China has always been a gold-poor country. Although gold, like other nations in the world, was also a unit of measurement of wealth and a symbol of wealth in Chinese history, in fact, due to the lack of gold in the total amount of gold in various dynasties and dynasties of China, it is difficult for gold to become the protagonist of wealth circulation intermediary, while brass and silver have assumed the function of the main circulation currency in ancient and modern times respectively.

Liu He knew that it was difficult for gold to assume the function of the protagonist of the circulating currency, so from the very beginning, gold, silver and copper coins were used as circulation currencies at the same time, and among the three, gold coins were more like large denominations of thousands or even tens of thousands of denominations in later generations, silver coins were like common currencies with a face value of 50 or 100 yuan, and copper coins assumed the functions of one, five, two, and one cent.

The reason why Liu He attaches so much importance to gold is that gold not only has good storage and value preservation, but also because it is a very important raw material in the industrial revolution and electronic technology in later generations. The small amount of gold available in the country is not too much of a problem, and as long as the country is reunited and stable, a large amount of labor can be arranged to excavate and mine. It doesn't matter if the domestic gold reserves are insufficient, and gold can be accumulated through guò trade with foreign countries, occupation, colonization and even direct plunder.

In a word, Liu He wants the people of the Han Dynasty to keep in mind a concept, that is: our gold must be ours, and the gold outside must be ours in the final analysis!

Liu He didn't care too much about whether there were 500 tons of gold in the country during the Western Han Dynasty, if there really was, as long as the gold was still on this planet, then sooner or later it would be discovered in the future. If not, it doesn't matter, there are not two places in the world where gold is abundant, as long as the Han people can be sent to these places. And stand still, so will the big man be short of gold in the future?

Gold is a symbol of wealth, but also a symbol of national strength, if you can leave hundreds of tons or even thousands of tons of gold to future generations, there may not be any money shortage in China for a long time in the future, right? In order to realize this wish, Liu He did not hesitate to pretend to be a complete gold money fan, as long as he could make Dahan a veritable "golden empire", even if he was misunderstood, what was there to fear?

That night, Liu He did not disappoint Xu Yue, Xiahoulan and Li Ru, he found a way for everyone to start a money store without too much gold and silver for the time being.

Liu He remembered that when the new China was just founded. The Kuomintang transported the only remaining 200 tons of gold to Taiwan, and at that time, it was estimated that there were not even 10 tons of gold in the underground warehouse of the State Bank, but the country was still engaged in economic construction, and the speed was not low at the beginning, which shows that even if there is no gold and silver, as long as the system and measures can keep up, the country can still develop.

In order to reduce the increasing demand for money in the daily circulation of merchants and ordinary people, Liu He asked the Mint Department to seize the time to print a large number of supply tickets such as "grain stamps", "cloth stamps", "meat stamps", "oil stamps", "salt stamps", "coal stamps", "horse stamps", and "farm tool stamps", and worked out a detailed exchange table for gold, silver, and copper coins to purchase these tickets. So. Not only does it not need to put a large amount of real money on the market, but on the contrary, it can also be collected back to the people by gentle and fair means.

Why is it a gentle and fair measure? Because Liu He did not force the merchants and the people to come up with various supply tickets, but because the state and county governments represented by Liu He almost dominated or even monopolized all kinds of industries in the north, as long as the merchants and the people had the demand to buy. Then they will have to exchange the gold and silver in their hands.

For example, all kinds of farm tools produced by Youzhou Farm Tools Factory are not only strong and durable, but also have fair prices, if they are purchased within the state and county. Purchasers from various counties and townships can come directly to the farm tool factory to pick up the goods with farm tool tickets, and there is no need to use gold and silver currency in the process of this transaction. However, if a merchant from another county or county comes to buy. Or the rich private come to buy, because they do not have farm tool tickets in their hands, so they either pay real money according to the factory price, or buy farm tool tickets from other channels, and directly exchange for the farm tools they need.

Perhaps, such a transaction method may have problems with inflexibility or corruption, but these problems are not fundamental. Although the supply of tickets is mechanically rigid, it is a very advanced system in the agricultural era, when the productivity is already very backward. Because there is no very strong enemy outside the Han at present, the Han does not need to compare the development speed with other countries, but only needs to move forward at its own pace, as for the faster and slower, it will not affect the result that the Han is the largest and strongest country in the world at this time.

