Of course, that doesn't mean that they didn't get any benefits at all. Although their person was just an earl, after all, when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, this person helped Zhu Yuanzhang a lot. Zhu Yuanzhang was not a madman. Without any basis,
This person was convicted based on mere speculation. Moreover, this person played a role in providing advice and suggestions to Zhu Yuanzhang during his campaigns in the north and south. Even in the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to dominate the world, several key turning points relied on this person.
Only by giving advice can we achieve a complete victory.
Therefore, out of habit, Zhu Yuanzhang preferred to follow this person's advice.
It is precisely because of this that these people can naturally take advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's opportunity to follow this person's advice to benefit themselves. The most important one is that before the Bei Yuan was destroyed, Zhu Yuanzhang had to launch successive attacks on the Bei Yuan.
When the opportunity arises, he advises and distributes treasure money.
The idea of issuing treasure banknotes made Zhu Yuanzhang overjoyed. He was so poor that he almost pawned the palace and solved the financial crisis in one fell swoop. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not understand business methods, would not know that he was not the happiest person to distribute treasure banknotes.
It's about the people sitting next to the red sandalwood table today. Just the treasure banknotes have directly doubled the wealth of these people. Although this doubling may not seem like much, but you must know that this is their
Their ancestors had accumulated wealth over hundreds of years, and it only took them six short years to obtain it through treasure banknotes.
"We have been cautious all these years. Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking for us for so many years, but he has found nothing. Looking at the current situation, even if he is given a few more years, he will not be able to threaten us." As he said this, the old man waved his hand.
, shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about this for now, our biggest threat now is this treasure banknote in front of us."
After the old man finished speaking, everyone looked solemn. Needless to say, they all knew the importance of treasure notes.
"Brother Shen, I still need you to work harder. No matter what method you use, no matter how much it costs, you must make this treasure banknote." At this point, the old man raised his head and added confidently and arrogantly, "I believe that he will
Whatever Zhu Yuanzhang can make, we can definitely make."
The old man has the confidence to be so confident. He has experienced the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty, and even though the Ming Dynasty was re-established, there are countless masters who have withered during this period, and countless skills have been lost. And the people under their hands are countless.
The inheritance is in their protective nature, not a single bit has been lost, it has been completely preserved by them.
It can be said that even the Ming Dynasty was inferior to them in terms of various skills.
After the old man finished speaking, he turned to look at Mr. Shen.
Even though Mr. Shen has a carefree personality, he nodded seriously at this time and agreed, "Old man, I will go all out and try to see if I can make paper out of cotton when I get back. But I still can't relax about the news.
, every time we get some information about the production of treasure banknotes, we can make many detours."
Seeing Mr. Shen giving face like this, the leader of the old man also had a smile on his face and nodded towards Mr. Shen, "Of course." After saying that, he turned to Jingzhai and said: "Jingzhai, you heard me, now your mission is critical.
The key is whether the treasure banknotes can be made and whether they can be made as soon as possible. Now it depends on you. No matter what method you use, whether it is threats or bribes, I will fully support you. Don't be afraid of spending money.
, everyone in the Baobao Lifting Department who has access to the production of Baobao, you should go all out to bribe them, even if you spend money, you must tell me the secret of Baobao making."
After hearing the old man's instructions, Jingzhai did not simply nod in agreement like Mr. Shen did. Instead, he felt embarrassed. He paused, clasped his fists and explained: "I'm not trying to shirk it, but this Han Du is actually extremely cunning.
Before we wanted to contact those craftsmen, he concentrated on protecting them, and also sent Shanzi battalions to station near the banknote bureau, patrolling day and night. Our people went to see them, and the reply they got was,
The commander of the Shanzi Camp is a capable person. With their current patrol formation, it is simply impossible to enter the banknote bureau without being noticed..."
The more Jingzhai explained, the more dissatisfied the old man became. He even suddenly interrupted with a wave of his hand, Jingzhai picked up the banknote and showed it to everyone, "This is not just a banknote, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's sword.
We have it on our necks. This is a matter of life and death. Once such treasure banknotes came out, I won’t say much about how popular they were. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang printed a large number of such treasure banknotes, he would be able to replace the folk treasure banknotes in less than a year.
, replace them all. When the old treasure banknotes become less and less, will our treasure banknotes still dare to be circulated among the people? Although we still have a large number of treasure banknotes in our hands, in less than a year, those treasure banknotes will be
The precious money will become worthless."
Although what the old man said was serious, he was also telling the truth.
When everyone heard this, it was like a wake-up call, shattering all the luck in their hearts. This time it was no joke, it was a real life and death crisis.
The old man at the head cupped his hands and said solemnly: "I hope that everyone can work together to overcome this difficulty!"
"yes......"
The responses from everyone were impassioned and sincere, as if with their concerted efforts, nothing could stop them.
However, the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny.
More than ten days later, the first blow came to them.
"Brother Shen, what are you saying? Cotton can't be made into paper?" The leader, the old man, and Mr. Shen and others were standing next to a pool.
The leader, the old man, and others were notified by Mr. Shen. When they arrived, they were informed that cotton could not be made into paper. Everyone's expressions were not very good. They thought that making such treasure banknotes would not be easy, but they never thought that it would be possible.
They will get off to a bad start, and they will be stumped in the first step of making paper.
Mr. Shen's carefree temperament disappeared now, and instead he looked sad and tired. After the hard work in the past few days, he didn't care about it. He slowly sat on the ground in front of a few people and let out a long sigh of frustration.
Mr. Shen pointed to the pool in front of him and said: "The old man originally thought that the paper made from cotton should be similar to the paper made from mulberry bark. They are both retting. But he didn't expect that the cotton and mulberry bark were completely different things. The old man followed the same process as before.
If you do it in the same way, the result is either a pool of smelly water like this, or the cotton in the water is still the same, and it is impossible to use it to make paper."