Chapter 715 Paper is money

"I think I can promise you. ”

"Whew......" King Iwatani breathed a sigh of relief.

But Zhang Ye looked very indifferent, he suddenly didn't know that he had already walked on the line of life and death. Because King Iwatani had also made up his mind just now, if Zhang Ye didn't agree, he would execute Zhang Ye, a great sage and good teacher. In order not to let the enemy get him.

Although we can strongly know from the one-sided information that the great sages and mentors are very powerful, how powerful they are. Zhang Ye decided to collect the ancient books of the great sages and good teachers. There are many recorded legends, but few are actually meaningful. Fortunately, there is a record of practical significance in the Iwatani Kingdom, that is, one hundred and twenty years ago, the first generation of the founding of the country passed the King of Forrest Igan Valley. Although hereditary, the current king is also called King Iwatani. But it's much worse than the founding king. One hundred and twenty years, five generations, each of which increases the territory.

"What do you see in this leaf?"

Zhang Ye has a very global view, of course, it is impossible to stay in Iwatani Country for a lifetime, so he has already found a successor before he starts to do things. Let the children who each think are smart come over, there were three thousand children present, but this one is the slowest, although there are a few good, second only to, but there is no way, at the moment he can't divide the energy to choose more, when the time comes, the competition with each other may be stronger, but more waste of time, resources and energy. Therefore, he knew that the person he thought was the smartest at that time was also the boy in front of him. The topic at that time was to name the bird in the image in one minute. In fact, it was all wrong, but he said the closest, so Zhang Ye chose. It seems to be one-sided, this is also a matter of no way, Zhang Ye is very streamlined in time, he feels that in this world, time is very important.

Time to develop, time to compete, time to cultivate, time to break through. All of this takes time.

"I noticed that the bug-bitten spot on this leaf was healing. ”

Zhang Ye exclaimed, "That's right, your discovery is correct." But do you know that all the causes and effects of everything?"

"I don't know. ”

Suddenly, Zhang Ye's eyes tightened, he hugged the little boy Bai Yunjian, who was only eleven years old, and then his hind legs were twenty meters away, under the stone, next to the gap, looking at the place just now, "You can take a good look." ”

Bai Yunjian stared at the middle of the field seriously.

In between, a few seven-star ladybugs came over and docked on the green leaves. It selects the leaves of new shoots that have not been eaten and are as smooth as white jade.

It's very small bites to nibble on. At first it also has a lot of weeks around from time to time, vigilant to eat. Gradually, however, the delicious juice of the young leaves became more delicious. It's totally invested in it. At this moment, it is too late, then it is too fast. The natural enemy of the seven-star ladybug, the praying mantis, appeared.

If the mantis arm is used as a car, but, in the same volume, the mantis is undoubtedly a ferocious creature. What's more, for small insects that are more than ten times weaker in size. The praying mantis pierced instantly, and the seven-star drifting insects.

The seven-star ladybug wanted to struggle, but was powerless. The thick yellow water is its blood droplets.

Zhang Ye asked, "Do you see anything?"

Bai Yunjian replied immaturely, "The praying mantis killed the seven-star ladybug." ”

Zhang Ye frowned, "That's all?"

Bai Yun was nervous, he sped up his thinking at the same time, and said after more than ten seconds, "At first, it was a leaf plant, then the seven-star ladybug came to eat the young leaves, and then the praying mantis appeared and attacked and killed the seven-star ladybug." "If it's fair, both sides know it, the praying mantis can't kill the seven-star ladybug even if it's strong. Because the flying ability of the seven-star ladybug is much higher than that of the praying mantis. So, call it a "sneak attack".

