Ming Dynasty lack of copper, Ming Hongwu seven years promulgated the banknote law, eight years in the name of Zhongshu Province Nanjing issued the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote, is the Ming Dynasty official issue of the only paper / money, the paper / money in the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years, the treasure banknote frame is about 30 centimeters high, about 20 centimeters wide is the world's largest area of paper / money. The treasure banknote is divided into six grades: one run, five hundred wen, three hundred wen, two hundred wen, and one hundred wen.

However, this kind of paper money with poor paper is difficult to last, and the imperial court only issues but does not receive, neither demarcates nor recycles old banknotes, resulting in more and more paper/money circulating in the market, and the treasure banknotes are flooded, and the inflation and depreciation are very rapid in the year of issuance, and the people have abandoned them.

Xiao Ye didn't dare to touch the treasure money, it was a felony to rob the family and exterminate the clan; However, he can go and do business with the Silver Trumpet.

The Ming Dynasty's merchants all over the country, not only have a tough force behind it, but they have done business all over the Ming Dynasty, and even extended their tentacles outside the territory, but they are individual big merchants.

At first, Xiao Ye got the white flute paper, and he was extremely disappointed, and he couldn't see that it was of great use, but when he picked up one, under the firelight, he accidentally saw the faint water-colored dark flowers on it, looming in the light, and he was immediately stunned.

For a whole day, he sat in his room reading a book, and even the visit of Miss Tianjia made Xiao Liuzi resign; Xiao Ye, who couldn't make up her mind, finally hardened her heart at the moment when Mei'er fell into her arms.

In order not to repeat the tragedy of the broken family, for the lives of his younger siblings, Mei'er and those military households, and for his own survival, he can only clench the knife in his hand.

Half of his father's salary was distributed in treasure money, and he saw a lot, and the shoddy paper was no less than a piece of broken paper compared with the white flute paper in his hand.

And the silver of the Huang Jiayin ticket that is cashed in foreign exchange, he seems to be not much tougher and thicker than the treasure banknote. The merchant's silver number relies on the secret deposit on the silver ticket, and it is difficult to improve the use of paper.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Ye didn't go to his father-in-law to discuss, if Yang Tianshou knew the benefits of this kind of paper, I am afraid that his first thought was to dedicate it to the imperial court, then the fate of his Shiguantun in the future would no longer be in his own hands.

Boss Mei slashed at the blade on Xiao Ye's neck, which did not harm his life, but neatly cut off most of the tolerance and kindness in his heart.

After dinner, Yang Mei'er went home, tonight the usual report in the courtyard of the hundred households was not carried out, the guards were under martial law all around, and the little six sons in military uniforms waited for Tian Xiuxiu, who came to visit.

"Miss Tian can go in, you can't," Xiao Liuzi, who was carrying a firecrackle on his back, pointed at the maid beside Tian Xiuxiu with a cold face, "There are orders from hundreds of households, and no one is allowed to enter,"

"Am I irrelevant and so on? You, what's the spirit, aren't you just a big-headed military man from a small hundred households," Xiaoju, a red-faced maid, has been in and out of a hundred households several times, and she is also familiar with Xiao Liuzi, who was coldly blocked out, and her eyes widened angrily.

However, Xiao Liuzi is still good to speak, the two short and thin guards beside him pressed the scimitar on his waist with an unkind face, these two guards with the skin of the earth-shaking thunder were rescued from the grassland by Xiao Ye, and they couldn't listen to the disdain of outsiders for Baihu.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Ju, you don't have to say a few words, I also came here more than 100 households, it's okay for you to wait outside," the shrewd Tian Xiuxiu, seeing that the situation was not right today, wanted to pull out his feet and leave, but after thinking about it, he reprimanded the maid.

"I'll come when I go," gave Xiao Ju a look, Tian Xiuxiu smiled, "Captain Xiaoliuzi, you have to take care of my maid, if you have a grievance, I want to seek justice from your hundred households,"

"That's it, so that Miss Tian can rest assured, as long as my eyelids are lowered, Miss Xiaoju will be fine," turned to the side, Xiao Liuzi got out of the way, and didn't look at the two Tian family guards on the opposite side at all.

Naturally, Xiao Ju, who had big eyes and was clever, was blocked outside the courtyard gate by him, and waited outside with the guards hatefully.

