Lu Ming

Chapter 262 Coupons and Monetary Policy
The migrants in Chengwei Village started the search process again after adding a "Daytime Horror" repertoire.Comrade Yu Chengde got a "passbook" after the clerk weighed the gold face to face.

In fact, the Immigration Bureau has seen too many people like Yu Chengde.Nowadays, more and more immigrants come from across the sea spontaneously. Although most of these people are poor ghosts who even need to pay for the boat across the country, there are also people with huge sums of money, but the number is very small. Nothing less.

Of course, the so-called "immigrants" here refer to people who have obtained ID cards in the crossing country, changed their nationality, shaved their hair, and are completely controlled by the crossing people.

As for those shopkeepers who come to Chikan with large sums of money to do business, these people can only apply for temporary residence permits and business licenses-they are not considered subjects of crossing the country, they are just sent by wealthy businessmen and gentry on the mainland Wage earners.

After Yu Chengde pressed his fingerprints and fingerprints on several forms, he received a cardboard passbook.At the same time, he was told that the passbook is for special use only, and before withdrawing large amounts of cash, he must fill out an application form and explain the reason.

Yu Chengde didn't understand anything the clerk said.In his view, the so-called passbooks are nothing more than precious banknotes issued by the local government, a trick to deceive the poor by changing flowers.

Fortunately, he is still in a good mood now.Despite the twists and turns, he still led everyone to the way of life, and this is the most important thing.As for those treasures, it is in Chengde's simple concept: after making money from the government's property, he throws himself into the net.

In addition to the passbook, Yu Chengde also got a stack of "banknotes".

The banknotes in circulation here today evolved from the early work-point coupons.

When the first staff came to start their own business, the people who traveled across the country sent blank papers to their subordinates.At that time, the conditions were difficult, and the work-point coupons were made of white paper bought in Hangzhou and cut into small strips, with the seals of Wang Liguo and the Ministry of Finance stamped on them.

Later, after the opening of the kiln base, with sulfuric acid and wood tar, simple hard paper and ink were produced.From then until now, the work-point coupons, which are similar in size to the food stamps of later generations, have assumed the role of the first set of legal tender in the crossing country.

This set of currency is quite crude: there is neither the issuing unit nor any anti-counterfeiting marks on the face, only the denomination numbers with Arabic numerals and Chinese characters capitalized on the front and back respectively.

Of course, the font itself printed with ink registration is the biggest anti-counterfeiting mark.Don't look at this kind of pattern as crude as the later generations of Ming coins, but in the 17th century, this technology was Zenith Star technology, and no one could imitate it.

In addition, the paper quality of work point coupons has been improving.From the early native paper to the mid-term ordinary paper, and now to the current special paper for banknotes, with the growing strength of the kiln base, today's work-point coupons are still inferior to those of later generations in terms of paper quality, except that the printing pattern is still simple. There is no difference between the regular food stamps.

A set of nine work-point coupons, which shoulder the function of circulating banknotes, has three denominations: 1, 2, and 5 yuan jiaofen respectively, and the maximum denomination is 5 yuan.

The "Yuanjiaofen" here corresponds to the "two qianfen" of Daming.

According to the design plan, the one-yuan work-point voucher can be exchanged for seven-cent and two-cent silver ingots of Kuping Silver, with a fineness of 80.00% [-].

And the main reason why silver ingots are still used in the country of crossing is that the patterns of silver coins have not yet been finalized.However, this problem will be resolved soon - no later than November 11, the day when the new emperor ascends the throne, issuing new coins, abolishing the two and changing the yuan, these are all the meanings in the question.

The work-point coupons are anchored by the precious metals stored in the basement of the imperial city by the Ministry of Finance.These precious metals include 925 silver that Cao Chuan brought from later generations from time to time, gold and silver traded from merchants from all over the world, especially the Japanese, and gold and silver that were forcibly exchanged from high-ranking immigrants.

Due to the existence of the ring, the time-traveling force will not go bankrupt theoretically.But 925 silver cannot be eaten after all. The development and strength of a power in politics, technology, economy, and military is the most fundamental thing.

Don’t you see the quantitative easing of American emperors in later generations, when the monstrous banknotes are printed, the whole world has to hold their noses to take over for the Yankees, and the only collateral for the issuers is the government’s credit.
Naturally, the time-travelers are taking this path now: No matter what 21 or [-], use industrial products to raise the total amount of social wealth first.As for precious metals - some people know the location of gold and silver mines around the world, so there is no rush.

With the growth of wealth across the country, today's work point coupons are quite strong.You know, after the early immigrants got this kind of paper, the only thing they could consume was food-all kinds of extra seafood (rice was rationed).

But now it is different.The monthly salary of the lowest-paid apprentice is one tael of silver, while the monthly salary of ordinary technicians ranges from two taels to three taels.Workers with equivalent work vouchers can now go to the community store to buy a wide range of industrial products.

In addition, these people still have to save work-point coupons to buy a house and marry a wife—they can’t live in a dormitory for the rest of their lives, can they?
In short, after going through the initial difficult stage, at least within the Dali society, the credit of the banknotes issued by the Traveling Kingdom is as strong as silver taels.

What Yu Chengde received from the clerk today was such a stack of work-point coupons.These flower papers were exchanged with the broken silver in his hand, unless Yu Chengde went to Daming on a business trip in the future, it would be very difficult for him to see such things as broken silver again in his life.

After all the silver was exchanged, the broken bags brought by the fishermen were also searched.

In fact, except for some odds and ends, all the old clothes and wooden bowls in the luggage were confiscated—these things would be used for fire or paper making, and all ways for fleas to enter the community would be blocked.

After that it's time for the shower.

After the fishermen entered the bathhouse, under the command of the guards holding short sticks, they took a vigorous shower of novelty.

After washing, everyone received two sets of new clothes: a white linen T-shirt, cropped pants, large pants, and linen canvas shoes; the women also received an additional set of cotton underwear.

All processes are designed.When the bewildered newcomers came out of the bathhouse, the doctor who checked their bodies was already waiting there.

Most people will be dosed with some deworming medicine at this stage-intestinal parasites were quite a common disease of the poor in the 17th century.

After being "rectified" by the Kunren doctor, the villagers who gathered outside the medical area finally met the final boss, the director of the street office who came to collect the people.

(End of this chapter)