Take the mall to Datang

The reason why Li Shimin laughed angrily was very simple. He really wanted to ask the person who wrote the anonymous memorial: "Do you know how much it costs to buy Qianxing?"

Chapter 988 Improving Efficiency

The ministers in the court didn't know, but Li Shimin knew very well how difficult it would be to acquire unless he directly robbed it.

Looking at a lot of anonymous memorials, I have to consider the feelings of the ministers. In comparison, the change of the Ministry of War has been too successful. There are not so many people involved in the court affairs, which saves a lot of verbal battles.

The civil servants still had to consider the mood of the civil servants. It was nothing to be alone, but they were afraid that they would have a great influence if they gathered together. They had to give them an explanation, so Yuan Shan was called to the imperial study.

"Yuan Shan, the West City Money Bank is too ostentatious, and the civil servants are very dissatisfied with you. It seems that the issue of banknotes may be hindered." Li Shimin said straight to the point.

Yuan Shan was helpless when he heard it, he didn't think that the matter was more complicated than he imagined, could moving a house cause the dissatisfaction of the court ministers?

"The opening of the West City Money Bank to issue banknotes is a temporary idea in order to speed up the coding and grading of coins. Otherwise, the insufficient number of issuances will affect the trial experience. I am afraid that the promotion of banknotes will encounter more difficulties at that time. " Yuan Shan explained.

Li Shimin is very helpless. He is the emperor, and there are many things that need to be compromised. He has just solved the problem of the Ministry of War and needs to stabilize for a period of time to accumulate strength, so he doesn't want to be troubled by other things, so he chooses more things than less things.

The issuance of banknotes is very convenient, but in his eyes, this kind of thing can be postponed. He attaches great importance to the importance of Tang Dynasty coins.

"I can understand your feelings, but sometimes things are like this, and they are not nearly perfect. The trial of banknotes must continue, but we must keep a low profile." Li Shimin said.

"Yes, I made a note of it." Yuan Shan said.

Li Shimin didn't say anything else. After Yuanshan left the palace, he didn't feel any sense of crisis. He still continued to do his own thing. If the money in Xishi is OK, just move? It's no big deal.

What he wants to know most now is who is chewing his tongue behind his back. If there is a goal, there will be a solution. He is a rational person, but Li Shimin didn't tell him, which drove him crazy. Not one person, but a group, or a large group.

Three days later, the West City Money Bank officially changed its name to the Money Ticket Release Center, and the gate was closed. From the outside, there was nothing inside.

And in their invisible underground money bank, it has really become a money printing center now.

Fifty people work in the underground money bank, and the upper level outside is responsible for registration. The division of labor is different and there are three shifts. The three shifts are based on the modulation system. The outside of the money ticket issuance center looks calm and calm, but in fact the guards have long been there. Surround it with three floors inside and three floors outside, and even passers-by are disguised.

These were not requested by Yuan Shan, but the security plan planned by the captain himself. When he showed it to Yuan Shan, he immediately got support. He didn't have any important people, but some funds were allocated, and everyone was happy.

Li Shimin asked Yuanshan to keep a low profile. He was very low-key and asked a group of people to work in the underground money bank. However, the people in the Yuanjia Workshop who printed the samples were not like this. The cart and the guards carried the boxes in groups of four, otherwise they couldn't move them at all.

Yang Wu came to do the handover and waited for the guards to move things. They watched from the side, and all the soldiers were sweating from exhaustion.

The guard came over with the checklist and handed it over: "Check the number of ten cars clearly. Steward Yang, but the convoy has left. Let us know in advance when we come next time. We need to prepare more manpower."

"No problem, I believe there should be another batch soon." Yang Wudao.

The Yuan family's convoy left, the guards performed their duties, and the gate of the money bank became quiet again. Ten boxes of money tickets arrived, and the people in the money bank continued to work. With the coding machine, the speed was still very fast. The guards also came to help, and they used a very old-fashioned method of fanning, which somewhat helped.

