At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Although the smell inside is not very good, but...

There really isn't much smell from the outside.

People consciously go to the toilet in public toilets, and then someone will transport all the feces out of the city and dispose of them in designated places.

Our own specialists turn these excrements into fertilizers that can increase soil fertility and thus increase food production.

From a dirty and inaccessible existence to an existence that can increase food production, what kind of wonderful change is this?

According to Ma Yuan's jokes, Sa Qi and Long Lihe also knew that there is a very serious fertilizer crisis in the Wei Empire——

Because local officials hope to compete for enough fertilizer for their own jurisdiction to increase food production in their own jurisdiction.

But no one thinks that there is too much fertilizer in their jurisdiction.

Some places have few people, less fertilizer, and less food production. In order to obtain higher food production, they often choose to compete for fertilizer with those areas with high fertilizer production.

Officials in areas with high fertilizer production certainly didn't agree.

So this contradiction generally exists among local officials.

This kind of news really made them feel that this world is ridiculous. In a country not very far away from them, such a thing would actually happen.

Is a pile of shit a treasure? !

They hadn't thought about it anyway.

Everything they have experienced in Chang'an City has already made them unbelievable, and the huge scale of Luoyang City exceeds Chang'an City.

Regardless of the height or width of the city wall, or the width of the moat, from a distance, Luoyang City looks like a giant beast entrenched between heaven and earth.

Such a grand scale made Long Lihe really believe that the Wei Empire is definitely not a country that can be treated by force. It is purely brain-dead to meet such a country with force.

He remembered His Majesty's instructions, and he knew what he should do.

So facing Simpi's welcome, and knowing that he is a high-ranking official, Long Lihe was very respectful and cautious, and respected Simpi very much.

Xinpi felt very satisfied, so he greeted Guishuang, a business group with hundreds of people, to enter Luoyang City with a smile.

Guo Peng instructed that the main personnel of the business group, those officials and merchants with official status, should be treated as Guishuang envoys, and they can live in the Lifan Courtyard, while other entourages are arranged to enter the hotel in Luoyang City.

There are not enough official hotels to live in, and there are still some private hotels where people can live.

Anyway, the scale of private hotels in Luoyang is large enough, and many hotels also have catering business, which can allow private hotels to earn a good amount of extra money and increase their income.

The private hotel industry, which has just started not long ago, will also take advantage of this shareholder wind to take off in the wind.

On the tuyere, as long as you are not too stupid, as long as you are hardworking and willing to work, there is nothing that can't fly.

What Guo can provide them is opportunities, environment, and conditions. Whether they can work hard and get rich depends on themselves.

After all, no leader of any country will personally hand over Wan Guan's wealth to every citizen.

As for those important members, Simpi personally led them to the Guishuang Hall of the Lifan Academy, where they stayed and enjoyed the treatment of envoys.

Afterwards, Simpi arranged an accommodation in the Lifan Courtyard, while Ma Yuan went to the palace to meet Guo Peng.

He hasn't returned to Luoyang for a long time. After returning, before he had time to feel the scenery of Luoyang, Ma Yuan was called to the palace by Guo Peng.

It is said that Guo Peng missed Ma Yuan very much and wanted to see him very much.

As soon as Ma Yuan heard it, his heart flew to Guo Peng.

He really misses his Majesty very much.

Ma Yuan soon arrived at the palace and came to the study of Qinzheng Palace to meet Guo Peng.

"Your Majesty, minister, fulfill your mission!"

Seeing Guo Peng, Ma Yuan immediately knelt down and returned to Guo Peng with tears in his eyes.

Guo Peng quickly stepped forward to help Ma Yuan up.

"Just come back, just come back."

Guo Peng didn't immediately ask Ma Yuan what achievements he had made, but instead asked him how he was, and told Ma Yuan that his tears were in his eyes, and that the person he missed most along the way was Guo.

Someone Guo smiled.

"You kids from the training camp will talk to make me happy, hahaha, okay, sit down, and tell me what you have encountered along the way."

Somebody Guo asked Su Yuan to bring Ma Yuan a drink, then sat down opposite him and listened to him tell him about the Western Regions and Guishuang Kingdom.

