The peasant took the silver coin, looked at it carefully, did not seem to recognize its appearance, and even bit it with his teeth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Fortunately, this silver coin is made of alloy, and if it is really pure silver, it will really make a tooth mark for this farmer who has a bite force that exceeds that of ordinary people.

This is an extremely well-made silver coin, which was made by the Dashun Imperial Court under the order of the money supervisor, and ordered by Lu Chengqi, the son of the Great Shun Emperor, to order the household department to issue to the civil and military officials, as well as the regular currency of the forbidden army, the border army and the box army. This silver coin, an alloy made of metals such as silver, cupronickel and tin, weighs about five cents and six cents and seven cents. The obverse consists of the design of the Dashun dragon flag, as well as the four regular script characters of "Dashun silver coin"; On the back is the Xuande Gate pattern of the imperial palace in Chang'an City, as well as the words "Dashun Hongxiang two-year system". On the edge of the silver coin, there are also anti-wear protrusions, which are very tactile to the touch.

The gold coins that came out with the silver coins had the same pattern. It's just that the alloys used in gold coins are gold, silver, and brass. Since it had to be supplied to a large number of officials, many craftsmen were added to the money prison, but the silver and gold coins that flowed into the royal bank and the bank were still a small number.

Because of this, the silver coins were strong, and many landlords and squires wanted to exchange copper coins for silver coins in order to obtain the maximum profit. People are always making the best choices for themselves, at least in their own eyes. And Lu Chengqi's original intention was to use the price difference and the smallest price to alleviate the money shortage in several state capitals in Dashun. This is the principle of using bad money to drive out good money, and using silver coins with higher value to replace the copper coins that the landlords and rich gentry hid in the money cellar and gave birth to patina.

There is no way, the Dashun Dynasty is short of copper, and if you want to solve the money shortage and stop the outflow of copper money, you must use the same method. In fact, Lu Chengqi, who was reborn, also knew that the Central Plains was not short of copper, but a lack of copper mines. Even if Lu Chengqi studied finance, he had vaguely seen it on a forum in later generations, as if there were a large number of copper ore resources in Jiangsu, west, Yunnan, and south. No, Lu Chengqi had already sent inspectors to prospect for minerals. It's just that in this era, there are no high-tech instruments, and Lu Chengqi only knows a rough idea, Jiangnan West Road, where Jiang and West are located, and Dali Fu Road, where Yun and South are located, are so big, if you want to find out why, it is impossible in a few years. Therefore, the inspectors sent out were like a stone sinking into the sea, without a trace of news.

Fortunately, now Huangzhuang's sea trade in Japan can exchange a lot of silver, plus the rest of the private business groups organize sea trade, the speed of silver inflow is not slow, and it can support for a while. If you want to really solve the money shortage, you must first find a large copper mine. The copper mine was then used to stabilize the growing demand for money due to the rapid development of commerce. Finally, the Royal Bank's credit was then used to gradually introduce paper credit money.

Of course, it's too early to tell. Business development is just a baby in its infancy, and it needs to be cared for. Money develops with commerce, and any advanced form of money is not recognized and eventually evolves into history.

No, the farmer in front of him just doesn't recognize this silver coin. His income in a year is only two or three yuan, and he has only been to Zizhou two or three times. In this closed environment, he was almost isolated from the rest of the world, and he had never touched a silver coin that had been issued for nearly a year, let alone discerned the authenticity.

I bit down on the silver coin, and found that I couldn't bite it at all. The peasant disdainfully threw the silver coin back to Qin Ming, and said disdainfully: "Who are you fooling, this is money?" Copper is not copper, silver is not silver, it is better to keep it for you to buy food for yourself! ”

After that, he wanted to leave with the hoe on his shoulder, Qin Ming held the silver coin stained with the farmer's saliva and was so disgusted that he almost wanted to pull out the dagger. Humiliated by this ignorant farmer, Qin Ming was completely enraged: "Stop, open your dog's eyes wide, this is the silver coin that the Holy Lord personally ordered to be made today, and if you take it to any bank, it can be exchanged for eight hundred and fifty copper coins, you stupid person who doesn't know gold and jade, actually says that I am a swagger?" Are you one of those who sell dog skin plasters and play tricks? ”

Su Shi saw that Qin Ming was really angry, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said kindly: "Qin Dalang, let's extinguish the fire." Since he doesn't like silver coins, give him copper coins. ”

The Royal Military Academy cadets in the back also helped: "No, it's a big deal." He doesn't know the goods, but a lot of people know the goods. ”

When Qin Ming heard this, he was so angry that he took out his purse, pulled out the consistent copper money strung with hemp rope, and threw it to the farmer. Deng Shi frightened the peasant so much that he didn't want the hoe he was carrying on his shoulder, and hurriedly freed his hand to catch the string of copper coins, looking incredulous.

"This ...... This...... It's true? I...... I'm not dreaming, am I? The farmer muttered.

No way, in Dashun, except for a few wealthy state capitals, the income of peasant households is very low. It's already good to have two or three times a year. There is still a Hun family to help supplement the family, weaving cloth and raising silkworms. The output in a few acres of land is difficult to support the family, let alone have surplus grain to sell. Most of the fields of self-cultivated farmers are barren, and one acre of land can produce 100 catties of grain, which can be regarded as a bumper harvest year. The fertile land is all occupied by the landlord, and how can good things get the turn of homesteaders!

The farmer was overjoyed, holding the string of copper coins and looking through them carefully. Probably too engrossed, and blood rushed to his head, drowsily, and stepped back, just stepping on the hoe he had discarded. The handle of the hoe was a man high, and when it flicked up, it happened to hit him in the back of the head. And at this moment, Su Shi's sentence of "be careful" has just been called.

"Oops!!"

The farmer cried out in pain, but still refused to let go of the copper coin in his hand, holding the copper coin tightly with one hand and covering the back of his head with the other. This funny appearance made Qin Ming laugh out loud, and the previous sulk also came out.

The cadets of the Royal Military Academy behind him also burst out laughing. Su Shi couldn't help but laugh, but what was more humane than Qin Ming was that Su Shi asked with concern: "Big brother, are you okay?" ”

The farmer grinned in pain, but said, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." ”

Su Shi laughed for a while and said, "Then I can ask you about the abduction and trafficking of children now, right?" ”

When the peasant heard him say this, he hurriedly silenced him and said, "Don't be so loud, official, come with me." ”

Su Shi and Qin Ming glanced at each other, and they both understood what the other party thought. This farmer is a little dishonest, and that is just the cunning of the lower riba people. Compared to the Jiangyang thief, this farmer doesn't know how many times cute. The look of the previous farmer does not seem to be fake, and it should be trustworthy. If someone really has such good acting skills, if Lu Chengqi knows about it, he will definitely say to this farmer: "Big brother, you can go and get the ...... of the Death Card Award" (to be continued.) )