The Great Explosion of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 375 Huaxia Dragon Coin Release Date

Various dynasties in China used copper coins as the main currency. Because of the lack of copper mines and the inconvenience of large-scale transactions, gold and silver circulated among merchants at first, and gradually became the mainstream currency.

After the Shihui territory slowly expanded, the people in the four counties of Jiaozhou and Jingnan first began to develop rapidly.Then came Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jingbei's economy gradually recovered, and a large amount of supplies began to be transported to these places. Businessmen from Jiaozhou and Jingnan made a fortune, including Zou's of course.

The people began to become richer. After all, many people in this area were recruited by him.In this land, as long as they work hard, no one will go hungry.

In Shi Yuan's recent report, he mentioned that urbanites work hard, and their monthly income is equally generous.People in the countryside may plant one or two mulberry trees, and keep one or two chickens, ducks, pigs or cows in their homes.

The year before last, Shi Hui obtained cotton through the Zou family in the Guanzhong area, and then tried to plant it. Now a part of it has been harvested, and cotton seeds will continue to be sown this year to expand the planting area.Last year, when the first batch of cotton was plucked out and then spun into the first piece of cotton cloth, Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling's eyes were shining brightly, and Shi Hui was still fresh in his memory.

As the people became richer, new problems began to emerge, that is, the problem of currency circulation.Even for the recruited people, their living habits are the same as most Chinese people, they like to save money!As a result, a large amount of five baht coins entered the Chu land and came to the hands of the people. After deducting the necessary daily expenses, they were all saved. As a result, the five baht coins in circulation were greatly reduced.

Like the kings of other dynasties, Shi Hui also had to face this problem, that is: there are really not many copper mines in China.

It's not that there is no such technology, but that the shallow ones have gradually been excavated, and the deep ones do not have this technology.The copper mine on the Wa country can indeed solve the urgent need, but it is still not a solution in the long run.

A long time ago, Shi Hui had already started to discuss with the officials to set up a banking institution and three currencies of gold, silver and copper.

The problem is gold, let alone, this metal will be used in large transactions, it is not difficult to find, especially there are gold mines in Yizhou, and many gold mines have also been found in China.The problem is that silver, a metal that used to be used only as jewelry and even decorative materials for metal utensils, was hardly used for currency.

At the same time, there are currency styles and anti-counterfeiting signs.After all, during the period of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, white deerskin coins were issued. As a result, many relatives of the royal family secretly issued counterfeit currencies. In addition, there was no plan for the issuance. The Jiaozi turned into waste products.

So starting from last year, the first thing is to select locations in various places, at least to ensure that each county has a "bank".

The function of the bank is the exchange of gold, silver and copper coins. At the same time, it also has other functions of the bank, such as paid deposits and interest-bearing loans.Paid deposits are to help store and keep coins under the condition of a certain annual income; in the latter, the people hand over the collateral, and then lend a sum of money to the other party according to the value of the collateral, and charge a certain interest.

For a while, Shi Hui couldn't figure out why the ancient money houses needed to charge an annual fee, and so many people put their money into it.In this era, I understand that rich people have too much money, and the more money they need, the more guards they need. But if something goes wrong, no one else will take care of it except the family. The cost of crime is too low, so some people will still take risks. .

For example, the most common "robbing the rich and helping the poor", I don't know how many dynasties of rangers or thieves would yell like this.

Most of the banks are not state-run, but those who can open banks can often do both black and white, and even officials may "take shares".Therefore, the management fee is indeed charged every year, but it is nothing compared to the cost of hiring a large number of guards to protect the treasury.There are too many key people, and others can still say that you "intend to rebel", which is another crime that cannot be taken seriously.

What's more, the bank deposits money in a unified way and takes care of them in a unified way, so that the management costs will be reduced a lot.The cost of crime will also increase a lot, so that money and goods can be safe.Of course, if you have to insist that it is a bank note issued by a bank, especially a bearer bank note, if it is used well, it is also a good thing for bribery, just like the bearer shopping card of later generations.

Shi Hui created a bank, which was naturally a state-run bank, and special officials were dispatched to supervise it, and the defenders and bandits Cao took care of it.The cost of crime has further increased. For wealthy families, depositing money in a bank makes them feel safer.

Last year, the site was selected, and then the minting workshop began to select the site, and the equipment began to be manufactured.After a year of trials, the style of gold and silver coins has been determined and the anti-counterfeiting measures have been completed.

So in the past few days, many people have begun to discover that a new store has opened in their city.The name of this shop is 'Qianzhuang', and it covers a large area. It is said that it is run by the government and supervised by people sent by the Yamen.There will even be thieves who will be responsible for patrolling and taking care of them. If there is a problem, even the defenders will take action.

Publicity is a must. The major weekly magazines are almost full of news about gold, silver and copper coins, as well as the function introduction of the bank.A small amount of news that must be reported is deducted, otherwise the general edition will be this kind of propaganda.

Not only weekly magazines, but even every county has special scribes to carry out publicity at each city gate, almost overwhelming and comprehensive introduction.In Xiangyang, Mrs. Zou even personally brought a batch of goods and deposited them in the bank in exchange for gold tickets.

After that, several big families, such as the Kuai family in Xiangyang, and the Cai family successively deposited most of their money in the bank.Driven by them, other families that were already ready to move also started to act.

Families saving money have also begun to appear in various places. Of course, there are also some merchants or families who try to use land and real estate as collateral for loan operations.What really attracted people's attention was the release of gold, silver and copper coins.

"Starting today, gold and silver coins will be tried to be issued. One hundred five baht coins will be regarded as one silver coin, and one thousand five baht coins will be regarded as one gold coin. That is to say, ten silver coins will be regarded as one gold coin. The government is also trying to mint large Copper coins, ten five-baht coins will be used as a big copper coin, but this will take a while!" The salesman in the bank began to introduce the coins around him to the people.

Special guards held them and put them on the tray. There were ten silver coins and ten gold coins, shining in the sunlight.

There will be such a result, of course, it can only show that this coin is not purely gold and silver, but also added other proportions of metals.There is a cloud and dragon picture engraved on both sides of the coin, so it is also called dragon coin, or dragon yuan.Due to the improvement of craftsmanship, Yunlong is very small, but still very delicate. This kind of craftsmanship is only available to officials, and it is difficult for folks to do it. Unless it is carved out a little bit, the cost is too high, and there is no need to fake it.

The edge of the coin has anti-counterfeiting tooth-shaped engravings, which is to prevent someone from scraping off the edge to enrich their own pockets.Don't look at how much you can scrape off one piece, if you take your time with one hundred thousand pieces, the total amount scraped off will be very impressive.

"Now, everyone can exchange. The first batch of trial-issued gold and silver coins has a slightly different style, which is very valuable for collection. There are not many of them. If you want to exchange, please hurry up!" After the salesman finished speaking, he announced that the exchange could begin.

Everyone is not stupid, commemorative currencies often have the possibility of appreciation in a few years, the same gold and silver currency, the price will also be different, so as soon as the salesmen finished speaking, they immediately swarmed and shouted for exchange .

　Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, ask for subscription!

　　


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