At this point, Xiao Ming's affairs in Tokyo were basically over, but when he was about to leave, something happened again, and this matter, even Ai Qili was a little difficult to do, so he had to find Xiao Ming again.

Looking at the dozen or so pieces of paper in his hand, Xiao Ming was thoughtful, and Ai Qi on the side said: "The one who took this is a businessman from Yizhou, claiming that this is Jiaozi!" It is said that he can exchange cash wherever he goes, and here a piece of paper is a thousand yuan, and he wants to withdraw 15,000 yuan from Yinzhuang, that is, fifteen yuan."

Xiao Ming knew that this "Jiaozi" was actually the paper money of the Song Dynasty, and looked at the dozen or so pieces of paper, using one-color paper instead of the three-color used in modern currency. Seven-colored or even nine-colored paper with patterns of trees, houses, people, etc., and a letter is also stamped, which is a very coarsely printed banknote.

Xiao Ming knew that there was Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty, and Jiaozi was an epoch-making invention in the Song Dynasty, that is, the businessman was difficult to carry money, and the weight of ten guan (10,000 yuan) was fifty kilograms, which was not only inconvenient to carry, but also easy to attract the attention of bandits. As a result, paper money came into being, and Jiaozi was printed by 16 merchants in Yizhou with property as collateral and even insurance.

Xiao Ming only knew that there was Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty, but he didn't know that Jiaozi was in the Song Zhenzong Dazhong auspicious charm four years, and the application in Shu has been very extensive, at that time, the annual issuance of Jiaozi has 1.25 million guan, that is, 1.25 million banknotes, this amount is not small, in the use of each household are set up red and black two-color secret mark, the holder of Jiaozi can be cashed out when using cash, and can also directly use Jiaozi. To exchange the Jiaozi for cash, the interest of 30 wen per piece must be cut. Every year, silkworm rice and wheat are harvested, and the silkworm rice and wheat are printed once or twice.

Later, Jiaozi often failed to cash in due to the bankruptcy of the issuer and other reasons, and the government banned private issuance. In the first year of Tiansheng, the official Sichuan Jiaozi Office established and issued the first official Jiaozi, which had a fixed face value and was stamped with an official seal, and began to be consistent to ten face values, and the first year of Xining was changed to consistent and five hundred texts. When cashing, the trade name should be registered in the book and written off according to the trade name to prevent forgery. If you use cash to exchange Jiaozi, you have to deduct every 30 Wen to enter the official, which is different from the private Jiaozi when you cash in the money with Jiaozi. The official Jiaozi has set up a special Jiaozi to be responsible for printing, distribution and return.

This is almost the prototype of the National Bank, and Xiao Ming's purpose in opening the silver village is to monopolize funds to issue currency in the later period, he wants to be the first private national bank in the Song Dynasty, and now the appearance of Jiaozi directly disrupted his plan, which can't help but make him feel a little in a hurry.

But at this stage, Jiaozi is flawed, Xiao Ming does not believe that with the current officials and big businessmen can understand the two-sided nature of money, the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat, although the emergence of paper money greatly promotes the prosperity of economic and trade, but also can rapidly expand, and then swallow up the existing wealth.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Ming felt that he needed to formulate a long-term plan, not only to destroy the credit base of the currency Jiaozi, but also to destroy the credit bottom line of the government-run Jiaozi affairs.

But Ai Qili was waiting anxiously on the sidelines, and asked Xiao Ming repeatedly, how to deal with the businessman outside who came to redeem the cash with Jiaozi? Xiao Ming asked him to pay first, for now, Jiaozi still has a certain credit foundation, and it is not the time to suppress it, but these Jiaozi tickets in hand are a good template, Xiao Ming immediately thought of a way.

The Jiaozi ticket in his hand is really too simple to print, the degree of anti-counterfeiting is not high, Xiao Ming immediately thought of the way to imitate, large-scale printing Jiaozi needs more advanced printing technology, and Richanglong has been mastering several printing bookstores and bookstores are the best tools.

