Li Dan has received reports about someone making moves.
Shen Jie from the capital said that Zheng Shou had been in frequent contact with the outside world recently. News from inside sources said that he had two very unusual meetings with guests, one with a guest from Sichuan and Sichuan, and the other with a guest who must be from Shaanxi and Gansu.
Chen Chun reported that the Zifang Secretary's agents discovered that the backbone of the Zodiac Sect was moving to the capital, Yucheng, Bozhou, and Yingchuan, which surprised Li Dan.
The capital and surrounding areas are areas where the Habayashi Army and the Imperial Army are concentrated. Aren't they just trying to attract moths to the flames?
In Shaanxi, Gao Fei secretly reported that the number of monks in Huangjiao temples in Xi'an Prefecture increased significantly. At the same time, monks with Tubo accents were found frequently coming in and out of various city gates.
Li Dan asked Xiao Gui to find the leader of the Bangtou Gang and asked him to send more than thirty brothers to assist the Zifang Division in the investigation.
Under Xiao Gui's guidance, Gangtou Gang established the "Qianniu Rickshaw Transport Trading Co., Ltd." and has received 300 new rickshaws. It imitated the rickshaw shop in Shangjing and began to let the gang's brothers run the business to promote business. Gladly agreed.
Xiao Gui also collected several information through the rickshaw pullers of Qianniu Trading Company.
What caught Li Dan's attention was that there were several sneaky guys coming in and out of Yan Xin's house, a salt merchant. These people didn't look like businessmen at all, and they were definitely not official people.
He immediately instructed Li Tiedao to monitor him, and at the same time sent a message to Wei Xiong, who worked in the Capital Inspection Department, asking him to try to investigate Yan Xin himself.
Dou Jiong's discovery is the most valuable. He has a subordinate nicknamed Iron-headed Rat, and he is a guy with good light skills. This man followed a follower of the Zodiac Sect and found more than 600 people, including the great master of Puzhou City.
King Zhou Tian laid the plan calmly and assured Li Dan that as long as the city gate is closed, all the influence of the Zodiac Sect in Puzhou City can be eradicated in a few hours!
Shaanxi Bank finally set a date for its opening, and it was at this time that Li Dan decided to start a newspaper. "We must firmly control the propaganda mouthpiece on our side!" he said.
As early as ten days ago, Chen Sanwen arrived in Shaanxi with 20 students from the Mechanical College, and Li Dan asked him to start designing the printing plates, paper and ink of the newspaper.
The size is roughly the same as the previous double-leaf paper, and the paper shape is made of bamboo and mulberry bark. It was produced in Hanzhong and is slightly yellow.
The "Shaanxi-Gansu News" was published a few days before the bank opened. The first issue caused a sensation in the city, and 5,000 copies were quickly snapped up.
For two bucks a newspaper, you can see the voices of the government and interesting people or things. The price is still worth it.
In the past, the public had no way of knowing what was happening in the government. Now, as a government-run newspaper, the Shaanxi-Gansu Newspaper selectively publishes the news in the official newspaper. While guiding and publicizing, it also provides everyone with a way to understand a series of imperial reforms and new policies. channel.
In addition, there are poems and prose by literati and poets, market demand and prices, project construction progress, recruitment notices, etc., which can adapt to the concerns of different classes to the greatest extent.
The businessmen saw another charm of the newspaper from the advertisements of Raozhou Trading Company, Dongrisheng Trading Company, Qianniu Rickshaw Company, etc. published in the middle and last page, so the advertising department of the newspaper that had thought to be sitting on the sidelines poured in to let them The unexpected flow of people.
In various teahouses, Dr. Tea reading newspapers and explaining the content has become a popular thing, which can often attract a large number of listeners, and even the windows are full of faces of the listeners.
Of course, the biggest task of a newspaper is publicity!
There are four articles on the first page. First, they talk about the chaos of banknotes. Secondly, they tell everyone that the new banknotes are about to be issued, their differences from the old banknotes, and the use of auxiliary coins. They also include words of appreciation for the new banknotes that are said to be His Majesty's.
The third article introduces banking business and what saving money means. This novel model of money generating money makes everyone feel incredible.
Finally, there is an exclusive interview with Mr. Li, a right-wing political advisor. Li Dan told reporters that the government not only accepts new banknotes for transactions, taxes, fines, etc., but also uses them to pay the wages of workers in government-run enterprises, government-owned mines and estates. It is used for all Shaanxi officers and soldiers, regiment training, inspections, payment of guardsmen’s salaries, etc. It is even used for transactions with the Egu tribes, Tubo tribes, and Qiang Qiang in Qinghai.
