As soon as the day dawned, Zhao Dexian, who walked out of the door from home, came to the Military Pay Bureau early in the morning. When the Loyal and Righteous Army was created in Jiangyin, in order to avoid the official from devouring the soldiers' salaries, they set up another military salary officer, because according to the loyalty and righteousness army salary system, seventy percent of the military salary needs to be paid to the soldiers' families. After Jiangbei was restored, this military pay bureau naturally went to Qinghe. And Zhao Dexian is a member of the Qinghe Military Salary Bureau.

As a D-level bureaucracy, Zhao Dexian, like an apprentice in Qianzhuang, must be the first to arrive at the bureau every day, then clean up, wipe the table, and at the same time boil boiling water and tidy up the tables and chairs behind the cabinet. Then, when the other bureau members arrive, they will start to settle the accounts again.

"2,000 taels of silver, 145,000 taels of money, 2,000 stone ...... of food stamps"

Zhao Dexian, who is a member of the D-level bureau, when receiving the account, just like the guys in the money village, needs to count the silver taels received and make money, but unlike ordinary money villages, the military pay bureau also needs to issue food stamps, because half of the military salary of the loyal army is rice grain, and the military pay bureau also issued rice grain in the bureau at the beginning, but later because it was too cumbersome, at the suggestion of the bureau office, it was changed to issue rice coupons, and military families can go to the rice merchants in the city to receive coupons with military pay slips, and rice merchants can take rice coupons to the granary to receive grain.

After finally counting the money, Zhao Dexian counted the rice coupons there, and when he took the rice coupons for the first time, he also sighed for the extremely exquisite rice coupons, and now for him, this is just a piece of paper, at most a palm-sized "high-quality mulberry paper".

"This is mulberry paper worth a tael or a penny."

Muttering in his heart, Zhao Dexian secretly thought to himself that today was the day of the salary, and there were many vendors waiting outside the gate to exchange rice coupons from the military dependents who received the salary.

"As soon as it changed hands, it was better to let everyone benefit than let the grain merchants benefit......

When thinking like this, Zhao Dexian looked up, he saw the bureau office standing there, standing there with a serious expression, as soon as the time came, the military pay bureau would open the door, today is the pay day, every time the pay day, this bureau will always be busy, although the military pay bureau will open every day, but many people will always choose this day to receive the salary, for no other reason - just to earn the silver profit of half a penny.

This rice coupon is no longer a rice coupon now. Rather, it is a silver ticket equal to silver. I don't know how many people have profited because of this, and I don't know how many profiteers have flocked to it. There really is no business opportunity that those profiteers can't see.

"Lord Qing, why do you think there are so many people?"

Looking at the crowd in front of the door, which was half a mile away, Yan Ermei said with some surprise. Fu Shan was also taken aback by the crowded crowd of passers-by, there were many people, and there were thousands of people gathered here. And around there are soldiers wearing red uniforms to maintain themselves.

For the two people who came to Qinghe for the first time, they have been living in the house of Gu Yanwu's friend Wang Luo for the past two days, as for the Chongxian Pavilion where they live in the Chongxian Pavilion of scholars from all over the country, but they have not passed, although they can have free food and lodging there, if they pass the exam, they can enter the house as officials, and the amount is applicable.

The reason why they didn't go was naturally their own considerations, because today because Gu Yanwu was teaching Yan Fu to study the art of war, only the two of them went out together today.

Seeing that there was a vendor-like person on the side of the road holding a small card in his hand, on which was written the words "One stone rice coupon one thousand one hundred and thirty-six Wen", and many people on the side of the road were holding this small card in their hands, curious, Fu Shan walked over and asked,

"This little brother, I don't know what this rice coupon is?"

The roadside vendor, looking at the two people in front of him were wearing Confucian robes, only thought that they were officials who came to receive salaries, after all, this military pay bureau now not only pays military salaries, but also pays officials, and even the salaries of craftsmen in weapons factories, shipyards, iron factories and other factories are also paid by the military pay bureau, but after all, none of the officials' salaries are high, and seeing that there may be business, he naturally seems very enthusiastic. Maybe you can cultivate a customer after a while.

That's how business is done, it's the eyesight that you see.

"I want to come to the two officials, I should have just come to Qinghe, today is the first time to receive the officials, I don't know how many meters and stones are in the officials of the two officials? Two stones? Three stones? If the two of them have five stones of rice, and they will receive rice coupons later, the villain is willing to give an extra fourteen yuan per stone......"

Rice coupons? What rice coupons?

Seeing the confused appearance of the two of them, the vendor hurriedly explained,

"The two of you don't know, although the official salary and military salary rice grain are all issued with rice grain, but the military salary bureau is not directly distributing food now, but issuing rice coupons, which is a piece of paper the size of a palm, just like ......"

Before the peddler could finish speaking, Yan Ermei spoke.

