In the north of Youzhou City, there is a fortress with strict guardings. Except for those who hold Zhao Xun's order, the rest of them cannot be approached.
This is the territory of the craftsman. There are soldiers guarding the heavy infantry capital in the personal guards around them, and there are also guards left behind in the internal guards, and the surrounding area is the garrison of the heavy armored cavalry capital.
The reason why this place is so important is that it is the production site of gunpowder, and it is also where Zhao Xun is preparing to make coins.
When Zhao Xun arrived here, the heads of the Coin Crushing Department, the Finance Department, and the Huitong Money House were already waiting here. Because today the craftsmen of the Coin Crushing Department had already made samples, which was also the coins that were passed by the Xiaoguo Army in the future.
The coins are not complicated here, they are just to make transaction currencies such as gold, silver and copper into unified coins.
"Greetings to the lord!" Seeing Zhao Xun arrive, all the officials bowed in unison.
"No need to be polite! Have you made all the things?" Zhao Xun asked. He wanted to come to the Hajj before the New Year, so he naturally hoped that the coin would be completed before he entered the North Korea.
"Return to the lord, it's done, this is the sample!" said the chief craftsman of the Coin Department respectfully.
Zhao Xun took four coins made of gold, silver and copper. The four coins were one gold and silver each, and one copper coins were one large and one small. The small copper coins were round on the outside and square on the inside, the same as the copper coins circulating on the world, but their eyes were shining.
Shaoliang. There should be other metals doped inside. The other three are round solid coins.
The front of the small copper coin is the four big characters of Dayan copper coin, and the back is the four characters of Huitong Tianxia. Other coins are similar. Zhao Xun did not think of printing his head on it. In fact, he wanted to print the dragon, but he did not.
Zhao Xun, who was a little taboo when the emperor's instructions, did not want to cause trouble, gave up this idea.
Because some illegal merchants dissolved the copper coins and cast them into copperware for profit, or used official coins to mint them privately for their profits. Therefore, Zhao Xun asked the craftsmen of the Coin Cricketing Department to change the ratio of copper and lead in the copper coins.
Of course, not only copper coins of large and small, but also gold and silver coins were mixed with other metals. You should know that in modern times, Europeans used a large number of silver coins of insufficient quality to exchange for Chinese silver, one with a silver content of more than seven cents.
Silver coins can be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver in China, which causes a large amount of silver in China to be lost. All of these gave Zhao a reminder that minting currency is also a great profit point.
All currencies have tooth patterns around them, and there is a thin mark around the characters and inside the edges. Overall, they look very beautiful. Under the four characters of Huitong Money Village, there are also a few small characters cast by Xiaoguojun.
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These coins are stamped from a water pressure forging machine, and are fast-made. After strong forging, the coins are very dense. If others want to rebuild, it will definitely cost several times the price and no profit.
"These gold and silver coins are all relative to one or two gold and silver!" Zhao Xun said with a smile, holding the exquisite gold and silver coins in his hand.
"If you go back to the lord, it is true. This big copper coin is equal to ten small copper coins, and a silver coin is equal to hundreds of large copper coins. Because it is doped with other metals, in comparison, it is only 80% to 90% of them.
If the value is exchanged, we will gain a lot of benefits." The head of the coin department said with emotion. The idea of minting was the one that the young lord thought of, especially the coins made by the water pressure and the coins
It is not easy to wear and tear, but also beautiful. If it is circulated, it will definitely become the circulating currency in the world.
You should know that when making copper coins, silver coins and gold coins, you usually need to add ores such as tin, lead, zinc to increase hardness and toughness. For example, a whole silver coins can be made of nine cents of silver and one cent of tin, lead or
Zinc additives, and the minted silver coins still wait for one or two silver taels. But in fact, they can save a penny of silver.
"Immediately minted the gold and silver coins we dug out. In addition, a notice was issued to Youzhou and northern Jibei, and all local officials and soldiers will be replaced by gold and silver coins."
"Okay! Big seconds! In this way, our coins will begin to be fully circulated, and the government will start to use them, so the people will naturally not refuse. If the army uses them, what else are the merchants worried about?"
"The most important thing is that Huitong Money Bank should give the other party an exchange, so that the other party does not need to worry about anything. I think our coins will be able to circulate the world soon and reach the real Huitong world." Zhao Xun said with a smile.
The officials of the Coin Department even proposed to sign Zhao Xun's name on gold and silver coins, because this is different from the copper coins of the court. He is a new type of coin and does not belong to the court's laws and regulations, and the court should have nothing to say.
Zhao Xun quickly stopped it. This kind of thing was too exaggerated. If you sign your own name on the coins, you will really become a villain.
You know, Zhao Xun confiscated a lot of gold, silver and bronze ware from the Marine landlords and nobles in the East Three Prefectures. These things were useless and were just enough to be cast into coins. In addition, he could also go to Yizhou to exchange for a large number of them.
