Rough man, warrior!
Gu Zhengchen pointed at the carriage that Liao Yongzhong left and cursed a few words in his mind. He didn't know what is good or bad. He didn't even know how to save your life. If he didn't politely drive himself out of the carriage, he just took your bow. As for Well.
Xiao Cheng looked at the bow in Gu Zhengchen's hand, his eyes full of fondness. When he saw Gu Zhengchen lowering his head to play with it, he showed regret: "This is a good bow from Marquis Deqing. It uses eucalyptus as the stem, Dai Niu as the horns, and beef sinew and isinglass." , silky as water, covered with red lacquer, commissioned by a master craftsman and took eight months to make, it is a bow with one stone and three buckets."
Gu Zhengchen tried the bow string. It was very elastic and buzzed when he loosened it. He looked at Xiao Cheng and said, "What's that look in your eyes?"
Xiao Cheng scratched his head: "There is a word called, violent nature..."
"That's called a waste of natural resources! Why don't I use a bow and arrow because of your size?"
Gu Zhengchen grabbed his bow and walked towards the mansion.
Xiao Cheng was depressed.
Are you using a bow that kills three people with one stone?
If you have the ability, you can lift three buckets of rice back and forth ten times. As long as you don't pant or blush, you will win.
Return to the mansion.
Gu Zhengchen tried back and forth several times and finally gave up.
Damn, this thing can't be used by my little arms and legs. If my arms don't have 200 kilograms of strength, I can't use it at all. I need to find a time to design a bow that can be easily drawn and can hit far.
Throwing the bow to Xiao Cheng, Gu Zhengchen watched as Xiao Cheng easily drew the bow and struck a cool pose...
"Starting tomorrow, you teach me archery."
Gu Zhengchen said seriously.
Xiao Chengzhi shook his head: "You don't have this talent, and I'm afraid you'll shoot me."
Gu Zhengchen gritted his teeth: "Can't you stand behind me?"
Xiao Cheng spread his hands: "It doesn't matter where you stand. When you practice swordsmanship, do you throw your swords to the front, back, left, and right? The five soldiers are afraid of you, and Zhang Pei is worried..."
Gu Zhengchen pointed to the bow in Xiao Cheng's hand: "Whenever I can hit the target at a hundred paces steadily, this bow will belong to you."
Xiao Cheng grimaced: "Hundred-step target? You might as well say you won't give it to me in this life!"
"Fifty steps!"
"make a deal!"
Xiao Cheng stretched out his palm.
At fifty paces, even a loser can hit the target if he studies hard and practices hard.
This is a good bow!
Xiao Cheng stretched out his hand and stroked the bow body, like stroking a stunningly beautiful girl.
Gu Zhengchen didn't want to see Xiao Cheng's disgusting look, so he turned around to find Zhang Xiwan.
The night is dark.
Zhang Xiwan's cheeks were rosy and she pinched Gu Zhengchen's arm.
Gu Zhengchen pulled Zhang Xiwan into his arms and said with a smile: "That's enough. You've pinched me several times just now, and you're here again..."
"..."
Zhang Xiwan buried her head in the quilt, listened to Gu Zhengchen's heartbeat, and said softly, "It's great to have my husband back."
Gu Zhengchen stroked Zhang Xiwan's smooth back: "Your Majesty has approved the establishment of the Quanzhou Special Zone, and the opening of Quanzhou to the sea is a foregone conclusion. Now Xiao Cheng has joined the pro-army Duwei Mansion, Jinghai Marquis Wu Zhen is in Fuzhou, and Deqing Marquis Liao Yongzhong I will also request an order to go south to Quanzhou. With so many people watching, Your Majesty can rest assured. When you leave Jinling and go to Quanzhou this time, you can come with me."
"really?"
Zhang Xiwan raised her head in surprise and saw Gu Zhengchen's eyes drooping. She quickly leaned down and pinched her again: "Only my husband is cruel enough to leave Xiwan here."