For example, there is a family of five who make a living from farming in Youzhou Dai County, and at the end of the year, the family sells about 500 catties of grain to the local Changping warehouse, and the officials who inspect the grain in the township evaluate the grade according to the actual quality of the grain, and then do not pay the family real money or copper coins, but issue a receipt for receiving grain. Subsequently, the family took the bills issued by the grain inspector and went to the office set up by the Northern Money Bank in this township, and exchanged for about 500 catties of grain stamps. With this food stamp in hand, if the family wants to buy a few new clothes, they can use the food stamp to replace the cloth stamp in the hand of a certain family who depends on weaving for a living, and then take the cloth stamp to the government-run warehouse to collect the cloth back.

To put it bluntly, this set that Liu He is going to implement is the prototype of the planned economy. In later generations, the planned economy was criticized by many liberal democrats, but the Soviet Union relied on the two five-year plans to quickly catch up and get closer to the world's number one power, while China relied on the first two planned economies to quickly get rid of the situation of being poor and white. The planned economy is not bad, but depends on the social and historical conditions under which it is used, as well as the duration and duration of its use.

With a wise and powerful leader, a clean and efficient government agency, and a group of people working together and their selfish desires not starting to swell, then a planned economy is the only way to revive the country.

Obviously, Liu He currently has these three conditions. First of all, he has the experience of two lifetimes, and is fully aware of the pros and cons of the planned economy, as well as the ways to overcome them; Secondly, at this time, the moral standards of the vast majority of officials in the Han Dynasty from top to bottom were simply different from those corrupt officials in later generations. At the same time, the ordinary people of the Han Dynasty did not have a high literacy rate, but more than 95 percent of them were honest and moral, which was far from being comparable to the era of collapse of faith and moral decay in later generations. Finally, after the test of the great famine and the great plague last year, Liu He is now a god-like existence in the eyes of the people in the north, and as long as Liu He says a word, countless soldiers and civilians will respond to him enthusiastically.

Now that these conditions are in place, Liu He must of course not hesitate to take some measures of the planned economy to pave a thorough road for his rapid revival of the Han Dynasty!

As the first director of the Coin Department, General Xia Houlan knew what he was carrying on his shoulders, so he ate and lived in the Mint Department these days, staring at the progress of the various plates making lines.

Xiahoulan defected to Liu He because of Zhao Yun's relationship, but with her own seriousness and hard work, she walked out of a wonderful life path different from Zhao Yun. Although he was far away from the military, he knew that the new post he took over was related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and was more important than the weight of the Secretary for Internal Affairs.

In the future, Xia Houlan and his subordinates will face a sea of gold and silver that can make people lose their minds every day, as long as he quietly moves his hair and feet in the process of minting coins, he can also accumulate amazing wealth over the years. In addition to the direct temptation of real money, if Xia Houlan could not guarantee that the coinage technology was far ahead and let the counterfeiters take advantage of the loopholes, then the losses he caused to the country and the people would be immeasurable.

It is precisely because he knows that the responsibility is heavy, so Xia Houlan gave full play to his strict character, he started everything from himself, and not only memorized every rule of the coinage department, but also strictly abided by. Although Xiahou Lan is strict, he is not a cold-blooded person, and in addition to his normal work, he is also very concerned about the health and family situation of the craftsmen, and strives to strive for more welfare for the craftsmen. Because of this, the atmosphere inside the Mint Division is strict and positive, not stagnant and lifeless.

After nearly ten days of continuous work by all the staff of the Minting Department, a complete set of various ticket "sample tickets" was placed on Liu He's bookcase in advance.

Liu He held a round copper-handled magnifying glass, carefully observing the texture, color and symbols of each set of "sample tickets".

"Well, the printing process is very good, the material of the sample ticket is tough and wear-resistant enough, and the light and dark anti-counterfeiting marks are also very delicate, and it is really difficult for outsiders to counterfeit. The first task of opening the door of the Mint Division has been done very well, and I will inform the Department of Internal Affairs to implement rewards for the whole Mint Department! I hope you will continue to work hard and come up with the highest level in the next three coins minting! ”

Liu He's praise and encouragement made Xia Houlan feel relieved, and a rare smile finally appeared on his face.

"President, since these tickets have been accepted by you, can you start printing them in batches?"

"Yes, you can. You go and discuss with Xu Yue, Li Ru and the others, and see how many copies of the first batch of various coupons need to be printed, rather than a little bit of it, and definitely not indiscriminately printed! ”

"My subordinates understand!" (To be continued......)