For Anno's words, Mingyue naturally had no problem, and they quickly went to see Huo Gang.

"What are you here for?" Huo Gang looked at these people a little strangely, didn't he say that everything was handed over to them?

"The chief is about the question of currency. Datang's currency is both money and silk, if we start large-scale trade with Datang, this currency is a huge problem, and there is a proportion in the middle is a problem, mainly if Datang does not allow our food stamps to be used in their territory, it will be more troublesome. Mingyue said.

When she said this, Mingyue glanced at Huo Gang, and she believed that Huo Gang could understand what she meant.

Huo Gang nodded silently, the financial system in this era can almost be said to be none, but you must not underestimate anyone in this era, the reason is very simple, you want to directly let your currency circulate in Datang, this is impossible.

Although the ancients did not understand what currency wars were, the ancients were not fools, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty nationalized the coinage right, so far, the coinage right has been one of the most important rights of various dynasties, and the same is true of the Tang Dynasty.

Datang stipulates that anyone who dares to mint money privately will be punished with death, and the whole family will be deregistered! In this era, it is not the most terrible thing to kill you, the most terrible thing is to cancel the household registration, if there is no household registration, it is a pariah, a slave status, you can't go anywhere, not to mention, and you can't do anything.

Dahan actually has similar regulations, but Datang, do you say that there is no private coinage? There must be, for example, in remote areas, there are some squires and the like who mint money privately, and it is exactly the same as the official money, and you can't see anything wrong.

And these can only be in remote places, at least in the core areas of Datang, where such a situation cannot occur.

So if you tell Datang to let your money circulate in Datang, Li Shimin and Du Ruhui will immediately become vigilant.

Although Huo Gang has already thought about influencing Datang in various financial ways in the future, it is not possible at present, they are not strong enough to that extent.

"Natsutake." Huo Gang pondered for a moment and asked.

"Chief."

"How many students do they teach now who have completed elementary math courses? Over 13 years old and under 20 years old. Huo Gang asked.

"There are about 500 people, and if it ends this year, it can reach about 1,000 people." Xia Zhu immediately gave a number.

"Very well, in that case, let Peony and Cuckoo come over." Huo Gang thought about it and directly ordered two people.

"Yes!" Xia Zhu quickly turned around and left.

After Xia Zhu left, Huo just raised his head and looked at the three of them and said, "In that case, an important department of our authority can be established. ”

"Chief, what department?" Mingyue immediately asked.

"Dahan Central Bank." Huo Gang opened his mouth and said a few words.

"Dahan Central Bank? What is this for? All three of them were a little stunned, and Anno asked curiously.

"In the future, it will assume the responsibility of all the currency circulation of the Han Dynasty, and it will also have another important role. That is related to the next monetary system of the Han Dynasty. Huo Gang said.

"The Han will not collect any copper coins as currency, we will only collect gold and silver as hard currency. We will implement the gold standard. Huo Gang said, although it is a little early to implement the gold standard now, but since they are cooperating with Datang, especially since they are all in a trade surplus now and are in an absolute advantage in trade, then there is no need to worry about a currency run.

"The gold standard?" Anno Wu Ping: They really haven't heard of it.

"The so-called gold standard means that we will announce to the outside world that our currency, for example, is called Han Yuan, and it will be forcibly pegged to gold, for example, 1 Han Yuan can be exchanged for 1 gram of gold."

"And our central bank is engaged in exchange business, anyone who comes with money can be exchanged for gold! Then the Han Yuan we issued is actually equivalent to gold! In this way, as long as we prevent counterfeiting, it means that we can issue banknotes. ”

"As long as our Han is strong enough, there will be more and more tribes and small countries around us that will gradually recognize our Han Yuan, and when the time comes, Han Yuan will be able to buy anything. And now we have this advantage, everyone needs to come to us to buy things, so if we don't accept other currencies, only gold and silver, we will gather a lot of gold and silver into our bank. ”

"What we're exchanging is just the currency we printed, and of course we have to acknowledge it at all times for the sake of national credibility, but the potential benefits are enormous." Huo Gang said with a smile.

Gold is not too much, because gold is also indispensable for later industrial products, in fact, the gold and silver standard can be implemented in this period, but there is a problem with the gold and silver standard, that is, the ratio between gold and silver must have a reasonable value.

