"His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Xiao Hou."

As soon as Zhu Biao and Xiao Han got off the carriage, Anren, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, hurriedly came out to greet them and bowed.

"Shan Shangshu, no need to be polite."

Zhu Biao showed a gentle smile, and then he stepped forward and held Shan Anrendao.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Shan Anren got up at this time, looked at Zhu Biao and said.

"Shan Shangshu, those templates, I don't know how to build?"

Xiao Han took the robe from the guard's hand and draped it on Zhu Biao's body, then turned to look at Shan Anren and asked softly.

"Master Hou rest assured, although it is a little complicated, it is nothing to the Ministry of Industry."

"It's done."

Shan Anren hurriedly looked at Xiao Han and said.

When talking about state affairs, it is necessary to treat each other with courtesy, not in private, after all, business matters.

"How many craftsmen were used?"

Xiao Han looked at Shan Anren again and asked.

"The Gongyi brothers, plus seven skilled craftsmen, only to build it."

Shan Anren didn't hide it, just looked at Xiao Han and replied.

"This matter is very important, and there must be no omission, so the list of craftsmen who built the module must be determined and cannot be leaked."

"Otherwise, the whole ministry will inevitably be guilty of death."

Xiao Han nodded again, looked at Shan Anren and asked: "Therefore, Shan Shangshu must be sure, otherwise, if there is an incident in the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will ask for the guilt, but it must be subject to the laws of the imperial court." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Biao also nodded and said: "This is inevitable, it is a matter of national body, and it must not be sloppy." ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Please rest assured."

"Regarding this point, Lao Chen has long considered it, in order to put an end to the imitation of this incident, the craftsmen used by Lao Chen are all part of their own creation, and the rest is handed over to the Gongyi brothers."

"As for the brothers, the old minister guarantees with his life that there will be no accident, please rest assured that His Royal Highness and the Hou Ye will not happen."

Shan Anren swore and looked at Xiao Han and Zhu Biao and said.

The template created by the Ministry of Industry is the template of the new currency of the Ming Dynasty, which is related to the future economic system of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

Moreover, if it is an ordinary template, Xiao Han will come to the Ministry of Engineering in person?

"Shan Shangshu does things, and he is lonely."

Immediately, Zhu Biao nodded, and he stepped into the Ministry of Industry with Xiao Han and many officials of the Ministry of Industry.

After a while, Lu Youwei, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, held a tray, bowed over and said, "Please take a look at His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Hmm."

Li Heng, who was beside Zhu Biao, took the tray, Zhu Biao nodded, and then waved his hand again: "Except for Shan Anren, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Youwei, the left attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and the rest of the officials, guards, step down." ”

"Yes."

"Wechen retires!"

The officials of the Ministry of Industry naturally did not dare to stay, and then they bowed down and withdrew from the lobby of the Ministry of Industry and waited in the side room.

"It's a cumbersome pattern, but it's really exquisite, and it's not easy to reproduce it."

After all the officials retreated, Zhu Biao unveiled the red cloth, looked at the currency template in the tray, and suddenly exclaimed.

The patterns in this, as Xiao Han said, are interlocking and interlocking, but they do not lose their beauty, and it is not easy to reproduce them, unless they are proficient in the art of craftsmen.

"Well, according to the design of this template, as long as you are not a craftsman who creates this template by hand, you will never be able to reproduce it one by one, and according to the pattern of the new currency, the gap between the template created is still very large, and the people can also use it to distinguish the authenticity."

Xiao Han nodded lightly, a flash of emotion flashed in his eyes, for the template of this new currency, which can perfectly fit the Ming Dynasty at this time, he really put in all his efforts, and whether it is from the design pattern or the anti-counterfeiting seal, he did it himself.

But according to the current technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to directly distinguish the authenticity, after all, no matter how fast the Ming Dynasty develops, but if you want to have that kind of technology, you have to wait at least a hundred years before it can be realized.

But the current Ming can't afford to wait, so Xiao Han can only keep everything simple, starting from the chain buckle of the pattern, plus the chain anti-counterfeiting seal he designed, which can probably put an end to more than ninety percent of the counterfeit coins.

