He picked up the top one and pinched it. He felt that the paper was very thick. Then he put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, and found that the front of the bill said "11 Liang of Wen Yin"! There is also a line of small words below: Jingshi Bank! The surrounding area is also decorated with patterns such as wheat ears, colorful silks, and flying birds. There are also two rows of numbers in the lower right corner.
He turned it over and looked again, and there was actually a night scene picture on the back! The upper part of the pattern is a starry sky with a crescent moon, and the lower part is the appearance of a city. The angle of view should be like looking from the city wall. And Tang Henian felt that the picture was very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was the night view of the capital! What surprised him even more was that when he turned his hand, he discovered that the eaves and stars of those houses were actually raised!
Tang Henian looked up after reading the bill and said, "This banker's bill is really unique. What's the point?"
Jin Yiwei said: "Master Tang, my family said that it would not look good to send money directly to the government office, and it would be easy to create a scandal. If it were sent directly to each house, it would cause trouble, so I simply opened a bank of my own, called Jingshi Bank, to handle it exclusively. This silver. This bank note is issued by the bank and can be exchanged for a full amount of silver!"
Tang Henian said: "It looks good. I put a lot of effort into it. But why do you give me a banknote for no reason?"
Jin Yiwei said: "This money is the money that my family collected and distributed to you all! There is a list at the bottom of the box, which is the amount allocated by everyone in the Shanxi Qing Li Department. All you have to do is distribute it according to the list! And inside There are also detailed instructions on the operation of Jingshi Bank and instructions on how to prevent counterfeiting of banknotes!"
Tang Henian felt unhappy when he heard this! He felt that he should be the one to distribute the money, so as to show the authority of his chief officer! Now that someone had made a list in advance, he felt that Liu Haojia had gone too far!
However, his anger disappeared when he opened the list, because under his name was written the words "Two hundred taels of silver"! This month is 200 taels, and a year is 2,400 taels. This is a sudden windfall!
Fortunately, Tang Henian's Qi-nurturing skills were quite good and he didn't laugh out loud! Then he coughed and said, "Where is this Capital Bank? I have never heard of it."
Jin Yiwei said: "The Jingshi Bank is actually located at the Xiaoxiaochang in the west of the city. Mr. Li tore off a section of the courtyard wall to the east of the Xiaoxiaochang and built a house. That is the address of the Jingshi Bank. With this banknote, you can directly Exchange money. Of course, we have also said hello to various merchants in the capital. You can buy various goods directly with the banknotes, and they all accept it!"
Tang Henian nodded and said, "It would be much more convenient if you did this! Go back and tell Mr. Liu that Mr. Tang has thanked you!"
Tang Henian then asked many more questions, and Jin Yiwei answered them one by one before he sent them away. Then he glanced left and right, only to see that his men's eyes were all red with excitement, and they were even breathing heavily!
When he saw this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, and he felt a little more superior! But when he thought that so much money had to be distributed to his subordinates, he immediately felt a little distressed! I thought that if I didn't have that list, I might be able to get more money!
However, since the existence of the list has been pointed out, he can only generously hand the box to the deputy Yuan Wailang next to him: "Brother Li Xian, you are responsible for this matter and distribute the banknotes!"
Li Yuanwailang has been waiting for a long time, because he had just seen his name, but he didn't see the number of banknotes he should get! So he pretended to take the box calmly and said, "Don't worry, sir!"
Tang Henian, on the other hand, put on a noble look, flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave, without even looking at the box full of banknotes. Naturally, everyone respectfully sent him off. But everyone knows that if the banknotes in this box are missing from anyone, they must be his.
He pretended to be aloof and left, but the banknote still had to be delivered to his home. But Wai Lang, the catcher, doesn't care. There are plenty of errand runners anyway! Moreover, the officials below may be willing to have more contact with the superiors.
When Li Yuanwailang saw Tang Henian leaving, he smiled and said, "Everyone, we don't look good on the street. I think we should go to the restaurant in front and sit down and do it slowly."
Although everyone was anxious to know how much money they could get, they also knew that sharing money on the street did not look good, so they could only nod and agree. Then everyone gathered around Li Yuanwailang and rushed to the restaurant.
The same thing happened many times in the capital. Each yamen received a thick stack of banknotes and a list of names. However, the people who handle the handover in this way are all officials below the third rank. Liu Haojia, an official of third rank or above, directly arranged for someone to meet their housekeeper.
In this way, Liu Haojia scattered all the money he collected in one day! Everyone with a position in the entire capital received a share, and even a humble official received a share of two taels of silver!
The reason why he did this is because he knows that the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with! He spent so much money without asking for any help from these petty officials. As long as they didn't do anything bad at the critical moment or could tip off the news, it would be worth the money! What's more, the money is not his own, so he doesn't feel bad about spending it!
After a large sum of money was distributed, there were many changes in the capital that night! Those in high positions don't care at all about the extra thousands of taels of silver. But it’s different for those low-level officials!
The cost of living in the capital is very high, coupled with the meager income of the officials, it is impossible to accumulate much wealth! Now the extra two taels of silver per month is a huge supplement to their lives! So after they got the money, they all did one thing in unison, and that was consumption!
Some people gathered their friends and went to a restaurant to get drunk together, while others bought food and cloth and rushed home to surprise their wives and children. Even the most stingy people had to buy some meat and vegetables to go home. Therefore, the merchants who were originally angry because they were extorted of their money were overwhelmed by the surprises brought by this sudden consumption frenzy!
Especially those cloth shops, silk and satin shops, restaurants, and even butcher shops and snack shops were all overwhelmed by the crowds! Many of the goods in this shop were sold out before the curfew, and even the restaurants and brothels took them and made a small fortune! It can be said that the entire mid- to low-end market in the capital has been completely revitalized due to an injection of money!
