Since it is an empire's strategy and not the maritime merchants' own behavior, then... for the elite of another empire, they cannot take it lightly no matter what.
Marcus originally thought that if this was just the personal behavior of a maritime merchant, then this matter would be simple... because during his mission to Tang Nanhai, he also learned from the local aboriginal countries, as well as several and
The emperor of the Tang Empire heard some things from the old nobles who had conflicts.
Before the appearance of this banknote, a few old nobles once opened a coin shop in a prosperous city in the Tang Empire to store gold and silver coins and provide customers with a voucher.
Using this voucher, customers could take out their gold and silver coins from the coin shop, so there was some business from the beginning - or rather, there was such a business in the world on the east side of the World Island. However,
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As time went on, the coin shop was said to be running well, and eventually even reached a considerable scale.
The main reason for this is that maritime merchants sometimes need a more convenient way to trade, and directly use the coin shop's credentials to conduct transactions. No matter how you look at it, it is more expensive than the ordinary transactions in the past that directly used gold, silver and coins.
Much more convenient.
And at the same time, it is also much safer, because although paper tickets are too light compared to gold, silver, and copper coins, when it comes to trading, this thing is actually safer than gold and silver, because guarding and hiding the paper,
It is undoubtedly much easier than guarding and hiding gold and silver.
But now...
Before the business of this coin shop could even open a branch, a serious problem arose...forged certificates actually appeared on the market!
These forged vouchers were almost the same as the real vouchers. The old saying from the Tang Empire that the fake vouchers are the real ones was perfect to describe these forged vouchers, and soon these things also caused real trouble, no... it was no longer the cause of the forged vouchers.
The trouble was so simple, but the assets of the entire coin shop were directly looted, which directly caused those old nobles of the Tang Empire to escape almost overnight.
Marcus doesn't care about the fate of these old nobles of the Tang Empire... There are also many such nobles in Rome. After Hannibal came to power, they were purged and all their assets were looted. Now they are all dead.
Scurrying around like flies.
But the thing about the coin shop... In fact, at the beginning, Marcus just listened to it as a piece of news, but now.
Like the Tang people, I have black hair, but blue eyes. As a member of the Roman Empire, I must think about this matter.
Why did the officials of the Tang Empire come out to do the same business in a shop that had been closed down long ago?
Thinking like this, Marcus took out a paper ticket from his arms and looked at it carefully.
This is the "paper money" that recently flowed into Southeast Bay!
This thing is about one palm long, with the symbol "10 Wen" painted on it. It uses the "scientific number" characters that have recently become popular in the Tang Empire, which is very convenient.
But what is more intriguing is the texture of the paper ticket itself. For some reason... Marcus always feels that what he is holding is not a piece of paper, but a strange piece of cloth. And the printed pattern on it is even more strange...
Just looking at it makes one's eyes dizzy.
Marcus tried to gently tear the edge of the paper ticket, and sure enough... it was much tougher than ordinary paper! The thickness also showed this, but the stiff feeling was clearly that of paper - then again
Having said that, if it were made of cotton, it would not be torn apart so easily. Cotton is very strong.
This made Marcus ponder, why... This kind of paper ticket is probably not simple, it must carry some kind of intention. But...
Just like the coin shops of the old nobles of the Tang Empire were destroyed by forged gold and silver storage certificates.
If these paper tickets are some kind of strategy of the Tang Empire, then...there is no doubt that this cannot be cost-free, Marcus is sure of this. But in this case, once these paper tickets are also counterfeited, then...
Then wouldn’t the entire cost of the Tang Empire fall on our hands?
After thinking about it, Marcus finally just shook his head. It was too difficult to observe Tang Empire's thoughts just from the note itself... nothing could be discerned at all.
Of course, there may be some perspectives from which to see the strategic position and value of this paper note, but...since I don't have such a perspective, the direction of what I have to do now is very clear. Without further ado,
Let’s first create trouble for the Emperor of the Tang Empire and see how he reacts!
Thinking of this, Marcus also exhaled and felt a lot more relaxed. There was no clue about the matter, but there was a direction to deal with it. This was also a phased solution in a sense.
However, Aulus on the side couldn't help showing surprise when he heard this, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at Marcus...
"Marcus, did you think of something?"
Aulus didn't understand so many fancy things, but he knew for sure that Marcus ignored his identity and mission as an envoy and sailed the ship to such a far distance this time. He was not here for sightseeing, but to communicate with others.
This paper money has something to do with it.
Marcus shook his head after hearing this, "I didn't think of anything. I still don't understand why the Tang Empire would produce and promote such redundant things. But since he has done so, it can at least show that Tang Empire has placed its trust in this thing.
Imperial Strategic Thought.”
"No matter what the strategic idea is, paper money must be a key means. We just need to destroy it."
"What...what should I do?"
Aulus was a little sluggish, "We only have three ships... and it should be impossible for the fleets of the Southeast Asian countries to compete with the Tang Empire!"
What kind of player was the Tang Empire? Back then, in southern Africa, so far away from the Tang Empire and so close to the Roman grain-producing areas, it could severely inflict heavy losses on the Roman legions, and it is a powerful opponent that is still stationed in Africa today.
Even Rome dare not say that it can deal with a powerful enemy head-on. How can these few unruly people in the southeast corner deal with it?
But upon hearing this, Marcus shook his head, but then nodded again.
"You are right, the naval fleet of Southeast Diao is not enough to compete with the Tang Empire. But... this does not mean that they can do nothing. We can let them try to expel the Tang Empire's banknotes from the country first, and not let them
These banknotes were circulated, and fake paper and pens were printed at the same time, and they went to purchase things in the Tang Empire...Hmph, I want to see what these devil-turned-Orientals are capable of!"