With a flick of the skirt, Tian Xiuxiu walked into the courtyard gate, and did not see the silent Uncle Kun, but in the opposite room, the window frame was erected, and under a dim oil lamp, Xiao Baihu could be seen drinking tea at the table.

In late autumn, the weather is already cold at night, and now sitting in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, it is a sin, and the place where Xiao Ye entertains guests has also been changed to the house.

Walking through the courtyard, "Xiao Baihu, Tian Xiuxiu is here to disturb again," while speaking, Miss Tian opened the curtain and entered the room with a smile, not giving him a chance to agree, but also taking revenge on him a little.

"Well, sit," Xiao Ye ignored Miss Tian's little trick and replied sullenly; In the room, there is a desk, two chairs, and a simple ondol, on which there is a long wooden cabinet next to the wall, and the furnishings are quite simple.

Pouring a cup of warm tea for Tian Xiuxiu, Xiao Ye sat opposite, neither reading nor talking, just looking at the pig iron oil lamp in a daze, and also consuming Tian Xiuxiu's patience.

After drinking a cup of warm tea, Tian Xiuxiu rolled her eyes, ready to leave this dull and breathless room, cold, Xiao Ye asked faintly, "Miss Tian, I don't know, can I trust you,"

In the past three days, Xiao Ye has faced Tian Xiuxiu, opened her mouth to Miss Tian, and closed her mouth, which is very raw, and it also makes Tian Xiuxiu very upset.

"I don't know, if Brother Xiao's troubles can be let Xiuxiu smell it, maybe there will be a solution," The soft and thick sincerity appeared on the face of this delicate girl, but Xiao Ye did not shift his gaze, still staring at the bean-sized fire on the table.

"The Tian family is uplifted, maybe it will be ruined, I am a small military household, whether I am dead or alive during the period, I don't take advantage of the slightest," the dry voice, such serious words, Xiao Ye raised his head differently, and didn't see how panicked Tian Xiuxiu was.

At most, the corners of the eyebrows are raised, and people are still sitting there.

In fact, Tian Xiuxiu's heart has set off bursts of joy, and she has been sleeping in Shishan for many days, and she is also impatient, tonight, she is here to say goodbye.

"Tonight's matter, Xiao will not force Miss Tian to agree to make a document, but," Xiao Ye snapped and pressed a triangular army/thorn on the table, "I hope Miss will be able to keep it secret, if Miss Tian leaks the news, I Ximen Shidao will not sit still,"

"Okay, Xiuxiu agreed," Tian Xiuxiu's face was slightly condensed, she glanced at Xiao Ye carefully, and bowed her head slightly, "Whether the Tian family is prosperous or defeated, don't do Brother Xiao's business, keep it secret, but please rest assured,"

In her heart, she didn't understand Xiao Ye's caution.

got up and walked to the bed, Xiao Ye took out a stack of paper from the stone pillow, turned around and handed it to Tian Xiuxiu's hand, "Persian ticket paper, you can take a look," Pushing everything on the head of the Persian merchant, Xiao Ye poured himself a cup of tea and said no more.

Holding a few pieces of paper, Tian Xiuxiu didn't care at first, but when she picked up a piece of paper that was sideways, under the light, she could see obvious watermark dark lines, and she suddenly trembled and turned pale.

Xiao Ye could see the mystery of this paper, how could she, a woman from a merchant family, not see the benefits and disadvantages during this period, and the great joy immediately made her smile and squint her eyes.

"Watermark paper, there is already a silver number in the south with plum blossom dark pattern, it's not a big deal, Xiao Baihu is too cautious," the kind of plum blossom paper mixed with mineral pigments in the south, Tian Xiuxiu has seen it, the expensive cost, the damp and easy to break the defects, so that she is quite tempted by this stiff paper.

Of course, the horse's feet can't be exposed on his mouth, and this Xiao Baihu lion in the province opened his mouth widely.

"Yes, you tear it a few times first," Xiao Ye smiled faintly, seeing that Tian Xiuxiu crumpled the white flute paper into a ball, and it was not completely torn, "You take a look again,"

Reaching out and taking the crumpled piece of paper, unfolded it, and went up directly to the flame of the oil lamp, for a long time, the corner of the paper began to blacken, and after ten breaths, it slowly curled up, but it was not lit.

"This kind of paper is resistant to tearing, difficult to invade by water and fire, and difficult to imitate watermarks, I don't know, if Miss Tian is interested," Putting the scrapped paper on the table, Xiao Ye looked at the stunned Tian Xiuxiu and asked in a low voice.

