The voucher mentioned by the foreign businessmen is a voucher issued and circulated internally by Qin Chuan in order to facilitate the independent accounting needs of all factories within the Aurora Group. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info said that the gold scroll had to be mentioned, and the silver dollar minted by Qinchuan had to be mentioned.

Qin Chuan has now set up a mint under the bank, the factory is located next to the Yantuan barracks building behind the dyeing factory, printing banknotes and minting silver dollars, and now the machinery and equipment have not only been installed, but the first batch of 30 million banknotes and 2 million silver dollars have also been minted and are now stacked in the vault of Aurora Bank.

The minting of silver dollars in this period was far less complicated than the complicated procedures for issuing currency in later generations, and it did not even require the approval of the imperial court or that department, as long as it was filed in Zhili Province, of course, provided that the minted silver dollars must be genuine silver.

On the front of Qinchuan's silver dollar is a wreath of wheat ears, a vermilion bird wrapped in flames and wings soaring at the intersection of swords and guns, and on the back is the sea frontier and the majestic Great Wall.

As for paper money, it is much more troublesome, which requires the approval of the Ministry of Households. At present, only a few oceanic banks and foreign banks were allowed to issue banknotes in the Qing Dynasty, but this was not attractive to the silver-accustomed people, and the circulation was largely confined to the concessions of Shanghai and Tianjin.

In order to issue the banknotes as soon as possible, Qin Chuan played a sideshow here, and only issued the Aurora internal circulation voucher in Zhili according to the inspection envoy Yamen, that is to say, his banknotes did not claim to be real currency to the outside world, but only a voucher for internal circulation in his enterprise and bank, since it is not currency, it naturally does not need to be reported and approved by the Ministry of Households.

The banknotes that Qinchuan is preparing to issue have the same design as silver dollars in all denominations, but the tables are numbered, and the differences in size and color are also the same.

Because Qin Chuan's equipment for printing banknotes and minting silver dollars are all imported from Germany, and even the paper of banknotes is imported from Germany, and the colors are all special dyes synthesized by Qin Chuan in Chu Yuntao's laboratory. Even the silver content of the minted silver dollar is slightly higher than that of all kinds of silver dollars circulating in the market today. Therefore, the banknotes and silver dollars to be issued by Aurora Bank are very exquisitely printed and minted, and the silver dollar pattern embosses are clear and feel very good, Qin Chuan believes that his silver dollars will soon be popular in the world.

Zhou Fu is very supportive of the minting of silver dollars, and he believes that it is absolutely undesirable to have no silver dollars of his own. But he didn't think much of what kind of gold rolls Qin Chuan issued within the Aurora Group.

Of course, Qinchuan minted silver dollars casually, and it was also necessary to pay a certain amount of taxes according to the number of minted according to the regulations.

Regarding the printing of banknotes, Qin Chuan's inner thoughts are not only absolutely impossible to tell Zhou Fu, but also impossible to talk to these puzzled foreigners. In the face of all kinds of questions from the managers of these foreign banks and foreign banks, Qin Chuan only had one sentence: after the opening and ribbon-cutting, Jin Lisan, the general manager of Aurora Bank, would give them a clear answer.

The opening ceremony of the bank, under the arrangement of Li Mingfang and Jin Lisan, was originally very complicated, with countless cumbersome ceremonies, and even the statue of Marshal Zhao Gong had to be brought out, which made Qin Chuan have a headache.

In a high-pitched and loud shout of "auspicious time has arrived", a deafening firecracker sound exploded, and under the gentle blowing of the pleasant cool autumn breeze, the colorful firecracker confetti flew and scattered over the bustling crowd, and the East Street was suddenly filled with joy.

In the thick smell of gunsmoke, on the tall and solid bluestone steps in front of the main entrance of Aurora Bank, Qinchuan Zhou Fu was in the center, with Li Jingfang and Sheng Xuanhuai on the left and right, and the four private scissors were placed on the two-foot-wide red silk ribbon that had already been opened horizontally and knotted into three big red flowers. The three red silk flowers that were cut off were taken away in time by a tray by a few young foreigners who had been waiting for help from Li Shunde.