"If you dare to complain about your husband, you need to be punished."
"What punishment?"
Zhang Xiwan felt something and quickly begged for mercy.
It’s you who talks about compensation, it’s you who talks about rewards, it’s you who talks about punishment, it’s obviously you...
Got up late.
Zhang Xiwan felt ashamed to see anyone.
Gu Zhengchen didn't care. It wasn't the first time this happened. It was the same when they first got married. Just get used to it.
Xiao Cheng was furious when he saw Gu Zhengchen coming out.
We agreed to practice bow and arrow in the morning, where are you?
What time is this!
Gu Zhengchen laughed and said tomorrow, took only Xiao Cheng and went out.
Bao Chao Li Si.
The promotion from the seventh-grade yamen to the fourth-grade yamen is different. There are even six sergeants on duty at the door.
Gu Zhengchen is the deputy chief inspector of the Baochao Lifting Department, so there is no obstacle to his entry and exit.
Fei Zhen heard that Gu Zhengchen was coming and took his deputy Zeng Tong out to greet him.
When Gu Zhengchen saw the familiar Fei Zhen, he cupped his hands and said, "Fei Tiju, you're fine."
"Mr. Gu County, I'm waiting for you to be polite."
Fei Zhen was respectful.
Although Fei Zhen had the highest official position in the Baochao Examination Department, Fei Zhen knew very well that Gu Zhengchen held many positions, and it would be difficult to mess with a few big ones, not to mention that he had a close relationship with the emperor and the prince.
After some pleasantries, everyone took their seats.
Fei Ju picked up a large book and handed it to Gu Zhengchen: "Take a look."
After Gu Zhengchen opened it, he saw ten treasure notes posted on it, which were divided into front and back sides. The characters were Yiguan, 500 Wen, 300 Wen, 200 Wen, and 100 Wen respectively, corresponding to yellow, purple, green, Five colors: red and green.
Fei Ju sighed: "In order to thoroughly study the watermark you mentioned, the master tried it no less than a thousand times, and even improved the paper. Finally, he added the watermark through the embossing and gravure roller method."
Gu Zhengchen walked to the door, stood in the sun, and stared at the book sideways. Sure enough, he found a watermark on the treasure note. The watermark on the front was the word "Guan" and the watermark on the back was Lao Zhu's profile picture. However, the watermark profile was not very clear. Relatively light.
But for Daming, Gu Zhengchen was shocked by actually getting the watermark. Sometimes the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. Although they did not have many theories and did not understand any natural science, their hands-on ability, manufacturing and exploration abilities were all excellent.
Gu Zhengchen nodded with satisfaction: "They did it! Very good!"
Fei Zhen said with a smile: "With this anti-counterfeiting technology, I believe that people can use and identify treasure banknotes with confidence and prevent counterfeiting."
Gu Zhengchen closed the book and asked, "How many treasure banknotes have been printed so far?"
Fei Zhen didn't hide anything and said bluntly: "Currently, the treasure banknote collection department is printing day and night, and has made 5 million banknotes, 5 million banknotes of 500 coins, 300 coins, 200 coins, and 1 coins. There are six million pieces of Baobao notes each. In addition, the Baobao notes do not involve small money, so the imperial court worked hard to mint money last year, and so far it has completed the casting of 20 million yuan."
Gu Zhengchen nodded heavily.
No matter what the treasure banknotes are, the status of copper coins will be difficult to shake in a short period of time. In the design of the first version of the treasure banknotes, the main target is not the common people, but businessmen.
After all, ordinary people are extremely poor. They use grain as currency to buy things on weekdays. The little money they have is also small money, usually only a few pennies. No one would take out a hundred pennies to buy tofu. , people can’t find it either.
