Han Du pondered for a moment and said: "Oh, let's divide it into five levels. If you really can't distinguish between five levels, you can even divide it into three levels. In short, you have to select the best paper for me, even if It doesn’t matter if it’s less.”
This banknote is made of cotton pulp, and the cost is ridiculously higher than previous banknotes. What were the banknotes in the past? They were just made of mulberry bark, hemp stalks and the like, and were not valuable at all. But cotton pulp is different. This requires cotton.
Therefore, Handu will naturally try to save costs as much as possible.
The first is that the size of the new banknotes can no longer be the same as the previous banknotes, it must be the same size as the banknotes. In the past, Lao Zhuyin's treasure notes were one foot square. When people use it, they need to fold it several times before they can put it away. When doing transactions, they have to unfold it again and again before others can see the whole picture.
Extremely inconvenient.
What's a good size for a banknote? Just spread it out casually, and others can look at it carefully. At most, you can fold it from the middle and put it into your bag easily.
The second is to use paper of different qualities to make new banknotes of different denominations. Even though they are all made using the same process, there are still subtle differences.
Handu is prepared to have the best paper to make large-denomination banknotes, because after all, large-denomination banknotes are definitely used the least frequently, and there is no need to issue too many. A small amount of paper can be enough. The worst paper was used to print the small-denomination banknotes that were in greatest demand.
Mr. Huang nodded and wrote down Han Du's words one by one.
Seeing that nothing happened, Han Du waved to Mr. Huang to go down and arrange things properly.
The next day, Han Du found Xiong Shi in the banknote lifting department.
"Sir." Xiong Shi greeted Han Du with fists in his hands when he saw him.
Han Du nodded in response and motioned to Xiong Shi to go to the Banknote Printing Bureau with him. On the way, Han Du changed what he said to Mr. Huang yesterday and told Xiong Shi. Finally, he said: "That's the way it is. From now on, you will be in charge of the Banknote Printing Bureau. Be careful." The secret of keeping the new banknotes must not be leaked out."
After hearing this, Xiong Shi replied: "There is no problem with being a subordinate to the Bureau of Printing and Printing, but it's just Mr. Huang's side?"
"Don't worry about this. I told him yesterday that there will be no problems on his side." Han Du waved his hand.
"Then, I will obey your orders."
"Okay." Seeing that Xiong Shi agreed, Han Du patted Xiong Shi on the shoulder a few times and said with a smile: "Then today you and I will go to the Banknote Printing Bureau to see how their ink and printing plates are processed. How's it going?"
The two came to the Bureau of Printing and Printing.
Han Du announced that Xiong Shi would also be in charge of the Banknote Printing Bureau in the future.
The craftsmen had no objection to this, and their previous Shangguan Cheng Shi had not been very kind to them. On the contrary, after Han Du took office, he was beaten by Cheng Shi immediately, which made the craftsmen feel more relaxed.
Now that Xiong Shi is taking care of them, they also know what Xiong Shi's character is. Therefore, the craftsmen had no objections to Han Du's arrangement and congratulated him in unison: "We will pay homage to Master Xiong."
"Everyone, get up, get up." Xiong Shi stood up and motioned for everyone to get up.
Han Du saw that they had formally greeted each other, and the matter of Xiong Shi was settled. Then Han Du asked what he was most concerned about, "Is the ink ready? How is the engraving of the printing plate?"
A craftsman heard this and said, "Sir, the engraving of the printing plate went quite smoothly. Although a lot of tools were used, it is finally almost completed. But the ink..."
When Han Du heard that there was a problem with the ink, he frowned and asked in confusion: "Who are you?"
"Little Hu Xing, I used to follow Mr. Huang and help the craftsmen in charge of the Banknote Printing Bureau." Hu Xing replied quickly.
Han Du nodded when he heard this.
Come to think of it, how can the person who speaks out at this time be an ordinary craftsman? At least he should be someone as prestigious as Mr. Huang among the craftsmen.
Of course, the craftsmanship of craftsmen like Huang Lao and Hu Xing is not comparable to that of ordinary craftsmen. Craftsmen have relied on craftsmanship since ancient times. Only if you have the skills to convince others will they listen to you.
Moreover, Hu Xing is much younger than Huang Lao. It is obvious that he is a very skilled craftsman. After all, Mr. Huang is so old, so why would others give Mr. Huang a little less respect?
But for a young person like Hu Xing, if he wants to stand in front of everyone and give orders, his mobile phone must be used to convince everyone.
"What kind of craft do you do?" Han Du continued to ask.
Hu Xing replied calmly, "The small one does the engraving. The current printing plate is made by the small one."
When it came to engraving printing plates, Han Du immediately recalled it. He had a vague impression of Hu Xing, as if when he asked to use lead plates to engrave, the person he met was Hu Xing.
"It turns out to be you." Han Du suddenly remembered.
Han Du didn't have any bad feelings towards Hu Xing. On the contrary, if he could obey Han Du's order and let him use lead plates, he would obey and use lead plates to carve. This kind of obedience to him made Han Du appreciate Hu Xing a little.
Unlike some stubborn people who asked him to carve with lead plates, he insisted on using wooden boards. He said that his ancestors had been carving on wooden boards for generations and had never used lead plates.
For this kind of person, Han Du would only sneer and say, Ge Wu En.
Han Du smiled and patted Hu Xing on the shoulder and said: "Since you said that there is no problem with the engraving of the printing plate, it will be completed soon. Then I will believe you, but if you can't take out the printing plate by then~"
"Then please take the small one and ask me." Hu Xing's face turned solemn and he said decisively.
"Okay." Han Du nodded.
Putting down the printing plate matter first, Han Du asked about the ink, "Is there no progress in the ink?"
Han Du's question made Hu Xing look a bit embarrassed on his face.
After cupping his fists and saluting, Hu Xingcai said apologetically: "To tell you what to say to the adults, none of the kids have ever done ink, so in the process of doing it, they found a lot of problems and didn't know how to do it. "
Han Du nodded repeatedly after hearing this, not knowing how to solve the problem is normal.
In the past, ink was used for printing. As long as the ink is mixed, it can be printed. But things printed in this way, such as the old treasure banknotes, cannot stick to even a little bit of water. Even the sweat on your hands cannot get on it, otherwise the ink will become blurry.
