After all, a family's annual income, converted into ordinary money, is only a dozen or twenty guan. A hundred-guan banknote is equivalent to their entire income for five years. How can the people afford it?
The purpose of printing large-denomination banknotes in South Korea was mainly for use in bulk commodity transactions, as well as for the payment of salaries to officials, and as rewards for Lao Zhu.
Large-denomination banknotes have limited uses, so Handu will naturally not print too many. In fact, what Han Du wanted most was to print treasure banknotes of less than 100 renminbi, because only treasure banknotes of less than 100 renminbi could fundamentally replace the use of copper coins.
But there is no way, the current banknote production cost is too high. If it is used to print one- or five-cent treasure banknotes, it will be a loss.
Lao Zhu is very poor now. If he knew that the treasure banknotes he was counting on to make a fortune not only failed to bring him a penny of wealth, but also caused Lao Zhu to lose money. Although Lao Zhu would not necessarily chop off Han Du's head, he would at least hang him up and beat him.
Therefore, Handu could only put aside the idea of printing small-denomination treasure banknotes for the time being, and only wait until the production cost of banknote paper decreases one day before printing.
Four hundred thousand guans, compared to the current demand for 40 to 50 million guans in Ming Dynasty, is naturally a drop in the bucket. However, Han Du did not want to replace all the treasure notes with new ones at once, but slowly released them bit by bit.
Nodding, Han Du said: "Tell the craftsmen to let them work harder during this period, and try to print as many treasure notes as possible to prepare. When the work is completed, I will be rewarded heavily."
Hearing this, Xiong Shi immediately smiled and said, "Then my subordinates will thank you for them."
Han Du responded to Xiong Shi with a smile and continued to instruct: "In addition, you should try your best to give them a rest in rotation, and the meals prepared in the canteen should be richer. These craftsmen are my treasures. , don’t let me use it up.”
"Don't worry, sir, my subordinates have already made arrangements."
They need to make treasure banknotes and make glass. Now the Banknote Bureau and the Banknote Printing Bureau are already very busy. For this reason, Han Du had to temporarily stop the plan to continue building houses after the wall was built in accordance with Li Wenzhong's requirements.
With the fence, it is now easier to protect the Banknote Bureau and the Printing Bureau. As for the house, we can only wait until the busy period is over.
Xiong Shi saw that Han Du was silent and silent. After a while, he asked tentatively: "Sir, are you still worried about something?"
Han Du came back to his senses, shook his head and replied casually: "Nothing."
In fact, Han Du was thinking about things in the shop just now.
Although Lao Zhu directly gave the shop to Han Du, all the people inside were transferred back by Lao Zhu.
There is no one in Han Du's shop now. If he wants the shop to open, he must first invite the assistants and shopkeepers. After all, it was impossible for Han Du to handle the mirror purchase and sale himself.
The clerks were easy to handle, just go to the dental shop to recruit a few, but the shopkeeper turned out to be a problem.
Originally, Han Du thought that recruiting a shopkeeper was like looking for a clerk, so he just asked Yahang to help him find one. I didn’t know until Uncle Mu went and came back.
It turned out that Yahang had no way to help Han Du recruit a shopkeeper, who at this time was a professional. The shopkeepers of various trading firms are almost all trustworthy people trained by each firm. These people will not leave at all, unless they are completely destroyed like Fuqi Trading Company last time, and Fuqi Trading Bank cannot take care of them. Only the shopkeepers below it will live outside.
Even so, these shopkeepers will not be reduced to the point where they need Yahang to find a meal for them.
As soon as they came out, they were poached by other trading houses that had been targeting them for a long time.
Han Du's desire to recruit shopkeepers through Yaxing is similar to later generations' desire to find professional managers with an annual salary of one million on recruitment websites.
At this time, Han Du realized. When Yu Shaodong was unlucky, why did Zhu Biao come to him so eagerly to ask him to find a way to help him recruit Yu Shaodong?
If not for anything else, it's because it's hard to find shopkeepers, and there are very few business owners like Yu Shaodong who can train shopkeepers.
Therefore, Han Du has been worrying about this matter.
Seeing Xiong Shi looking at him with concern, he told Xiong Shi about his bad things.
Then he sighed and said casually: "I didn't expect that finding a shopkeeper to look after the shop would be so troublesome."
Xiong Shi listened, pondered for a moment, and came up with an idea. "Sir, do you think this will work? How about sending two scribes from the Treasure Note Collection Department?"
"Is this okay?" Han Du wondered. Why does it feel like a public tool is for private use, and the person who holds the treasure bank can be chosen at will?
Seeing that Han Du didn't understand, Xiong Shi quickly explained: "Yes, why not? If you are using it for personal use, there may be some problems. But you are running errands for the emperor, and no one can transfer two scribes. What are you talking about? Besides, strictly speaking, these scribes are not officials who belong to the treasure collection department, but hired scholars. Anyway, they are all hired, and who is hiring is not hiring? "
Han Du also realized now that although the scribes at the Baochao Examination Department had to pay them salaries, they were indeed not officials. Some of these scribes were recruited by the Treasurer's Office to help with the work, and some were brought in by others. Anyway, there were all sorts of situations.
"Then are they willing? Can we visit the store?" Han Du was still a little unsure.
Xiong Shi immediately smiled, nodded and replied affirmatively: "Okay, they will definitely be willing."
Since Xiong Shi patted his chest and gave his assurance, Han Du naturally had no doubts and felt relieved. At the same time, Han Du remembered something, got up and walked back and forth in the room. There was a serious look on his face, as if he was thinking about something important.
Xiong Shi saw it and knew that Han Du was probably thinking about something big. He stood aside without saying a word, not daring to make any noise to interrupt Han Du's thoughts.
Han Du was thinking about using mirrors to recycle old banknotes. Now that he knew someone was printing banknotes privately, he might not receive fake banknotes when selling mirrors. Han Du was not worried about receiving fake treasure notes and causing losses to himself. Instead, I thought that if there was someone in the shop who could identify real and fake treasure banknotes, I might be lucky enough to catch those who secretly printed the treasure banknotes.
Han Du stood still instantly, looked up at Xiong Shi, and said in a deep voice: "When you are looking for someone, it is best to find someone who is very familiar with Baoqian."
