I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

"Therefore, this king will not conscript all the merchant ships, but at least keep some of them, so that although the supply of goods is reduced, at least it will not be cut off!"

"At the same time, the answer to the question that Lao Du asked before is also the same. Because of the small number of ships and limited transportation capacity, I can only let the land transportation bear a little more pressure!"

"So, my king's arrangement is that whether it is the preparation of logistics materials before the war, the transportation of personnel, or the delivery of loot and supplies afterward, all of them will be transported by Pyongyang Port and Dengzhou Port!"

"In this way, the time for ships to sail at sea will be greatly reduced, so that the pressure on shipping will not be so great, but in turn, the pressure will fall on the land transportation side!"

"However, the king has arranged for people to build a railway from Pyongyang to the south. At the same time, the people's livelihood in Koryo still needs to be developed, and the connection with Datang is not particularly close!"

"Just taking advantage of this opportunity, we don't recruit corvee, but directly hire local people to participate in the delivery of materials at a cheaper price!"

"In this way, the pressure on sea transportation will be reduced, the amount of goods delivered will also increase, and the centripetal force of the people newly included in the territory of Koryo will also increase, killing three birds with one stone!"

Zhang Nuo finally explained the matter eloquently, and he was quite proud after he finished speaking, after all, he had really considered this matter quite thoroughly.

But when he looked at the people next to him proudly, he found that everyone was frowning, as if they were thinking about something, not at all like they were "shocked" by him just now.

What are the meanings of this? Could it be that you guys are still not satisfied with such an amazing arrangement, is this requirement too high?

Chapter 757 Zhang Nuo's follow-up arrangements

Li Shimin is the most familiar with Zhang Nuo among this group of people.So, even if others didn't know, he understood Zhang Nuo's expression as soon as he raised his head, well, this guy's dog temper has come up again.

Li Shimin knew clearly that despite Zhang Nuo's reputation outside, he was indeed a capable person without airs, but only his closest friends knew that Zhang Nuo actually had a dog temper.

That is, once something goes wrong, you don't care about it, or you can't say you don't care about it, it can only be said that you make a fuss when your heart is not going well, which means that you don't work hard.

But you can't say anything about him, because so far, Zhang Nuo actually only has the title of King Qin, and the fief is only a small piece of Lantian City.

There are no other official positions or anything, and even Goryeo, regardless of the city of Pyongyang, is about to become Zhang Nuo's own.But in fact, he was just helping Li Shimin manage it.

So far, he has not obtained any specific official seal documents.That is to say, whether he currently manages Korea, the navy, or even the air force, it is just a matter of convention that he is the one.

The military rank is of course true. No one dares to make fun of it. As the founder of the two military branches, he is naturally qualified to wear the rank of general. But if you want to talk about his specific position, what is it like a principal or a general? But he said it all himself, and Li Shimin also verbally agreed, and then everyone called him that.

But in fact, in the official position system of the imperial court, the only record for Zhang Nuo is "Zhang Nuo, male, born in Chang'an, granted the title of first-class prince, titled Qin, and granted the land of Lantian City!"

Except for this one, everything else is gone.That is to say, the only title of Zhang Nuo that is legally recognized by Datang is the King of Qin.

Of course, it's not that Li Shimin and the others want to cheat Zhang Nuo, but that Zhang Nuo is unwilling to live or die, just kidding, you really got him into that official position, is that the kind of thing that belongs to me, and you can't get rid of it.

Zhang Nuo's dream is to be a salted fish that eats food, sleeps well, and lives a good life. It's not impossible to work hard for Datang for system tasks and some cynic thoughts in his heart. Many people call it.

But if this matter becomes a permanent official position, doesn't that mean that he will have to work hard day and night?

Look at those courtiers of Li Shimin, regardless of whether they are high-ranking or low-level officials, which one is not so busy on weekdays?

That's why Zhang Nuo didn't go into this muddy water, what could he do if he had the time.

As for changing the Tang Dynasty, whether it is to practice one's own creed, isn't it doing well now? Although there is no serious imperial decree, is it possible that Zhang Nuo's words are not useful in Lantian City or Pyongyang City? up?

Therefore, it is precisely for this reason that Zhang Nuo's temperament is extraordinarily unrestrained, he will not intentionally make things difficult for anyone, and he will not make fun of big things, but if you think it depends on him, he Absolutely pull away immediately and leave without any delay.

