Chang Shen greeted everyone with a happy greeting, and explained Shi Shiranly: "Dear proprietors! This time, proprietor Gao asked the shop to identify the fineness of Australian silver coins. He really appreciates the shop's past reputation! Since the shop's ancestors more than fifty years ago,
After identifying the French cross silver cakes, this kind of work has not been done on the ground in Guangfu for almost a month."
Most of the people here have businesses that have been passed down from generation to generation. Some of them were young boys who followed their elders in the family when they were distinguishing cross silver cakes. They still have some impressions of this. When they heard Shen Gongbao talk about ancient times, they were also impressed.
He nodded slightly, recalling the glorious past.
However, it was really inappropriate for a junior to talk about the past a century ago in front of a group of uncles. After pointing out his own "authority", "Shen Gongbao" stopped talking, suddenly pointed his finger, and there was a "swish" sound.
, bringing everyone’s attention together again.
"Looking at the quality, boy, I'm a little unsure. After all, this is a blind fire. It only relies on two Australian oil lamps, which is still not as good as the sun in the sky. And although the oil lamps are bright, the fire color is still a little yellow. If this is a gold
Looking at it, I can only ask you to come back tomorrow."
Leave some room for words when speaking. This is the virtue in the business of selling silver and gold. No one was too lazy to say anything. They just took their own airs and waited for what "Shen Gongbao" would say next.
"However, this Treasury silver is also called snowflake silver, which means that its color is pure white like snow. If the fineness is low, it will never be as white as snow. From a small perspective, just looking at the fineness, the fineness of this Australian silver coin is only slightly inferior.
There is a little bit of grained silver in the warehouse, but when you look at it after melting it, it is different." After saying this, shopkeeper Xiao Shen looked at shopkeeper Lao Shen, shopkeeper Shen just stroked his beard, closed his eyes and nodded slightly, without saying a word, Xiao Shen felt reassured.
"It's amazing that the amount of silver in Guanding Treasury is ninety-three percent. In my opinion, this Australian's silver is worth eight or seventy-five." Shopkeeper Xiao Shen enjoyed the attention before he walked down slowly.
Come to a conclusion.
The businessmen sitting together immediately started a commotion.
The businessmen gathered in Jufenghao are all the leading businessmen in Guangzhou. Many of them are directors of the Federation of Industry and Commerce or heads of various industry guilds. They are basically leaders in their own industry and have great influence.
It also plays a pivotal role in the newly established Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Today Liu Xiang held a special meeting of the Federation of Industry and Commerce in the city government. The content was that the Senate was about to issue new currency in Guangdong, and Guangzhou Special City was the first. Therefore, he specially held a meeting to "notify" the heads of various industries and asked them to do
It is easy to cooperate with the work to ensure the smooth circulation of coins.
Businessmen are all sophisticated, and when they hear this as an "announcement", they know that it is a non-negotiable order. In other words, in the past three months, the Australians in Guangzhou have been busy and busy, and they are just a fill-in.
Yes, the real finale is here.
Even though there was no systematic financial theory in ancient China, from Sang Hongyang of the Han Dynasty, businessmen were self-taught in this matter. Of course, many people went bankrupt due to the imperial court’s monetary policy, and there were also many who made huge profits from it.
The Australians have established a circulation voucher system in Hainan, and businessmen are somewhat aware of it - many people have been exposed to this kind of "Australian" banknotes because of their trade with Lingao.
Now that Australians have arrived in Guangzhou, businessmen are somewhat mentally prepared for the introduction of new currency in Guangzhou. To be honest, businessmen are not very resistant to circulation notes, because such banknotes circulate well on Hainan Island, and Australians
The government also acknowledged the account - this is very conscientious compared to the Ming Dynasty Baoqian which "only allows me to use it as money, but you are not allowed to use it as money".
However, the negative impression left by the Ming Dynasty banknotes on businessmen was so profound that when they thought that Australians might fully circulate banknotes, businessmen murmured in their hearts. Many people had already hid the finest silver ingots in their hands.
, in preparation for the Australians to do the same trick as the Ming Dynasty: forcing merchants and people to exchange silver into banknotes.
However, there was no mention of converting silver into banknotes at the meeting. The new currency was still silver, but it became silver dollars.
Merchants have long seen silver coins. When the Franji people came to Guangdong for trade decades ago, these shiny round silver cakes were unloaded from the ship. Later, the red-haired people also brought silver coins.
This kind of silver is very popular among merchants because of its good quality. However, merchants rarely use it directly. They either cut it into pieces and weigh it for use, or they simply cast it into silver ingots.
Although businessmen who have been overseas say that in many places overseas, this kind of round silver is directly circulated and used, but no one did this in the Ming Dynasty: the fineness of the silver cannot be known, but the fineness of the silver obtained in the early years is
It was full, and later more came. Many silver cakes were of different sizes, and the quality and weight were also different. In the end, it was better to cut them into pieces and weigh them before using them to make people feel at ease.
The silver coins brought out by the Australians are completely different from those brought by the Franji and Red-haired people. Although the size and weight are almost the same, the degree of exquisiteness is very "Australian" - as exquisite as the "Australian goods" they sell.
