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Early in the morning of the second day, the officials who had been notified came to the mansion of the lord before dawn. When they were appointed officials of the concession, they met the king, the lord and the other two decision makers. The reprimand of the four told them the rules and responsibilities they had to abide by in the concession.

Some of them got along well in their original place, and it is inevitable that they would feel resentful when they were moved to the barren place of Suye Territory. Some of them came here because they were neglected and not appreciated by their superiors. , but no matter what the original idea was, seeing this place built from nothing to the current prosperity, they all have deep feelings for this place, and then the development and influence of the concession, their original negative emotions have disappeared. , They are proud of this place, look, this is the city they participated in creating.

And after they worked so hard for so many years, the king, the lord, and two decision makers finally came here to accept the results.

All their actions were basically in accordance with the plan of Wang and the other three people, but there were some changes in the implementation. Seeing the prosperity of the concession step by step, they deeply felt Wang's shrewdness in Wang's decision to establish the concession, and they also agreed. Knowing that the overall planning of the concession comes from Lord Suye, Lord Chiyuan, and Lord Jinyong, they are deeply impressed by how old they were when they could make such a detailed and huge plan.

Now, the four founders of the concession came here to check and accept the results. They confidently wanted to claim credit in front of the four of them. If they were not confident, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Did they satisfy the four of them?

The four of Qing Cang and Su Yeliao received the officials. The four of them were very satisfied with the officials who made the concession into the current prosperity after yesterday's inspection. They all spoke words of encouragement to these officials, but there are still some shortcomings. These are all proposed by Qingcang.

"Next, the focus of the concession is on one thing." After the previous topic ended, Qing Cang entered a new topic.

The officials listened attentively, showing the courage to go through fire and water.

"After years of hard work by everyone, the concession has become a prominent country, and even the most important commercial city in the world," Qing Cang tried to recall the standard language in the news that he had heard in his previous life, "so the first implementation point of this plan started from the concession. "

The officials became proud. This was the king's recognition of them and the highest evaluation of the lease they managed. The world, the most important word, cannot make people feel proud.

"I will use banknotes to replace the gold and silver coins circulating in Xianguo, and the copper coins will be kept temporarily." To be straightforward, I really don't want to beat around the bush.

Paper money, what's that?Everyone automatically perfected in their minds, a picture of a piece of paper with the amount written on it instead of gold coins to buy things, isn't this just a child's game?How could a piece of paper replace gold coins.

"This is a sample." With a wave of his hand, a waiter put the box in front of Qing Cang and opened it. "Take it and have a look."

The highest ranking official stood up, knelt down to salute, returned to his seat with the box, and took out the banknotes inside.

It was a piece of paper with complicated patterns. The quality of the paper was different from the usual paper. It was smooth, flexible, and the entire page was filled with colors. Looking at the other sheets in the box, the patterns were all different, and there was a king on it. The simple and easy-to-remember number symbols handed to them a few years ago, even the businessmen who deal with them have begun to use this convenient and easy-to-remember number symbol in these years.

But just like this, it is still easy to be countered, and the officials holding the banknotes are a little worried.

"These banknotes are specially made." If they could be imitated so easily, Qing Cang would never take them out. He wanted to promote banknotes for a long time, but unfortunately he didn't find a good anti-counterfeiting method until he got the widely used one. Before the raw stone.

"Hold the note up to the light."

Qing Cang said the officials would do it.

The light passing through the banknotes produced a sense of translucency, from which the officials saw the patterns that did not exist on both sides. What’s more, under the continuous illumination of the light, those tiny patterns protruded from the paper, and the officials stretched out their hands When you touch it, the concave and convex feeling really exists, and when the banknote is withdrawn from the direct light, those concave and convex will disappear again.

This effect is the result of the hard work of Qing Cang and Su Yeliao in the laboratory.

Qingcang accidentally discovered some special molecular structure of the stone sent by the devil. He studied it out of interest and found out that the stone can hold energy, and any kind of energy introduced into it can hold it, but it It cannot actively achieve this effect, but can only passively accept energy introduction, so no one has ever discovered its effect before, even if it is something like light energy, it cannot actively accept it.

In this world, as long as he and Su Yeliao are able to channel power into stones, the reason is the kung fu they practiced. It is the unique nature of their kung fu to output and run the energy in their bodies. On this basis, they succeeded He introduced the energy into the stone, and according to the nonsense novels Qing Cang read in his previous life, comprehension magic, guided the surrounding energy into the stone, and successfully created the energy stone.