"Isn't it like the treasure money of the past?"

From the meaning of her words, I immediately heard it. This rice coupon looks a bit like a treasure banknote, except that the latter cannot be exchanged for money.

"Yes, yes, it's like treasure money, but it's different from treasure money, this rice coupon is a good thing, you can always take the rice coupon to exchange for a stone of rice in the rice shop, if you have few people in your family, you can't finish eating, the villain here is naturally a premium coupon, this look at our Qinghe's rice price is only 1,500 Wen, and the villain here has overflowed nearly 100 Wen miles for you......"

The hawker's words made Yan Ermei and Fu Shan stunned, they didn't expect that this hawker would overflow such a high-priced rice coupon, this is not a loss-making business. Knowing that it was not so simple, Fu Shan looked at the vendor and asked.

"You, what's the use of spending more than 100 yuan to buy this rice coupon?"

The other party must have its usefulness in buying rice coupons at a high price. However, Fu Shan was a little curious about this use.

"Hey, buy it naturally to sell it!"

The peddler looked at the official in front of him, still with a smile on his face.

"Sell it? Could it be that there are still people who can't accept this rice coupon? ”

Fu Shan asked in some surprise. What if something happens? It seems that there are so many people doing such a loss-making business.

"That's natural, otherwise, what does the villain do with this rice coupon?"

But that's not the case. If no one collects it. Naturally, this rice coupon is of little use.

"Who will take this rice coupon? Why do they take this rice coupon? ”

Before Yan Ermei could finish asking, there was a shout from there.

"Open the door, open the door......"

The hawkers who were still chatting with them hurriedly left the two of them and squeezed towards the crowd, shouting "high-priced rice coupons" while squeezing, looking at the hawkers in the crowd who were shouting to collect coupons, looking at the lively appearance over there, Fu Shan and Yan Ermei were both stunned, neither of them expected that this seemed to be a loss-making business. There are so many people who are sought after.

"Yongqing, you have been traveling south and north for many years, have you ever seen such strange things, why do you say that these people collect rice coupons at a high price, is it possible that they can still sell at a high price? If it can be sold at a high price, who will collect it? ”

Fu Shan here just asked, and the old man at the roadside tea stall smiled.

"Two officials, I'm afraid they just came to Qinghe, they have collected rice coupons, and naturally there will be people who collect rice coupons at a high price, not to mention others, besides, these years are in chaos, and the merchants are doing business with hundreds of taels of silver, and the money is eye-catching, so bring some rice coupons to save trouble? Hide it in your waist and stuff it in your boots, and who knows? After walking thousands of miles, when he arrived in Jiangyin and went out of the grain store, the grain store gave him one stone and one tael, and the merchant pasted two coins of silver, but he saved a lot of risk...... If the rice merchant in Luzhou wants to sell rice to Qinghe, he needs to transport rice from Qinghe to Luzhou in the past, not to mention the loss along the way, as well as the freight. Now, as long as he carries rice coupons, he can directly take out the grain from the grain depot in Luzhou, and he doesn't know how much he can save by this freight alone."

In an instant, Fu Shan and Yan Ermei all looked at each other in surprise, they didn't expect that this rice coupon used for payment would have such a purpose, it was still a rice coupon, which was simply equivalent to a "silver ticket" of silver.

"Then, then they are not afraid that the government will not be able to take out rice?"

As soon as Fu Shan's words fell, the old man looked at the person in front of him and laughed.

"M? When the envoy entered the Qing River, the rice grain seized in the granary was only millions of stones, how could the government not have rice and grain? ”

The reason why the rice coupon is trusted is not only because it is issued by the Military Payroll Bureau, but also because everyone knows that the government has rice in its hands, and there is a lot of rice, not to mention anything else, it is the millions of stone grains, but everyone knows that as long as the government has rice in its hands, the rice coupon can naturally be cashed. Naturally, there is nothing to worry about. For those rice merchants, the reason why they trust the government is because they know that the government not only has rice in its hands, but also does not sell it to the outside world, and even if the government wants to sell it to the outside world, it will have to go through their hands after all. So there is no need to worry.

And more importantly, those rice merchants saw the business opportunities from the rice coupons, and when they saw the convenience of it. The traders also saw the safety of the rice coupons.

In this way, one of the two parties is willing to buy at a high price, and the other is willing to receive at a discount. The two sides cooperated, and naturally turned this rice coupon into a somewhat alternative silver ticket.

"Profiteers! It's really a businessman! ”

After figuring out the intentions of those rice merchants, Fu Shan immediately reprimanded, he didn't expect that what should have been a convenient move for everyone has now become a means used by rice merchants to make profits.

"Profiteer, you really should be killed!"

Looking at those vendors who were buying rice coupons, Fu Shan said with some indignation.

"If you go on like this, you can get it in the long run. Profiteers mislead the country. Damn it! ”