"Ha, that's just a test product I made on a whim, on impulse." Cheng Dalei straightened his robe and picked up the tea cup on the table.
"Why don't you keep doing it?" Axi asked.
"Can't you handle it?"
"Why can't it go on?" Ah Xi.
"Don't you understand this?" Cheng Dalei put down his tea cup: "The banknotes are too advanced and my subordinates don't recognize them at all. We must follow objective laws in everything. Whatever we do, we cannot go against the general trend."
Ah Xi blinked his eyes: "It's not that there's no way. I do have a way, but I don't think it will work."
"Young people, huh... are too naive."
"When I was working as an accountant with someone, I also thought about this matter. Copper coins are inconvenient to carry. It would be great if there was something that could replace copper coins. After much thought, I really thought of a way, but I just didn't have the chance to implement it."
"What can I do?"
"The copper plate is nothing more than a token. In fact, it doesn't matter whether it is copper, iron, gold or silver. The key is to make everyone believe it."
Cheng Dalei had to look at Ah Xi with admiration. It was extremely difficult to see this. There is no shortage of smart people in this world, such as the Ah Xi in front of him. Of course, it is not difficult to see through the truth. The key is how to do it. Go down.
"What exactly should be done?"
Ah Xi explained his plan in a few words. The more Cheng Dalei listened, the brighter his eyes became. The promotion of banknotes has always been his failure. If this matter is not resolved, Cheng Dalei will not be able to swallow his breath.
After listening to Ah Xi's advice, Cheng Dalei immediately called He Shen over and immediately started to implement it. Fortunately, the banknotes could not be pushed down before, so Cheng Dalei took them back. Now those printed banknotes have returned to Cheng Dalei in hand.
Heshen's execution ability is very strong. He came up with a preliminary plan on the same day and started implementing it the next day.
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Zhu Shuang belongs to a family outside Qinchuan Pass. Going back further, his ancestral home is in Yangzhou. His family has been farming for generations. Excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes are getting heavier day by day. In the end, there is less and less land to plant, and all his own fields are sold. , completely became a long-term employee of the landlord's family.
Life was not going well. Because he injured the landlord in a quarrel, he was afraid of being held accountable by the government, so he escaped with his wife and children and begged for a living on the streets. On the way, he heard the news about Qinchuan Pass and came to Qinchuan Pass.
He was given fields and houses here, and tools for farming cattle and farming could also be rented from Qinchuan Pass. He was one of the first people to come to Qinchuan Pass. The five members of his family cultivated more than ten acres of land. Working day and night, and with the good weather in the past two years, the harvest was pretty good.
After autumn, there is a slack period for farming. He can have a good rest and spend the rest of the days without worrying about not having enough to eat in winter or starving to death.
On this day, the village chief sent a letter informing everyone of the news from Qinchuan Pass.
After Zhu Shuang heard this, he went home to discuss it with his wife and children. To put it simply, there is a public granary in Qinchuan Pass, and everyone can store food in Qinchuan Pass. This saves everyone the cost of building a granary and prevents insects from eating it. Rat thief, secondly, there is still an interest rate of four cents per year. If you save one hundred catties, you can get four more catties.
"Should we store food?" Zhu Shuang knocked on his pipe and pot.
He has three sons, all of whom are adults now and are good in the fields. The eldest son said: "If this is a good thing, if we save it, will we not come back?"
"Probably not. If the boss is really greedy for our food, he can just grab it directly, or increase some taxes. There is no need to use this method." Zhu Shuang.
"Is there anyone else who can save it?" Zhu Shuang's wife asked.
"We all went home to discuss it. No one has an idea now. Didn't I come back to discuss it with you about what we should do?"
"Then you go to the city tomorrow and have a look. If there are many people saving, we will save. If no one saves, we won't be in the limelight."
At dawn the next day, Zhu Shuang and his three sons entered Qinchuan Pass. They found that Qinchuan Pass was overcrowded today, with people driving donkeys and carts, and every family was pulling grain.
When we arrived at the granary, we found that it was even more crowded. Someone was in charge of storing grain, weighing it, and transporting it into the granary.
There are some people who mix sand in rice with shoddy goods. The first few were severely beaten, and the others later did not dare to do so.
Heshen is in charge of storing food, and he is very shady.
Someone had already issued a voucher for storing grain. Zhu Shuang also went over to look at it and found that it was green and had a toad printed on it.
"Hey, isn't this something that the boss gave out a long time ago to replace copper coins? Why is it being used as food stamps now?"
Zhu Shuang couldn't help but ask, everyone knew about what Cheng Dalei did back then, and they were even laughed at for a long time.
"Hey, don't you know this? Too many copies of this thing were printed at the beginning, and now they are used as food stamps. One hundred Wen is equal to one hundred catties, and ten Wen is equal to ten catties. You can go to the bank to redeem it.
, with this food stamp, you can go get food at any time, but you must not lose it." As he said this, the man carefully collected the food stamp in his arms: "If you lose it, it is not yours."
"Hey, brother, how much did you exchange?"
"Oh, the total is only five thousand catties. The maximum is five thousand catties. There is an amount limit."
"Are there any restrictions?"
"Of course, the interest of 4% per year. You think this is a good thing because the boss is begging us, and we are begging the boss. Now I can't save more even if I want to."
Ouch, Zhu Shuang suddenly realized that this hesitation almost missed this good thing. He put away his cigarette bag and hurriedly called his three sons home.
"Dad, what are you going to do now? We are not going to take a walk in the city."
"It's a waste of time to go shopping. Hurry up and go home to transport food. If you don't go back, you won't be able to catch up."
Cheng Dalei hid in a room far away, watching this scene with cold eyes.
If you ask people to use banknotes as money, they won't accept it. But as long as you change your thinking, everyone will be in a frenzy to grab it, and it takes almost no effort.
Nowadays, when people trade goods, they mostly use grain in exchange. After a while, they will naturally use food stamps as currency, with little need for Cheng Dalei to push.
What Cheng Dalei couldn't accomplish even after racking his brains was accomplished so easily. If this thing can be accomplished, Ah Xi should be the first to take credit.
Replacing currency with banknotes can save everyone a lot of trouble. Of course, banknotes are still circulating inside Qinchuan Pass, and caravans coming from outside still need to trade gold, silver, rice, etc.
At this time, Ah Xi came over and said, "Master, someone wants to see you."
"Who is it?"
"He came from Liangzhou City and said his surname is Zhong. He is already waiting at the General's Mansion. It is said that he has something important to discuss with you."