On the Huating County pier, four tall and mighty ships with dark metallic luster slowly landed on the dock. Several seagulls flew in the port and made waves of chirping from time to time.

The news that Yang Fan was about to dock at the wharf had long been passed back, and all the ships next to the wharf were cleared.

Such a huge movement naturally attracted everyone's attention.

In particular, Pei Xingjian, Di Renjie and others came to greet him with officials who were not on duty.

After hearing the news that Yang Fan discovered Shi Jian Yinshan and carried a large amount of silver and copper back.

Pei Xingjian and the others were excited at first, but then they were worried.

They naturally know what such a large amount of wealth means.

Moreover, there are too many unknown things on the sea, so they are really afraid of any accidents.

When they saw Yang Fan's four warships slowly landing, they put their worries back into their stomachs.

Although I don’t know how powerful these warships are, as long as the pirates and the Jiangnan family are not fools, they dare not easily do anything to rob.

"Congratulations to the Grand Commander for his successful trial voyage!"

Seeing that the ship was completely stopped, Pei Xingjian and a group of officials congratulated each other.

Yang Fan first walked off the boat bridge, waved his hand and smiled, "Let you wait for a long time, hurry up and have someone get on the boat and move everything down!"

"Let's go, my colleagues go with me!" Pei Xingjian couldn't wait to see how much more than 1 million taels of silver was.

As boxes of silver and copper were moved down, almost all the dock was filled.

During this period, two officials accidentally tripped while carrying the silver. The white silver was sprinkled on the ground, almost blinding the eyes of the onlookers.

If they hadn't looked at the guards standing up, these people might have already started to snatch them.

However, this cannot prevent everyone from whispering and talking.

"I heard that the Grand Governor brought back more than 1 million taels of silver this time. Are you saying it true?"

"Of course it's true. You see so many boxes, maybe more than 1 million taels. It would be great if I had so much money!"

"Haha, don't think about it. That's the Great Governor's money. Do you dare to think about it? But to be honest, the Great Governor is really the God of Wealth. It's so awesome to get back so much money if you just go out to sea."

"Hmph, what are these? I heard that the Grand Governor bought a silver mine in Fusang Kingdom, which can produce tens of thousands of taels of silver a day. I believe that with this money, our Huating County will get better and better!"

Although many people were prepared, they were still shocked by this astronomical number.

According to ten thousand taels a day, it is more than three million taels a year. You should know that this is a long-term output like flowing water.

The entire Tang Dynasty could not produce so much silver in a year.

Besides, this is just the initial output, if it is in the future...

The onlookers felt that their breathing was much heavier.

Wealth is touching, who doesn’t want to have endless wealth!

After a while of silence, someone said, "Okay, don't be envious. Anyway, the governor of the country will invest this money in various projects in Huating County. As long as you are willing to contribute, the money will eventually fall into our pockets."

"Not bad! Not bad!"

This was agreed by everyone.

Huating County's drastic reforms during this period have allowed the people here to benefit the most tangible and beautifully anticipated the future.

Yang Fan just smiled at the discussions of everyone.

After all the boxes were moved down, Yang Fan took the lead and walked towards the Grand Commander along the cement road.

Such a large group of people and so many boxes attracted countless people to watch along the way, making the wide roads a little congested.

But Yang Fan was not angry, but instead raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The news that I brought back the silver and discovered the mine was deliberately spread, with the purpose of being able to smoothly carry out the next plan.

He wished more people would know!

...

In the government office, officials at all levels gathered together, which seemed very lively.

"Chief Quan, you have been out of the sea for nearly a month. Fortunately, you are back now, otherwise my subordinates really don't know what to do!"

After returning to the county government, everyone's mood calmed down, and Pei Xingjian said with a sad face.

Quan Wanji frowned and asked, "Oh, what happened? Could anyone make trouble?"

"No one is causing trouble, but we have no money!" Pei Xingjian smiled awkwardly and said quickly.

No money?

Quan Wanji looked surprised and seemed a little unbelievable.

I only earned more than 5 million pounds by selling a house a month ago. Is this money used up?