Tian Xiuxiu, who had already moved her heart, suppressed the shock in her heart, and took a long breath, "Brother Xiao, you don't trust me, it's difficult for me to take over this thing,"

"Yes, compared to my big brother Huang, I can't see your integrity, but he won't intervene in the sale of this thing, and the sale of a family monopolizing Shiguantun is not my intention," the Huang family's blocking of Xiao Ye's goods, Xiao Ye could only be patient for the time being.

As he spoke, Xiao Ye picked up the brush from the table, dipped it on the inkstone, lifted the pen on the crumpled paper, wrote a big word "sincerity", put down the pen, and looked at it silently. After a long time, he used his fingernails to scrape the ink, and Tian Xiuxiu was stunned to find that the handwriting that had penetrated into the paper was difficult to scrape off no matter how hard he scraped it.

casually threw the paper into the basin next to it, soaked it for a while, and under Xiao Ye's signal, Tian Xiuxiu pinched out the paper, still unable to scrape off the clear handwriting.

"Then does Brother Xiao have any other goods in the future?" Tian Xiuxiu carefully put the paper on the table, and asked with a distracted gaze, the pressure on the Tian family made her want to get this kind of paper for sale no matter what.

monopolizing this kind of silver ticket paper, as soon as the idea came out, Tian Xiuxiu couldn't contain her excitement.

"Maybe there is, maybe not," Xiao Ye frowned, not realizing the meaning of her words.

In the quiet room, the oil lamp was a little dim, but the faint breathing of the two became clear.

The importance of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty family has gone beyond the concept of the state in the eyes of the people; Tian Xiuxiu thought for a moment, pursed her lips, got up and bowed gently, but it was the bow of the concubine, which made Xiao Ye's mind buzz.

"Xiuxiu's posture, I am willing to serve Brother Xiao on the pillow seat, and hope that Xiao Lang will take pity," After saying that, Tian Xiuxiu waved her sleeves and extinguished the oil lamp, took two steps forward around the table, and walked in front of Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye, who was dazed, didn't know how to hug Tian Xiuxiu and fell on the fire; Dizzy, seeing each other naked, the spear was led into the alley in a hurry, and a gorgeous blood orchid bloomed in the body of the spear.

Uncle Kun, who was guarding the side room with a personal guard, was lying on the dry kang and looking outside, and saw through the window that the faint lights in the courtyard were extinguished, and his face suddenly softened.

In the middle of the night, Tian Xiuxiu, who was stumbling, left, taking the stack of papers on the table and the triangular army/thorn; Tian Xiuxiu, who was relatively shameless, was ashamed and took people out of Shishan early the next morning. She couldn't imagine why she had such an appalling act, but it was a foregone conclusion, and she could only grieve and complain to herself.

If Xiao Ye is not given a sincerity that she can't refuse, then her expectation of turning over in the family will not be supported at all.

What remained by Xiao Ye's side was a delicate bird-shaped jade lock, through which a thin silver chain passed, and on the back of the jade lock, there was a seal engraved "Xiu" character, and it also carried the owner's warm and crisp body fragrance.

She didn't know that this night, Xiao Baihu slept darkly, and rarely did not go to the mill in the early morning, but slept directly until dawn.

Xiao Ye, who was awakened by the sound of footsteps in the courtyard, lay on the bed and thought for a while, got up to get dressed and washed, and he didn't pay attention to the red marks on the straw mat under him. But it was the jade lock that was solemnly put in his arms.

After breakfast, I took my guards to the training ground, and when I was about to go out, I saw that Uncle Kun's face had not changed for ten thousand years, and the folds had stretched a lot, and his steps were much lighter; Suddenly, Xiao Ye's face was red, and he quickened his steps and left.

The refreshed little Liuzi, humming a northwest song, followed behind Baihu, making Xiao Ye couldn't help but be angry, "Little Liuzi, are you happy?" "It seemed that it was myself who was guilty and happy last night, not this guard.

"Hehe, there are happy events in hundreds of households, and my subordinate is happy," his sycophant sentence immediately made Xiao Baihu raise his voice, "Happy, go, run ten laps on the training ground, and there is no food for lunch,"

On the training ground, the sergeants wielding swords and guns, after the drill, there were hundreds of personal guard captains floating in the corners of their eyes, running at a constant speed along the edge of the field, and the hundred households standing with cold faces in the distance made them shout even louder.

