Chapter 249: The Paper Money Project
After Li Er heard this, he was dumbfounded.
His own son was bullied.
But he wasn't angry at all.
Because, Li Er thought in his heart that Li Tai was careful and arrogant, and in Chang'an City, no one was convinced.
It's better to suffer a little loss now.
After Li Tai finished crying, he thought that his father Li Er would be furious, and maybe he would cut Chen Chu in a fit of anger.
Who would have thought that as soon as he raised his head, he saw Li Er holding his breath and staring at him seriously.
Li Tai smacked his lips: "Father, ......"
Li Er waved his hand and said softly: "Qingque, if I guessed correctly, you went to the Nanshan Mansion to find trouble with Chen Chu, right?" ”
Li Tai was guessed about the matter, immediately lowered his head, and whispered: "Father, son, son, son just thought that Sister Lizhi was talented and beautiful, so she married Chen Chu, but she was too wronged, no matter how bad she was, she had to marry the heirs of the ministers, and he, Chen Chu, turned out to be a commoner, and he is still white, how can he be worthy of beauty." ”
Li Er smiled dumbly.
It turned out to be a grievance for Li Li.
He smiled, looked at Li Tai, and said: "Qingque, you are wrong, Lizhi is indeed the pearl of the palm of me and your mother, and she is also the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, with a noble status, there are very few young people in the world who can be worthy of Liqi, but Chen Chu is one of them, if Chen Chu is not qualified, then no one in the world will be qualified to marry your sister......"
Li Tai raised his head in surprise and widened his eyes: "Father, you ...... You're not kidding, Chen Chu...... Isn't it just that the force is superior, a person like him is a martial artist, what's so great. ”
Li Er shook his head: "No, Qingque, you are wrong, you think that Chen Chu is just a martial artist." ”
"Actually, he is still a poet, and his poetry is even breathtaking by Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan and others."
"You think he is a poet, but in fact he is not, he is also very proficient in Confucianism, and the "Disciple Rules" written by him has now become a textbook for learning all over the world, and Kong Yingda is now known as Chen Chu."
"You think he is a disciple of Confucianism, but you are wrong, because he is the descendant of Taoism, and the pencil he invented is actually the creation of the ancestors of our Li family, which has been spread overseas and passed down by him, and now, nine out of ten people in the world will call him a master and uncle when they see him!"
"Do you think he's a Taoist? No, he's a great businessman......"
"Qingque, now, do you still think that Chen Chu is not worthy of your sister Liqi?"
After Li Er finished speaking, he looked at Li Tai with a smile.
Li Tai was dumbfounded.
Suddenly I was dumbfounded.
He has always been very proud, because he is both civil and military, and he is very intelligent.
But now Chen Chu looks much more bullish than him.
Li Tai opened his mouth: "Father, this ...... However, he has made so many contributions, not to mention anything else, it is the matter of Tubo, if there is no him, I am afraid that the current border of the Tang Dynasty, Shanzhou, and Lanzhou are already in the midst of war, and the people are displaced, why didn't the court give him a reward? Even if he is not allowed to enter the court as an official, at least he must be rewarded with a knighthood. ”
When Li Er heard this, he laughed and beckoned to Gao Chen.
Gao Chen hurriedly stepped forward, holding a booklet.
Li Er took the booklet and threw it to Li Tai.
Li Tai opened it and was even more surprised.
Because, on this booklet, it is densely packed, and all of them are records of Chen Chu's contributions.
So much credit, it's simply amazing!
I don't have so many kings.
Li Tai even found that what Li Er said was only part of it.
Potatoes, cement, gunpowder...... Wait a minute.
Any invention and creation has an unrivaled contribution to Datang Sheji.
After a while, he raised his head again and looked at Li Er in confusion.
Li Er smiled: "I know that you have many questions, but if I don't tell you now, you will understand later." ”
Li Tai: "......"
Li Er waved his hand: "Okay Qingque, I am tired, you go and say hello to your queen mother, remember, don't go to Nanshan Mansion to find trouble in the future, otherwise, I won't be able to spare you." ”
Li Tai gritted his teeth, nodded, and then retired.
Waiting for Li Tai to leave, Li Er asked, "Gao Chen, what do you think?" ”
Gao Chen asked in a daze, "Is Your Majesty talking about His Royal Highness King Yue?" ”
Li Er nodded.
Gao Chen said: "Your Majesty, Fang Cai, the little one has been standing and watching. ”
Li Er was speechless and glared at Gao Chen: "When will you learn the rhetoric of the court Chinese ministers...... Useless old stuff ......"
Gao Chen was sincerely afraid: "Your Majesty, the young one is old, and he is useless, not useful!" ”
Even if he was scolded, he didn't dare to comment on it.
There are four princes in the court, and they are in the limelight.
One is the crown prince Li Chengqian.
One is Li Ke, the king of Shu.
One is Li Tai, the king of Yue.
One is Li Zhi, the king of Jin.
It is said that Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, should be the most favored.
Not really.
The most favored is Li Tai.
A king of Yue, all the rewards, have surpassed the crown prince.
This also led some people in the court to think that His Majesty Li Er had plans to replace the crown prince.
After all, the great Second Majesty Li is not a descendant.
