It will take some time from the Jingshi Decree to Quang Ninh.

What's more, this time, the message is to take off the dive.

As a person from Liaodong, he had dealings with Yang Chengying.

Although he made great contributions when Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, with Chongzhen's suspicion of Yang Chengying, his status was never able to rise.

knew that Chongzhen sent him to supervise the Liaodong Army, but he was very happy.

Instead of living in the shadow of Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, it is better to go to Liaodong to live a leisurely life.

Especially when I heard that Yingniang was also there.

So, Gao Qiqian packed up the proceeds of bribery over the years and happily went to Quang Ninh.

Yang Chengying was still in Quang Ninh at this time.

He hasn't gone to Ningyuan yet, it's not that the reorganization of the Guan Ning army is not important, but there are two more important things.

The first thing, naturally, is the reorganization of the first division.

This elite division of infantry, artillery and cavalry, trained according to modern standards, will take him a lot of energy and time.

The second is even more important.

Open a bank and issue banknotes.

Paper money first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and both the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

The Ming Dynasty called "Daming Pass Treasure Banknote", referred to as Daming Treasure Banknote, with a ticket area of 338x220 mm.

The denomination ranges from 100 wen to consistent, a total of six kinds, which are always equal to 1,000 wen of copper coins or one tael of silver, and one tael of gold in four runs.

The rulers of the Ming Dynasty and the rulers of the Qing Dynasty in history made the same mistake, and to be precise, there are still people who make mistakes even in the twenty-first century.

They thought it was printed casually, and as for inflation or something, it didn't matter!

Many friends are also wondering why Yang Chengying did not start issuing banknotes until the eighth year until this time, when seven full years passed.

This is because there are two prerequisites for the issuance of banknotes.

First, the political power should be stable and strong enough.

Paper money is, after all, credit money, used for trade. Once you lose your credibility and don't recognize it, naturally no one wants to use it.

Second, there must be sufficient reserves.

Ancient emperors all implemented a policy of only entering and exiting, and did not care about reserves or anything.

In fact, you have to have enough reserves to give the people confidence in order for paper money to be pushed.

Daming treasure banknotes, since the creation of Zhu Yuanzhang, have been completely withdrawn from the market in the Hongzhi period.

There were other conditions for the issuance of banknotes, which also prompted Yang Chengying to start preparing for the issuance of banknotes until the second year of Chongzhen.

He invited the old shopkeeper of the money bank from Jiangnan, as well as some craftsmen from Beijing, to make templates and print his own banknotes.

West of Quang Ninh City, Huimin Hall.

This is the place where banknotes are designed and printed.

There are soldiers guarding the outside, and idlers are not allowed to approach.

Yang Chengying, accompanied by the temporary person in charge, Cao Runsheng from Jiangnan, inspected the production workshop.

At this time, movable type printing and block printing were quite mature.

Workers skillfully print pieces of mulberry paper into banknotes.

"Big handsome, the little one has an unknown ......"

Cao Runsheng bent over and accompanied him to be careful.

"You straighten up first, and I'll answer you."

Yang Chengying said while looking at the printed test products.

"Handsome ......" Cao Runsheng smiled awkwardly, "The small one is used to entertaining customers, and it can't be changed for a while." ”

"Hah...... But I'm not your customer. ”

"But you're the villain's owner."

"You know I'm your boss, so do as the boss says, straighten your waist."

"Hey." Cao Runsheng forced himself to straighten his back, very uncomfortable.

Yang Chengying kept looking at him directly, and when he straightened his back, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Just ask." Yang Chengying said with a smile.

"Dashuai, what do you mean by the fillet points on your banknotes?"

Cao Runsheng was talking, his back bent down again, and seeing that Yang Shuai didn't answer, he realized that he quickly straightened up.

Yang Chengying patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, and said with a smile: "The fillet points correspond to two, money, and text." I intend that one hundred yuan is equal to one hundred taels, and one yuan is equal to one tael.

In terms of face value, it is divided into 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 2 yuan, and 1 yuan...... Convenient for market circulation. ”

"Is your money too big, I'm afraid that the people won't be able to exchange it." Cao Runsheng said worriedly.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not the kind of person who just gives out banknotes, I have reserves for that number. ”

Yang Chengying stretched out his right hand and spread his five fingers.

"Five hundred thousand taels?" Cao Runsheng asked.

"Five million taels of silver, and thirty thousand gold bars."

"So much!" Cao Runsheng was a little confused.

"The money is stored in the silver number, and I won't touch it. Make sure the merchant comes to redeem it, you always have the money. ”

Yang Chengying said: "And the money I send is definitely not too much in the strict sense." ”

Cao Runsheng was completely stunned, and he didn't know what to say.

"And I asked you to print these samples, not to send them directly."

Yang Chengying continued: "I asked you to get ready, wait for the envoys of the Li Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom to arrive, and show them it. ”

"Do you still want to send it to the Li Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom?"

This is completely beyond the comprehension of Cao Runsheng, the shopkeeper of the bank.

"Negotiate, but not necessarily right away."

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "Moreover, the silver number does not plan to be located in Quang Ninh, but to move to Port Arthur. When the time comes, I'll find you a new boss and take care of this with all my might. ”

Another principle of the passage of paper money is that it must have the needs of market circulation.

Quang Ninh is nominally the location of the General Military Palace, and the poor jingle rings.

Port Arthur is different, after more than seven years of development, including Port Arthur, the entire Port Arthur District is lined with shops.

There was an endless stream of ships coming and going, and even the chaos in Shandong did not affect the exchanges.

"Oh, oh......" Cao Runsheng was both happy and a little sad, but it made sense when he thought about it carefully.

After all, he is only for the owner's money, and people don't worry about giving him so much money to operate, and it should be.

The two chatted and came to the workshop where the raw materials for banknotes were made.

Workers are barebacked, busy making a kind of paper - mulberry paper.

These workers and raw materials all came from the same area, Yongping Province in the Ming Dynasty.

The history of papermaking in Yongpyeong Mansion can be traced back to the Han Dynasty.

The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, making it suitable for growing mulberry trees.

The mulberry paper produced has a soft and delicate feel, uniform structure, strong tensile force, good water absorption, no decay, no damage, and never change color.

It's just that the price is a bit expensive, handmade paper, and it's normal for the output to be low.

"I know that your family has a deep relationship with treasure money, don't let me down when you make money out of these papers."

Yang Chengying looked at the workers drying on the high shelves and said to Cao Runsheng.

"You can rest assured. The small family is the craftsman of the treasure money lifting division, and he went to Jiangnan because he couldn't get along. ”

Cao Runsheng is very confident in this, "The paper money produced is definitely not ordinary, and those who try to counterfeit it may not be useful if they spend half a day." ”

"Good. After the matter is done, I will ask the court to give you a hereditary. ”

Yang Chengying smiled: "I will give you back money, food, houses and fields." ”