Thinking about this quickly, Liu Xing laughed and said: "It seems that Mr. Wang is not only working the belly of the young lady on East Third Street these days, but he is still thinking about the strength of our army in his head!" Very good, your three suggestions, Ben Shuai is very satisfied. ”

While speaking, Liu Xing deliberately glanced at Yang Yizhong, Zeng Weijie and others who were sitting on both sides with his eyes. I saw that when they heard their praise, they all had unhappy looks on their faces.

If you want these people to really know where Wang Mingde is shrewd, Liu Xing knows that there must be a further detailed plan, and it is a detailed plan that these people have to admire.

But Liu Xing also knows that if Wang Mingde continues to say his thoughts, in the future, this lustful scholar may not even be able to restrain himself, and he may not be able to bring ** annoyance to himself because of his lust.

Therefore, Liu Xing could only let his brain turn quickly and secretly think about the implementation methods that could be taken according to his three suggestions.

After a moment of silence, Liu Xing made up his mind.

When he looked up at the crowd again, several orders were directly issued: "The fields, fruits, and vegetable gardens of the two mountains are rented out, and the rent is collected at one-tenth of the annual grain production." At the same time, it provides low-interest three-year farming loans for the new tenants of the three gardens, gives priority to the craftsmen to build farm tools for them, and gives priority to the sale of eliminated war horses to tenants. ”

After a slight pause, not giving others a chance to speak, Liu Xing continued: "To create a medal, the combat merits are divided into nine grades, and the three-level combat merit medals of Bravery, Yunlu, and Huben are awarded respectively. Kill 10 enemies and award the 3rd Class Hero Medal, kill 30 enemies and award the 2nd Class Medal of Valor, and complete 100 people to award the 1st Class Medal of Valor.

Five Medals of Valor can be accumulated and exchanged for one Cloud Medal, and five Cloud Medals can be exchanged for one Tiger Medal. These three and nine kinds of medals will be used as the basis for meritorious service and awarding after returning to the imperial court in the future. ”

At this point, Liu Xing saw that Yang Yizhong and Zeng Weijie, who were about to speak, all seemed to want to speak again, and continued: "The third-class medal of bravery, the actual award is 19 taels and 22 coins of silver, and you can receive 80 yuan per month for 20 years. If a soldier dies in battle, his heirs and his wife can continue to receive the reward for their military exploits during their lifetime.

All other medals are awarded in 20 years according to this law. The second-class medal of valor, the actual reward is 28 taels and 8 dollars. The first-class Medal of Valor, with a reward of forty-eight taels of silver. The Yunlu and Tiger Medals are based on the total number of five Medals of Valor. In order to ensure that even if a soldier dies in battle, his family can still receive a reward with a medal within 20 years, so as to make a living and make the soldiers worry-free. ”

"Marshal, it seems difficult to reward them all with silver, right? After all, the Great Song Dynasty, and even the Golden Dog, the Dangxiangren, the Dali State and other countries, did not use silver as the common currency, where do we go to get so much silver? When Zeng Weijie heard this, he finally couldn't help but ask a question.

Hearing his question, Liu Xing smiled faintly and said, "It is precisely because all countries use copper and iron as the basis of their currency, that I thought of letting our brothers reward them with gold and silver first. Think about it, in this world, even when prices are soaring, is it the silver that can maintain its value to the greatest extent, or the copper and iron money that can maintain its value? ”

Nowadays, copper coins and iron coins are the main currencies in circulation, and the Zhao and Song dynasties often had problems with these currencies. It has caused countless depreciations and inflation.

Because of the lack of copper and iron reserves, the Zhao and Song dynasties also produced the first batch of widely promoted banknotes in Chinese history. However, due to the ** and incompetence of the Zhao and Song dynasties, those banknotes have long become the currency that the people of the world are afraid of, but often have to use in misery.

And the facts over the years have proved that whether it is the depreciation of copper and iron coins, or the crisis of paper money printing and exchange. Gold and silver, these two precious metals even though the Zhao and Song royal reserves were not very large, but they could always maintain a stable exchange.

When the value of one or two silver coins does not depreciate, they can be exchanged for less than 1,200 coins, and they should be used more often. When copper and iron coins began to depreciate, one tael of silver could be exchanged for three or four thousand coins at the highest time, and two or three yuan could be used.