As an old fox Gao Chen who has served Li Er for many years, of course he does not dare to comment on King Yue.
Comment good?
Old guy, do you want to support King Yue in his bid for the crown prince?
Bad reviews?
Old fellow, are you dissatisfied with my son?
So, he kept his mouth shut.
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Nanshan Mansion.
Bite!
"Congratulations to the host for completing the task of building a super-large luxury mansion in the whole Datang."
"Get rewarded: banknote printing technology."
Chen Chu, who was lying on the edge of the lake watching the mandarin ducks playing in the water, jumped up violently.
It's finally done.
This task is the one that he has taken the longest and the most costly.
The previous tasks were completed in ten and a half days.
But this task, before and after, turned out to be almost ten months long.
It's late autumn now.
Fortunately, it was finally done.
Banknote printing technology.
With this technology, I can develop banknotes.
Paper money, the cliff is the most powerful revolution.
A technology that can change the entire Datang.
Once it is really promoted in the future, it is equivalent to being able to grasp the economic lifeline of Datang with one hand.
The more Chen Chu thought about it, the more excited he became.
I saw him get up and hurriedly go to the villa.
Walking into the hall of the villa, he waved his hand and drove out a few people who were cleaning.
Then he turned around and closed the door, went up the stairs, came to a room on the third floor, closed the door casually, walked to a landscape painting, and unveiled the landscape painting.
Under the landscape painting, there are white and smooth walls.
I saw Chen Chu push suddenly.
There was a dark compartment.
He reached in and gently rotated a handle.
Thundered.
The wall next to it automatically opened, revealing a circular arch more than a person high.
Chen Chu walked in, twisted one of the handles inside, and the arch closed.
He walked down the steps.
Come to a basement.
The basement is very spacious and there are torches burning all around.
This is the underground secret laboratory built by Chen Chu himself.
He had already thought about it, he was a traverser, although he didn't bring anything, but he often wrote and painted, and even wrote his own thoughts, and these things can't be easily revealed, there must be a hidden place.
This is the safest place.
Chen Chu has already designed a self-destruction device, once there is an external force to destroy, it will trigger the mechanism he has buried, first will burn all the materials in the secret room, and then will introduce water from the lake to completely destroy the entire underground secret room.
In Chen Chu's mind, he has mastered all the pen and paper techniques in the entire history of mankind, from the simplest Jiaozi to the most complex banknotes with various high-tech anti-counterfeiting technologies, he can theoretically make them.
However, it is only theoretical.
There is a huge gap between theory and implementation.
After Chen Chu sat down, he was excited, and he was quickly thrown a scoop of cold water.
The biggest problem in front of him is that the technology does not support it.
The printing of banknotes requires technical support from all aspects, the most basic of which is printing technology and ink.
But at the moment, printing is just beginning, and the ink is not very good.
There is no paper money that can be printed for later generations.
Even if it is printed, the cost is too high.
For example, printing a 10-cent banknote costs 100 yuan.
Doing so is completely losing money.
Chen Chu is not like the kind of fool who invests a million costs and creates 300,000 counterfeit coins.
What's more, he is not making counterfeit money, but changing the currency of Datang.
Don't look at the history books that the rule of Zhenguan is so bullish, in fact, the monetary system at this time is still very primitive.
The common currency is Kaiyuan Tongbao in Li Yuan's hands, but in the actual transaction process, there is also barter, silk, cloth and other currencies.
Chen Chu felt that it was very difficult.
He sat behind the desk and pondered for a long time, and finally chose a relatively simple banknote style to design.
This kind of banknote is much lower than the banknotes of later generations, but it is definitely higher than the Jiaozi of the Great Song Dynasty.
Since Chen Chu intends to subvert the monetary system of the Tang Dynasty, he will naturally no longer do backward things like Jiaozi, but must do it in one step to avoid chaos in the future.
After the design was completed, he walked out of the underground chamber.
The first thing he did when he came outside was to bring Zhu Neng and others to discuss the printing of banknotes.
After Zhu Neng and the others got the drawings and requirements given by Chen Chu, they showed their magic powers and patted their chests one after another.
"Boss, don't worry, we are looking for someone to draw, and we have to draw what you want......"
Zhu Neng said with an oath.
Chen Chu asked, "Lao Zhu, don't joke with me, are you sure you can get it?" ”
Zhu Neng was convinced: "Boss, I used to work as an apprentice in printing and writing, and I am very good at printing, and besides, this matter cannot be completed by a few of us, I have already thought about it, we will invite those trustworthy printers, and they will definitely be able to meet the requirements of the boss." ”
Chen Chu couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Boy.
I've been thinking about it for so long, and I find it very difficult.
I didn't expect Lao Zhu to be so confident?
It seems that the wisdom of the ancient working people cannot be underestimated.
Chen Chu said happily: "That is the case, you hurry up and prepare for this, and in half a month, I will see what is printed." ”
"Yes, boss."
Zhu Neng and his gang have become the first professional scientific research team in Datang under the leadership of Chen Chu, and everyone is very excited when they hear that there is something new.
Chen Chu watched a few people leave, smiled, and said, "In this way, my banknote plan is about to be advanced." ”
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