Zhang Ye's face was expressionless, "If you just observe things on the surface, anyone will." You have to learn to think deeply about what it means. ”

Bai Yunjian said the meaning of this matter with some trepidation, "Sneak attack." ”

Zhang Ye said, "It seems that this is the case, and there is a more far-reaching meaning." ”

Bai Yunjian, "Great Sage and Good Teacher, I really don't know. ”

"Well, you don't know normal," Zhang Ye decided to say it, I am afraid that he may not necessarily understand it in a few decades, and now he is saying it in the enlightenment period, which is positive. If you think about it for a few hours, you can come up with an answer in a few days, but if you say it now, it's bad. Therefore, it decided to say the deepest meaning, so that Bai Yunjian could understand what it means to think, and the world of thinking is richer than it imagined, rigorous in imagination, and clear everything in thinking.

"First of all, let me tell you some knowledge points, insects that eat insects are omnivorous organisms. Because insects eat insects, and insects eat plants. You can draw a line and then connect it, and you can come to the conclusion that insects eat insects eat insects eat plants. Insects that cover up insects eating insects are insects eating plants. You probably don't understand it now, but when you have time, think about it, and you'll figure it out. ”

"Yes, the great sage and good teacher~" He really couldn't figure it out. Because insects, insects, and plants that eat insects are combined together, and it's too tongue-twisting. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm flustered. This is due to his lack of experience.

"In the future, don't call me a great sage teacher, just call me teacher. ”

"Yes, Dahyun...... Yes, teacher!" he almost didn't call it right, but fortunately, he immediately realized it and quickly changed his words.

Zhang Ye continued, "In other words, it is also possible for praying mantis to eat young leaves. I say possible because we don't see it. Before you see it, even if it is written down, even if I tell you, you have to be skeptical. ”

"Yes, teacher. In fact, he said in his heart: Don't dare. After all, a teacher is not an ordinary teacher, but a great teacher. He thought to himself that only a great sage and a good teacher could doubt a great sage and a good teacher, but even if he became a great sage and a good teacher, he would not doubt it, because when he was never a great sage and a good teacher, a teacher was a great sage and a good teacher.

"Praying mantis uses the shoots of plants to catch them. Because he knows that even if he eats it, he has to eat many pieces to be full, and this satiety is one-sided, because it belongs to insects that eat insects, if the young leaves or something, he may have eaten them as a child, but when he grows up, his favorite is small insects. Eat plant leaves as a last resort. ”

"So, you should know something. "I didn't say it, let Bai Yunjian put it together by himself, this can be regarded as training all the time, and it can make this memory more profound.

"I see, the praying mantis uses the young leaves, the seven-star ladybug eats the young leaves, and the praying mantis eats the seven-star ladybug. ”

"That's right," Zhang Ye nodded again and again, looking like a "child can be taught". This is the complete chain of information. Although, in the end, only the praying mantis eats the seven-star ladybug. But if the cause of the incident and some necessary elements are ignored, then it is impossible to repeat it artificially.

The necessary element young leaves, the cause of the incident is that the praying mantis wants to eat the seven-star ladybug. If there are no young leaves, the seven-star ladybug will not come. In other words, when people put two creatures in the desert, they will be surprised to find that the praying mantis can't eat the seven-star ladybug, and the seven-star ladybug flies away the moment it lands.

"I have a way to make your memory more clear, to understand this. ”

Bai Yun steady, "What a way." ”

Zhang Ye said, "Ladybugs eat leaves, and praying mantis follows." ”

Bai Yunjian suddenly realized his expression, and his eyes were fleeting and empty, as if he had seen such a picture. The seven-star ladybug eats the young leaves again, and the praying mantis comes to the face, stabs the seven-star ladybug with a knife and a gun, and then devours it cruelly. It's really concise, a perfect description of just the right place. Indeed, as long as you think of this sentence, you can surface the picture out of thin air, and the memory is deep.

