Han Du pondered for a moment and said: "Oh, let's divide it into five levels. If you really can't distinguish between five levels, you can even divide it into three levels. In short, you have to select the best paper for me, even if
It doesn’t matter if the quantity is smaller.”
This banknote paper is made of cotton pulp, and the cost is ridiculously higher than the previous banknote paper. The previous banknote paper was just made of mulberry bark, hemp stalks and the like, and was not valuable at all. But cotton pulp
It's different, this is made of cotton.
Therefore, Handu will naturally try to save costs as much as possible.
First of all, the size of the new banknotes can no longer be the same as the previous banknotes. It must be the same size as the banknotes. In the past, the old Zhuyin banknotes were one foot square. When people used them, they had to fold them several times.
Only then can it be folded and put away, and when trading, it must be unfolded step by step so that others can see the whole picture.
Extremely inconvenient.
What is the size of the banknotes? If you spread them out casually, others can look at them carefully. At most, you can fold them from the middle and put them in your bag easily.
The second step is to use paper of different qualities to make new banknotes of different denominations. Although the paper is made through the same process, there are still subtle differences.
Handu is prepared to have the best paper to make large-denomination banknotes, because after all, large-denomination banknotes are definitely used the least frequently, and they don’t need to be issued too much. A small amount of paper can be used. The worst paper
Then use it to print those small-denomination banknotes that are in greatest demand.
Mr. Huang nodded and wrote down Han Du's words one by one.
Seeing that nothing happened, Han Du waved to Mr. Huang to go down and arrange things properly.
The next day, Han Du found Xiong Shi in the banknote lifting department.
"Sir." Xiong Shi greeted Han Du with fists in his hands when he saw him.
Han Du nodded in response and signaled Xiong Shi to go to the Banknote Printing Bureau with him. On the way, Han Du changed the words he said to Mr. Huang yesterday and told Xiong Shi his plan. Finally, he said: "That's the way it is.
, you will be in charge of the Bureau of Printing and Printing from now on. You must be careful to keep the secret of the new banknotes, and never let anyone leak it."
After hearing this, Xiong Shi replied: "There is no problem with holding the office of the Banknote Printing Bureau concurrently, but it's just Mr. Huang's side?"
"Don't worry about this. I told him yesterday that there will be no problems on his side." Han Du waved his hand.
"Then, I will obey your orders."
"Okay." Seeing that Xiong Shi agreed, Han Du patted Xiong Shi on the shoulder a few times and said with a smile: "Then today you and I will go to the Banknote Printing Bureau to see how their ink and printing plates are processed.
How's it going?"
The two came to the Banknote Printing Office.
Han Du announced that Xiong Shi would also be in charge of the Banknote Printing Bureau in the future.
The craftsmen had no objection to this. Their previous Shangguan Cheng Shi was not very kind to them. On the contrary, after Han Du took office, he was kicked off by Cheng Shi as soon as possible, which made the craftsmen feel more relaxed.
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Now that Xiong Shi has come to take care of them, they also know what Xiong Shi's character is. Therefore, the craftsmen have no objection to Han Du's arrangement, and congratulated him in unison: "We will pay homage to Master Xiong."
"Everyone, get up, get up." Xiong Shi stood up and motioned for everyone to get up.
Han Du saw that they had formally greeted each other, and the Xiong Shi matter was settled. Then Han Du asked what he was most concerned about, "Is the ink ready? How is the engraving of the printing plate?
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A craftsman heard this and said, "Sir, the engraving of the printing plate went quite smoothly. Although a lot of tools were used, it is finally almost completed. But the ink..."
When Han Du heard that there was a problem with the ink, he frowned and asked in confusion: "Who are you?"
"Little Hu Xing, I used to follow Mr. Huang and help the craftsmen in charge of the Banknote Printing Bureau." Hu Xing replied quickly.
Han Du nodded when he heard this.
Thinking about it, how could the person who spoke out at this time be an ordinary craftsman? At least he should be someone as prestigious as Mr. Huang among the craftsmen.
Of course, the craftsmanship of craftsmen like Huang Lao and Hu Xing is not comparable to that of ordinary craftsmen. Craftsmen have relied on craftsmanship since ancient times. Only if you have craftsmanship that convinces others, others will listen to you.
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Moreover, Hu Xing is much younger than Mr. Huang. He is obviously a craftsman with very high skills. After all, Mr. Huang is so old, how can other people give Mr. Huang more or less thin noodles?
But for a young person like Hu Xing, if he wants to stand in front of everyone and give orders, his mobile phone must be used to convince everyone.
"What kind of craft do you do?" Han Du continued to ask.
Hu Xing answered in a reasonable manner, "The small one is doing the engraving. The current printing plate is the one doing the engraving."
When it came to engraving printing plates, Han Du recalled it immediately. He had a vague impression of Hu Xing, as if when he asked to use lead plates to engrave, the person he met was Hu Xing.
"So it's you." Han Du suddenly remembered.
Han Du didn't have any bad feelings towards Hu Xing. On the contrary, if he could obey Han Du's order and asked him to use lead plates, he would obey and use lead plates to carve. This kind of obedience to him made Han Du
Du still has some appreciation for Hu Xing.
Unlike some stubborn people who asked him to carve with lead plates, he insisted on using wooden boards. He said that his ancestors had been carving on wooden boards for generations and had never used lead plates.
For this kind of person, Han Du would only sneer and say, "Ge Wu En."
Han Du smiled and patted Hu Xing on the shoulder and said: "Since you said that there is no problem with the engraving of the printing plate, it will be completed soon. I will believe you, but if you can't get out the printing plate by then~"
"Then please take the small one and ask me." Hu Xing's face became solemn and he said decisively.
"Okay." Han Du nodded.
Putting down the printing plate matter first, Han Du asked about the ink, "Is there no progress in the ink?"
Han Du's question made Hu Xing look a bit embarrassed on his face.
After cupping his fists and saluting, Hu Xingcai said apologetically: "To tell you what to say to the adults, none of the kids have ever done ink, so in the process of doing it, they found a lot of problems and didn't know how to do it.
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Han Du nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It was normal to not know how to solve the problem.
In the past, ink was used for printing. As long as the ink is mixed well, it can be printed. But things printed in this way, such as the old treasure banknotes, cannot stick to a little bit of water, even on the hands.
Don't let any sweat get on it, otherwise the ink will become blurry.