Because of Cui Wending's combo boxing, people no longer need to rush to exchange their banknotes for silver.
The common people in the hall looked at me and I looked at you, they seemed to be still hesitating whether to continue exchanging silver.
At the critical moment, Gu Laoer felt that as an old employee of Jin Guogong, he should make some contributions. He cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Since counterfeit banknotes can be exchanged for silver, everyone is still hurrying to exchange them."
What do banknotes do?”
"Listen to my words, Gu Lao Er! Don't rush to exchange money, let's go back to do business!"
Gu Laoer was wearing an ordinary straight jacket, and his speech effect was very different from that of the clerks in bank uniforms. When Gu Laoer, who was also a common man, shouted, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed. Some brave common people sneered,
As if mocking himself or mocking the panicked people, he waved his sleeves and walked out of the bank, deciding not to exchange money.
Gradually, more and more people chose to believe in the value of banknotes. Soon, a quarter of the people left the bank hall and went back to work.
Cui Wending glanced at Gu Laoer with admiration and nodded to Gu Laoer vaguely.
But Cui Wending, an old businessman, still has tricks up his sleeve.
Cui Wending waved his sleeves and said loudly: "Everyone is free to exchange banknotes for silver. What Jinqi Bank should do is to prepare the silver. The president of Jinqi Bank will ask the Duke of Jin for instructions to mobilize enough silver to the third bank.
The third branch is coming! I believe that Jin Guogong will not let the people suffer! Don’t worry, everyone, I am the guarantor as the father-in-law of Jin Guogong. Even if all the people in Tianjin come to this branch to exchange money, the third branch can still hold on!"
After Cui Wending said this, he stood out from the crowd, mounted his horse at the entrance of the bank, and headed towards the Tianjin Acropolis.
The people in the hall looked at each other for a while, and gradually felt relieved. The father-in-law of the Duke of Guo went to the Duke of Guo for money, and the Duke of Guo would definitely support the bank with all his strength. Not to mention that the people of Fanjiazhuang were running on the bank.
People from all over Tianjin would probably be able to withstand the rush.
The common people no longer had the worry of not being able to redeem their money, and were relieved of the value of the banknotes, and left the third branch in groups.
Gu Laoer looked at the people leaving and breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly thought that the storm had not spread. These people had all retreated from the line of fire. When they returned to Fanjiazhuang, they would be sent to the third branch.
What he saw spread out, making more people have confidence in Jin Guogong's banknotes.
Soon, a citizen holding counterfeit banknotes walked into the third branch and asked, "Can counterfeit banknotes be exchanged here?"
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On the evening of the tenth day of November, the generals under Li Zhi gathered in the second hall of Tianjin's Duke's Mansion, anxiously discussing the counterfeit currency crisis in the market.
Li Xing cupped his hands and said: "Brother, this time the counterfeit banknotes are coming in a big way. A large number of counterfeit banknotes appeared in Tianjin and Shandong at the same time, which affected people's confidence in banknotes. Because the third branch of Fanjiazhuang was willing to accept counterfeit banknotes, the people of Fanjiazhuang did not continue to
There was a run on the banks. But in other parts of Tianjin, there were runs on all the banks!”
"A large amount of banknotes have been exchanged for silver. I heard that in some places in southern Tianjin, many shops have refused to accept banknotes because of the large number of counterfeit coins."
Everyone frowned when they heard Li Xing's words. Over the years, banknotes have developed into a common currency under Li Zhi's leadership, which has greatly facilitated people's daily use and prospered the commodity economy. If we return to the era of silver,
, many commodity transactions will return to the old ways of the past, unable to trade due to quality issues.
The bigger problem is a run on the bank. If the bank is bankrupted, Li Zhi's prestige in the territory will be greatly affected.
Li Zhi asked Han Jinxin: "Where did this counterfeit money come from? How many are there?"
Han Jinxin cupped his hands and replied: "My lord, the counterfeit money is pouring in from other provinces. It seems that the planners are very sophisticated and the plan is very strict. And because the counterfeit money is highly simulated, it is often circulated many times before it is discovered.
This makes it difficult for us to detect the source of counterfeit banknotes."
"The amount of counterfeit banknotes is very large. Judging from the situation in Tianjin, I am afraid that at least hundreds of thousands of counterfeit banknotes flow into the territory of the government every day. Today is the first day that the counterfeit money problem was discovered by the banks and the people.
Such a big problem has already occurred, and I’m afraid the situation will be even worse in the future.”
Yue Shande, the general manager of the bank, said anxiously: "My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, but Jinqi Bank has encountered a big problem this time. All the silver in stock in each branch was exchanged in one day. There is not much silver left in the bank vaults everywhere."
Most of our money is lent out as loans, so how can we withstand the people's rush to redeem it?"
Li Zhi took a breath and nodded.
After walking a few steps back and forth in the hall, Li Zhi said: "President Cui Wending of the Fanjiazhuang Third Branch has done a good job. He admitted the practice of counterfeiting and stabilized people's confidence in banknotes."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Li Zhi's father-in-law Cui Wending.
Compared with the two taels less required to exchange counterfeit currency, it is obviously more important to ensure that banknotes and the banking system are not overwhelmed.
Cui Wending, who was sitting at the back of the crowd, laughed when he heard Li Zhi's words. However, Cui Wending was not young, so how could he get carried away because of Li Zhi's compliment? He touched his beard and sat upright without saying anything.
Everyone looked at Cui Wending and felt that this father-in-law was really quite magnanimous, and he might do something great under the command of Lord Jin in the future.
Li Zhi said: "Although counterfeit money is rampant, we can still bear it. I declare that all banks in Tianjin and Shandong will learn from the Fanjiazhuang Third Branch, admit that this time the counterfeit money is enough to confuse real people, and take the initiative to bear the losses of the people. This time in Tianjin
The shortfall caused by the purchase of counterfeit money by Qi Bank will be allocated from the company’s special fiscal funds.”
When Yue Shande, the general manager of Jinqi Bank, heard Li Zhi's words, he was overjoyed and laughed. Since Li Zhi admitted to the fake money, no people would come to the bank to run on money, and the security of the banknote system and the banking system would not be affected.
Li Xing gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, then we have to bear hundreds of thousands of taels of counterfeit money every day. And I estimate that the counterfeit money will become more and more. By then, it will not be enough to absorb all our financial funds."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "So we can't let counterfeit money continue to flow into the collar."
Hong Chengchou took a breath and said: "My lord, the space occupied by counterfeit banknotes is too small, and it is too easy to bring them in. If Tanxiao hides the banknotes in his close-fitting clothes, we cannot let all the merchants and people who come and go do so.
They all took off their clothes and inspected them carefully. Another example is that some people hide banknotes in dark holes in wood and other goods. If we want to control the inflow of counterfeit banknotes, even if we send tens of thousands of soldiers to conduct detailed inspections, we will probably be too busy."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Counsel Hong is right, we can't let merchants and travelers in while holding back the counterfeit money. This time the matter is urgent, we sent 40,000 soldiers to block the roads and close the borders, temporarily cutting off contact with other provinces of Ming Dynasty.
