Chapter 48: Coins
"Tom tom!"
The piercing sound of gongs immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people.
"Attention ladies and gentlemen!" a young sergeant shouted at the top of his voice as he struck the gong, "The town government has issued the "Order on Distribution According to Work" and the "Order on Monetary Practice!"
"Hey... Ay... Kid of the Li family, don't shout, can you be more careful! Didn't Mr. Qi just say that the imperial court was going to pay us wages, why did you become here... That Rausch... Order?" An old man, who probably knew the young sergeant, grabbed him and asked aloud.
"It's the "Order on Distribution According to Work" and the "Order on Monetary Practice"!" Li and Mu, that is, the young soldier was suddenly dragged by the old man, and he was not angry, but was secretly happy because of the old man's 'cooperation', and didn't see everyone listening attentively, which saved him a lot of trouble. So Li and Mu were smiling and their tone was kind.
"Yes, yes, that's what the "distribution according to work" and the currency... Anyway, these are the two things, can you tell me what this has to do with the payment of wages?" the old man asked anxiously.
"yes, how did you get this money?"
"How much can we take?"
"Is it silver? It should be copper coins!"
Everyone asked a lot of questions, and Li and Mu were not surprised, their guards knew the news before others, but when he first learned the news, he was not more calm than these people.
"Is it true that we are paid? I have never heard of a court that still pays people when they are sent to the court!"
Suddenly, a question was asked, and the field was silent for a few seconds!
That's right, throughout the ages, in all dynasties and generations, the people worked for the government, and they all brought their own dry food.
"This court has posted notices, can there be any fake?" someone said uncertainly.
"That's what Mr. Qi said, we don't know what is written on the notice, and Mr. Qi hasn't explained! Isn't this military master also talking about wages?"
"Do you suspect that Mr. Qi is lying? This is the crime of deception, and Mr. Qi is so bold?"
"Then why does the imperial court pay us?"
"I... How do I know, that's something that the lord and the lords have to think about!"
“......”
"Tom!" Li and Mu slammed the gong angrily and shouted, "Shut up and listen to me!"
Seeing that the military master was angry, the original noisy voice slowly stopped.
Li Youmu nodded with satisfaction and said, "First of all, it's true that I will pay you wages!"
"Really!
"yes, yes......"
"But it doesn't seem like it's useful for us to ask for money?"
"Who said it was useless?" Li and Mu glared at the woman who 'said that money was useless', and continued: "This is the second point I want to say, money is definitely useful. Seeing that everyone was starting to be overjoyed, Li and Mu immediately followed and poured cold water and said, "But... Don't be too happy, since you are paid, there is naturally a place to spend money, that is to say, from today on, except for the 'nine-person room' who does not need money, all other food and use will have to be bought with money. ”
"Coax..."
The crowd is excited!
"How can this work?"
"I can't!"
"Then we don't need any money!"
"Yes, we don't need any money!"
......
"Think beautifully, you want all kinds of good things, and if you don't have a bad idea, you can push it out? How can there be such a cheap thing? This is the decision of the lord and the adults, and it cannot be changed!" Li Youmu shouted in a deep voice with a straight face.
"Then why change it?" someone muttered quietly, but the voice happened to be heard by Li and Mu.
Besides, even if the imperial court is so gracious, there are some villains, lazy people who fish in troubled waters, who are cheating and playing tricks, who don't think about construction, and think about how to be lazy and greedy all day long, but when they reach out to eat and drink, they are more diligent than those who work hard, because they have good physical strength and run faster than honest people who are tired for a day, so they can grab the best part. You say, 'Is this fair to those who are down-to-earth and willing to do it?'
The reason why Dian Wei handed over the work of this preacher to Li and Mu is because this kid has an excellent memory, no, he can say the words that Dian Wei taught them last night in one breath.
[It's really unfair!] The common people think about it carefully, it's true, especially those who are honest, they usually don't think anything about it, anyway, they are well fed and clothed, but now after Li and Mu said this, they suddenly felt that they had suffered a loss from the boss, and they nodded and praised one after another.
