Two Silver Taylor Coins!

As can be seen from the silver coins, these are two silver coins that have been in circulation for a long time, and although they are slightly worn, it can be seen from both the obverse and the reverse that the ring of anti-shearing teeth is still intact, and it is not at all obvious that there is any shearing.

When Fu Shan took the silver coin, Yao Xiang looked at him proudly, fortunately, he had already made preparations. Seeing that he compared the silver coins in pairs, Yao Xiang sneered.

"What, why don't you order someone to prepare a rod for you? If so, how can this coin have a fixed value? ”

Then Yao Xiang continued.

"After a brief view, this silver coin has been worn off nearly a penny by grinding the edge, one can get nearly one penny of silver, one hundred pieces can get ten taels, if you take ten thousand pieces of silver can get a thousand taels of silver, so driven by huge profits, the traitors do not grind silver coins to take their profits? Since General Manager Fu's office can't tell the difference, how can the people distinguish it? When the time comes, won't all the money used in this market be short-term money? ”

Short Mo is the symmetry of "foot Mo". The money that is less than a hundred and is used as a hundred. Just like the current "Shunzhi Tongbao" 900 Wen can be exchanged for one tael, it is precisely because of the short Mo caused by the shortage of money. Put it on a silver coin, it is naturally "bad money drives out good money".

Back in ancient Rome, it was customary to cut a dime from gold and silver coins, which meant that when money was used as a medium of buying and selling, the value of money decreased. The ancient Romans were not fools, and they quickly realized that money was getting lighter and lighter. When they learned the truth about the monetary lightening, they deposited sufficient gold and silver money and used it exclusively for those that were not worth enough. This example illustrates that bad money has squeezed good money out of circulation. To control the spread of this phenomenon, the government issued a zigzag currency, with tiny grooves around the edges of the full value of the currency. If the groove on the edge of the currency is flattened, people know that the currency has been tricked.

Zhu Mingzhong, who had learned this law in a political theory class, looked at Fu Shan, who seemed to be a little unnatural, and said.

"Lord Qing, show me the silver coins!"

After taking the two silver coins and examining them carefully, Zhu Mingzhong noticed that the edges of the silver coins were smooth, and there were no small grooves on the sides, only a circle of small grooves on the front, and it was the periphery of the circle of small grooves that was ground away.

I see. Nodding slightly, Zhu Mingzhong, who knew that the heat was almost the same, spoke.

"Baotian, if you don't guess wrong, it's grinding along its edge, so that you can grind a lot of it!"

After explaining Yao Xiang's methods, Zhu Mingzhong took the silver dollar and pointed to its side about 3-4 mm thick and said.

If you want to prevent shearing and grinding, you can directly roll the teeth on the side of the silver coin and roll out such a small groove, so that you can naturally avoid shearing and grinding, and if you need to roll the tooth edge by yourself, it is time-consuming and time-consuming, and the natural gain outweighs the loss!"

Although he hasn't made a decision yet, Jing Luo's words still made Yao Xiang's heart suddenly tighten, and he knew that Jing was slightly moved.

"After a while, if you mint silver coins, I'm afraid that the government office will lose no less than hundreds of thousands of taels!"

Yao Xiang, who was afraid to support the coinage, hurriedly said.

"Although the tax revenue is insufficient, Yangzhou has confiscated 49 salt merchants, and the silver obtained is not less than 13 million taels, if it is minted coinage, according to the fire consumption every 3 cents 5, 10 million taels of fire consumption is not less than 350,000 taels! 13 million taels, and the fire consumption is almost no less than 500,000 taels! Think again! ”

Although he had heard in the past that the salt merchants in Yangzhou had been confiscated, and the government office had obtained a lot of silver, Fu Shan was still taken aback when he heard that the silver was no less than 13 million taels.

Thirteen million taels!

The fire consumption alone is no less than 500,000 taels!

No wonder he Yao Baotian is so heartbroken, not to mention Yao Baotian, it is himself, I'm afraid it will hurt a lot, isn't it...... Never lose money!

When he heard the loss of 500,000 taels, Zhu Mingzhong was also stunned, he didn't expect such a big loss.

"Director Yao was surprised, not to mention, the fire consumption of three and a half is the price of the commercial package, it can be known from the well-known that if the ingot is cast, every two fire consumption is actually only about one or three points, because it is handed over to the commercial package, so it is given two points of consumption, if it is changed to the official casting, so the fire consumption is naturally only a hundred thousand taels ......"

While refuting Yao Xiang's reasoning, Fu Shan said again.

"Moreover, if it is used for coinage, it can naturally be reduced to its fineness, and the silver coins used in the current Taixi countries contain only ninety percent of silver, if it is minted with Kuping full pattern silver, not only does it have the disadvantages of fire consumption, but it can be flattened to obtain hundreds of thousands of taels ......of silver."

Fu Shan's "Kuping full pattern silver" refers to the purity of silver collected by the official treasury, if according to later generations, even if it is not full pure silver, the silver content is not less than 93%. The purity of the silver dollar is only 90%, so it naturally has a 3% minting profit.

In fact, it is not only the 3% profit. From undervalued currencies to paper money, the process begins with the silver dollar. As for the silver taels...... But it's just backward, doomed to be eliminated.

"But if there is scattered silver on both sides of the silver, what if silver coins are introduced? What if the people will pay for their food one after another? ”

Yao Xiang's rhetorical question made Zhu Mingzhong, who had been silent, say,

"Then mint half a silver coin, and return a dime or two silver coins!"

When Yao Xiang was still a little surprised, Zhu Mingzhong's mind came up with the silver dollars he had seen in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and then continued.

"One Circle...... Well, you can also cast a silver dollar with one or two, half a dollar, that is, five coins, two dimes of silver is two coins and five cents, and a dime is one coin, and the use of money below 100 coins, and silver coins are mainly used for more than 100 coins......"

Because he had seen that one or two silver dollars were only about two millimeters larger than the diameter of seven coins and two cents, which was not too big, Zhu Mingzhong was naturally able to accept one or two silver dollars, and such silver dollars were more easily accepted by the Chinese people.

"As for this coinage......

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"After the silver coin is minted, those who pay the tax with the silver coin are exempt from fire consumption,"

Without waiting for Yao Xiang to object, Zhu Mingzhong directly stretched out his hand to stop him and said.

"Since fire consumption is an evil government that pits the people, then it will be abolished from my Jiangbei!"

Bad government should be abolished, of course, Zhu Mingzhong also knows how to abolish it.

"If the businessmen want to exchange for silver coins, they can exchange silver coins at the Military Salary Bureau, in addition to the conversion according to the fineness of the silver, every two taels of silver will be charged with one percent of the fire consumption, and since then I have only collected the fire consumption once in Jiangbei, so that the people."