Chapter 584 Time Flies
"Liu Xun, Liu Chan, I heard that you have performed very well recently, and you have completed your homework very well!"
Looking at his two sons, Liu Zhang couldn't help feeling a little proud.
Maybe this is the idea of Wang Zicheng. Hearing the praise of the two teachers, Liu Zhang was really happy from the bottom of his heart.
Reading classics and learning knowledge may not necessarily make you a wise man, but ignoring the classics without learning and skills will definitely not make you a wise man!
The two little guys stood in front of Liu Zhang with serious faces, even though they were praised, they still didn't dare to get carried away.
This also has a lot to do with Liu Zhang's education over the years.
As a father, Liu Zhang upholds the idea of teaching his son strictly, and his son must never become a playboy.
"Father!"
A cheerful voice came from the side, and then a little girl ran towards Liu Zhang bouncing around.
"Xin'er!"
Liu Zhang quickly squatted down, and accurately welcomed the little girl into his arms.
The attitude towards his son is completely different, Liu Zhang almost wants to spoil this little daughter to the sky.
Although Liu Xin's mother, Cai Yan, was quite strict with her, she couldn't stand Liu Zhang's love for her.
Then the three stunning women also came over and saluted Liu Zhang one after another.
"Husband!"
"The three ladies don't need to be polite!"
Today's Liu Zhang no longer only has a son and a daughter, besides Liu Xun, Liu Chan, and Liu Xin who have grown up, Cai Yan and Liu Yun still have a son and a daughter in their arms!
As for Liu Zhang's third wife, she was Wu Yi's younger sister, Wu Cheng.
The marriage between Liu Zhang and Wu Cheng was completely helpless.
First of all, Liu Zhang, as the lord of Yizhou, cannot have only two wives, after all, he wants to spread branches and leaves for the Liu family.
After many considerations, Wu Cheng finally married Liu Zhang with the fate of being rich and powerful.
Fortunately, Wu Cheng is gentle and cheerful, with a beautiful appearance. She has been married to Liu Zhang for three years, gets along very well, and has successfully fathered a son, Liu Chan.
The kind and generous Wu Cheng gets along very well with Cai Yan and Liu Yun. The three of them are like sisters. They never let Liu Zhang worry about the backyard.
"Time flies, it's been five years since Jian'an!"
Looking at the three beautiful ladies, Liu Zhang couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.
It was originally planned to go north to Liangzhou within three years, but this delay lasted for five years!
During these five years, among all the forces in the world, only Liu Zhang did nothing.
After Gongsun Zan set himself on fire in Yijing, the four prefectures in Hebei completely belonged to Yuan Shao!
Yuan Shu's situation as the direct son of the Yuan family is completely inferior to that of Yuan Shao who dominates Hebei.
In the past, Yuan Shu was also regarded as the dominant land in Huainan, but it is a pity that he assumed the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and was betrayed by his subordinates.
A generation of princes, Yuan Shu, finally ended up vomiting blood and dying, and could only withdraw from the stage of hegemony dismal.
Cao Cao successively wiped out Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and others, and now he has brought all the states in the Central Plains under his command.
After Sun Ce left Yuan Shu, he successively wiped out the Yangzhou forces headed by Liu Yao, and successively took Danyang County, Wu County, Kuaiji County, Yuzhang County, and Lujiang County. Unified all Yangzhou lands south of the Yangtze River.
After Yuan Shu's death, Sun Ce divided Yuzhang County into two, and divided ten counties into Luling County.
That is, the land of the six counties and eighty-one counties in Jiangdong that Sun Quan talked about all day long.
The princes from all over the country worked hard to expand, but Liu Zhang, who had taken the lead, did not make any moves, and stayed calmly in the land of Shu.
Perhaps Liu Zhang is already full of ambition, indulges in pleasure all day long, and has no intention of striving for hegemony in the world!
This is the evaluation given to Liu Zhang by the people of the world. Liu Zhang has changed from the invincible General Wei to the fatuous Yizhou Mu!
But is this really the case? of course not!
In five years, Yizhou has undergone earth-shaking changes!
The Chamber of Commerce was successfully established and has fully developed into all counties throughout Yizhou.
Due to the compulsory intervention of the chamber of commerce, the price of goods throughout Yizhou was extremely calm, and all the people felt exceptionally happy.
Any labor crops can be sold to the chamber of commerce for money, and money can be used to purchase all needed items from the chamber of commerce at any time.
Thanks to the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce for several years, no one in Yizhou can control prices except Liu Zhang.
Even the family united is still unshakable!
Just one year after its establishment, the Chamber of Commerce encountered an unprecedented crisis.
The aristocratic families of the counties united to boycott. They first bought in a big way, planning to loot all the supplies, so that the chamber of commerce could not operate.
However, these situations were already expected by Liu Zhang. Jia Xu, Xun You, and members of Liu Ye's think tank had already made plans in advance.
The chamber of commerce has been purchasing supplies in various places for a year!
The families that resisted were almost all small and medium-sized families. Although the combined strength was impressive, it was still difficult to compete with the State Shepherd's Mansion.
After the plan to buy out the Chamber of Commerce fell through, the Family Alliance began to sell goods aggressively, preparing to empty the Chamber of Commerce's coin reserves.
This really caused Liu Zhang a lot of trouble!
However, there is no unparalleled road, and Jia Xu has good news that the mint is ready and the mint can be started immediately!
At the same time, Lu Su, who had been mining in Nanzhong for nearly a year, asked Dianwei to personally escort the first batch of copper ore back to Chengdu.
With the arrival of copper ore in Chengdu and the full operation of the mint, the dream of the Yizhou family was completely shattered.
After Dianwei arrived in Chengdu, the military power of Shu County also became stronger. Liu Zhang immediately used thunderous means to personally destroy several aristocratic families with evil intentions. This time, the civil strife caused by the Chamber of Commerce in Yizhou was also completely resolved.
Now the Chengdu Mint has been in continuous operation for three years, and all the currency in circulation in the entire Shu area is the five baht coins made in Shu.
Because the five baht coins made by Liu Zhang are exquisite in appearance and full in weight, they have been loved by people all over the world.
In addition, the sales of necessities such as Shu brocade and salt and the mandatory trading restrictions imposed by the chamber of commerce.
The five baht coin made in Shu suddenly became the top currency in the world.
At present, not only the five baht coins made in Shu are being used throughout Yizhou, but also five baht coins made in Shu are popular in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places!
When the princes from all over the country were still laughing at Liu Zhang's unrealistic currency adjustment, they had already fallen into the trap that Liu Zhang had drawn for him.
Nanzhong copper ore was continuously transported to Chengdu, and the Chengdu mint was also continuously producing five baht coins made in Shu.
As the status of the five baht coins made in Shu continues to increase in various states and counties, Liu Zhang ordered the chamber of commerce to purchase them in various states and counties, exchanging cheap copper ore for huge amounts of supplies.
This purchase has been going on for two years, and the princes of the world have not noticed it at all...
(end of this chapter)