"Your Highness, can this thing really replace copper coins?" In Yangzhou Shouchun, Lu Su Lu Zijing, the secretary of the ministry, is holding a portrait-like thing in his hand, which is painted in Shouchun A very famous building, the Hall of Heroes.

"Of course!" Liu Mang also took one, Lu Su Lu Zijing's hand is the Hall of Heroes, which is a Jiaozi with a value of 10,000 yuan, because he is worth a gold, so it is also called a gold banknote.

And Liu Mang's own hand is only worth 5,000 yuan, but the portrait on it is Liu Mang himself, although there is no sketch in this era, but Liu Mang also feels that the person painted on it really has a little imagination with himself.

10,000 yuan, 5,000 yuan, 1,000 yuan, 500 yuan, as for 100 yuan, within 100 yuan, then there is none, or use copper plates to buy and sell.

"Your Highness, won't these things be counterfeited?" Although Zhuge Liang is said to be a great talent, he has really never seen such a thing, using such a small piece of paper to replace the gold and copper coins in his hand? Isn't that a bit child's play?

"Counterfeit? Hehe! Liu Mang smiled, that's right, Liu Mang was thinking about replacing the original copper coins and gold with paper money, because it was too inconvenient for them to carry, for example, Liu Mang's Yangzhou army traded with Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and the amount of the transaction reached more than one million gold, so that those gold would need hundreds of ships to be transported from Liaodong to Yangzhou.

How much can a piece of paper weigh, a million sheets, I'm afraid one ship is enough, not to mention, Liu Mang is also ready to release the friendship of a hundred gold and a thousand gold, which will be more convenient at that time.

As for counterfeiting, perhaps the emergence of banknotes does carry the possibility of counterfeiting, but for Liu Mang, such counterfeiting does not have much significance.

First of all, the paper he used to print banknotes is special, or a kind of bleached paper, the texture of this paper is very good, and his bleaching process is only available in Yangzhou, and the other papers on the market are yellow or with a kind of green, and they are rough to the touch, and the paper in Liu Mang's hand is made of bamboo in Sichuan.

His paper is smooth, so he is not afraid of being forged outside of the material used in the paper.

There is also the above seal circulating, Shouchun will be issued to the states and counties to leave a mark, each state and county to each prefecture to leave a mark, each prefecture to each county to leave a mark, each county to leave a mark, and finally the money to the people to leave a mark, this is an effective anti-counterfeiting mark measure.

The above numbers also need to be corresponded to one by one.

And then that is the punishment for counterfeit banknotes, which has been written into the legal provisions of Yangzhou by Zhuge Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who should brush the banknotes without permission, will be sentenced to ten years in prison if it is more than 100,000 yuan, and if it is 100,000 yuan, it will be sentenced to exile and lettering.

As for more than 100 gold, don't think about it, the death penalty will be directly executed, and the canonical punishment will be met.

These three aspects fell directly, and Liu Mang didn't dare to say for a long time, at least in a short period of time, the normal circulation of these Jiaozi can be guaranteed. and not to be imitated. As for the future, the materials and brushes will be slowly improved.

"These friends are very convenient!" Lu Su nodded, with these friends, it would be much more convenient for businessmen from all over the world to come and go.

"Your Highness, how are these Jiaozi prints?" is worthy of being in charge of money, and Mi Zhu, the head of the household department over there, asked directly about the idea. Mi Zhu looked at Liu Mang over there, if these Jiaozi were wireless printing without restrictions, then Yangzhou would not become the richest person.

Liu Mang shook his head, the printing of these Jiaozi is not so simple, "Zifang, how much gold do we have in Yangzhou now?" Liu Mang asked Mi Zhu over there.

Mi Zhu took out a bill, which stated the current gold inventory of Yangzhou Shouchun.

"There are 1,320,000 gold!" Mi Zhu said to Liu Mang and the others.

"So little?" Zhuge Liang was a little skeptical, because some time ago, there were millions of gold from the place in Liaodong.

"Kong Ming, you don't know how expensive oil and salt are not wealthy!" Mi Zhu over there smiled bitterly and shook his head, if you have an entry, you will naturally have a direction, where in Yangzhou you don't need money, for example, the salaries of those officials, this is a lot of money.

The lord Liu Mang implements a policy of high salaries and incorruptibility, so those who are officials can be said to be rich people, at least there is no problem in supporting a large family, as for concubines or something, as long as you don't play any three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, you can still afford to marry three or four little wives.