.Everyone can't help but play with it for a long time once they get it in their hands.
Not only is the color silvery and shiny, the almost perfect circle, and the pattern so fine that every detail makes everyone who gets it feel that this is not money, but an exquisite handicraft. It is unlike anything they have seen before.
Compared with silver dollars and silver ingots, they are like clouds and mud.
However, no matter how beautiful the silver coin is, you have to check its quality. Businessmen gathered in the Jufeng Hao just to see the quality of the Australian silver dollar.
"The quality is so good, but what's the weight?" Gao Ju asked.
"Each one is worth six cents, seven cents and six cents." Shopkeeper Xiao Shen said, "It's like this, no difference."
"It's Australian money, no wonder." Someone laughed, "What about half a dollar and twenty cents?"
"The fineness of these two kinds of small silver coins is very different," shopkeeper Xiao Shen said, "Looking at the color, they are both 60%."
There was a slight commotion among the businessmen present. As soon as these words were said, several shopkeepers attending the meeting couldn't bear it, and they bit each other's ears, and the scene became noisy for a while. Apparently, the three types of silver coins that the Australians were planning to issue
, the fineness is not very good. Except for the one-yuan coin, the fineness of the other two coins is lower than they estimated. From the appearance alone, the fineness of the three silver coins seems to be almost the same.
Boss Zhu snorted and said: "This Australian has only been in the city for a few days, and his gathering skills are really good!"
Reducing the fineness is a traditional aggregation technique in coinage. This is the case with the various Chongzhen Tongbao that are now flooding the market, not to mention all kinds of privately minted small coins.
"You can't say that." Storekeeper Ding of the grain store said, "If Australians want to gather money, why bother minting silver coins? Just take out the circulation certificates and use them - if you don't collect, behead them. Wouldn't it be easy?
"
Shopkeeper Ding's grain business has benefited from the Australians' ban on the tooth shop, so his words are inevitably biased. But this is reasonable. The Australians issue silver coins, no matter what the fineness is, they are always silver. To say that the fineness is different, they
All kinds of loose silver are collected every day, and the quality is even more varied. Just looking at the color and weighing it takes a lot of effort every day.
Mr. Gao remained silent while they were discussing the quality. At this time, he asked slowly: "Lao Shen! Are the samples that everyone gave you the same quality and weight?"
The merchants who participated in this meeting each received a set of "sample coins." It was three silver coins from one of the set of sample coins that were used to sell gold to Shopkeeper Shen.
Shopkeeper Shen nodded: "To tell you, Mr. Gao, this money is really incredible. I followed my grandfather since I was a child, and my father learned business in this shop. I have passed through a lot of gold, silver and copper coins. I have never seen them so neatly arranged.
Put the money on the scale and it will be accurate."
We are all veterans of the shopping mall, so we naturally know the benefits of the coins having uniform fineness and weight.
"What's the point of being uniform in quality and weight?" Boss Zhu spoke again, "As soon as the coins come to the market, someone will naturally cut the edges and grind them. Just look at the copper coins on the market. Which one is not like this? We will still have to look at it when the time comes.
The color can only be used after it has been measured."
Shopkeeper Shen said: "This is different - after all, copper coins are just small coins. If you polish off a few points, they will be worth very little, and no one will compete with you. This silver dollar is more than six cents. If you polish off a few points, how can people accept it?
?This Australian silver dollar is no better than a cross silver dollar. Just say that the toothed convex edge and the double-sided pattern will leave traces as long as they are rubbed off a little. Who is willing to accept it?"
Everyone started arguing about this again, and the scene was like new water boiling for a while.
Gao Ju suddenly said: "I'm afraid what Shopkeeper Shen said is right."
As the most influential wealthy businessman in Guangzhou City, he raised his voice and silenced the scene.
"I think the introduction of the new currency by the Australians is non-negotiable. It is a matter of certainty," Gao said. "We don't even have to say whether the silver coin is good or bad and whether it can be circulated in the market. The money must be used and circulated.
Only when you get up can you succeed."
"Mr. Gao, what do you mean..." The person who asked the question was the head of the Dung Bank, whose surname was Mi. His temperament was indeed the most opportunistic. Guangzhou Prefecture had a very bad reputation for strokes, but he had nothing to do with the Dung Bank, a big killer.
Don't give face to anyone who dares to face him.
In fact, the General Chamber of Commerce and Industry did not call him during this meeting, but he was well-informed and heard about the matter, so he insisted on "getting involved" in this private meeting.
"What I mean is that the Australians are now the emperors of Guangzhou. If they want you to be round, you must be round. If they want you to be square, you must be square. Fortunately, the exchange plan given this time is also very considerate. Let's
It's not a loss if you take out some of the money and convert it into silver coins. The most important thing is not to ruin the face of the Australians."
Everyone understands what he said. In order to fight for toothpaste, the dental department attacked the Chaoshan Guild Hall. It ruined the face of the Australians, and now every family has lost their property and their family - this is a lesson learned from the past. (To be continued.)