Hu Yangeng grabbed a handful of money in front of him, let the money leak through his fingers, and left only one in his hand to watch carefully.

The money is still the design of the outer circle and the inner square, with "Shaoxing Jinbao" engraved on the front and "10,000 yuan" on the back.

"How many of these coins are there?"

Zhao Slowxiong pointed to the big box where the money was placed: "One thousand, all here." ”

"So little? Didn't you say that the fine softness in the palace was taken out, and there were millions of pieces? ”

"That's counting antique jewelry. There is only so much gold that can really be used to finance money, and you can open the treasury and melt all the gold ingots. ”

"The gold and silver ingots in the treasury should not be touched for the time being." Hu Yangeng waved his hand, judging from the minting of money, his plan to imitate the Prussian gold mark in the 1850s as a reserve to rebuild the treasury did not work, so it was better to concentrate on issuing flying tickets.

"How is the ticket issued?"

"All the armor guards in Bianliang and Qian Zhuang received their shares and went back to distribute them, and they also sent them to the pacification department in Shandong and Hebei, and paid salaries to the people in the public gate. The people have some doubts, but this is also a good thing. ”

"Well, how do you say that?"

"When people have doubts about flying tickets, they will use the flying tickets in their hands as soon as possible, and store copper coins, gold and silver and other things at home or in the bank. Tickets are passed. And as long as it takes a year for the credit of the imperial court to hold, the flying ticket will stand firm. ”

Hu Yangeng found that Zhao Slowxiong pointed out the key to flying tickets: the credit of the imperial court. He then asked, "Is there a way to expand the passage of tickets now?" ”

"It's nothing more than the north and the south," Zhao replied, "to the north to buy horses, and to the south to do goods." ”

Trade is the best means to promote the right to mintage, and the commodities you can provide stably for a long time will naturally become your reserves, guaranteeing the credit of the currency. Hu Yangeng, who knows the petrodollar, knows this very well.

"Then what to trade in the north? Salt iron? ”

"Pingzhang clearly sees that it is salt and iron." Zhao Slowxiong replied respectfully, "What is lacking in the north is only grain, salt and iron. The grain is still insufficient for our own use, let alone trading. ”

"How do you trade the law?"

"Open the field."

"Isn't that to make peace with the Jinren? This is inappropriate. Hu Yangeng's face changed.

Zhao Slowxiong hurriedly gave a deep salute: "Pingzhang is happy and angry, it's just a little idea of Weichen, Pingzhang said that it is not appropriate, then Weichen will never mention it again." ”

Wechen? Not a subordinate minister, this commonly used self-title of students, "Weichen" is only used in one situation, that is, the courtier to the emperor.

"Zhao Shaofu, it's not good to call yourself like this."

Seeing that Hu Yangeng was not angry, Zhao Slowxiong knew that his speculation was successful, so he changed his words and said: "Pingzhang said that the student's suggestion was inappropriate, and the student knew that he was panicked and made a mistake for a while. ”

Hu Yangeng waved his hand: "Zhao Shaofu, I think it's better for businessmen to do these things." ”

"Pingzhang Gaojian, can Pingzhang give me some more advice?"

"Let the merchants go to the north to do business on their own, and we will give all kinds of convenience and protection. How to do it, you draw up a charter. ”

After Hu Yangeng inspected Shaofu Temple and left, Zhao Slow Xiong bowed deeply to the back of Hu Yangeng riding a horse, and only when Hu Yangeng walked away did he raise his head and watch Hu Yangeng disappear behind the long street.

He then turned and went home. The current houses in Bianliang are built in a circle according to the armor. When Zhao returned home, there were several people waiting for him at home.

"Zhao Shaofu, can you show me today?"

Zhao Slowxiong said with an unpredictable face: "Today, before I said that I would let the merchant go to the north, I provoked Pingzhang to be furious." ”

Some of the guests were stunned, some were anxious, and some were depressed.

"Fortunately, I was clever and tossing and turning, and Heizhang finally nodded about sending merchants to the north. And let me take the charter. ”

"The charter is set by Zhao Shaofu, isn't that ......" Several people looked at each other and laughed.

Zhao Slowxiong wrote the charter overnight and sent it to Pingzhang Mansion the next day. Hu Yangeng, as a Pingzhang, does not need to sit in Zhongshu Province, the things he wants to do are made in his own house and then sent to Zhongshumen.

"I don't write much, use the strategy of losing when the Divine Sect is even, Zhao Shaofu, you have done a good job, leave this charter here,"

"Pingzhang, don't you need students to do it?"

"Shaofu Temple is regarded by me as a central bank, so I can no longer manage business." Hu Yangeng explained, regardless of whether Zhao Slowxiong understood it or not, "I will hand over your charter to Taifu Temple for them to amend, and in the future, I will have to ask Shaofu to consult with them." ”

The six departments and nine temples of the Song Dynasty were all Jilu officials in the past, salary slips, and they had money but no power. Now it is much more convenient to take out these yamen from scratch to manage government affairs.

Taifu Temple is listed as nine temples, and now the main official trades, but the Liao State was destroyed, the Western Xia was blocked, and the Jin State was hostile, but there was no good business. Hu Yangeng called the new head of Taifu Temple, Ji Weisi, to Pingzhang Mansion and discussed in the study.

Ji Huisi was originally a student, and he gathered in front of Xuande Gate during the first siege of Bianliang and was punished, but fortunately, with the help of a teacher, he was a master in Kaifeng City. During the four sieges of Bianliang, a lot of practices were done.

Taifu Temple is equivalent to a new establishment, the temple Qing Shaoqing has not yet arrived at the post, although Ji Huisi is still the main thing, but it is suitable for practice.

"Brother Ji Shi, I have a lot of responsibility to go to Cangzhou to preside over the field." Hu Yangeng is not older than Ji Huisi, but as a superior, he naturally exudes a kind of old age.

"The student is about to ask for advice."

Hu Yangeng also had nothing to teach Ji to retreat, he just instructed: "Distribute the tickets to the enemy-occupied areas as soon as possible." ”

"The students are a bit of a fool."

"Tell me about it."

"Suo Lu and the others are most short of salt and iron, and iron tools can't compete with him, and the only thing that can lead them to trade is salt."

"That's right." Hu Yangeng nodded.

"The students want to ask Shaofu Temple to issue a batch of flying tickets, which can be used to exchange money and be used as salt."

"Salt lead? It's not that hard. "Hebei and Shandong, now they are drying sea salt, and the salt works are also under the control of Baojia," what are you going to do? ”

"The people who learned life sent these salt tickets to the daimyo to buy horses, and the merchants of the daimyo and the chieftains got these tickets, and it was useless to hold them in their hands, and they would inevitably be sent to Cangzhou in the river in exchange for salt, so the credit of these tickets would be established."

"Go to the daimyo to buy a horse? I'm afraid it won't be that easy. But give it a try. ”

Hu Yangeng didn't expect to be able to rely on Ji Retirement and Si Si's fierce operation to issue the ticket to the world. As long as the occupied areas of the Jin people and Jiangnan can gradually receive the rudimentary banknotes such as flying tickets, it is already a huge progress.

Things have to come one step at a time.