Li Shimin knew that this was the situation in front of him, Zhang Nuo didn't know how he was stimulated just now, this is the top again, alas, what should be persuaded must be persuaded!

"Brother, what's the matter, are you in a bad mood? I've thought of something bothering you. Tell your brother, and he will do his best to solve it for you!"

Zhang Nuo was originally a little angry, but after seeing Lao Li's cautious expression, it dissipated almost instantly, and it was not a big deal at first.

It's nothing more than being like a bear kid who would make a fuss if he didn't get praise for something beautiful. Seeing Lao Li like this, Zhang Nuo suddenly felt that he had lost his mind and went crazy.Otherwise, why would he lose his temper when no one praised him like a brat?

It's not that Zhang Nuo has lost his temper. It's common for him to get angry even bigger than this, but what embarrassed him today was that the reason for his anger seemed a little nonsense.

Is it because I haven't vented the fire recently and caused the anger to be too strong?That shouldn't be the case, he seems to be living a harmonious life!

It seems that Lao Li was scared, no matter what, he is an emperor, he is careful to please himself in front of so many ministers, alas, I really wronged Lao Li.

However, grievances are grievances, and you can't lose face. What happened just now is so unspoken, so you have to quickly find an excuse to get over it.

However, Zhang Nuo had a good brain, so he thought of a good way.

"Old Li, I was actually thinking about something just now. You just asked me, so let's discuss it together!"

Then Zhang Nuo turned to look at the crowd and said loudly,

"You should understand that when this ore is dug out of the ground, at least [-]% to [-]% must be discarded to smelt it into rough ingots that have not yet been processed, and then half of it may be sacrificed to make silver. Therefore, this king thinks that we Do we have to build a primary processing workshop over the mining area!"

"The ore is directly smelted on the spot and made into rough ingots first. In this way, the transportation capacity between Busan and the mining area can be increased several times!"

"At the same time, it saves a lot of labor to transport such rough ingots from Busan Port to Pyongyang. Moreover, I have another idea. There are more and more large-scale transactions in the market, and there will be more and more places where silver will be used in the future." More and more, it's time for us to arrange to mint new coins!"

When everyone heard this, they finally understood what Zhang Nuo was going to do. This was tantamount to fully liberating Datang's capacity, not to mention intervening in the market.

Nowadays, copper coins are getting cheaper and cheaper in the market, but the price of silver is slowly increasing, because merchants are annoyed by all kinds of large sums of copper coins.

After all, after a purchase, the goods are only half a carload away, but the copper coins received are one or two carloads, and it takes a long time to count them. Naturally, I am not happy about it. How convenient is the silver money? You can buy it with the silver coins in a small bag A lot of goods.

It is precisely this growing demand that has led to a gradual increase in the price of silver. After all, there are not many silver mines in Datang. Not only are the reserves not rich, but it is also extremely difficult to mine.

But as long as the silver mine in Fusang is put into operation, it goes without saying that the price of silver will be brought down immediately.

But these coins cannot enter the market indiscriminately. The market must have a process of acceptance, and at the same time, the economic impact must be taken into consideration.

So in Zhang Nuo's view, this is actually the best time to implement the new currency. Once the new currency stabilizes, all kinds of messy transactions in the market will be regulated.

Chapter 758 An Embarrassing Coin

Zhang Nuo's thoughts were like this sometimes, as soon as he thought about it, he thought about it, and he was obviously talking about war, but he turned to minting new coins while talking.

But you still can't say that he is wrong, because this matter is indeed related to this battle.

After all, to put it bluntly, this battle was mainly fought in such a hurry because Datang was short of money.

But the topic that Zhang Nuo just mentioned is a bit confusing. In fact, there is no need to discuss with the court about minting coins. Privately coined.

Then why do you have to say this to the court?

If all the rough ingots in Pyongyang are re-smelted and processed, and the silver coins minted by the Qin Palace are used to pay Datang to Datang, then just do it directly, and Datang would like to do this.

This is not a rare thing, even Li Shimin himself did this kind of thing in the early years, this is actually a money-making business, nothing more than the court handing over the silver ore to a certain prince nearby.

Then when the prince casts silver into silver coins or silver ingots, it is naturally impossible to use all silver. After all, silver is relatively soft, so it is generally mixed with some other metals in a ratio of [-] or [-].