Every time the copper and iron money depreciated, the gold and silver did not depreciate, so that many rich and noble families were able to keep their property from being looted by the Zhao and Song dynasties, and also enabled many people to avoid the money shortage and continue to live......

Of course, Zeng Weijie was also very clear about these, but he still said with some puzzlement: "Marshal, the key is that there is not much gold and silver in this world. Even if the value of gold and silver is preserved, if there is not so much gold and silver, wouldn't there be a shortage of money again? ”

The shortage of metals led to many money shortages in the Great Song Dynasty. It is precisely because of the frequent occurrence of money shortages that paper money is a currency that people love and hate.

Hearing his question, Liu Xing smiled slightly: "There is a lot of gold and silver in the world, but it has not yet been fully adapted." For a long time, the government has not been able to use gold and silver, otherwise as far as the Western Regions, Dongying, south to Angkor, and north to the desert, the gold and silver produced is definitely enough to support the circulation of a huge country with a population of 200,000.

As long as only gold and silver are traded in the future trade of the Hunter Valley, we are not afraid that the gold and silver in the world will not be gathered in our place, and we are not afraid that our army's gold and silver will not be enough for rewards, and it will be more able to establish a new degree of support system to eliminate money shortage and currency depreciation when our army sweeps Hedong in the future. ”

At this point, Liu Xing really formed a consciousness in his mind: the copper financial system that has proved to be unreliable can no longer be used, and it is necessary to take precautions to determine that the future world can only be an advanced financial system based on the silver standard system and supplemented by gold.

There is no shortage of gold and silver in the world, but there is no such thing as a good thing to make the best use of it. As long as it is used, as Fang Cai himself said, Dongying, Korea, Jurchen, Mongolia, there is a large amount of gold and silver underground in those places. If the trade routes can be fully opened, Nanyang, Dali, the Western Regions, and the Western Xia, there is no shortage of these precious metals.

As long as this silver standard system is formed by itself, even if it is reclassified into the Zhao and Song dynasties in the future, the established facts will inevitably make the Zhao and Song emperors even more helpless. At the same time, it can also minimize the chance of letting the Zhao and Song dynasties exploit the world again.

Imagine that in the future, even if the master does not become a marshal or enter the court, he will be the king of money in the Great Song Dynasty. Regardless of whether he is the second emperor of Huiqin or the king of Kang, Zhao Gou, who is the son of heaven, I don't believe that he dares to easily play tricks with the people who control the lifeblood of his money in the world.

What's more, if you have money, you can raise soldiers, even if the Zhao Song Dynasty wants to do it yourself at that time, as long as the master grabs a lot of gold and silver in his hand, as soon as he scatters it, wolf smoke will rise everywhere at any time, and he will kill into the palace to capture the unconscious monarch......

After thinking about these thoroughly, Liu Xing immediately said: "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, from today onwards, all transactions in my Hunter Valley will only be based on gold and silver. Copper and iron coins are used to make auxiliary coins and change. As for the treasure banknotes of the official family, from now on, all merchants in the valley are no longer allowed to exchange and abandon all of them. ”

With a calm face and a sharp look to stop Zeng Weijie, who was about to speak, Liu Xing continued: "Let's talk about the medal again." In addition to the three types of military merit medals of bravery, Yunlu and Huben, the gold, silver and bronze third-class Jiahe Medal was set up to reward those officials below the seventh rank who did not have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, but made achievements in transportation and craftsmanship and local governance.

The standard is 600 taels for the total reward of the bronze Jiahe, 720 taels for the total reward of the silver Jiahe, and 840 taels for the total reward of the Golden Jiahe, which will be distributed in 20 years. On top of Jiahe, there is a gold, silver and bronze third-class dragon pattern medal, which is specially awarded to officials and generals below the fourth grade and above the sixth grade. On top of it, there is also a third-class Shield Medal, which is specially awarded to officials and generals below the first rank and above the third grade. ”

At this point, Liu Xing paused slightly, and after a smile appeared on his face, he said: "According to this method, as long as you continue to fight for a while, you can wear this dragon pattern and Jiahe Medal to show your subordinates, so as to encourage them to study culture diligently and fight bravely to kill the enemy first." In this way, Ben Shuai thinks that it is the fundamental way for me to make the red turban soldiers want to improve. ”