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The old year is coming to an end again, and the new year is just around the corner. This year, Fujian has not suffered any disasters, but some of them were affected by typhoons in the summer, and some losses have been suffered, and most places are relatively calm.

The New Year is approaching, and the city of Fuzhou is beginning to be lively again, and the streets and alleys are full of joy. For the ordinary people of Fuzhou, this year is a good year. Many people in the vicinity of Fuzhou work in the shipyards and ports of Shizi, and their monthly salaries are not low, and their families have a lot of money to spare. This New Year, when you buy New Year's goods, you don't have to buckle the rope like before. The happiest thing is that there are family members in the Mawei Navy and the craftsmen who work for the Shizi's workshop, whether it is the former Tiger soldiers, the newly recruited Mawei Navy soldiers or the craftsmen of various workshops, the monthly salary is very eye-catching. The prince never defaulted on the following salaries, and paid the full amount of money on time every month, which was really envious of others.

"Hey, fifth brother, did your eldest come back with the salary? How much money did the prince give this year? There were not many guests in the afternoon, and the old donkey selling umbrellas on the street asked Wang Lao Wu, who was selling porcelain vases next to him, with a wave of envy in his eyes.

"I took it, I got back two taels of silver and ten catties of pork last year, and it won't be less this year. The silver and pork had been handed back, but the boss had not returned from the ponytail. Shizi said that the Mawei Navy had just been established, and the training on the ship could not be stopped, and it was necessary to pay close attention to it, so this year's annual leave would be shortened, and he would not be able to come back until the 28th, and he would have to go back immediately on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Wang Lao Wu is really proud of his son. Sometimes others are a little embarrassed when they mention that they didn't let their son go to the army a few years ago, but now it's okay, the eldest of his family has become the pillar of the family, and he is the envy of his neighbors, which feels really good.

"Tut-tut! It's two taels of silver and ten catties of pork, I really envy you! There is such a good son. "The old donkey has no children and no daughters, and he and his wife barely make a living by making some umbrellas.

Wang Lao Wu was complacent when he heard the old donkey's words, and immediately took out something from his pocket and said: "This year is not two taels of silver, but three taels and five dollars." I'll open your eyes first, take a look at this! ”

The old donkey looked at a small round piece like a copper coin held in Wang Lao Wu's hand, there was no square hole in the middle, and the color was silvery-white, as if it was made of silver. I couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" How does it look like silver? ”

"Hey, you old boy has a bit of an eye. This is the annual money issued by the prince, called silver coins, the big one is one or two, and the small one is five coins a piece. The boss took home a total of six taels and five coins of silver, three taels of monthly salary, and the rest of the annual money, all of which were these silver coins! This thing is made of silver, and the pattern on it is very beautiful, show you! As he spoke, Wang Lao Wu put the silver coin in front of the old donkey's head and let him see it for himself. They are all neighbors for decades, and there is nothing to worry about.

"Old five, you can also pose in front of the old donkey's head, the princess fang has already issued this silver coin two days ago. This silver coin is beautifully made, and it is easy to use, and many shopkeepers rush to collect it! The bookstall owner on the other side also interjected with a smile.

The old donkey didn't care about the conversation between the two, and looked at the two silver coins carefully. The silver coin is indeed beautiful, much more beautiful than the copper coin, and the small dragon scales on it can be seen clearly. However, I am afraid that I will not be able to earn this silver coin, and a silver coin of five coins can buy seven or eight oilcloth umbrellas here. After reading it, the old donkey's head immediately returned it and said: "This silver coin is indeed good, but it is a little bigger, and we can't find five coins of silver, and we don't have so many copper coins." ”

"Hehe, old donkey, you're right, five dollars of silver, but our small stall is indeed a little bigger, look at this!" The bookstall owner smiled and handed over a small silver nude, which was different from anything he had seen before. The silver nude in front of him is a small cube, and there is a small hole in the middle that can be strung with a rope, and there are words on the six faces, which are connected to "Jingnan Wangfu Supervisor". Originally, Geng Jingzhong made the mint a spherical shape, but later found that the spherical one rolled away when it fell to the ground, and it was easy to roll away, so it was changed to a small cube shape, but the edges and corners were slightly rounded. This kind of silver naked is made of two coins each, and it is made of pure silver with good fineness, which is very suitable for small denomination transactions.

"How can a person who is so wise in the world have something that he doesn't think through, this is a small silver naked man with two dollars a piece, it's very useful in us!" The bookstall owner raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Lao Wu and the old donkey, very complacent.

The little silver nude was quickly passed in the hands of the surrounding stall owners, and small bosses like them would deal with this kind of silver nude every day in the future, and now they should quickly look carefully, so as not to understand anything when the guests come to the door, which will be a joke.