These are all to be taken out by the household department in Yangzhou.

This is still one of them, and there are those military expenses, although the military expenses are transferred from the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War also has to ask the Ministry of Household for money, this is a big expense, those cannons or something, Mi Zhu is distressed to see.

Then there is the construction of some cities, such as several dams around the city, need to be re-strengthened and built, and there are some water conservancy facilities, these are the policies of benefiting the people, as for the road is more need money, now Yangzhou's trade routes are developed, the merchants who come and go can be described as countless, the original official roads are no longer suitable for use now, so they need to be widened, and then reinforced, this is also money.

So the millions of gold didn't last long at all, and they were scattered.

"One million three hundred and twenty thousand gold!" Liu Mang said to Mi Zhu on the side: "Then give me a golden ticket of 1.32 million gold!" "Ahh Tian Feng on the side didn't speak all the time, but now that he heard what the lord Liu Mang said, he couldn't help frowning, "Your Highness, we have 1.32 million gold, so we should only brush out 1.32 million gold Jiaozi?" Isn't this a bit of a waste! Tian Feng asked suspiciously.

This banknote is not gold and copper coins, and it is necessary to risk being counterfeited, but now it is only the same value as gold, so it is not worth it just for convenience. "Mr. Yuan Hao, don't worry! Our Jiaozi just appeared, what we are afraid of is that no one will take it, so we must come one-on-one, we have a gold Jiaozi, there is ten gold Jiaozi, there are hundreds of Jiaozi, we will send hundreds of Jiaozi! In this way, we can establish the integrity of Jiaozi! Liu Mang smiled and said to Tian Feng.

This Jiaozi is a new thing, and everyone may not be able to accept it all at once, because my hard-earned gold has suddenly turned into such a piece of paper, which is difficult for anyone to accept at first, waiting for everyone to accept it.

Then I can brush more, of course, it is impossible to print indefinitely, in this way, the money you print will be depreciated, and the one who regrets making inflation unlucky is yourself.

It can't be too much, but we can brush it in a ratio of one to three.

For example, if I have one million gold, I will be able to brush out three million Jiaozi, as long as everyone is not crazy and accept it with me, I can guarantee the credibility of my Jiaozi, so that I can buy things in the market with three million gold, and when I earn back three million gold, I will send another nine million Jiaozi, which will only accumulate more and more.

Of course, making money is one thing, what Liu Mang wants more is to control the hard currency of gold in his hands, and wait for Jiaozi to circulate in everyone's hands, who doesn't like such a thing that is easy to carry and does not depreciate, so everyone will not be stupid anymore, and come to buy things with more than a dozen large boxes full of gold.

All it takes is one stack of crossovers to suffice.

And how did Jiaozi get it? Naturally, you need to use the gold in your hand to come to me and call out, under the influence of one another, the one in your hand is Jiaozi, and the one in my treasury is gold.

Then your finances will be in my hands, and most of the gold will gradually go to our treasury.

Once I announce that Jiaozi is gone, then you can wait and cry while looking at the pile of waste paper.

"That's a good plan!" A few big and small foxes over there suddenly had their eyes glow, once the enemy also began to use Jiaozi on a large scale, then it was really the financial power to teach them Yangzhou.

"But how can you guarantee that everyone will definitely use your Jiaozi? What if the common people don't want to? It was Lu Su who stood up and expressed his different opinions.

"It's going to take time! It also requires our mandatory implementation, Zifang! Liu Mang looked at Mi Zhu on the side.

"In!"

"Haven't the salaries of the officials and the salaries of those soldiers been paid this month?" Liu Mang looked at Mi Zhu over there and asked.

"Yes!" Mi Zhu nodded, the monthly salary and food are a big head, which makes Mi Zhu have a headache.

"This month, the salaries of all the officials, as well as the salaries of those soldiers, are all replaced by Jiaozi!" Liu Mang ordered Mi Zhu.

"Ahhh Mi Zhu was a little stunned, "Your Highness, what if these soldiers are unwilling?" ”

"If you don't want to, you have to use it!" Liu Mang has already made up his mind to change the value of the currency.

"Your Majesty, the officials are okay, those soldiers, it's hard to say, after all, they don't understand His Majesty's good intentions, if they are provoked by someone with a heart, it will be a turmoil for me in Yangzhou!" Tian Feng, who was old and dignified on the side, said.

