Since the abolition of the province of the year before last, the words printed on the new banknote have changed from the province of the book to the household department, the common people see the old and new banknotes are different, they can't help but worry that the old banknotes will be invalid, this phenomenon is even more serious, many people are in a hurry to change the new banknotes, even if the old banknotes in their hands are not old, they will be deliberately crumpled to change the new banknotes.

In the case that the imperial court could not produce enough new banknotes, the discount of old banknotes became more and more serious, and at the same time, the phenomenon of reselling old banknotes was also born.

In fact, this is caused by the lack of monetary credit, although the imperial court has ordered that the province of Zhongshu or the household department should be used the same, but because of the excessive issuance of currency in the former yuan, the price of the old currency will be depreciated every time a new currency is issued, so the common people now do not believe in the imperial court's decrees.

Li Wei listened to Laifu explain these things clearly, and his heart couldn't help but move, and a word appeared in his mind, that is, coinage rights!

Now the coinage right of the Ming Dynasty, the paper money is in the Treasure Banknote Lifting Division of the Ministry of Households, and the copper coins are issued in the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, which is issued according to Zhu Yuanzhang's interest, mainly through the issuance of rewards to officials and the expenses of the imperial court.

If he can integrate these and get an institution like a central bank, he will be able to grasp the financial lifeblood of Daming!

For a country, finance is more important than taxation, as long as finance is done well, money can be printed without money, on the contrary, no matter how high the fiscal tax is, it will not be able to fill the hole in finance.

This is an extremely important power!

Li Wei's eyes changed, he wanted to get this power in his hands, as long as he mastered this, whether it was used as a life saver or investment in the future, it was an extremely important help!

"In that case, then you should charge more old money and keep the price lower."

Li Wei commanded meaningfully.

"Yes, sir."

Laifu was slightly stunned, although he didn't understand, but he didn't ask much, anyway, it is also profitable to collect old banknotes for new ones, and it is better to collect more.

After Li Wei finished his order, there was a sneer of disdain on his face, as far as the waste of Xu Hui of the household department is concerned, it is estimated that he does not understand the real reason for the depreciation of the treasure banknote and the people's banknote dumping, as long as he gets more old banknotes to bring down the price of the treasure banknote, he will definitely have no good fruit to eat, and then he will take another shot and take the coinage right and the issuance right to get it!

After giving the order, Li Wei left the Ordnance Bureau again and found Lu Ti.

"I've seen the horse."

Luti said respectfully.

Li Wei frowned slightly, to be honest, he didn't like the title of colt very much, it sounded like an upside-down door.

"Call me Master Li."

"Uh, okay, what do you have to tell Master Li to find the lower official?"

Luti asked respectfully.

After Xu Yong's matter, now he and the two stewards who saw the opportunity early are completely on Li Wei's side, and Li Wei also attaches great importance to them, in addition to promoting Lu Ti to the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, the other two have also been promoted to deputy envoys of various departments.

Li Wei thought for a while, and ordered one after another: "You send people to purchase some cotton and flax, and recruit some craftsmen who know how to make paper, I will use them, and find some craftsmen who are good at carving and painting." ”

It is impossible to make the kind of banknote paper that will be used in later generations, but it is still possible to make a banknote that is stronger than the current treasure money and easy to preserve.

The three main things of banknote printing are acid-free paper and color-changing ink gravure printing.

Acid-free paper is easy to say, as long as cotton is used as a raw material for papermaking, it does not contain lignoic acid, and some flax is added to increase the toughness of the paper.

Color-changing ink is not good, but the ink can, mainly by adding resin as a connecting agent to the pigment, and then rolling some auxiliaries, ethanol solution, and dissolving and mixing them.

The advantage of ink is that it is not like these inks that are now pasted in water, and acid-free paper can keep banknote paper for a long time and is not easy to damage.

As for intaglio engraving, it depends on the craftsmanship of craftsmen, but he thinks it should be no problem, there are so many craftsmen in the Ordnance Bureau, and some of them are still very skilled.

"Okay sir, I'll do it!"

Ruti agreed, and went out to find someone.

Li Wei sat down and groaned.

Now there are a lot of things, but there is no problem with the artillery, it is cast by clay molding, and those craftsmen are very familiar with it, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

In addition to these raw materials, he also had to make the gravure printing machine, which now has no motor or the like, and can only be made manual.

These things of the Ordnance Bureau have been arranged, and they are waiting for the craftsmen to finish making the finished product to open Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. However, he still has to worry more about the affairs of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, this Chamber of Commerce is not only to make money, but also to be of greater use in the future, and there must be no problems.

On the second day, according to Li Wei's instructions, Shen Jing came to the headquarters of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce with dozens of shopkeepers.

"Master Li, this is the shopkeeper Han of the cloth store, and this is the shopkeeper of the grocery store......"

Shen Jing introduced these people to Li Wei one by one, and these people also knew that Li Wei was in a high position, so they all bowed respectfully.

Li Wei responded with a smile, and waited for Shen Jing to finish his introduction before he began to say to them: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official came to you today because he has a good business, and he wants to make a fortune with everyone!" ”

As soon as Li Wei spoke, these shopkeepers showed surprise.

In their eyes, it's good if these officials don't reach out to them to ask for money, and they can still get rich with them?

Li Wei asked softly again: "Recently, there is a chamber of commerce, like our Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, which also distributes goods to various stores, everyone should know about it, right?" ”

"I know, but we have always taken the goods from the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, and please Mingjian!"

"Yes, yes!"

Everyone hurriedly explained that Li Wei was a dignified and upright three-grade boss, and they couldn't afford to offend, for fear that Li Wei would think that they had switched to other chambers of commerce and wanted to settle accounts with them.

Li Wei smiled and continued: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about doing business, everyone is here to make money, so naturally it is advantageous to go wherever it is." ”

Hearing Li Wei say this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"I called everyone here today, just hoping that everyone can buy from that Shen Bin's Chamber of Commerce!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Shopkeeper Han took the lead and asked, "What does Master Li mean by this?" ”

Li Wei said lightly: "Don't worry, just go to him to get the goods, these goods are brought in at a low level, and our Minghuang Chamber of Commerce will buy them at a high price, but how many goods you buy each time depends on my arrangement." ”

Shopkeeper Han and Shopkeeper Wang and others glanced at each other, not knowing what he was going to do, but this time in and out, they made a difference in price, and there was no reason to refuse. And they didn't dare to refuse Li Wei, a big official, and he was a concubine.

"Although Master Li commands, we will obey orders."

"Good!"

Li Wei bowed his head in satisfaction, and then began to arrange for them.

In fact, his approach is also very simple, that is, let these merchants gradually increase the amount of purchases, and then finally Shen Bin believed it, he suddenly bought a large number of goods, and then returned to him, anyway, Shen Bin gave the merchants a large amount of credit in order to grab the market, and they could be refunded if they couldn't sell it.

At that time, he can't sell so many goods in his hand, and this Shen Bin will have to break his muscles and bones even if he is rich.

When the time comes, when he is in a hurry to ship, the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce will take it at a low price, and a whole set of these shopkeepers will also make money, and the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce can also make money, just this Shen Bin will bleed.

The distribution model must control the flow of funds and the amount of distribution, otherwise it is easy to have problems, although this Shen Bin learned to engage in this model with the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, but he is not clear about the risks, just relying on his wealth, he gave these merchants such a large amount of credit, Li Wei will give him a lesson this time, even if he can't defeat him at once, it can make him hurt his muscles and bones, and make him pay the price.

Now the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce is not just starting out, the capital flow in the Chamber of Commerce is very sufficient, enough to play him to death!

(End of chapter)