Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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"As for the Duke of England, I think you should go back first, clean up your Duke's residence first, and see if anything has been robbed, then write me a note, and I will make up for you when the time comes Yes." Although Chongzhen said this to Zhang Zhiji, his eyes revealed disdain and anger.

If it is not the British government, but a family that has been passed down for more than 200 years, and Zhang Zhiji contributed a lot when Chongzhen ascended the throne, just because of the moment he scolded Cao Huachun just now, Chongzhen did not want to pay attention to Zhang Zhiji .

Zhang Zhiji looked at Chongzhen with helplessness and pain on his face.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't know what was going on.

After all, Zhang Zhiji didn't know that Zhang Shize owed Daming Bank money.

How could Zhang Zhiji accept such a disaster for no reason?

"Thank you, minister!" Zhang Zhiji knelt weakly and whispered to Chongzhen, and then led Zhang Shize outside.

Zhang Shize followed behind Zhang Zhiji without saying a word.

At this time, his heart was already panicked. In all likelihood, this group of people came to collect debts.

After all, I have been here for a while, except for the money owed to the bank, I have never provoked anyone else.

And no one else in the British government has offended anyone recently.

When Zhang Zhiji led Zhang Shize back to the British residence, Zhang Zhiji looked at the almost ruined British residence, and spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"It's a crime, it's simply a crime, who the hell wants to deal with my British government like this?"

Zhang Zhiji walked into the front yard, saw the scattered debris everywhere and the collapsed door wall, and instantly became furious.

Zhang Zhiji's eyes were scarlet, and his body was trembling unceasingly. If Zhang Shize hadn't hurriedly supported him, Zhang Zhiji probably wouldn't even be able to stand still.

Zhang Shize supported Zhang Zhiji, and walked slowly towards the inside.

Zhang Zhiji walked to the backyard, and when he saw the stripped naked man hanging upside down on the door, he couldn't help it anymore.

He pointed at those people, spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and passed out.

"Put these people down quickly, and get some hot water quickly. By the way, clean up the whole mansion!" Zhang Shize looked at the fainted Zhang Zhiji, and hurriedly yelled at the servant behind him.

Everyone hurriedly carried Zhang Zhiji who had fainted to a bed in a room that was still intact, and covered him with a quilt.

The quilt on Zhang Zhiji's body was picked up from a collapsed house, and it was covered with dust and cracks.

When night fell, Zhang Zhiji also woke up slowly under the service of everyone.

Zhang Zhiji opened his eyes, looked at the people around him, and said in a weak tone: "What is going on? What is the origin of this group of people? Why do they treat my British government like this? My British government When did the government provoke them?"

A middle-aged woman surrounded by Zhang Zhiji looked at Zhang Zhiji with a sad face, and said slowly: "This group of people said that our British government owed them tens of thousands of taels of silver and did not pay them back. Billed."

When Zhang Zhiji heard this, he immediately became angry, "Why do you not pay back the money owed? When did my British government not pay back the money owed to others? It has always been the money owed to my British government. Ever owed money to others? This is slander, blatant slander."

The middle-aged woman looked at Zhang Zhiji, then at Zhang Shize, and said slowly: "Grandpa, this matter seems to be related to the young man, why don't you ask him."

When Zhao Wen left, he explained to these people the reason for coming to rob the British government.

Zhang Shize looked at the woman with a flustered expression, "I said, Sanniang, why are you spitting blood? What does this matter have to do with me? I don't even know where these people come from. Don't talk about it." Get on me."

This middle-aged woman is the daughter-in-law of Zhang Zhiji's third brother, Zhang Shize's third wife.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhiji pondered for a while, and after a while, pointed at Zhang Zhiji and yelled, "I finally understand what's going on. It turns out that the person who came to the British government to ask for the bill was not here to cheat. Money, but the money you owe others.

At that time, you told me that these people were blackmailing my British government, but I didn't expect it to be true.What the hell is going on here?You tell me clearly! "

"Father, this matter has nothing to do with me at all, it must be the slander of this group of people." Zhang Shize said in panic.

Zhang Zhiji sneered twice, "Take me out and beat him to death. The 200-year-old foundation of my British government has been destroyed in the hands of this little bastard. The family is unfortunate."