"Huh?!" Liu Mang frowned, he really didn't think of this, but it was also easy to do: "If those big-headed soldiers are unwilling, then you can let them go to the gold banks in various places to accept the Jiaozi in their hands!" How many acceptances are given to them! ”

"Yes!" In that case, there is no major problem.

The crowd discussed again according to some of the details of the release, and then left for a long time.

After a few days, a new thing appeared in the various cities of Yangzhou, that is, the gold bank, this gold bank is not anything else, but a money bank opened by the government, and everyone's money can be put into the bank, if you think your home is not safe, you can also put it in.

Of course, this gold bank is not the kind of person who pays you back the interest in the previous life, there is no interest, but it gives you free custody of money, and you can take it whenever you want!

After a few days, Yangzhou began to pay salaries and various remunerations.

There were ordinary people who built roads and embankments, there were soldiers who carried swords, and there were officials who were officials, but what they got this time was not white grain or gold, but sheets of ink and paper.

"What is this?" The first reaction of the crowd was the same.

"Everyone, everyone! Listen to me, this is the new money that our Royal Highness the King of Shu sent to us! These things are called Jiaozi, you look at this one in my hand, it is printed with the military flag of my Yangzhou camp, he is worth a hundred yuan! "There are people from all over the country who have been sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to explain to everyone.

"A hundred dollars, just such a broken paper is worth a hundred dollars? You're not crazy! "A common man is unwilling, I have worked hard for you for more than half a year, and I thought that I would receive 100 yuan to go back to buy a good field, and then buy some tools to go home.

But now, the hundred dollars are gone, and it has become such a broken paper, although this paper is still very comfortable to the touch, but paper is paper. So everyone is very dissatisfied.

"This brother, what do I do to frame you, frame you, how can I have an extra piece of meat, you guys, don't you say that the remuneration you pay is these friends, even our officials and officials are also paid this thing!" As he said this, the household official took out a few handicaps from his pocket.

Printed on it is a thousand coins, a total of two, which is his monthly money.

"Those big men also sent this thing?" Some people are a little similar, after all, His Royal Highness the King of Shu really hasn't been in arrears of salaries and the people's wages, and they must be taught to the people by hand, if someone corrupts the people's money, Liu Mang's big knife in his hand will not agree.

"Of course!" The officials took out the thousands of coins in their hands, and the battle flag of the Yangzhou City Management Army was painted on it.

"Can this thing buy something?" Someone asked. 、

"Of course, you can buy something!" The official explained.

Immediately, there were ordinary people who wanted to follow another small vendor on the side to buy a few meat buns, he was reluctant to eat them before, but this time he asked for ten as soon as he opened his mouth, one for three yuan, and ten for thirty yuan, and gave a hundred yuan to let him do business to find seventy yuan.

This businessman is crying with a sad face, he wants to do this big business of ten buns, but he has to have money to find it, and there is another concern that he doesn't dare to confirm whether this thing called Jiaozi works or not, if it doesn't work, won't his small business be over? "Look, look, it's useless to make this handover, it's better to give us a lot of money, we want copper money!" "Everyone, everyone, look how convenient this Jiaozi is! As long as this one is worth 100 wen! The official said bitterly. We don't want convenience, we just want our big money! "The people don't buy it at all.

It's useless for your officials to say anything.

This official took a sip of water, fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has a way! Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to get off the stage, "Okay, okay, don't you guys make noise, don't you just want money?" All right! To you, take your son! Do you know the gold shop in the city? The official asked the people below. Know! "This gold bank is a new thing, many people have tried it, save the money, you are not afraid to put it at home, if the gold bank is gone, as long as your bill is in the family, you will be compensated." Go to the gold bank and take your jiaozi, your jiaozi is worth it, then you can exchange as much money as you want from that gold bank! The official explained.

When Liu Mang and others discussed, they were afraid that those ordinary people would not buy it, so they came up with a backup method, if you don't dislike this copper coin weight, you think it's not good to make friends, okay! Then you go to the gold store to exchange huàn, and I will give you as much as the face value on it. "Okay, let's go to Jinxing! We want a lot of money, we don't want this jiaozi! The people shouted loudly. Yes, we don't want to hand over our sons, we want a lot of money, go together, go together! "A swarm of ordinary people all poured into the gold shop in the city over there.