The teaching of Bai Yunjian can be described as attentive, but it is only an hour a day, and the rest of the time, let him have his own child, and let the past match the most perfect environment for this child. So to speak, as long as he wants to, he can get it. Of course, it is not exhaustive, and it is necessary to pay a certain price to get it. For example, what Bai Yunjian wants most at present is a stone of grain, and he wants to bring it to his parents who are still living at the grassroots level in the countryside, and Zhang Ye took advantage of him and gave him instructions, and he memorized the 100 multiplication formula before he could get it. A stone of grain here is 100 catties. It is not a problem for a family with a population of three to five to eat for a month and a half. His little head didn't know that one stone looked like a lot, but in fact, if he really ate and drank, his family could barely be enough for a month. Far from the mainland, grain is hard currency, mostly bartered. There is gold and everything, but it is very small, and the value is not very high. Only some wealthy people have the mind to electrocute and shine something, to dress themselves up, to manifest themselves in the world. All ordinary people care about is food.

The living environment of ordinary people is basically like this, and it is fortunate that it is only for one month. That month is the first month, that is, the time of the New Year. You don't have to work, but you can also eat well, entertainment and so on. Children like the Chinese New Year the most, but few children know how much hardship parents have to pay to enjoy January at the end of the year.

Zhang Ye just had a glimpse of the lives of ordinary people. He withdrew his gaze, put on a hat to cover his head, and continued to search for the Iwatani territory. The purpose is to understand, not to understand in general, but to go deeper. What you hear and hear, it is better to see it.

After a month of visiting all parts of the country, he learned that although Iwatani is weak, it is strong. This is very good. Why is he satisfied? Because there will be no rebel forces. First of all, it is necessary to understand how the rebel forces are created. It can only be said that those merchants, and Iwatani Province is a bit special, there are no merchants, or rather, merchants are official. The benefits are evenly distributed. The whole country is aware of how much money the treasury has and how much it has been given to them. They all know how much the emperor spends. In fact, the consumption of King Iwatani was only a little higher than that of ordinary people. And the officials, they will not consume them. A positive atmosphere has been formed in the whole country, and it is a shameful act to consume waste.

Zhang Ye, "I think, I should make it clear, I want you, you can increase the tax burden." ”

"Why, my country is good now. King Iwatani was stunned.

Zhang Ye shook his head at King Iwatani, "I think, you don't understand one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" the King of Iwatani wondered.

Zhang Ye said, "I mean to do this, I haven't finished the next sentence yet." ”

"Then you say," said the King of Iwatani as he listened.

Zhang Yedao, "If I raise the tax burden, the people will not necessarily be miserable." ”

"Huh?"

"Then various welfare policies are enacted. ”

"What welfare policy. ”

Zhang Yedao, "The main contribution of the people's tax burden is grain, and what I have promulgated is the reduction of the official price of grain." ”

"What, it's already a very good subject, one pound of fish and two pounds of grain, is it going to be lowered. ”

"Yes, I also want you to fire the gold system of the landlocked country. ”

"Issuing currency?"

"That's right. ”

"However, I don't have much gold in my inventory. That's still from maritime trade. ”

Zhang Yedao, "The so-called gold system is a logic. Landlocked countries respect gold and silver, so the measure is gold and silver. And we, the maritime nations, my advice, can revere food. In this way, on the one hand, there can be an alternative currency, which is very convenient to trade and not cumbersome. On the other hand, it is possible to accumulate stocks into the treasury. ”

"There's no paper. We didn't master the papermaking technology. ”

Zhang Ye frowned, the Iwatani Kingdom not only did not even have shipbuilding technology, but also paper-making technology. Only fishing, and arable land. And there are not many places to cultivate land, most of them rely on imported rice from Liangguo, and sell the cherished local specialties mountain and sea dumplings cheaply. This is the only channel for mountain and sea dumplings exported to the three countries. And the two countries picked up mountain dumplings and gave them to the other two countries at a high price.

Zhang Ye said, "We can create it ourselves,"

"How do you create your own? I don't have a paper machine. ”

Zhang Ye said, "I don't need a paper machine, although it's a little simple, but I think I can." ”

"Okay, then you show me, make it, and then I promise you to issue currency and the principal system. ”

Zhang Ye nodded, "No problem, but you give me some soldiers."

"How much do you want,"

Zhang Ye said, "Three or five people are enough." ”

"Is it thirty-five?"