"One hundred households, one hundred households," Wang Dali, who came in a hurry, ran to Xiao Ye pantingly with a craftsman, and saluted with his hands crossed; When there were no outsiders, Xiao Ye didn't let them kneel and worship that set, which warmed the hearts of the sergeants for a while.

"Lord Baihu, Jiang Xiaoshan found charcoal in the western depression," Wang Dali said loudly with a smile on his face, holding a black stone in his hand, which also made Xiao Ye's face happy.

Coal is used in the folk for cooking and heating, and Daming has become popular, but Xiao Ye didn't expect that his Shiguantun could also find this kind of fuel that the rich disdain.

"Where did you find it, and is it easy to mine?" I didn't like to have dirty hands, Xiao Ye took the charcoal, pinched it and threw it on the ground, and smashed it with his foot to check it carefully.

"Fifteen miles away from the training ground, there is no mountain road, Jiang Xiaoshan originally wanted to find some stones, but he didn't expect to fall into a big pit, and found charcoal inside," the Xizizi Wang Si official has already calculated the materials used for each family to build the kang, and there is still time before the cold weather at this moment.

In the northwest winter, if there is no fire kang to burn firewood in the room, and there is no charcoal fire, the yin tide is cold and uninhabitable, Xiao Ye did not pay attention, but those sergeants who were born as craftsmen have long encouraged Wang to cut wood and burn charcoal.

It's good now, before the heavy snow falls, reserve charcoal, and put a fire kang in the stone house, so that the old and young of Shiguantun can survive the winter safely.

Xiao Baihu's preference for different stones and minerals has been secretly spread among the sergeants and craftsmen, and even in the circle that does not collect at night, so it is not surprising that his subordinates have worked tirelessly to find it.

"In the future, if there is something to go out to prospect, Wang Si will arrange for two people to go together, and if something happens, I will be caught off guard," Xiao Ye, who was spoiled by the charcoal music, after a few words, and Wang Dali, under the leadership of the sergeant Wang Xiaoshan, hurried to the big pit in the distance.

After crossing two bald rocky hills on the west side of the training ground, crossing several wide ravines deep and wide for one person, and marching for two hours in the withered yellow meadows, the group came to a large pit hidden in the bushes.

Looking at this deep pit that was about a foot deep, Xiao Ye couldn't help but gasp, Jiang Xiaoshan's life was big, if he fell and was seriously injured, even those who were looking for it would not be able to find it. When everyone saw it, they were also silent for a while.

Looking at Jiang Xiaoshan, who was wearing a medicine belt on his head, Xiao Ye scolded, "Go out without an order, be detained for five days, be self-sufficient in food, and be trained by the officials," Jiang Xiaoshan, who was full of joy, suddenly collapsed.

"You found that the charcoal has merit, five stones of grain and fifteen taels of silver," Xiao Ye patted the sergeant's shoulder, and the emaciated shoulders under the battle jacket made him feel uncomfortable, "There are all merits, can you be convinced?" ”

"Lord Xie Baihu, I am convinced," Jiang Xiaoshan, who was stunned, was kicked vigorously by Wang, and then knelt on one leg excitedly, kowtowing to Xiao Ye.

pulled up Jiang Xiaoshan, this dark-faced craftsman, unaware of the risks he had encountered, "Get up, you deserve it, go back to the tunli to go to the reservoir first, and report to Lao Lu Tou,"

Among the old men who took care of the water storage tank, Xiao Ye designated a leader, Lao Lu, and a wooden plank grass house next to the pool became a place of detention for the forbidden sergeants, and by the way, they could also monitor the back mountain.

"Yes," Jiang Xiaoshan respectfully retreated; Xiao Ye called Wang Dali, "Arrange for people to dig the charcoal and make every effort to build the road leading here, as long as the wheelbarrow can walk, the pro-guard team can help open the road,"

"Regularly arrange for old craftsmen to take people out to explore the surrounding rocky mountains and wild mountains," Xiao Ye didn't think about it when he went out to prospect, but the danger was too great, and he knew that the craftsman sergeant who was only equipped with a small number of crossbows and firearms would not have as good luck as Jiang Xiaoshan.

"Yes, my subordinates know," Wang vigorously coughed a few times and bowed down to receive the order.