"What's that?"

When Chen Yao placed the black lacquer box on the desk in front of him under Yang Qi's attention, Yang Qi asked suspiciously.

Chen Yao played a dumb riddle and said with a smile: "Just look at it." ”

Yang Qihu suspiciously opened the corner of the black lacquer box, and after opening the box, he saw three round lumps lying quietly in the middle of the box.

Round, translucent and shiny.

Dark yellow, silver, golden.

"Cast?"

Yang Qi casually picked up the golden coin, played with it, and asked in surprise.

Chen Yao nodded and said with a smile: "This morning, the manager of the Fengcheng branch of the Nanguo Money Bank sent someone to the lower officials. After the lower official got it, he immediately sent it to you. ”

Yang Qi carefully observed the three coins.

One gold, one silver, and one bronze.

There is a clear difference between copper coins and gold and silver coins.

Copper coins are shaped like square holes and are the size of lenses.

The front is engraved with the square 'Nanguo Tongbao' four big characters, and the back is bare, and there is no word.

Some people may wonder why Yang Qi minted this copper coin into a square hole, and why didn't it be minted into a round shape like gold and silver coins?

This is precisely what our ancestors will only embody.

It seems that the round copper coins minted at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China are obviously a bit abandoned.

Of course, that's a product of the times.

At that time, people thought that the moon in foreign countries was relatively round.

However, the moon is full, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Although in appearance, the square hole shape of the copper coin is not as good as the round shape of the copper coin.

But in terms of practicality, the square-hole copper coin far exceeds the round copper coin by a hundred times.

Copper coins are round and not easy to carry.

It's not uncommon for things to get lost.

It's also inconvenient to use it, and if you count one by one, it's easy to lose it.

The square hole shape of the copper coin is different, when carried, even if there is no purse, it can be strung with a straw rope, it can be easily carried away, and it is not easy to lose.

When trading, although it is also a number one by one, it will not be lost.

As long as you string it with a rope, you won't lose any amount you lose.

As for why silver and gold coins were not minted in the shape of square holes, it is also said.

Silver and gold coins represent larger denominations.

It's like fifty denominations and a hundred denominations in later generations.

Their own value determines that they will be well kept.

The number and number of transactions will be much less than that of copper coins.

The number of minting issuances will also be relatively small.

Therefore, for their casting, it is naturally more exquisite and beautiful.

The most important thing is that Yang Qi did this, which was tantamount to directly equating gold and silver with currency.

Doing so will greatly reduce the amount of Copper coins consumed.

In other words, when gold and silver coins were introduced, those who liked to hoard money would no longer hoard copper coins in large quantities.

They will choose to hoard gold and silver coins with a higher denomination, fewer quantities, and more elaborate ones.

In later generations, Yang Qi often saw in many historical books that there would be a shortage of copper in all dynasties.

This has also wrongly led many historians to shout about China's lack of copper.

But is China really lacking?

From the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Qin Dynasty, it has lasted for thousands of years. People have always used bronze, from weapons, cooking utensils, musical instruments to the smallest metal products, most of them are copper.

In subsequent dynasties, copper also occupied a unique position.

The currency of all dynasties was dominated by copper coins.

With such a large-scale and extensive application, it has continued for thousands of years.

Is China really short of copper?

In fact, China is not lacking.

The shortage is not due to copper production.

There are two reasons for this.

First, burial.

Burial is a Chinese tradition.

It goes back thousands of years.

And the copper that was buried is innumerable.

Often, a mine is buried in a grave.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

For example, in the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin periods, the tombs of princes and the Son of Heaven were buried in bronze vessels.

What's more, even the coffin is made of bronze.

Although the later dynasties were not as exaggerated as the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin dynasties, bronze also accounted for a large proportion.

Second, Tibetan wealth.

Copper coins were the mainstream currency of ancient times, throughout feudal dynasties.

Chinese like to hide wealth in their bones, and pay attention to it without revealing it.

This led to many local tyrants in ancient times, who liked to bury their money in the soil.

And it's not a family, a rich family, a family is a family, and basically all have this quirk.

What makes people laugh and cry is that there is a lot of wealth, and after it is buried in the ground, it will never be seen again.

Or when Lao Tzu died, he didn't have time to tell his son; Or there was a disaster, which caused the local tyrants to bury the money, and then fled with their families and never came back.

