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Chapter 215 Oil
Bi Ziyan had something to say about this matter. He looked at Sun Chengzong and saw that Sun Chengzong didn't intend to speak, so he said: "Your Majesty, I think that there is no great difference between the issuance of paper money and the issuance of silver coins. In a big conflict, your majesty's treasure banknotes are backed by reserve silver. As long as your majesty promises not to use the reserve silver, you can exchange this treasure banknote at any time. This banknote can truly be called a 'treasure'..., minister I feel that there is no need to worry too much about paper money.”

Bi Ziyan is very optimistic about the paper money issued by the emperor. This paper money has obvious advantages over silver coins and copper coins. The premise is that it must preserve its value and be exchangeable. If this can be done, the future of this paper money is even wider than that of silver coins. .

Yang Reform thinks it is also right. This banknote is the currency that will be used by all countries in the future. There is a security deposit for issuing banknotes by yourself, and it has nothing to do with silver coins. What's more, the denomination of the first batch of banknotes is about two or three million taels About silver, this, with 300 million silver as a deposit, it's not a big problem, as long as we strictly prevent counterfeit banknotes.

"Well, that makes sense. Do you have anything else to add?" Yang Reform asked.

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan looked at each other again, but remained silent.

"Well, then there is no more? Well, let's do it like this. Remember to mention the withdrawal of coinage rights next time in the morning court. Well, that's almost all there is." Yang Reform wiped his forehead. The social turmoil and chaos in the last years of the dynasty, the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court's administrative ability, have dealt too much blow to Yang's reform, and this head really hurts badly.Today, the things we talked about, sometimes exhilarating and sometimes sad, are extremely unfavorable to the body. Yang Reform just wanted to find a place to rest.

The matter was almost discussed, and Yang Reform also sent away several of his confidantes before he was ready to go back and have a good sleep. This headache was severe.

"Big companion, remember to let the lottery maker, what is his name, Wu, come to me tomorrow, I have something to order..." Before "falling down", Yang Reform gave another order, the matter of issuing banknotes , It's not over yet, this matter can't be relied on by the Ministry of Finance, nor anyone else, but only on oneself, and the style, color, denomination, etc. of the banknotes have to be determined.

After explaining this matter, Yang Reform fell on the bed and fell asleep soundly.

The next day, after sleeping for a supernormal amount of time, I felt lighter and better.

Yesterday's blow to Yang Reform did not cause much impact. Yang Reform got up early in the morning and sorted out the information he got last night. For the time being, I am afraid that this banknote will not be as beautifully made in the future. Yang Reform plans to use it. The version of the treasure banknotes before the Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the previous ones, has been slightly improved. It does not need to be more exquisitely made, as long as it is better than before. As for the others, we will come back slowly in the future and can slowly evolve. .Regarding the silver coin, we found a lot of useful information.

Among them, what touched Yang's reform the most was that even in the early years of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, who was known for his unlucky reminders, issued hundreds of millions of "Yuan Datou" within a year or two. If you compare Yuan Shikai's scale, This silver coin will never be less than 1 million yuan. According to the situation of saving [-]% silver, he can earn at least tens of millions of silver coins. This huge wealth makes Yang Reform completely excited.

But there are also differences. This Yuan Datou used a minting machine in the industrial age, and he can only use the method of casting copper coins to mint silver coins. This may cost more than Yuan Datou, and may make less money. However, this Not a problem. Judging from the fact that the minting of coins easily exceeded [-] million in the Ming Dynasty, the ability and technology of minting coins are quite strong. The larger the scale, the lower the cost, and the smaller the loss. This minting of silver coins, no matter what , must be passed. Yang Reform also checked the ratio of the silver coins. This Yuan Datou is almost exactly the same as what he thought, and it is also nearly [-]% of the silver. Silver, then there may be problems with my plan. Fortunately, Yuan Datou also used [-]% of the silver. Compared with Yuan Datou, a model of successful issuance, I should be able to relax a lot.

