General Qin

After returning from visiting Li's mansion, Zhao Tuo fell into extremely busy work.

very busy!

"The country is running at full capacity."

Zhao Tuo secretly sighed in his heart, according to his observation, now the whole Qin country is like a machine full of clockwork, busy everywhere.

The newly conquered vassal areas need to send a large number of officials to take over the local government affairs, appease the survivors of the six countries, popularize the laws of the Qin State, and fight against the resistance forces.

In the old land of the Qin State, the head of Guizhou will be conscripted to serve, and the road leading to Xianyang will be built, and the roads between the counties will be repaired at the same time.

In terms of military affairs, except for the fact that General Tu Sui is leading an army all the way west, gathering Han and Wei clans along the way.

In the direction of Shu County, soldiers will also be recruited, food and fodder will be transported, ready to attack the Southwestern Yi, and then attack the distant Dian Kingdom all the way.

This is local.

Every department in the central government is also full of desks with various affairs.

Tingwei needs to train law officials, adjudicate criminals in various places, and at the same time be responsible for promoting Qin law to the newly conquered Qi.

Zhisu Neishi was responsible for spring plowing, and at the same time prepared for the grain and fodder after the nobles of the six countries migrated into Guanzhong.

Even Zongzheng and Fengchang are busy with the expansion of the ancestral temple and the revision of Qin etiquette.

Zhao Tuo, as one of the nine ministers, is naturally very busy. Apart from the papermaking project he let Zhang Han do, he has several big projects under his command that are in full swing.

Among them, the most important thing is to sell the soldiers of the world in order to cast plowshares and coins, which is the responsibility of the Shaofu.

Following the order, a large number of carriages carried countless weapons from the six nations to the huge construction site on the south bank of the Weishui River.

There are tens of thousands of Qin people serving here. Under the command of the iron officer, they sorted the confiscated weapons of the six countries into categories. After removing the wooden parts of the weapons, they stacked them according to the materials of copper and iron.

However, within ten months, there are countless copper and iron hills piled up here.

Accompanied by his subordinates, Zhao Tuo came to the construction site to inspect the progress of the project in person. This was his first major project after taking office, so he couldn't be careless.

"Reporting to the Shaofu, according to statistics, there are more than 600,000 copper weapons and nearly a million iron weapons here. In addition to weapons, there are also a large number of copper and iron parts, as well as leather materials for horses and vehicles. There are nearly two million more."

Bai Gan, the Minister of the Shaofu, followed Zhao Tuo, and reported in a rambling manner.

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly.

Among the confiscated weapons of the Six Nations, there are a large number of iron weapons. Although these things cannot be used to mint coins, if they are made into agricultural tools, the quantity is very large.

After casting, distributing these agricultural tools to various counties and counties will be of great benefit to Qin's agricultural production, far more useful than casting twelve Dajin men for the emperor.

When I think of the Qin Huangjin man in history.

Zhao Tuo then asked Bai Gan, "Has the model of the Twelve Golden Men come out?"

Bai Gan hurriedly said: "The official just asked someone to get the picture out, and he is about to present it to the Shaofu for review. If the Shaofu approves, he can start making models for casting."

Saying so, Bai Gan asked his subordinates to fetch the silk painting of the Twelve Gold Men.

Zhao Tuo opened the silk painting and saw that there were twelve Di people with high noses and deep eyes, dressed in barbarian costumes.

Each of them looks majestic. If they are cast into five-foot-tall giants, they will be very powerful and domineering, and they can be called a wonder in the world.

However, the twelve golden men designed on the drawings are only one foot high. Compared with the original history, it can only be regarded as a low-profile version, and the materials required are not too many.

"One zhang?"

Zhao Tuo frowned and said, "It's too tall. Wouldn't it be taller than the emperor standing up? How can this be done? The emperor's majesty must not be offended. Make them smaller and make them eight feet long, according to the length of a real person. alley."

"In addition, they should bow down and bow their hands, so that their height is lower than that of the emperor, so that they can show the majesty of the king and the submission of Yidi."

"Oh, by the way, the postures of these Jin people should be different, but don't make them all the same. Don't make them all men, but have some female barbarians among them, so that it can represent that all men and women in the world worship the emperor! "

Zhao Tuo imagined the needs of those hand-made otakus in later generations, and fine-tuned some details.

Bai Gan wiped the sweat from his brow, and said: "What the Shaofu said is that the officials will ask people to draw another sketch."

Only then did Zhao Tuo nod his head in satisfaction. With these twelve golden men displaying in the Qin Palace, the emperor should have no complaints.