The anti-counterfeiting of banknotes is one of their series of achievements. The power stones with certain effects are twisted into powder and mixed with the pigments for making banknotes. After printing patterns on the banknotes, the effect of the power stone powder is also It was born.

Qing Cang and Su Yeliao spent a lot of effort in preparing this kind of paint to produce fixed dark lines, and they finally succeeded when they had to give up the fixed pattern of simply ignoring the dark lines.

The note was passed around among the officials and returned to the box again.Officials began to think seriously about the possibility of this banknote replacing gold and silver coins. No, it was affirmative, because no one could counterfeit this banknote.

As the lord, Su Yeliao threw the plans to the officials one by one, asking them to go back and study carefully, and make revisions according to the actual situation of the concession.

The meeting has been open all morning and it is over by this time.

After another sumptuous lunch, Qing Cang began to meet Ping Xinlu, who had not seen him for a long time, and who had come early in the morning to vote for a post.

Hearing the waiter's announcement, Ping Xinlu walked into the Lord's Mansion under the envious eyes of other businessmen.

Looking at Ping Xinlu who was kneeling in front of him, as a talented person, his appearance has not changed much, but he is a little more energetic than before. It can be seen that he has lived a good life these years.

For Ping Xinlu, King Xian is his lucky star. It was so right to come to Xian country back then.

He made a lot of money in the first three years from the transaction with King Xian. In the first three years when things like silk and porcelain appeared, although he couldn’t eat them anymore because of the expansion of the production scale of these things, and other chambers of commerce intervened, he still ruthlessly made a fortune.

There is also the right of priority. Every time King Xian gave him good things, he made a lot of money, and even formed the experience that as long as it was something made by King Xian, he would not choose it. The few times, But it made him feel bad, it was all money.

In addition, he was the first to settle down in the concession and enjoyed some preferential treatment. In a place like the concession, where every inch of land is expensive, he owns the best shops in the area. Having shared weal and woe, his words carry some weight. The combination of money and power made him speak more weight among the merchants in the concession than those of the several large chambers of commerce that came later. He is getting closer and closer to his longed-for goal.All of this started with meeting King Xian, so how could he not be grateful?

"Honorable King Xian, Ping Xinli from the Leaf Merchant Guild would like to send you my greetings." This is a humble greeting and gratitude.

"Long time no see, President Ping." Qing Cang also greeted.

Next, Ping Xinlu showed the merchant's level of flattery and offered many gifts.

"I need President Ping's help with one thing."

"Prince Xian is being too polite. If you have anything to ask, you can just tell me." Qing Cang's respectful attitude just made Ping Xinxuan tremble with sincerity.

"It's inconvenient for the merchant to carry a lot of gold coins." Qing Cang just mentioned it.

"Yes." As the person involved, Ping Xinlu was even more emotional. Because of the gold coins, the road was slow, and he had to be careful. Hiring guards was a cumbersome thing, but he had to do it.

"I will implement the banking system in the country, and will replace gold and silver coins with bills and banknotes." Qing Cang was straightforward again. "Look at it first." Handing over a document to Ping Xinlu, this is Su Yeliao's plan for the businessmen. Ping Xinlu has had cooperation experience once, and Qing Cang and others once again made him the first collaborator.

Ping Xinxuan looked through it carefully, and estimated the feasibility in his heart without reading a line. After reading it, he had to admit that this plan would alleviate some troubles caused by the gold coin problem.

"King Xian really wants to implement this plan?" It's not bad, but it's great. For businessmen, this is another earth-shaking change.

"Yes."

"What does King Xian need to do?"

"Use your energy."

"I understand." While others were watching, he had to be the first to test the water, and he also wanted to drive other chambers of commerce to realize this plan as soon as possible.

It's good to talk to smart people.

After Ping Xinlu left, Su Yeliao asked his king. "My lord, why do you attach so much importance to those merchants?" Concessions, banks, these things basically exist for commerce. Although money is very important, what is the use of commerce in war.

Chi Yuan and Jin Yong also had normal expressions.

"Because they are useful. Liao, Yuan, Yong." For the two heirs of the Chi family and the Jin family, Qing Cang has also begun to call them by their first names in recent years, "Don't underestimate business, it is also a strategy, and it can be used well. , you can conquer a country without even going to war."

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