"The government will not reject old banknotes, but we will give priority to promoting new banknotes."
Li Dan's words clarified the status of new banknotes.
The "Interim Provisions on the Management of Banknotes in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area" appeared in the newspaper the day before the bank opened. On that day, the newspaper sales reached 9,000 copies.
Three thousand of them were sold to surrounding Lintong, Weinan, Zhouzhi, Lantian, Qianxian, Jingyang, and Xianyang counties. At the same time, a personnel appointment was announced:
Zhu Qiyue, the former magistrate of Weinan County, was diligent and promising, and was appointed as the director of the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau by the decision of the Chief Secretary, and was promoted to the sixth rank.
"Master Zhu, you have a very heavy task!" Li Dan met Zhu Qiyue in the cabin.
"Thank you for your support, sir!" Zhu Qiyue smiled naively, his eyes squeezed into slits.
"Hey, Brother Rongsheng, there is no need to thank me." Li Dan waved his hand: "There are three major events in Shaanxi today: economic problems related to currency, the rebellion of the Zodiac Sect, and a large number of hidden households.
The first of these three things is related to you. This is the organizational structure of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau that I helped you sort out, and it corresponds to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce established by the new imperial court. You have to get the people in place and start working as soon as possible, time waits not for us! "
"Sir, this industrial and commercial bureau is divided into two parts: industry, mining and commerce. What do you want us to focus on now?"
"Business licenses, technology patents, creative copyrights, regulatory supervision, and foreign trade are your scope of responsibilities. For example, new trading companies are springing up now, but businessmen cannot be allowed to indulge in their behavior. We must grant official business licenses to trading companies, and illegal operations and excessive Those who operate within a scope will be punished or even have their operating rights revoked.
Therefore, the Industry and Commerce Bureau is responsible for supervising, managing, and enforcing the law on these mines and trading companies. The era when anyone who wants to do business can just talk with money is over. The market must be stable and orderly. This is not spontaneous among the people, but is motivated by Official sorting and rectification... "
Li Dan introduced him to the purpose and role of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and then told him: "In addition to improving the organization as soon as possible, one of your important tasks is to build a material reserve warehouse.
This reserve warehouse can provide relief during disaster years, and is usually used to adjust or stabilize prices.
The location I chose is southeast of Laodian, Huyi. The place is called Yangcun, and there is a low slope that can be used. There are Laohe and Fenghe rivers nearby for water transportation, which is more convenient.
I have sent people to complete the planning of storage warehouses, and 470 warehouses have been established, which can be used to store rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, cloth, wool, and charcoal.
The manpower to build the warehouse is borrowed from Liaoyang. You must send capable people to take over as soon as possible and become familiar with the operation of the warehouse. "
While nodding in response, Zhu Qiyue was secretly surprised. How much materials can be stored in more than 400 warehouses?
As the magistrate of Weinan County, he had known that there would be a steady stream of carriages from Guandong carrying goods from Tongguan to Shaanxi every month. At first, he only thought that they were transferred supplies to enrich the Xi'an market, so he didn't take it seriously.
Only now did he understand that these materials were not put on the market, but all went into this reserve warehouse!
It seems that while the young man was erecting the figurines, he was also on guard against businessmen causing trouble, so he put himself in charge of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and allocated materials to ensure supply. "I will do my best according to my lord's decision," he said, handing over his hand.
Soon, new content appeared in the newspaper: According to the "Business Company Management Law" promulgated by the imperial court, all trading companies operating in Shaanxi must register with the county household house where they are located, apply for a business license from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and pay start-up fees and deed taxes. .
This notice indicates that those who fail to apply for a business license and operate beyond the scope after applying are not within the scope of legal protection.
The businessmen were shocked and came to Li Dan one after another to "demand an explanation." Li Dan said that you should read the "Trading Company Management Law" yourself. The imperial court had regulations for a long time, but Shaanxi had not strictly implemented them.
There are more and more trading companies now, and the market is not regulated to protect everyone's interests, so please cooperate with the government.
Only then did the businessmen understand, and gradually people started to register, and the number increased day by day.
Of course, no one wants the results of their hard work to be unrecognized and protected by the law, but some people have doubts and feel that registering will make it easier for the government to understand their business.
More than half are still waiting and watching, hesitating whether to apply.
Shaanxi Royal Second Bank Xi'an Fudongcheng Branch opened amidst the sound of firecrackers, Jiang Cunli
Other officials attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The strange thing is that there were no customers for the next two days. Everyone looked around, wondering what kind of business this bank was doing.