The official couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he took out two Jiaozi from his arms, and he couldn't help but wonder, this gadget can really be exchanged for two thousand dollars.

As if the gold shops in various places and prefectures had been prepared, the gates were opened one by one, and the armed police officers standing outside the doors were armed police officers with war knives and armor on their bodies, which was to prevent anyone from coaxing and robbing the gold stores.

Even so, the influx of those people still made them eat a pound, because there were too many people.

But fortunately, they are also hard-working, so they will give as much money as they can to ordinary people.

From the beginning, no one believed it, thinking that the broken paper painted was useless at all, or it was changed for a lot of money, and slowly until now, this Jiaozi seems to be quite valuable.

Because as long as someone wants to exchange huàn in front, the gold banks all over the country will give huàn, no matter how much you have, you are a hundred yuan, I will give you a hundred copper plates, you are a thousand dollars, that is a thousand, copper plates, there are many people who don't believe in this.

Therefore, the queue is very long, and even if the efficiency of the gold bank is fast, it can't bear the huàn of so many people.

The queue has been delayed for a long time, and the people behind see that if they want to exchange a lot of money, it will be at least tomorrow. Look at it again, it seems that as long as there are people who have friends, the gold bank will be exchanged for huàn.

So this heart, which was very eager to redeem huàn at the beginning, stopped.

Looking at the endless team, think about it, this Jiaozi seems to be quite valuable, come back tomorrow.

So a lot of people started leaving.

On the second day, there were still people who didn't believe it and came to exchange huàn big money, and the gold banks around the country didn't shirk it at all.

After seven or eight days, there were fewer people at the gate of the gold bank, and there were not so many people who went to exchange big money.

Because everyone seems to have discovered that as long as you have this thing called Jiaozi, you can go to the gold store anytime and anywhere to exchange for huàn big money.

In that case, I can't wait until I redeem huàn? Or, for example, a merchant who has a friend in one city and is not worried about going to another city to trade in a large amount of money.

Instead of me redeeming huàn now, I might as well take the jiaozi and wait until I get to that city, and then I will go to the gold store in that city to exchange huàn.

In this way, the credibility of Jiaozi is getting higher and higher, and the merchants, especially the merchants who have relatively large transactions, are more welcoming to this kind of thing called Jiaozi.

Because he is slack and convenient, and the value is stable, if you don't feel at ease, you can take Jiaozi in any city of Yangzhou gold bank can be exchanged for the same big money and gold.

In the long run, go to a restaurant, go to a hotel, buy goods, buy food, unless it is too small, such as buying a bun for three cents, otherwise as long as it is more than 100 yuan, if you don't have to hand over the child, but go to buy and sell with a string of copper coins, it will be laughed at by the big guys. This fool has a convenient Jiaozi and doesn't need it, so he has to use that heavy copper coin.

Liu Mang couldn't help but smile when he listened to the report given to him by his subordinate Mi Zhu. "Yo, I don't know when I'm so happy!" Xu Shu happened to also walk in, saw Mi Zhu and Liu Mang there, and couldn't help asking. "Yuanzhi, you came just in time, I plan to start swiping out again!" Liu Mang saw Xu Shu and said to Xu Shu, this should be brushed Jiaozi is not something that Liu Mang can do alone, he must bring the internal minister Xu Shu and the six Shangshu together.

Because Liu Mang also knows that he is not a sage, there will always be times when he makes mistakes, if he is confused, with Xu Shu's help, he can turn back, if he decides by himself, once he does something wrong, it will be too late to repent. "Oh? In this way, Jiaozi circulates very smoothly in Yangzhou? Xu Shu also asked happily. You ask Zifang, Zifang, you come to sue sù Yuanzhi! "Liu Mang asked Mi Zhu to speak." Lord Nei, according to my report from the gold banks in Yangzhou, the exchange rate of Jiaozi is much lower than it was dozens of days ago, and now only ten of the 100 people who enter the gold bank want to turn Jiaozi into gold, and among the remaining 90 people, 30 are going to turn the gold in Zijing's hands into Jiaozi! "Ten people are better than thirty people, as long as they pass mathematics, they can basically be calculated.

Jiaozi is becoming more and more accepted by everyone.

What Liu Mang wants is this effect, only after everyone trusts Jiaozi and Jiaozi has credibility, Liu Mang can further print Jiaozi to maximize his own interests! R1152