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Xiao Qiao hurriedly left Liu Jing's arms and turned her head. Liu Jing suddenly turned around and looked at the maid behind him with some anger. "What's the matter?" he asked angrily.

The maid was so scared that her face looked like a dirt and lowered her head and said, "Butler Luo came to pass on the message, saying that Xu Shangshu asked for a meeting."

It turned out that Xu Shu asked to see him. Liu Jing's face cleared a little and said to the maid: "I understand. Tell Mr. Luo, please wait for Xu Shangfang."

The maid left in a panic. Liu Jing turned to find Xiao Qiao again. Xiao Qiao was already a few steps away, and the atmosphere had been destroyed. There was a little embarrassment between the two. Xiao Qiao blushed and said, "Go to the public affairs and I'll go back first."

Liu Jing didn't say anything, but just looked at her deeply, then turned around and walked quickly towards the outside house. Xiao Qiao looked at him silently and walked away. He couldn't help but bit his lips gently and sighed softly.

Xu Shu patiently waited for Liu Jing in his study. According to Pingzhangtai's ten-day round, it was his turn to serve as the Secretary of State today. Last month, Pingzhangtai discussed matters. First, it was the plan to move the capital, secondly, the plan to allocate the food and food resources in the Battle of Hefei, and secondly, the matter of minting money.

A month has passed, and the first two plans have been made clear. The capital is scheduled to start in September this year. The preliminary affairs have begun. The allocation of food and food resources in the Battle of Hefei is also in an orderly manner. Today, Xu Shu came to Liu Jing to cast money. After a month of busyness, he finally got a glimpse.

At this time, Liu Jing's laughter came from the door, "I found that every time Yuan Zhi came to visit me, he would not let me rest for one day on ten days?"

Xu Shu quickly stood up and apologized to Liu Jing who walked into the room: "I am negligent and disturbing Your Highness's rest."

Liu Jing waved his hand and smiled, "It's just a joke. Yuan Zhi doesn't have to take it seriously, please sit down."

Xu Shu sat down and smiled and said, "I came to see Your Highness today, mainly to cast money."

Liu Jing was immediately excited. He was also concerned about the matter of minting gold and asked anxiously: "How is the progress now?"

Xu Shu took out a small wooden box, put it on the table, and pushed it to Liu Jing, "Your Highness, please check it out."

Liu Jing opened the box and there were two pieces of yellow money inside. Xu Shu smiled and said, "This is the money."

Liu Jing was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the sample money would be issued so soon. He took out a coin and took it in his hand to look carefully. The money was slightly larger than the Wuzhu coins, with a hole in the middle, the meat of the money was thick, and it felt heavy in his hand. On the front were engraved with four small seal scripts of Han Dynasty coins, with thick handwriting, and behind it was a circle of palace reliefs, which were the pattern of the Weiyang Palace. It was cast completely according to the plan determined by Liu Jing, which made him very satisfied.

Xu Shu explained: "One pound of gold can be exchanged for ten thousand coins, and one pound of gold can be cast in gold, and one pound of gold can be exchanged for one pound of five zhu coins. One pound of red gold can be exchanged for ten gold coins. It is very simple and easy to calculate and easy to circulation."

Liu Jing nodded and asked again: "How to prevent private casting?"

If it is private gold casting, the problem is not big. Liu Jing is worried that the private casting of gold mixed with copper will have a great impact on his money plan. He must prevent this. Xu Shu was confident and took out another piece of money from the box and handed it to Liu Jing, "This piece was deliberately mixed with 10% of red copper. Please compare it with your highness."

Liu Jing took the copper-dried coins with interest and compared them with the previous pure coins. Although the size and appearance are similar, the feel is a little lighter, and the color is also different. Xu Shu explained: "At first we planned to cast fifty coins per pound of gold, but we found it easy to adulterate and it is difficult to distinguish. After turning into one coin, it is easy to distinguish once copper is mixed, and there is a significant color difference. Moreover, this kind of money is mostly used by merchants. If you want to hide it from the smart eyes of merchants, it is almost impossible. Please rest assured."

Liu Jing thought about it and said, "Not only should we prevent it technically, but the key is to use severe punishments and severe laws. Those who dare to privately minify official money will be cut in half, so that those who make counterfeits dare not try it easily."

