"This is the finished state bond?"

Zhao Gou stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of paper money from the tray that Zeng Xue was holding, looking at the printing that was very different from Jiaozi, and then the clear watermark that looked at the air, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad." Zhao Gou praised repeatedly. This task is really well done by the Mint, ink printing, watermarks, and micro-carvings in the corners, all very good.

In the current era, with these three anti-counterfeiting methods on a treasury bond, there is almost no forgery.

After all, ink in China in this era, it is absolutely unheard of. As for the watermark, this thing is somewhat popular, don't look at some people swear that the watermark was invented by the Italian people, what a stupid papermaker, accidentally dropped the copper wire into the frame of the paper. After the paper is made, it is found that there are translucent lines on the paper, which is the origin of the watermark on the paper. Net is. In the Tang Dynasty of China, there was water pattern paper.

There are two kinds of water-patterned paper, one is the printed bright flower, that is, the woodcut watermark, and the other is the printed dark flower, which is still widely used today.

In the printing of Jiaozi, the Song people already used the watermark method. The watermark on the top is very particular, and it is a silky mesh watermark.

With these two things, coupled with the miniature carving, almost no one can imitate the bonds of that country.

Although miniature carving is not very new in China. Many people have memorized "The Story of the Carved Boat", but they have forgotten it, but there will be some impressions. In China, miniature carvings appeared in oracle bone inscriptions from the Yin Shang period. Although the seal of the Warring States period is as small as tired, the seal is divided into vermilion and white.

But Zhao Gou has a magnifying glass in his hand. was originally a master of miniature carving, and with a magnifying glass, the secret charge that was made was not something that people could imitate at all.

Zong Ze and the others were silent, and it was not until Zhao Gou put down the national bonds in his hand that he gave Liang Yangzu a look.

The national bonds were made by the Mint, but it was the responsibility of the household department to issue them. Liang Yangzu is the secretary of the household department, and his opinions must also be put forward.

"King, this thing has certainly been created, but the name of 'national bond' has been traced back to the ages and is unheard of. Whether it can be issued in the world or not, the minister is panicked. ”

Liang Yangzu can't panic, this has a lot to do with it.

The imperial court is now at war, and naturally it is unable to take care of the taxes in many places in the south, but the war is going smoothly, and I am afraid that there will be more than a month to make the world stable. At that time, he would have a lot of land under him, and naturally there would be a lot of more expenses and expenses. Nine times out of ten, there may be a lack of money!

However, he mentioned this meaning to King Yan, but King Yan changed hands and took out this unheard-of state bond, how could he pin all his hopes on this 'state bond' that he himself could not understand.

Looking back through the ages, the word "national debt" has been somewhat invested. In the past, there were high debts of King Zhou Yun, and then Li Tang borrowed debts to quell the rebellion, and the wealth lay in the rich merchants. It didn't work out, though.

But this is all through direct administrative means of the state, and the fundraising is also for wealthy businessmen. Or in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the fifth year of Emperor Yonghe, the central government in order to raise military spending, "the edict loan king, Hou Guo rent one year". Loans were made to the princes of the sub-feudal realms in an amount equivalent to one year's rent for the land.

It is unheard of for the imperial court to directly print paper money to raise money from all living beings in the world. Can the common people exchange money and grain for this thing?

Of course, Zhao Gou knows what era it is, and it is unrealistic to ask people to take out real money to buy treasury bonds just by relying on the patriotism of the people.

But what if he takes the land as collateral?

"Jinghu Lake is barren, and there are countless vacant fields. The party in the northwest, the golden captives in the northeast, and the lonely generals are also extensive. Today, Gu Gu pledged the acres of land in three places and issued 30 million national bonds, which Zhu Qing thought was feasible? ”

The eyes of Zong Ze, Liang Yangzu and the others blinked and blinked, and they really couldn't keep up with Zhao Gou's train of thought for a while, but soon they understood the meaning.

Liang Yangzu's face was immediately filled with joy.

What was the land of Jinghu like in the Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin dynasties, and what was it like in this dynasty? The gap is clear at a glance. With only one Jinghu North Road, I am afraid that tens of millions of acres of wasteland can be easily picked up. Coupled with the Dangxiang in the northwest and the Jin Lu in the northeast, after the imperial army swept the two, there was also a large amount of land in the land of the Hetao and the land of Liaodong, and as a pledge, it was a mere 30 million.

In other words, if the imperial court is willing to take out the land of Jinghu for a big sale, he can also raise a sum of money sufficient for the imperial court's expenses in a short time.

"The national debt has a term of three years, and if it is overdue, if the imperial court is unable to repay it, it can exchange the national debt for acres. What do you think should be the number of acres of these three fields? ”

Land Sale?

Zhao Gou is not stupid. How much money can you buy for selling land like this? It's better to take three years to warm up.

As for the price per acre, the price per mu in the Northern Song Dynasty was far less expensive than in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was very thin. The paddy field is one acre, regardless of the north, south, east and west, and there should be a price of three or five times. However, the dry land, even in the suburbs of Beijing, is more than 100 acres, and there is more than one acre of land.

However, the three pieces of land that Zhao Gou took out seemed to be Liaodong if they gave people a worse sense. The land of the Hetao in the northwest is plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, and the land of Jinghu Lake in the middle is the place where the rich water and soil are known to the important ministers present.

As early as more than 1,000 years ago, in the pre-Qin period, the Jianghan Plain was the core of the Chu State, and the nine counties of Jingxiang in the late Han Dynasty were the rich land in the world.

After a long debate, the land in Liaodong was set as one and a half acres of land, the land in the northwest was set as one acre of land, and the highest land in Jinghu was set as one and a half acres, which was definitely a price that could touch the hearts of countless people.

Especially the land in the northwest and the land in Jinghu, that is a big bargain.

"Liang Qing rest assured, Lone will ask someone to tell him in the newspaper." However, they would publish news in the newspapers and publicly promise the world that if the imperial court could not come up with enough money to redeem the treasury bonds after three years, the holders of the bonds could go to the local government to sign the land with the bonds.

As for how much the imperial court is willing to use to redeem the treasury bonds in three years, that is, each national debt is measured in thousands of dollars.

Zhao Song's stipulation has always been 770 yuan, and now he is willing to pay it back with 1,000 yuan, and the profit of 230 yuan is only 30 percent, which is really not high. No matter who you say to anyone, it's not attractive at all.

Therefore, Zhao Gou's trick is that if the national debt money is used to buy acres of land in Jinghu and other places, it can be doubled.

"With such a temptation, Hugh said that all the people in the world will donate generously, even if the old man also wants to buy thousands of yuan, for the benefit of future generations." Zong Ze touched his beard and sighed.

He wasn't going to exchange money in three years, but set his eyes on the land.

As a poor man, Zong Ze is also a poor man, don't look at his current high position, but this good life is only a few days, isn't it? The family has little money.

It is impossible for him to do corruption and bribery, so he can only follow King Yan to drink soup.

Fortunately, King Yan is not that stingy, not to mention the current opportunity for this country's bonds, he has already mentioned cotton planting to him before.