Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 341 Question and Answer Meeting

This year is 1608 A.D., and it has been more than six years since he became the eunuch in charge of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau from the head of the Military Warfare Bureau.

Over the years, as his official became bigger and bigger, he controlled more and more departments, managed more and more people, and more and more eunuchs followed him.

There are more than [-] government offices under him, with as many as [-] workers.

For example, machine tool factory, steam engine factory, agricultural machinery factory, textile machine factory, weaving factory, cement factory, paper factory, printing factory, briquette manufacturer, briquette stove manufacturer, and behind them there are glass factories, glassware manufacturers, and ceramic tile factories. etc.

There is also the construction department behind him, and several mines under his management, which shows that Zhang Qingfeng manages a lot of government offices.

There are hundreds of eunuchs in these government offices. Most of these people were single-handedly promoted by Zhang Qingfeng, and many of them are eunuchs who graduated from Neishutang.

In addition to eunuchs, Zhang Qingfeng also arranged many non-eunuch managers to manage these industries, and the number of them was as many as several hundred.

Now that Zhang Qingfeng is going to set up a bank, he will be transferred directly from these government offices, and he will soon be able to set up a management team for the bank.

Moreover, even if there are not enough people, Daming University of Technology has been in operation for more than three years and almost four years, and currently there are tens of thousands of students studying there.

In three or four years, a group of young people over the age of [-] or [-] have been trained who can write and do math.

This time to run the bank, Zhang Qingfeng directly selected hundreds of fast learners from the academy, and planned to arrange for them to continue training in the bank.

If someone else runs the bank, it may be difficult, but for Zhang Qingfeng it is very simple.

He has been doing business over the years, involving all walks of life, and knows a lot of businessmen and dignitaries.

At the same time, he has Emperor Wanli as his backing, so he can be assured of safety.

Under Zhang Qingfeng's arrangement, soon, the first bank in the capital was opened, located on one of the most prosperous streets in the capital.

The name of the bank is "Daming Royal Bank", and its current main business is deposit taking, lending, investment, remittance and so on.

Of course, Zhang Qingfeng will not give up the banknote business. Silvernotes are called banknotes in this era, which are like banknotes.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, after the reputation of the Daming Banknotes issued by the imperial court went bankrupt, banknotes issued by reputable private banks, after being recognized by everyone, supported the trading currency system in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. This is the banknote played on TV. ticket.

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On this day, after Zhang Qingfeng issued a transfer order, the paper mill and printing factory under the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau immediately dispatched some of the best skilled personnel to leave.

After these people left, they were secretly sent to Qiongdao in Xiyuan, which is also Qionghuadao in later generations.

Not only these people were sent to the small island, but their families were also concentrated here.

In less than half a month, a small paper mill, printing plant and ink manufacturing plant were built on the island.

After the completion of these factories, Zhang Qingfeng stayed on the island for half a month, personally guiding some technicians to manufacture cotton pulp paper, special inks, and special printing machines.

After the preparations here are completed, he can print the things he wants in batches only after the printing templates at the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau are engraved.

That's right, what Zhang Qingfeng wanted to print was of course bank notes from the bank.

He has found a group of engravers used by the royal family, and then used various machines to work overtime to carve templates for banknotes on hard special steel plates.

After the template is carved out, the banknotes will be printed in batches here.

The banknotes issued by Zhang Qingfeng are designed and manufactured by Zhang Qingfeng himself, from the material, to the printing ink to the template pattern.

He can guarantee that no one can counterfeit the banknotes he issued.

Moreover, as time goes by, he will also improve the printing technology and eliminate the old banknotes and printing techniques, making it impossible for the folks to imitate them in a short time.

After Zhang Qingfeng opened the bank, he immediately invited many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in the capital, and prepared to cooperate with these businessmen.

He invited all the businessmen to the headquarters of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, which was located in a mansion in the southeast corner of the capital.

"Everyone, this is the dealer's note issued by the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty. You can exchange the banker's note with silver, and you can also exchange the banker's note for silver at any time." Zhang Qingfeng said to everyone.

At this time, there were at least more than 300 businessmen here, from all walks of life.

Zhang Qingfeng has asked these merchants to take a copy of all the banknotes he issued.

At this time, all businessmen are carefully playing with these banknotes.

There are eleven types of banknotes issued by Zhang Qingfeng. The largest denomination is 100 taels of silver, followed by 50 taels of silver, 20 taels of silver, ten taels of silver, five taels of silver, two taels of silver, one tael of silver, five taels of silver, and two taels of silver. A denarius, a denarius, and a half denarius.

These Zhuang tickets, whether they are 100 taels or half a silver, are all printed extremely beautifully, just like works of art.

This also surprised many businessmen.

"Everyone, I, Zhou Qingfeng's reputation, everyone should be able to trust." Zhang Qingfeng said to everyone: "I issued these banknotes, using the 2000 million taels of silver in the Long Live Lord's internal treasury. These silvers still exist now In the bank's underground bank, if you don't believe me, you can follow me to have a look, so you don't have to worry about these banknotes depreciating like the Daming banknotes."

Standing on the stage, Zhang Qingfeng said enthusiastically to everyone: "In the future, the Royal Bank will open branches in various state capitals other than Shuntian Prefecture. A bank converts banknotes into cash, and it is a one-to-one exchange."

"Zhou Zhangyin, can you really guarantee that we can exchange the banknotes for cash in your bank at any time?" Someone asked Zhang Qingfeng.

Zhang Qingfeng looked at this person, it was a childcare arranged by him, that's right.

"I can assure you of this." Zhang Qingfeng nodded to the nurse, and then said to everyone: "However, if it is a small place, the bank generally does not deposit more than 10 taels of cash in advance, mainly because of concerns about the safety of the money. .”

"If you want to withdraw large amounts of cash, such as more than 1 taels of silver, you must notify the bank in advance, and the bank should make preparations so that you don't have to withdraw all the cash by yourself. .” Zhang Qingfeng explained.

"We can understand this." Another nurse spoke, and he asked Zhang Qingfeng: "Zhou Zhangyin, if I want to withdraw a million taels of silver, your branch can't get it? In this case, you need to prepare How long? Also, how can I guarantee the safety of my banker's note? If my 100 million taels of banker's note is robbed, can others take my banker's note to the bank to get my money?"

(End of this chapter)