Then the minted silver coins were handed over to the imperial court to offset the money from the silver mines!

This coming and going earned all the fire consumption that was mixed with other metals and the court's normal regulations.

The so-called fire loss is actually the normal loss in the process of metal smelting and casting. After all, even in later generations, ten percent of the silver will go in and ten percent of the silver will come out. It is nothing more than reducing the loss a little through various technical means.

But how could Zhang Nuo take a fancy to such a small amount of money?

That's right, in the eyes of everyone, this small amount of money is small money. Although it is stable and long-term, the profit is really not big. They don't believe that Zhang Nuo will use that kind of badly watered down product to tarnish his reputation.

However, if you don’t want to do this, what is Zhang Nuo doing for minting coins?

Changsun Wuji had a lot of contact with Zhang Nuo and was close, so he simply raised the question directly, and Zhang Nuo was unambiguous, and directly took out a brand new silver commemorative coin of later generations and slapped it on the table.

"If it's this kind of silver, do you think it can be circulated in the market? Of course, this king made this portrait at will, and it will definitely have to be replaced when the time comes!"

Everyone looked at the smooth and translucent silver coin in front of them, and was a little confused. Isn't this damn a bit too much? With this kind of coin, who would be willing to use the old silver ingot and the dead copper coin?

You know, the monetary system these days is all supported by precious metals.

The people at the lowest level use copper coins every day, of course, one penny for one penny. For a slightly larger transaction, it is naturally a string of copper coins, which is often called consistent money.

And if you go up, you will score points, there are broken pieces of silver, and there are silver beans smelted in the homes of the more particular wealthy families.

And if it goes further up, there are silver ingots and gold with imprints one by one.

Basically, gold rarely appears in daily transactions. After all, the price is too high, and the current smelting technology is not up to standard. But it was a big loss.

Therefore, various copper coins are the most circulating on the market at present.

Of course, copper coins alone are also particular about this thing. After all, there are not many copper coins in the Tang Dynasty, so when many people mint copper coins privately, they add various things to it. Whether those low-grade copper coins can still be called copper coins is a matter of debate.

With those bullshit things in place, let's look at the silver coin that His Highness King Qin produced in front of him, hehe, I am afraid that as long as this silver coin comes out in the market, no one else will recognize it.

It would be a good thing for the imperial court if the currency in the market could be unified, but there is also a problem, that is, the imperial court is very embarrassing.

No matter how Zhang Nuo is the king of Qin, no matter how noble his status is, he is not an emperor and cannot represent the entire Tang Dynasty. If all the coins circulating in the market are minted by Zhang Nuo, the palace of the king of Qin, where will the face of the Tang Dynasty be placed? .

Everyone can understand this kind of thing, but they don't know how to say it.

No matter what they said, it didn't feel right. After all, Zhang Nuo was allowed by Tang Lv to do this, and Zhang Nuo did it for the convenience of transportation. Does it have to be said that his skills are too good?

That's not bullshit.

But Li Shimin didn't care at all, he hooked Zhang Nuo's neck and said with a smile,

"My dear brother, why don't you work so hard on the minting of silver coins, and then it will be regarded as an official? Of course, you must not let your hard work be in vain. The Ministry of Accounting must wear it down for you!"

Changsun Wuji and the others nodded quickly when they heard the words. This matter is reliable. If the silver coins are nationalized, there will be absolutely nothing wrong with it. As for supplementing the loss of His Highness King Qin, it should be done.

As far as the craftsmanship of the silver coin in front of me is concerned, it is right to spend some money, not to mention that the treasury does not need to pay for it, but a part of the produced silver coins is given to Zhang Nuo.

It didn't matter to Zhang Nuo, he was actually thinking about the issue of transportation capacity, and then he pulled out such a big series of things.

As for the casting of silver coins, it is actually quite simple, especially with a steam engine, as long as the power of the steam engine is in place, it is not too simple for a large stamping machine to cast this kind of silver coin.

At that time, let Lao Li arrange a good manpower, carve a few suitable engraving plates, and then put them in the mint, smash them, and the silver coins will definitely be produced on an assembly line like rain.

As for the promotion, let alone, with Zhang Nuo, the number one businessman in the world, as long as he uses the new type of currency for settlement, it will hardly take long to promote it.