Immediately afterward, Jin Lisan, the new general manager of Aurora Bank, who was in high spirits and wearing a navy blue suit and a fiery red tie, stepped forward and announced loudly that Aurora Bank officially opened for business from today. Then Jin Lisan began to loudly announce the purpose and operating charter of Aurora Bank.

"Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, fathers and elders, the Bank is not only a wholly funded bank with sufficient capital opened by the Chinese themselves, but also the first Western-style bank in the Qing Dynasty opened by Qinchuan Qin with its own assets, the Bank is based on honest management, backed by all the enterprises of Aurora Group, and takes the development of railways, roads and national industries as the main business direction, and serves all the national industries that need financial support as the main service objects. Make a contribution to the development and prosperity of our nation。。。。。。 The Bank accepts deposits from any person or organization at home or abroad and guarantees to keep the confidentiality of its customers. ”

In order to ensure the quality of the taxes paid in various places, Zhou Daren has decided that from today onwards, all taxes paid in various places can only be delivered in the form of Vermilion Bird Silver Dollars and Aurora Bank Gold Rolls, that is to say, the taxes paid in various places must be exchanged into the equivalent value of Vermilion Bird Silver Dollars at the Bank first, and then the taxes paid in various places must be exchanged into the equivalent value of Vermilion Bird Silver Dollars at the Bank, and then the taxes should be paid."

"The Bank is our own bank, in order to thank colleagues and elders from all over the country for their support and love to the Bank, Qinchuan Qin decided that the Bank from today, within eight months, to give the Bank deposits in the Bank all the people of the country with high interest rates, the interest on the savings of current depositors, more than three days can be calculated, the daily interest rate is one-tenth percent, the monthly interest rate is half a percent, three into five, six months in six months, six percent in nine months to benefit the people, all deposits after maturity, no matter what kind of currency is deposited, will be paid the corresponding silver."

"Coax."

Although the news of the high-interest rate of this newly opened Aurora Bank has long been spread in Tianjin Wei because of the publication of the "Oriental Times" in the concession, and these days it is even more of a topic of talk on the streets, and Tianjin Wei is almost known to everyone, but now it is said by Jin Lisan, the general manager of Aurora Bank, the former manager of the Tianjin branch of Dadeheng, who has always been known for his integrity, and it still caused tens of thousands of onlookers to exclaim.

"For a long time, the silver dollars in circulation in the Great Qing Dynasty have been inflows from outside the territory, and none of the silver dollars in circulation have been minted by my Great Qing Dynasty, and Lord Qin is deeply ashamed. Now the Bank of its own minting to my ancient Chinese to exorcise evil but fierce bird of the bird for the pattern of the silver dollar, the silver dollar is not only exquisitely made, the silver content is the first of all the silver dollars in circulation, two hours later, so today so the people present at the time of leaving, can receive a free of charge a silver dollar minted by our people themselves. ”

"Coax!"

Jin Lisan's words immediately attracted a burst of surprise and cheers.

"Grandma's, the people who came to watch the ceremony and watch the excitement today are crowded on half of East Street, there are more than 20,000 people, this Aurora Bank is rich, and this mouth will give away this 20,000 white flowers!"

"The gentlemen are here today, not to mention the excitement that has been watched for a long time, and you can still get this piece of the ocean in vain."

The onlookers below chattered loudly, and Jin Lisan shouted for a long time before stopping the discussion.

"In addition, I have one more thing to tell you clearly, in a while we will also hold a bidding and sales meeting for Aurora Group's products here, and determine the current inventory of all factories under Aurora Group and the buyers of products before May next year. All merchants participating in the auction must first exchange foreign currency and silver to Aurora Bank for the voucher issued by our Aurora Bank, so as to facilitate the unified price, our voucher and our issuance of the Vermilion Bird Silver Dollar is equivalent, and the gold is exchanged for the voucher in gold, and the premium is half paid. ”

"In addition, the quota of the vouchers issued by the Bank is based on the quota of gold and silver dollars held by the Bank, and will never be overissued, and any person who holds the vouchers issued by the Bank can be exchanged for silver dollars at any time at the Bank and any branch of the Bank."

Next, the first batch of deposits began to be publicly registered, and the reason for this is to give the newly opened Aurora Bank a strong and powerful force.