"Father, please forgive me!"

Zhang Shize looked at the servant who was coming towards him, turned around and ran away hastily.

But how could a pampered playboy run past these servants?

After a few breaths, Zhang Shize was pinned to the ground by his servants and tied up with a rope.

Zhang Zhiji stood up with the support of several servants. He pointed to Zhang Shize who was tied up, and said angrily, "Hang me on the beam of the house, and beat me hard with a shovel!"

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When the news spread that the British government was robbed, the entire capital was in an uproar.

Xungui, like the British Duke, became nervous for a moment without knowing the reason.For a time, almost all the nobles in the capital closed their doors tightly every day, and even kept recruiting servants in the capital, or getting a group of soldiers from the capital camp, and patrolling the mansion non-stop .

As for the civil servants in the court who have always been uncomfortable with these nobles, they competed to celebrate with each other.

And the branch office of the Ming Pao in the capital also seized this great opportunity, and the headlines on the front page for several days in a row were talking about this matter.

In an instant, Da Ming Pao pushed the heat of this matter to the peak.

Under the explanation of Da Ming Pao, everyone in the capital understood the whole story of the robbery of the British government.

At the same time, the reputation of Daming Bank in the capital became more and more popular.

For a while, countless people who had the idea of ​​not wanting to pay back the money gave up this idea.

It's a joke, people even dare to rob the British government, are they afraid of other people?

"It turned out that the British government didn't pay back the money owed to the bank. Let me just say, how could the British government be robbed for no reason."

Chongzhen sat in the imperial study, holding a newspaper, heaved a sigh of relief, and said slowly.

"But this Daming Bank is too arrogant, no matter what, this British prince is a nobleman of the imperial court. If they do this, what is the majesty of the imperial court?" Chongzhen put down the Daming Newspaper in his hand, and looked at Cao Huachun beside him.

Ever since the Da Ming Pao came out of the capital, Chongzhen also fell in love with the Da Ming Pao.

This Ming Pao not only occasionally publishes important news about politicians, but also some folk tales and ghost stories, and there are also serialized novels.

When you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can read newspapers to pass the time.

Cao Huachun looked at Chongzhen, and explained in a slow voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know the origin of this Daming Bank, but this business is all about integrity. It is always immoral for the British government to borrow money from others and not return it. matter."

"That being said, we have to investigate this matter, otherwise we won't be able to explain to these nobles. In the past few days, I have received countless papers requesting a strict investigation.

How about this, I order you to thoroughly investigate the details of this Daming Bank, I want to know the origin of this Daming Bank.

What kind of person can be so unscrupulous in the capital.By the way, you have to reprimand the British government. If they didn't owe others money and didn't pay it back, how could such a thing happen? "

Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun, pinched his chin, and said in thought.

"Observe the order!" Cao Huachun bowed to Chongzhen, and then walked outside.

When Zhao Wen returned to Xuan Town with the looted things, he found Zhang Helang, who was in charge of the financial house.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhang Helang standing in front of him, and said slowly, "Where are our Daming Banks established now?"

Zhang Helang said: "My lord, almost every important city in northern Daming has our Daming Bank.

And our Daming Bank has begun to develop towards the south. "

Zhao Wen nodded, and said slowly: "After this incident, the influence of Daming Bank will probably be raised to a higher level. Have you minted the silver coins that you were asked to mint last time?"

"My lord, it's already been cast. It's just that it hasn't been released yet."

Zhao Wen nodded, and then said: "Now is a good time to issue silver coins. Now you can put some of the minted silver coins outside, let's see the effect first."

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Chapter 246 Forging and Pressing to Make Silver Coins

"My lord, do we still need to continue producing silver coins?" Zhang Helang looked at Zhao Wen and asked slowly.

Now Zhao Wen has allocated enough money to the bank. Although a considerable part of the money has been loaned out, there is still a lot of money left.

For these silver, Zhao Wen did not explain the purpose before, but just minted some of them and the silver copied from various houses in Xuanzhen into silver coins.

So Zhang Helang wanted to ask whether the silver was stored or cast into silver coins.

Zhao Wendao: "Then mint silver coins, all the silver in the bank will be minted into silver coins, and all the silver loaned in the future will be exchanged for silver coins.

