"For such a powerful empire, why is the currency circulating in the market copper? On our side, even if it is an uncivilized barbarian, the metal they trade with is either silver or gold, where can we see the existence of countries or forces that use copper as a currency in circulation? ”

"There are no copper coins, but there are iron coins."

"Well, I mean, it's kind of unbelievable that such a powerful country would use copper as a currency in circulation."

Yes, yes, there are people from Central Asia or more distant in the West, who really don't understand why the currency of the empire in circulation is copper. In the area where they live, the stronger countries basically use gold coins, and the medium countries will use silver coins mostly, in fact, this has something to do with the territory they occupy, the larger the territory, the more resources they get, and the gold coins are a manifestation of the identity of the powerful country, just like the Spring and Autumn Period of the Chinese ethnic group, the strong country will definitely build a big tripod to show the national strength.

During the Spring and Autumn Period of China, the vassal states were very particular about making tripods, which not only had a large amount of copper, but also some additional resources for processing, such as tin, lead, beeswax and so on. The collection of beeswax is a relatively difficult one, the territory is not large enough to collect enough honey, and there must be enough manpower to collect more materials, so the larger the tripod can be made, it also indicates that the territory is vast, representing the strength of the country.

Countries such as Central Asia and Europa used to demonstrate their national strength in terms of currency, with countries that use gold coins as currency as one grade, and countries that use silver coins as currency on another level, and even countries that use iron to make money.

In the eyes of people in Central Asia and further to the West, whether a country is strong or not depends on the currency of that country, and if you want to go to war, it is estimated based on the national currency in circulation in that country. Another obvious way is that the volume, fineness, handiwork, etc. of the currency does not depend entirely on what the metal of the currency is.

Understandable. The more precious the metal from which the currency is made, the stronger the country must be; The more sophisticated the area, fineness, and handiwork of the currency, the more wealthy the country, and the more mature the craft system or the large manpower of the country.

"The currency of the Eastern Empire, you see, on the front is a sword. Behind it is a shield, indicating that they are a country that worships force. In addition, the currency has a scratch-resistant data gear, I really don't know how they made the data gear, but it shows that their technical strength is also extremely strong. ”

"Our currency, the currency of each country is the image of a king or a god."

"Well, it shows that the rulers of the country have different ideas and ideas. We are fully upholding the authority of the king, and the king's portrait is made on the currency, which is to announce who the ruler is. To whom people should be allegiated. The motif on their currency encourages the use of swords as plowshares to open up territories, and shields as walls to show their determination to protect. ”

"Before we left, I heard some news that the Eastern Empire will also issue silver and gold coins, and their monetary system will be reformed into copper, silver, and gold, three rounds."

Walking on the avenue, this team of envoys, when they came, was about 30,000. When they set out on the journey home, there were only about 14,000 people.

There are so many fewer than 30,000 people, not all of them were killed in the conflict, in fact, hundreds of people were killed in the civil conflict. The rest of the people either stayed voluntarily or were arranged to stay.

In addition to the more than 14,000 envoys who were to return to Central Asia, there was also a team on the imperial side that embarked on a team to Central Asia, the fifth detachment was headed by Liu Bang as the head of the mission, Chen Yu as the deputy head of the envoy group, and Han Xin as the armed commander. A team of 27,000 people.

In fact, of the 27,000 people, 8,000 were official personnel, and the rest were businessmen and factions accompanying the people. Merchants are part of the merchant ranks, and the rest are escorts hired by merchants. The Escort was hired at the expense of merchants. But until they arrived at their destination, the command of the guards was handed over to the authorities.

"Ternary monetary system? How so? ”

"Probably copper coins are the currency with the smallest denomination or value, silver coins are the second dignified currency, and gold coins are the most valuable currency."

"Wow! It's a good system. So, what's the deal with carrying? ”

"It seems that a silver coin of about twenty-five grams can be exchanged for five hundred of their five baht coins, and a gold coin of twenty-five grams can be exchanged for five silver coins."