After Yang Reform figured out the identity of the silver coin, the stone in his heart fell to the ground. Only then did he have the confidence to face the corrupt situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, he might have to take care of his burden and run to Nanjing, Beijing, which could not be hanged.

Seeing that the emperor had finished packing up and was ready to deal with today's affairs, Wang Chengen came over and said, "Your Majesty, according to His Majesty's instructions yesterday, the man named Liu Awu arrived early this morning, so His Majesty wants to summon him?" Wang Chengen I clearly remember that last night, before the emperor went to bed, he was told to see Liu Awu early in the morning.

"Liu Awu? Are you here? Very good, let's see you then." Yang Reform has been engaged in the issuance of this currency. The matter of silver coins, you don't have to worry too much. You have ready-made technology and system, and the issuance is successful. For my own reference, I just change the copper coins into silver coins, and the problem is not big; I have to ask about the banknotes, and the situation is much more complicated.Once the preparations for the issuance of the currency are done, it will be much easier for me.

Liu Awu entered the palace early in the morning, waiting for the emperor to summon him. It was not easy for a small craftsman to be summoned by the emperor many times. Of course, he would not mess up this job.

Wenhua Hall.

As soon as Liu Awu came in, he kowtowed: "Liu Awu, a grassroots man, kowtows to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, my emperor." Quite pious.

"Get up, Liu Awu." Yang Reform looked at this guy, probably because he had a good life recently, looking at it, his face was a little brighter, and it was completely different from the dish when they first met.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Liu Awu thanked carefully, these etiquettes, no matter what, cannot be wrong.

"Liu Awu, I called you here today to ask you, how much progress has been made in the production of the new-style banknotes, and what are the difficulties? If it is the production of the previous banknotes, is there any difficulty?" Yang Reform asked directly up.

Seeing the emperor asking about the banknotes, Liu Awu's heart beat violently. It turned out that the emperor asked him to study that lottery ticket, but he actually asked him to study the banknotes!This treasure banknote can be exchanged for silver, and can be used as money. This is your own research and production?Thinking of this, Liu Awu became excited.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the new type of banknote that His Majesty mentioned needs to be water-resistant, durable, non-fading, and cheap. This is a bit difficult. The grassroots are not making much progress now. At most, they can do something on paper. Articles, at most, can achieve a little water resistance. If they are durable, they can only be thicker. This cost is more expensive than the previous treasure banknotes. The kind of color ink that His Majesty mentioned has no progress. This, I don’t know where to start... If it’s the old-fashioned banknotes from before, the grassroots are [-]% sure.” Liu Awu replied confidently, it’s really not difficult for him to make these banknotes from before the Ming Dynasty. An ordinary engraving master can make it.The problem is that now the emperor wants to make a new type of treasure banknote, which has high requirements for treasure banknotes. If you say it, it will scare people to death. The time is short, and there is really nothing to come up with.

"Hmm... is that so?" Yang Reform checked the research progress of his own new banknotes, and he was very weak, but there was no way to do it. Even if he had his own golden finger, it was impossible to research it in such a short period of time. come out.

"Do you have plain samples of various denominations?" Yang Reform is no longer looking for colorful banknotes, but is planning to make black and white paper banknotes. To put it simply, it is the same as the previous treasure banknotes. This matter, isn't it You can do whatever you want, and you have to consider the facts and capabilities.All kinds of colorful inks, this one, will have a long time to come.Let's issue the notes first for emergency treatment.

"... Plain samples? Yes, there are. Caomin has prepared a lot of plain samples, all of which are uncolored." Liu Awu understood, and immediately presented the samples he made.

Yang Reform looked at the sample notes that Liu Awu sent up. There were various denominations, ranging from one penny, two penny, five pennies, to ten cents, five cents, one yuan, and ten yuan.