It's just that those 'smart people' are suffering, and the chic days are gone and there is no turning back!
As for 'stubborn resistance' and 'resolute resistance'? Are you kidding? They don't have the money to make the lord change his mind.
"Everyone thinks it's unfair, right?" Li Youmu smiled again and said, "So the previous model of distribution according to demand is no longer appropriate, so the town government issued the "Distribution According to Work Order". As for what is distribution according to work? What is distribution according to need? You don't need to understand! What is it? I ?... Of course I ...... What do you care about? You just need to know that you will work more, get more money, do less work, and get less money!"
"Don't you want to be reunited with your family? Don't you want to live with your family? Now the opportunity has come, as long as you save enough money, you can buy a house of your own, as long as you have money, it is the kind of big house that adults live in, even a big house with blue bricks and red tiles. Li and Mu successfully aroused everyone's desire, and then said with a smile: "Moreover, according to the statement in the "Monetary Order", if you can't afford it at one time, you can pay it in installments, as long as you pay 20% first, and the rest of the rain can be divided into ten or twenty years, as long as you pay it off in your lifetime." Of course, there must be a certain amount of interest to be paid, rest assured, the town government is not a rich man, and will not lend usury. ”
"Can you buy land?" said the old man who had just grabbed Li and Mu nervously and wistfully.
Li Youmu said embarrassedly: "This is not good!"
Ay... Li and Mu Neng obviously felt everyone's disappointment, and immediately forced a smile: "You can't plant the land now, the imperial court is building bridges and paving roads, if you all go to farm, who will do these jobs? ”
can only think so, and everyone reluctantly accepts this 'cruel' fact.
"Oh, that's right!" Li Youmu suddenly patted his head, and took out a cloth bag from his arms in annoyance, and then carefully picked it up, took out three coins, one large, one medium and one small, spread them on the palms of his hands, shook them in front of everyone, and said: "Sigh, this is the money system formulated by the town government, how about it, exquisite! Let me tell you, this is not gold, silver, copper or iron, and it will never rust! I heard that it was asked by the lord by performing immortal methods, and others cannot fake it." ”
Everyone was obviously dazzled by the three white flower coins in Li and Mu's hands, only to see that these two coins, the large ones were as big as the size of a thumb finger, the middle one was the size of a middle finger, and the small one was the size of a little thumb finger, all of which were silvery-white, shining in the sunlight.
If people in the twenty-first century see them and pout their lips unremittingly, "Isn't it just a dollar, a dime, and a penny?"
That's right, these three coins are the ones used by the republics on Earth. Originally, after Li Kang discussed with everyone, he was ready to use iron coins, and even the style was designed, the traditional 'Brother Kong Fang', but he didn't expect that he finally cast the model, and finally poured out the first iron coin, and the system unlocked the function of exchanging coins.
The system allows Li Kang to exchange up to five coins, and the style can only be selected from coins issued by the Republic, although the design on them can be slightly modified.
Li Kang, who was too lazy to think about it, directly chose the 'peony' version of the one-yuan coin, the 'chrysanthemum' version of the dime and the one-cent coin. In addition to the change of the name of the country to 'Huaxia' and 'HUAXIA', and the year name to 'Huaxia First Year', the others are directly copied, and even the national emblem is directly applied, because Li Kang decided to use this in the future national emblem, and he is used to it, and the five-star thing is still very popular in China, not to say 'five-star out of the East, good for China'!
With RMB, the iron money that was ugly and easy to imitate was decisively abandoned by Li Kang.
Li Kang is still in love with the old love, the only iron coin - it is conceivable that there will be no more the same paragraph in the future - solemnly put it away, compared to Li Kang, Yang Pingwei and others are called 'liking the new and hating the old' to the end, after seeing my coins in Greater China, their eyes are about to pop out, and they can't put it down, calling 'good money', especially after Li Kang emphasized that it will never rust, it is even more enthusiastic, and he instantly offered his knees and sang conquest on his knees. As for the 'iron piece' that was put away by Li Kang, whoever loves it wants it!