In the Qiande Hall, Zhao Tuo put on his glasses (hehe, his eyesight has been poor recently, so he asked Zhu Qing to arrange for them to be made by Geely Shi Trading Co., Ltd.) and looked carefully at the new banknotes printed for Shaanxi by the Liaoning Royal Bank Banknote Printing Office. Samples and coin samples.
The new banknote has a maximum face value of 50 guans, with a flying dragon watermark. On the front is Chengtianmen and the word "50 guan" in Chinese characters. On the back is a Nongsang picture and the word "50" in Arabic. The position of the number and the Kui cloud on the edge. The patterns are opposite to each other, and the face of the ticket is made of yellow special paper with colored cotton. The dark green ink gradually changes from the periphery to golden in the middle, and there are several auspicious cloud patterns sandwiched in the middle.
"Exquisite!" Zhao Tuo couldn't put it down: "It seems a pity to use such a good thing to make banknotes!"
Xia Shu, who was next to him, closed his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Li said that the banknotes need to be sophisticated so that the people can trust them. Only in this way can the difference between the Royal Bank and other banknotes be highlighted. In this way, counterfeit banknotes will naturally be squeezed out of the market."
"Wonderful!" Zhao Tuo said, patting the desk: "He destroyed all the old banknotes without making a sound, what a wonderful thing!"
"There are a total of 1,500 editions of the coupons submitted this time. Mr. Li's letter asked you to keep them in the inner treasury. The numbers on this first edition are all unique and will not be found in the future. Dozens or hundreds of years later, It's valuable! He asked you to keep it for your descendants, and you can use it for future loan mortgages and rewards." Xia Shu said, thinking of the ten sets of new banknotes in his home, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
"This thing...it's just paper, can it be so valuable?" The emperor did not expect it.
"No, now there is a coin and antique trading market opened in Huifangyuan. A complete Yiguan Huizi issued during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the former Song Dynasty is now worth more than sixty-four guanli!"
"Sixty-four strings per piece of paper?" Xia Shu's words really frightened the emperor: "Why is that so?"
"Your Majesty, that thing is no longer paper, but an antique!"
"Then...should we ask Liaoning to print more?" Zhao Tuo's eyes widened.
Eunuch Xia laughed out loud: "Don't worry, a total of 10,000 copies have been printed, 5,000 copies will go to the treasury, 3,000 copies will be made into collector's editions and sold by Mr. Li, and the remaining 1,500 copies will be with you." In my hand, I still have 500 pieces that Mr. Li said you can use for rewards in the future. But you can’t print too many of them, otherwise they won’t be valuable!”
"Yes, yes, everything is rare and valuable." After Zhao Tuo finished speaking, the more he looked at the coupons in his hand, the more he liked it: "You said this Li Sanlang, other ministers rarely want to cut off their flesh to make some money, but he does. It's all there. Hey, Xia Banban, why do I think they gave me a few less strings? You see, there are fifty strings here, then twenty strings, ten strings, where are the forty and thirty strings? There are five more There are no four or three swords behind the sword."
Xia Shu pursed his lips and smiled. Fortunately, he had asked Zhu Qing this question before. He quickly said, "Your Majesty, we don't have to. Look, two twenty guans are not 40 guans, and one twenty guan plus Isn’t a ten-guan sheet equal to thirty-guan? In that case, why bother making a new version? It is said that making a new version costs thousands of taels of silver!"
"Oh! That's it!" The emperor picked up the five-yuan, two-yuan and one-yuan coins in the auxiliary coins: "Then the same principle applies to this?" The five-yuan coin has Chinese characters on the front and the words "Shaanxi Royal Second Bank" on the side , the back side is decorated with beads, the middle pattern is the side profile of the emperor's eldest son, and the words "Jingwu Twelve Years" are written at the bottom. The texture of the coin is gold, zinc, copper and tin alloy. According to the currency system established by Li Dan, one yuan is worth ten yuan, and one yuan is divided into ten jiao, which is equivalent to a hundred coins. The maximum denomination of a banknote is fifty cents, and the minimum denomination is five cents. The largest auxiliary coin is five yuan, followed by one yuan made of zinc, copper, tin and silver alloy (the pattern is a rich peony) and five jiao, then one jiao made of lead, tin and silver alloy, and the smallest one coin.
He knew that this coin was not pure silver or copper, but it was beautifully minted. Even the smallest coin had the words "Jingwu Twelve Years" written clearly, and the emperor was satisfied. He found the memorial from the Ministry of Finance, took up a pen and wrote on it: "The Shaanxi banknote samples and currency samples are very good. I approve them for use. I appreciate this!"
