"Mint gold coins?" Li Su said with a surprised face. Just now Xijun said that she had a way to temporarily make up for the shortage of silver coins, but Li Su never imagined that Xijun would propose to mint gold coins.

"Although the value of gold is high, it is much rarer than silver, so how can it be used to mint coins?" Li Su then asked very puzzled.

"Who told there is less gold than silver?" Xijun glanced at Li Su and said, "Although the gold production in our Central Plains is not much, but it has been accumulated over the past dynasties, and the official and private gold reserves are not a few, and as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there have been people who use gold as currency, and the people also have the habit of collecting gold. ”

Hearing Xijun's words, Li Su felt as if he had been empowered by someone, and suddenly sobered up, he found that he had fallen into a strange circle of thinking before, originally in the eyes of his later generations, gold was more valuable than silver, and the quantity was rarer than silver, but he forgot that the silver on the land of the Central Plains was only flowed in from abroad during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and in the previous dynasties, gold and silver were both precious metals, although there were some differences in value, but they were not as big as later generations. Even the circulation of gold is much more extensive than silver, so in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the reserves of gold should actually be more than silver.

Thinking about this, Li Su sighed with a sigh, and then admitted his mistake to Xijun: "I see." Fortunately, I have your reminder, otherwise I really didn't know that gold is no less than silver. It seems that we are going to plan a little, at the same time as the silver coin is issued. Gold coins will also be issued, but be sure to determine the exchange ratio of gold coins to silver coins in advance, so as not to give some people with ulterior motives to take advantage of loopholes. ”

For example, in the case of silver coins, a silver coin can be used as money, but the price of silver in the past was low, if someone minted silver coins privately, then there would be great profit margins. But fortunately, the amount of silver is not much, and after Li Yu mastered Iwami Silver Mountain, it was equivalent to mastering most of the silver output, and under his operation, the price of silver had been raised.

And it's the same with gold. It is better that the value of a gold coin corresponds to its own value, so that it is unprofitable for those who want to mint it privately. However, equivalence of the value of the currency with the actual value does not completely eliminate private coinage, and others can still profit by reducing the gold and silver content of the coinage, although there will be differences in fineness. But it is difficult for ordinary people to tell the difference, so the most important thing is to legislate a ban on private minting of gold and silver coins. In addition, it is necessary to intensify the crackdown, so that the other party feels that the benefits of the risks taken are not proportional. In this way, the possibility of private coinage for profit can be fundamentally eliminated.

Xijun naturally understood the meaning of Li Su's words, so he nodded after hearing this. Then he spoke: "Husband, although the Iwami silver mine in Watian has huge reserves, but our Datang's business is developing very fast, and the demand for gold and silver coins will be greater and greater, so I'm afraid that this silver mine alone will still not be able to meet our needs, doesn't Husband know the location of many mineral deposits, can you find some more?" ”

Regarding the fact that Li Su knew where the mineral deposits, the people around him were shocked at the beginning, and then slowly got used to it, and even now Xijun actually took the initiative to ask Li Su to provide the location of some gold and silver mines.

After hearing this, Li Su smiled bitterly and said: "I do know where in the world there are the largest reserves of gold and silver, but unfortunately it is in South America, with our current navigation ability, it is a little difficult to reach the Americas, let alone mining!" ”

Xijun had seen the world map drawn by Li Su and knew where South America was, so when he heard that the largest source of gold and silver was there, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on his face.

However, Li Su quickly comforted her and said: "We can't go to South America for the time being, but Nanyang is also one of the important sources of gold and silver, and it will be the goal of the next stage for the husband, as it is slowly developed by us, I believe that some gold and silver mines will also be discovered, and the lack of gold and silver should be alleviated at that time!" ”

Li Su said this, his tone paused, and then he spoke again: "By the way, metal currency will be eliminated sooner or later, and our development direction in the future is still to develop to the credit currency of paper money, although it is not feasible to implement paper money now, but you also have to urge the bank to carry out some check transaction business, and prepare for the future issuance of paper money!" ”

Xijun also learned a lot of things with Li Su, such as about the direction of the bank, Li Su taught each other everything he knew, and all the knowledge related to banking and finance, although Li Su didn't know much, and even a lot of things he didn't understand, but these unsystematic knowledge in Xijun listened, but it was very inspiring, and it was precisely because of this that Xijun was the only person who could discuss banking business with Li Su.

