Although a small banknote may seem extremely simple, it is not so easy to make.

Because Li Yang waited, he waited for nearly a month, and he didn't even see a single hair, let alone banknotes.

However, this can't be helped, because the intermediate process of a banknote, from the material to the finished product, is really complicated. Take paper as an example, Li Yang has put forward extremely high requirements for the material, thickness and texture of paper.

In this way, the papermaking process has greatly increased the difficulty.

It's not easy to make paper, so printing is even more difficult.

First of all, it is the carving process.

Although their engraving skills already represent the top craftsmanship of Daqin, they almost cried when they saw Li Yang's watermark requirements for banknotes.

This...... It's so hard......

More than a dozen carving masters, almost sleep time is very little, day and night to work.

In addition to the difficulty of the carving master, the ink worker is also difficult, because in the past, ink was used. Nowadays, it is necessary to choose a variety of mineral pigments to match the color. For example, limestone, stone green, cinnabar, realgar, muscovite and other minerals, such as shell powder, green soil. It is even accompanied by animals and plants such as rouge, magenta, garcinia cambogia, Su Fang, Qingdai, jacaranda, grass juice, as well as artificial pigments yellow vermilion, red vermilion, black vermilion, patina, lead dan, lead white, etc. In short, the abundance of pigments varies from dozens to dozens.

In the end, he finally formulated a light ink color that satisfied Li Yang, as well as cyan blue.

Moreover, because of the number of pigments selected, coupled with the preparation of mineral pigments and plant pigments, the richness and fullness of the color are by no means comparable to the chemical pigmentation of later generations.

In Li Yang's words, the chemical pigments of later generations are compared with the pigments used in Daqin to print money, and the pigments of later generations are simply garbage!

However, he was not bragging, because the Great Qin banknotes found by archaeology in later generations really embarrassed people in later generations.

Daqin banknotes, the color is gorgeous, thousands of years without the slightest retreat, coupled with the fineness of the Daqin carved plate, so that the printed Daqin banknotes do not lose the banknotes printed by the printing press of later generations.

Of course, this kind of Great Qin banknote once became a national treasure for later generations, because it not only represents the craftsmanship of the Great Qin Empire at that time, but also represents a certain degree of artistry, which is as precious and rare as a painter's painting.

Of course, this is all an afterthought, and it is impossible for Li Yang to know the things of the future generations.

In other words, the combination of light ink color and cyan blue prepared by the pigment is the main color of the future Daqin banknotes, and later the world also called "green coins", which not only refers to the color is blue, but also sounds like "Qin coins".

Of course, because the banknote of 100 Qin knives has a gold thread in the middle of the banknote, the world also calls this banknote of 100 Qin knives "Qin Jin".

In short, Qing coins, Qin gold, and Qin knives all refer to Qin banknotes.

Time passed day by day, until the end of autumn, and the sample of Daqin banknotes was finally delivered to Li Yang of the State Council.

"Zhen Guojun, can these new banknotes match the effect you want?"

1 Qin knife, 2 Qin knife, 5 Qin knife, 10 Qin knife, 20 Qin knife, 50 Qin knife, 100 Qin knife, a total of seven banknote samples, He Fei presented them one by one on the desk of Li Yang of the State Council.

Looking at the seven banknotes on the desk, the larger the face value and the slightly larger the paper, Li Yang couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

Reaching out and picking up a 100-knife Qin coin, the feel of the hand is very different from ordinary paper.

Because the material is mainly cotton, linen and other fibers, this banknote is full of quality and toughness, and the paper is full of water patterns on both sides, which is very tactile.

The front of the banknote is the top painter of the Qin State, and the head of Qin Shi Huang is very realistic, and because it is made of copper plate concave and convex texture, it looks like this head is carved on this paper.

Of course, this is all because the portrait is engraved on the copper wire mesh during the papermaking, and when the pulp is made through the copper wire mesh, according to the different shades of the copper wire, the paper presents different thicknesses or depressions, that is, the watermark of various portrait graphics is formed. This technical process is clearly destined to make this note unique.

In addition, on the back of the banknote, there is a Qin totem Xuanniao picture, lifelike, and the Xuanniao has a simple atmosphere, plus this Qin totem Xuanniao is also carved on the copper wire mesh when making paper, so the Xuanniao picture is also a concave and convex watermark texture, very forced.

However, the most striking thing is the fluorescent line, and the gold wire on the back.

The fluorescent line looks like a reflective multicolored blue ribbon during the day, and Li Yang believes that ordinary people will definitely be curious about what kind of material it is made of and why it has such a color.

After all, fluorescence is not a pigment, so this fluorescent line, in the eyes of the world, it is not printed, it is very special.

And that gold thread is even more bullish. The golden gold thread is inlaid in the paper, which directly makes this paper look precious and special, or extraordinary.

All in all, Li Yang was both surprised and amazed when he saw these banknotes.

Because these banknotes are more perfect than imagined, and even better than the US dollar and RMB in later generations, and the texture is not much worse.

The only thing that makes Li Yang a little awkward is the portrait of Qin Shi Huang, maybe Li Yang will see the streets full of dark coins every July and a half in later generations, so at first glance, good guys, this big Qin banknote actually looks like a dark coin.

The main reason is naturally the head of Qin Shi Huang, which is somewhat similar to the Hades in the later generations.

Of course, Li Yang also knew that this was mainly due to his own mental effect, as well as the people who printed the dark coins in later generations, who painted the head of the king of Hades like Qin Shi Huang's in the costume of the first emperor.

However, fortunately, the dark coins of later generations are all oversized, and the paper is too poor and colorful. These cannot be compared with Daqin banknotes at all.

How to describe it, the feeling of the dark coin is cheap printing paper, and the Qin coin in front of it will give people a feeling of real currency at a glance. This kind of temperament is unstoppable.

It can be said that Daqin banknotes are very successful.

"Good, very good! Printed in large quantities according to this effect! ”

Li Yang nodded with great satisfaction and recognized the effect of Daqin's new banknotes.

"Whoa!"

He Peng was very happy and immediately received the order to leave.

At the same time, the National Council issued a decree that the whole country would issue new currency, and all fiscal taxes would be paid in Daqin new currency.

That is to say, in the future, the Daqin government will no longer use gold, silver, and grain as currency, and only accept Daqin banknotes and copper coins (coins).

Gold and silver, on the other hand, have been reduced to the nature of precious metals and are still valuable, but they are not suitable for trading items.

This major policy is naturally destined to be written down in history.

Historical records: In the eleventh year of A.D., at the end of autumn, Daqin implemented a new monetary policy, scrapped precious metal currency, changed paper money, and called credit currency, which laid the foundation for Daqin's currency to dominate the world for thousands of years.

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