Since a few days ago, Geng Jingzhong and the shareholders of the ocean-going trading companies scattered all over the country had sent a large number of silver coins as salaries and salaries, and there was a topic of discussion in the streets and alleys. However, almost unanimously said yes. Because the shape, size, and weight of the silver and silver nude are completely unified, it is very conducive to trading, and saves a lot of time for merchants and ordinary people. As a result, as soon as silver coins were used, they were immediately sought after by shops everywhere.

Geng Jingzhong didn't hear all the discussions, he was preparing to give away the silver for nothing at the moment. During the period when the mint minted a large number of silver coins, Geng Jingzhong specially issued a letter, ordering the managers of the princess fang to cooperate with the local government to investigate the local poor households in detail, record them in advance, and prepare to send them some warmth before the arrival of the New Year. After half a month's statistics, poor households in Fujian are really everywhere, far exceeding Geng Jingzhong's estimates. All the poor households add up to more than 600,000 households, and this is only for those who have no rice to cook, and there are many who are just slightly better.

Geng Jingzhong was a little hesitant, with so many people, the one million silver coins originally prepared was not enough. In the end, I still grit my teeth, take more and take more, the people's will is more important than anything else. If you mint more than 20 million taels of silver into silver coins, you can also make a profit of more than 2 million taels, just if you don't make money this time, you can take out all these silver coins to do a good job.

There is a saying, "It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!" "In the future, this warmth will only be for the elderly and orphans, and other families will find ways to make them work to solve the problem of poverty. If they only think about eating for nothing and not working, Geng Jingzhong has no obligation to take care of them.

When Geng Jingzhong's more than 2 million silver coins were distributed, New Year's warmth activities were launched in various places. Geng Jingzhong not only ordered the princesses to secretly investigate the list, but also handed over the supervision to them, in case some corrupt officials coveted this batch of silver coins and stretched out their hands to the people. For these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, Geng Jingzhong will not let them go, and many of them have been assassinated by him in the past year or so. The corrupt officials and corrupt officials of this era are far more hateful than later generations, and there is an old saying called: The prefect of the county order to destroy the door is broken! These people hold the power of life and death, and they can put people in prison, torture to death, and even destroy their families at every turn.

The commissioners from all over the country have already gone down to the countryside, and Geng Jingzhong himself is not idle. In later generations, there are a large number of reports on sending warmth in newspapers, television, and the Internet every year, and he is no stranger to the specific process. This time the warmth is not just to send some money to them, but more to let the people feel that the Jingnan Mansion and his Geng family are for the people. In terms of silver coins, it was originally planned to give out three taels of silver to each household, but it was changed to one tael, and the rest were exchanged for rice, flour, grain and some meat. Geng Jingzhong felt that the people were not necessarily willing to use the silver coins, and it was better to send them in kind.

In this New Year, the common people are eating meat in their mouths and holding money in their hands, so I don't know how grateful they are to King Jingnan and his Geng Jingzhong! In addition, a large number of silver coins were used to buy rice, flour and grain, which also promoted the circulation of silver coins, and made merchants everywhere make a lot of money, killing three birds with one stone.

According to the information collected below, Geng Jingzhong prepared to personally express his condolences in Fuzhou City. In the past, every time I left the house, I walked the streets and never entered a residential area. I remember when I watched costume TV in my previous life, especially in Qing court dramas, the houses in the city were neat and orderly, and the old-fashioned houses looked a little gray in color but were quite neat. But when I came to the scene in person, I couldn't see the scene on TV at all, and I couldn't help but sigh, TV series are really just deceptions!

What should we say about this, what should we say about the scene in front of you? In later terms, it was "dirty and messy", and the houses were generally low and looked to be in disrepair. Not to mention the sewage flowing everywhere on the ground in the alley, there are still a lot of corners. The doors of many people's homes are closed, but there are still people, and the people in this area have been instructed by the palace that the prince will come to visit them. Although he was skeptical, he still didn't go out and stayed.

Geng Jingzhong knocked on the door of a house and walked in. He has already heard from his subordinates in this family, it is a lonely old man, no children and no daughters, and the two of them depend on each other for their lives. The old man lives by making some oilcloth umbrellas on weekdays, and the yard is full of semi-finished products made of bamboo, and there are many bamboos stacked against the wall.

"Old donkey, this is His Royal Highness, specially to visit you!" The palace priest said to the old donkey.

Yesterday, I was still talking to others about the old donkey head of the prince, and until this time, I couldn't believe that His Royal Highness the prince would really come to them. "The grass people have seen the son of the world, kowtow to the son!" As he spoke, he immediately knelt down.

Geng Jingzhong didn't like others to kneel the most, and the guard Yang Jian knew very well, so Yang Jian quickly stepped forward and pulled the old donkey's head up, and said: "The prince doesn't like others to kneel, and he can't see the old man kneeling." Old man, you're so old, let's get up quickly! ”

"Old man, we're all tired of walking, can we go and sit inside?" Geng Jingzhong said to the old donkey head with a smile.

When the old donkey heard this, he immediately turned sideways and led with his hand: "Shizi, please, please inside." ”