Through a large number of imitations of the Jiaozi tickets in his hand, Xiao Ming can defeat the sixteen merchants and government-run Jiaozi affairs in Yizhou in an instant, but this timing must be mastered, otherwise it will definitely leave people with a handle, for the progress of his own currency issuance, Xiao Ming also made a plan, first step by step, this time it must not be too big.

Xiao Ming will definitely not be able to formulate this kind of long-term plan alone, he must discuss with Ding Jianpeng, Ding Jianpeng is currently the only person with a high level of education, and he is also the person who can best understand Xiao Ming's thoughts, he must reach a tacit understanding with Ding Jianpeng on these plans.

But judging from the results of several flying kites, Ding Jianpeng doesn't seem to be too interested in Xiao Ming's plan, he is now devoted to the construction of a pharmaceutical factory, according to the current technical conditions, the new generation of chemicals may not be able to be mass-produced, but some Chinese patent medicines have been fully mass-produced, so Ding Jianpeng is very concerned about this matter.

In the absence of a way, Xiao Ming had to call Ai Qili to discuss the plan, but soon the two fell into some difficult problems about economic solutions, and Xiao Ming could not solve them with modern financial knowledge, because the entire Song Dynasty did not have a perfect financial system, Ai Qili couldn't help but sigh, saying that it would be great if Wu Yong could be here.

Xiao Ming also felt that he was right, Wu Yong is an expert in financial management and economics, and he is very familiar with the economic context of the current society.

Xiao Ming had to persuade Ai Qili, don't be in a hurry, things sometimes can't be rushed, slowly think of a way, maybe after a period of time, some problems will be solved suddenly, but at present, you can still contact Wu Yong through Fei Kite, and it is not difficult to ask some questions.

However, for his future gold and silver reserves, Xiao Ming couldn't help but think of the gold mine map Xu Lizhuo gave him, the gold mine has now occupied a dominant position in Xiao Ming's plan, and the small gold mines in Liaodong have been mined by Xiao Ming, and now all the gold mines in the entire Liao Kingdom have become Xiao Ming's goal, but now he has no prospecting talents.

This reminded him of Ye Lihong and Sigdali who dug gold for him in the Altay region, Xixia himself has not been there for a long time, due to his own advance layout, the mineral resources of the entire Xixia Kingdom have been continuously transported to the Great Song Dynasty, and Xiao Ming's local mining has directly turned minerals into silver, and he still has a large amount of wealth in Xixia that has not been touched, but now Xiao Ming did not think of moving these wealth, which is a kind of back savings fund.

However, Yang Qizhong has always been in Western Xia to replace himself in prison, Ye Lihong and Sigda Li will often contact him, should ask Yang Qizhong, Altay's gold mine is his most important gold reserve, so Xiao Ming wrote a letter to Yang Qizhong, using Richanglong's contact station in Xingqing Mansion to send it with a flying kite.

A few days later, Yang Qizhong replied that the Western Xia Kingdom was somewhat normal, Ye Lihong and Sigdali were also loyal to their duties, a large amount of gold had been mined, and now everyone was basically rich, and the two of them basically had to go to Xingqing Mansion for a period of time to purchase, and the situation in Western Xia was also a little turbulent, that is, the Uighur State was relatively large, and it also caused some pressure on Yang Qizhong, but fortunately, Yang Qizhong had soldiers in his hands, and the situation was still calm......

It seems that the situation in Western Xia can be reassured, Xiao Ming remembered Alima and the others, he decided to agree to their request, let them go back to the Western Regions first, but did not terminate the employment contract, he just hoped that this mercenary team could always be by his side, but he couldn't let it go forever, but it was still okay to give them half a year off.

Alima was grateful after getting the news, in order to appease the homesickness of the mercenaries below, he didn't know how many times he invited the brothers to drink out of his own pocket, speaking of which, he was also loyal to Xiao Ming, whether the mercenary group could come back from this holiday all depended on him, Xiao Ming didn't want to be too strict, after all, everyone is just an employment relationship, but relying on feelings to retain people is the king, he gave each of them two hundred taels of silver!

