As Liu Bian spoke, he asked Ji again.

"Yu Ji."

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!" Yu Ji said.

"Before I left, I gave you the method of making a silver mirror, but you did it." Liu Bian asked.

Hearing this, Yu Ji immediately became happy, and his gray beard started to fight.

"Your Majesty, the silver mirror has been made!" Yu Ji said.

"Okay, then quickly take us to have a look." Liu Bian said.

Prince Liu Hao, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Juzheng and the others looked puzzled again.

They had never heard of silver mirrors, only bronze mirrors.

"Father, what is a silver mirror?" Prince Liu Hao couldn't help asking.

"Go and have a look, and you'll know." Liu Bian said with a smile.

Soon, Yu Ji led the crowd to another workshop room.

Different from other workshops, there are dozens of guards guarding the gate of this workshop, which is even stricter than the palace level.

After entering inside, Yu Ji led everyone to another room.

"Your Majesty, this is the silver mirror!" Yu Ji pointed to a huge black cloth to cover it.

"Open it and have a look!" Liu Bian said.

"As your majesty!"

Yu Ji stepped forward cautiously and lifted the black curtain.

brush!
As the curtain was lifted, everyone was shocked!

A huge glass mirror with unusual brightness appeared in front of my eyes.

(End of this chapter)