But Liu Gu didn't pay attention to their teasing at all. Instead, he held on to the hilt of the knife and puffed up his chest and said, "I am the first one in our batch to follow the second young master to work, so my skills are of course passable! I am in my class. My first name! As for my parents, I am an orphan who was adopted by my second young master! "
The three women were surprised when they heard this and hurriedly apologized to Liu Gu. Liu Gu said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. I've been begging for food for as long as I can remember, so you three don't have to worry about it!" 「
In order to express her apology, Tan Cuiying took some snacks from the car and asked Liu Gu and the soldiers behind him to taste them. But they clearly saw the lustful light in Liu Gu's eyes, but he still refused on behalf of the five soldiers behind him, and then performed his duties as a guard in a strict manner, watching the three women in admiration.
When it was almost time to rest, Liu Haojia took the lead on the road, and then a large number of noble convoys rolled away behind him. At this time, Tan Cuiying and three others urged the carriage to follow, but they were soon far behind.
However, the three girls were not bored on the road, because Liu Gu was too young to be bound by ethics, so the three girls talked to him openly through the car curtain, and they learned a lot that they usually didn't know. thing.
Only then did they realize that the three of them had really underestimated Liu Gu! Liu Gu was adopted by Gu Ningbo's mansion when he was eight years old. It turned out that he was very talented in martial arts, so he was treated as a special talent and was specially trained! It's a pity that Liu Haojia has been employing too many people in recent times and there is not enough manpower, so he has to send out all the little guys like them, which can be regarded as gaining experience.
Tan Cuiying has a sensitive mind. She knew from Liu Gu's story that the number of children adopted by the Liu family was not a small number, so she was a little worried and made some insinuations, but Liu Gu saw through it! He said calmly: "Don't worry about this. The second young master already said hello to the long live master when he adopted us!" Even the number of people, what they are good at, and what they are doing now are all reported in Dongchang. 「
The three girls felt relieved after hearing Liu Gu's answer, so they chatted and walked along, which was quite pleasant.
As for Liu Haojia, he acted very quickly. He rushed to Tianjin first to settle the other nobles, and after the handover was completed, he had people prepare the ships. He still has a big thing to do overseas. But before leaving, I naturally had to say hello to Miss Zhang. Because it might take him several months to come back.
Miss Zhang knew this situation and didn't say anything. She personally cooked a meal for Liu Haojia to see off. The two of them chatted while eating, and naturally they talked about their respective affairs.
As soon as she talked about this matter, Ms. Zhang became very happy! Because recently, Jingshi Bank has just completed an industrial upgrade! That is, you can withdraw money in different places with banknotes between Beijing and Tianjin!
It can be said that withdrawals from other places were not unheard of in the Ming Dynasty, but they were very few. But this is not the point. The point is that the technology of banknote printing has been upgraded! Moreover, this matter was handled by Miss Zhang, and Liu Haojia did not intervene.
The new banknotes use completely new methods from raw materials to final production! Various materials and techniques have been tried, and it took a long time before I finally succeeded!
After Miss Zhang finished telling the story, she motioned to Cai Luan. Cai Luan nodded and turned around to open the cabinet, took out a tray from the cabinet and placed it in front of Liu Haojia. There were four silver notes three inches wide and half a foot long on the plate, with five taels, ten taels, fifty taels and one hundred taels written on them respectively!
Liu Haojia was immediately interested when he saw these banknotes. He reached out and picked up a fifty-tael banknote and shook it casually. He only heard the paper "clicking", which showed that he was using the paper in the right way! Then use your thumb to twist it carefully, and you can feel the uneven texture on the paper! Especially the mountain peak in the center of the pattern feels like a solid stone, with layers upon layers giving it a sense of hierarchy!
Then he saw a blank space right below the banknote, and he looked at it in the light, and it turned out to be a watermark! It looks like a money tree! It can be seen that the person who painted the original painting is a master. The strings of copper coins on the branches are precarious, as if they will fall at any time!
Liu Haojia looked at other aspects and found that it was indeed exquisite and would definitely make it extremely difficult for counterfeiters! So he finally praised and said: "Okay, okay
,good! It is indeed a good thing. The girl worked hard and put her heart into it! "
Miss Zhang proudly introduced it to him and said: "The watermark of the five taels is just a gold ingot, the one with ten taels is a cornucopia, the one with fifty taels is a money tree, and the one with one hundred taels is a brave!"
Liu Haojia picked them up and looked at them one by one. It was just as Miss Zhang said. And the watermark is very beautiful and delicate! Liu Haojia praised him a lot and then put down the banknote and said, "I'm afraid the girl has put a lot of thought into this. When did she start preparing for it?"
Miss Zhang said proudly: "I have been recruiting craftsmen since you told me that you planned to open Jingshi Bank all over the country! However, it is too difficult to make new banknotes. It took so long to calculate the results. Fortunately, we caught up with Tianjin Open the sea and you’ll be able to use it right away!”
When he came out, he also interjected and said: "Uncle, my lady has been watching the making of paper from beginning to end! If nothing else, even my maid knows how to make paper while watching!"
Liu Haojia was moved when he heard this! You must know that paper making and printing is a difficult, dirty and smelly job! It already takes a lot of courage for a sweet-smelling young lady to step in, but it is even more amazing to be able to follow each process and achieve results!
So Liu Haojia immediately comforted and praised Miss Zhang, but in the end he still asked with concern: "Where is the place where the banknotes are made?"
Miss Zhang knew what he was worried about, so she said: "Brother, don't worry, the place where the banknotes are made is in our village in Henan. There are servants there and we are guarding it. It is absolutely foolproof!"
Liu Haojia knew which Zhuangzi Miss Zhang was talking about, the Zhuangzi where the Liu family adopted orphans. Now in that Zhuangzi, many orphans are collected every year and sent there, and every year many people come out after completing their studies and join Liu Haojia's command!
The original dealers in Zhuangzi are now loyal! Because although the Liu family collects rent normally, they in turn subsidize it a lot. The most important thing is that the Liu family also sent their children to the school to train them. They will definitely not be blind in the future! This alone makes the dealers feel grateful!
