The paper required for printing paper and banknotes is a tough, smooth, crisp, and wear-resistant paper. This paper is durable, fold-resistant, lint-free, and breakage-resistant. The raw materials for its papermaking are mainly long-fiber cotton and linen. And the general paper is fluorescent under ultraviolet irradiation, and the paper that prints paper and money is made of non-fluorescent special, and secondly, the paper of paper and money has multiple anti-counterfeiting marks, such as watermark paper, paper with anti-counterfeiting inserts: paper with fiber filaments and color dots, two-color fluorescent fiber encryption paper, paper with metal foil or plastic sheets, flat polyester filament, paper with embedded holograms, security threads, anti-copy paper and other special anti-counterfeiting papers. However, with the current scientific and technological capabilities of Datang, the paper manufactured cannot meet the above requirements at all, and Li Hong can only simply choose a few anti-counterfeiting marks.

Zhao Renji left, Li Hong came to the study, and began to write on the rice paper about his requirements for paper, as well as some special anti-counterfeiting forms and signs, as well as the denomination and style of the paper money he needed to print.

"Ministers and good ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" When An Liangchen saw Li Hong, he bowed down and saluted.

"Sit down." Li Hong said lightly, continuing to write on the paper, he has now completed the requirements of the paper and the setting of the anti-counterfeiting form and logo, and is determining the denomination of the paper money.

"I don't know if His Highness summoned his ministers to the East Palace, what do you have to order?" An Liangchen asked. If it weren't for movable type printing, he and the prince would not have intersected, so today the prince asked him to come to the East Palace, he knew that there must be something to tell him to do, and his relationship with the prince had not yet reached the point where the prince would invite him to the East Palace for tea when he was fine.

"You take a look at this first." Li Hong handed An Liangchen the rice paper he had written about the paper request, and he proceeded to determine the denomination of the paper money. His idea was that the minimum denomination of paper money was 10 wen, followed by 20wen, 50wen, and 100wen, and the large denominations were 200wen, 500wen, and 1,000wen, and that 1,000 wen was equal to a consistent coin. In this way, even if there is a fake currency, the loss to the people will not be too big, you have to set the denomination to ten that is, 10,000 Wen, if there is a fake currency, the loss to the people will be great.

An Liangchen could read the above content, just like Li Hong asked, "Does Your Highness want the minister to make this kind of paper as required above?" ”

"Yes, is it difficult?" Li Hong asked. With Datang's current level of early knowledge, he felt that it was indeed difficult for An Liangchen, but there was no way, even if it was difficult, you had to make it, otherwise it would delay the issuance of paper money and hinder Li Hong's plan.

"Yes." An Liangchen replied without hesitation, "However, as long as His Highness gives the minister a little time and has enough money to support it, it is not impossible for the minister to make such a paper." ”

"Money is not a problem, you will be given as much as you want." "But how much time do you need?" ”

Making paper is only the first step, the second step is to set the sample, the third step is to set the anti-counterfeiting label in the manufacturing process, and the fourth step is printing. Therefore, it seems that Li Hong's desire to issue paper money is far away, but if you calculate the time carefully, when he creates paper money and reissues it, the time is also very tight. After all, only if he has enough gold and silver reserves, he can open a bank, and in his capacity as the crown prince, it is not difficult to issue paper money in the capacity of the East Palace.

"It will take about three months." An Liangchen said cautiously, he was afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would ask him to make a template within ten days like the last movable type printing, which was the rhythm that would kill him.

Li Hong thought that it would take a year or two years, but he didn't expect that it would only take three months, he was surprised, is it so easy to make this kind of paper?

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not speak, An Liangchen thought that Li Hong was not satisfied with his answer, thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't distract the minister, the minister will strive to make this kind of paper in two months." ”

What Li Hong didn't know was that An Liangchen himself had studied papermaking again, so he dared to say that if you put it on someone else, you just give him three years, and he may not be able to complete the task.

"Okay, just two months." Li Hong nodded with satisfaction, "However, you have to do it in secret, and you can't reveal it to others." The money you need, you go with Yan Zhuang to get it, there is no upper limit. ”

With a family background of 3.8 million copper coins, Li Hong is also a lot more wealthy in terms of money, so he told An Liangchen like this.

"No!" An Liangchen received the order and left in a hurry, time waited for no one, he had to go back to work immediately. As soon as An Liangchen left, Liu Yizhi hurriedly walked into the study to find Li Hong.

"Your Highness, the minister has been thinking about it for a few days, and the academy and the academy of sciences that you said already have some eyebrows, but suddenly I want to ask, do the academy and the academy have names, and now you can allocate some money to the minister?"

