Yang Shaofeng held a stack of treasure money handed over by Li Ti in his hand, and refused again and again: "Lao Li, what are you doing here, don't you know me, I'm not interested in money, and I haven't spent money on it usually." ”

Li Ti, whose forehead was bruised, took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the urge to hit someone, and helplessly pointed to the treasure money in Yang Shaofeng's hand, and said, "Yes, the lower officials also know that the champion is high and bright." However, these treasure banknotes are just printed sample notes, which include denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty, and fifty.

What Xia Butang means is that let the champion take a look, and let these small denomination treasure banknotes enter circulation, can they replace the copper plate? ”

As soon as he heard that these were still sample banknotes, Yang Shaofeng suddenly became interested, and after unfolding these treasure banknotes and taking a look, he sneered: "If it is a treasure banknote of the same face value, forget it, it is bigger, and it is easy to bluff people when you take it out." Why are these two articles so big? Is it cost-free to print treasure money? Or don't you feel distressed when you spend it? ”

"What does the champion mean is that these treasure banknotes have to be printed smaller?"

Facing Li Ti's question, Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Of course it has to be smaller." In fact, the treasure banknotes of the consistent face value are already too big, and these small face value treasure notes are also too big, and it is not very convenient to carry them on the body, so it is appropriate to make them smaller. ”

There is another very important reason, Yang Shaofeng did not say it.

Security.

The anti-counterfeiting technology of Daming treasure banknotes is very advanced, and it is very troublesome to imitate, but it can still be imitated, otherwise Zhu Chongba would not have formulated a law specifically for counterfeiting treasure banknotes.

And to make the volume of the treasure banknote smaller, in fact, can play a certain role in anti-counterfeiting - the smaller the engraving to get the more troublesome, the household is capable of countless craftsmen, but the people do not have this condition.

More importantly, the smaller the volume and face value, the less distressed it is to spend, the faster the treasure money circulates, and the more obvious the substitution effect for gold, silver and copper plates.

"There is also the so-called banknote pouring method and the cost of easy exchange of ink, how to charge the face value of a penny? If the face value of a document is not collected, then why should the face value be collected? ”

Faced with Yang Shaofeng's once again raised the issue of the cost of exchanging old banknotes for new ones, Li Ti shook his head helplessly and said: "It is said that it is planned to cancel the cost of easy exchange of ink, and Xia Butang has been distressed for several days and has not been able to eat. ”

Xia Yuanji, who has not had a good meal for several days, is definitely a ruthless person, not only cruel to others, but also cruel to himself - if it wasn't for the new clothes he bought when he got married, Xia Laoji might not have any decent clothes except for official robes.

Following behind Zhu Laosi and He, Xia Yuanji sighed from time to time, which made Zhu Laosi dissatisfied, and turned his head to Xia Yuanji and said, "What's wrong with you?" Constantly sighing from the beginning, what is there to sigh about? ”

Xia Yuanji said in a low voice: "This treasury ......"

Zhu Laosi said angrily: "You can run away from mice again, right?" Don't think I don't know, a few days ago, there is nowhere to put the tax money that came from the border city, and the Ministry of Industry is busy building a new treasury for the state treasury, and two more will be built! ”

Xia Yuanji muttered in a low voice: "Isn't there an empty one, and the empty one will run away from mice......"

Zhu Laosi, who was almost angry, glared at Xia Yuanji, and no longer talked about the boring question of whether the treasury was empty or not - at the beginning, he divided the feudal kings, rewarded the heroes of Jingjing, added the Wuwei Baisi, Zheng He went to the West, sent 800,000 troops to ask Annan, and hundreds of thousands of horses went to smash the field of the Alutai family.

So if he likes to mumble, let him mumble, anyway, the treasury is mine......

While comforting himself in his heart, Zhu Laosi looked left and right on the street, followed by Xia Yuanji, who kept sighing.

It wasn't until the street was almost turned that Zhu Laosi nodded, turned his head to Xia Yuanji and said, "Won't this treasure banknote start to circulate, as long as it persists like this, it can replace silver sooner or later." ”

Xia Yuanji snorted a few times, and originally wanted to say that the treasury was empty enough to run mice, but thinking about the new treasury that the Ministry of Industry had begun to build, he had to sigh helplessly: "Isn't it that it has not been fully rolled out yet, and after it is fully rolled out, I don't know how much silver taels will be spent." ”

Zhu Laosi pointed to the vendors who were trading with treasure banknotes not far away, and said with a smile: "Even if it is fully rolled out, these people who are used to using treasure banknotes will still like to use gold and silver?" ”

Xia Yuanji looked at Zhu Laosi's confident appearance, and couldn't help but want to mock: "How can the feeling of holding the treasure money in your hand compare to real money?" It's just a rarity now, and it's only in Shuntianfu, if it is changed to other places, I don't know what it is. ”

Zhu Laosi said with a dark face: "It seems that you Xia Laoli is the official of the household department, these problems are your problems, and you should solve them!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but help: "That's it, this is originally what Xia Tangguan should solve, even if you can't solve it, you can also let those Yang Crazy in the border city solve it, anyway, he is your subordinate official." ”

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but want to cover his face - isn't it good to live well, why do you have to jump out and provoke Xia Laojiao?