Yang Reform looked at it, and found that the plain-colored ticket sample was still very beautifully drawn, and the style of line drawing was very similar to the Chinese comic books of the 90s and 250s.However, the content of this painting is afraid to be changed. According to Yang Reform's previous meaning, the patterns of these different denominations are different. The natural "anti-counterfeiting" function is reflected. On each coin, the words "[-] taels of silver for the arrester..." are printed. It's really not good, without this sentence, I'm afraid it won't work.

"Liu Awu, I am going to combine the old and new banknotes. You will study the new banknotes when you have time. First, the words printed on the original banknotes are called '...the captors will be rewarded with 250 silver." Two...', all are printed on all banknotes, understand? You can redesign this layout..., Also, this new type of banknote is printed on both sides, now, you can print on one side, The paper doesn’t need to be too thick, understand?” Since Yang Reform decided to combine the previous banknotes, he naturally had to learn a little bit more. The previous banknotes only had one side, and this saved ink.

"... Your Majesty, here, the minimum denomination of the new-style banknotes is only one penny. This place is too small, I'm afraid it won't be printed! Even if it is printed, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it clearly!" Liu Awu listened to the emperor's request, I thought it was a problem.Why are the treasure notes so big?Is it because I am afraid that others will not be able to see the words on this paper clearly, now that the emperor's new-style banknotes are already very small, and then there is such a long word on such a small place?It has to be printed out, which will take a test of skill!difficult!Not so difficult!As for whether to print one side or two sides, this is not a big problem.

"Well, that's why I'm looking for you. If everything is easy, can I still need you?" Yang Reform typically only talks about this question, and doesn't do it. If everything depends on himself, then he, the emperor, will do nothing. up.

Liu Awu glanced at the penny banknote, and then recalled that paragraph, he was completely stupid...

Yang Reform looked at Liu Awu's embarrassed look, then looked at the penny on his desk, and then thought about the length of that paragraph, after thinking about it, he said: "I will give you another magnifying glass to help you carve smaller pieces. If it comes out, it will definitely be printed.” Yang Reform decided to cancel the previous fancy patterns, and instead printed the most powerful sentence on it, and then printed the key denomination on the banknotes , a little decoration, this banknote is considered finished, this kind of banknote, he only prints one side...

Although there is only such a rough production level, it is still more advanced than the previous treasure banknotes. At least, it is thicker than the previous treasure banknotes. At least, this kind of paper is slightly water-resistant. At least, according to Yang Reform's Requirements, must be clearly printed.Yang Reform does not seek to achieve it in one step.Just a little bit of progress is enough.

Liu Awu knew that he could not refuse the emperor. There is only one emperor in the world, but there are countless people like him. Hearing that the emperor took pity on him and gave him a magnifying glass, he immediately thanked him: "Caomin thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Big companion, go get him a magnifying glass." Yang Reform said.

"I obey, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed, and asked someone to bring a magnifying glass to Liu Awu from the treasure house. He thought to himself, Liu Awu did not succeed, but he got a lot of things. This treasure is worth a lot of money. Woolen cloth.

After explaining what he was going to do, Yang Reform was going to solve some problems this guy encountered. Although he was not an engineer in a banknote printing factory, he still knew some common sense. Less information, give this guy some pointers, that is more than enough.

"Liu Awu, tell me about the problems you are encountering now. If I can help you solve them, I will help you solve them."

Liu Awu was very grateful to the emperor. The emperor still cared about people very much. Not only did he give him a magnifying glass, but he also asked him what problems he had.Such an emperor is really a good emperor.

Liu Awu thought for a while, and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, if the grassroots are making the kind of precious banknotes that His Majesty is asking for now, then there is no difficulty. What is difficult is the kind of banknotes that His Majesty asked for before. , mainly on ink, secondly on paper, and finally on engraving, this is all difficult.” Liu Awu told the truth.

Yang Reform was speechless for a while, he may have lowered the quality of this precious banknote too much, rely on me, it used to be double-sided, with complicated patterns, beautifully printed, even required colors, and even had anti-counterfeiting functions, etc. Wait, it's good now, it's directly on par with the kind of treasure banknotes used in the Ming Dynasty. The quality has dropped a bit. Two sides have changed to one side, the color has changed to monochrome, and the beautifully printed patterns have been changed to the printed ones. Words are just paper, a little stronger...