"I'm not worried in the Han Dynasty. I'm just worried about the fraud in Wei State. The last fake official Jin case was done by Cao Pi."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "Actually, there is no need to worry about Cao Pi. If he dares to fake money, he will only lose more than he will."

Liu Jing put the money back into the box and said to Xu Shu: "Don't worry about anything anymore. You can mint money on a large scale and implement it immediately, and at the same time, recover the red gold from the market."

"There is a good minister"

Xu Shu put away the box and stood up and said, "I will not disturb Your Highness's rest, I will say goodbye first."

Liu Jing waved his hand and smiled, "Don't panic, I have something to look for you."

Xu Shu slowly sat down again, "Is there anything else to do with Your Highness?"

Liu Jing took a piece of information from the table and handed it to him, "This is a quick message from Chang'an yesterday. Cao Cao sent the censor Dong Zhao to Chengdu as an envoy. He has arrived in Chang'an and will arrive in Chengdu in at most ten days."

This news made Xu Shu slightly stunned. What did Cao Cao send an envoy to do at this time? He took the quick letter and looked at Liu Jing in confusion. Liu Jing smiled and said, "Dong Zhao is a capable general of Cao Zhi's sect. He will be Cao Zhi's recommendation when he is on mission to Chengdu. If I am not wrong, Dong Zhao came for the upcoming battle in Hefei. It can be seen that Cao Cao does not want to fight."

"But our battle plan has been implemented, and for more than a month, we have been allocating money, food and supplies."

Xu Shu was really confused. Seeing that Liu Jing's smile was mysterious, he didn't understand Liu Jing's true intentions, and hesitated and asked: "Can your highness actually not want to fight?"

Liu Jing said lightly: "It's not that I don't want to fight the battle in Hefei, but compared with capturing Hefei, moving the capital to Chang'an is our top priority. Did Yuanzhi forget that Yuanzhi told me what is the biggest obstacle to moving the capital to Chang'an?"

Xu Shu suddenly remembered what he said a month ago, moving the capital to Chang'an, the premise was to solve the problem of Qiang, Hu and Xiongnu north of Guanzhong, otherwise Chang'an would be unstable. He suddenly realized that Liu Jing did not intend to use troops to Hefei in the near future.

Xu Shu had gradually understood Liu Jing's thoughts, and he smiled and said, "Is your Highness trying to support Cao Zhi and let Dong Zhao take the mission successfully this time?"

Liu Jing shook his head, and the smile on his face became even more mysterious. "I am not supporting Cao Zhi, or supporting Cao Pi. I only care about how to get the greatest benefit in the dispute between their brothers. In fact, it is very fun to remotely manipulate the battle between the two brothers."

Dong Zhao was still in Chang'an, but Yang Xun had already arrived in Chengdu first. He secretly went to Chengdu under Yang Biao's order, and it was necessary to promote the success of Dong Zhao's trip. He also had another task, which was to find out whether Yang Tian had secretly surrendered to the Han army.

Yang Xun was about 40 years old and had a thin and handsome appearance. He was an outstanding younger brother of the Hongnong Yang family. He was known as the second talent of Hongnong along with Yang Xiu. He was talented and outstanding. While reading scriptures, he was smart and capable. He was highly valued by the head of the family Yang Biao. This time he went to Chengdu secretly, with the diligent instructions given to him by Yang Biao.

Yang Xun came to Chengdu more than ten years ago when he was traveling. He once became a disciple of Ren An, a great scholar in Shu County. He lived in Chengdu for two years and was familiar with Chengdu. Yang Xun entered the city in the evening and moved into a hostel opposite the Yellow River Tavern, and settled his luggage.

Yang Xun stood in front of the window and stared at the Yellow River Tavern opposite. It turned out to be the intelligence station set up by Cao Jun in Chengdu. After Zhao Ting was arrested, the Yellow River Tavern was sealed by the Han army. The door was closed and there was a seal on the door. The restaurant was empty and there was no one to see.

