Washington, on the shores of the Potomac River tidal lake, Mint and Banknote Bureau.

Home to U.S. museums and ministries, the Printing House building may look tall but not unlike the surrounding museum buildings, but this seemingly ordinary building is one of the places where the U.S. dollar is printed, the currency in circulation.

The other printing plant is in Texas, which is the Bush family's territory.

In order to give people a glimpse of how this amazing paper is made, the Money Printing Office offers a free tour, but that is by application.

Under the strict supervision of security personnel, visitors will walk along the fixed route on the second floor and see part of the money printing process.

In the eyes of people, these banknote printing workshops are as simple as ordinary printing houses, with several large printing presses and cutting machines placed in the open space.

The difference is that the different workshops are separated by iron doors, and there are cameras to monitor them at all times, making people feel as if they are in a prison factory.

But Stephen loved the smell of it, every milliliter of air was scented with wealth, it was refreshing, and breathing more air like that would be good for anyone's health.

He strode into the elevator, his chin held high, and his trademark black-rimmed glasses were propped up.

It's an opportunity to show yourself in front of the president, and he won't forget that just because he's an old friend of Donald.

The elevator door opens, and there is a monotonous and neat mechanical sound in the ears, which is not too noisy, even if it is noisy, no one cares, and behind each sound is the first cry of the birth of the dollar, who would not love such a life?

A small one, in a pocket, can buy anything.

But my signature, it's going to be on the money!

It was an honor to be printed, and Stephen was faintly excited in his heart.

The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the corridor, echoing with the sound of the printing press, constituting the most beautiful melody in his heart, and the notes danced happily under the guidance of the flower.

He strode towards his destination without staying too long, two assistants one in front of the other, one leading the way, the other following.

It's too simple for a minister to travel with only two assistants, but it's also a tribute to his ancestors, and Stephen knows he can't be too high-profile here.

No matter how great a person is, how can he be greater than the dollar?

You must know that the American dream is realized with this dollar, and as the secretary of the Treasury, he knows the history of the dollar, and he also understands the history of this money printing bureau.

Founded in 1862, the U.S. Money Printing Bureau started with only six people, working manually in the basement of the Treasury Building, exactly the style of a rural earthen workshop, starting from scratch, working overtime and painstakingly printing dollars.

At that time, the dollar was the salary provided to the front-line soldiers, and after a year of fighting the Civil War, the South defeated the North one after another, and Lincoln decided to print more money to buy supplies and speed up the economic vitality of the North.

As for inflation... Anyway, after winning the war, won't such a large area of land, so many local tyrants, and so many materials in the south be replenished to the economy of the north?

It's just that no one knows what role the dollar played in the victory, and most attribute it to Lincoln's abolition order (which made Southern slaves revolt), to Grant's heroic command (who was beaten to the point of being beaten by General Lee at first), and to the industrial prowess of the North (the assembly line for making guns and cannons),......

But no one knows that the six unsung heroes who silently drove the money printing machine in the basement were the ones who printed out the dollars that would be rebelling if they didn't give them, and they wouldn't go to the front line if they didn't give them, and sent them to the front line in time (no money could be transferred).

This was the Civil War, and that was the second great crisis in the United States.

Later, World War I and World War II were all about the dollar giving full play to their strength step by step, what is the consequence of not paying soldiers salaries, no one wants to try, and those who have tried have been on the list of fools in history.

It took a hundred years to grow into a key part of the world economy, and at first it was weak enough to rely on gold to prove its value, but soon it was strong enough to stand on its own.

Now the scale is much larger, after all, the task of supplying blood to the whole world is very heavy.

The cost of each dollar is now 0.4 cents, Stephen swallowed softly, the smallest dollar bill is a dollar, this profit margin, Wall Street can only kneel and cry!

What's more, there are five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty and one hundred, by the way, the twenty years before last had a version of the avatar, and he was an abolitionist, but Stephen couldn't remember the name of this man, it seemed to be a black slave.

For the first time, a black man got on the dollar, twenty, but now another black man is on twenty million, and he doesn't know what Donald is doing, and he actually puts his own head on it.

Millions of banknotes, what kind of profit margin is this, Stephen just thinks of this and feels the corners of his lips chapped and wants to drink water.

With a bang, the assistant pushed open the door: "The minister is here!" ”

The first two people stood up immediately, and Stephen strode in and said with a serious expression: "Is the mission going well?" ”

He looked at the middle-aged bald man: "What's your name?" ”

"Morris. Memphis. ”

"Memphis, that's a good place," Stephen's gaze fell on his bald head, "How's the work?" ”

"My hometown is Washington."

"It doesn't matter, report back, sir!" Stephen walked behind the table, pulled his chair over and sat down, his fingers tapping on the tabletop.

This is the sample production workshop of the Mint and Banknote Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, which is almost a small workshop for miniature versions.

This department specializes in the development of new anti-counterfeiting banknotes, and a very small number of commemorative banknotes are made here.

By the way, it is also responsible for the research of paper, watermarks, new technology anti-counterfeiting.

With the popularization of color copiers and scanners, the anti-counterfeiting task of the banknote printing bureau has become more arduous, and every time a new banknote is designed, new high-tech anti-counterfeiting "mechanisms" must be added, such as eccentric magnified portraits, watermarks, security threads, etc.

For example, in the 1999 version of the U.S. dollar banknote, the Printing Bureau spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to evaluate 120 anti-counterfeiting measures and select the best ones.

Morris is the head of the department, and today Stephen handed over an inexplicable set of banknotes for him to sample.

There's actually Donald on it, and there's a bald guy I don't know at all, and, when did Martin Luther King Jr. qualify for dollars?

The Mint has an open area for people to visit, which is completely free, and it will also make commemorative banknotes, which is a nominal fee.

"It's not the end of the year yet, is it?" Morris muttered quietly, looking at the calendar, it was still early in December.

…...

In Los Angeles No. 1 studio, Ai Lijie was so nervous that her palms were pierced by her fingernails.

Fred suddenly spoke: "All the surveillance at Universal Studios has been hacked. ”

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He suddenly looked up strangely, "Why hasn't Red come back yet?" ”

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