On the third day, a scholar in plain Tsing Yi walked in. The second counter who was bored in the lobby saw him and hurriedly said, "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
"Uh...," the scholar swallowed and asked softly, "Someone told me that these old banknotes can be exchanged for new ones here, is it true?" As he said that, he sheepishly took out a piece of tattered paper from his sleeve. :
"My father left three of them before he passed away. I, I took one to ask. If you can exchange it, I can get the other two."
The second cabinet looked at the piece of paper and it seemed to be quite old, so he said, "Can you please come to the case, so that we can open it and take a closer look?"
The scholar then followed him to the desk and opened it. It was a banknote issued in the last years of Zhang's previous dynasty. The edges were frayed and torn in places. It had obviously been in the hands of many people and there were traces of being flooded.
The second counter nodded after looking at it: "This is real money and can be exchanged!"
"Really?" The scholar was shocked.
"Please fill out a form, please indicate your name, address, type of banknote, and amount. Then hand it and the original banknote to the counter, and the clerk inside will change the banknote for you."
After a while, the scholar came out holding a piece of paper in both hands and murmured: "Change it for me, they really changed it!"
"What has been changed?" Someone crowded over and looked around.
"Hey, you lost money, why did you change it to such a small one?" someone said.
"That's right!" The scholar thought it was not the case, and turned around and came back. After a while he came out again, this time holding four bills and a handful of coins.
"Hey, why are there so many scholars this time? Are those things valuable?" Everyone helped count them by the wall outside the door, and they continued counting consistently.
"Understood, this is small change, change. All this money added together is equal to the note you just held in your hand!" Someone who understood said loudly.
"Then what am I going to do in exchange? And it's much heavier than before!" After the scholar finished speaking, he turned around to go back, but was pulled back. The man said:
"Xiucai, why are you staying here? These small coins and change are convenient to spend. Otherwise, if someone gives you change, it will still be those faint and rotten coins. Do you want it or not?"
"Oh, that's right!" A smart person immediately turned around and said, "Since Xiu can change it, why can't we? Why don't we all go home, take out those banknotes, and replace them with new ones?"
Everyone cheered loudly, so they turned around and ran home without paying any attention to the scholar, leaving the scholar alone in a daze.
After lunch, people flocked around the bank. What caught Second Counter off guard was that everyone was here to exchange new banknotes. When something went wrong, he quickly called in a few clerks to help fill out the form (many illiterate people couldn't write it), and sent someone to report to the head office.
Everyone wrote that until it was time to turn on the lights, they had exchanged banknotes for more than 700 people. Finally, I had to tell all the folks that they could come again tomorrow, and finally closed the door.
Unexpectedly, when I got up early the next morning, the security guard trembled as soon as he opened the door. I saw a long line of people queuing outside the door, taking up half the street. When I asked, they were all there to change banknotes.
It turned out that the people who got the new banknotes and coins last night went back to show off to their neighbors. Everyone was shocked by the beautiful and beautiful "dragon tickets" with dragon watermarks.
"Take out all our old banknotes and old money, and exchange them for tomorrow's denomination!" Everyone can see the good things, but who will continue to miss those dull and rotten banknotes if they are good?
This matter caught Li Dan's attention last night. He immediately instructed the Xicheng branch, which was scheduled to open ten days later, to open immediately. At the same time, he asked the head office to use an armored carriage to urgently transfer a batch of new banknotes to the Dongcheng branch in the early morning.
The experience in his previous life came into play. Later, Wu Mao kept saying that this decision was too timely. If these new batches of banknotes were not transferred, some types of new banknotes (especially the two types of banknotes and five hundred coins) in Dongcheng Branch would be used up by the afternoon!
Who knows what the excited people will do at that time?
"I didn't expect that the most popular business is not saving but exchanging new banknotes. It seems that we still have some
It's subjective. "
Li Dan smiled bitterly and stood far away with Wen Zhou and Wu Mao watching the lively scene at the bank entrance. "How's it going over there in West City?" he asked.
"The banknotes have also started to be changed. I heard that people changing banknotes in the East City are lining up under the Drum Tower, and people in the West City are also running home!" Wu Mao said with a smile, twirling his beard:
"I didn't expect that the matter of replacing old banknotes would be solved like this. It's much simpler than we imagined!"
"Don't just look at success, some people are not happy to see this." Li Dan warned:
"The banknote factory needs to start production soon, otherwise something will happen after the four million new banknotes printed by Liaoning (the total commissioned production is four million) are used up!" He narrowed his eyes:
"And now only the common people are participating, and the rich and powerful have not taken action yet!"
