My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 644 Dahan Bank
In the Hanxi capital, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but look satisfied when he looked at the renovated bank hall in front of him.

After proclaiming himself emperor, Zhu Gaoxu immediately rushed to the northern front, planning to continue his plan to march into Central Asia.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't know much about military matters, so he chose to trust Zhu Gaoxu completely. He only needed to do a good job in logistics.

Before Zhu Gaoxu left, he was specifically asked to build an imperial city. After all, the original palace was not only inappropriate in style, but also too small in area. Zhu Gaoxu had long wanted to rebuild it.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe quickly re-selected the site and set aside a large area directly north of Xijing City, where he planned to build an imperial city.

The original palace was not demolished. After all, the palace's architecture was still very beautiful, so Zhu Zhanhe decided to transform it into the headquarters of Dahan Bank.

When Zhu Zhanhe first came to Xijing, Yang Shiqi asked him for help in establishing a bank belonging to the Han Dynasty to prevent the domestic currency from being controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanhe also wanted to use the bank matter to establish his prestige in the country. After all, although he was the prince, he had been staying in the Ming Dynasty all these years. Except for some old people from the Han Dynasty, most of the officials in the Han Dynasty treated him poorly. Familiar, he needs to do something to prove himself.

So just a few days later, Zhu Zhanhe, with the cooperation of Yang Shiqi, mobilized a group of people and quickly set up the bank's structure. Now even the headquarters has been renovated, and Dahan's currency can be issued at any time.

"Prince, look, these are just printed banknotes!"

At this moment, Li Qi took the tray and quickly came to Zhu Zhanhe and said excitedly.

Before the bank headquarters was renovated, the bank's people had been working in another building next to it, and many things were almost ready, such as the printing of banknotes and samples.

Zhu Zhanhe reached out and picked up a banknote. This was a one-hundred-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-billion-cent banknote. Small denomination notes issued by banks are identical.

However, although the currency value is the same, the printing of banknotes is very different. The banknotes of the Ming Dynasty were born out of Baoqiao. At first, Zhu Zhanhe wanted to print some patterns on the banknotes according to the banknotes of later generations, but he encountered many people's objections. Objection, the final banknotes just reduced the size of the banknotes and changed the face value.

In contrast, the current Han Dynasty banknotes are completely in accordance with Zhu Zhanhe's vision. They are similar to the banknotes of later generations. The faces of people are printed on the front. For example, the 50 yuan is printed with Zhu Gaoxu's face, and the [-] yuan is printed with Zhu Zhanhe's. , the remaining four are respectively themed by scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the front and back of the banknote carefully, and then rubbed it a few times with his hands. He felt that this kind of paper was very thick and tough. Although it was not as good as the banknote paper of later generations, as long as it was not torn deliberately, it could probably be used. a long time.

"Yes, both printing and paper are to my liking!"

Zhu Zhanhe put down the banknotes in his hand and nodded to Li Qi with satisfaction.

"If you have no objections, Prince, then I will have people print it with all their strength, so that it can be released by then!"

When Li Qi saw that Zhu Zhanhe was satisfied, he immediately said excitedly.

Li Qi is good at management and is not proficient in financial management, but it doesn't matter, as long as Zhu Zhanhe understands it. He needs to use his management skills to coordinate the affairs of the entire bank.

"Yes, the banknote matter is related to the success or failure of the bank. You must personally supervise this matter and make sure nothing goes wrong!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded again.

"The subordinate understands!"

Li Qi agreed again and turned around to leave.

But at this moment, Li Qi suddenly thought of another thing, so he stopped and asked again: "Prince, our banknotes are going to be issued, should we give them a name, such as Da Han Bao Banknotes?" "Bao Banknotes" The reputation has become so bad that even the small-denomination banknotes issued by Ming Dynasty’s banks dare not be called treasure banknotes.”

Zhu Zhanhe thought for a moment after saying this, and then made a final decision: "Why don't we call it Hanyuan!"

"Han Yuan? Why is it called a round? Our banknotes are square?"

Li Qi was stunned after hearing this. He didn't know where this "circle" came from.

"How could you forget that in addition to paper money, we also have copper coins? Aren't copper coins round?"

Zhu Zhanhe explained with a laugh.

There are two kinds of penny, one is paper money and the other is copper coin. This is the same as in later generations.Zhu Zhanhe called banknotes Han Yuan, mainly to retain the habit of later generations. As for whether "Yuan" will be changed to "Yuan" in the future, it is not certain.

"I see, your official understands, then I will supervise the printing of Han Yuan!"

Li Qi is also a smart person, he reacted immediately and then left again.

After Li Qi left, Zhu Zhanhe walked around the renovated bank headquarters. The bank officials have not yet moved in, and the entire building is empty.

Zhu Zhanhe planned to ask people from the bank to move in as soon as possible and familiarize themselves with the environment here, so that they could officially open the business and issue Han Yuan banknotes.

"Prince! There is news from Japan!"

At this moment, Liu Ke sat outside and ran in with an excited face, holding a thick piece of information in his hand.

After Liu Ke came to the Han Dynasty, he also joined the Jinyi Guard again and became his uncle Liu Mian's right-hand man. However, Liu Mian followed Zhu Gaoxu to the northern army, while Liu Ke stayed in Xijing and was mainly responsible for collecting intelligence from the Ming Dynasty.

"Does it mean that Third Uncle and the others have wiped out Japan?"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard the news from Japan, he immediately thought of Zhu Gaosui. According to the time, he should have reached an agreement with Zhu Zhanji and officially started to defeat Japan.

"The prince is really clever about the news about King Zhao sending troops to Japan!"

Liu Ke flattered him, and then handed the information to Zhu Zhanhe with both hands.

Zhu Zhanhe took the information, looked at it briefly, and then showed a surprised look.

Zhu Zhanji sent Pingjiangbo Chen Xuan to lead [-] troops to confront the coalition forces organized by Ashikaga Yoshitoshi on the Tamba Highlands. He saw that a war that would determine Japan's national destiny was about to break out.

On the surface, Chen Xuan seemed to be fighting to the death. Although Ashikaga Yoshimichi's troops were three times that of Chen Xuan, the Japanese army was poorly equipped and well-trained. In contrast, Chen Xuan was all an elite soldier, so Chen Xuan On the contrary, it has an advantage in terms of military strength.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimochi never dreamed that Chen Xuan's military use was far more cunning than he imagined. Just when he was confronting Chen Xuan's army, Iwami Commander Huang Wenyu led [-] cavalry to land from Iquan and took advantage of the capital. Taking advantage of the lack of troops, he rushed into the city of Kyoto and raided the Ashikaga clan's home.

(End of this chapter)