The first batch of deposit registrations were arranged on both sides of the bank's bluestone steps on both sides of the tablecloth, and several bank clerks spread out their account books to register deposits and issue certificates of deposit.

At Jin Lisan's signal, a young bank clerk in his twenties in a light blue suit shouted in a bright and long voice in front of the table.

"Aurora Bank is open for business."

Before the long voice fell, a middle-aged man in the crowd dressed in a horse coat and wearing a small hat housekeeper first walked out of the crowd, came to the table and put a stack of silver tickets in his hand on the table.

According to Qin Chuan's requirements, all employees of Aurora Bank must wear suits, and the color is blue, but the color is different according to the position.

After counting the silver tickets, the young clerk in front of the table shouted loudly: "Zhili ordered Zhou Fu Zhou to deposit 100,000 taels for the first time." ”

As soon as the shouts fell, the crowd of onlookers was again excited and noisy.

People are talking about it, and what the people are talking about is not how Zhou Fu is so rich, but about how Zhou Daren not only handed over the errand of tax settlement to this Aurora Bank, but she herself actually deposited silver in this newly opened Aurora Bank, which shows that the credibility of this new silver account is absolutely guaranteed.

Although Zhou Fu's family assets are not as good as Sheng Xuanhuai's, his family is wealthy, and it is still easy to take out hundreds of thousands of silver, especially when Qin Chuan asks him to support a façade, he can't refuse no matter what. This money was originally intended by Zhou Fu's family to open a weaving factory in Qingdao, but now it has to be postponed.

Several bank clerks acted very quickly, and quickly issued a certificate of deposit to Zhou Fu's housekeeper.

Without waiting for Zhou Fu's family to leave, a small eunuch behind the eunuch Wu Yi also came to the table with a stack of silver tickets.

The energetic bank clerk in front of the table shouted proudly again: "There are 100,000 taels of silver in the palace of Prince Alcohol in the capital." ”

There was a coax, and the crowd of onlookers was in an uproar.

Prince Alcohol's Mansion also came to deposit silver! This Prince Alcohol is the brother of the emperor today, and he has his deposits, which is to ensure that no matter who opened this Aurora Bank, he will not dare to run away with the money, so it is not only not a head, but even the nine clans are not wanted.

"Hey, I said second brother, you said that I have the spare money that Da Deheng has, do you take it out and put it in Lord Qin's Aurora Bank?"

"Hey, I said brother, this bank even dares to put money here from the Alcohol Wangfu and Lord Zhou, this bank looks very stable, and with such a high interest, putting money here is similar to lending usury."

There are also people who whisper about whether they want to lend money from other silver banks in Tianjin Wei, and then transfer it to Aurora Bank to earn some interest.

Some people are even more concerned about the fact that they will give a silver dollar to each of the people present for a while, and they are ready to leave Dongjie and hurry back to call their wives and children.

"Come on, gentlemen, don't think about it, I thought about it a long time ago, but when I got to the street, I didn't know that the street entrance on both sides of the current East Street was guarded by the Tianjin County Government, and I was only allowed to go out and not enter."

Just as the onlookers were talking excitedly about each other, the young man who was singing at the table kept shouting.

"Tianjin Customs Department Sheng Xuan Huaisheng, 200,000 yuan."

"Li Jingfang, the eldest son of Li, recognize 50,000."

"The Changlu Salt Transport Envoy appealed to Lord Fenhu to deposit 10,000."

"The new Zhili Railway Supervisor, Jardine Matheson Co., Ltd. comprador Wu Tiaoqing Wu, recognized 500,000 yuan."

"Master Zhang Shiheng, General Office of Tianjin Machinery Bureau, recognize 100,000."

"Master Zhang Shifang Zhang of Tianjin County, recognize 5,000."

"Tianjin Wei Changyuan's Yang family has 100,000 yuan."

"The comprador of Xintaixing Foreign Bank, Mr. Ning Xingpu, confessed 50,000."

"Mr. Gao Lin, the manager of Gao Lin Foreign Bank, has 50,000 yuan."

"Mr. Li Yundong, a wealthy businessman in Shanxi, has 350,000 yuan."

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