40,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, but for Xiao Ming, it is just a drop in the penny, although he is greedy for money, but he never picks his brothers and subordinates, and he has become a rich man with the money and himself! Besides, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to get the respect and heartfelt hearts of these mercenaries?

Alima left Xiao Ming with Arya and two hundred mercenaries following the caravan in the Western Regions, Xiao Ming also felt that there were fewer people around him, Gu Xiaoliu said: "Why don't you send some tiger guards from the Tiger Guard Camp in Xuzhou to be guards?" ”

Xiao Ming smiled, it is peacetime, in the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about safety, and it is not much worse to have Gu Xiaoliu by his side, but at this time, Ai Qili brought Xiao Ming a letter sent by Wu Yong with a flying kite, something happened in Liaodong!

Xiao Ming's face changed suddenly, Liaodong is his foundation, how can something happen, hurriedly Zhanxin watched, after this look, he couldn't help but gasp.

Wu Yong mentioned in the letter that the Liaodong mutiny, Xiao Tzu Buye was killed, his soldiers mutinied, Shenzhou has broken away from Dongdan, and Tokyo is currently in no danger due to Xiao Ming's guards, but Shenzhou's army was originally composed of soldiers, and it is likely to defect to Dajin State, at that time, the door of Tokyo will inevitably be opened, and Yelu Yungu, who went to quell the rebellion, led the cavalry to advance lightly, defeated Shenzhou and retreated to Tokyo, and at present, Han Shizhong led people to garrison in Dongliang River to prevent the rebels from attacking Tokyo.

Xiao Tzu Buye as the commander of the Liao Army, after being defeated by the Jin soldiers, how can not get rid of the fate of defeat, and now he is killed by the rebels, he is really incompetent, Xiao Ming is very worried about the current form, although the soldiers and horses stationed in Shenzhou are all composed of soldiers, but it is the largest number of troops in Dongdan, and it is not inferior to the Jin soldiers in terms of combat power, if they get the support of the Jin State, they will attack Tokyo in the south, and it will be difficult to stop it with less than 20,000 men and horses defending Tokyo now.

So Xiao Ming must go to Liaodong, this matter can not be delayed in a hurry, Xiao Ming took Gu Xiaoliu Qian Baguang and others immediately set foot on the official road to Xuzhou, the current official road of the Great Song Dynasty has been renovated very smooth, can be used for four-wheeled carriage galloping, because Bing'er insisted on going together, Xiao Ming hired a carriage, Gu Xiaoliu Qian Baguang and others rode to follow.

After arriving in Taiping City, Xiao Ming ordered people to quickly prepare horses and some dry food, they wanted to set off for Jingdong Road immediately, and went straight to Weihai base, but here Xiao Ming unexpectedly met Ding Jianpeng!

Not only that, Ding Jianpeng also brought a person, but this person is Wu Song! Wu Song was going to follow Xiao Ming to Bianjing, but Xiao Ming thought that Su Cai'er and Shen Bei'er had no one around them to protect them, and now Xiao Ming seemed to cherish the second daughter even more, so he left Wu Song to follow him.

Although Wu Song wanted to follow Xiao Ming to Tokyo, he still obeyed Xiao Ming's order, but this time he was brought by Ding Jianpeng, it turned out that a month after Xiao Ming left, Su Caier and Shen Bei'er felt lonely, so they returned to Hangzhou.

Wu Song was caught by Ding Jianpeng because he needed a bold person to do one thing for him, which made Xiao Ming overjoyed, that is, Ding Jianpeng actually made a super large hydrogen balloon! This kind of hot air balloon and hydrogen balloon mixed lift of the big balloon can push the propeller through the power of alcohol combustion, and it can seat five people underneath, and Wu Song actually became the driver!

Wu Song is not only bold, he is actually very talented in manipulating hot air balloons, Xiao Ming thought: "Now I have a means of transportation in Liaodong!" Haha, technology is great! ”