"Huh? Is it a pentacimal, not a decimal place? ”

"Who can understand the thinking of the Orientals? It is estimated that the currency of one tael is too heavy, and they compromised, and then they came up with a pentacimal monetary value system. ”

"That'...... We used to exchange silver coins or gold coins, how can the amount of five baht coins we exchange for varies? ”

"Haha! The metal content of the currency we bring with us is not fixed, and they have their own way of determining the gold content. The higher the gold content, the more it is replaced, and the lower the gold content, it is natural that the currency of the Eastern Empire will be less. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, when I replaced, they seemed to soak it in some kind of water, silver coins or gold coins with low gold content, silver coins directly turned black and corroded, and this is also the case with gold coins."

"Hmm! They have a hundred schools here, and they use them to determine whether the gold content is the result of a chemist or another school. ”

A hundred schools? In fact, it is a hundred schools of thought, but people of different races don't understand that it is not a hundred schools of thought, and "one hundred schools" is just a general term.

In fact, the water used to identify the gold content is not water, it is a very acidic solution, which is specially used to test the lead content, after all, any kind of metal currency production process will definitely add lead, that is to ensure the hardness of the currency. The greater the lead content, the greater the change in the color of the currency.

"What are they talking about?" Liu Bang rode a tall horse, wearing a noble dress of a third-class baron, and had already heard those people talk about it for a while.

Many people, including Liu Bang, could not speak foreign languages, and the envoys sent by the empire must have arranged for translation.

The clerk in charge of the translation replied with embarrassment: "There are many languages, Persian, Greek, and even more languages that I don't understand." They probably understood one or two things, and they were talking about our monetary system. ”

Of course, the envoys from Central Asia were not members of one or two countries. They came from more than a dozen different countries or tribes, and among the envoys sent by the empire, there was not only one translator, but dozens of clerks who spoke different languages.

"Currency? It's money! Liu Bang was very curious: "Why do they talk about our money?" Is there any purpose? ”

The translator chuckled, as if he was holding back a laugh, but he didn't stop: "Back to the baron." They thought that the craftsmanship of the currency was beautiful or not had something to do with the national strength, and then wondered why His Majesty didn't use his own avatar as the background of the currency, choosing a sword and a shield. ”

"These barbarians, currency is used, if His Majesty's portrait is printed on it, who dares to mess around, who dares to make the currency stained!" Liu Bang grinned and scolded for a while, and then asked in wonder: "Those aliens, their emperor set his avatar on the currency?" ”

The translation "hey, hey, hey" laughed a little lewdly. Answer: "Yes, so the office is also strange, if the currency with the king's face falls into the dunghill, then what is the matter?" ”

Not...... What the translator did not correct Liu Bang was that there was no such thing as an "emperor" on the foreign side, most of them were kings, and then the most powerful king was called "the king of kings". In addition, most of the aliens do not have kings. What is the Speaker, or the Consul. Or maybe the temple priest came to take charge of the state.

"I don't know what kind of ~ bar ~ stuff you are messing around?" Chen Yu didn't know when he also came over: "In addition to using the king as a currency pattern, they will also choose the gods they believe in." In addition, since it is printed on the currency, no one cares if it is offended. ”

The translator blinked, thought about stepping aside, and the two bigwigs were about to argue again. What is he mixing with?

Liu Bang rolled his eyes and pouted: "Old guy Chen, I seem to be the boss of this team, right?" Don't talk with dirty words in front of Lao Tzu, understand? ”

"Think it's in the market? It's still the boss! Chen Yu seemed to look at Liu Bang very unpleasantly, but he was not too aggressive. Instead, he smiled and said: "Guys who don't understand the situation, they don't have an emperor on their side, and they don't learn how to ......", the latter words are not too loud, but they are words like "ruffian, scoundrel".

"Lao Tzu just doesn't learn and can't learn, what's wrong? Yes! Liu Bang's aristocratic clothes were very decent and gorgeous, he deliberately touched the silk fabric, "hey, hey" smiled and said: "Lao Tzu is a third-class baron of the empire, are you not convinced?" ”

Chen Yu is still white, just because he thinks that he is full of wealth and talent, but he is a white body, and Liu Bang was born in the market, and he doesn't seem to have much knowledge, but a third-class baron of the empire, he just doesn't look happy.

"Ahh I don't want to think about how I got my nobility? And the face is arrogant! Chen Yu seemed to be provoked, raised his hand and pointed at Liu Bang: "The old man just doesn't accept you!" ”

"Haha! No matter how dissatisfied, Lao Tzu is still an imperial baron, or your current boss, no matter how much you talk, believe it or not, Lao Tzu asked the armor to overturn you off the horse? Liu Bang looked provocative.