By the way, didn't I ask your mint to replace a few steam engines before, how is it now? "

"My lord, these steam engines have almost been installed, and they are currently assembling the money fan for forging and pressing to produce silver coins. It is estimated that they will be able to produce silver coins in a few days."

Zhao Wen transferred several steam engines from the ironworks to the Mint after cleaning up the roads in Xuanzhen.

In this era, whether it is casting silver ingots or copper coins, casting methods are used.

If it is cast, it will waste a lot of time, and the copper coins minted will also have a high scrap rate.

In order to solve these problems, Zhao Wen transferred several steam engines from the ironworks to the mint.

The purpose of Zhao Wen dropping the steam engine to the mint is to mass-produce silver coins by forging.

The production of silver coins by forging is not only fast, but also has a high yield rate, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and save a lot of cost.

"My lord, the previous batch of silver coins were minted, and it took a lot of time to mint that batch of silver coins.

If the method of forging silver coins is really as the adults said, it is estimated that the speed will be much faster. Zhang Helang looked at Zhao Wen and said slowly.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "This method of forging silver coins is indeed much faster than casting. When casting silver coins, it is necessary to inject molten silver into the coin.

But in this way, a lot of labor is required, and this method is not easy to operate. If the injection speed is slow, the silver water in Qian Fan will probably solidify before it is fully injected.

Moreover, it will take a lot of time for the silver coins in the money box to cool down, and it will take countless time to come and go.

When using minting coins, it will cost a lot of labor, which is a big expense.

Although silver coins are also needed for forging, the money used for forging is not the same as that used for casting.

The money fan used in forging has only one characteristic, that is hardness.

The high-carbon steel we produced can just meet this condition. When these money fans are manufactured, put the lower part of the money fan on the workbench of the steam engine, and then put the cast silver plate on the money fan. Then put the upper part of Qian Fan on the silver plate to fix the two firmly.

Then start the iron hammer on the workbench and press it directly towards Qian Fan's upper section.

After the hammer has pressed down the money fan in the upper section, then raise the hammer up.At this time, the silver coin is forged.

The coins we make are integral, and each coin can produce more than 100 or nearly 200 silver coins at one time.

In this way, the speed will be greatly increased. "

"Okay, let's not talk about this, and go to the mint with me to have a look."

Zhao Wen waved his hand, and then walked outside.

Zhang Helang followed Zhao Wen, thinking about what Zhao Wen said just now.

This is the first time that silver coins are produced by forging, and it has never appeared in history.

In this regard, Zhang Helang really has no bottom in his heart.

The mint is in Xuanzhen City, not far from the bank.

The purpose of Zhao Wen's placing the mint in Xuanzhen City is for safety.

After all, the mint is not something else, it is the lifeblood of the economy, and Zhao Wen really can't rest assured that he is not holding on to it.

After a short time, Zhao Wen took Zhang Helang to the outside of the mint.

The Mint is located in a small courtyard, which covers an area of ​​about three acres.

Inside are all large bungalows covered with cement.

From time to time, the roar of steam engines sounded.

Outside the yard, there is a hundred soldiers patrolling non-stop.

The walls of the yard are all three feet high, with barbed wire and other things to prevent climbing. The entire mint is extremely strict.

When Zhao Wen walked into the mint, Zhang Helang led Zhao Wen to the workshops with steam engines.

"My lord, this is also the first time we have come into contact with this method of forging and casting coins. We really don't know much about it." Zhang Helang walked beside Zhao Wen, his face full of doubts.

Zhao Wen chuckled and said slowly, "Didn't I give you a flow chart of forging and casting coins before? You just follow this and don't worry about the rest."

"Although the adults gave me that, I still feel a little uneasy. Coins have been minted for thousands of years from ancient times to the present. This is the first time I have seen this forging." Zhang Helang was still a little worried Said.

"What are you afraid of? At that time, if the forged silver coin is not good, it will be all on my head."

Zhao Wen patted Zhang Helang on the shoulder and expressed his relief for Zhang Helang.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Have you checked the Qian Fan sent by the iron factory, and is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Helang said: "My lord, the coins sent by the ironworks are all very standard coins, there is nothing wrong with them.

Workers in the mint are assembling these coins today. "