And it can't be changed for a long time, to be precise, it can't be changed casually. In this case, it is not very convenient, so it is better to simply go to the gold standard, and silver can use a floating price, and the Han also collects silver, but the price of silver is subject to change at any time.

"This is the exchange rate I have set." Huo Gang walked to his desk, took out a notebook he had written before, and handed it to them, which was what Huo Gang had written.

Huo Gang was converted according to the future monetary system of the Han Dynasty.

First of all, Dahan will execute yuan, which is divided into two levels of currency, one penny is equal to one penny of Datang, 100 cents = 1 yuan, and 1 gram of gold is equal to 27 yuan.

This price is about the same as the price of Datang pennies exchanged for silver and gold, not that Huo Gang is lazy, but that Datang is one of the largest economies in this era, and their currency can be said to be in a state of natural adjustment, so this ratio is naturally the most suitable.

Therefore, setting it according to this ratio is good for circulation in this era.

Of course, even if the gold standard is implemented, it does not mean that other exchanges will disappear, and other exchanges will not disappear, and will always exist. Because these merchants needed the goods of the Han at the beginning, they could accept the currency of the Han Dynasty, otherwise, Huo Gang just said that money is equal to gold, and no one would believe it at first.

Only when they are told at the beginning that the currency can be exchanged not only for money, but also for fixed goods, will these merchants have no doubts, because for them, as long as they can exchange goods.

As for the gold, no one would have exchanged it at first.

Huo Gang only needs to put forward this concept.

Of course, the most important thing is not this, but the ability to open an account at any time is the most important.

When the time comes, Huo Gang will directly open the money village in Suoyang City in the Tang Dynasty, or in places like Dunhuang.

For example, you are going to buy my goods, but your gold and silver are not easy to transport, right? You can send the gold and silver directly to my money bank in Suoyang City, and I will directly issue you how much money, and you can take the money to Yumen Pass or Yangguan to buy the goods you need directly.

In this way, as long as they come a few more times, these merchants themselves will recognize the status of Han Yuan. As more and more merchants needed Han goods, there would naturally be more and more places influenced by the Han Yuan.

But in this case, the mission of the food stamps has been accomplished.

"This is the currency that Sun Er and they made, you can take a look." Huo Gang took out two more boxes from his drawer and took them out.

One of the boxes was opened, revealing three coins of various sizes, identical to later coins and about the same size as copper coins. But it's much more delicate than copper coins.

Anno took out a coin from it, on which were written 1 cent and two kanji. And this 1 is engraved with a pattern, and next to the one point, there is a shrunken city, and even there are three small Chinese characters on this city.

In addition, on the other side of the coin, there is also the word 1 cent, but on this side there is a long list of six characters written around the edge of the coin, and the central part has a large Chinese character.

The patterns on both sides are extremely delicate, and even those fine lines Anno doesn't know how to engrave them.

The other coins are different in size from this one, and the numbers on them are 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, and 50 cents, a total of six different numbers. The patterns on different denominations are also different, and the only thing that is the same is the words of the Han Central Bank.

These coins were silvery-white and very hard, and Anno felt it, and it seemed to be much harder than copper coins.

In the other box, there was a banknote similar to a food stamp, but as soon as this banknote was taken out, Anno was stunned, because the lines and patterns on this banknote were too fine!

And when he took it in his hand, he found that it was strong, stronger than all his usual papers, and that it had a different pattern on the obverse, like a coin, and above all a human head on it.

Anno recognized it at a glance, and this should be the avatar of their leader. It's just that this painter doesn't know who painted it, it's too similar. In addition, there are words such as Dahan Central Qian Zhuang next to it, and there is also the time of printing below, as well as a strange string of numerical numbers.

In addition to the head, there is also a blurred group of soldiers in the back, and the banner of the Great Han as the background, but these paintings are very small.

To be honest, Anno didn't even know how to draw this thing so finely, even the smallest brush couldn't draw so small!

These papers also have six denominations, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and the largest denomination, 100, which is not only the numbers but also the denominations written in Chinese characters. That's a lot more elaborate than the food stamps they use now...... Or rather, it's not a level at all!

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