As for the rest of the one, there is no absolute thing in this world, you can only take one step at a time, and don't say anything too much, so as not to cause trouble for yourself.

"I understand what you mean, market supervision and monetary supervision are imperative."

Zhu Biao's eyes flashed with a cold glint.

"Shan Shangshu, you command, be sure to create 3,000 sets of currency templates in the spring of next year, and you have to supervise the whole process, each set of templates must be marked, and for these craftsmen, unified management, there can be no slack."

Xiao Han turned around again, looked at Shan Anren, and said solemnly.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured."

"Lao Chen guarantees with his life, and he will definitely create 3,000 sets of currency templates in the spring of next year."

Shan Anren thought for a moment, then looked at Xiao Han and Zhu Biao.

"Well, hard work."

Zhu Biao nodded, and then said: "The imperial court naturally can't treat meritorious officials badly, and when they finish building all the currency templates, they will personally ask for credit for them." ”

"The old minister thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of these craftsmen."

Shan Anren bowed slightly.

"Hmm."

Zhu Biao nodded slightly, then glanced at Xiao Han and said, "Then let's go, shall we?" ”

"Hmm."

Xiao Han nodded, then got up, looked at Shan Anren and said: "Regarding the matter of the currency template, please pay more attention to Shan Shangshu, as for the Marquis and His Royal Highness the Prince, there is still something to do, so I won't bother." ”

"The old minister sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Hou Ye."

Shan Anren nodded lightly, and then hurriedly said again.

"No need to send it."

"There aren't that many rules."

Zhu Biao shook his head slightly, and then, he waved his hand to Li Heng again, signaled Li Heng to put away the tray, and stepped out of the lobby of the Ministry of Industry directly.

"Farewell."

Xiao Han looked at Shan Anren again, bowed his hand slightly, and then stepped out of the lobby.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walks slowly."

Shan Anren came to the door of the lobby, looked at Zhu Biao's back, and bowed slightly.

"Now let's try printing?"

As soon as he returned to the carriage, Zhu Biao couldn't wait to look at Xiao Han and said, "This matter can finally come to an end, with these templates, the most difficult step will be solved." ”

"Well, to reform the currency trading system, there is only the initial template, which is the most difficult to formulate, after all, it is necessary to prevent counterfeiting,"

"But since the template has come out, then there is no hurry for the time being, when it will be printed, it is impossible to avoid the old man, so tomorrow, you and I will go to Kunning Palace, ask the old man to go over, and then print the new currency of the Ming Dynasty."

Xiao Han thought for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"Well, I really should inform the old man."

Zhu Biao patted his head lightly, and smiled helplessly: "Forget it, I am the prison country, and the old man is the emperor, this kind of major event must be seen by the old man himself." ”

"Well, there is also our current yamen, which has been set up, and the statistics have been made on the grain stocks in the corresponding Tianfu jurisdiction, and the statistics should be able to come out in two days at most, so how much new currency should be issued?"

"It's really time to finalize."

Xiao Han sat in the carriage, looked at Zhu Biao again and said: "Since the face value of the currency has been finalized, how much currency should be issued, and how much should it be summarized?" ”

Suddenly, Zhu Biao pondered, after all, this is related to the economic recovery of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao can't help but care, but a layman is always a layman, relying on the theoretical knowledge instilled by Xiao Han, it is not enough at all.

Then, Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "As for the reform of the currency trading system, you are better than me, and I dare not make up my mind without authorization, so these things must be headed by you, and I am responsible for handling things and clearing obstacles." ”

"Well, what is the price of grain in the market of Yingtianfu now?"

Xiao Han glanced at Zhu Biao helplessly, and then spoke.

Sure enough, even if a lot of theoretical knowledge is instilled, with the inherent thinking of the ancients, they still can't understand it, and even if it's Zhu Biao, they can't fully digest it.

Of course, it may be that the old Zhu family does not have this talent.

"About a thousand yuan, that is, one tael of silver, one stone of grain, after all, the troubled times have just ended, and the price of grain has always been high."

Zhu Biao didn't think about it, and said directly.

"Then according to this grain price, a new currency will be issued."