"The problem of ink, this, let me think about it, this ink must be waterproof, and it must not fade, this, oil can waterproof..., you can try mixing some oil in the ink, it may be useful... Well, I heard In Shaanxi, there is a kind of oily black water underground, which seems to be called stone liquid. Oil is said to be flammable. This kind of thing may work. The problem with paper, this, must be waterproof and wear-resistant. I’m afraid it’s related to this material, I thought about it, I’m afraid you have to try other things for this paper-making material, I recommend some materials for you, such as this cotton, hemp or something, maybe it will work, you think this cotton, Clothes made of hemp can be washed many times when worn on the body, and they are not afraid of water. Maybe the solution is here. I have given you a magnifying glass to solve the problem of printing and engraving. There are many problems. To make complex patterns, have you ever thought about using small needles? Using many small and small needles and arranging them according to a certain pattern, you can print more complicated patterns..." Yang Reform breathed a sigh of relief Tell me all the information you have obtained.This is all the information for printing banknotes in the future. Using needles as a breakthrough in printing technology, this is indeed a direction.

Liu Awu looked at the emperor in surprise, the feeling the emperor gave him was really surprising!How did the emperor know so much?If the emperor is also a printing craftsman like him, I am afraid that the emperor's technology will far surpass him.

Wang Chengen also wondered how the emperor knew so much, but this emperor is the emperor, he must be different from ordinary people, this emperor, and the god-man professor in the dream, the emperor is really different.

Yang Reform told all the things he got in one breath. This matter is over here. Others are none of his business. Others can only wait.

"By the way, Liu Awu, what happened to the printing of the mansion newspaper?" After Yang Reform finished speaking, he was about to chase away people, but then he remembered that this guy was still studying the newspaper he printed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the grassroots are working on it, and they have been busy with this treasure recently, so it took some time..."

"Well, let's do it with peace of mind, don't be in a hurry, let's make this precious banknote first..." Yang Reform chose banknotes between newspapers and banknotes.

"The grassroots obey..." Liu Awu took a peek at the emperor and agreed.

……

Liu Awu left, his mind was full of what the emperor said just now, and when he left the palace, he wore a magnifying glass.

After leaving Liu Awu, who was in charge of making banknotes and running newspapers, Yang Reform was relieved. The issuance of banknotes and silver coins had to hurry up.

"Brother, remember to ask someone to go to Shaanxi and get me some of the black, flammable oil that I said was buried in the ground, no, get a lot of it, and send some to Liu Awu... "Yang Reform remembered that he had to pay attention to this oil himself. The oil in Shaanxi has been recorded a long time ago. Maybe he should get a simple purification equipment to separate some oil. Maybe he will fight with wild boar skin in the future. When it is time, it is useful.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor in surprise, not understanding how the emperor knew that there was such a thing in Shaanxi.

Seeing the surprised appearance of Wang Chengen's clothes, Yang Reform smiled and said, "Da Companion, as the saying goes, a scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out. The poem proves that there is a lot of snow on Erlang Mountain, and Xuanzhuoqionglu learns from Cypriot people. The plain clothes are gone in winter, and the stone smoke is like Luoyang dust. It is said that this kind of oil is produced at the foot of Erlang Mountain in Yanzhou, and some people use it. The ink made from the burning smoke is even better than the fine pine ink. 'Yanzhou Stone Liquid' is what I mean. I think it may be the kind of thing I need to look for. Hehe, do you understand now? "Yang Reform has sold it for a while, and this thing was obtained yesterday when he was looking for materials. Yang Reform remembers that in the history textbooks of elementary school or junior high school, there is a talk about this "Mengxi Bi Tan", which seems to mention This Shen Kuo discovered oil.

(End of this chapter)