"As His Majesty estimated, the Guishuang Kingdom has a lot of troops. According to Dawan, the Guishuang Kingdom has more than 20 troops and a population of several million. It is a big country. Many people are engaged in farming and livestock. someone does.

I haven't seen how strong Guishuang's army is, but their coinage is very good. I think the craftsmen in this area are very skilled. I got a lot of gold coins, silver coins and copper coins from Guishuang Kingdom, and found that their casting technology is very sophisticated. . "

Ma Yuan showed Guo Peng all the gold, silver and copper coins from Guishuang Kingdom he had obtained.

After Guo Peng took it, he held it in his hand, looked at it, and nodded slowly.

"Not only is the coinage technology good, but also, he looks very rich, and he can use gold and silver as currency in circulation. The amount of gold and silver owned by Guishuang must far exceed that of Wei Wei. It seems that the 400-year Silk Road has brought Guishuang There are really many benefits.”

Guo Peng played with the fine Guishuang gold coin in his hand, his eyes were full of longing.

He is short of gold and silver, really short of gold and silver.

In ancient China, there was always a shortage of metals such as gold, silver and copper that could be used as currency, but the economy was strong, and the surrounding vassal states all used Chinese currency, so it often caused deflation, and even the amount of copper was difficult to maintain.

So it was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that the silver standard was successfully established.

If enough gold and silver can be obtained, someone Guo can also set up a gold standard or a silver standard.

If a gold standard or a silver standard can be established, it will inevitably promote economic development and reduce the use of copper coins, then some copper mines can be squeezed out and used in the field of scientific development.

Economic development and scientific development always complement each other.

gold and silver.

In addition to local excavations, Guo remembers that there are also many surrounding countries that are relatively rich in production, Guishuang must have a lot, and the countries in the Western Regions should also have a lot of savings, and then...

Probably Japan, the famous Iwami Ginzan.

Although Guo does not know where the Iwami Silver Mine is, it seems that there are quite a few silver and gold mines on the Japanese archipelago.

There are quite a lot of precious metal deposits on the small archipelago, and I don't know why, so the envious Guo is a little jealous.

It must be troublesome to find, but if you look for it, you should be able to find quite a few.

Someone in Guo thought about it, and according to the current nautical power of the Wei Empire, it seems that it is not difficult to send some people to Japan.

Chapter 1023 One thousand and thirty-three

The current Japan, if someone Guo remembers correctly, seems to be in a relatively primitive period.

The country should not yet take shape, or there are multiple regional countries, and there is no unified country.

Somebody Guo vaguely remembered that there was a country called Yamatai, which seemed to have a small scope of rule, and the king was still a queen, who seemed to have a relatively good relationship with Cao Wei.

The whole country is quite primitive, even if someone is sent to conquer it, it is not too difficult to think about it, and it will only take a matter of minutes to win.

Therefore, in the enfeoffment plan planned by someone in Guo, the Japanese archipelago is indeed within the scope of future enfeoffment.

For that great quantity of gold and silver.

As far as China’s local understanding of Japan during this period is concerned, the legendary story of Xu Fu’s journey to the east has been mentioned a little bit, and the official official exchanges seem to have not yet begun.

I remember that there seemed to be such a thing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Guo didn't care.

At present, Guo does not know any news from Japan, and it is not certain whether Japan knows that China has changed its dynasty.

After thinking about it, Guo decided to engage in the Silk Road and earn gold and silver from Guishuang, while sending people to find the Japanese archipelago, and then find gold and silver mines on the Japanese archipelago.

Although I don't know how long it will take, how long it will take to actually use the money, after all, Guo does not know where Ishijian Yinshan is.

But even if you don't need it during your own reign, it's good to lay a foundation for Guo Jin's rule.

After looking for a few years, more than ten years, it can be found after all.

It is definitely good for economic development to get some precious metals to press the warehouse. If there is an opportunity to issue banknotes in the future to carry out economic reforms, a sufficient amount of precious metals is definitely the first choice.

