At the beginning of March, today is a good day for the soldiers and officers in the army, because today is to be paid. Ordinary soldiers are three taels of silver a month, recruits are two taels, soldiers of the pro-guard are five taels a month, and soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion are ten taels per person. Of course, there is more silver, and the responsibility is naturally greater, and the conditions of the Eagle Yang Camp are currently the best, but it is also very difficult to enter, and the number of people in the Eagle Yang Camp is also very small.

The first to get the military salary was the soldiers of the pro-guard brigade, because the soldiers of the pro-guard brigade were relatively close to Luoyang, so the military salary arrived relatively quickly.

"Zhang San!" A lieutenant shouted from the top of the platform, and then handed the five silver coins in his hand to the man named Zhang San.

Zhang San asked, "Sir, what is this?" How is it flat? ”

The lieutenant smiled and said, "This is the silver coins issued by our generals, each silver coin weighs about one tael, and we call it one dollar." Don't you see, that silver coin is engraved with the head of our general! And if you try it, this silver coin can make a buzzing sound when it is blown, and it will be convenient to identify the authenticity in the future. ”

The three picked up a silver coin and blew it with his mouth, and then put it to his ear, and if there was really that buzzing sound, he saw that the three mouths were lined up, and said: "It's a good thing, there is also the general's head on it, doesn't it mean that the general will always protect us!" Hey. Good, good. Saying that, Zhang San took the silver coin and walked down.

"Wang Er!"

"It's yours, five silver coins, take it."

"Li Si!"

"It's yours, five silver coins are ready."

The soldiers lined up to receive their salaries, this time the salaries were different from usual, and naturally some people explained to them, and after taking the silver coins, some of the soldiers returned to their camps, and their battalion commanders were waiting for them at this time, and now they were issuing orders in battalion units.

The battalion commanders gathered the soldiers who had received the silver coins, and then shouted, "I think the brothers have all got the silver coins now!" This silver coin will be our legal tender in the future, and as long as our Pingbei army arrives, the silver coin will be implemented. Of course, at present, broken silver can also be spent, but it may not be long before it will be canceled, so if you have broken silver at home, you can go to any Luoyang bank in Luoyang City to exchange the same silver coins, and we, as the general's soldiers, should support the general's policy, so brothers who have broken silver at home should go and exchange it. It can be regarded as a modest contribution to the general. ”

"Battalion commander, how did you say this silver coin was spent, did you cut it open when you used it?"

When the battalion commander heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You can't cut it, you can't cut it." At present, the Financial Secretary has issued a total of two kinds of silver coins, one is the silver coin of one yuan that we are issuing now, and the other is the silver coin of the small half tael of 'five coins', a silver coin of one yuan is equivalent to one or two silver, and it should be spent as one or two, and it must not be cut and used. ”

"The pattern on this silver coin is so beautiful, I don't want to spend it!" The soldier immediately drew laughter from many people, and the battalion commander also laughed and said, "This silver coin is engraved with the head of our general, symbolizing that our general is with us, and the general will always protect us!" Of course, if we do something bad, the general will also know that the general is omnipotent! "Obviously, this battalion commander is an officer who ardently admires Liu Xia.

On the same day, the Luoyang Bank, which is located not far from the Zhengguo Mansion, also opened at this time, many merchants and squires, as well as generals and officials, walked into the bank one after another, deposited their scattered silver into the Luoyang Bank, and then left, holding a cloth bag in their hands, which was full of silver coins, and some even brought a few servants into boxes to carry over, of course, in order to protect the security, the soldiers of the pro-guard brigade sent a large group of men and horses to protect, and at the same time, the investigators of the Luoyang Investigation Bureau also came more than 20, Moreover, the commander of the Luoyang Investigation Bureau came in person.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm five thousand taels of silver, it's more, you have less to give me first."

"How many are you five thousand taels? Lao Tzu, there are 10,000 taels! ”

"Everyone is a businessman, why bother hurting the harmony, in order, in order."