Although it takes money to build Huating County in an all-round way, it is impossible to spend so much money in one month, right?

If calculated based on the annual tax of 30 million in the Tang Dynasty, 5 million guan is equivalent to 1/6.

Is such a big sum of money used up in Huating County?

The only possibility is that someone is embezzling.

Thinking of this, Quan Wanji's face turned cold and shouted solemnly: "Did someone take the money that he shouldn't have? The Grand Governor gives us a richer salary than the court. You can't let these people be borers. Who do you think?"

"Chief General Quan misunderstood!" Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly and quickly explained.

It turns out that as Huating County's construction is in full swing, the monthly wages paid to workers are quite large.

Although the accounts in the account are sufficient, most of them are food, brocade and other things.

But paying workers’ wages requires copper coins!

Now there is insufficient copper coins circulating in Huating County, so it is said that there is no money.

Hearing this, Quan Wanji was silent, and he had no choice!

After thinking about it, Quan Wanji put forward his own suggestions.

"I think this is the case, why not ask the Grand Governor if he can use brocade and grain to replace the workers' wages, or if there is any other way?"

Although several ships of copper were brought from Fusang this time, the Grand Governor's Office did not have the power to mint coins.

Besides, Yang Fan's various ideas are imaginative, and it may solve the problem of shortage of copper coins.

This trial voyage not only bought a silver mine with amazing reserves, but also brought back so much silver, which was simply the reincarnation of the God of Wealth.

Hearing this, Pei Xingjian couldn't help but pat his head and complained: "Yes! The Grand Governor is wise and powerful, and he may have a solution. Why are you so stupid?"

In fact, it’s not the fault of Pei Xingjian and others like this.

On weekdays, Yang Fan only focuses on the general direction and rarely interferes in specific matters, so it is understandable that Yang Fan is not expecting that at the first time.

Everyone present was very confident in Yang Fan and immediately agreed.

"Then let's go to the Grand Governor's Office to ask for advice!"

When they arrived at the Grand Governor, they found that in addition to Yang Fan, there was also Duke Xiao Yu of Song. Everyone quickly saluted: "I have met the Grand Governor, Duke Song..."

Yang Fan waved his hand: "Everyone doesn't need to be polite, sit there. Is there anything wrong with coming here this time?"

After sitting down, Quan Wanji turned to Pei Xingjian and said, "Mr. Pei, please report the situation to the Grand Supervisor in detail."

Pei Xingjian quickly introduced the current situation Huating County is facing, especially the dilemma of shortage of copper coins, and then waited quietly for Yang Fan to see if there was a way to solve it.

After listening, Yang Fan understood what was going on.

Throughout the dynasties, every dynasty will have such a crisis when it is strong, which is caused by the economic prosperity and insufficient copper mineral production.

Because the output of copper ore directly affects the amount of coins manufactured.

Nowadays, unlike later generations, there are not enough paper money, so the printing machine can be turned on.

What's more, the people in China like to save money the most.

In this way, people hide their wages at home after they get their wages and rarely use them.

This also leads to less and less copper coins circulating on the market, and the phenomenon of insufficient copper coins is naturally becoming more and more serious.

Although Yang Fan could foresee that there would be a shortage of copper coins in Huating County, he just didn't expect it to be so soon.

It seems that the pace of paper currency reform is to be accelerated.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan smiled and said, "It is inevitable that copper coins will become increasingly short, so there is no need to worry."

Quan Wanji looked puzzled: "Oh? How do you say this? Why is it an inevitable phenomenon?"

Not only Quan Wanji, but everyone does not understand the reason.

Yang Fan smiled and explained: "It's very simple. People's labor will produce value. If there are not enough copper coins to print them to offset them, the value of these labor will depreciate, resulting in insufficient circulation of copper coins. On the other hand, people like to store them in case of this, which will further exacerbate the shortage of copper coins."

Yang Fan can only explain the economic issues in later generations based on this simple truth.

Although it is somewhat inappropriate, it still makes a vivid metaphor.

Indeed, a good economic environment requires continuous circulation.
To be continued...