Gu Yuanchen was still very effective, and five days later, there were stacks of banknotes with the scent of ink...... Uh, the food stamps, placed in front of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Li Heng and the two magistrates were also invited to watch the ceremony together, only to see that the food stamps were divided into two paper colors.

The blue grain stamps are denominated in one stone, and they are made of porcelain blue paper. The white denomination bucket is made of a piece of paper provided by the Iron Window Sect...... Of course, that person also got bonus points.

The three officials each twisted up a blue grain stamp, which was about three inches long and one inch wide, and its face was pasteled, and wax calendered with it, and the cloud dragon pattern was depicted in mud gold, surrounded by the eye-catching words 'one stone'.

Below the grain stamps, the words 'Printed by the Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, and can be exchanged for the reserve warehouses of Suzhou Prefecture and County'.

Behind it is a cliché such as 'one number per ticket, forgery is strictly prohibited, counterfeiting must be investigated, and damage is exchanged free of charge', and it is also printed with a miniature pattern of the scene outside the gate. It looks like a work of art......

"It's so beautiful." Li Heng sighed in admiration, and pointed to the large blank space at the top of the ticket and said, "Isn't there a lot of white space here?" ”

"Better add something more." Schrödinger and Fei Mi also agreed.

"Bingo!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu snapped his fingers and said, "Then ask the three of you to sign on top." Coupled with the numbering and riding seal, the anti-counterfeiting effect must be first-class! ”

"Yes." The three officials felt quite honored at first, until they heard His Highness say worriedly:

"Oops, but if you reprint it, I'm afraid it's too late. I can only work hard and write by hand. ”

"Isn't it written on every single one?" The three of them were shocked and sweated. There are so many food stamps, that is, only one-third of each person is signed, and they can't be signed today, right?

"Of course." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "It's difficult to forge, not to mention, if the three of you encounter fake food stamps, you can see at a glance that your signature is forged." ”

Saying that, he smiled apologetically: "In this way, the three of you should work harder and sign your name on each food stamp." It's a little more troublesome now, and it will save a lot of trouble in the future. ”

"......" The corners of Li Heng's mouths twitched, yes, they couldn't sign it in three days.

But who would dare to disobey His Highness's will?

Instead of sighing here, let's take advantage of the dawn and get to work quickly!

The three of them resigned themselves to their official hats, rolled up their sleeves, picked up a small pen, and began to brush their signatures on the small food stamps......

Fortunately, the three officials and masters usually don't know everything, so they will sign. The name signed is smooth and unique, and others can't imitate it at all.

In this way, signing, signing, signing, signing, until the time of the palm lamp, His Royal Highness the King of Chu let them go.

"Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness Xie......" The three officials wanted to bow their hands, but they couldn't raise their right arms, so they could only make a comical one-handed salute.

"Come early tomorrow." Zhu Zhen's next sentence almost knocked the three of them to the ground.

At this time, Luo Guanzhong finished counting, and the three of them signed a total of 5,000 food stamps today.

"No, it's too slow." His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally showed mercy and said: "The grain stamps of one bucket denomination should be changed to your private seal." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness......" The three officials knelt down directly with emotion.

If you stamp it, you don't have to do it yourself. Find a group of young and strong young men, and use their unicorn arms to take turns to make 180,000 cards in a day......

However, Li Heng and the three of them couldn't be lazy, because the food stamps with a stone denomination had to be signed by the three of them...... And this blue ticket, but it can be exchanged for a full 120 catties of japonica rice from the reserve warehouse, so it is indeed right to be cautious.

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On the first day of the fifth month of the 10th year of Hongwu, the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau began to pay grain stamps as a deposit to the factories that accepted orders.

Those factories that belonged to the Iron Window faction naturally handed over the food stamps immediately after receiving them, and they still paid the workers with copper coins.

But those who returned to their hometowns, and those factories that were not of any faction, naturally did not keep food stamps...... Although this little piece of paper is quite beautiful, it is not as reassuring as real money!

So when the day goes down to work to receive money, the weavers in these workshops have one more choice...... Either choose a treasure note of 100 wen or two white food stamps.

According to the conversion of grain prices, a grain stamp with a denomination of one bucket is exactly worth 50 wen.

At this time, the weavers had been working for more than ten days, and basically survived the most difficult famine, so many people chose the latter......

Because they're curious - the hottest topic in Suzhou City recently, in addition to the big families suddenly grabbing people with high salaries, is what the 'food stamps' are.

Everyone is curious, they didn't know that this thing would make so many stores flock to it, and even promised to get a discount on food stamps!

Who doesn't want to see what the 'food stamps' that make the old man obsessed with look like? Can you really buy something from the store? Can you really go to the storage warehouse to exchange food?

Driven by curiosity, many workers received two white food stamps and called their friends out into the streets.

The main reason is that I am afraid that I will be beaten out alone......

Liu Erdan is one of them. He followed his co-workers to Xuanmiaoguan Street, clutching the two food stamps in his arms tightly, lest the pickpockets take them out.

The co-workers on the side laughed at him: "I usually pay wages, but I haven't seen you so careful." ”

"Isn't it rare for me?" Liu Erdan's mouth is the accent of an old man in the north.

The worker laughed and said, "I don't know if I can buy something?" ”

"Just look at it." As Liu Erdan spoke, he walked into a delicatessen with a sign of '10% off food stamps'.

The workers also came in. They dare not enter high-end places such as ready-to-wear shops and gold and silver stores, so they dare to enter this kind of store that can be patronized during the New Year's holidays.

"How many little brothers are here to drink some braised goods?" The shopkeeper knew that they were all weavers, so he naturally smiled. 100 wen a day, which is definitely a high income!

Liu Erdan was not very accustomed to the shopkeeper's sudden enthusiasm, and he was cramped and didn't dare to look at him.

"Yes. Come to half a catty into the water, half a mouth. Erdan nodded and said in a broken Wu voice.

The man quickly cut the two things he ordered and wrapped them in lotus leaves. Crisp said: "Twenty Wen, thank you for your patronage!" ”

"Accept this, do you want to accept this?" Erdan worriedly took out two crumpled food stamps from his arms. The workers also held their breath.

"Food stamps? Of course I did. The shopkeeper was more enthusiastic and said with a smile: "And it's a nine-percent discount." ”

"Eighteen texts, thank you for your patronage!" The man changed his tune.

"Okay, great." Erdan hurriedly handed over a grain stamp, and the shopkeeper found him thirty-two copper coins.

Erdan held a copper coin in one hand and a lotus leaf bag in the other, and grinned: "It's really not a lie!" ”

When the workers saw it, they also took out their food stamps one after another and happily bought the braised goods at a 10% discount......

(End of chapter)