After returning from Ruhui Town, Bai Qishan couldn't wait to run to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, but after running for a long time, he didn't find that department was used to approve strips.

Because there is no precedent before him, that is to say, there is no department in Huaxia that is responsible for this work, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce can only be regarded as a relevant department.

At this time, Bai Qishan was blind, and Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of industry and commerce who heard about it, was also blind.

With no choice, Xu Guangqi had no choice but to ask Li Kang.

"You said there was a college student who wanted to contract the pebbles in the stone river?" This incident made Li Kang interested, the legendary college student entrepreneurship This is, although Li Kang has heard a lot of college students starting a business in his life, but to be honest, he really hasn't encountered it.

"That's right!" Xu Guangqi replied honestly, "It's just that all the minerals, forests, and fields have always been managed and operated by people sent by the shogunate, and there has never been a precedent for private contracting, so His Majesty didn't dare to make a decision." ”

Li Kang nodded, at this stage, all common iron, copper, coal, etc., can be regarded as strategic resources, and the shogunate will not allow private operations at all, and private individuals will consciously not think about it.

But pebbles are different, this thing doesn't matter to military affairs at all, if it weren't for the sudden emergence of a Baiqi Mountain, the bigwigs in Huaxia would subconsciously ignore the resource of pebbles, even Li Kang would not be an exception.

Now, Li Kang has to admire this college student's vision, once something is related to monopoly, he will not make less money.

"This pebble can be contracted out... However, this is a reminder to us, but it is necessary to add a new department..."Li Kang touched his chin and said, "The matter of the new department is not urgent for the time being, and everyone needs to discuss and discuss it together." ”

"The king is wise, but the little white brother is afraid that he will grab his hair in a hurry. Xu Guangqi smiled slightly.

"Why? It's only a matter of a few days!" Li Kang said puzzled, "Is there anyone else who wants to go with him?"

"Definitely!" Xu Guangqi touched his beard and said with a smile, "Didn't you forget, a few days ago, Xu County ordered to apply for Shihe to be included in Yiyin County? ”

"Oh... No wonder this guy is in such a hurry!" Li Kang smiled, "Well, in this way, the new department really can't be built in a short time, so you can take care of it first, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty has no problem, but in order not to cause unnecessary trouble in the future, Your Majesty has the courage to ask the Emperor to grant His Majesty this authority in writing. Xu Guangqi said that he was also afraid that if Bai Qishan became bigger in the future, he would attract people's attention and make a fuss about the procedures, he was not afraid of affecting himself, but that this younger generation he was optimistic about would be overshadowed.

"Yes, after the establishment of the new department, it will also be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and you will be in charge of it in person, and the procedure is reasonable. Xu Guangqi's request, Li Kang greatly satisfied, "Mizhi, you draft the appointment document now, and after I use the seal, you will personally accompany Mr. Xu to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to implement this matter as soon as possible." ”

The reason why he went to the Ministry of the Interior was because according to the system, Li Kang's decree needed to be attached to the name of the prime minister of the cabinet and then filed before it could be officially effective. Now that there is no prime minister in the cabinet, it can only be attached by Guan Zhong, the temporary chief.

"Xie Junshang!" Xu Guangqi thanked him, and then waited for Fang Yizhi to get it right, then he said goodbye to Li Kang and left.

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"Now, here's the contract... Wait, aren't you?" Back at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce building, Xu Guangqi found Bai Qishan and Liu Qingyun, who had been staying here waiting for news, and then took the two to his office, took a few pieces of white paper full of words from the bag entourage, threw them heavily on the table and fell in love, and said to the two with a smile.

The two were overjoyed when they heard this, Bai Qishan hurriedly and respectfully picked up the contract with both hands, said thank you vigorously, and then couldn't wait to look at it, mainly to determine the contract period and the funds that need to be paid.

"Ten years..."Bai Qishan was overjoyed, he originally thought that the shogunate would not agree, but he didn't expect the shogunate to be so atmospheric.

"A thousand dollars a year... It's okay, it's within expectations. Bai Qishan secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't expect that the breath was not finished, and the surprise was still to come, so he couldn't help but increase his voice: "Three years down payment, and then installments?"

"Xu Shangshu, this... Discount... Isn't it a bit big?" Bai Qishan asked, stammering, he couldn't believe that the pie would fall on his head.

"Oh, I can't imagine that classmate Bai is ambitious, since this is the case, then I will change it and fulfill the ambition that you want to pay off at once..."Xu Guangqi quipped.

"Hehe... Isn't that a joke... How can you take it seriously?" Bai Qishan hurriedly hugged the contract in his arms, for fear of being snatched away by Xu Guangqi.

"Show me..." At this time, Liu Qingyun, who had endured for a long time, finally couldn't help it, reached out and snatched the contract from Bai Qishan's arms, and quickly climbed over.

"If it looks like it's okay, just pay the down payment, and then sign it, and the contract is established and has legal effect. After Xu Guangqi waited for Liu Qingyun to finish reading, he leaned back on the chair, crossed his hands on the table, and said with a smile.

"Oh, okay, okay!" Bai Qishan reluctantly took out of his small bag... Of course, it was not three thousand coins, but three silver tickets, each of which was worth 1,000 yuan, carefully placed on Xu Guangqi's desk.

With the increase of population, the expansion of territory, and the continuous rise of trade volume, the highest face value of one yuan in Huaxia has been unable to meet the needs of large-scale commercial transactions, so the silver ticket system came into being.

However, the Chinese silver note was not the same as the old world bank check or paper money, and its circulation was not large, because for the birth of each silver note, a person must have deposited the same amount of money into the bank.

When a person needs a silver ticket, he will deposit an equal amount of cash in the bank in advance, and the bank will issue a bank ticket of different denominations according to the person's needs. And the bank clerk who issued the banknote and the person and the notary public must sign and press their fingerprints on the banknote on the spot, and then they must be stamped with the seal of the president of the bank, so that the bank's ticket has legal effect, and it can be exchanged for the equivalent cash in any bank, that is, Huaxia currency, and the procedure can be described as extremely cumbersome. Otherwise, the silver ticket is a piece of straw paper, and no one picks it up when it is thrown on the ground, similar to the empty silver ticket, there is a lot of inventory in the bank, and it can be used as wallpaper if it is stacked casually.

Once the silver ticket is cashed in the bank, the silver ticket must be torn up on the spot, and at this point, the silver ticket is considered to have completed its mission and died right.

Therefore, due to the backwardness of papermaking and printing, although the quality and beauty of the silver tickets were not very good, the cost of counterfeiting was too great, and the credibility of the silver tickets and the prestige of the shogunate were effectively established.

Xu Guangqi didn't look at the silver ticket on the table, but reluctantly turned his head to the other side and said, "It's troublesome for the Ministry of Finance and the bank..."

Bowing slightly to Xu Guangqi, the two of them stepped forward to pick up the silver ticket and carefully checked it, and after confirming that it was correct, they immediately put the silver ticket back down, then picked up a pen and paper and began to write and draw, and finally opened a certificate and handed it to Xu Guangqi.