The current currency of the Ming Dynasty is unified into three types: copper coins, silver, and gold, all minted by the imperial court.

One copper coin is one wen, a small string of coins is one hundred wen, a large string is one guan, and one thousand wen.

As for silver, one tael of silver equals one string of cash.

The official price of gold is ten times that of silver, but due to the relatively low production of gold, it has always been priced higher than that.

This was the official currency management system. As for paper money and Jiaozi (paper money), they were ruined by Emperor Taizu, which led to a period of soaring prices and people began to barter.

Later, Emperor Taizu had no choice but to revert to the copper coin, silver, and gold monetary system.

What Li Chang'an wants to do is break this system and seize control of the value of currency.

He took out twelve coins from his backpack.

There are three copper coins, with the numbers one, two, and five coins written on them.

Each copper coin varies in size and weight, with five coins being the largest and one coin the smallest.

Silver coins and gold coins are similar in size and specifications.

These coins were the sign-in rewards given by the system before I even arrived in the capital.

The moment these three types of coins appeared, Li Chang'an had the idea of ​​breaking the existing monetary system and establishing his own.

However, directly breaking the current monetary system would certainly be opposed by many people.

Therefore, he resorts to unorthodox methods, such as inflation, to make money lose its due value.

In this way, he could logically use unlimited resources to launch a new monetary system and then link the currency to all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This forced those prestigious families to exchange their accumulated wealth for these currencies.

Then, Li Chang'an will gradually raise prices and wages.

In a few years, those prestigious families will find that their money is becoming less and less valuable.

When Luo Yang saw the coins, it immediately dawned on him: "You want to use the coins you have to replace the copper coins and silver of the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Chang'an fiddled with the gold coins in his hand and shook his head: "Not only that, I also want to make some money."

"Making money? The common people are all struggling, where would you find money to make?"

"No, no, no!" Li Chang'an waved his hand and said, "I, Li, will not make money off the common people."

"If you don't make money off the people, whose money are you going to make money off?"

"I'll make money off whoever has money."

Luo Yang's lips curled up when she heard this. She enjoyed chatting with Li Chang'an like this, always feeling that she could learn something new: "Then tell me who's rich."

Li Chang'an looked into the distance, at the location of the Forbidden City: "The imperial court is rich, the noble families are rich, and all the sects and factions in the martial arts world are rich."

"I want to make money off them."

"Sigh!" Luo Yang sighed. "They have money, but do you think they'll let you earn it so easily? You need to know that behind every big family is a bloody history."

“I will reason with them, and then they will make money for me.”

"Let's be reasonable!" Luo Yang laughed as if he had heard a joke: "Reason is like a wooden stick in the latrine. You only take it out to wipe your butt when it's useful, and you don't even look at it when it's not."

“It’s okay, if they don’t want to listen to my reasoning, then I do know a little bit about physics.”

Li Chang'an looked up at the sky and smiled.

"They'll always hear the same thing, whether it's logic or physics."

"If neither of them can understand, then we can only hope they'll be more careful in their next life."

Li Chang'an shrugged: "After all, I, Li, am a kind-hearted scholar who doesn't like fighting and killing, but prefers to win people over with virtue."

Looking at that carefree face, Luo Yang was genuinely curious and couldn't help but ask, "I find myself somewhat confused about you. You could easily and simply unify this world, so why go through all this trouble?"

"Because, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Li Chang'an reached out and shielded Luo Yang's head from the splashing rain, saying, "I'm worried that the boy who slays the dragon will eventually become the dragon himself."

"Therefore, I want the people of the Ming Dynasty to slay the dragon themselves under my guidance and to understand the meaning of fairness themselves."

"That way, even if I die, the world will continue to function normally."

"The body perishes easily, but the spirit is eternal."

"When one emperor dies, another will appear."

“My opponent has never been Emperor Jianyuan, but rather the chair he sits on.”

Luo Yang smelled the scent emanating from Li Chang'an's palms and looked at his resolute face. His eyes began to well up with tears, and he felt dizzy.

He looked like he was drunk; his face was flushed and his body began to sway.

She glanced at Li Chang'an furtively and saw that he was looking at the rain and muttering to himself, unaware of her presence.

So Luoyang, like a thief, quietly tiptoed and placed her head in his palm, looking completely blissful.

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Luo Yang, a terrestrial immortal, felt weak and powerless, as if something was blocking his chest.

The world before my eyes turned pink.

She felt her body go limp, and then naturally, she fell into Li Chang'an's arms.

Looking at Luoyang, who was as beautiful as a peach blossom and as cute as a kitten, Li Chang'an fell into deep thought.

"Don't move, just hug me, just once, and I'll be fine."

Luo Yang's lips parted slightly, her breathing became heavier, and her tone was no longer as bold as before, but rather carried the dependence of a little girl.

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