Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Why, His Majesty the Emperor wants to raise the price on the ground, do you think I, Chu Mo, is easy to bully?"

"No, you misunderstood me."

Seeing that Chu Mo was anxious, Li Shimin hurriedly explained: "You have been in prison for too long and you don't know what's going on outside."

"Originally, the ratio of copper coins to silver was 1:1000, but since the two major banks, Datang Bank and Tianxia Bank, closed down one after another, the price of copper coins has been rising. Now one tael of silver can only be exchanged for 650 copper coins, and the exchange rate is still there. It continues to fluctuate, with prices almost changing every day.”

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Chu Mo knew that during the time when he was in prison, shopkeeper Liu had been hoarding a large amount of copper coins according to his instructions.

Holding back his excitement, Chu Mo blinked, pretending to be puzzled and looked at Li Shimin and said: "The price of copper and silver fluctuates so much. As the emperor, you haven't thought of a way to control it a little?"

Hearing Chu Mo's question, Li Shimin blushed. Can he say that he has used countless methods, but none of them worked?

To curb the depreciation of silver, the most effective way to restore the exchange rate is to inject a large amount of copper coins into the market.

However, the smelting technology of the Tang Dynasty was limited, and the copper coins produced each year were rationed. This year's copper coin production has exceeded previous years by more than [-]%, but even so, it cannot stop the depreciation of silver.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was suddenly startled, looked at Chu Mo and asked, "Isn't it your boy who did this?"

Chu Mo was stunned when he was asked. He gave the other party a wave of 666 in his heart, but he pretended to be hurt: "Li Er, you are so unkind. I kindly reminded you, but you doubt me like this. Look. Come on, this friend of ours can't go on."

Seeing Chu Mo being so pretentious, Li Shimin no longer had any doubts. It was right when he thought about it. Chu Mo had been imprisoned in prison for such a long time and had never had any contact with the outside world.

If this matter was under his instigation, it would indeed make no sense.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin smiled bitterly at Chu Mo: "Isn't it true that I wanted to seek medical treatment in case of emergency? Since it was a misunderstanding, I would like to apologize to you here."

After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Chu Mo.

Chu Mo sat upright and directly accepted this gift from Li Shimin.

Li Yuan on the side saw his son taking the initiative to admit his mistake, and Lao Huai immediately touched his beard with joy and said:

"Little friend, you heard it. Now the entire Tang Dynasty is short of copper coins. You don't want to embarrass the people of the world. Let's do this. I will make the decision again and exchange 200 million taels of copper coins with you from the internal funds. You see Is it possible?”

Don't take advantage of the bastard. Chu Mo had no intention of completing this deal. He just wanted to make Li Shimin sick for the last time. Now that he had an unexpected surprise, of course he wouldn't miss it.

He immediately smiled and said to Li Yuan: "Since His Majesty the Emperor treats me like this, I will never forget your kindness."

"The 500 million taels used to build the road, plus the 200 million taels exchanged for copper coins, add up to 700 million taels. In this way, I will add an additional 300 million taels to the migration expenses of the people, so that they can spend them at various stations along the way. A round number of 1000 million taels, do you think it’s feasible?”

Li Shimin didn't expect Chu Mo to be able to come up with another 300 million taels in advance, and he immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't even see his eyesight.

With these 300 million taels, he can not only provide winter storage supplies to the army ahead, but also solve the current urgent need.

However, just as he was about to praise Chu Mo, he heard Chu Mo speak leisurely and say in his ear:

"These 1000 million taels will be deducted from His Majesty the Emperor's previous loan. Only in this way will our account be truly settled."

Hearing this, Li Shimin stood stunned on the spot like a bolt from the blue.

Li Yuan also looked ugly and looked at Li Shimin fiercely.

He also knew about the 1000 million tael loan.

At first, because he didn't know that his son was forced to steal this huge sum of money from Chu Mo, which greatly eased the pressure on the treasury, he secretly admired this traitor for a long time.

However, he never thought that Chu Mo's money could be stolen so easily. No, retribution was coming.

Li Shimin did not agree to it at this time, nor did he agree to it.

The negotiations had reached this point. The father and his son made several concessions and even cut off a large piece of land.

But Chu Mo suddenly turned over the old score and demanded the 1000 million taels.

If he refuses Chu Mo on the grounds that the debt is not due yet and will not be returned temporarily.

Will the other party use this as an excuse to refuse to admit that the accounts of both parties have been cleared, and then continue to cause trouble for themselves?

But if you agree to the other party's request, not to mention the 500 million taels for road construction, nor the 300 million taels allocated to the inn, but only the 200 million taels to be exchanged for copper coins, where can you get it?

If he dares to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs for 200 million taels, I'm afraid that old man Liu Zhenghui will give him a scolding on the spot and kill him in front of him.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin resisted the urge to slap Chu Mo to death, and just pinched the edge of the stone table, with blue veins popping up on his face: "Chu Mo, are you really going to do this? Are you really going to leave me with no way out?" ?"

Seeing Li Shimin like this, Li Yuan frowned, his eyes full of displeasure, but he didn't stop him.

Chu Mo on the side pretended to be surprised and asked:

"What's wrong, Li Er, isn't it a matter of course to pay back debts? Although you are talking about the emperor, you can't be unreasonable, right?"

"Besides, you brought up this matter of settling the accounts. I was just cooperating with you. Why, now you are unhappy? Do you really think that I, Chu Mo, am easy to bully?"

Yang Hongqian, who was in the distance, heard the movement here and turned around to give Li Shimin a warning look.

Li Shimin felt a chill running down his spine, as if he was being targeted by some kind of terrifying creature.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin glanced at his father and found that he had closed his eyes and fell asleep at some point.

Gritting his teeth, Li Shimin looked at Chu Mo and said decisively: "Tell me, if you have any other conditions, say them all at once."

Hearing Li Shimin's firm words, Li Yuan's eyelids twitched, but he did not open his eyes.

Chu Mo chuckled and said: "Old Li, I actually don't have any other requests. If you don't have enough money, then let's just say, how can this trivial matter of 1000 million taels of silver force you, an emperor, to be like this? .”

"Okay, let me tell you, I have no money now, and the treasury has no money. I can't come up with these 1000 million taels of silver. What will you do?"

Anyway, so far today, he has been humiliated, and Li Shimin doesn't mind if he is more embarrassed.