"What is this?" Many people were surprised.

Could it be that the white crane prints treasure money privately? This is a big crime of robbing the family and exterminating the family, and even if it is a treasure banknote, it has almost stopped printing now, and the original treasure money has been as cheap as paper, and the people are respectful of the treasure banknote.

"I've seen that the white crane originally had a hundred thousand taels, and it could only be used twice. It is used for merchant checkout. But this seems to be reusable, the Forbidden City printed on the front has the amount of silver on the back. It's not too much to say it's a treasure banknote, Bai Minghe, don't you explain it to the official? Yu Qian asked in a calm tone.

What is it?

Bai Minghe clearly knew that this thing was a silver ticket, but this was not a silver ticket as cheap as paper in the Ming Dynasty.

This is true, with his white name and crane reputation as a guarantee silver ticket.

How can it be explained when it is possible to tell the truth.

"Lord Yu, this was originally used for settlement in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hepu and Da Nang. In the beginning, merchants came to the wharf with horse-drawn wagons and truckloads of silver to line up to buy goods, and the silver was lost and of varying condition. It is also very inconvenient when settling out. Because here in Guangzhou, there are hundreds of settlements of a batch of goods of 1,000 taels every day, that is, 10,000 taels, and there are so many transactions a day. It's always a lot of trouble. ”

Bai Minghe explained this, and everyone could understand it.

How much does 10,000 taels of silver weigh, and in modern times it weighs three hundred and seventy-three kilograms, plus the wooden box containing silver, at least four hundred and fifty kilograms, and a carriage full of silver, nine large wooden boxes.

Don't say it's 10,000 taels, it's 1,000 taels. Seventy or eighty pounds on my back, squeezing back and forth on the dock is too hard.

After that, it was in this Chunhui Garden. The merchants piled up the silver in my storehouse, and then I used this kind of ticket on my side. They can go to the dock to settle the bill. 10,000 taels of silver is the thickness of a book, just stuff it in your arms. There are only three kinds of silver tickets on my side: one hundred taels, fifty taels, and ten taels. Ten taels is a small ticket, only the size of a palm. The ships on the docks were all military ships, and they took the ticket back to me and pulled the money away. ”

"It seems. It is different from treasure banknotes. Hu Hu commented.

"It's different, this is really exchanged for silver, and a ticket can also really pull the silver away from me, but when the silver is handed over, there are some differences in fineness and size, and all of them are re-smelted on my side. The silver bars of all colors, divided into one tael and ten taels of silver, are full of color. Foot weight. If the money brought by the merchant is not good, they have to pay the difference. ”

It seems that there really is nothing wrong with it, the white crane is just convenient here at the Guangzhou dock.

Bai Minghe saw the approval of the adults, so he continued.

"But in the last few days, something has changed. Some merchants began to settle accounts in Fuzhou with silver tickets, and Fuzhou also recognized my tickets and asked me to exchange money. Until yesterday, a small incident happened that was not too big. ”

"What's the matter?" Several people spoke.

"There is a businessman. With a silver ticket of ten taels. I bought a piece of silk from another merchant at Humen Wharf. It was a porcelain merchant who took out the silver ticket, and a silk merchant who collected the silver ticket. They bring a little more every time they swap at the dock. For fear of being returned if you are unqualified during the inspection, bring more good ones to supplement. But what is superfluous, the porcelain merchant received the silver ticket from the wharf, and directly bought a small horse of forty feet of Huzhou silk on the wharf for ten taels of silver. ”

The white crane deliberately emphasized Huzhou silk.

The silk of the Ming Dynasty is very different, and the silk fabrics of each region have their own characteristics. The same horse is counted with seventy taels of raw silk. Ninghai is two feet one inch and five feet wide, and fifty-five feet long. This belongs to heavy silk. The silk of Nanshan is two feet six inches wide and can reach about one hundred and thirty feet in length, which is light silk.

The heavy silk and light silk of the Ming Dynasty are similar to the standards of later generations, the difference is that the Ming Dynasty uses square foot weight to calculate.

Huzhou silk. A horse of forty feet but with a material of sixty-three taels, thicker than Ninghai heavy silk, a horse of ten taels of silver is not expensive at all, Bai Minghe emphasized Huzhou silk, the first thing to explain is that this is a fair trade.

However, what needs to be noticed is that it is not cash silver, but the silver ticket used by the white crane to settle the bill.

"Why don't you arrange some people to check in detail and see how many people in Guangzhou City use your silver ticket to spend? The miscellaneous family only knows that someone in Piaoxue Building paid for the flower wine with a silver ticket. ”

"You don't need to check, the treasure money is as cheap as paper, and everyone knows it. But this silver ticket, can not be faked, the white crane will be this printing process is also constantly improving, if someone can imitate it is also difficult. This silver ticket is very convenient, one is used by someone, and a large number of people will use it soon. I just don't know, what does Master Hu say here? ”

Xu Yi is speaking for Bai Minghe, and his meaning is very clear.

Hu Hui, you won't ask Bai Minghe to hand over this again, if you hand this over, it will affect the maritime trade here in Guangzhou.

"Miscellaneous people think that it is a good idea to recommend Bai Minghe as the supervisor of the East Factory."

"Don't do it!" The white-named crane jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, and the governor of the East Factory was going to cut himself.

