Xu Guangqi and Zeng Qisheng glanced at each other, and did not speak again, they knew that Guo Zhiyuan was reasonable, the imperial court had become wary of Guo Zhiyuan, no matter what Guo Zhiyuan did, someone would attack him, unless Dongfan stopped developing, the contradiction with the imperial court would become bigger and bigger, and he would definitely tear his face in the end.

Under the influence of Guo Zhiyuan, Xu Guangqi and Zeng Qisheng their thinking has been very different from the traditional literati of this era, no longer put the idea of loyalty to the monarch in the first place, the emperor can be changed, but the country and the nation cannot die, although they do not want to see Guo Zhiyuan and the court tear their faces, but they are even more unwilling to see the Dongfan they created with their hard work being strangled by the imperial court, if they have to make a choice between the imperial court and Dongfan, they will definitely choose Dongfan without hesitation, and Dongfan does not want to be strangled by the imperial court, so they must continue to develop and grow themselves, Dongfan's own construction of the mint and the issuance of its own currency are undoubtedly beneficial to the development of Dongfan, and since Guo Zhiyuan has made up his mind, they can only support it.

Minting is actually not a technical thing, those who privately mint money are to make an underground small workshop to get out, with the strength of Dongfan now, Guo Zhiyuan gave an order, less than a month, the mint was built, and now Dongfan has a hydraulic machine tool is more simple, do a good job of mold, after casting, a hydraulic machine tool stamping and forming, make the coin is very beautiful, and the efficiency is not much higher than those underground workshops,

At present, the mint only mints silver coins and copper dollars, the face value of one tael, two taels, five taels, ten taels and one yuan, two yuan, five yuan and ten yuan, so as to solve the problem that the Ming Dynasty silver is not easy to change, Guo Zhiyuan is also ready to issue paper money in the future, but that has to wait for Guo Zhiyuan to build a monetary credit system, people in this era only believe in real money and silver, and the time to issue paper money is obviously not ripe.

The design of the pattern on the silver coin and copper dollar was completed by Guo Zhiyuan himself, originally a subordinate suggested that Guo Zhiyuan's avatar be used as a coin pattern, but Guo Zhiyuan vetoed it without hesitation, he didn't want to learn from Yuan Shikai, and he made a "Yuan Datou" out of the result but became a laughing stock for the ages, in this senseless issue he still hopes not to stimulate the imperial court, and his own avatar as a coin pattern does not imply that he has the ambition to be the emperor? So in the end, Guo Zhiyuan chose the front side for the face value and rice ear pattern, and the back for the design plan of the sea boat, and also added the words "supervised by the Dongfan Mansion in the 36th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty", so that in case the imperial court investigates it, Guo Zhiyuan also has a statement, you see, I recognize the status of the imperial court, and the Dongfan Mansion still belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court does not allocate me silver, so I can only make coins by myself.

Looking at the exquisitely patterned silver coins and copper dollars made in an uproar, holding them in his hand, Guo Zhiyuan was in a very happy mood, this is another golden rooster that can lay eggs, even Xu Guangqi and Zeng Qisheng and others who had raised objections before also couldn't put it down and took this exquisite silver coin and copper yuan to look over and over again, as the number one think tank for Guo Zhiyuan to take care of the internal affairs of Dongfan, Xu Guangqi considered the problem undoubtedly the most comprehensive, immediately thought of a key question, and hurriedly asked Guo Zhiyuan: "My lord, this coin was made, How are you going to release it? ……”

Xu Guangqi's question really asked the point, coin manufacturing is very easy, how to issue is the most important thing, otherwise the coin can not be circulated is completely useless. Many dynasties in history have the problem of chaotic monetary system, and the chaotic monetary system will bring chaos in the political, economic system and social order, especially in the era of power separation, this situation is even more obvious. Therefore, the first thing Qin Shi Huang did after unifying China was to unify the written language, and the second thing was to unify the currency, which shows how important a stable monetary system is to the stability of the regime.

Usually one side of the forces in the minting of their own currency after the use of force to push the means of issuance, because this effect is the fastest, can quickly accumulate wealth, but in fact, this means is very short-sighted, equal to killing the chicken and taking the eggs, the people are forced by the threat of power, have to use the new currency, but the heart must be resentful, this is equivalent to burying hidden dangers, and the law of the market economy will not yield to the power, the indiscriminate issuance of currency will only make the market economy chaotic, so such forces usually do not live too long.

The most typical example is the National. During the period of party rule in China, nominally Chiang Kai-shek. Shi's central ** has a righteous reputation, but in fact, the warlords in various places have their own thoughts, and many local warlords have their own currency. Kai-shek can't manage it if he wants to, coupled with the tight finances, he simply began to issue money indiscriminately, and the result is that the market is in turmoil, inflation, and currency depreciation, and in the end it is the people who suffer, such a regime is destined not to last long, and can only be overthrown by the people in the end!

Only when a good monetary credit system is gradually established and that the people are willing to use the currency you issue can the currency be truly circulated. But there is a problem here, a good monetary credit system cannot be built in a day, and everything is difficult at the beginning, so the first step of this issuance is very critical.

As to wear. Yue, Guo Zhiyuan naturally thought of this problem earlier, and smiled unhurriedly: "I was about to tell my husband, I want to build a Dongfan Bank!" ……”

What is a bank? Xu Guangqi and the others were a little confused, Guo Zhiyuan patted his forehead and explained: "The bank is similar to a money village, we issue our Dongfan silver coins and copper dollars through the Dongfan Bank, one silver coin is exchanged for one tael of silver, one copper dollar is exchanged for ten copper coins, and the people can freely exchange silver taels and copper coins at Dongfan Bank at any time......

Xu Guangqi and others of Qianzhuang have some understanding, Guo Zhiyuan is to link the new currency of Dongfan with the existing monetary system of the Ming Dynasty with silver as the main circulating currency, so as to dispel the concerns of the people, as long as the bank can ensure free exchange at any time, the credit system of the new currency will be built, which is the same as the fact that the money bank uses silver bills instead of silver.

Xu Guangqi still asked with some doubts: "Qian Zhuang is not easy to open, Qian Zhuang is the first priority, only a reputable time-honored brand can be opened, this reputation can not be established in a short time......

Guo Zhiyuan smiled confidently and said: "I have also considered this problem, so I am ready to take out a part of the shares, let those maritime merchants who have local influence and good reputation become shareholders, in addition, our bank is a little different from the bank, the people keep their money in our bank with interest, let the money make money, do you say they are willing?" And we can also engage in some promotional means, such as as opening an account in our bank, we will give a bag of rice......"