Yuan Shan asked all the craftsmen of the Yuan family to devote themselves to the production of the coding machine. Yang Wu's quick-drying dye failed for a long time, so Yuan Shan directly exchanged a large amount of quick-drying quick-printing ink from the mall system. Still paid in gold.

In half a month, the coding efficiency in the underground money bank has improved again, and the team size of 50 people has expanded to 100 people again. With the new ink provided by Yuanshan, it looks not only very special, but also shortens the drying time a lot , Almost the water dries up after a few breaths of printing.

The air-drying equipment in charge of Yang Wu has also entered the debugging period during this period. The working principle of the machine is not complicated, except that the paper feeding accessories are technical work.

In the past half a month, Dongshi's money bank issued a total of [-] coins worth of banknotes. Don't think that this is a small amount, because the main issue is the face value of [-] coins and [-] coins.

At present, the bills of this coin are the most widely used, because most of the common people can afford to exchange them, and there are quite a few of them with a denomination of ten coins, but the circulation speed is not too fast, and they are mainly active among merchants.

Yuanshan means that you can print as much as you can. After the air-drying equipment is put into use, the speed will increase again. With the quick-drying ink, the air-drying equipment will directly become a machine for collecting money. This application is very interesting, and it reminds Yuanshan. A cash machine, but it can't run without an intelligent cash machine, but it would be very interesting if it is a money collection machine as a transaction window.

A month later, all the copper coins that Qian Xing was about to recover were exchanged for the same amount of gold from the court, because there were too many copper coins to put down, and many merchants were willing to exchange the coins for equivalent banknotes, because it was so convenient. And many people still feel that gold, silver and copper are more at ease for storage.

No matter what people think, after the issuance of Shiguan and Yiguan banknotes, it has indeed brought convenience to many people. They no longer need to carry a box of money when they go out, and the piano store has improved printing efficiency. Wenqian banknotes, and have been printing this denomination for a long time.

Since it is a trial, it is natural for the common people to use it to the fullest. The usual money is convenient, but for change, copper coins are still enough. Hundreds of thousands of money are enough, not to mention hundreds of mosquitoes. , actually only consumes one copper plate, is it necessary to get back nine hundred and ninety-nine copper plates?

So after the issuance of Yiguanqian banknotes was about the same, [-] Wen banknotes began to be issued one after another. It is not possible to do it in small denominations. You can only rely on copper coins to find money. The current consumption capacity of coins is still very strong. In addition, if a penny banknote is really printed, the coin may really have to be printed forever.

Chapter 989 15 Years of Zhenguan

The total value of the latest batch of banknotes issued has reached 500 million guan, of which [-]% is the face value of [-] guan.

This batch is specially issued according to demand, mainly for chambers of commerce, and more than [-]% of them are circulated in Lanzhou area. Tubo merchants gradually like to carry money tickets.

The issuance of money bills has no effect on the imperial court at all, all coins can be circulated, but it doesn’t matter to the people who have no money, and those who have some assets like to use money bills because they are cheap to carry.

Donggong really fulfilled its promise and has been working hard to help circulate the banknotes.

In return, Yuan Shan has decided to exchange all the coins with a face value of 500 million yuan to Li Chengqian.

Now half of the printing has been completed, and it will be completed in a few days, but the printing capacity is still insufficient, but the West Market Bank really has no room to accommodate more people.

At this time, Quan Wanji proposed that Donggong should help, not only the people but also the place, and the place was Donggong.

When Yuan Shan thought about it, there was really no reason to refuse. The East Palace is huge and heavily guarded, which is a good place. According to the current situation, the printing output can be increased several times.

Think about how spectacular thousands of people are printing money in the East Palace, and it won't be too late to move the money ticket distribution center after it is repaired.