Wait a minute.

All in all, wealth is buried in the ground and forgotten.

Some people may question that the examples cited are too one-sided, too singular, and far from representative of the majority.

Yes, this is a unique case.

However, adding thousands of years to each of them is not an exception.

It's a lot.

Therefore, there is no shortage of copper in China.

It's just that it's hidden on a large scale because of its special significance.

Yang Qi issued gold and silver coins to avoid this drawback from being continued.

Obviously, there are many types of currency, so why do you have to fight with copper.

How good is it to keep the cannons......

Ahem.

Straight to the point.

The gold and silver coins minted by the Southern Money Company are almost identical except for the different colors.

The front side is inscribed with 'Nanguo Tongbao', but the back is not bare, but a mountain.

Only those who are familiar with it know that this mountain is the Zhongyi Mountain named by Yang Qi.

In the early days of designing coins, Yang Qi had many ideas.

I have thought about applying the patterns of coins of later generations, I have thought about the dragon head, I have thought about the Great Wall, and so on

Even, Yang Qi thought about using his own avatar.

However, in the end, he vetoed it.

Yang Qi found that if there was a place in this world that he would never forget, then this place would be Zhongyi Mountain.

Today's Zhongyi Mountain has been filled with graves.

More than 100,000 people were buried in Zhongyi Mountain.

In the eyes of outsiders, their deaths are for the country and the family.

However, only Yang Qi knew in his heart that these people died because of him.

For his thoughts, for his own selfish desires.

Yang Qi hopes that the world will remember them.

Twisting the silver coin casually, Yang Qi blew it lightly and put it to his ear.

He didn't hear the familiar soft moan, which made Yang Qi very disappointed.

"How many were minted in the first batch?"

Yang Qi put down the silver coin and looked up to ask Chen Yao.

Chen Yao said excitedly: "In the first batch, there are 100,000 gold coins, 500,000 silver coins, and 10 million copper coins. Just wait for your order, and then you can send it out for the people to use. ”

"Too little......"

Yang Qi sighed and said: "Let the craftsmen continue to cast, cast quickly, and make as much as they can." ”

Chen Yao said in astonishment: "I'm afraid the deposit of the Fengcheng branch of the Nanguo Money Bank is not enough......"

Yang Qi said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this, I will let Nanguo Money Bank cooperate with you, you just have to cast." ”

Chen Yao nodded and asked, "When will it be sent out for the people?" ”

Yang Qile was happy, "Do you want to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac?" ”

Chen Yao said embarrassedly: "Mainly...... The lower officials don't know how to get the people to use the money......"

The issuance of money is indeed a problem.

The Great Song Dynasty, as well as the imperial courts of the previous dynasties, issued coins, and they slowly let the coins flow into the market.

The most direct is to spend it directly by the imperial court.

For example, the courtiers were paid, the soldiers were paid, and the wages of the officials and craftsmen in various places were paid.

The means of such distribution are too slow.

If you meet an emperor who likes to change the era name, then it is very likely that there will be some people who have not seen the money of this era name, and another era name has been born.

For example, Zhao Guangyi's grandson, Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen.

He is an emperor who likes to change his name.

The emperor always felt that it was their authority to change the era name.

In fact, this is not conducive to the rule of a dynasty.

It is even more detrimental to the cohesion of a nation's culture.

Obviously, Yang Qi didn't need to use these means.

With the money in the south in hand, Yang Qi can easily disperse the currency.

Yang Qi pointed to Chen Yao and said, "You first send someone to divide the money into three parts, and send one part to the Datong Mansion branch and the Fuxing Mansion branch respectively." During this time, you can ask people to go out and talk about the benefits of the new money and the beauty of the new money. Arouse everyone's curiosity.

After that, I will ask Kou Zhun to cooperate with you and use the new money when officials at all levels distribute the money this month.

Once the new money appears, the people can go to the money store to exchange the old for the new.

In this way, the new money was exchanged and began to circulate. We can also get a lot of long-term money to re-mint. ”

"Goo~"

Chen Yao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said excitedly: "Then wouldn't we be able to take the opportunity to make a lot of money?" ”

The big profit in Chen Yao's mouth refers to fire consumption.

There is one thing that everyone in the world knows, and that is that new money is worth more than old money.

And when the old money is converted into the new, the fire consumption must be calculated.