The gold and silver of the South China Sea countries also use this exquisite coins to exchange for equivalent or more gold and silver. This is also a means of trading, and everyone has a love for beauty. For this exquisite thing, Zhao Xun
I'm not afraid of not being able to change it.
Even if you replace the money from Youzhou, you can still exchange it for millions or millions. This kind of transaction must be done no matter how you say it. Although it is illegal to mint coins in private, there are many illegal things in Youzhou.
Besides, there are private coins in every state now.
Moreover, once this kind of currency is circulated, its reputation will be truly spread throughout the world, and Huitong Money Bank will become the lowest money bank organization.
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Xia Mingli was a silk merchant. He often transported silk from the south to the north, and transported it to the three eastern prefectures to trade with the Marines. Instead, he transported the fur from the north back and sold it to the Central Plains states.
Yesterday, the fur he transported from the north was bought directly from Youzhou City. The transaction was directly exchanged for general money tickets from Huitong Money House. Early this morning, I came to exchange silver.
"Brother, exchange me a thousand taels of cash, and the rest is stored in my name." Xia Mingli took out the money ticket and his household registration, handed it to the teller at the counter.
"Okay, well...Boss Xia, does this thousand cash silver cost silver, or silver coins, gold coins?" After the teller deposited the money, he handed over the account book to Xia Mingli, signed the name and said again.
"Silver coins, gold coins? What's the matter?" Xia Mingli didn't know why, so she had never asked this before.
"That's right, Xiaoguojun minted new coins. One silver coin is one tael of silver. One gold coin is equivalent to one tael of gold, and it is also exchanged for ten taels of silver. This is the sample!" The teller said and handed it out.
Two coins were added.
"Hmm? What a beautiful coin." Xia Mingli couldn't help but sigh after taking the coin.
"By the way, can you exchange your coin for silver?" Xia Mingli asked immediately.
"Of course, it supports exchange here. The Grand Governor's Office has ordered that the salaries of the Xiaoguo Army are all such currency. How can it not support exchange?" The teller said with a smile. Several merchants who came in the morning were like this.
Asked.
"Exchange me one hundred silver coins and ninety gold coins!" Xia Mingli said immediately.
"Okay, thank you for your patronage! This silk bag is the purse we gave you, please order it!" the teller said with a smile.
Naturally, the wallet couldn't hold that much, but it wasn't much more. When Xia Mingli came to withdraw money, he naturally brought the money-withdrawing goods, a small suitcase.
At this time, the entire money house lobby was filled with bursts of surprises. Xia Mingli knew that others must have been amazed by the beautiful coins. This kind of coins were held in their hands and were even reluctant to spend them.
In just three days, Huitong Money House in Youzhou and northern Hebei were exchanging coins. Some people took out all the gold and silver from their homes and exchanged them for such exquisite coins. When eating, trading, merchants prefer gold and silver coins.
.Customing with gold and silver coins also seems much more atmospheric, and it feels superior. There are even some shops that only charge coins and do not accept gold and silver, which makes those customers blew their beards out of breath. However, after seeing the coins, they rushed to
Huitong Money House exchanges city coins.
Correspondingly, when people go out, they always get used to hanging a wallet marked with the Huitong Money House on their waists. If anyone doesn’t have this thing, they seem to be embarrassed to talk to others.
At the same time, what is beneficial to people is that it is convenient to give rewards to people. It is not large in quantity, so I don’t feel sorry for myself. Even ordinary people take out their own money to exchange for Huitong
The money houses had copper coins of large and small. In the end, the money houses everywhere were busy exchanging coins. Some businessmen couldn't even exchange tickets for exchange. Fortunately, the money houses set up a special counter to provide convenience.
Soon, for this exchange, Huitong Money Bank also set up semicolons in various prefectures and counties, and Huitong Money Bank, which had been prepared, quickly sent people to carry out exchange business. Over the past few days, the coins of these money banks were not enough to be exchanged.
This kind of gold and silver coins was also taken to other state capitals with the merchants. From the beginning, one silver coins were exchanged for one tael of silver, it turned into one tael of silver coins for one tael of silver, which made some people even come to exchange coins for business.
idea.
The merchants and people who are close to northern Hebei rushed to northern Hebei to exchange them. For nothing else, they just exchange them as gifts to others, or collect them as antiques and artworks to appreciate.
Seeing that the coins were circulating quickly, Zhao Xun and the officials were relieved. If no one noticed the tricks in it, they would not be able to kill them. Some people must have imitated them, and some people took them back and rebuilt them. I think these people
I also found that I would only suffer losses and would not make profits.
ps: I really admire those professional authors, how do they insist on counting updates in a day... When their thoughts fall, people become lazy...