Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and honest!

The reason why copper is said to be a hundred times more important than the curved shaft plow is because without the curved shaft plow, the farming efficiency is just lower, but it does not mean that one cannot survive.

And if there is a lack of copper, it will be very fatal, and it can even cause chaos in the world!

In this era, copper was the main monetary material and could be used to mint coins.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty introduced the five-baht coin three hundred years ago, the five-baht coin cast in copper has become a common currency.

But for hundreds of years, although coins were minted every year, there were fewer and fewer copper coins circulating in the market, even causing a money shortage.

Because with the flow of wealth, most of the coins are gathered in the hands of aristocratic families, princes, generals, and powerful merchants.

And although the powerful have mastered a lot of wealth, they don't take it out, but save it.

Therefore, although there are mountains of coins in the homes of powerful people, there is no money to circulate in the market.

In addition, in the Han Dynasty, there was a tradition of lavish burials. Emperors, generals, ministers, and powerful people from aristocratic families were often buried with rich objects, including boxes of gold cakes and piles of coins.

Therefore, although money is minted every year, the money is getting less and less.

Some of the copper mines that were mineable and easy to mine in the past have almost been mined, and there is not enough copper to mint new money.

This problem even appeared in the late Western Han Dynasty. Later, Wang Mang's new policy tried to correct this problem but failed.

The successive wars in the late Western Han Dynasty resulted in numerous casualties and casualties. Countless imperial mausoleums and tombs were also robbed, and a large number of buried coins were unearthed and circulated again.

In addition, many forces were defeated, and the wealth was obtained by the victors as spoils of war, which was used to reward soldiers, purchase military supplies, and recirculate.

Only in the early Eastern Han Dynasty did the coins regain their usefulness.

But as time went by, history repeated itself again, and money shortages also broke out in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

For this reason, those in power from the late Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms era had to resort to damaging moves.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, officials were sold and their prices clearly marked. This seemed like a foolish method, but in fact it was because they were forced to do so due to lack of money.

Without the circulation of money, the economy will be clogged and collapsed, and the world will be in turmoil.

Emperor Ling sold his official position and conferred title in order to extract money from the powerful families who controlled the wealth and save the national destiny of the Han Dynasty.

And those powerful people from aristocratic families who were so stingy that they would rather put their money to death than spend it were only willing to spend money on buying an official position. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty accurately targeted this point among the powerful people.

For example, positions such as Taiwei and other three official positions can also be sold, with a price tag of 50 million yuan.

Of course, first of all, the buyer must be qualified to become a Sangong before he can bid.

As the adopted son of a eunuch, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was originally not qualified to hold the post of Taiwei.

But Cao Song spent 100 million yuan and bought a Taiwei at twice the price. He can be regarded as a man who has served as a third official...

And the dilemma of lack of money has continued from the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to the present, and even throughout the entire The Three Kingdoms, Two Jins, Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

A few years ago, Dong Zhuo minted small coins without characters and cut corners to solve the problem of lack of money.

This kind of cutting corners is a shameless way to rob people of their wealth.

A wordless coin does not have the weight and value of a five-baht coin, but it is used as a five-baht coin to exchange for actual supplies from the people.

This move was also done by the Shu Han in history. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang cast hundreds of coins in Shu!

That is to say, only one coin is minted, with the words"one hundred and five baht" written on it, and used as one hundred and five baht coins. This is also a disguised form of plundering people's wealth.

Soochow was even more shameless. Sun Quan even minted coins with the words Daquan Dangqian or Daquan Wuqian, which meant that one coin was used as one thousand or even five thousand coins.

Because of the behavior of Shu Han and Soochow, Cao Wei simply did not recognize the currencies of Shu Han and Soochow for a period of time. Even the five baht coins were abandoned and turned to the backward model of barter...

It can be said that Han Dynasty The main reason for the lack of money in the last three countries was the lack of copper.

If there is enough copper to continuously mint new currencies, then even if powerful families keep hoarding money, there will not be no money circulating in the market.

Now, when Cao Ang opens the silver blind box, he can get copper ore.

This also means that as long as Cao Ang has enough negative energy, he can obtain endless copper ore, which will allow Cao Wei to have enough copper to make money!

The kind that doesn’t cut corners!

With enough money, more manpower and material resources can be mobilized, and materials can be purchased from other forces.

The war itself is about resources and national strength, and what is burned is money!

And Cao Ang has a steady stream of copper, which means that all the world's resources will converge on Cao Wei!

The people of the world will also return to Cao Wei!

What did the other princes use to oppose Cao Ang?

Therefore, it can be said that those who have the right to mint money will win the world!

Whoever has the power to mint coins can control the world's wealth, and whoever controls the world's wealth can mobilize the world's resources and make the people of the world work, which is to control the world.

Of course, in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, no one controlled it. In theory, any prince or even a powerful man had the right to mint coins.

However, when everyone has the right to mint coins but lacks the copper to mint coins, whoever can come up with enough copper to mint coins is the one who truly has the right to mint coins!

Just imagine, if during the period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei had always had enough copper, and he could mint five baht coins in a regular manner, without cutting corners or using one for a hundred.

However, Shuhan and Soochow used to cast hundreds of coins, Daquan equivalent to one thousand, and Daquan five thousand coins.

In this case, would the people of Shu Han be willing to sell supplies worth one hundred and five baht to the Shu Han court in exchange for one hundred coins, or would they rather sell the same supplies to Cao Wei in exchange for one hundred real five baht coins? ?

In this way, the national power of Shu Han and Soochow can be sucked dry without even fighting!

Of course, it is still very early for Cao Ang to arrive now, and there will probably not be an era of Three Kingdoms in the future.

Because I'm afraid that before that time, the world will be unified in advance...

He breathed a sigh of relief and put away his expectations. After all, those are things in the future. At present, Cao Ang does not have so much negative energy, and he extracts a large amount of copper. ore.

As for now, of course, Quyuanli will be promoted within the Cao family's sphere of influence first.

So, while Cao Ang materialized the Quyuanli drawings, he called several reliable local craftsmen and asked them to build them according to the drawings.

At the same time, he copied a drawing and attached it with Cao Ang's letter. He tied it to Qianli Falcon's leg and sent it to Xudu.

That's right, Cao Ang used the Qianli Falcon as a homing pigeon, and this guy was much more reliable than a homing pigeon.

After all, homing pigeons may be preyed on by falcons and other raptors along the way, captured by humans, or shot down by enemies, resulting in the message not being delivered or even being intercepted by the enemy.

But the Thousand Mile Falcon is different. The divine falcon flies thousands of feet high and is faster than an arrow. Except for Cao Ang, no one in the world can catch the Thousand Mile Falcon.

There is no need to worry about being preyed upon by birds of prey, after all, the Thousand Mile Falcon is the overlord among birds of prey!

It can be said that with this Thousand Mile Falcon alone, the information transmission speed of Cao Ang and Cao Cao's forces is far faster than any force in this era!

Communication speed is a very important part in war and can even determine success or failure!

For example, at this moment, four or five days have passed since the incident in Xu Duchaotang, and the closer forces such as Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei and Lu Bu have received news for a day or two.

Tian Fengcai finally returned to Jizhou, Hebei from Xudu.

Only then did Yuan Shao and his civil servants learn what had happened in Xu Duchaotang...