Chapter 567 War Without Smoke

After staying for several days and making all the arrangements, Liu Zhang finally decided to return to Chengdu.

Under the farewell of all the civil and military personnel, Liu Zhang, Liu Ye, and Tai Shici led the Wufeng camp on their way home.

It seems that in less than half a year, Yizhou County has been completely pacified, but the six counties of Nanzhong have been deployed for more than a year, and the huge amount of money and food consumed in this process is completely shocking.

Fortunately, all the sacrifices have given Liu Zhang the greatest return, and this journey home is so joyful and joyful.

Instead of going to Bodao by water, Liu Zhang chose to return to Chengdu by land under the escort of cavalry.

It's winter now, and although the weather is cold, it can't restrain Liu Zhang's desire to play in Sichuan and Sichuan.

Stop and go, enjoy the scenery along the way, and finally return to Chengdu before passing the New Year.

Outside the north gate of Chengdu, Jia Xu was already waiting here with a group of officials.

Due to the cold weather, many people's faces were flushed with cold, and some were even trembling slightly.

"Wenhe, there is no need to wait here in such a cold day!"

Liu Zhang got off his horse and walked quickly to Jia Xu, his eyes full of concern.

For Jia Xu, this is undoubtedly the best warmth in the severe cold.

"My lord, living in the frontier in the next life, this kind of weather is not cold at all!"

Seeing that other officials were quite afraid of the cold, Liu Zhang hurriedly ordered to return home.

"Everyone, thank you for waiting here, please follow me to the State Shepherd's Mansion!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Everyone was relieved, and they all bowed their hands in thanks, and followed Liu Zhang's pace and began to go into the city.

"Wenhe, how is Yizhou? Nothing happened, right?"

Liu Zhang just felt bored while walking, and said something casually, but Jia Xu frowned slightly.

"Is there really something wrong?"

Liu Zhang stopped unconsciously, and looked at Jia Xu in astonishment.

Jia Xu thought for a while, then nodded.

"My lord, there is nothing going on in Yizhou, but some things have affected Yizhou."

"But because of the five baht?"

What Liu Zhang blurted out immediately shocked Jia Xu.

"The lord is really a man of gods. He is in Nanzhong, but he knows these things!"

So Jia Xu couldn't help but be surprised, after all, he didn't know about it for a long time, and he hadn't had time to tell Liu Zhang about it.

However, the problem of Nanzhong is enough to cause headaches, and Jia Xu has no plans to tell Liu Zhang for the time being.

It's just that Liu Zhang happened to return to Chengdu and asked about it, so Jia Xu decided to tell the story.

"As expected, it must be Dong Zhuo's fault, right?"

Liu Zhang continued to walk towards the state pastoral mansion. While walking, he turned his head and asked Jia Xu who was beside him.

Jia Xu nodded helplessly, with anger flashing in his eyes.

"My lord's words are so true! Dong Zhuo is such an abominable old thief. He even looted all the five baht coins from Sili and Guanzhong, melted them down and recast them. Not only is it extremely rough, but the weight is very different!"

"I'm afraid it's more than that?"

Jia Xu looked at Liu Zhang with some admiration, and couldn't help but sigh that Liu Zhang deserved to be the person who knew Dong Zhuo best.

"That's right, Dong Zhuo used force to force the common people, wealthy families, aristocratic families and even officials to forcibly exchange with him. After the exchange, he wantonly minted these insufficient rotten money!"

"Dong Zhuo did this, he himself is very rich, but he directly disrupted the orthodox five baht coins!"

Judging from the current situation, it must be that after Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si were not idle, and started to follow Dong Zhuo's old path again!

"Wenhe, Dong Zhuo has been dead for so long, it's not been a day or two since he minted money, how did it affect Yizhou?"

Although it is an era of war, the states and counties are still the same, and the people can still trade freely.

Unless there is a war, the frontiers of various forces can freely enter and exit.

"My lord, since the campaign against Yizhou, Yangping Pass has been in a state of tight defense, and the three eastern counties have been evacuated, so although Hanzhong borders Dong Zhuo's Chang'an, it has not been affected much."

"However, the 'five baht coins' minted by Dong Zhuo have flowed into Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and other places wantonly, and several states in Hebei have also suffered greatly from it!"

Liu Zhang couldn't be more aware of the harm of Dong Zhuo's rotten money. It is also because Dong Zhuo set a precedent. In the future, Liu Bei and Sun Quan also began to mint fake money in order to fill the treasury.

Liu Bei euphemistically called it "straight hundred and five baht coins", which means that one five baht coin minted by Liu Bei can be exchanged for one hundred five baht coins in the hands of Yizhou people!

How is this different from a robber?

The raw material of five baht coins is copper coins, which are valuable in themselves, and the weight and size determine the value of copper coins.

Why can Dong Zhuo get rich with small money? It is nothing more than that the small coins made by Dong Zhuo are far smaller in weight and size than the orthodox five baht coins.

One orthodox five baht coin can cast two or even more Dong Zhuo five baht coins, which will seriously disrupt the market economy.

Liu Bei was even more ruthless. The straight hundred and five baht coins he minted were three times the normal five baht coins at the beginning.

It is also equivalent to exchanging three five baht coins for one hundred five baht coins of the common people.

After Liu Bei was released, his treasury was full, and his wealth was so rich that the people would suffer, and the whole Yizhou complained!

Even so, Liu Zhang was still greedy, and the straight hundred and five baht he cast became smaller and smaller, and in the end he only saved half of it!

Start using half a plant money as a hundred five baht coins!

Liu Bei relied on force to force the people to use straight hundred and five baht. It only took Liu Bei a few months to go from the "first loser" in Yizhou to the "richest man" in Yizhou.

Liu Bei can do this, and as Liu Bei's brother-in-law Sun Quan, naturally he cannot be left behind.

But Sun Quan is far more ruthless than Liu Bei!

If you compare Sun Quan with Dong Zhuo, then Dong Zhuo is a good man!

At best, Dong Zhuo just withheld some weight, but Sun Quan was different. He didn't just steal money, he just 'printed money'!

After Sun Quan learned that Liu Bei's creation was worth one hundred, he immediately decided to counterattack and minted new coins in Soochow, named Daquan Fifty.

As the name suggests, one coin is worth fifty coins.

Sun Quan knew something in the early days and knew the dangers of casting money like this.

However, when Daquan came out at fifty-one, he immediately tasted the sweetness, which is equivalent to directly multiplying the existing assets by fifty times!

Then Sun Quan went crazy, five hundred in Daquan, one thousand in Daquan, even two thousand in Daquan, five thousand in Daquan!

It's a pity that the people of Soochow are not fools. Two thousand in Daquan is enough to make people bankrupt, let alone five thousand in Daquan.

Therefore, as soon as Daquan Wuqian was issued, it was strongly resisted, and Sun Quan had to recycle all of them and burn them.

It was precisely because of the timely destruction of Daquan Wuqian that Sun Quan saved Soochow's life, otherwise it would very likely arouse public indignation and even overthrow the rule of the Sun family!

(end of this chapter)