It's just that before Zhu Gaochi covered his face, Xia Yuanji walked to a small stall next to him, took four steamed buns back, first carried two in his arms, signaled that he had no intention of going over to pay the money, and then handed the remaining two steamed buns to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu: "Although this steamed bun doesn't look very good, it is a good thing that many people can't eat if they want to, please eat it Your Highness to understand the hardships of the people's lives." ”

Zhu Gaochi took the steamed bun but didn't eat it first, but watched Zhu Gaochu take a bite first, and when Zhu Gaochu wanted to spit out the steamed bun, he covered Zhu Gaochu's mouth and said in a low voice: "Don't vomit, eat it, otherwise there will be your good fruit to eat later!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu saw his eldest brother say this, and saw Zhu Gaochi implying that his father was also there, so he could only swallow the steamed bun with his throat in his throat helplessly.

Zhu Gaochi slowly ate it.

Seeing that the two brothers ate the steamed buns, Zhu Laosi had a gloomy face, glared at Xia Yuanji and said, "Why do you have to pay for the steamed buns with no intention?" ”

Xia Yuanji bowed down and said: "Your Highness is Your Majesty's son, and Your Majesty should naturally pay for the steamed buns they eat." As for the two steamed buns in the minister's arms, the minister should be rewarded by His Majesty to the minister, and the minister will take them back and eat them slowly. ”

Zhu Laosi snorted, ignored Xia Yuanji anymore, and turned around and walked towards the Drunken Immortal Building-although the wine and food in the Drunken Immortal Mansion were worse than those of the Yang family's Zhuangzi, they were still much better than those in the palace......

It wasn't until the wine and food were all served that Zhu Laosi said in a deep voice: "What is the plan of the household department for the following things?" ”

Xia Yuanji arched his hand and said: "Although the minister learned that Yang is crazy, there is a certain truth in what he said, such as the problem that this small denomination of treasure money is not distressing. ”

Zhu Laosi sneered: "Those four steamed buns just now cost a penny, and I didn't see you Xia Butang feel distressed." ”

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but answer: "It's just that the king who is still choking now has an uncomfortable throat and eyes." ”

Zhu Laosi glared at Zhu Gaoxu and shouted, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu closed his mouth in a sneer, Xia Yuanji spoke: "There are too many places to use money now, the treasury is empty, and the ministers have to save a little."

However, if ordinary people have some treasure money at home, presumably the people also prefer to spend a penny and a penny instead of a hundred.

In addition, printing treasure banknotes always requires mulberry paper and ink, so the minister still learns to make the treasure money smaller, so that he can save some costs. ”

After thinking about it, Xia Yuanji continued: "This time, the small denomination of the treasure banknote, the minister does not plan to print too much, so he will print a 5 million yuan first, first in the border city and Shuntian Mansion for trial distribution, and then slowly spread out." ”

Zhu Laosi said: "You give me an account, how much silver is in the treasury?" ”

As soon as he heard Zhu Laosi ask about the money in the treasury, Xia Yuanji suddenly twisted a little: "It's not too much." ”

"Not too much, how much?"

"More than 10 million ingots of banknotes, and more than 200,000 taels of silver."

"That's a little more, how much?"

"Nine million three hundred and thirty-one thousand and eight hundred and seventy-six ingots of banknotes, and ninety-seven thousand thirty-three taels of silver."

"Huh! I believe in your wickedness! What about the others? ”

Being questioned by Zhu Laosi like this, Xia Yuanji suddenly became unhappy, and simply stared at his eyes and counted: "One hundred and twenty-six taels of gold, three thousand eight hundred and eighty pounds of copper coins, two thousand eight hundred and forty-nine catties of copper, and six million four hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred and ninety stones of grain for Shuntianfu." ”

Confused by Xia Yuanji's series of numbers, Zhu Laosi blinked his eyes and said stunned: "So, excluding the others, the treasure banknotes and gold and silver are increasing, and even the copper coins are 10 million yuan more, isn't it?" ”

Xia Yuanji snorted coldly and said: "Yes, if Your Majesty wants to send troops to the north, you can raise a million troops to go north and destroy the Tatars and Warat in one battle!" ”

Looking at Xia Yuanji, who was a little broken and broken, Zhu Laosi suddenly smiled, pointed at Xia Yuanji and said, "Who said that I was going to go north?" Isn't it good that Yang is crazy in the border city, why do you always have to fight and kill? However, this imperial city of Shuntianfu? Isn't it time to fix it? ”

Xia Yuanji frowned and pondered for a long time, and arched his hand towards Zhu Laosi: "Your Majesty, the minister said earlier that Yang Zhuangyuan has the ability to build the imperial city, it is better to hand it over to Yang Zhuangyuan directly, just like a border city, but with more than ten thousand taels of expenses, he made such a big city."

If His Majesty agrees to let Yang Zhuangyuan come to repair the imperial city, the minister is willing to squeeze it from the treasury and support him with 200,000 taels of silver! If it doesn't work, please behead Yang crazy! ”