Although food is also a hard currency in this era and can be linked to money to stabilize the economy and prices, food has a very important shortcoming.

Food has a shelf life, beyond which it cannot be eaten.

Once it loses its edible value, at that time, food will lose its economic status as hard currency.

Therefore, Mr. Guo also stores the newly harvested grain in time every year, takes out the old grain in the warehouse, sells it in the shop, or releases it to the army to eat.

If we really want to develop an economy, we still need the existence of precious metals, which have absolute value in themselves.

Regardless of the existence of extreme situations, such as total crop failure, complete collapse of the country, etc., gold and silver still have value.

The amount of precious metals in China really cannot support the gold standard or the silver standard.

The price of copper is not very expensive, and it is heavy and inconvenient to transfer. In the era when paper money has not yet been shadowed, it is very unfavorable for the rapid development of the economy.

Even today, the transportation is many times more developed than that of the previous dynasty, and many people still complain that copper coins are too heavy and take up too much space, which is not conducive to long-distance business use, while gold and silver are not so easy to obtain.

This will inevitably affect the further development of the economy.

For economic considerations, both the Land Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road must be arranged, so as to maximize the acquisition of gold and silver, increase storage, and revitalize the economy.

Regarding Guishuang, let alone military means, everyone has no strength to help each other.

Even if it is possible to win a military confrontation on a certain battlefield, Guo does not think that is a victory.

War is not simply a battle between the two armies. The essence of war is to occupy land, population and resources.

It is unwise to fight a war without considering these or other necessary reasons.

Anyway, at the moment, Guo does not see any need to attack the Guishuang Empire.

The demand for gold and silver can be obtained through trade. Not only can gold and silver be obtained, but also excess production capacity can be transferred to stimulate external demand.

When the Western Regions are not fully under the rule and the mature traffic arteries are not fully built, any military operations against countries outside the Western Regions are unnecessary.

Especially Guishuang and Anxi.

Even if it is fought over, it will be impossible to rule because it exceeds the limit of the extreme wall of the empire, and it will be a waste of money and food.

Although they are very upset that they, as second-hand dealers, have eaten up the part of the profits that could have been eaten by the Wei Empire, but there is no way to do it.

This is a limitation of the times and cannot be resolved in any case.

Unless someone Guo stopped being a human being.

Moreover, during this period of time, someone in Guo remembered that the rise of the Persian Empire seemed to be inseparable from the Roman Empire's attack on the Parthian Empire.

And the reason why the Parthian Empire was attacked by the Roman Empire was that this guy was too unkind and greedy for money.

Seeing the fanatical desire of the Romans for silk, after monopolizing the trade route, they sold the silk so expensively that the nobles of the Roman Empire could not bear it, so they sent troops to fight.

The Roman Empire failed to destroy the Parthian Empire directly because of the long distance, and no one benefited from the Parthian Empire. They were attacked by Rome again and again, and they were beaten to death.

In the end it was Sasanian Persia who took advantage.

After all, Rome couldn't take advantage of it, because it really couldn't win.

Therefore, second-hand traffickers must be kind and not too cheating.

It's too bad, not only the money is gone, but also my own life is gone, and it's someone else who is cheaper.

The Roman Empire is not simply taken for granted. Although I like it fanatically, if you don't let me get it normally, I will really beat you.

The Roman Empire under the military system was slightly weaker in culture, military conquests were still very rigid, and the political system was basically restrained by the military and immature.

In a fight, the Roman Empire is really not afraid of anyone.

It seems that the replacement of Sabbath and Persia is in this period, and it should not be far away.

But these things don't have much to do with Guo at the moment.

Mr. Guo has not even gone around the Guishuang Kingdom, and Guishuang is still competing with Anxi for the status of a second-order dealer. If you insist, the Anxi Empire may still be a third-order dealer.

Thinking about it this way, Mr. Guo was really upset.

The current situation is that the Western Regions changed hands first, Guishuang changed hands second, Anxi changed hands third, and in Rome, it changed hands fourth.

The price of a batch of high-quality Shu brocade sold in the Wei Empire is not cheap. After four transfers, it was sold to Rome. The price...

Gee tut.