"Good! 10,000 taels of silver, enough for scales! The man came and brought out 10,000 silver coins. A staff member of the Luoyang Bank said, and then several staff members brought out a small box, which contained 20,000 silver coins.

"Li Yuanwai, this is 20,000 silver coins, each silver coin is 'five coins' for a total of 10,000 yuan, come and pour out the silver coins to weigh and govern." With that, the clattering silver in the box suddenly fell on the big plate.

"Okay, I believe you Luoyang Bank, someone will put all the silver coins into the box, let's go!"

Silver coins are now first circulated among the army, officials and merchants, and the lower classes of the common people are not yet in circulation, after all, many people still only use copper plates, one penny and two pennies.

Because of this, this silver coin seems to have become a representative of the upper class, and even revered as an honor within a few days. This made more businessmen come to Luoyang Bank to exchange silver coins, of course, all thanks to Liu Xia's speculation, as a person in the twenty-first century, Liu Xia has seen a lot of hype, so he used it, and the effect is good, so that the vanity of those who have silver has greatly increased.

When the rich merchants ordered their servants to transport boxes of silver to the Luoyang Bank to exchange silver coins, Liu Xia was laughing at this time, and said: "As the general expected, now we have collected a total of four million taels of silver, plus the hundreds of merchants exchanged a total of more than five million taels of silver, and we will mix these silvers in a ratio of ninety-one, and we have made a lot of money!" ”

Wang En also laughed and said, "The general is smart! "Nowadays, all the money of the officials in Luoyang City is silver coins, even the chief of the financial secretary. Liu Xia said: "Immediately rush to work, convert all those silver into silver coins, and then expand the scale of issuance." We first released it among soldiers, so it can be better promoted. ”

At this time, a personal guard walked in, bowed to Liu Xia and said, "General Hui, Lord Rui asks to see you." Master Rui is naturally Rui Junai, Liu Xia nodded and said, "Let him in." Liu Xia said, and the guard hurriedly ran out.

After a while, Rui Junai walked in, only to see some papers in his hand, and a smile on his face. Liu Xia smiled: "Is there anything wrong with Jun Ai?" ”

Rui Junai walked up to Liu Xia and said, "General, this is the first issue of the monthly magazine printed by our Imperial Newspaper, please take a look at it." After that, I saw that he handed the printed newspaper in his hand to Liu Xia, and Liu Xia immediately picked it up and opened it to read.

After reading it, Liu Xia nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's good, it's good." It's also well written. Especially in the case of silver coins, writing in this way is sure to arouse the vanity of the rich men who have a lot of silver. ”

Rui Junai smiled: "Thanks to the general's idea, otherwise we wouldn't have thought of it." ”

Liu Xia said with a smile: "Okay, this issue of the monthly magazine can be issued, print 5,000 copies first, and at the same time you send someone to secretly transport the monthly magazine to the north and south, and sell it on the territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Qing Army, Wu Sangui and others, so that those people know the good of our Henan and the prosperity of Luoyang, and at the same time let the people know how they are in dire straits!" ”

Rui Junai said respectfully: "The subordinates understand, the subordinates understand." ”

Wang En's face was full of admiration for Liu Xia at this time, and he said: "The general is powerful, I'm afraid that as soon as this newspaper comes out, those businessmen will definitely buy it home in order to satisfy their vanity, and take a good look at it." ”

Liu Xia smiled and said: "Okay, both of you go down and prepare, especially Wang En, there must be no shortage of silver coins, and all the silver taels will be turned into silver coins as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" The two of them replied and walked out.

At this time, some soldiers on the street took their salaries and sent them to their families, and their families began to take the silver coins to the market to spend their money, and the exquisite silver coins made the people at the grassroots level amazed, and they did not blame these people, because silver coins are still only popular in the upper class, and many people in the lower class have not seen them.