Gu Zhengchen knew that this positioning was not conducive to the circulation of Baochao to the lower classes, but if Baochao wanted to be recognized by the people, it must first be recognized by businessmen. Bao banknotes were promoted in a slow-evolving way. The foundation was established in three years, and a firm foothold was established five years later. Then small-coin banknotes were introduced to drive out copper coins with good coins. Finally, after many years, Bao banknotes replaced gold, silver and copper.
The promotion of Baobao should not be rushed. As long as Baobao can stand up and can be freely exchanged, businessmen will naturally choose Baobao. After all, none of these people want to carry a bunch of copper coins back and forth.
It is said that some time ago, a businessman brought a large amount of money to the canal. As a result, the boat sank near the guard station. The sergeant ran over to help rescue the people and took some of the money he caught as his own. The government wanted to ask for help from the businessman. Return the money and punish the sergeant. When the matter came to Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu said that the sergeant only thought it was ownerless property, and it was not a big crime to take it, so he asked him to hand over his ill-gotten gains, and the case was closed.
The poor businessman can only admit that he is unlucky. After all, he took away a pile of copper coins. If he just took one copper coin, there is nothing you can do.
If you have treasure money, this kind of thing will never happen again.
According to the established regulations, if the treasure banknotes are soaked in water, damaged, burned, torn, etc., as long as three-quarters of the treasure banknotes remain, the bank can exchange them for new treasure banknotes of equal amount free of charge, and the merchant does not bear any cost.
Gu Zhengchen strongly requested that the value of the old banknotes be equal to that of the new banknotes. As for the depreciation cost of the treasured banknotes, it would naturally be borne by the bank, the Ministry of Revenue and the imperial court. However, this loss is nothing compared to the convenience brought by treasure money.
Fei Zhen handed a scroll to Gu Zhengchen: "This is the external announcement of Daming Bank. Please see if it needs to be modified."
Gu Zhengchen unfolded the scroll and looked at it. There were more than thirty items written in large and small letters, which were so densely packed that it made people have a headache. He then said: "You can't have so many external announcements. You can only write three items. It's hard to talk about more." According to legend.”
Deputy Tiju Zeng Tong frowned and said cautiously: "There are thirty-six items here, but we have pondered day and night and discussed with the Ministry of Household Affairs for more than two months to finalize the results. Each item is very important. How can we reassure people if we only write down three items?" ?”
Gu Zhengchen shook his head: "It seems very important, but it is actually too detailed. Some detailed contents can be hung in the bank to explain to people who want to exchange gold and silver, exchange treasure notes, and borrow money. There is no need to explain it to the outside world. Talk about it. For example, in Article 12, Daming Bank is located in various prefectures and counties. You can deposit gold, silver, copper and treasure banknotes in Daming Bank here with a certificate issued by Daming Bank here, and you will receive a monthly turnover interest of two thousandths. …”
Fei Zhen thought for a while, agreed to Gu Zhengchen's proposal, frowned and asked, "Which three should be kept?"
Gu Zhengchen thought for a moment and pointed to the words in the scroll: "Keep these two items, and then add one, slightly changed. The first item: The Ming Dynasty Bank is the work of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the royal family, and is guaranteed by the Ming Dynasty treasury. The second item Article: The Ming Dynasty banknotes can be exchanged for gold, silver, copper and treasure banknotes at equal value. The banknotes are circulated in the world for the benefit of all people. Article 3: The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are well made and engraved with the emperor's head. They are for dragons traveling in all directions to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. "
Fei Zhen and Zeng Tong looked at Gu Zhengchen in surprise.
After he streamlined the content, it was reduced to only three items...
If you think carefully, you can find the mystery:
The first one is to tell everyone that the Ming Dynasty Bank was not opened by merchants, but was established by the imperial court. With the support of the treasury, it was impossible not to make money.
The second article is to declare that the bank supports equal-value exchange and parallel banknotes, so as to dispel the concerns of businessmen and people.
The third article is telling everyone that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has treasure banknotes, so quickly exchange some and take them home. This thing is much easier to use than the door god...