Xiao Han nodded slightly.

"Hmm"

"What do you mean, didn't you say that a currency was equal to one penny before, why is it now equal to one tael?"

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned, and said in a daze.

And if it is a tael of silver and a currency, how can it be used to the fullest, and how can it be used by the people?

"Of course not, first of all, we have to build a grain depot in Yingtianfu and collect all the grain in Yingtianfu, and the total value of these grains is the total amount of new currency we want to issue."

"Moreover, the imperial court must buy all the grain according to the price of the people, as for the face value of the new currency, it is still the same, ten pieces are equal to one tael of silver, and it can be exchanged for one stone of grain in the Yingtianfu grain depot, as a guarantee for the credibility of the new currency."

"As for free trading, official trading, that is the people's own business, anyway, the guarantee given by the imperial court is that in the official trading market, the price is absolutely transparent, and the price in the market will not change."

"And in the later stage, when the national strength is strong and the grain is abundant, you can re-price the grain, as for whether to lose money or not, the investment in the early stage must be inevitable, but the return in the later stage is definitely a huge return."

Xiao Han looked at Zhu Biao and explained.

After all, at this time, the Ming Dynasty lacked gold and silver, and if it wanted to recover, it had to be stuffy internally and engage in its own market, rather than large-scale foreign trade.

Moreover, gold and silver, which are common to all countries, are too strong in external attributes, which can easily lead to the impact of external forces on the economic market of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xiao Han did so much in the hope of establishing a grain-based monetary system, focusing on internal production, so that the Ming Dynasty could quickly recover.

At the same time, accumulate original capital, and when the Ming Dynasty is strong, it can open foreign trade.

"Big brother, while collecting the old currency from the past, and at the same time taking back the people's food, won't the people starve to death?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback, and even more glared, looking at Xiao Handao incredulously.

"Dude, you should use this brain, you can't just keep it at home, otherwise it will break."

Xiao Han suddenly rolled his eyes.

"We take back the grain, just put it in my Ming court's grain warehouse, and it's not that we don't put it on the market, but we can also help the people solve problems such as mold caused by improper storage of grain, otherwise, why did I let you set up my Daming market supervision department?"

Xiao Han said angrily again.

He really didn't expect that Zhu Biao would be able to get stuck at this point?

But in fact, this can't be blamed on Zhu Biao, after all, the concept of "standard" is a bit too advanced for Zhu Biao, the ancients.

Even if Zhu Biao, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, can't understand it for a while, and his brain can't turn around, it is normal.

"Wait! Wait a minute! ”

"Let Lone take a break."

"No, no, no."

"There is a problem with your approach, if we collect the grain and put it in the market, those people do not have enough confidence in my Daming, and directly buy the grain back at the original price, won't we be busy in vain?"

Zhu Biao patted his head, slowed down for a while, and then figured out what was wrong, so he looked at Xiao Han and asked.

That's right, he is Zhu Biao, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, although it is said that there is no Xiao Han, this little Mr. Huaixi is wise and close to demons, but he is also a smart group, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

"So."

"You went to such great lengths to even set up a special market supervision yamen just to investigate the information?"

"You use your brain, how long can the people eat the food of Tianfu, and even the food of the world?"

Xiao Han's eyelids jumped slightly, and he looked at Zhu Biao with an expression that you didn't say clearly, quite a sense of powerlessness like a breeder and a duck.

"In other places, this year's grain harvest is not good, and even, in some places, there is no harvest, after all, it is a year of catastrophe, it is good to be able to eat with a stomach, and Ying Tianfu is not bad, at least it can carry a bumper harvest next year."

Zhu Biao sighed softly again, it's not that Daming doesn't work hard, and it's not that Daming doesn't want the people to live a good life, it's just that this natural and man-made disaster is really difficult to resist.

"So, why are we allowing them all to come back?"

"After all, you also know that in the year of the catastrophe, it is difficult to say whether the people's food can survive this winter, and then in the spring of next year, the imperial court will inevitably solve this problem, so we must not only collect the grain of the people of Yingtianfu, but also the grain of the rich families."