After all, the throughput of goods and the amount of funds here are really huge, not to mention the promotion of the imperial court.

So Zhang Nuo directly nodded and agreed to this matter. Anyway, he didn't even get Fusang at the moment.

But on the side of the war, you have to make calculations.

At this time, the generals who had been listening for a long time can finally talk. They are really not interested in the coins and so on just now, so they have to say that they understand.

But first of all, these generals affirmed Zhang Nuo's previous strategy. After much deliberation, Zhang Nuo's idea was the most reliable.

Chapter 759 Competition among veterans

In fact, these veterans also have their own careful thinking. In Zhang Nuo's arrangement, the role of the navy is nothing more than the transportation of materials and personnel in the early stage, and the attack on the shore.

In the following battles, it basically acted as a transport captain, while the air force was responsible for reconnaissance, bombing, and beachheading from the beginning.

Those who really fought hard on the battlefield still had to rely on the soldiers under their hands.

In fact, these veterans have been feeling agitated recently. The Tang Dynasty is booming, so they can see it, and of course they know that today is a good time.

Moreover, neither His Majesty nor His Royal Highness the King of Qin can afford to be idle. It is obvious that they want to conquer the world and expand their territories.

People who were born in the general family are good because they don't get credit for not fighting. They are not afraid of the risk of fighting on the battlefield, but they are afraid that swords and guns will be sent to Kuma and sent to Nanshan.

But recently they have become a little anxious, that is, Zhang Nuo not only formed a new navy, but also formed an air force single-handedly.

Originally, these veterans didn't care much about these things. After all, they also knew that the sea was extremely vast. If there was no navy, then they, the landlubbers, wouldn't be able to swim across it.

And don't you have to use ships to fight at sea.Therefore, they were also happy to send their children inside.

But after the Air Force was formed, they felt a little uncomfortable.

It's not that they don't have children to go in. After all, the family has a big business and no one has any relatives or old friends. As long as the boys are in good health and obedient, Zhang Nuo has always been good at taking care of these people.

After all, not to mention anything else, just talking about the origin of family education is much better than that of ordinary people, at least they know what orders and prohibitions are, and these youngsters are very likely to be able to punch and kick, and some of them have good conditions and have learned a few pistols Great, this is much better than ordinary people who only rely on bravery and brute force at home.

But it is precisely because there are more children in the family that they have a deep understanding of the two newly established troops, but the more they understand them, the more frightened they become.

Because they found that, whether it is training, welfare, equipment or long-term development, the professional army such as the navy and air force is completely different from their original army.

They all know that as long as they are willing to pay close attention to training these days, there will be no soldiers who cannot be trained, but their soldiers are only in the barracks for a few months a year, and even if they are in the barracks, they spend three days fishing and two days drying nets , After all, it is really tiring to practice.

But Zhang Nuo's side is different. What is a professional soldier? It's really arranged as a career. The monthly salary is the best proof. It means that you can support your family with your salary, and you can focus on training. That's it.

Not to mention that the barracks have arranged for you to eat, drink, and scatter, and you will naturally be able to train you to scream.

These veterans didn't pay attention to these new troops before, but when the Air Force, which is called the Air Force, is actually an airborne army, slowly trained and formed, they found that the form was a bit wrong.

They all have children in the army. After more than half a year of training, because they are close to each other, these little boys occasionally go home to visit on holidays. When they go home, they will inevitably call them over for questioning.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at their straight military uniforms and their spines that have been trained to be as straight as a conditioned reflex, you can tell that these boys have become elite soldiers, but at least they definitely look like soldiers up.

After chatting again, I was immediately confused. The "air force" trained by Zhang Nuo was not so much the air force or airborne troops, but more accurately, it should be the special forces that were to be sent to the enemy's rear to fight.

It is precisely because the special forces are the training target, so Zhang Nuo trained this group of sergeants really hard. Zhang Nuo raised the requirements for fighting in mountains, jungles and plains one by one.

He is not fooling around, he not only has all kinds of training materials for future generations, but he also has all kinds of training materials for future generations, but he has the experience of future generations at hand, and combines it with cold weapon warfare for re-discussion.

In this way, although there are many things to learn and train, the youngsters of the Air Force are complaining, but the benefits are not without it, that is, the combat ability of these youngsters in the Air Force is almost one day a day. Sample.