I saw that Xijun also nodded after hearing this: "What the husband said is very true, paper money is definitely the trend of future development, but just like the husband said before, the issuance of paper money must have a standard currency, but whether it is the gold standard or the silver standard, a huge amount of gold or silver reserves are required, so husband, you still have to find gold and silver mines quickly." ”

After a round of words, he finally turned to the gold and silver reserves, Li Su was also quite helpless about this, it seems that he was invading the islands of the South Seas at the same time, but also to pay attention to collecting some information about gold and silver mines, but unfortunately although he knew that gold and silver were produced in the South Seas, but it was not clear where it was, otherwise he would have sent someone to occupy the place with gold and silver mines first.

I chatted with Xijun about the bank again, and then let her rest, after all, she had been running all morning, so she was naturally tired. However, when Xijun left, Li Su left Feng Shuyu behind her, and as a result, Xijun showed a warning smile to Li Su, and then returned to the room to rest.

Regarding the warning behind Xijun's smile, Li Su also felt quite aggrieved, the conscience of heaven and earth, he really had no other thoughts about Feng Shuyu, but since he brought the other party back to the palace, he aroused the suspicion of Wenxin and Xijun, and the reason why Xijun took Feng Shuyu with him was not only to think of multiple helpers, but also to prevent Li Shu from eating secretly.

Misunderstanding is misunderstanding, anyway, I am not afraid of shadows! Li Su cheered himself up in his heart.

"Shuyu, last time your brother had already taken out a thousand times to redeem himself for you, why didn't you go back with him?" After Li Su asked Feng Shuyu to sit down, he asked.

The last time he met Lu Wan's fleet in Taiwan, Feng Shijie immediately proposed to redeem his sister afterwards and handed over a thousand guan to Li Su, who also kept his promise and restored Feng Shuyu's free body, but Feng Shuyu was unwilling to leave the palace, but chose to continue to stay, no matter how Feng Shijie persuaded him, it was useless, and finally he had to respect his sister's choice. Li Su was also a little strange about this, but he waited until today to have the opportunity to ask Feng Shuyu.

Hearing Li Su's question, Feng Shuyu's delicate face flashed a mischievous smile, and he blinked a pair of beautiful big eyes and said, "Does Your Highness want to hear the truth or a lie?" ”

"Oh, how do you tell the truth, and how do you tell the false?" Li Su suddenly felt that this girl had become a lot more cheerful, and even had a feeling of being a strong woman in the shopping mall in her expression, it seemed that she had learned a lot from Xijun during this time, and even her personality had changed a little, which made Li Su feel that the other party was much more interesting.

I saw Feng Shuyu show a sly smile again, but her face was a little red: "The lie is that the little woman likes His Highness, so she is reluctant to leave His Highness." ”

Li Su was stunned when he heard this, he never expected the other party to say such a thing, although he knew that it was a joke, and the other party also said a lie, but it still made Li Su a little uncomfortable.

However, Feng Shuyu didn't seem to notice anything unusual at all, and continued with a smile: "As for the truth, that is, Shuyu likes her current life and doesn't want to go back with her brother, and then stays at home every day, and when she is old, she has to obey her brother's arrangement, marry and have children to live her life, I want to arrange my own life!" ”

When she said the last few sentences, the expression on Feng Shuyu's face became very solemn, and it could be seen that she was not joking, but was telling the truth. This made Li Su surprised at the same time, but also admired Feng Shuyu's independent spirit very much, he really didn't expect that the other party already had a sense of feminism, although it was still very rudimentary, but it was already clear that he wanted to make his own decisions and not be dependent on men.

Seeing Li Su staring at himself in a daze and not speaking, Feng Shuyu lowered her head a little embarrassed. When she and Li Su first met, they were also very in awe of each other's identities, but after getting along later, they found that His Royal Highness King Qi was a very easy person to get along with, and he could talk to him about anything happy or unhappy, and the other party also respected his own life and would not interfere too much. It is precisely because of this that Feng Shuyu regards Li Su as a friend who has nothing to talk about, and will not hide anything from him, and occasionally make some small jokes with the other party.

Although Li Su's eyes were staring at Feng Shuyu, what came to mind was a very important question, which he really hadn't paid much attention to before, but today from Feng Shuyu in front of him and another acquaintance, he finally found that there was one more problem in front of him. (To be continued.) )