1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 183 The real "counterfeit"

"uncle?"

"uncle……"

In the evening, Qi Tian followed his second and third brothers to the Commander's Mansion to attend Cao Xiong's family dinner.

As soon as they entered the door, the three brothers were all stunned.Because Cao Xiong took off his usual Ming-style robes and put on a naval officer uniform, and his hair was shaved, just like a mighty officer.

"Hehe..." Cao Xiong touched his bare head, "Although shaving his hair violates the ancestral etiquette, I still think it's refreshing!"

"Uncle, I also feel that this outfit is more crisp and energetic than the previous robes!" Qi Dalu reached out to touch the cuffs of the military uniform, and straightened his back a little.

In Hanzhou, people are not prohibited from growing their hair, but soldiers in the Marine Corps must shave their hair to maintain their military appearance.The township soldiers and patrol police can keep Ming-style long hair, but it must not affect the appearance of the army.

But in reality, the long hair bun greatly affects the wearing of the military cap. Either the general cap is high, or the hair bun hangs on both sides of the ears, which looks very awkward.

Just as Qi Tian and Yu Fukun were discussing whether to redesign a military cap suitable for rural soldiers and patrol police.But he was surprised to find that many rural soldiers cut their hair short in order to maintain the same military posture as the marines.There were even some township soldiers who simply shaved their heads bald just like the soldiers of the landing corps.

Perhaps, driven by the group, the vast majority of township soldiers and patrol police today basically shave their hair short and wear their respective military (police) uniforms energetically to show their differences from ordinary people.

"Someday, I'll find a garment workshop to make a general uniform for the general!" Qi Tian felt that, as the supreme leader of Hanzhou, it was necessary to prepare a set of mighty and domineering military uniform.Well, it's like the uniforms of those great governors and marshals in the later period of the Republic of China.

"That's all!" Cao Xiong smiled and waved his hands, "I think this outfit is pretty good! Wearing the same military uniform as our Hanzhou military commander, it means that I am a brother who lives and dies with them, and even more so. Rely on each other!"

Qi Tian understands that Cao Xiong has not changed from his previous status in the army until now, and his status as the commander-in-chief of Hanzhou has not made him feel superior.

Gan Chunliu is Cao Xiong's wife, and also the first batch of women who were brought back from Daming.As an honest and responsible country girl, she was sold out by her parents because of her poor family.He thinks that in this life, he may fall into lowly servitude forever, and live his whole life.

But who would have thought that it would first be resold to a sea merchant, then cross the ocean, come to this remote continent, and finally marry Cao Xiong.As time passed, Gan Chunliu gradually realized that her husband was the biggest leader of Hanzhou, and thousands of people in Hanzhou were under her husband's jurisdiction.

Later, I often heard my husband mention that Hanzhou wanted to establish a country and establish a system.Then, my husband may be the emperor, and I am the empress.

For this, she cried for a long time.The transformation of human destiny is so miraculous.

At this moment, Gan Chunliu looked at the brothers from the Qi family who were sitting and laughing in the hall, feeling extremely complicated.In terms of relatives, they should be his nephews, and in terms of public affairs, they are all officials and soldiers under the rule of Hanzhou.I am not only their aunt, but also their mother of a country.

However, the youngest boy of the Qi family is the "Prince" established by her husband, the "Heir Prince" of Hanzhou.Therefore, every time I meet Qi Tian, ​​I always feel a little awkward.

Alas, Gan Chunliu sighed and touched her stomach, who told her not to give birth to a child for her husband.If there is a child, the seat of the "Prince" may not necessarily belong to the young man of the Qi family.

"Old nonsense, the Batavia warehouse is out of money. In the past few months, the huge amount of supplies has almost wiped out all the money." Cao Xiong said: "How much gold and silver is there in the treasury of Hanzhou? In a few days, Bring it back to Lao Hu."

Qi Tian bowed his head and thought for a while, then said: "There are many more!"

"A lot?...how many?" Cao Xiong smiled, except when he first came to Hanzhou, he robbed 50 taels of silver from Spain, as well as treasures looted from Boni.But in more than two years, it is estimated that it took at least half of the time to buy ships, people, and supplies.

Although the immigrant fleet traveled between Daming and Southeast Asia and traded many commodities, as the population increased, the purchase of supplies doubled.The only major gain was the looting of the city of Aceh and the accidental access to their treasury.

This "many" is probably too limited.

"If converted into silver, it is estimated that there are more than 200 million taels!"

