Chapter 565: Zhongyuan
In order to facilitate the conversion, the silver dollar issued by the Democratic Alliance Army corresponds to the one dollar of paper money, and the gold content of each pound is 7.32238 grams of gold, which is calculated according to the international gold-silver ratio of 15.2:1, that is, each pound is equivalent to about 111.3 grams of sterling silver.
The weight of Yuan Datou is 26.5 grams, so Wang Feng also set the silver dollar at 26.5 grams, and extrapolated gold based on the same weight of silver, and the gold content of one yuan of the Democratic Alliance banknote is 1.743424 grams, and the ratio of the pound is 4.2:1.
The front of the silver dollar is a sailboat sailing through the waves, which means that the Chinese are indomitable and fearless of dangers, the upper half circle is the four big characters of the Bank of China, the lower half circle is 1856, that is, the year of issuance, and the back is the Great Wall, which is the Arabic numeral 1 yuan.
In addition, the silver content of the silver dollar cannot be 100 percent, the silver dollar minted by the Democratic League army is 90 percent silver, and the rest is copper, and at the same time, the silver content of the silver two in circulation on the market is also insufficient, the official mint is eighty percent five, and the rest is copper, at that time one tael was equal to 37.3 grams. Therefore, excluding fire consumption and copper, the exchange ratio of one silver dollar to silver tael is 0.75:1.
The exchange of copper coins and silver dollars is calculated according to the ratio of 2,000 wen to 1 of the silver taels, which is 1,500 wen for one silver dollar.
Banknotes are divided into 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao, 1 jiao, 5 cents and 1 cent. In daily use, gross tickets and split tickets are the majority, so there are no two denominations of 20 yuan and 2 yuan for the time being.
The 100 dollar note is red. On the front is a statue of the Yellow Emperor, if you can have a hundred-yuan bill at home. That's definitely enough to meet the standard of being well-off.
Fifty yuan is green, the front is the statue of Emperor Yao, ten yuan is sky blue, the front is the statue of Xia Yu, the above three denominations into the market consumption will not be too much, most of them are used for the mutual settlement of various types of enterprises.
What is really relevant to the common people is the banknotes under five yuan, the five yuan is light purple, the obverse is a statue of King Wen of Zhou, and the one yuan is yellow-green. The front is the statue of Qin Shi Huang, the five corners are purple, the front is the statue of Han Gaozu, the corner is brown, the front is the statue of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the five points are pure green, the front is the statue of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, one point is grass green, and the front is the statue of Tang Taisong. On the back of each banknote is a bust of workers, peasants, soldiers, scholars, and businessmen, standing in front of the relief of the Great Wall.
Wang Feng's portrait of the emperor was only ranked in the Tang Taizong, because by the early Tang Dynasty, China was generally aggressive, but since the Anshi Rebellion. China became more and more conservative and entered the track of decay, and the successive emperors followed. There's nothing remarkable about it anymore.
Even Song Taizu bullied orphans and widows. is not in the right position, even if it is Ming Taizu. It retained too many of the barbaric customs of the Mongols, and at the beginning of the army, he was a vassal to the Yuan Dynasty, and moved Mencius out of the Temple of Literature.
Overall, this set of banknotes is bright in color, beautifully printed, the equipment is imported from the United States, the same as the US dollar paper, printed by the prison, more than five points have watermark relief, with a good anti-counterfeiting effect, at the same time, in order to facilitate the use of the public, there are also small silver coins with a face value of five cents and a dime, and aluminum-magnesium alloy coins with a face value of five cents and one cent.
This set of currency was named Zhongyuan, and its issuance completely expelled copper from circulation, and the monetary properties of copper were stripped away, leaving only industrial properties, from which the army could collect enough copper to make bullets and shells.
According to the notice of the Democratic League, gold in the Yuan issued from the time of immediate circulation, can only be used as jewelry materials, the rest of the silver and copper coins have a one-year buffer period, within a year, can be used at the same time with the Yuan, but this is only for the general public, government agencies and the army pay all the salaries by the Yuan, with legal person qualifications, the silver and copper coins use the buffer period is only three months, and the banks, as well as the money and ticket numbers that have not been restructured into banks, are no longer for silver and copper money business from now on!
On the streets of Guangzhou, there are many exchange points, Wang Feng and others stopped to observe for a while, Fu Shanxiang couldn't help but say: "Have you noticed, the people who exchange silver dollars are more enthusiastic, but the exchange of paper money is pitiful." ”
Wang Feng nodded and said: "The reputation of paper money is too indiscriminate, and the people need to have a process to accept it, but silver dollars, as long as they are of sufficient fineness and exquisite workmanship, they will soon replace the circulation of silver taels and copper coins." ”
"Hmm!" Zhou Xiuying also nodded: "Our silver dollar is more than the fineness of the silver tael, and experienced people can easily distinguish it, so don't worry, by the way, Shanxiang, aren't you a reporter?" Why don't you do an interview on the street and see what the people really think about Zhongyuan? ”
"Great idea!" Fu Shanxiang walked quickly to an old lady who was exchanging silver dollars, took out a pen and paper, and asked with a smile: "Hello auntie, I am Fu Shanxiang, a reporter from the South China branch of Xinhua Daily, I have a few questions I want to ask you, can I delay you for a few minutes?" ”
Fu Shanxiang painted a light makeup, pretty like a flower, long-term leadership work has made her exercise a confident and capable temperament, like Zhou Xiuying, have cut her hair into a shawl hair, but Zhou Xiuying is tied in a ponytail, she is naturally draped on the shoulders, wearing a well-fitting blue professional suit, the white shirt turned out of the pointed neckline, the legs are knee-length pencil skirts, revealing a pair of slender and straight calves, and the feet are actually half-heeled small leather shoes, all of which are Victoria's Secret products.
As soon as Fu Shanxiang approached, there was an elegant fragrance on his face, how could the old lady ever see such a white-collar beauty? Immediately panicked, waved his hand again and again, and said: "Girl, if you want to ask, just ask, the old woman knows everything." ”
Fu Shanxiang had seen too much of the nervous interview subject, she still had a professional kind smile, and asked casually: "Auntie, I see that you can't exchange silver dollars, are silver dollars better than silver taels?" ”
"That's it!" When it came to homely things, and was also affected by the smile, the old lady's nervousness disappeared a lot, and she immediately replied: "The silver dollar is convenient, it is better than the silver two, and the color is enough, girl, listen!" As he spoke, he grabbed the center of the silver dollar with his thumb and middle finger, put it to his mouth and blew it hard, and quickly took it to Fu Shanshi's ear, and sure enough, there was a soft buzzing sound.
"It's quite enough!" Fu Shanxiang praised it, and asked: "Then why don't you exchange paper money, I heard that paper money has gold as a guarantee, and a certain amount of gold can be exchanged with the Bank of China for the equivalent value, which is completely incomparable with the waste paper issued by the Xianfeng Dynasty, and the bank and the bank have accepted the paper money payment, what else are you worried about?" Are you worried about the NLD? Don't you think it's easier to carry paper money than silver dollars? ”
This was the point, and Wang Feng and Zhou Xiuying, who were standing on the street corner and pretending to chat, also closed their mouths and looked over secretly. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you Yu Jinkun for your tip~~~~