After inspecting the construction site, determine the size of the gold man, as well as the type and quantity of agricultural tools to be cast later.

Zhao Tuo rushed back to the Shaofu again, and Yin Chang, the Tongcheng of the Shaofu, also finished the design of the new currency.

There are many styles of coins in the era of the melee of the Seven Kingdoms.

In terms of shape, there are shovel coins, knife coins, won coins and other types. Among the coins of each shape, there are various shapes and systems.

For example, there are two types of round coins, round holes and round square holes, and there is no final shape.

For example, the Banyan coins and Linyuan coins circulated in the Qin State all have round holes.

"Since later generations are called Brother Kong Fang, it is natural to use Fang Kong."

Zhao Tuo determined the shape of the new coins, which are all round and square holes.

This shape has been tested by later generations for two thousand years, and it is definitely the right choice.

As for the pattern on the coin.

The coins of this era will be printed with words, most of which are place names or country names.

For example, the word "Jiyin" on the Jiyin coins means that the money was cast in Jiyin. Another example is the words "Eastern Zhou" on the coins of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which means that they were cast by the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

In addition, there are also engraved words with weight, such as Qin Banliang, which is printed on the coin as "Half Liang".

However, because of Zhao Tuo's suggestion, the first emperor decided not to print the characters on the coins, but to print the dragon pattern instead.

Use this coin as a symbol of himself and Qin.

According to Yin Chang's design, it is a huge dragon hovering around the square hole in the middle. Its dragon body flutters and surrounds the money face. At first glance, it is quite interesting.

"There is a dragon printed on the money, and this dragon is the ancestor dragon!"

Zhao Tuo was very proud. Although his proposal to cast "Qin Datou" was rejected by the emperor, a dragon is not bad. It is a symbol of the first emperor, and it is still very meaningful.

Thousands of years later, when these coins are dug out from the ground, the dragon patterns on them may still be alive, and I don't know how much they can be sold for.

After the shape and pattern are determined, it comes to the weight of the money.

Zhao Tuo still exerted his innovative spirit here and carried out reforms according to his ideas.

The old coins of Qin State, about half double.

In the original history, after the unification of Qin Shihuang, the currency generally followed the old system, using half two coins.

In the state of Qin, one tael is 24 baht, and half a tael is 12 baht.

This is the plan Yin Chang presented.

But Zhao Tuo felt bad.

"Half tael is too heavy, and it is a big coin, which is not easy to carry, and it is easy to be scraped and minted privately, so it is better to halve it and mint six baht coins!"

Zhao Tuo spoke eloquently.

If he remembers correctly, Qin's half taels did not circulate for a long time, because the money was heavy and difficult to use, and the shape and weight of the money shrank in the later period.

When it came to the Han Dynasty, they first produced cheap pod coins, and then eight baht coins. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that they produced five baht coins. It was regarded as a unified currency weight. Until the Sui Dynasty, five baht coins were still minted. coins.

Since he, Zhao Tuo, is now in charge of the minting of coins, instead of using half taels that are destined to be eliminated by history, it is better to directly learn from the practice of the Han Dynasty in one step.

However, although the five baht coin has a long history and has passed the test of time, Zhao Tuo cannot directly copy it.

Because the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used five baht coins was because he changed the water virtue of the Han Dynasty to Tude.

Tude's lucky number is five, so Han used five baht.

"Qin Naishuide, Shang Liu."

"So the weight of the new coin should be six baht, which just symbolizes that my country of Qin belongs to six!"

With a wave of Zhao Tuo's hand, he directly cut Qin Qian's weight in half.

Yin Chang was a little worried: "Will the emperor agree to such a big change in weight?"

"Oh, how could the emperor not agree, I broke a copper coin into two for him!"

Zhao Tuo was very confident that after melting and recasting a half tael coin weighing 12 baht, it could be turned into two six baht coins. In this way, the deposit would be doubled directly. Would the emperor be unhappy?

Anyway, he, the young man in charge of money, is very happy.

Not to mention the emperor loves six, this six baht is also his lucky number.

Sure enough, after Zhao Tuo submitted his new coin minting plan, the first emperor expressed his satisfaction with the shape and weight of Qin's new coin designed by Zhao Tuo.

However, the emperor also felt dissatisfied, which was the name Zhao Tuo came up with.

"Black Dragon Coin?"

"Back then, the late Lord Wengong went hunting and got a black dragon, which was a blessing of water virtue. The name of this prey does not show my majesty."

"This coin should be called Dragon Pattern Coin."