"Brother Liu, without the help of the armor, Lao Fan can help Brother Liu do this." Fan Hao has been following Liu Bang's side closely, and said immediately.

If the armor soldier does it, Chen Yu will still be bitter and unclear, after all, the armor is the official force of the empire. But if Fan Xu did it, Chen Yu couldn't wait for Fan Xu to come up and do it, because Fan Xu could only be Liu Bang's personal retainer. Therefore, he immediately glared at Fan Xu, and said mockingly: "Come on, come on, the old man is waiting for you to overturn and dismount, if you don't do that, it is not raised by a human, it is raised by a dog." ”

Fan Xu was about to ride over, but was stopped by Liu Bang.

"An old thing who relies on the old and the young to save his life, if there are no old and young to protect you, should you be beheaded and abandoned, or should you go to those islands in the South Seas to feed mosquitoes?" Liu Bang's face was disdainful, and he looked as arrogant as he wanted.

"You!" Chen Yu was so angry that green tendons appeared on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The old man and you are mortal enemies, mortal enemies, mortal enemies!" ”

At this time, Han Xin, who sensed the hot situation, came over, and was accompanied by Yu Fanjun, one of the officers of the envoy corps' escort team.

"Here...... What happened? Han Xin was also at a loss for a sentence that seemed to be nonsense.

Whether it was Chen Yu, who was so angry that green tendons appeared on his forehead, or Liu Bang, who looked proud, both of them said in unison: "It's okay!" ”

"Oh......?" Han Xin tilted his head, looked at the two of them curiously, and then said, "Then don't talk too loudly." ”

The envoys of the empire, the main envoy is Liu Bang, and the deputy envoy is Chen Yu, both of whom are higher in rank than Han Xin, but they will definitely not easily provoke Han Xin. The two of them will be like this, firstly, because Han Xin is the commander of the escort team, and there should be no conflict for the safety of the road; Second, no one in the empire knows whether Han Xin is the disciple of Emperor Lu Zhe or the only disciple, Han Xin is destined to have a bright future, and he should not be offended.

"Today, we can travel another twenty miles, almost entering the boundary of Luoyang, Sanchuan County, and we will camp on the edge of Luoyang." Han Xin looked at Liu Bang seriously: "Does the envoy have any other arrangements?" ”

What kind of posture is Liu Bang now? He had a hearty smile on his face, and his voice was full of sunshine: "Captain Han is down to business, I will send someone to inform the envoys of various countries in a moment to see if there is a need to stop." If there are any additional arrangements, I will inform Captain Han. ”

"Then please do it." Han Xin arched his hand as he spoke, and after the greeting was finished, he finished his business, turned around and left.

"Old thing, don't come to provoke the uncle, otherwise ......" Liu Bang still smiled heartily, and what he said was just like that. After he finished speaking, he no longer looked at Chen Yu, who was iron-faced, and instead ordered the people next to him to ask what arrangements those envoys had after they arrived in Luoyang.

Chen Yu also rode away directly, he suspected that if he continued to stay next to Liu Bang, he would stab Leng Zi with so many thousand eight hundred swords, and directly stabbed Liu Bang into a broken sack.

Han Xin left, but Yu Fanjun stopped for a while.

Yu Fanjun watched Chen Yu leave before riding his horse to chase Han Xin, and after catching up, he said: "Captain, the relationship between the main envoy and the deputy envoy is too bad, will it affect the envoy?" ”

This is not the first time that the empire has sent an embassy to another country, but this mission is not only very important to the center of the empire, but also related to the new trade routes between the East and the West.

"The two of them are almost at the point of saber rattling, but don't make any trouble?" Yu Fanjun is the deputy commander of the escort team of the envoy regiment, and this position is still won with great effort, but he doesn't want any accidents, especially accidents such as infighting.

"Is the relationship good or bad, does it matter?" Han Xin didn't know if he didn't understand the situation? However, his next sentence made Yu Fanjun directly stunned. He said: "The envoy is an important matter of the country, and the envoy and the deputy envoy know which is more important. (To be continued......)