"What?" Cao Xiong's eyes widened in surprise, "Why are there so many?"

"Uncle, do you still remember the gold mine in Heishan City?" Qi Tian said with a smile: "We have enclosed the gold mine. So, we have a lot of gold!"

"Oh, I forgot about the gold in Heishan City." Cao Xiong also smiled, "Then bring some gold and silver to Lao Hu. He's going to buy some girls back."

"It's too conspicuous to give Hu Tong a large amount of gold and silver, and it's not worth it!"

"Huh?" Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian suspiciously, "If you don't give him gold and silver, what will you give him?"

"Give me the money!" Qi Tian said, "The money we minted in Hanzhou!"

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"It's Dutch money!"

In a completely independent and closed compound in Heishan City, Hu Wenjin grabbed a handful of coins from a box and said in surprise, "When did Hanzhou deposit so many Dutch coins?"

"Commander Hu will take a look at this again?" A craftsman pointed to several other boxes respectfully.

"These are Spanish coins!" Hu Wenjin grabbed the coins in another box, "There are gold coins and silver coins!"

"We Hanzhou made this!" Qi Tian walked over, grabbed a handful of Spanish silver pesos, and threw them into the box with a clatter.Well, Qian's voice is really nice.

"What? You fake money!" Hu Wenjin looked at Qi Tian suspiciously.

"Where is this fake money?" Qi Tian grabbed another Dutch Guilder, "This money is more real than real money!"

Said, Qi Tian took a silver coin from a table next to him, and tossed it gently up and down.

"This is a silver coin minted by the Dutch in Batavia. It contains less than 80.00% silver, including lead and copper. But they use it as pure silver coins."

Qi Tian held another Dutch guilder in his hand, "This is a silver coin minted in Hanzhou, and the silver content is far more than 80.00%. Do you think our coins are more real than real money?"

Even if the silver content in the minted coins exceeds 80.00%, then Hanzhou still has at least more than 15.00% of the money and interest income.Minting coins is indeed a very profitable thing!
"If we imitate Dutch coins and let them know, will it cause any disputes?" Hu Wenjin said worriedly.

"In the short term, there won't be any." Qi Tian said: "In the coin market, there is a saying that bad coins drive out good coins. What do you mean? The coins minted by us in Hanzhou are of good color and quality, and many merchants He and the people will definitely collect the coins minted by us in Hanzhou. However, the coins minted by the Dutch themselves are slightly inferior in quality, and they have been used repeatedly and are severely worn, so many people must be eager to spend them.”

"So, in the short term, the coins minted in Hanzhou may all be accumulated in the hands of merchants and people in various regions of Nanyang. In the world, there should be very few of them."

"Then what if we cast more?" Cao Xiong understood what Qi Tian said just now.In Daming, ordinary people always like to keep those copper coins of good quality and appearance in their homes.And those shoddy copper coins will be spent as soon as possible.

"The Dutch would probably take the coin we minted and melt it down. Then they'd mint coins with the silver content they had before."

"Then how about casting more in the future?" Hu Wenjin asked.

"The Dutch might look for the origin of the coins. Once they find out what we minted, ... maybe ask us for seigniorage."

The coins of this era are all made of real gold and silver. The only difference is the amount of base metal added.

There are gold mines in Hanzhou, which can cast coins with much higher content than the same style.May I ask, are the coins minted in Hanzhou counterfeit money?

"Then we used to buy things directly with silver, didn't we lose a lot?" Cao Xiong murmured.

"That's right, spending 1 taels of silver to buy things will almost make people earn 1000 taels more!"

"Then why didn't you come up with the idea of ​​minting coins by yourself earlier?" Cao Xiong glared at Qi Tian.The money spent in the past two years is more than 1 taels of silver!Prodigal stuff!
"The coin molds and stamping equipment that were only made in February this year..." Qi Tian smiled wryly. It's a little money. If you mint more in the next few years, you will earn it back.

"Why don't we in Hanzhou mint our own coins?" Qi Dajiang asked suddenly.

"The plan is to cast it next year." Qi Tian replied.

Next year, some people who arrived in Hanzhou early will be allocated fields.At that time, the people who have allocated fields, and some officials, soldiers, and sailors will form a group with a large amount of private property.

With private property and savings, various needs will inevitably arise, and a small market will develop.Coins, as a means of circulation in the market, naturally came into being.

If, with the development of Hanzhou, its power and influence gradually expand, the coins minted by Hanzhou will inevitably be gradually accepted and used by surrounding forces.

(End of this chapter)