Zhang Ye: "Between three and five people. ”

King Iwatani was dumbfounded, "So little. ”

Zhang Ye nodded, "That's right, it's just so much." ”

"Okay, I promise you,"

"That's fine, let's continue. ”

"What else do you have to say?"

"I hope that this matter will be kept secret, that is, the matter of making paper money. ”

"But the people always have the right to know. ”

"In this way, the way can be kept secret, you can say that it is a great sage and a good teacher, and then I will also have my head printed on it. ”

"Human head ......" his face was blue, because it was always unlucky. It is only the dead that imprint the human head, let's say, the posthumous image.

"Really?"

"Okay, I promise you. ”

In this way, Zhang Ye had to pass five soldiers and cut down trees.

The simplest process of papermaking is its components. Bark, grass and sticky human rice milk are sufficient. Flatten it with a wooden board and let it dry. It has to be done multiple times, not all at once. Because it is to create money, the specifications must be certain, and some characteristics must be specially made. Let's say, own the statue up. Fortunately, Zhang Ye has some doorways for carving. He soon carved his own abbreviated head.

Because it is intended for the future, it is a template. It's a great template.

One can be 500 banknotes, a very hard thing, carved 500 of their own avatars.

The face value is based on the other part of the board, which is folded, and the other side of the fold can be printed on the reverse side of the supersheet. On the front is his head that occupies a third of the way, and then two-thirds of the way is just some nice textures. Then the flip is how much is the engraved digits. Zhang Ye set the upper limit of the face value of 100 yuan and the lower limit of 1 yuan. In addition to the digital depiction of the banknote denomination, then there are various patterns on the background. For example, 100 yuan, the largest is the territory that symbolizes the territory of the first generation of the Iwatani Kingdom. It's a small crab. Then there is 50 yuan, the most valuable item, mountain and sea dumplings, then 20 yuan of patterned rice, then 10 yuan is sea, 5 yuan is shells, and 1 yuan is fish.

The first batch of production is completed,

Zhang Ye ordered the soldiers to continue, and he himself put the first batch of coins in the final process, dried them, and then brought them into the palace.

"Is this a coin?"

Zhang Ye nodded.

The king frowned, "It seems to be rough." ”

"Later on, with experience, it will be smooth. ”

"Really,"

Zhang Ye nodded, "Yes." "Because this time there wasn't much weight and no number of crushes.

The king reluctantly issued the currency, as he expected, and how many people would receive it. Zhang Ye told him that when collecting taxes, he could collect a little more grain appropriately and then send out the money. The king said that if you send it out, you will buy it later. Zhang Ye didn't want to play some conspiracy, so he said, give it directly. Then talk about the benefits of money, which can store grain very well. This is indeed a way, the granary of the palace to store grain, is isolated in batches. It doesn't have much air circulation, so to speak, even if you leave it for a year, it looks like freshly beaten millet.

"Haha, it's very good, I can't think of it, there are still some who would rather exchange food for money. ”

Zhang Ye nodded, "The last one is very important, after all, the palace stores grain and is not corrupt. And at home, rats, or not fresh, these are at your own risk. ”

"I see, it seems, paper money is a good thing. ”

Zhang Ye said lightly, "Sort of." ”

The king has his little ninety-nine, so he has more food at his disposal.

Zhang Ye reminded the king, "It's better not to use it privately, go to other countries to exchange something, unless you think you can exchange it back and earn it." Otherwise, there is no point. ”

The king blushed: "I know!" In fact, he had just thought again. However, Zhang Ye said that he didn't want to continue thinking like that.

Zhang Ye said, "Now that the currency is issued, the coins continue to be printed every day." ”

"In that case, will it be exceeded. ”

Zhang Ye said, "Don't worry about exceeding. Money doesn't care how much you exceed or not, but how much you put out. So, don't just release it, at least, not yet. ”

"I see. And the king said he understood.

Zhang Ye nodded slightly, because he didn't know, whether the king really knew or fake. However, I don't know now, but I will know it slowly, there is no doubt about it. Because, if you run the country the way he does, you will see immediate abundance and abundance.