"Deputy Governor, from the four-rank martial arts, you don't need to cut it. This silver thing is always so restless without a steel sword to guard. The East Factory is the East Factory of Long Live Factory, and the miscellaneous family received the white crane for Long Live. The treasure money can be stopped, and the previous ones printed and distributed can be exchanged according to the current market price, and the loss of the household will naturally not come out, so the white crane of the East Factory will come out! ”

How much money is there?

The white crane didn't even dare to think about it.

"It's not much, 100 million Guan Bao banknotes may be the largest stock on the market now, at the current price of 100 Guan Bao Banknotes for one stone of rice, Bai Ming Crane you only need to take out 1 million stone rice, this million stone rice for your Bai Ming Crane, is it much?" Is Hu Hu's sentence too much? Many laughed.

A million stone meters is enough, is that a little?

In fact, the real amount is huge, if calculated according to the silver, the treasure banknotes issued by the Ming Dynasty are at least nearly 100 million taels of silver, but the treasure banknotes of Xuande Nian have always been worth only five big coins when they were the cheapest, that is, the value of one hundred percent.

During the Orthodox years, the value of treasure banknotes fluctuated for two reasons. One is printed less and less, and the second is that the treasure banknotes are not easy to preserve, and many have been completely damaged.

"That's it, it's changed!" Bai Minghe's heart moved, this matter can indirectly hit Shi Heng hard.

One of the biggest deals of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was that they collected silver and copper coins from passing ships, but handed over treasure money to the state treasury. They are constantly collecting treasure money, and the difference is very huge.

If the treasure money is broken, then the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal can only be handed over to silver.

I don't know how Shi Heng will deal with it when the time comes.

Seeing Bai Minghe squinting his eyes and smiling, Hu Hu said again: "Since Bai Minghe has no opinion, then the official will write a book, next year's Spring Tax Treasure Bank can top the grain tax, and a hundred treasure money will be combined into one stone grain." Although it is said that the orthodox nine years have been this comparison, and the current treasure money is no longer passable, as the so-called: the accumulation of the market. Ignore the passers-by. But it is also the silver money of the imperial court, and it can not be discarded in office, this time it is recycled, benefiting the people and the country, and you will inevitably have a merit in the history books. ”

Seems like a good thing.

Bai Minghe couldn't find a reason to object.

It's just that Xing'an is here, pulling himself into the East Factory, why didn't these civil officials react at all?

In other words, they are a scourge, and being a member of the East Factory allows them to save snacks. Or is it just to let yourself go to the East Factory?

This question made Bai Minghe very entangled, but no one gave him an answer.

For several days on end. Bai Minghe wanted to talk to Yu Qian, but Yu Qian kept avoiding him. Even if he sees Yu Qian, there will be other people around Yu Qian, so that Bai Minghe does not have a chance to talk alone.

Finally, the Japanese people left, and left satisfied.

The Japanese people who stayed in Guangdong were all good Japanese people. As Bai Minghe said, only those who die are good ones.

Standing in the area where the Japanese people used to live, it is now going to be converted into a new martial arts arena. There was still some blackened dirt on the ground, and the white crane knew it was blood.

I don't know what they sprinkled here, but I can't smell blood anyway.

"Xiaobai. You seem to be in a bad mood these days. I'll tell you. You can't take the raw silk thing yourself, tens of millions of taels of silver, if you dare to swallow it yourself, I'm afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will be red-eyed, and there will be countless people who want to kill you and replace you. I quarreled with Hu Lao just to fight for a little benefit for you. ”

Yang Neng was still dozens of steps away from the white crane and began to speak.

There's no one else around, and it's not just anyone who can come in.

"I'm thinking...... Bai Minghe really doesn't know how to speak, can he tell Yang Neng about his Dongchang matter, how much can he say, and how to speak.

Yang Neng sniffed hard twice: "There are a lot of kills, and it is reported that it is four thousand and eighty-six." It's really the same as what you said, to kill more than 4,000 Japanese people, the difference is that it is not us who do it, but the Japanese themselves. ”

Standing beside Bai Minghe, Yang Neng handed a bottle of spirits to Bai Minghe: "The matter of the silver ticket, we have discussed it in the past few days, which is a good thing." But it's not just anyone who can control it, what does Dongchang have, the two biggest benefits of Dongchang, one is a group of people who can kill, and the other is the net that can't be seen throughout the Ming Dynasty. ”

Hearing that Yang Neng mentioned the East Factory, Bai Minghe was very surprised.

"Just because you don't say it doesn't mean you can't see through it. I will teach you a trick, there is nothing wrong with taking your own life into your own hands, but there are still some people who give their lives to others. Once you've figured this out, you're likely to go further. Sometimes it is safer to put your life in the hands of others, and it is easier for you to control yourself. ”

Yang Neng woke up the white crane with a word.

"Lord Yang, you mean......" Yang Neng didn't give Bai Minghe a chance to speak, just shook his head.

Bai Minghe understood that Yang Neng was suing sù as a way to protect himself.

I think it is often played in TV dramas in later generations, many eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be angry and resentful, but why is it so difficult to deal with. Now that I think about it, there is only one reason, their lives are in the hands of the Ming Emperor, which is a clever strategy. (To be continued......)