Yang Xun seemed a little worried. He knew that Cao Jun’s intelligence station had moved to Nanshi. Dong Zhao told him that it was a mule and horse shop in Nanshi. He had to take time to check it out tomorrow. Yang Xun decided to find out the truth about Yang Tian first, and then go to see Liu Jing. Anyway, Dong Zhao was still in Chang'an, so he had plenty of time.

At this time, a knock on the door came from behind, and Yang Xun turned around and said, "Please come in."

The door opened, and the guesthouse guy walked in with a tray and said with a smile: "Sir's supper is here."

Yang Xun pointed to the small table and said, "Let it be here."

He sat down, smiled and took out a handful of money and stuffed it to his friend, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you sir"

The guy felt that the money was enough for fifty or sixty pieces, and he was overjoyed. He nodded and bowed, "Sir, do you have any needs, just give me instructions."

"I want to ask you one thing, that is, the black market was hit more than a month ago, you should know."

The guy nodded repeatedly, "No one in Chengdu doesn't know. A few days ago, more than one person was beheaded publicly, and I even went to watch."

"Do you know why the black market is being investigated?"

"I heard that it was the Han King's private visit and exchanged for fake gold, which caused the Han King's anger and ordered the army to encircle and suppress the enemy."

Yang Xun suddenly became interested. It was Cao Pi who arranged for Yang Tian to exchange for fake gold. If the rumor was true, Yang Tian should not be spared. He asked again: "Is this rumor reliable?"

The guy shrugged, "Who knows, there are all kinds of rumors anyway, but my shopkeeper thinks this rumors are reliable, because not long after the opening of Nanshi City, thousands of troops entered Nanshi. The first one arrested was to exchange for fake gold, and then arrested other money exchangers. Moreover, the black market has been alright for more than ten years. It was only two months after the fake gold came out, and the entire black market was knocked out."

Yang Xun nodded and made a lot of sense. Although he was just a small person, he still looked at the matter very clearly. It seemed that something happened to Yang Tian’s fake gold, which was interesting. If something happened to the fake gold, Yang Tian had no trouble and was promoted. Zhao Ting was arrested. Life and death were unknown. Yang Tian took over the Chengdu Intelligence Station. Such an obvious flaw could not be seen from it. It can only be said that Cao Pi had ulterior motives.

This will explain clearly why Yang Tian got such a confidential book on Pingzhangtai’s discussion records, which is obviously a trap.

However, although Yang Xun is in touch, he cannot expose it rashly if he does not get the evidence. He must get the exact evidence.

At noon the next day, Yang Xun came to Nanshi calmly and found the mule and horse shop that Dong Zhao told him. It was located in the northeast corner of Nanshi. It was a large shop covering an acre of land. There were a circle of railings around the gate. There were more than a dozen horses just delivered. It was a horse-drawn produced in Hehuang. It was tall and strong, with thick limbs, and was not good at running quickly. It was mainly used for pulling carts.

The Han army had very strict regulations on identifying war horses. High-quality war horses were never allowed to flow into the civilians and could only be used in the military. Moreover, horses were also trade-free and were not allowed to be sold to Wei and Jiangdong.

Yang Xun dressed up a little, dressed in shabby clothes, had a dishy face, and looked down-and-out, looking like a bankrupt farmer who came to visit relatives and friends. He came to the mule and horse shop and asked carefully: "Is Zhang Lu'er here?"

The big man who was watching the horse outside looked at him and shouted to the store: "Zhang Lu'er, someone is looking for him outside."

"Who is looking for me?" A thin guy ran out. He was Zhang Lu'er, who Yang Xun was looking for. More than a month ago, he took Zhao Ting to Nanshi to find Yang Tian, ​​but Zhao Ting was arrested.

Zhang Lu'er didn't know Yang Xun, so she was stunned for a moment. Yang Xun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lu'er, I'm your uncle, don't you know me anymore?"

Yang Xun said, a bronze medal appeared in his palm. Zhang Lu'er's face changed and she took two steps back and said, "Uncle Second, why did you become like this?"

"Ah, I finally found you."

Zhang Lu'er whispered to her companion who was watching the horse next to her, "I'm here to ask for money. I'll take him to dinner first, don't tell the collector."

"Send him away quickly and let the leader know that you are communicating with your family. If you have any good results, go quickly."
Chapter completed!