On October 20, Shi Kefa, who was training in Nanchang Mansion, welcomed a special guest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shi Kefa has been very busy these days. Now he is the supreme commander of the Jiangbei Army, on the one hand, he wants to send letters to the gentry of the world, calling on the soldiers of the world to donate money to support the Jiangbei Army. On the other hand, he also had to manage the expansion of the Jiangbei Army, the recruitment of troops, as well as the expansion of the Jiangbei Army's garrison in Nanchang Province, and the requisition of wasteland.

He also asked Zhang Luo blacksmiths to build the armor of the Jiangbei Army, and the initial plan was to equip 40,000 people for heavy infantry. When the Jiangbei Army encountered Li Zhi's Tiger Army, it quickly charged with heavy armor soldiers. No matter how far Li Zhi's rifle could hit, it couldn't penetrate the two layers of heavy armor of the heavy armor at a distance of fifty paces.

But to build so much armor, it takes at least a few thousand blacksmiths to be recruited. There are not so many artisans in the entire Nanchang Mansion, and Shi Kefa has been running in many ways in the past few months to mobilize artisan households from the entire Jiangxi Province, and finally got together manpower.

When civil officials in various places heard that it was the Jiangbei Army that requisitioned the blacksmith households, they all forced the craftsmen to go to Nanchang Mansion without saying a word. If today's son is more and more protective of Li Zhi, the gentry of the world can only save themselves. And the Jiangbei Army is the gentry's greatest hope to save themselves. On the issue of armaments of the Jiangbei Army, not a single civilian official made the slightest difficulty.

The so-called unity is nothing more than that.

The Jiangbei Army expanded from 80,000 to 160,000, and consumed tens of thousands of silver, grain, and grass every day.

However, today I heard that Ruan Dacheng was coming, and Shi Kefa still received him specially.

Ruan Dacheng turned out to be a cadre of the Donglin Party, and when Wei Zhongxian was rising, he betrayed the Donglin Party because of the internal strife of the Donglin Party, and briefly took refuge in Wei Zhongxian. As soon as Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Chongzhen Dynasty, ascended the throne, he launched the "reverse case" to defeat the stinky eunuch party, so Ruan Dacheng was notorious in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

But Ruan Dacheng is too talented, and more than a dozen operas he wrote are sung throughout the country and are well-known in the north and south of the country. Although the Donglin Party pressed Ruan Dacheng to the death and did not let him come back, Ruan Dacheng has lived in Nanjing and traveled extensively over the years, and he really has a lot of friends.

Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, is a frequent visitor to Ruan Dacheng's mansion, and it can be said that he has a very personal relationship.

This time, Ruan Dacheng came to find Shi Kefa, and he was ready to come to join the Jiangbei Army.

Ruan Dacheng's fame and fortune are very heavy. When Li Zhi was in Nanjing in March this year, Ruan Dacheng secretly went to Li Zhi with a "heavy gift", hoping to get a half-official position in Li Zhi's camp, and since then he has soared. However, who knew that Li Zhi hated Ruan Dacheng's character, and even a county magistrate did not give Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng waited at home for half a year, but he didn't receive a letter from Li Zhi, and he didn't hear any news about Li Zhi's promotion, so he was furious.

The so-called east is not bright and the west is bright, Ruan Dacheng was a character who could even be taken refuge in by the Qing army in history, how could he hang Li Zhi on this big tree? After waiting for half a year, Ruan Dacheng decisively decided to take refuge in Shi Kefa.

Although Ruan Dacheng has not come out to be an official over the years, he has always cared about the world's major affairs. He has been collecting "Shandong Daily" for a long time to understand Li Zhi's situation, and this time he came to Shi Kefa with a clever trick to make a meeting gift.

"Does Lord Ben Bing know the banknotes of Tianjin?"

Ruan Dacheng didn't even say polite words to Shi Kefa, and ran directly to the topic as soon as he came up.

Shi Kefa stroked his beard and said: "I have heard a little, it seems that it is a banknote issued by Li Thief in place of silver. ”

Ruan Dacheng heard that Shi Kefa had only heard a little, so he explained: "Lord Benbing, Li Thief's banknotes are now the main circulating currency in Tianjin, Shandong, and Liaodong, and have completely replaced silver. When the people put their money in silver, they could exchange it for money of equal value. And when you need it, you can get it at any time with money. ”

"Now the small people under the leadership of Li Thief are all kept by a few taels of banknotes. Some merchants even exchange large quantities of banknotes for daily transactions. ”

Ruan Dacheng said this, took out a few banknotes from Jinqi Bank from his arms, and put them in front of Shi Kefa.

"Lord Hon, please take a look."

Shi Kefa held up a "one or two" silver ticket and looked at it carefully. The silver note was made of excellent paper, overprinted in six colors, with an ironclad on the front and a peasant carrying a hoe on the reverse.

Shi Kefa held up the banknote and looked towards the window, where he noticed that there was a watermark in the middle of the banknote.

Shi Kefa nodded and said: "Li Thief's banknotes are very exquisitely made, and they are worthy of Li Thief's handwriting!" ”

Although he hated Li Zhi, Shi Kefa still admired Li Zhi's methods. It is said that the production of this banknote is far better than that of Daming Bao banknote. Moreover, after the banknotes were printed, they were guaranteed to be exchanged with the silver, and the credit was very high, and all the heavy silver was put into the cellar of the Jinqi Bank in just one year.

Ruan Dacheng laughed, held up a one-dollar bill and said, "Shi Gong saw Li Thief's handwriting, but I saw Li Thief's flaws!" ”

Shi Kefa looked at Ruan Dacheng and was silent.

Ruan Dacheng said: "The people under the rule of Li Thief believe in Li Thief's credit and support Li Thief in 12 points, so they are convinced of the banknotes issued by Li Thief. However, Lord Benbing, if we imitate Li Zhi's banknotes, print tens of millions of dollars and put them in Tianjin and Shandong, and then take these banknotes to Li Thief's bank to exchange for silver, what will be the scene! ”

Shi Kefa groaned and said: "In this way, the silver of the Li thief will definitely be robbed of counterfeit banknotes. In order not to lose real money, Li Zhi will definitely stop the exchange between banknotes and silver. ”

Ruan Dacheng laughed and said, "Yes, this soldier is a good man." Once the thief's banknotes stop being exchanged for silver, the market value of the banknotes will drop rapidly, and eventually become a piece of waste paper. ”

"The credit that Li Thief has accumulated for more than ten years will collapse in one day. The money that was regarded as wealth by those small people was worthless. So what will the people of Tianjin, Shandong and Liaodong think of Li Zhi? When the crowd is so angry, we will send some more meticulous workers to Shandong to stir up the emotions of the people, and maybe Li Zhi's position will be in chaos. ”

Shi Kefa put the banknote in his hand down on the coffee table and thought for a long time.

In the end, Shi Kefa praised: "The collection of real poison is also! ”

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said, "No poison, no husband!" I know the most about the various talents in the printing plate industry. As long as the soldier allocates 20,000 taels of silver as funds, I guarantee that within half a month, there will be enough counterfeit banknotes to pour into Shandong, and Li Thief's bank will go bankrupt. ”

Shi Kefa looked at Ruan Dacheng, thought about it again, and finally nodded and said, "Good, this matter is feasible, and it will be handed over to Jizhi." ”

"If this matter can be done, I can be an official in Nanjing, and I can't run away from a bureaucracy."

Ruan Dacheng's eyes seemed to glow in an instant, and he looked at Shi Kefa ecstatically and laughed.