"Next, we have to limit the release of the new currency, calculate the food consumption of a family, and limit the amount of food that the people can exchange for the new currency every month to this amount, including the rich families, of course, the rich families, the big business, must be accurately calculated."

"Therefore, with the grain of the wealthy families, the people of Yingtianfu want to last until next year's grain harvest, it is not difficult at all, and there is a new currency that cannot be exchanged for food, which can naturally circulate into the market."

Xiao Han spread his hands slightly, and looked at Zhu Biao again to explain.

For the Ming Dynasty at this stage, there is no large-scale foreign trade, and the new monetary system of the Ming Dynasty is supported by the grain standard.

Of course, if you really encounter natural disasters for many years, and there is no harvest at all, no matter what your position, should the market collapse or collapse, and the people have to rebel or rebel?

After all, food will not be generated out of thin air, nor will it disappear directly because it is placed in the granary by the imperial court.

"Feasible."

Zhu Biao nodded heavily.

"Well, you have to figure out a little bit, why do we issue new currency, it is because the gold and silver in the Daming Treasury are not enough to support the use."

Xiao Han also nodded.

This is a fact, the current daimyo is no exaggeration to say, that is, leaking everywhere, tearing down the east wall every day to make up the west wall, and in the Hongwu Dynasty, it was notoriously poor, and this is not only the people are poor, even the officials are also poor, otherwise, there would not be so many corrupt and bribe-taking officials.

"Do you remember, then, I told you that printing more new currency when we don't have enough silver is tantamount to robbing the people?"

Xiao Han continued to look at Zhu Biao's soul torture and asked.

"Of course I do."

"But even if I am poor and starving, I must not do the same thing as the tyrant Yuan, who looted the people's fat and ointment."

Zhu Biao said resolutely.

The Ming Dynasty shared the world with the people, so how could the people be robbed with the new currency?

"Isn't this enough, while recovering gold and silver, it is for follow-up foreign trade, and it is for the reserve gold and silver of my Ming Dynasty."

"But we only use this to issue money, and after the over-issuance, we can grow gold from the ground, or we can grow silver to fill this hole, right?"

"But the grain can, even if it is overdistributed occasionally, it can be supplemented with the harvest later, which is one of the advantages."

"Moreover, the food of the world is all in the imperial court, mainly those families of scholars and doctors, wealthy gentry and wealthy merchants, they want to do the smell of wine and meat in the Zhumen, and there are frozen bones on the road, arrogant and lascivious, what do you think will happen?"

The corners of Xiao Han's mouth raised slightly, this trick is called the equality of all beings, there is only so much food for you, there is no room for waste at all.

"It can't be done at all!"

Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly lit up, this two-pronged approach, first, is the accumulation of primitive capital as Xiao Han said, and second, the world's grain is in the imperial court.

Besides, he, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, is coarse tea and light rice every day, so why can those wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen have chicken, duck, fish, and delicacies from the mountains and seas every day?

"Of course, there's an added benefit."

The corners of Xiao Han's mouth raised slightly, and he looked at Zhu Biao and said: "The grain in the world is in the imperial court, if we guard the grain depots in various places with heavy troops, His Royal Highness the Prince, you said that someone wants to rebel at this time, what will happen?" ”

"Hahahaha!"

"I see, I see!"

"Holding the world's food, if someone dares to rebel, then they can only go to the hands of the people to snatch the food, in this way, the people's hearts are lost, and as long as I do not make mistakes in the operation of the Ming Dynasty, it is as stable as Mount Tai, this is a long-term solution!"

Zhu Biao suddenly realized in an instant, and even laughed out loud, and then his city couldn't help but reveal ecstasy and shock!

"This is a two-pronged approach, the Ming Dynasty must accumulate original capital, gold and silver will always be the hard currency of foreign trade, but in the domestic market, we must focus on grain, win the hearts of the people, and crack down on the gentry and wealthy businessmen."

Xiao Han clenched his fist lightly and said with a smile.

Continue to ask for recommendation tickets, monthly passes, brothers, give me something, thank you, and the matter of adding a group, brothers, quickly join the group, let's talk about it together, the author is really playing with his life!

(End of chapter)