Shortly after the approval document returned to Liaoning, the first batch of 2.4 million Guan banknotes was filled with dozens of taels of carriages equipped with iron bolts, composite locks, and embedded armor plates. They were escorted by thirty Wing Dragon Guards and four hundred cavalry. Three-way relay to Xi'an. At this time, the banknote printing machine of Shaanxi Banknote Factory had just been installed and debugged. Li Dan issued an order for trial printing. The finished product printed with the test plate was readjusted three times, and the color and
The quality has stabilized. "Continue to test print until the workers are familiar with the skills and the technology is completely passed before replacing the printing plate." Li Dan instructed: "First use the new banknotes that arrived to deliver them to the bank for use when it opens." The mint also began to use the new banknotes that arrived in the same car. The alloy ingots have begun trial casting and compression molding of new coins. It is estimated that it will take them two months to fully master this technology under the guidance of masters from Liaoning.
It will take time for Shaanxi to achieve complete self-sufficiency. Li Dan went through the trouble to get the chief envoys of Shaanxi and Liaoning to reach an agreement, entrusting them to print and mint new banknotes in exchange for things. The exchange items offered by Shaanxi are the specialties here: petroleum (petroleum) and asphalt. The former is fuel, and the latter is the best waterproof building material for paving roads, roofs and outer walls.
Li Dan recruited more than a thousand craftsmen from the suburbs of the city to build the headquarters of the Second Royal Bank in the palace. The most rigorous treasury in history was built underground. The inside of the four-foot-thick iron-reinforced cement wall was built with one-foot-thick stone strips. The outer wall was built with one-foot-long green bricks and then coated with asphalt for waterproofing. There were three stone doors and iron plate armored doors. The iron bars inside ensure that the wealth in the vault is safely protected and unbreakable. This underground treasury alone cost 70,000 taels of silver, and then a five-foot-tall white building was built on top of it using stone, marble and cement. The new banknotes were secretly transported into the Baoquan Treasury, and cash, gold, copper coins and jewelry worth 3.65 million taels were also placed in the reserve vault. everything's ready!
There is a Shizhu Town in the north of Tongchuan. Six regiment training soldiers from the town are escorting a dozen men to weed the Town God's Temple.
"Damn, who came up with this bad idea? I will definitely find this person to rip off his skin and cramps in the future!" The Archmage panted and straightened up, cursing in his mouth: "What a coward! Bastard!"
"Okay, stop complaining. At least you still have food to eat and a place to live." Master Shaotian smiled bitterly: "After surviving this journey, walk north for two days and you will reach our territory. You just have to endure it. For It’s about the overall situation!”
"I'm pulling weeds in this ruined temple, isn't it just for the sake of the overall situation? Otherwise, we would have taken action long ago!" The Archmage slapped the mosquitoes on his neck to death, and then cursed: "Damn, who is this?" Bad idea?"
"Hey, let me tell you, don't be so loud, okay? Keep your grievances to yourself, otherwise you and I will also suffer!" Not far away, another person participating in weeding looked behind him worriedly. There is a rule that says labor There were some who stole women and cheated, and everyone in this team would be punished, or they would have to work half a day longer, or their dinner would be halved, so he was very worried. "Let me tell you, these rules were set by the new Governor Li. If you keep cursing like this, don't you still want to settle a score with someone else?"
"Damn, I knew it was that little thief who was behind this...!"
"What are you doing? You don't want to eat, do you? Work quickly!" Tuan Ding scolded so loudly that the Archmage had to grit his teeth and bend down to continue pulling weeds. He must have muttered all kinds of vicious curses and words. Used it. Shaotian Shi Baorui sighed helplessly and shook his head secretly.
After they escaped from the guardhouse, they walked down the road for more than ten miles. Unexpectedly, there was a checkpoint in front of them to check pedestrians. They were so frightened that they had to turn west towards Tongchuan. Unexpectedly, he was caught on the way, and this time it was even worse. He was sent to the quarry to knock stones. It is said that the limestone knocked out was used to paint the walls of the newly built bank building. After escaping for the second time, he stumbled and came to the Laoye Temple to rest. When he woke up, he saw the soldiers from the regiment training surrounding him to watch the fun.
Since he was only two days away from his own people, Shaotianshi decided not to run away for now and just work as he was told. Fortunately, I had food and drink, slept well, gathered enough strength, and hid some solid food. I had to return to Black Three's team this time!