But can you come out after entering? Li Chengqian's scheming was probably Quan Wanji's intention. Yuan Shan didn't immediately agree to this matter, because it was very complicated, and it was not so easy to build a team.

In the end, Yuan Shan went to ask Li Shimin what he meant. When Li Shimin heard that the crown prince was going to turn the East Palace into a money distribution center, he immediately became furious. Yuan Shan seemed to have a good idea, but as His Royal Highness, how could he do such nonsense.

Quan Wanji, who came up with the idea, hid himself, and hadn't heard him mention this matter for a long time, so Yuan Shan was at ease.

Without the troubles of things, Yuan Shan sighed that he could take a break now, he had been tossing about the money ticket for half a year, and he should have a good year.

Time flies, at the beginning of the 15th year of Zhenguan, the reorganization of the military department of the Tang Dynasty was basically stable. Li Shimin, the commander-in-chief of the strategic department of the Tang Dynasty, had 70 mercenaries in his hands. There are 20 frontier troops stationed in the border, distributed in the west and north respectively, and 5 in Donghai Prefecture.

In other places, there are about 3 servants in total. The employment of these people does not cost much. The biggest consumption is the military supervisor, as well as the Datang sailors. Ten treasure ships are used as the maintenance of the warships. Expenses, the cost of sailor weapons is huge, in fact, a lot has been saved by shipping, and the navy has not entered the regular establishment.

The soldiers are excellent, with swords and horses, 20 regular cavalry, and [-] regular infantry. This kind of combat effectiveness is much stronger than the military households temporarily organized by the Fubing system. These are all regular soldiers and horses.

Within the imperial city, there are still 3 Nanya Forbidden Army, 3 internal guards of the Forbidden Army, and 30 Beiya Forbidden Army. These [-] people were recruited with gold. It is no exaggeration to say that there are [-] soldiers and horses in Beiya. As long as it is used properly, it can be compared to [-] soldiers and horses.

The expenditure of 70 soldiers and horses is very large. In order to support the huge army, Li Shimin has used his iron and blood skills in the past year. For this reason, many projects of the Datang treasury have been suspended, among which is the relationship between Chang'an and Yizhou. The power of the civil servants has been reduced due to the separation of the local military power system, and the civil servants who want to oppose it undoubtedly stick their heads out to test whether the swords of the Tang Dynasty are sharp, so the civil servants are discouraged. The achievements of civil servants in 14 years are really nothing to speak of.

In less than a year, the students of the Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty are all preparing for the entrance exam. At one age per year, those who pass the exam will go on to higher education, but those who fail the exam can wait for the make-up exam.

As for the recruited officers and students, six months have passed, and [-]% of them have been transferred to the Military Academy in Lantian County to continue their studies, while the remaining [-] percent who are unqualified continue to go back to be their chief soldiers. .

The income of the college has increased by three times compared with the previous year. There are too many people who want to come to school, and the tuition fee has to be increased. Otherwise, Datang College cannot accommodate so many people in the university, mainly because there are not so many teachers. , It will reduce the quality of teaching in the school, so restrictions must be made. For the children from poor families, they are all signed contracts. After they complete their studies, they are responsible for staying in the school.

The business of the Ministry of Economic Development is quite good. After the construction of part of the Luzhou Distillery, a large amount of wine was released in Datang, and the response was very good, which directly drove the local economy of Luzhou.

Lingnan and other industries have made certain achievements and are developing silently.

Chang'an people like to use money, but the local popularity is still not enough, because there are still too few money tickets, and Yuanshan has a new task. He, the deputy governor of Donghai Prefecture, needs to work in Donghai Prefecture for at least three months.

After being informed, Yuan Shan really didn't want to go, but the factory there was still waiting for him, and a huge debt was still waiting for him.

Just when he was about to leave for Donghai Prefecture, news of the Turkic people's change came from the north, and Xue Yantuo couldn't hold back his restless heart. The name turned out to be to seek a way out for the Turkic people living in Datang.