In addition to this, there is also the net content.

The copper content of the new copper coins minted by Yang Qi is only eighty-five, and the remaining one-five is iron and lead.

This is not done to trap people, but for the sake of hardness and wear.

Of course, the blackest should be gold.

The gold content is only seventy percent.

Gold is inherently soft, so in order to make it hard enough, you must add more iron and lead.

This is also the reason why the gold coins minted by Yang Qi are hard and beautiful.

Looking at Chen Yao's greedy face, Yang Qi glared at him, "Don't make the people's money, be honest." Businessman's ...... You can earn a profit. ”

Chen Yao was still excited.

One gold is worth ten thousand copper.

Although there are few gold coins, they are far more valuable than copper coins in terms of value.

"Understood."

Chen Yao immediately went down to arrange it in a hurry.

Although he himself did not get any benefits in this matter, he just felt very happy and happy.

I don't know why.

After Chen Yao left, Yang Qi groped for the three coins in the box again.

This is the first batch of money that belongs to him Yang Qi and symbolizes his Yang Qi.

Yang Qi should take good care of it.

Not because of their value, but because of their symbolic meaning.

……

From the second day after Chen Yao left the Yang Mansion, a message spread in Datong Mansion.

It is rumored that the southern money of the Nanguo Money Bank will be circulated in Datong Mansion.

There are not only copper coins, but also silver coins and money, and the casting is particularly exquisite.

Moreover, one silver coin can be used as a hundred copper coins; One piece of money can be used as a hundred silver coins.

In an instant, the entire Datong Mansion went crazy.

Many people looked at the strings of copper coins they were carrying in their hands and began to feel disgusted.

If this string of copper coins becomes a silver coin, wouldn't it be convenient and quick to hold?

If a jar of copper coins is buried in a water urn at home, if it is exchanged for two coins, wouldn't the target be smaller and more convenient to hide?

Most importantly, everyone wants to see it.

I want to see how beautiful the new money really is.

For a while, the threshold of Nanguo Money Bank was about to be broken.

Nanguo Money Bank can't do business anymore.

The guys don't settle the accounts anymore, and they line up one by one to explain to others the fact that Nanqian has not been issued for the time being.

One by one, the people came in high spirits and returned disappointed.

There are also some diehards who will not leave directly in the money bank in the south.

Say that you have to get new money before leaving.

They seriously suspected that the Nanguo Money Bank was cheating them.

Since Nanguo Qian was issued by Nanguo Money Bank, how could Nanguo Money Bank not have it itself?

There is still no shortage of such people, even after a thousand years.

Actually, they don't have any bad intentions.

I just want to get ahead of others, is it a good thing, show off in front of others first, and win some vanity.

Businessmen are always the people with the sharpest sense of smell.

Anything that is good for their business, they will keep an eye on.

The appearance of gold and silver coins is simply tailor-made for them.

They had long since had enough of carrying heavy money bags on their backs, or pulling cartloads of copper coins to trade.

Although the emergence of the money bank in the south has greatly facilitated their business.

They even played the South Ticket in private.

It is to use the bills deposited in the southern money bank as money for direct transactions.

However, not all of them endorse the South Ticket.

The money store in the south did not spread to every corner of the Great Song Dynasty, the southern country, the Liao country, and the northwest.

So there are still many people who don't recognize the South Ticket.

For example, those rigid party members.

They prefer real money trading.

The appearance of gold and silver coins helped them solve this problem.

They were desperate to get their hands on the gold and silver coins as soon as possible.

Moreover, they are not worried at all that the south money will not be used if it goes out of the northwest.

In the Great Song Dynasty, Liao, and Nanguo, there are southern money banks.

Where is the credibility of the Nanguo Money Bank?

And as the best of the merchants, the largest businessman in the Northwest.

Cao Lin has already thought about getting the moon first near the water.

When Cao Lin wore an eye-catching red shirt and walked in front of Yang Qi for the eighth time.

Yang Qi threw down the book "Dongsheng Mansion Household Registration Song" in his hand, rolled his eyes, and asked Cao Lin, "Are you going to make trouble like that?" ”

As soon as Yang Qi spoke, Cao Lin pounced in front of Yang Qi like a flower butterfly, and asked straight to the point: "Lang Jun, are you going to issue Nan Qian?" ”