I don't know if the archmage's curse will work. Anyway, Li Dan is standing in Ti Academy at this time, and he is here to visit. After arriving in Xi'an, he only sent Brother Maverick to the Chen family for a few visits in the name of a fellow countryman. Li Dan was not shameless enough to propose marriage. According to Mavericks, Chen Shian looks quite old. He heard that Aunt Song was sent to live in Baimapo by Li Dan, and she also gave birth to a young son. He was so happy that she burst into tears. The Chen family has changed a lot. His wife passed away. Chen Hui married Guo Tianyou, the son of Guo Zongyi, the commander of the Qingyang Wuyi Army. Now only Meng'er takes care of Chen Shi'an's daily life.
This is a bit troublesome. If Li Dan marries Meng'er now, who will take care of Chen Shi'an? Chen Shi'an himself was very open-minded. He had heard from his late wife about the matter between Li Sanlang and his second daughter, and he was also very grateful to him for carrying a stick to kidnap Meng'er's affection.
Not to mention taking care of Song's mother and son, he felt that he owed Li Dan a great favor. After the three battles of Shangrao, Fuzhou and Liaodong, the young boy at that time was not only famous, but also a high official whom the emperor trusted very much. Some sources even said that if he were not too young, the emperor would even consider letting him join the cabinet and serve as prime minister. However, it is not necessarily a good thing if a person rises too fast, so Chen Shi'an has always maintained an attitude of not objecting to the correspondence between his daughter and Li Dan, but not enthusiastic about promoting it. ap.
Until Li Dan came to the door in person, he looked at this tall and strong young man and sincerely praised him: "Sanlang looks exactly like your father, and his physique is even better!"
"After arriving in Xi'an, I was busy with government affairs and had no time to visit. Please don't blame me, uncle." Li Dan apologized to him.
Unexpectedly, Chen Shi'an smiled mysteriously: "I know that although you are only on the right to participate in politics, you are the governor of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area appointed by the emperor, and the military and political power are actually in your hands. Zedong, you are amazing, let alone this dynasty. Even as far back as the former Song Dynasty, there was no one who came out of your hands!"
"Uncle, are you reminding me to guard against arrogance and impetuosity? I will remember this."
Chen Shi'an was surprised. He didn't expect that the other party had already guessed it before he explained. No wonder this boy is liked by the emperor! He nodded, twirled his beard and said softly: "Although I am just a scholar, I have quite a few friends in the court who are of the same age. Zedong, the emperor wants to use you, but some people are not happy. You know this, right?" Therefore, I can’t let Meng’er enter your door now, even with the Queen’s instructions, do you understand?”
His words made Li Dan stunned. He narrowed his eyes and thought: "Uncle, do you think that if I marry Meng'er now, someone might use this to make a case or even impeach me?"
Chen Shi'an raised his hands and looked at him: "What is the most important thing about Shaanxi affairs?"
"Qian Coin, Zodiac Sect, and Yin Hu, right?"
"Which one have you solved now?" Li Dan said nothing, and Chen Shi'an continued: "You haven't solved any of them. Why are you so eager to get married? Why don't you hand someone a knife? I was stupid enough back then, but I didn't expect you to be even stupider!"
Li Dan quickly stood up and said, "What my uncle taught me is that my nephew only focused on his sister, and he didn't expect someone to take advantage of her."
"No!" Chen Shi'an shook his head, pulled him to sit down, and then whispered: "In the same year, I sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that people with ulterior motives in the court are waiting for the signal of your marriage. The day of marriage is not only the time of impeachment, but also the time of impeachment. And there will be many bad things that you didn't expect will happen, which will make you lose sight of the other, and then you will be relegated to a remote small county and never want to come back. I think people's reminders are not groundless. But you have to think about how to deal with it!"
Li Dan lowered his head and thought for a while: "Uncle, if my nephew doesn't marry Meng'er now, I'm afraid they will also start."
"Maybe, but why should we give the villain an extra knife in his hand?"
"Understood." Li Dan nodded: "What do you mean: save yourself and destroy the enemy?"
Chen Shi'an was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Your statement is very novel, but it does mean that."
"Thank you, uncle, for guiding my nephew like a father. I am very grateful!" Li Dan handed over his hand and added, "There is one more thing I want to know from my uncle."
"Speaking!"
"The gentleman who sent you the letter is from Jinghu, Sichuan and Shu?"
Chen Shi'an looked straight at Li Dan. After a few breaths, he nodded slightly.