"Name—" Li Hong muttered, "Let's call it Imperial University and Imperial Academy of Sciences." ”

"By the way, the money for the establishment of the Imperial University and the Academy of Sciences can be allocated to you now, and you don't have to worry about the money." Li Hong said, "You will be given 600,000 yuan in the early stage, if it is not enough, you can ask Yan Zhuang again, but the money is in Honglu Temple, if you need money, go to Honglu Temple to get it." ”

The establishment of a university and an academy of sciences, the establishment of a medical school and a medical center, the study of artillery and guns, and the rebuilding of paper were all the focus of Li Hong's plan, and he was also generous when he gave money.

"No!" Liu Yizhi got what he needed and left in a hurry, he didn't have time to waste here, because he was very busy now, and he would definitely go down in history by establishing a comprehensive university and an academy of sciences, because this was a great achievement in cultivating talents and teaching and educating people.

Liu Yizhi left, and Yan Zhuang snickered on the side.

Li Hong asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Yan Zhuang replied, "It's nothing, I just feel that His Highness spends money too quickly, and if you spend money like this, you can't spend enough to earn three million yuan a day!" ”

Li Hong sighed, how can I do it? Who told him to pull the plan so wide and so big now - there is no way, he can only desperately make money!

"However, there is another way to make money, and that is to sell dogs." Yan Zhuang said.

"To the disciples of foreign nobles in Chang'an City?" Li Hong asked.

"More than that." Yan Zhuang said, "Dog fighting is popular in Chang'an City, not only the children of the nobility, but also the children of the common people also like this kind of game, but the children of the nobility who can really afford to play the game of dog fighting are the children of the nobility. ”

"One million a piece, no one can afford it!" Li Hong sighed and said, a million copper coins have to be pulled by a cart, how can ordinary noble children afford it?

"Cheaper dogs can be sold to them for prices ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands." Yan Zhuang said.

Li Hong nodded slightly and didn't say anything more. And at this moment, a guard reported, saying that the dog and the tiger asked to see His Royal Highness the Prince. Li Hong asked the guards to tell the dog and the tiger to wait for him in the Chongjiao Palace, and when he walked slowly to the Chongjiao Palace, there were not only the dog and the tiger alone, but also the Loulan nobleman Azig and the Persian nobleman Amir.

When the three of them saw Li Hong, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Li Hong waved his hand slightly to signal that they didn't need to be polite, and the three of them sat back in their chairs.

After Li Hong sat down, the dog and the tiger said eagerly, "His Royal Highness the Prince, we came here today to buy a dog from you, just according to what you said last night, a dog is one million copper dollars, and we will buy two dogs." ”

"I didn't expect you to be so rich?" Li Hong said calmly, in fact, his heart has long been happy, and the two dogs have earned two million, which is easier than robbing money.

Ahem - Azig coughed, "This, this is the money we all put together, there is no way, we urgently need to buy two good dogs, that's why..."

Before Azig finished speaking, the Persian nobleman spoke, "In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the minister wants to buy a dog alone, and the bid is also one million yuan, is it okay?" ”

"This-" Li Hong said with a pretending hesitation, "Sell three dogs at once, and Lone's inventory will be gone!" ”

Immediately, he turned to Yan Zhuang and asked, "How many dogs are there in our dog chief that can be sold?" ”

"Three." Yan Zhuang replied with great interest.

"Okay!" Li Hong sighed and said, "Take your money, and then go with Yan Zhuang to get the dog." He said that he led the dog instead of picking the dog, which means that Azig and Amir are not even qualified to choose a dog, and they have to ask for whatever dog Yan Zhuang gives them.

"No!" The dog and the tiger took the order and shouted outside the hall, "Carry the things up." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw eight guards carrying four boxes into the main hall, and after the eight guards put the four boxes on the main hall and left, the dog and the tiger walked to the box, opened the lid, and saw boxes of gold.

Because of the sun's rays, the gold ingots are shining dazzlingly.

"This is 40,000 taels of gold, please take a look at it." Dog Yang Hu said, 40,000 taels of gold, exchanged for copper coins, is more than 3 million yuan, but because of Li Hong's identity, Azig They can only give more, but not less, so 40,000 taels of gold is enough to buy three dogs.

"Carry it down." Li Hong said lightly. Eight guards entered the hall again and carried the four boxes out.

"Is Persia rich in gold?" Li Hong asked the Persian nobles.

"Yes, Your Highness the Prince, we have several gold mines in Persia." The Persian nobleman replied arrogantly.

Li Hong nodded slightly, and then didn't say anything more, but ordered Yan Zhuang to lead them to choose a dog.

He was lost in thought.

Because he wanted to issue paper money and establish a bank relationship, he now needed a lot of gold as a reserve, and in his judgment, there was gold in Loulan and gold in Persia, so did this mean that the gold he needed could be obtained from Loulan and Persia?